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?
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Chloe has parked the Escalade out front, not wanting to leave Amy's car alone outside. She wasn't sure if that made sense, but it seemed like the nice thing to do. Everyone held two grocery bags in their hands (except for Paul, who was carrying the donuts) and they all trooped into the kitchen where Chloe began putting things away. With the fridge and cupboard doors wide open, the others could see that she wasn't exaggerating about the lack of food.
It was just as Chloe was quickly finishing up that they heard the hum of a car and the garage door opening up. Suddenly, a girlish shriek was heard. The teens all turned to look at the kitchen door that led to the garage. Said door violently swung open and a half dressed girl ran from the garage, a t-shirt clutched to naked chest. Seeing even more people, the girl turned even redder and made her way out the front door.
Voices caused the teens' heads to swing back to the garage door where a naked Reid walked nonchalantly into the kitchen followed by an annoyed Tyler, "You can't seriously be mad at me for this."
Reid opened the fridge and grabbed a few bottles of beer, seeming not to care about his nudity, despite the teens' shocked eyes and Amy and Jasmine's red faces. His eyes flashed with fire as he Used to undo the beer bottle, "I was about to get laid. You interrupted. Now, I'm not getting laid. Yeah, I consider that your fault," Reid responded before taking a sip. He used his other hand to offer one to Chloe and Tyler.
Tyler also Used to open his beer and took a sip, "Why were you even in the garage anyway. Did you get lost on the way to your bedroom," He asked mockingly, earning himself a punch on the arm from the blond.
"No. Girls like cars. It gets them… riled up," Reid smirked, finally acknowledging they had guests by leering at Jasmine and Amy as he spoke. He turned to face Chloe, "Don't they?"
"Oh, yeah," Chloe nodded seriously, "Gets me all hot and bothered."
Reid grinned and leaned down to kiss her cheek, "Oh, I bet it does," He whispered huskily, sneaking an arm around her waist and bringing her up against his nude body, "I could help with that," His hand drifted lower to gently play with her hip. He was aware of the glare Alek was sending his way and it just made the moment sweeter.
Chloe turned slightly, opening her mouth to say something when they heard a set of footsteps coming from the garage. Caleb walked in, a confused look on his face, "Why's your bra in the garage, Chlo?" He asked, a black lace bra hanging from his fingertips.
Chloe and Tyler simultaneously choked on a laugh, "Not mine," She said, holding her hands up as she slowly backed outta the kitchen.
"Then who… Reid!" Caleb shouted, clarity coming to him easily, especially once he realized Reid was naked, "How many times do I have to tell you…!"
Chloe grabbed Alek's wrist and dragged him to the living room with everyone but Reid and Caleb following, "Trust me, you do not want to listen to one of Caleb's lectures if you can help it. And its Reid, so it's gonna be twice the lecture and it will probably end in violence and bloodshed."
"Someone mention bloodshed?" Chase asked as he walked down the stairs.
"Caleb and Reid are at it again," Tyler explained as he settled into the left side of the couch. The living room housed two oversized black leather sectionals which were placed together to make one large couch in the shape of half a square. At the center was a large, clear coffee table. They looked up to the biggest flat screen tv they'd ever seen.
"How big is-" Paul started to ask.
"103 inches," Chloe responded as Tyler began flipping through netflix.
Pogue came in from the kitchen, having just arrived home, "Are Caleb and Reid fighting about Reid being a man whore again or have their fights just gotten kinkier?"
Tyler almost spewed the sip of beer he'd just taken as he struggled to contain his laughter. Chloe and Chase had no such problem. "The latter, definitely," Chloe struggled to put on a serious face, "I dare you to go in there and tell them to take it to the bedroom because no one wants to see their version of foreplay."
This set the boys off into more raucous laughter, "I'm not suicidal," Pogue responded with a wide grin. Their laughter was cut off by a large crash as something broke in the kitchen. Everyone turned to look and quickly realized that the fight was spiraling out of control, both Reid and Caleb's eyes bleeding black.
"Why don't we go up to my room," Chloe suggested, herding her friends up the stairs quickly while her brothers tried to calm the two fighting down. Chloe handed her beer to Alek as she went into her closet and began pulling clothes out and inspecting them. Soon she began making two piles.
"What are you doing?" Jasmine asked, sitting on the small sofa Chloe had beside her shoes.
"Picking out clothes to give to you and Amy," Chloe responded casually.
"What?" Jasmine asked in surprise, Amy looking confused beside her.
"Don't think I didn't notice you putting that top back after I told you it was yours this morning," Chloe scolded, "So now, I'm raiding my closet and giving you both clothes. You will take them and you will wear them and you will like it!" She said as she tossed another top into the growing pile, "Jasmine, you need to learn to be a bit more risqué. Be daring. Be bold. Be totally kickass." Chloe threw a dress into the pile, "I like your firly-feminine style, Amy, but I think you could use a bit of color. Also, I'd feel bad just giving Jasmine a clothing makeover." Another dress went into the second pile. After several long minutes of this, Alek, Paul and the rest of the Covenant wandered in. Apparently everyone was done fighting and Reid was once again clothed.
"What's going on?" Reid asked in curiosity as Chloe looked at an orange dress.
"I'm giving Jasmine a mullet," Chloe answered, preoccupied.
