The Witch Uniter
By tenshinrtaiga
Disclaimer: I don't own The Covenant or The Nine Lives of Chloe King
Summary: Chloe is a witch of the Covenant moving to San Francisco to complete her Uniter duties. She meets Alek and feels an instant spark but can a witch and a Mai really work it out?
"Okay, I need a cup of coffee," Chloe gasped out between bouts of laughter as the three girls stumbled almost drunkenly down the street, garnering strange looks, but that was okay because the girls' laughter had been garnering them strange looks for about three city blocks now.
"This was so worth skipping 9th period choir for," Amy gasped, "But yeah, I need a break," she spoke as she tried to control her breathing, "I know a place. It's just down the street."
Amy led the two girls to an old bookstore coffee shop that connected to a vintage store next door. Chloe and Jasmine stood in line for coffee while Amy wandered over to look at the clothes.
"I don't get how you do it," Jasmine murmured softly to the strawberry blonde. When Chloe turned to her with a confused inquisitive face, Jasmine elaborated, "Be such good friends with a human."
Chloe still looked at her puzzled, "What do you mean?" She replied just as softly.
"Don't you feel bad having to hide everything? Don't you worry that one day they'll find out? Or that one day they won't buy your crappy excuses and stop being your friend?" Jasmine looked at her oddly. These were things she thought about everyday and it was weird that Chloe didn't.
"Not really," The other girl shrugged, "It's not like I'm lying exactly; I'm just keeping something secret. Everyone has secrets- that's not a crime," She reassured the Mai girl, "As for them finding out… I try and surround myself with good people. People who I hope would never treat me differently if they ever found out. As for them ditching me…" Chloe cocked her head thoughtfully, "I've never really had that problem. Granted, this is really the first time I've been friends with humans, but back in Ipswich I was really popular. No one's ever ditched me before."
"You're lucky," Jasmine said, slightly enviously. Their names were finally called and they got up and received their coffee.
"Why? Did that happen to you?" Chloe continued as they slowly walked over to the vintage shop to join Amy. They browsed through some overpriced clothes on the other side of the store so that Amy wouldn't be able to hear what they were talking about.
"Once. When I was younger," the other girl admitted hesitantly, "I was just a kid and I couldn't explain why my mom wanted me to learn ancient Egyptian or why I knew martial arts."
Chloe winced sympathetically, "I didn't really have friends, but I had… I dunno, groupies? They only wanted to be my friend because of my popularity, money and connections. Anyway, growing up, we're required to study the Books in order to learn our history and the basics of our magic. It got really hard explaining to our groupies why we couldn't go to the mall or to the movies or out for ice cream with them. Finally, we got tired of having to make up excuses and so we just started saying that we had a 'family thing'. At first they understood, but as we kept using it, I guess they started to realize it was less of a 'family' thing and more of a 'you're not invited' thing. Slowly people stopped asking to hang with us and we just became this unit that everyone looked up to but no one could touch, ya know? Even though we had each other… it was pretty lonely."
"At least you had each other," Jasmine pointed out.
The other girl turned to look at her, "Alek only came to live with you a little while ago, right? There aren't any other Mai your age around here?"
Jasmine shrugged, pulling at a purple shirt, "Not really. There are a couple in college and a few that were younger but Alek's the only one my age. People get intimidated by my mom so it was just me growing up."
Chloe put on a big smiled and wrapped an arm around the girl, "Well not anymore. Now you have Alek and me. And soon, I bet you'll even have the boys," she winked.
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Amy asked, coming over a new shopping bag in her hand.
"Nothin'," Chloe said vaguely, "What did you buy? Anything good?"
Amy pulled out a slinky purple dress, "Paul's taking me out to dinner this Friday."
"Cute," Chloe approved as something sparkly caught her eye. She wandered off from the other two girls toward the dress.
A low, male voice came from behind her, "It's nice."
Chloe turned around to see a tall brunet guy, "Yeah," She agreed in disinterest before looking down at the price tag, "But not worth $400," She said incredulously.
"Woah," The guy looked surprised, "Good plan," He grinned before holding out his hand, "I'm Brian Rezza."
