How hard would it be to say "I'm still in love with you" out loud, I guess it's the hardest thing I'd ever say to her. How she smiles and glows at any thing about her son and how I'm just useless and that old boyfriend that she dated in High School. She wasn't just that cute teenager that I had given my everything to anymore. She was that amazingly powerful mother, and with age just like a fine wine she has grown to be something irresistible.
"Where have you been?" Valentina asked as I walked into the apartment looking around at Carrie, and an all-smiles Jasmine and her boyfriend. I'm not stupid though, Jasmine was smiling because she knew exactly where I had been today.
"Catching up" I squinted my eyes a little and smirked, a had many smirks but one was specially reserved for Chloe. Right now, I had the Chloe Smirk plastered to my face.
"With Chloe" Jasmine taunted like my Fiance wasn't in the room.
"Dude, with the Uniter?" Jesse said, Jesse and I were on good terms, if he hurt my cousin I would kill his ass other than that we watched football and any other sport together had a few beers together every now and then.
"His first love" Valentina snorted, everyone knew she hated Carrie- Hell, Everyone hated Carrie. The way she talked like a valley girl, the way she was into that spiritual stuff and tried out those crazy diets... She was different, and I liked different... Plus, she was looked uneasy, like she was about to freak out- I wanted her to freak out. I wanted Chloe, no one was Chloe.
"Yeah, Yeah" I said falling out on the empty couch just like the giant kid I was. "I was thinking we should have them over for dinner"
"I don't think we should do that" Carrie interrupted, everyone looked at her "It would be awkward"
"Why?" Jesse asked "It's just Alek's first girlfriend and the most powerful mai in the world"
"She learned it all for Jasmine and me" I said with a smile, real smile. The one Carrie would never understand. Then a frown came across my face "Her son hates me"
"He'll get over it" Jasmine promised, she knew something and she wasn't letting it on. "I should go tell Chloe that she's invited...I wonder if Sawyer will come?" Sawyer looked just like his mother, I felt like I was in one of those Harry Potter moments "You look just like your father, but you have your mother's eyes" He had everything about his mother in him. The hair, except his was straight and on the lighter side. The blue eyes that you could stare into for hours, his mom. He was his mom's baby, her favorite thing in the world, and if I didn't get on his good side I was screwed.
"What is this?" Carrie asked "What is going on"
"I want you out, I'm sorry this isn't going to work" Oh, I wasn't the one to say that. Valentina was breaking up with Carrie for me "Leave the ring, we'll have to return it to walmart"
"Alek?" She squeaked "Is this true?"
"I think it is" I nodded, not leaving the couch. I know, total jerk move but I knew she was sleeping with Jack two floors down. I knew she didn't love me, and it was all about getting on Valentina's good side. "I know it is actually. Get out"
"Fine" She threw the ring on the floor, what a girl for dramatics. Then she was gone, gone out of my life for good.
"SO let the charming games begin?" Jasmine said getting up, pulling Jesse with her "I'll get Chloe, You'll get ready, Valentina will cook and then the games are in start"
"The games?" Valentina and Jesse said at the same time, I guess if you weren't part of the AJAP alliance than you just didn't get it (Alek, Jasmine, Amy, Paul) When I first started to get Chloe's heart we made the little club. Amy would encourage the growing love, Paul wouldn't give any advice and Jasmine would give firm talking's to Chloe.
"Alek's going to win over his Chloe's heart" Jasmine laughed, and then practically skipped out the door. Age doesn't change anyone's love for a certain mom.
Chloe:
I looked at Sawyer who smiled at me "I'll do my best" He promised "I haven't seen you smile like that in a long time" Why did my life consist of movie lines, and cliche's.
"I want you to spend time with him tomorrow" I pointed to him while I applied more lip gloss, My hair was in perfect loose ringlets and my tight green dress made the red in my hair pop in a beautiful way.
"Why?" He asked, I gave him the look. "I don't have a choice"
"No you don't" I walked out of the hall bathroom, shutting off the lights and nodding towards Sawyer. He just rolled his eyes at me."Smile" I reminded him "Be the good kid I raised instead of inherited all smirks kid"
"What do you see in me that reminds you of him?" He asked back "I know I'm a drop dead sexy but- hey, I beat him in the race when it comes to age"
"He used to be cocky and self centered just like you, and when he smirked I just knew one of those comments where coming up, How he would jump through my window at the worst times but was always a good friend... loyal." I paused "And the shoulders"
"The shoulders?"
"The width" I laughed remembering how he would wear nothing but black during the night, trying to be a ninja. I sighed "Let's go before I die"
"Can't breathe?" Sawyer laughed at me, I opened the door and let him walk in front of me. We passed a few humans, laughed at their Pajamas and how they looked at me like I was a cougar. When we got in the elevator the guy that stood guard for the 18th floor during the late hours. "Hey" Sawyer head nodded toward him "You got a gun?"
"Why would I need a gun?" He asked looking at my slightly mental son "Miss King, Mr. King"
"Ah, He did his homework" I grinned at him and then the elevator dinged "This is it Salt" (Nickname for my boy). I never knocked on the door, I just walked in. I smiled at Jasmine who was rocking a blue dress with a black belt around it. Valentina was wearing a black dress that looked slightly professional and Alek was just Alek. Cuter, and cuter every time I looked at him. Or I guess since we're all adults, Handsome.
"King" He greeted me, I smiled at him.
"Petrov"
