I realize this has been long-awaited and that it is not nearly as good as it should be for being so freaking long since I updated. I hope you enjoy anyway, and review. There is more fluff and drama to come (: As always, any suggestions you have for upcoming chapters will definitely be looked at! Also, do you like the writing style of this chapter? Opinions would be nice (: I will update soon.

She must've been smiling like an idiot, again, because Amy and Paul both noticed something was up. Paul was just looking at her like she was crazy while Amy had that look on her face that said, someone's got something to dish.

And boy did Chloe have something to dish.

She hadn't told Amy about either of Alek's kisses, and wasn't that ecstatic about telling her either, but as a best friend, she kind of had to.

"Ooh, someone's happy today!"

Amy sat down across from Chloe, putting her elbows on the gangs favorite table at the coffee shop attached to Varese Vintage.

"Do tell!"

Chloe touched the chain around her neck, an old heirloom of Valentina's that was identical to Jasmine's Bastet necklace. It was just a gift, but knowing it had belonged to generations of Mai before her made the piece of jewelry lay heavy on her heart.

She cleared her throat, "Alek and I, kissed. Well actually kind of made out, but that's not the-"

Chloe was interrupted by Amy's high pitched squeal. It always astounded her that she could even hear the familiar sound.

She winced as her best friend screeched again. "Finally! Oh this is so exciting! Isn't it exciting Paul!" She began hitting her boyfriend on the arm, until he leaned out of her reach.

"Ouch, sure, yeah. That's great Chloe."

Amy rolled her eyes but her smile and excitement only grew.

"Okay, so this weekend. You, Alek, me, and Paul. Giovanni's."

"A double date, awesome." Chloe tried her best to sound enthusiastic, but something about the idea bothered her. "I'll see if Alek's into it." She forced a bright smile, "Oh, and see if we can get off training."

"We understand superhero," Amy said teasing, swinging her legs out from under the table. "Speaking of superheros, I promised Paul I'd go with him to reserve some comic book."

"It's not just some comic book," Paul grumbled.

Amy pinched his cheek, "See ya later cat-woman."

"Bye." Chloe said, watching them leave hand-in-hand.

Bastet help me.

That night was another training session. The first, actually, since Alek and Chloe had become... kind of something. They had both agreed without talking a lot at all about the subject that they couldn't let being something get in the way of Chloe's training, and although Alek had been the main influence behind that decision, it sure didn't feel like kind of something when he first saw her that night. It felt like a big something, the way he stared, and how he stayed an arms length away even though Chloe could feel the invisible strings reaching from his body to hers, and it was just so weird, with Jasmine looking at them like that- and oh did her head hurt.

"Hey."

"Hey," Jasmine said. Alek just kept staring. "Ready?" She motioned to where the rooftop ended about twenty yards away.

She nodded and they were off.

An hour and what felt like a hundred roofs later to Chloe, they had finally stopped running,jumping, and climbing. They were all leaning on some part of the building they had stopped on, their breathing too laborious to talk at all yet. Finally Jasmine broke the silence, breaking into a smile as well.

"Good job. I'm gonna," she paused, for breath and to look from Alek to Chloe in an uncomfortably suggestive manner, "head home now." She walked a few steps backwards, still looking at them, before turning and jogging away. Chloe watched her gracefully jump out of sight before turning to Alek.

He was already facing her. "I thought she'd never leave." He said, with his trademark smirk.

"Right. She couldn't get out of here fast enough."

"Probably wanted to avoid seeing us meaningfully gaze into eachother's eyes."

"I don't think she'd have had to worry about that. I can barely keep my eyes open." She said, and he moved closer to her.

"Fine, we'll skip the open eyes part."

And then he was kissing her, his hands on both sides of her face as her eyes fluttered closed. Butterflies hit the walls of her stomach, and she hoped she'd never get used to Alek's ability to surprise her, to muddle her thoughts with a simple touch. The kiss went on,their mouths moving slowly and perfectly in sync.

And on,the pressure of Chloe's body against the wall behind her growing.

And on.

And on.

Until it stopped.

Breathless for the second time that night, Chloe told Alek about Amy and her double date idea, to which (surprisingly) he smiled, but then grew serious.

"But before then, Valentina wants to talk to you."

"About us?"

Alek shrugged.

Kind of something indeed.

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Love, Anastasia