"A mullet?" Jasmine asked in confusion from where she sat. She had tried to protest once but Chloe had yelled at her and when she tried to go look at the pile of clothes, Chloe had yelled at her again.
"I get it," Reid smirked as he toyed with one of the holes in the dress.
Chloe held up the orange dress to Jasmine and the others as an example, "Business in the front," She said motioning to the plain orange dress, "Party in the back," She said, flipping it do everyone could see the large criss-crossed bow in the back, leaving the rest of the back bare, "Jasmine needs something that looks conservative, but really isn't. Something with a little bit of interest, a bit of pizzazz." She scooped up one of the piles and began handing clothing to the girl, starting with the orange dress, "Sparkle & Fade knit bow back dress (IMAGE), Matthew Williamson's beige mini (IMAGE), Naeem Khan's formal black and white dress, Naeem Khan's red print design dress, the Pins and Needles chiffon tie-back top you refused this morning, Ringspun's necklace detail t-shirt (IMAGE), my white, black and gold shoulderless mini (IMAGE), Sparkle & Fade's colorblocking dress (IMAGE), the Staring at Stars' loose stitch dress (IMAGE) you borrowed yesterday, Ecote's pop embellished shirt dress (IMAGE), Sparkle & Fade's strapless lace dress (IMAGE), Staring at Stars' strapless Navajo dress (IMAGE) and lastly, Vila's lace overlay 20s dress (IMAGE)." Jasmine looked overwhelmed as the weight of the clothes weighed her arms down. She opened her mouth to protest but Chloe was already scooping up the second pile and moving to Amy.
"We'll start with what you're wearing: my red Dior ruffle dress (IMAGE). Then we'll add this Kimchi Blue starlet strapless dress (IMAGE), this pink Alberta Ferretti dress (IMAGE), my Pins and Needles pleated chiffon dress (IMAGE), Piplette by Alice Ritter agate dress (IMAGE) and a Thistlepearl Tulle dress (IMAGE). It's not as much as Jasmine, I know, but to be fair, you seem to be pretty confident in what you wear. If you want, you can pick out something more-" Chloe started.
"No!" Amy shouted, "That's okay. You really don't have to give me these," She protested even as she hugged the clothing closer.
"It's not a big deal. I don't really wear them, anyway. Some of them, I really liked until I put it on and I realized it clashed with my hair or made me look short or something. Some I just got for free. Like your dress," She nodded to Amy.
"You got a Dior dress for free?" the girl asked incredulously, "How?"
"I modeled in it," The strawberry blonde shrugged.
"You're a model?" Alek asked making The Covenant pause.
"Did that… not come up?" Chloe asked as she thought back to the previous few days, "Huh. Guess not. My real name is Chloe King. Yes, as in that Chloe King," She said before anyone could ask, used to people asking, "I really wonder how this never came up. I know I tried to wear a bit of a disguise but all I really did was stick a few fake highlights in my hair and use neutral makeup," She illustrated by removing the fake blonde hair clips, "And when we went clubbing, I looked like myself."
"Well, to be fair, everyone thinks you're in school in Massachusetts. No one recognized you because no one expects you here," Caleb pointed out, "Plus that club was pitch dark on the dance floor and we had a private booth."
"Plus you're a lot shorter in person," Amy added, still in shock, "I mean, no offense!" She back tracked.
Chloe waved it off, "It's true. People always expect me to be like 5'10. I'm only 5'7 which is hardly model height. But I was tall as a kid and I had connections which let me enter the modeling business and then once I grew up, but didn't grow taller, I stayed in the business partly because I'd already made contacts and became famous, but also because I have interest. Models that aren't that tall can become models because they're physically interesting. I have strawberry blonde hair," She pointed at her head, "Not a lot of people have my hair coloring. Not a lot of models have my hair coloring. My hair coloring adds interest to a photo shoot so they forgive my height in favor of my more interesting features."
"I never knew that," Amy looked surprised before her gossiping side won over her shock, "Is it true that you're recording an album?"
Chloe sighed, "Unfortunately."
"How is that unfortunate?" Amy asked, hurt, "Do you know what I would give for that opportunity. I love singing."
Chloe mentally filed that tidbit of information away to possibly discuss with her agent, "I like singing, but that's just something I do for fun; for me. But my agent is pushing me to expand my horizons and increase my fame. Ideally, I'd love to go into acting full time. I've done a few perfume commercials here, a guest appearance there, but nothing real. But I can't explain to my agent that I can't be separated from the Covenant for months at a time for fear that I'll be assassinated, so I chose to start a music career instead. I can tour in the summer when school ends."
Amy looked insulted that music was Chloe's last option but at the same time she could understand that Chloe didn't have much of a choice and she wasn't allowed to pursue what she really wanted which seemed to be acting. "Couldn't you act during summer break instead?"
Chloe shook her head, "It doesn't really work that way. Movies take months. Plus, they schedule it when they schedule it. I'm not a big enough acting name to get a movie planned around my schedule."
"That sucks," Jasmine winced sympathetically.
"It's okay," Chloe shrugged, "It's only until I graduate. By then, I figure Chase will have gotten bored and dropped out and Reid will have gotten kicked out, so they can watch over me while I film."
"Hey!" both boys protested resulting in laughter.