Well, I'm sorry that its been a while, but here you go :) It's a pretty good chapter. Review if you want me to keep writing for this story. Otherwise I will end it here! And I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want that…so review!
After school, Jasmine caught up to Chloe. When Chloe heard Jasmine calling her name, she pretended that she didn't hear her, and Chloe quickly walked away. Jasmine ran up to her and grabbed her hand, forcing her to stop.
"Avoiding me? Why so?" Jasmine asked her. Chloe ignored her and she looked away. Jasmine was a smart girl, and Chloe knew that. If they talked too much, Jasmine would see past the wall that Chloe was holding up, and she would know the truth.
Since Chloe had just finally told herself, she didn't feel that it was the best time to tell anybody else yet.
"Chloe?" Jasmine asked, not dropping the subject.
The girls were on a roof, since it was how they normally went to Chloe's work. So Chloe had an idea that would have to put an end to Jasmine's digging.
"Race ya!" Chloe said, going into a full run.
"Chloe!" Jasmine yelled, quickly turning to run after the girl that was already yards away.
When Chloe got to the store, she didn't intend on waiting for Jasmine, so, she went straight into the store. Lana was behind the counter and she was reading a magazine.
"Hey, Lana" Chloe greeted, in a much nicer way than the girl deserved.
"Ya, hey." She greeted, but her tone held some sarcasm. "Look, the store isn't busy today and it probably isn't going to change. So you don't have to work today, I can handle it." Lana said, going back to her magazine.
Chloe thought about all the extra time Jasmine was about to have with her. She shuddered and then she mumbled to Lana, "Kay, Call me if you need me." And Chloe walked out of the store, nearly bumping into Jasmine.
Jasmine had heard it all and she smiled.
"What now?" Chloe asked, hoping not to get back into what Jasmine would want to talk about.
"Yoga." Jasmine said, with a smirk creeping across her face.
"Since we have more time today, and your going to make me do that, your taking me to do something fun after." Chloe demanded.
Jasmine thought for a moment and then she agreed, still with that smirk on her face.
The girls started walking back to Jasmine's house, and Chloe started to become her happy, normal self again. And then Jasmine seized the opportunity and she talked about Chloe and the sudden new look in her eyes.
"There is something you want to tell me, but your scared to tell me." Jasmine confirmed.
"How did you-never mind." Chloe said.
"So?" Jasmine urged for Chloe to spill, but Chloe new that Jasmine would tell Alek, or she would try to set them up. Both of which she wasn't in a hurry for.
For all Chloe knew, Alek didn't like her back.
"Ya, I do find it creepy how easily you can read me." Chloe said.
"No, you know what I want to talk about." Jasmine starred into Chloe's eyes, trying to read the new glow. Jasmine gasped, and Chloe looked at her. "You like somebody."
Chloe bit her lip and said, "Maybe."
"Who?" Jasmine grabbed Chloe's arm and was practically cutting off the circulation. She realized it and stopped.
"Okay, first, I'm not even sure that I do. And, second, I definitely couldn't tell you, even if I was sure, before I told Amy. She would kill me."
Jasmine sighed, knowing it was reasonable. Jasmine knew that she may have connected with Chloe recently, but Amy was her best friend, and she would always come first. All Jasmine mumbled out was a fine.
The girls got to the condo, and they changed into their training clothes. They got some yoga equipment out and they set off to work. They did all sorts of things that a newcomer shouldn't have been able to do, but the were Mai. Chloe was surprised how naturally it came to her, and she was also surprised how good it left her feeling. She felt as if she could conquer the world, a statement that was all too close to her future reality.
They had been working at it for almost two hours, when the doorknob turned and a young British Mai walked in, and stopped dead in his tracks, eyes set on the girl in the backbend, with a gorgeous set of blonde curls.
Chloe saw that he was now here, and she got up, taking a sip of water. He was still starring at her, and she saw. She pretended that she hadn't but she definitely had. It gave her confidence that, maybe, someday, he could learn to like her.
"I thought you said you were going to bed?" Jasmine questioned him, while her arms were folded across her chest.
"Not tired." Alek said while walking towards the fridge.
