Cole's POV
I went to our place first, Ali wasn't there. I called Ankh, Ali wasn't there. I called Nana, checked the gym, I even went in spirit form to Ali's old house, I called my dad. My dad had also reminded me that we were getting 2 new slayers for our team, and that they were coming tomorrow.
Now it was 11:37, and I was still driving, she could honestly be anywhere.
But she had to go home some time right?
I stop at Starbucks and get a Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappicuno, with extra sprinkles, then head home.
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I park my roofless/doorless jeep in our driveway, I open the door and walk into the kitchen to throw out my Starbucks cup, I walk into the living room and see Ali passed out on the L-shaped couch, still dressed in her outfit from Hearts (even the shoes).
I walk to the front of the couch and kneel to we're eye level,
"Ali" I whisper shaking her shoulder slightly. Then I realize she reaks of alcohol,
Was Ali drinking?! Ali never drinks,
"Come on Ali-gator" I say as I pick her up bridal style. She snuggles up against me, and mumbles something incoherent, burying her head in my chest, I laugh quietly.
I walk upstairs and gently place Ali on our bed, I unstrap her shoes and slip them off putting them in her closet next to my shoes. I take off my shirt and pants, tossing them into the laundry basket. I get in the bed with Ali and wrap my arms around her holding her to me, I bury my head in the crook of her neck,
"I love you Ali" I murmur "I love you so much"
Then I drift off to sleep, with my Ali protected in my arms
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I wake up to retching coming from the washroom, I groan as I get up from the bed, I walk over to the washroom, the door is open slightly and I see Ali kneeling in front of the toilet barfing, she's holding her hair up with one hand, stray hairs framing her face, and the other is gripping the edge of the toilet bowl. I walk in and take Ali's hair from her hand holding all of it back, I rub back soothingly. She leans back into me when she's done, I kiss her forehead as her eyes close, then she suddenly bolts upright and glares at me,
"Ali I-"
"Don't talk to me" She grumbles and stumbles to the sink and starts to brush her teeth.
I get up and follow her, I lean against the sink until she puts the tooth brush away, she's walks out of the washroom without even looking at me. I follow her out, she's at her closet looking through it
"Ali please I-"
"Am I on protrol tonight?"
"Wait what? Oh um No.. your training the newbies"
"Newbies?" She questions
"Not really new at the whole Zombie Hunting thing but like you know abilities, uh Slayer Fire, what it can do and stuff"
"Uh huh"
"Ali-"
"Move."
I step out of her way she walks to the washroom with a handful of clothes, she walks into the washroom and I hear the lock click.
Ali's POV
I lock the door shut behind me, and sink to the floor, tears streaming down my face, I bite my lip to stifle the sobs, until one escapes and I can't stop the rest,
"He cheated on me" I whisper pulling my legs to my chest,
"He cheated on me" I repeat, crying harder, the boy that said he'd love me, the boy that said he cared, the boy that said he'd fight for me, the boy that changed for me, the love of my life cheated on me.
"Ali.." Cole whispers through the door.
I sniffle, tears still falling down my cheeks "G-go away C-cole"
"I'm sorry" He whispers "So sorry"
I ignore him and stand up and wipe my tears away, crying won't solve my problems, I look at my reflection in the mirror; there's bags under my eyes, my eyes are red, and my cheeks are tear stained, my hair's knotted, basically I'm a mess. I sigh, then check the time 1:30 pm and start to get ready.
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I walk down the stairs from our bedroom wearing casual black shorts and a white tank top and a pair of running shoes . Cole is sitting at the table, (he's now wearing pants). I grab some pills from the cabinet to help with my headache, as I swallow the pills Cole looks at me,
"Ali, were you drinking last night?"
I open my mouth to reply but don't say anything, he knew I did, I couldn't lie to him, but what's the harm in answering?
"Yeah" I say
"Why?"
What's the harm in answering? Talking to him when you really don't want to, that's what.
"Why do you care, shouldn't you be off confessing your love to Juliana?" I growled
"Ali I care because I love you, I'm your boyfriend, " He states
"Cole..." I whisper looking down, playing with the ends of my shorts. "Your-your not my boyfriend,"
"Ali." He says coming up to me. "I-
"You cheated on me" I look up at him still not meeting his gaze "You kissed Juliana right in front of me, what makes you think that's okay?"