"…Rezza?" Chloe asked with faux lightness, keeping her real thoughts quiet as she shook his hand, "As in Whitley Rezza?"
Like turning off a light, the spark of charm in the boy's eyes vanished, "Yeah. He's my dad. I guess you've heard of him," He said dully.
"Sorta. I heard he's an ass," She said crassly. It didn't seem like Brian liked his dad, so she planned to use that to her advantage, "I'm Chloe Simms."
"Nice to meet you," Brian grinned widely, impressed with the girl who spoke her mind about her opinion and didn't try to suck up to him because of his rich father, "Do you work here?" He asked.
"No, just taking a coffee break," Chloe smiled flirtily.
Brian nodded, "So you like coffee. That's good. I do too," He offered slightly awkwardly, "How would you feel about grabbing a cup with me?" Chloe held up her still fully coffee cup, "I mean tomorrow. Say 3?" He asked hopefully.
"How about 3.45?" Chloe countered, "My school gets out at 3.30."
"Great," Brian grinned, "See you tomorrow."
Chloe gave a small wave as he left the store. She felt Jasmine and Amy come up behind her.
"What was that about?" Amy asked in surprise, "I thought you were dating Alek."
"I haven't even been on one date with him. We've just kissed a couple of times," Chloe explained.
Amy scoffed, "You have the hottest guy in school chasing after you and you're still not satisfied? Craaazy!" She laughed heading out the store.
Chloe grabbed Jasmine's hand, stopping the girl from following after Amy, "Did you recognize that guy's name?" She asked.
"No," Jasmine said slowly, "Should I have?"
"We have reason to believe Whitley Rezza is the leader of the San Franciscan faction of the Order," Chloe told her seriously.
Jasmine looked surprised before her face grew solemn, "Chloe, you can't go out with him tomorrow. You need to stay away from him."
The strawberry blonde shook her head, "He doesn't know who I am. This is the perfect opportunity to get intel on the Order! If I can get inside his family, inside his house…!"
"Chloe-" Jasmine started.
"What are you guys still doing in here?" Amy asked, sticking her head through the door, "9th period is almost over."
The trio of girls made their way back to school. Amy seemed to pick up on the heavy atmosphere because she didn't try and make conversation, allowing the two supernatural girls to think. Amy waved goodbye as she got into her car and drove away, leaving the two girls on the school steps.
"I agree that this is a good opportunity," Jasmine started, "But I don't want you to be in danger."
"I'm always in danger," Chloe reminded the girl, "This is me helping to ensure that it won't always be that way."
Jasmine bit her lip lightly as she thought it over, "Okay, but you have to tell me whenever you meet up with him and you have to let me come along as back up."
"I was going to ask you anyway," Chloe grinned happy that Jasmine was going along with her plan.
"Ask you what?" A British voice interrupted from behind them.
Chloe opened her mouth to answer but Jasmine interrupted, "If I wanted to go shopping with her again tomorrow while we wait for you to finish up at practice."
Chloe looked at her friend oddly. "Ah," Alek said in understanding as all three moved toward the Mercedes. Once again, Jasmine sat in the back.
"Do you guys want to stop at your place to grab work out gear?" Chloe asked. When the two Mai nodded, she shifted directions. She drove to the apartment and waited in the car for them to return dressed in work out clothes and carrying three duffel bags. A half hour later they made it to her house. She ran up to her room to quickly change into a pair of Reid's basketball shorts (which she rolled multiple times at the waist) and a tank top.
She met the two Mai out on her front lawn which was luckily far enough from the main road that no one could see, "So, what's first?" She asked excitedly.
An hour and a half later, Chloe was no longer excited. In fact, she was so far from excited she couldn't even remember what the feeling had been like, "Ugh," she articulated as she lay in an exhausted heap on her front lawn. Jasmine and Alek leaned over to look at her in amusement, "Oh, good. You're blocking the sun for me. I was really worried for a second because I really wanted to lift my hand to shield my eyes but my arm won't move."
"Clearly your mouth doesn't have that problem," Alek chuckled, throwing himself down beside her. He handed a water bottle for her to drink from, but she uncapped it and poured half of it on top of her.
