I woke up to twenty-eight reviews. I slapped my best friend that was staying over and screamed, "I have to reviews for the fans! Or they'll hate me!" And I ran over and grabbed my laptop. And that puts me here.

By the way, the next chapter is a dozy ;) Again I'm not updating until I get a good amount of reviews.

Alek POV:

I was talking to some old friends that I had known for years. We were having a simple conversation about small things like the weather.

The entire night I was bored. And no matter how many times I told myself to get over it, every time a guy got to dance with Chloe, I felt a wave of jealousy. There were a few who I would catch just starring at her, and a few who asked for multiple dances. My anger and jealousy were both growing fast inside me. I knew that if I didn't do something to subdue them, something awful was going to happen.

I started to think about what I could do, that didn't involve Chloe. Nothing. I had to see her and actually talk to her, not 3 sentences by the punch bowl. Would it be so bad if I got to dance with her? I mean, I know that I get to see her all the time and it might make some people mad, but I am her protector.

I decided. I was going to dance with Chloe, just not yet.

"Alek?" One of the people I was talking to said, and then he whistled. I snapped out of my day dream and back to our conversations.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I just got lost in my thoughts." I told them, hoping they would just resume the conversation.

"Something big is taking up your mind, I can tell. You can't stay still." I was informed of this and then I realized that I couldn't. Whether I was walking around or if I was tapping my foot, I couldn't stay still. You would never believe how big of an effect Chloe has on me.

Love. Definitely love.

But it doesn't matter because the love of my life is dancing with other guys across the room, while they flirt with her. Me, well I'm watching her, and its killing me, more and more with every new dance partner.

"Yeah, I guess." I admitted to them, and I have no idea why. I knew them, but only like acquaintances, I wasn't close friends with any of them.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was a girl." These guys were starting to rattle my nerves, and that added to my anger and jealousy build up. My snapping point was coming soon.

"Yeah, yeah." I shook my head and walked away from them, before they could pressure me into telling her name.

I could just imagine the scene in my head…

"So, who is she?" One person would ask, and I'd shake my head, not sure on whether to tell or not.

"Come on, tell us!" Another one of the guys would say.

Then I would start to get more frustrated.

"What are you in love or something?" The third, and final, acquaintance would question.

Then I would have done something reckless, and screamed very loud. I would even realize that I'd just screamed, making aware all of the Mai gathered here.

"Yes! I am in love! And the Uniter loves me back!"

The room would have been dead silent, following multiple gasps and shocked expressions. Everyone would have stared at me, and then they would have turned their gazes to Chloe.

Whoever she was dancing with would have stepped back. And many Mai boys would be upset with me, but I wouldn't care.

I would be too preoccupied with my feelings to notice what was going on. I wouldn't notice any of this happening around me, because I'd only be looking at her.

I would have then walked over with sweaty palms, and looked at her.

"Dance with me, love?"

Chloe would have done the thing that she does all the time. She would have blinked with both eyes, but held them longer than the average blink. Then she would have opened her eyes and looked at me, but only for a second. Then she would have felt embarrassed and looked away from my gaze.

During that, I would place my right hand on the small of her back, and my left hand on top of my right. Her hands would have found their way to my neck, and we would have danced.

Then all of the boys that were previously interested in her, would have realized that she is mine. And they would have backed off. And Valentina would be angry, but I wouldn't have cared, because I'd be on a high of happiness.

But this was the real world, so I just walked away.

I wanted my little scenario, that was stuck on replay in my head, to be true. But pity the fool who ruined the party.

Couldn't I have just one dance?

Yes.

I set my drink down on a table and I walked over to Chloe. She was dancing with some kid named Duke. She had danced with him multiple times tonight, so I instantly hated him.

"Uniter, may I steal a dance?" I said and bowed in her honor. My hand was still extended, waiting for hers to fill its unoccupied space.

Chloe turned to look at Duke, hoping for his approval. He didn't say anything.

"Luke, can I dance with him for a bit?" Chloe asked him. Oh, his name wasn't Duke, then again, what did it matter.

"You know what, no." I was shocked but I held back my urge to slam his face into the ground and use him as a floor mat for our dance.

"Excuse me?" Chloe asked him.

"I want to finish this song." Luke said, and then he led her in a dip.

Chloe looked at me with apologetic eyes. I sighed, and walked back to the edge of the room.

I planned on sitting there, bored and alone, but then I decided to eavesdrop. I happen to do it very well.

"Don't you think your pride gets to spend enough time with you? Can't us others have some time?" He asked, and I would say that he was jealous of me.

"I don't dance around the living room with my pride. When I'm with them, its normally just for training or business." Chloe informed him.

"I'm, sorry. I just really like you, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that does. But I feel like you aren't interested in any of us. Is it because you already have someone in mind?" He asked her.

My mind screamed in joy, praying that she would say yes. But I knew, in truth, that it would ruin the night.

"No, no. I just don't think I've danced with him yet." This made Luke jealous, angry, and disappointed. I could tell.

Me, on the other hand, was ecstatic. She knew that I was listening, so she chose her words carefully. She could have said, "I haven't met him yet." Or "No, I don't have anybody in mind."

But she didn't. She said her words carefully, in a way that she calmed down Luke's theories of another man, and told me that she wanted to dance with me.

As stupid as it sounds, I needed that reassurance. Of course Chloe loved me, but with all of the new guys around, she could have easily fell for someone else. If I hadn't held all of her heart, the tiniest piece of it could have fallen for this Luke guy. But Chloe made it clear then I held every little piece of it, and there weren't any pieces left for anybody else.

Love hurts.

Especially when you have to sit through torture and watch the one you love be with other guys. Knowing that your attempt to see her, failed. Now there isn't a thing you can do, so you have to sit on the side lines and watch another man fall in love with her. The only good thing being that she's not falling back.

Her heart already belongs to me and it is satisfied with that. She isn't looking at the other guys in a way to where she had the slightest curiosity about them, she is just dancing.

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