"It's not " He replies hurt evident in his voice, "Ali, sweetheart, let me explain" He looked at me pleading, taking my hand in his.
"No" I said, if he did I would be hurting myself all over again, "I can't" I whisper, shaking my head "Not again" I look into those violet orbs and... the world melts around us we're in Cole's gym, and I'm there with a boy around Cole's age maybe 20 and I'm hugging him, his face is blurry I can't see it properly, but it seems familiar in a odd way, I place a kiss on his cheek and I'm smiling.
Everything comes back into view, I give him a shaky smile "See, where not an us anymore Cole"
"Ali, you know better than anyone not to trust the visions, that they don't always mean what we think"
"I'll see you at 7 Cole, have fun with Juliana"
With that I take me hand from his, and wake out the door, before I can leave Cole grabs my arm.
"But I want an us, Ali-gator, please hear me out"
"I don't." I lie, but if I said I do too, I wouldn't able to walk away and well I have to, it's better for both of us. "I'll see you at the gym"
With that I walked away.
Cole's POV
Ali's gone
But I'm still going to fight for her, I promised I would and I will no matter what, forget the vision, forget Juliana, forget everything, I just have to get Ali back.
I hear my phone beep signaling a new text, I sigh and walk over to my iPhone 5s,
Gavin: How's our Ali
Me: My Ali, and she's fine, was hungover, but fine
Gavin: Ali?! Hungover?!
Me: Yes, hows Juliana?
Gavin: Idiotic, asshole, annoying as hell, can I go home?
Me: Lol sure
Gavin: Actually looks like I'm going to the barn.
Me: Y?
Gavin: Ali wants me to pick her up...
Me: Okay...
Gavin: Okay?
Me: Okay.
Gavin: Dude! stop recreating The Fault In Our Stars honestly, that was some sad shit.
I laugh putting phone in my pocket then go upstairs to find a shirt, time to talk to Juliana.
Ali's POV
After buying a Bacon Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich and regular Medium Iced Coffee from Tim Hortons for Lunch, it was 3:00 I had to be at the barn at 7 for Training/Protol/ whatever else us Slayers do. I call Gavin and ask him for a ride to the gym, might as well drive my anger into fighting.
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Gavin tried to cheer me up on the ride there, he really did, but I wasn't really in the mood until he asked about my drinking festa last night.
I gasped "How in do you know about that?"
"That's for me to know, and you to find out"
"Cole told you, didn't he?"
"That's besides the point, cupcake, now spill"
"You sound like a girl trying to get details about my sex life or something"
"Noted. Now tell me"
"There's is no way in hell I'm telling you" I shot back
"Yes ali-gator, but we're on Earth so..." He looks at me with a smirk.
"Hey focus on driving!" I shout slapping his arm.
"Ow!" He grumbled, "I was just curious"
"No, you were annoying"
"Ali you really should forgive Cole" He says, changing the subject
"six beers, shot contest, some other stuff, it's kinda fuzy" I blurt
"WHAT?!" He shouts, I cringe
"Just-just drive" I say pointing in front of us. Of course he ignores me
"Does Cole know?"
"He doesn't need to know, and if you know what's good for you won't tell him" I glare at him
"Cupcake, are you threatening me, in my own car"
"Yup, you seemed shocked" I smirk
"Typical" He mutters under his breathe
"I'm not deaf Gavin! I can hear you"
"So? You seemed shocked" He says copying me.
"Copy Cat!" I shout sticking out my tongue
We're silent for a long time until Gavin says,
"Hey cupcake?"
"Uh huh"
"You love Cole right"
"Gav I really don't wan-"
"Just answer the question"
I hesitate, even though I already know the answer "I-yes" I whisper
"And he love you too you know, you can tell just by the way he looks at you, the way he talks to you, that smile he gives you, it's reserved for you, he'd do anything for, anything, he's crazy in love with you, you know that?" He asks looking at me.
"Yeah" I whisper "He did, but I- he was lying, probably does that with every girl"
"Does what?"
