Chloe POV;
We went back to his house and Jasmine was waiting for us.
"Jasmine" I asked.
"Yes? What's wrong Chloe?" She asked, worried. She always was though.
"Why do you always make me train with Alek?" I questioned.
"I heard that, Chloe" he said from the other room then he walked in and looked at us. I didn't mean it as a bad thing, I was just curious. Jasmine laughed.
"Well my mom thinks that I am better at teaching the skills-"
"Are not" Alek said, cutting he off.
Jasmine just ignored him and continued. "But she thinks it has more of an impact on you when you continue to practice the skills with Alek. You always try to out-do each other, making you both better."
"No we don't" we both said at once.
"Yes you do, you may not see it but my mom and I both do" Jasmine replied. "You're destined for each other" We both knew what she was implying, but we pretended not to.
I looked at Alek and he didn't laugh or look angry, he just looked at me. It was awkward so I stuck my tongue out at him.
"Your on Chloe" He said, then he ran behind me as I spun around, I was standing right in front of him. We were so close that I thought he was going to kiss me again, but he grabbed me around the waist. I heard Jasmine gasp, but Alek then pinned me to the ground and we started wrestling.
"What are you doing?" I exclaimed.
"Wrestling you" he replied as if it were no big deal. I turned and pinned him down but he broke my strength. I grabbed his leg preventing him from standing up. After a few minutes Jasmine laughed and went to her room. A few more minutes later and he was on top of me holding me to the ground.
"Okay I give up, you win" I answered in defeat. He then stopped holding me to ground, but he didn't get up.
"I knew it, I knew you couldn't take me" He smirked. I would never get used to his attitude, some part of me, however, never wanted to.
"I will one day, and you won't be expecting it" We both laughed. I decided to be brave and I put my arms around his neck. Pulling him closer to me, he went along with it but just as I was about to kiss him, he pulled away and stood up. It was completely embarrassing and I was laying on the floor…alone.
"Look who likes who now" he teased, "I knew it, you couldn't resist me."
"You're such a jerk" I scoffed as I sat up and was about to get up. He noticed that I was not joking and that he hurt me. He put out a hand as to help me up. He thought that he could fix his new scar, but I was not going for it at all. "No I'm fine, I don't need you anyway."
"Chloe, I was just joking with you. If you want to you can kiss me." He puckered his lips and I walked towards him. If he wanted to tease, so would I. I put my hands on his shoulder and pretended to pucker my lips too. He closed his eyes and leaned towards me as I leaned away from him. I then moved my hands to his face and pushed him away, as he was still puckered waiting for his lips to impact with mine. I started to laugh and he opened his eyes, confused. "What are you doing?"
"Not kissing you, I wouldn't kiss you." I said, I then whispered, "I don't even like you, you like me…remember?" He was now annoyed, it wasn't my fault though because he did it to me first.
"Haha very funny Chloe King, You know that you like me and I know that I like you. Don't deny it." He pushed.
"Ha you admitted it, but I didn't and I won't" I smirked. I was going to turn and walk away but he continued the conversation.
"I did not admit it" he protested, even though he clearly did.
"Yes you did" I said stepping closer, as so was he.
"You better not deny that after we wrestled, you tried to kiss me."
"Or I was teasing you, because you're a jerk" we were still moving closer, and closer. Now we were eye to eye, nearly three inches away. If he really wanted to kiss me, he could of easily done it. Then again, so could I. I didn't want to though.
"No, you definitely tried to kiss me" he said, not letting it go.
"But I didn't. However a certain someone did kiss me earlier, but you know, he wasn't real nice about it. He said it meant nothing to him and then he trained me and acted as if it never happened. The worst part was that he didn't even notice how hurt I was by his actions." I hoped this got to him, I was finally admitting that I was hurt.
We heard a gasp and turned to see Jasmine waiting in the hallway, she had never made it to her room, she had watched the entire thing. "Alek, please tell me that you did not lie to Chloe and tell her that kiss meant nothing!" She was agitated.
"Hi…Jasmine" I said, as a gave her a fake 'surprised to see you,' laugh. She ignored me though and continued with Alek.
"Alek Petrov! If I dare tell my mother how you treated her-"
"Jasmine, just because I'm the Uniter doesn't mean you all have to treat me like royalty or something."
"No Chloe, that is exactly what it means, and besides I wasn't talking about that, I was talking that he lied and denied his feelings for the woman he loves. My mom would never approve. Once two Mai fall for each other, its very hard to unfall. He shouldn't be lying to you, especially since your going to save our race."
We sat there in silence waiting for each other to respond. We both stared at Jasmine, since neither of us dared stare at one another. I was shocked that Alek did not deny loving me. We then all turned towards the door, as Valentina opened it.
"No Jasmine, you're right. I do not approve." She shook her head at Alek as she walked into her room. Jasmine and I looked at each other and then at Alek as he went to his room. He slammed his door and hit his fist against the wall. We then heard him crawl onto the roof, he didn't run though, he just stayed there.
"Chloe-"
"No Jasmine! I don't wanna talk about it!" I wanted to follow suite and storm off to my room, but there was a small problem with that.
"I'm sorry but he does love you, I wasn't sure until I watched you guys, but now we all know. Please, please, please tell me you at least have a crush on him. When a Mai falls in love with another, its normally for life Chloe."
I started to cry and Jasmine ran over to me and I put my head on her shoulder and just sat there and cried. "I do Jasmine, I have a crush on. I think he is cute. I think he is attractive. I think he's funny. I think he cares about me. I like him. I could see us together. And I think I may love him, too." I was scared, saying it aloud made me scared. It felt good to tell someone though. It also felt good to tell myself.
"Good now go tell that to him." She half smiled.
"Absolutely not." I replied dead in my tracks.
"Chloe if you don't, I will. But I think he would much rather hear it from you. And he has spent enough nights on your roof, if you don't tell him soon, he might spend his day off on ours. Go, Chloe. Go." She lifted my head and stared at me. "Go" she said, one last time, pushing me slightly towards the hallway.