"Are we done now?" Chloe asked Jasmine, who nodded in agreement. Alek heard that and he mentally sighed. Then he went to his bedroom.
"Go get changed, and then we'll go." Jasmine ordered, and Chloe obeyed.
They went out the door and they got into the elevator. The doors were closing and they were almost fully shut, when a hand flew between them, stopping them from closing. As the doors opened back up, he stepped in.
"What are you doing here?" Chloe asked him.
"Going with you." He answered. "By the way, where exactly are we going?" Alek asked, while he pressed the elevator button for the lobby.
"Bra shopping." Jasmine answered quickly, and Chloe prayed that she was lying. Chloe couldn't do that with anyone but her mom or Amy, let alone Alek.
"Not my personal favorite, but it works." Alek said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Absolutely not!" Chloe shouted.
"Relax, Chloe. How about bowling?" Jasmine calmed her.
Chloe nodded, along with Alek.
When they got there, Jasmine and Chloe rented shoes while Alek went and bought some snacks. Chloe uttered something that only Jasmine heard, about how gross the shoes were, but she put them on anyways. Alek was coming back with the snacks and he set them on a table, as he grabbed his shoes from his cousin.
Chloe set up the names and Jasmine took her first turn, nearly knocking down all of the pins. Alek took a bite of a pretzel, while Jasmine waited for her ball to return.
"This is good" Alek said. "Try it." Chloe opened her mouth to object, but Alek shoved a piece in before she could say anything. She chewed and then smiled.
"Ya, it is." She agreed.
But the real reason that she was smiling was because this was how she imagined a date would be. She laughed to herself, and then she looked over at Jasmine, who was starring at them. Jasmine quickly turned away, and finished her turn. Chloe got up to take her turn, and Jasmine sat down next to Alek.
"I've never seen you do that before." She said, low enough so Chloe couldn't hear.
"Do what?" Alek asked, as if it weren't a big deal.
"Feed a girl, it was…cute." Jasmine smiled and Alek nearly choked, out of surprise. Jasmine's eyes got wide. "Alek," she began.
"No." He answered.
"You don't even know what I was going to ask you!" She slapped him playfully on the arm.
"Something stupid." He said.
"No, not at all." She said, taking a sip of water. But then Chloe came back, so Alek went to take his turn. Followed by Jasmine, and again, Chloe. While Chloe was taking her turn, Jasmine quickly jumped back to their previous conversation, again too low for Chloe to hear.
"I was going to ask you if you, well. Actually its not a question." Jasmine said.
"Then what is it?" Alek asked her.
"A statement."
"Really?" He asked. "And what, is your statement?"
"You asked for it." Jasmine said, and she smiled. "You like Chloe." Alek was speechless. This was the second girl that knew, and both had potential to tell Chloe. If he only had some feeling, some little possibility, that she liked him back, then he would gladly tell her.
But Chloe didn't, so he wouldn't.
Her smile got even bigger. Alek went to object but Chloe walked over. Alek's cheeks got red.
Chloe was confused, so she asked, "What's up with you?" But her question was short lived as Alek walked away to take his turn.
The rest of the night passed by quickly. Alek refused to talk to Jasmine, who smiled every time she looked at him. And Jasmine, wouldn't answer Chloe's questions about Alek's embarrassment, which was obvious to see. Chloe would go to make small talk during Jasmine's turns, but Alek would just shove his mouth with food, so he wouldn't have to answer her. Jasmine won the game, and Alek was mad.
Alek let out a yawn, and Jasmine sent him home to go to bed, like a mom would, a typical Jasmine move. Jasmine and Chloe walked to Chloe's house.
"I knew it! I always have." Jasmine said, to herself.
"Knew what?" Chloe asked, but then Jasmine realized that she was talking out loud.
"Nothing!" She said. But it was definitely something.
Jasmine had suspicions ever since Alek had thought that Chloe could be Mai. His face would glow when he saw her at school. But they had to stay away, until they knew for sure. And when Jasmine caught Alek trying to kiss Chloe, her suspicions doubled. But know she knew. She knew for sure. One hundred percent.
Alek liked Chloe.