"I can't believe I'm telling you this, good glory"
"Ali.. Just tell me"
"He... he made me feel like I was special, like I was everything to him, I was important, I was his one and only, his forever and always and... he was mine." I tell him, smiling at the end, tears blurring my vision.
"Ali... have you ever wondered why Cole made so many mistakes, it was 'cuz it was first time in love, and it was with you, he loved you with everything he was, and you were the only one that he's ever loved, ever, he changed for you cupcake, he changed a lot, he'd die for you"
And me for him
"At least let him explain what happened okay?"
"Yeah, maybe" I say looking forward. "For a someone who's never been in a relationship before you sure know a lot about them"
He shrugs "I observe"
I roll my eyes, he turns the corner and pulls up in the drive-way of Cole's barn.
"Thanks for the ride barbie," I say opening the door.
"Anytime cupcake" He says with a wink.
I roll my eyes, and step out of the car, and walk into the gym. I'm the only one here, Gavin had to leave to do something, not even Mackenzie is here. I smile to myself as I walk into the locker room , I grab the pink sports bar from my cuby and replace my white tank with it ( it was the middle of summer so of course it was burning outside).
I hop on the treadmill, plug in my headphones to my phone and set up a new playlist, I quickly check the time 3:15, 3 hours and 45 min until 7. I take a deep breathe then press the start button on the treadmill.
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Everyone started coming in at around 6:30, when I was practicing shooting, I was actually getting better.
I walked out of the sound proof room and see everyone's here, River and Chance included, I smile walking up to River, but then a hand grabs me roughly by the arm dragging me to the locker room. Once we the door was shut he pinned me against the wall, placing his hands on the wall beside my head, caging me in.
"Cole!" I shout, trying to duck under his arm, but he moves so I can't get out.
"Your not getting away until you hear me out"
"No just le-"
"Without interrupting me, understand?" He tells me with a raised eyebrow
"Fine" I grumble, looking away.
"About Juliana, first off IT WAS JUST A KISS!, second I know that even if it was just a kiss it was wrong, but it wasn't my fault an-"
"IT WAS MORE THAN A KISS" I shout "And even if it wasn't your fault somehow, then how, how? She kissed you, but you caged her in, you kissed her back, you didn't pull away, you left me." I whisper the last part looking down .
"Ali" he says softly, tilting my chin up to look at him "I would never leave you, Juliana... she-she has abilities, Slayer abilities, she can change your emotions, she made me feel that way, the way I feel for you I felt for her"
"Cole that-"
"I'm not done Ali-gator" His says placing a finger on my lips, with a small smile.
"I know you probably don't forgive me, but I-I need you to trust me" He says nuzzling my neck, kissing the spot where my shoulder and neck meet.
"And I'm so, so, sorry Ali and-" He looks at me, "I- forgive me, please"
I cup his face in both my hands, his eyes dart down to my lips, I pull his face to mine "Yes" I breathe.
He crashes his lips into mine, I moan into his mouth, he picks my up and I wrap my legs around his waist, rubbing myself against him. He moans, kissing down my neck onto my shoulder, my hands, move under his shirt, pulling it over his head and tossing it aside, he starts to bite and suck my neck, I moan, tangling my fingers in his hair. "Cole, don't leave any marks" I mumble.
He chuckles, "No promises"
I moan as he bites down hard, he looks back up to me smirking, he leans to kiss me again, but I stop him " I want a proper explanation about Juliana later, got it?"
"Anything for you" He says.
"Now shut up and kiss me"
he laugh then give me a deep kiss, his tongue thrusting into my mouth, I tilt his head for deeper access "I love you" I moan as his hands dig into my hips, his thumb slipping under the waist band of my shorts. He-
Someone clears there throat from beside us, I pull away blushing, Cole places me on my feet and I look down, "I'm looking for Cole Holland" The man says
Cole kisses my cheek, "We'll talk later okay?" He says I nod still blushing from the embarrassment of getting caught, Cole on the other hand looks almost happy about it. I turn to go not looking at the man, I feel his eyes on me, before the door shuts I hear Cole say "She's mine" I smile and shut the door behind me.