"I hope you know that if you wanna go on that date, you're gonna need to carry me," Chloe groaned as her muscles protested even the lifting of the water bottle.
Jasmine smiled an amusement, "It wasn't that bad."
"I think I'd rather Use and die young… or, well, old," Chloe said, a little confused.
"Come on," Alek goaded, grabbing onto both her hands and heaving her up onto her feet, "We have a date to get to."
"Do you mind if we borrow one of your bathrooms to shower and change?" Jasmine asked, picking up two of the duffel bags, handing the third to Alek who was still slowly dragging a stumbling Chloe toward the house.
Chloe nodded tiredly, "Yeah. Just knock on one of the doors and ask the boys. They shouldn't care."
Once Chloe made it to her bathroom she turned on the faucets for her Jacuzzi tub, needing the relief they'd provide her muscles. She collapsed into the tub and groaned loudly.
What felt like scant minutes but in actuality was probably much longer, she heard a knocking on her bathroom door, "Chloe, are you done yet?" Alek asked.
Sighing, she withdrew from the tub and dried off before pulling on her underwear and then her robe. She opened the door, becoming face to chest with Alek. She blinked in surprise before looking up to meet his equally surprised face. He moved to the side automatically to allow her to pass, his eyes trailing to where her robe opened slightly in the front, exposing the side of her breast and to the hem of the robe which exposed long, creamy white legs. Growing up with boys, four of which she'd dated, had left her completely used to walking around in states of undress and being slightly ogled for it. If that hadn't done it, being a model sure would have made her accustomed to the sensation.
She made her way to her closet, not bothering to close the door, "Were you serious about comfy shoes?" She tossed over her shoulder, dropping her robe.
"Yes," Alek purred much closer than she expected. She turned around to find him right in front of her leering down at her body.
"Huh," She said easily, completely ignoring him. She turned to her clothes and picked out her ANM v-neck lace border dress, slipping it on over her head, wiggling slightly to get it over her bust and hips. Then she walked to the back and grabbed her Bronx Crutis ankle boots. Lastly, she grabbed her favorite black leather jacket and left her closet, turning off the lights, leaving Alek standing in the dark.
"Hey," Chloe nodded to Jasmine who has just walked in as Chloe tossed her jacket onto the bed. She walked into the bathroom and applied light makeup. She put a light peach eyeshadow on and lined her eyes with black eyeliner. She put on concealer and some light blush before coating her lips with a nude lipstick. Her makeup was so light and natural, she truly looked like she wasn't wearing any.
She returned to her room to find Alek lounging on her bed, "Ready," She smiled, throwing her jacket on causing Alek to grin. They turned to look at Jasmine, "Do you want me to drop you off at your apartment or do you want to stay here and wait for us to come back?"
"Can you drop me off?" Jasmine asked, "My mom still hasn't given Alek and me our schedules yet."
"For Uniter duty?" Chloe laughed, "Sure, let's go." They made their way back down to the garage where Chloe once again stole Chase's car, "I wonder if I need to just buy another car," She mumbled to herself. She dropped Jasmine off before turning to look at Alek, "So, where to?" She asked.
Alek shrugged, "You can just park here." Chloe blinked in surprise, but did as asked. They got out of the car and began to walk aimlessly. Alek struck up a completely random conversation that had Chloe in stitches within minutes. Soon they were teasing each other and playing spontaneous bouts of street tag. Finally, Chloe dragged him into an ice cream shop where they rested while enjoying an ice cream cone.
"So, what are your thoughts?" Alek asked after a brief silence.
"Pleasantly surprised," Chloe smiled, blushing slightly, "This was really nice," She admitted, sounding like she couldn't even believe what she was saying, "And not at all what I expected." Alek smiled genuinely for a moment before spontaneously leaning over to kiss her briefly before withdrawing. Chloe blinked rapidly. Once again, Alek had managed to catch her completely off guard, "You're not what I expected at all," She murmured so softly that Alek had to strain his Mai hearing to catch it. Alek hid a satisfied grin and grabbed her hand, leading her from the ice cream shop.