Chapter 4: Asking her Out and a Man's Revenge

Cole was sitting in his motel room with a sigh. He was thinking about Alyssa again. Her smile, her laugh, her eyes, her hair, and everything else about her. He loved everything about her. He just wanted to be with her.

Alyssa was sitting in her classroom watching the children play. A smile crept onto her face. She could imagine herself marrying Cole and settling down with him. However, first they had to have a date. Today was exciting for her class, today was also pet day and Cole was coming to use his abilities for the children. As the parents brought the pets, Cole came in. "Class, I want you to meet a very good friend of mine. This is Cole Evans, he has come to see your animals today," she informed.

"Hi, Cole," the children greeted.

"Hello," Cole greeted.

He smiled when a little girl walked up to him. "Now, what do we have here?" He asked.

"This is my kitty, Fluffy," she replied.

Cole took a gray and white kitten into his arms. "Hi, Fluffy," he greeted. He lifted the kitten up and stared into the deep brown eyes. He started talking to the kitten. He could see that the kitten was well taken care of. Then a little boy had a hard time controlling his dog. He had the dog settle down and then he looked at the boy. "Now, who's this big boy?" He asked.

"This is Apollo," the boy replied.

"The mighty Apollo," he commented.

Alyssa watched him meet every child's pet. She remembered Kite and she missed him. She knew that Cole missed him too. Even though they knew that the boy was okay and he was with his family. She then went back to watching Cole playing with the kids and their pets.

Later that afternoon, Cole and Alyssa were walking around the park having a nice conversation about anything and everything. "So, what do you think of my class?" She asked.

"Great kids. I especially like that kid who had that golden retriever," Cole replied.

Alyssa smiled and then she kept walking. She felt Cole wrap an arm around her shoulders. She always felt comfort when he touched her. He was always there to protect her from anything and everything that could harm her.

They sat down and looked over at the pond. "Cole, have you ever thought about settling down?" She asked. Cole sat back with a pondering look on his face.

"Yeah, I've thought about it, when I met the right girl," he replied.

"When do you think you'll meet this girl?" She asked.

"Well, I do know I'm looking at the most beautiful girl in the world right now."

Alyssa laughed slightly and looked at him. "No, seriously," she insisted.

"I am being serious, Alyssa. You're beautiful, funny, and you're great with kids," he stated.

"What are you proposing?" She asked.

"Nah, too early for that step."

Cole then smiled at her. "Alyssa, I've been wondering if you'd like to go out with me?" he asked. Alyssa smiled at him. Her heart wanted to fly out of her chest and fly away. Her wish was coming true. Cole Evans was finally asking her out on a date.

"I'd like that a lot," she replied.

"Great, I'll see you Saturday."

"Pick me up at 7:00."

"I'll make sure to do that."

Alyssa watched him leave and stood up. However, the thought Cole leaving one day broke her heart. She couldn't think about what her life would be like without him.

Cole then stopped at the graveyard. He got out of his car and walked over to his parents' graves. He placed a rose on their graves and kneeled down in front of them. "I think you guys would be happy to know that I'm going on a date with my friend, Alyssa. She's a really neat girl, you guys would've loved her. She's sweet, funny, and beautiful. I can't live without this woman, if only you guys could see her," he murmured. He touched the engraving on the stone and left. Not knowing that he was being watched.

Roger watched Cole with a sneer. Then he drove back to his office to make up a plan to get Alyssa.

Roger was sitting in his office when there was a knock on the door. "Come in," he answered. He looked up to see a man standing there.

He had black hair cropped short, indigo eyes, he was wearing black sneakers, black jeans, a black t-shirt, and black sunglasses.

"Ah, Mr. Taylor, I see you got my message," Roger stated. The man was a spy, he sat down and looked at Roger.

"I did get your message, what did you want?" He asked.

"I'm hiring you to spy on somebody for me," Roger replied.

He placed a picture of Alyssa in front of the spy and he picked it up. "I want you to use all of your technology to follow her around. I want you to use cameras, tape recorders, and everything else you have. Just watch her when she's out with this man," Roger instructed. He placed a picture of Cole in front of him. The spy picked that one up and examined it too. "Whenever these two are together, I want you to be there," Roger instructed. The spy put the pictures down on the desk and looked at Roger.

"You have nothing to worry about, sir. I'll keep a sharp eye on these two. However, it's going to cost you because I'm using every piece of technology I own," he informed.

"Name your price and I'll give it when you give me all of the stuff I want on these two."

The spy grinned and then he named his price. He got up and left. Roger looked at the picture of Alyssa with a smile. He picked the picture of Cole up and shredded it. "We will see who gets Alyssa," he snarled.

Alyssa got home and played the messages on her answering machine. "Alyssa, it's Taylor. I'm just calling to see if Cole's still around. I also wanted to see what you were up to. Call me back," Taylor's message informed. The machine beeped and Alyssa collapsed on her couch as she listened to it play the second message. Jen's voice started playing.

"Alyssa, I'm calling, because Wes and I both have an announcement. It's a girl. Her name is Jessica Whitney Collins. Call me back," Jen's message announced.

Alyssa smiled when she noticed that it was the last message. She called Taylor back, but when she called Wes, he told her that Jen was fast asleep. So, she congratulated them and hung up. She then went to her closet to pick out what she was going to wear for her date with Cole.

Cole got back to his motel room and went to his suitcase to see if he had anything nice to wear for his date. He was glad when he found something. He sat back on his bed and looked at the picture of Alyssa he kept in his wallet. The one girl he truly loved was going on a date with him that Saturday and he felt like the world just stopped and he was floating on air. He couldn't wait to have this date for her. He wanted it to be special. Not knowing that it would be the best night of his life.