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I'm sitting in the middle of the sparing ring, well actually I'm sitting on Cole's lap as he makes the announcements,
"And we have a new member to our group, CONNOR!" Cole says gesture to where Connor is standing, "Connor's partner is coming next week to help as well" Cole adds. "Now as you know Ali will be here to train Connor, and watch the slayers bodies; tend to injuries if she must."
Everyone nods there aprrovala and I get up with Cole, Gavin comes over to me as Cole goes to talk to Frosty.
"Cole trusts you with Connor? alone" Gavin says nudging my shoulder.
"Uh huh" I say crossing my arms over my chest.
"You guys back together?"
"Yeah" I say smiling
"So did my amazing councling advice work?"
"Uh yeah no"
"Meh, no one said it was good advice" He shrugs, and walks off to one of the chairs and sits down.
Cole is sitting in bean bag chair, I walk up behind him and kiss his cheek, "Hey" I whisper.
He turns his face to mine and I kiss him softly "mmmh Hey" He whispers once her pulls away,
"Uh Cole..." I say moving so I'm standing in front of him.
"Yes love?"
"I'm sorry I overeacted when you kissed Juliana, I should have let you explain, I shouldn't have acted the way I did and-
He stands up and silences me with a kiss, "Ali, I'm sorry, it was my fault" He says pulling away "You reacted the way any girl would have acted, but that's not important now, it's in the past, yes we still have to talk about it but not rigth now okay?"
"Okay." I say smiling, he smiles too, giving me a slow kiss.
I pull away grinning "Stay safe, "
"Always, espically when I have something valuable to come back to" He says winking
I laugh and push onto the bean bag, "Love you King Cole" I whisper bending down so where eye level.
He smiles at softly cupping my cheeks in his hands "I love you too my queen"
I give him one last kiss, then walk away as all the slayers seperate there spirit from from the bodies and the exit the barn, in there assigned pairs.
"So your names Ali huh?" Connor asks from behind me. I walk into the locker room and start fidling with stuff in my cubby.
"That's your real name, or is it a nickname?"
"Nickname."
"How old are you?"
"18."
"I'm 21"
"Good to know"
"So what's your real name princess?"
"Why does everyone say that" I mutter.
"Say what?"
"Nothing" I say turning around glaring at him.
This is the first time I've actually seen Connor clearly, he's has brown hair that looks like he's ran his fingers through it one too many times, he has mischiveous blue eyes, and has a smug chesire cat smile, almost like Gavin's
But his eyes softened when he looked at me, he gasp
"Alice"
"Connor" I breathe "How?.. Why are you here?"
Connor. Connor Bell. My brother
"Why I'm I here, why are you here?"
"You left" I breathe "I have seen you in 9 years Connor because you left"
"I couldn't stay, as much as I wanted to, I couldn't I-"
"Actually right now I don't care" I say shouldering my way past him.
"Alice..."
"1. It's Ali now, 2. I said I. Don't. Care."
"Fine we'll talk about someting else princess" He replies
"Don't call me that" Why does everyone say that?!
"WHO THE HELL WAS THAT BOY YOU WERE MAKING OUT WITH!?"
"Oh, Cole? Yeah he's my boyfriend" I say with a smirk, without looking back at him as I wrap tape around my fists
"BOYFRIEND" He shouts "YOUR TO YOUNG TO HAVE A BOYFRIEND, HE PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN CARE, HE'S USING YOU!"
"I'm 18, and we've been together for 2 years, we live together, he does care, more the you do and he's not using me." I say calmly "Wanna spar?" I ask turning to him with a smirk
"Are you sure you can handle me, you probably hit like a girl"
"Well that's better then you can hit and thank you" I walk into the ring, gesturing him to follow.
He walks in and stands infront of me, his hands in fists in front of his face.
"Ready princess?"
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By the time the Slayers came back Connor and I we're panting in the ring, he was smirking at me
"I...win" He panted
"It was... 4 to... 5 I could... have beat you.."
"Excuses, excuses" He taunts, stepping out of the ring
"Shut up" I mumble, following him out, still panting.
"Sour loser" He calls over his shoulder.
"You can be quiet!" I shout back.
