I would post more tomorrow. But tomorrow is a Tuesday. And my favorite show is on at nine… ;)
When Alek sat down, with an ice cream meant for two, Chloe glared at him.
"Alek, why, might I ask, is there only one ice cream?" Chloe said, still glaring at him.
"What, don't know how to share, King?"
"Fine," she mumbled taking a spoon from him. "But this isn't a date." She said.
Alek kicked himself, mentally, but since he didn't want to give away his feelings, he just snapped at her.
"What on earth would make you think I would date you?"
"Ow. That one hurt, Alek." She said, taking another bite of banana. He knew that she was joking.
"Paybacks for pinning me down." He continued, playing a game of back and forth with her.
"That's what you get for not being prepared." She said, but she quickly added to it. "You know, if I were an assassin, you would have been dead." She loved it when she mocked him. It gave him a taste of his own medicine.
"Chloe, you know that when I say that, I'm trying to teach you, not tease you. There is nothing funny about your lives." And with that, his attitude changed faster than a girl's outfit. She hated that about him. How he would be having good time, and suddenly turn serious. "Okay, maybe I tease you, too." He added, again changing his mood. He was back to his sarcastic-self.
"Alek, sometimes you drive me insane." She said. She meant it as a truthful comment. Alek could imagine her, as his girlfriend, saying that very same thing.
"Good, then I'm doing my job right." He snickered back.
"Your job, is to protect me, not tease me." Chloe reminded him.
"No. I'm pretty sure its both." Alek joked.
Chloe started to daydream She was thinking about the last time she had ice cream. Brian. The last time she had ice cream was the night she broke Brian's heart, the night she cried for hours. Yesterday. How did she forget? Alek. She focused too much on Alek, and that made her forget. She focused on training really hard with him, his teases, his questions, and the way that he was nice to her suddenly.
Did Alek like her?
No. Of course he didn't, that was just silly.
They finished their ice cream, together. Chloe didn't mind sharing, as long it was just as friends. Besides Alek didn't even like her, nor did she him. And neither of those was ever likely to change.
While they walked back to Chloe's house, they talked about things that didn't matter. And they would occasionally tease each other, since it was what they do best. And when they reached Chloe's house, Alek was sad to see her go. He was having such a good time. He knew that there was one easy way to feel like this all the time. Tell her. But he couldn't.
Chloe went inside and saw her mom. They talked for a little bit, and then her mom excused herself to go to bed. Chloe went upstairs and she saw that Amy was online.
Hey, Amy.
Hey. So what did you do tonight?
I went out for ice cream, with Alek.
I guess that means your completely over Brian.
Yes, I don't know why I kept him around as long as I did. It just put off the pain. But no need talking about it, because its done and over with.
So, was it just you two getting ice cream?
Yes, and it was delicious.
Really, what did you have?
Oh we split a banana split.
Does this mean he told you?
Amy. Told me what?
Wait, what? He didn't. Well I can't.
Tell me.
Chloe I, I can't. But the dads are calling me, gotta go! Bye.
Chloe knew that Amy had lied to her, just to avoid telling her.
And with that, Amy was gone. What was such top secret news that Alek and Amy shared? And how did Amy know in the first place? Why wouldn't either of them tell her? Was it about her?
So many questions zipped through Chloe's mind. She had to find out, so she crawled onto the roof.
Alek jumped out of surprise, after Chloe scared him half to death. If hadn't been so lost in his thoughts, he would have heard her coming. He knew he had to fix that, otherwise it was pointless to lose sleep sitting on her roof if he couldn't prevent an attacker.
"Alek," Chloe said. She sounded like a mom the way she said it.
"What?" He asked.
"Question. What does Amy know?" What, he never would have thought that Amy would tell her. If she kept quiet this long, he wouldn't have guessed for her to tell. He figured that she would have texted Chloe the news after she left the condo.
"I don't recall." Alek said, trying to drop it. Even though he was dying to know if Chloe knew.
"She asked me if you told me."
"Oh," he replied.
"Tell me." Chloe demanded.
"Chloe," Alek was seriously thinking about telling her, but he had never heard silence quite this loud. It got to him, and he panicked. "I have no idea what your talking about." He starred into her eyes, trying to convince himself to tell her. But it was a no go.
"Yes you do, tell me." Chloe insisted.
"I, can't." Alek said.
"That's exactly what she said!" Chloe threw her hands in the air, and waved them around.
He chuckled, and Chloe pushed him, but in a friendly way. The she decided for a different approach. She batted her eyelashes at him. He was shocked.
She stood up and she took two steps, towards her window. She then turned around to face him.
"If you won't tell me, I guess I'm going back in." She had no idea what she was doing, but she really wanted to know the secret. She was more surprised when this hooked him.
"Fine, I'll tell you. Just stay." He said.
She bit her lip and she sat back down, this time next to him. That's when she heard his heart skip a beat. Was she making him nervous? She knew that she was definitely going to pry the information from him.
"Tell me, Alek." Chloe said, batting her eyelashes again.
"Would you stop doing that!" He thought, and then he realized that he said it aloud.
"Why? Does it bother you?" She said, doing it again.
She watched him as he looked down at his lap. She followed his gaze and then she thought about how perfectly his lap would act, as a pillow. Her head would be sure to be comfortable, and she would surely fall asleep.
Wait.
What was she doing? She saw him look up at her. His hair moved slightly. The golden brown hair that she felt the need to touch. But she restrained herself.
What was going on with her tonight? For goodness sake!
"Chloe," he started. She loved the way that her name rolled off of his lips. She wished that he would say her name again.
That's enough. She screamed to herself. Stop it!
Chloe King, did not like Alek Petrov…or did she? She kept fighting it from herself. She couldn't like him. He was her protector. Nothing more than a partner in crime. She kept fighting it, but she knew that in the long run, her heart would win.
She kept starring at him, trying to convince herself otherwise. But it wasn't working. It actually backfired, giving her heart points. She knew the battle was coming to an end. And she wasn't going to win it.
He hesitated to tell her, but he knew that he promised it to her.
But Chloe continued to deny herself of what she thought was happening. She fought the urge to fall for Alek.
It would ruin their friendship, if she fell for him. It would make them both loose their focus. It could have the potential to kill her. She already knew that would easily give up a life for either one of her protectors, if it was necessary. But it would lead her into throwing her lives away to save him. Even at times where he would be able to save himself. Chloe would kill herself, just for him.
She continued to fight herself, not allowing herself to fall for the blond haired, gorgeous Mai. If she sat out here any longer, she was going to do something stupid.
She forgot about the secret that he was about to spill. She was lost in her thoughts. And she was about to give into them.
But then he ran his hand threw her hair. And that was it. She couldn't take it anymore.
She lost it, she gave in, she knew that she liked him. Some part of her knew it all along, another part knew it would be forever more. She was meant for him.
But it was a shame, since he didn't like her back. And she couldn't sit here, in front of him, and think about that.
She got up, as she mumbled, "Nevermind, it doesn't matter."
She went back to her window, and she climbed through it, leaving her crush alone on the roof.
Alek watched her walk away, and then he sighed in relief. He had come so close to telling Chloe that he liked her. But she saved him.
If he would have told her, it would have ruined their friendship, since she didn't like him back. And it would have embarrassed him, beyond measures.
Neither Mai knew of the others feelings, nor did they plan on sharing them.