I try to keep my characters in character, but sometimes I venture out and try something different. Sorry if they are a little OOC, but I'm trying to make them act more like real teenagers instead of super-ancient-Mai-destined-people. Oh and also, sorry I keep writing Brain instead of Brian. Spell check and I skim over it. Anyways, review, please.
This was it. She was done. She knew that she was wasting away her lives, crying over a human. No matter how hard she tried to remain friends, she knew it wouldn't last forever. Brian wanted to be more than that.
She knew that eventually she would have to cut herself out of his life, for the sake of both of them. She wished that he could have just excepted the whole friends thing, but this is how it was. She decided not to spend anymore time crying over him. She was supposed to save all of the Mai, not cry over some silly human.
Chloe knew that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't just forget him. That was impossible. But she would try her best. She was going to try. She wasn't going to cry every time something reminded her of him. It was going to be hard, but she was going to do it. She wasn't going to talk about him though, that would be too hard. She was just going to move on.
She told Amy that she wasn't ready for a boyfriend yet. There weren't even any potential candidates. Of course it would have to be a Mai, but she didn't know many. She was sure that if she asked Valentina, she would know plenty that would be interested, but she didn't want a blind date. She wanted to meet someone, and eventually lead into the dating thing. Not be set up. Chloe was ready for a boyfriend, but if she dare told anyone yet, it would backfire. She thought about maybe asking to go with Valentina to a few of her meetings sometime. Maybe she would meet someone there. Yes, that could work.
Her shift was over, and she saw Alek and Jasmine coming down the street. She waved bye to Lana, who was closing shop. She didn't expect much of a goodbye back, and she wasn't surprised when she didn't get one. She walked on down to her protectors, trying her best to smile, tricking her heart into thinking she's happy.
Alek was questioning her sudden attitude adjustment, was he seeing her correctly. Jasmine just smiled back. She didn't want to bring up anything, seeing as it would probably distract Chloe from her training. But instead, Chloe brought it up.
"I'm over it. I don't want to talk about, but I just wanted to let you know. I don't care anymore." Chloe said, half telling them, half reminding herself.
"Good," Alek said. It was often difficult for him to not be a jerk. "It was a waste of your time." He added. It was the truth but not what she wanted to hear.
"Not helping." Chloe said.
Jasmine intervened, trying to change the subject for Chloe's sake.
"Tonight's lesson: avoidance. Sometimes the best way to avoid a blow, is to not be there when it happens." Jasmine told her.
"Got it." Chloe said, not in the mood to talk. It was going to take sometime for her to be completely over it, but she was trying. Training was going to be a good distraction.
When they got to the park, it was empty, as was usual for this park. Jasmine gave Chloe a lecture about avoidance, Alek only putty in a few cocky remarks. Jasmine and Alek used their bamboo sticks to fight, Jasmine demonstrating how to avoid.
"Alright, your up, Chloe. Alek is going to try to hit you, avoid him."
Jasmine found it easier not to get too involved in other people's person lives. Unless, of course, it was something that she needed to be involved in. She wasn't very good with dealing with people, and their personal problems. She knew that Chloe needed a friend to talk to, but she had Amy. Right? As much as she wanted to be better friends with Chloe, Jasmine didn't know how. She had never had a best friend before. The closest thing she had was Alek. But it wasn't quite the same.
Alek swung his bamboo repeatedly at Chloe, hoping to knock her off her feet or force her to drop her stick. But Chloe was on her toes. She avoided every attempt of his, making Jasmine nod in appreciation. Chloe then got brave, and she turned the table. She attacked Alek. She acted as if she was going to make him loose his weapon, but at the last second she tripped him. He landed on his back and Chloe brought her stick to his through. She didn't hurt him, but she easily could have, had he been an assassin.
"The best way to avoid this situation would have been not to be here when it happened. Avoidance." Chloe mocked Jasmine's earlier choice of words, making Jasmine giggle from behind her.
Chloe removed her stick from his face, offering him a hand. He took it and she pulled him to his feet.
"Good job, King. But it won't happen again." He tempted her. And they were off. They fought each other for dominance. Alek knocked her weapon out of her hands, but she quickly jumped up and grabbed it. She got a good hit on him, later on, and his stick broke in half, ending their training session.
"Well, I'll add that to the list to buy." Jasmine said, as she reclaimed her things and put them in her bag. Alek offered her both halves of his stick, laughing. She raised her eyebrows and politely said, no thanks. He then proceeded to put it in the nearby garbage can.
"Do you guys want to go get some ice cream?" Chloe suggested. She hadn't had it in a while and tonight seemed like a good night for it.
"I can't I haven't even touched my history paper. I have to go do it. Thanks for the offer though." Jasmine apologized. Chloe then turned to Alek.
"Sure, we can drop Jasmine off and then get some before I take you home." He said.
As they walked Jasmine home, the three of them talked about things like, tonight's lesson, how long its been since they went bowling, the new store at the mall that just opened, and about the car that Chloe wanted, dearly to get.
Jasmine said her goodbyes and then Chloe and Alek started to walk towards the ice cream parlor.
"So how's life?" Chloe asked him, casually.
"Good, I guess. Hey…Chloe" He was going to ask her out to dinner, but he couldn't bring himself to it. With any of the other girls Alek had dated, asking them out had never been a problem. He was surprised how nervous he got when it came to Chloe.
"Yes?" Chloe asked, wondering about his odd silence. Sometimes he really confused her.
"Oh. Never mind." He couldn't bring himself to ask her.
"No. Tell me. What were you going to say?" She pushed. He decided to come up with a quick lie.
"What kind of ice cream are you going to get?" Wow. Lame. He thought. She thought for a moment.
"Mmm. Maybe a banana split." She decided.
"My personal favorite." He agreed. Surprisingly not lying. "What's your favorite color?" Chloe was a little surprised by Alek's sudden interest in her personal life, but she thought nothing of it.
"Purple. And you?" She asked, trying to be polite.
"I don't really have one." He answered.
"You have to. Everybody does." She insisted.
"Fine, blue." He said, most of his favored shirts were blue. "Favorite flower?" He asked.
"Roses." Chloe said.
"Of course they are. Your such a typical girl."
"Fine Mr. Unusual. What's your favorite flower?" If he had one, she would be a little startled.
"Please!" He joked, laughing. "They are all just weeds to me." He laughed again and Chloe looked away from him, looking down the street.
"Alek?" She asked, looking back at him. She put both her hands behind her back.
"Ya?" Alek was happy to be spending time alone with Chloe. If wasn't brave enough to ask her out on a real date, this would have to do.
"Why are you suddenly being nice to me? And suddenly you care about what I think and you want to know more about me." She asked. She had a hunch that he was beginning to want to be her friend, but it didn't sound like something he would ever do. Chloe obviously didn't know him well enough.
"I have always been nice to you. You've just been so wrapped up with your human to notice." Chloe sighed. She hated it when he called him that. She decided not to say anything, Brian didn't matter anymore anyways. Right?
"Oh." Was all she came up with to reply. They walked in silence for a moment. They saw the ice cream place coming up. Alek told Chloe that he would buy, so she took a seat. Alek ordered and he walked over to the outdoor table that she had been sitting at. He sat down and she looked up at him. Then she noticed that he put down one banana split: with two spoons.