Frosty is talking to Connor, when Gavin comes up to me
"I bet you just love the new guy" He says sarcastically
"Yeah, he's just a ray of sunshine" I reply with equal sarcasm, they don't need to know about me and Connor's past, I'd tell Cole, I couldn't lie to him.
"Where's Cole?" I ask
"Umm I think he's in the locker room?" He says, more like asks,
"You are no help," I say wacking his arm.
"No problem Cupcake!" He calls
I walk into the locker room, and for once Gavin was right about something, Cole was by the sink shirtless cleaning a cut on his forehead.
"Hi" I say, warping my arms around his torso from behind, I rest my head on his shoulder.
"Hey beautiful" He smiles at me in the mirrior, I notice his cheek is brusied, his lip is cut and there's a huge slash across his chest, it's not that deep but streches diagonley from his shoulder down to his torso ending right above where my hands are.
"Cole, what happened?"
"Oh that... uh" He rubs the back of his neck, looking down "It's nothing, really"
"It looks like something to me" I reply rinsing a cloth under water,
"Really Ali nothing to worry about"
"Uh huh" I say starting to wipe the dry blood away, "Spill"
"I uh kinda got hit by a tree and uh.. then fell on some gravel and scarped myself in a attempt to get up uh... there was a partically sharp rock"
I burst out lauphing "You walked into a tree, fell and now there's- there's a scar across your chest!" I clutch stomach.
"It's not that funny" He grumbles, pulling his shirt back on
I can't reply because I'm laughing so hard, I actually snort a bit
Cole chuckles shaking his head "Your adorable" He starts to leave the locker room.
"Where you going?" I ask, still giggling
"Home"
"Wait your my ride" I shout after him, running out of the room,
"Then hurry up" He calls over his shoulder. I catch up to Cole and right before we leave I hear Connor say
"See you later Princess"
I ignore him and hop into Cole's car, grinning.
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Once we get home, Cole turns the Wii on and starts to play Mario Cart, I go upstairs and take a quick shower, then look for my pj's, which are all dirty apparently, I sigh and turn to Cole's drawers, looking for something to wear for bed, I choose one of his hoodies that says HOLLAND in big white letter on the back with 74 below it. The sweater falls down to a little over half my thigh, I grab some shorts from my drawer and slip them on underneath, I walk downstairs into the kitchen and make some mirowave popcorn, I sit on the couch next to Cole and watch as he finishes the third lap, which he places 2nd. He turns to me and grins
"Love your sweater," He brushes his lips against mine
"Can I join" I ask when pulls away
"Sure, think you can beat me?"
"I know it" He laughs and pecks my cheek then adds me I choose Yoshi as my character, while he chooses Lugi, we pick our cars, and I choose the rainbow road track,
"Ready to loose Holland?"
"To you? Never"
"1...2...3...GO" We both shout, shooting down the track, and then guess what? Cole falls off the track!
"How's that win looking now Holland" I tell him
"Not fair, King Boo pushed me"
"My care cup's empty"
He bursts out laughing "Care cup?"
"Silence peasent" I shout
"Anthing for my Queen"
I blush slightly, and start my second lap on 8th place, but Cole's in 10th.
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"I win again!" I shout stiking my tounge out at Cole
"Because I let you" He replies kissing my forehead
"You owe me something" I state
"Why" He asks with a raised eyebrow turning the Wii off
"Because I won, unlike you who lost" I pick up the empty popcorn bowl and bring it to the kitchen and start washing it.
"You look really sexy in that sweater" He says changing topics, I blush, suddenly finding the sink very interesting.
"About your prize, I can think of a couple things" he says kissing down my neck, I turn around and crash my lips into his tangling my fingers into his hair.
He picks me up and and I wrap my legs around his waist, he preses me against the wall his fingers gripping my waist under the sweater. I moan into his mouth,
"Let's go upstairs" He says pulling away, I nod licking my lips. He walks upstairs with my legs still wrapped wround him, while I kiss acroos his jaw line, he opens the door and places me on the bed gently, kissing me deeply, his tounge entering my mouth, I moan as he yanks my sweater off me, kissing down my body, he takes off my bra, and I yank off his shirt,
"Your so beautiful Aligator" He says kissing my chest "I love you so much"
"I love you too, " I whisper "I love you so much"