Chapter 7
"You're joking, i'm not leaving my home." Chloe refused.
"Chloe, it's the only way we can keep you safe. Me, you and your mother." Her dad pushed.
"And leave my friends, not to mention my protectors." Chloe yelled.
"It's the only place the order won't be able to find you. You won't need protectors." Tom established.
"I'm not going to some far away place where there's no sign of human life. I am not going." The tiny blonde argued.
"It's not a choice Chloe. You're going." Her dad pressed.
"Dad! I already lost my first love and now you're gonna try and take me away from this one too. What about Amy and Paul, and school." said Chloe.
"So it's just your friends you don't want to leave?" Tom asked.
"No dad. What don't you get? This is my home. I'm not leaving and that's my final answer." Chloe ordered.
"It's not up to you. It's up to me." Tom thrreatened.
"No it's not. This is my life and if I need more protection i'll just go live with Valentina, Jasmine, and Alek. Their house is completely safe. You and mom can come visit me." Chloe suggested.
"If it means that much for you to stay here than fine. You can live with them. But one time you get hurt there and we're going." Her dad stormed away.
Chloe went up to her room and slammed the door. How could her dad do that. Make her just leave her own home. Her dad had moved in one day and he was already bossing her around. There was a knock on the door. Chloe whipped her eyes and ran to get it.
She opened the door and Valentina was standing there. She came in followed by Alek and Jasmine.
"That was smart of you to say you were going to live with us." Valentina complemented her.
"Thank you. It was all I could think of." Chloe admitted.
"Well, get packing. We already have the extra room ready." Valentine ordered. Alek winked at her as she went up to her room.
Chloe screamed when she saw her room. "WHERE'S ALL MY STUFF?"
"Surprise. We took pictures of your room and then made the room at the apartment exactly like it." Jasmine explained.
"How did you do it so quickly? I was just in here." Chloe asked.
"We knew you were going to be staying with us for weeks now. We took different things at different times. When you came up here before most of your stuff was gone. You just didn't notice." Alek smirked at his own genius.
"Brilliant, wait, did you make my dad do that?" Chloe questioned, pretaining to her dad's order.
"No, he thought of that on his own. We were just lucky you suggested what our plan had been all along." Jasmine answered.
"Oh cool. So I guess I don't have to pack then do I?" Chloe chirrped.
"Nope. Don't you just love me." Alek grinned.
"Yes Alek, you're the best boyfriend on earth." She played
"I know right. Come on, we've got a new house for you to break in." Alek extended his hand. Chloe placed her hand in his and skipped down the stairs.
Chloe had planned to come back so she could say goodbye to her mother. Also her dad for letting her, even though she would have moved there any day.
Chloe ran into the room when she got there. It was exactly like hers. Not one difference. Wven her clothes were in the exact same place.
"What do you think?" Alek stepped into the doorway.
"It's perfect. I love it. It's like I never left." Chloe exclaimed.
"I tried my best." Alek sat on her bed..
"How did you get the bed out?" Chloe pointed.
"A lot of practice." Alek joked. Chloe laughed and sat down next to him. She looked puzzled or confused, Alek noticed. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah it's just, I feel like i'm just some object. Like i'm not even a person." Chloe explained.
"Why? Is it becuase i'm so protective because I only do that because I care about you. I can't see you get hurt." Alek pressed.
"No, I mean yeah, sometimes but, it's your job you can't not protect me. It's mostly because of the hunters and assasins. It's like they don't care who gets hurt as long as i'm dead." Chloe explianed further.
"I know, they're all monsters. They don't realize that you actually have feelings. They think of us as just a bunch of stupid animals." Chloe just nodded. She hated feeling this way. Knowing that there are people out there that hate her. She never did anything to them. "Chloe, I get that you wanna feel human again. I do too but it's hard. Being the uniter you can't just go away for a day. If we could, trust me we would. It's just Valentina would never let us."
"I know, It's just I want one day where my life isn't the plot to a never ending horror film." Chloe admitted.
"That's what you think of your life, a horrow film." Alek looked dissapointed.
"Most of the time. Except sometimes it turns into a romantic chick flick." Chloe smirked. Alek smiled. He liked being the only guy in her life. Besides Paul and her dad who were no threat to him, whatsoever.
The two of them just sat there not saying anything. Chloe could feel the awkwardness. She turned Alek's head with her fingers and kissed him. At first he was surprised but then he kissed her back. It was odd, something about this kiss felt different. A good different, like their relationship was growing stronger, growing better.
Chloe pulled away for a second and looked in his eyes. "Why?"
"Why what?" Alek asked confused.
"Why me? Of all the Mai girls around, you chose me. I'm nothing special, except for being the uniter." Chloe finished.
"What makes you think you're not special? You are the most special girl I know. You're stubborn and perky and fun. You're also the most beautiful intellgent girl I know." said Alek.
"Yeah, but you have to say that." Chloe shrugged.
"No I don't. Chloe, I'm saying it because it's true. If it wasn't then I wouldn't love you. I chose you because you were the only girl that I wanted to be with. The other Mai girls aren't like you. You're special." Alek added.
"But all those other girls are so much prettier, and they don't have to be watched all the time and-."
"And all those other girls aren't you." Alek interrupted. "You're the girl I want. You, not them. They're nothing compared to you."
"Nothing?" Chloe asked.
"Nothing." He answered.
