Hello, there reader!

So, this is the final chapter… There will be an epilogue, though, as the last chapter via publishing methods and stuff, so bear with me!

So, I just kind feel the need to apologize for the last chapter. I didn't want to make Chloe be hurt so much, but it'll play a role later on. Also, I'm sorry for leaving you all without Chloe and Alek fluff. But, I promise that you won't feel that you are lacking Chloe/Alek fluff after this chapter and the epilogue.

With this story coming to a close, I would just like to say thank you to each and every one of you that has reviewed. And thank you to anyone who has helped me with ideas and helped me make up my mind about some options. I really do appreciate it.

So, after this, I think I'm going to be sticking to one shots, since I might not have time to write an actual story and update all of the time. But I'll try to write as often as I can!

This chapter is named after a song that I think fits perfectly, maybe not lyrics-wise, but definitely music wise, with this chapter (specifically the second scene ;) !) It's called "May I" by Trading Yesterday. You'll totally get what I'm talking about. At least, I hope you do.

Anyways, without further ado, here is chapter 14.

Alek stepped out into the light. His glare was alternating between Whitley, Brian and Simone. His fists were clenched, knuckles white. He was ready to pounce.

Whitley turned around to smirk at the teenage Mai boy.

"Really, boy? You came here alone and think that you can actually take on all of my men by yourself? Brilliant! I could always use some entertainment!" Whitley began laughing maniacally, but his laugh ended abruptly at what he was beginning to see.

Exiting the shadows in the formation of a semicircle, Whitley began to notice the men clad in all black that were approaching his men. He counted twelve, but he was aware of what each Mai man was capable of. While the Order outnumbered them, he knew that that Mai had a legitimate chance of winning this battle if it came down to that. Which it probably will.

"He's not alone. And trust me, after tonight, you won't be so amused." Jasmine spoke with pure anger. No one takes away the savior of her race and, more importantly, no one takes away and threatens the life of her best friend.

Battle ensued the moment the words left Jasmine's lip as she blocked an attack from some man in the Order who swung a knife towards the back of her head.

It was Mai versus human almost everywhere in the room. Some Mai were even taking on two humans. When comparing a Mai man to an Order man, they looked exactly the same. The both looked equally strong and equally athletic. However, we all know that Mai are much stronger, faster, and are more reflexive than humans. Not to mention the fact that they have claws. While the Order may have been outnumbering the enemy, they were clearly outmatched.

The only Mai that wasn't paying attention to the battle surrounding him was Alek. He had seen Chloe through a window in the warehouse and texted Amy and Paul, informing them that they could head home since there was no use waiting around for Chloe. He then heard her scream at the top of her lungs from pain. Without even thinking about it, the words slipped from his mouth that he was heading straight for Chloe once they entered the building. Jasmine simply nodded in response and in understanding.

Alek tried to make his way across the room to Chloe as quickly but as safely as he possibly could. There would be members of the Order that would stumble towards him, attempting to take him out. But Alek was so set on getting Chloe to safety that his adrenaline was able to make him defeat each member that swung at him in a matter of seconds, sending them back weakened into a battle with a stronger Mai.

Brian began to panic as he saw the murderous rage in Alek's eyes, even from across the room. He needed to something and do it quickly. Anything.

"You know, you shouldn't even bother getting your hopes up, King." Brian spoke into her ear, making Chloe shudder from his hot breath, but not in a pleasant way.

"And why the hell not?" Chloe was physically weakened and could feel herself slowly slipping away, but she needed to show that she still had some strength left in her.

"Because your Mai men don't stand a chance. We've got knives and guns and martial arts on our side. And what do you have? Claws? The capability to dodge one blow at a time?" Brian smirked at Chloe, but even he was beginning to doubt his words. He glanced around quickly and noticed that the upper hand in the majority of the battles in the room belonged to the Mai.

"That's a load of bull shit and you know it." Chloe felt a sharp pain on her face as Brian's hand made contact with her face, sending her to look the other way. She couldn't understand why, but this was the blow that had finally weakened her not only physically again, but mentally as well. She now realized that she was looking up at Brian as he smirked down on her, and there was nothing that she could do about it.

Alek saw Brian slap Chloe and that was the final straw. Screw being sneaky and screw him not getting hurt. He knew that he would only get a scratch or two during sprint to Chloe, but that was all that mattered. Chloe.

"You touch her one more time and I promise to make you regret the day that you were born." Alek growled at Brian. Little did he know that he was provoking him.

"Oh, you mean like this?" Brian asked, feigning cluelessness as he poked Chloe on the side, right where the gash across her stomach began. Chloe threw her head back, yelling in pain.

Hearing his love scream like that sent Alek over the edge. He lunged onto Brian, knocking him down on the ground. Alek's eye had turned into slits and his nails had turned into claws.

"Now, how shall you die?" Alek's voice was so menacing and so terrifying that even Chloe, who could feel herself drifting off, was brought back to reality shuddering with fear. "Shall I make you suffer for a while just like you made my Chloe suffer? Or should I just kill you in a second, slitting out your throat. Maybe I'll even give you play by play of your death and then get it over with. Which shall it be?"

"Just kill him already and get Chloe out of here!" Jasmine cried from the side as she punched one Order member in the gut, knocking the wind out of him and turned to kick another member that was creeping up behind her.

"Gladly."

Brian's eyes went wide from hearing his words being repeated to him as Alek draw back his hand. It then came crashing down, claws gleaming in the light from above. Alek slit Brian's throat and stood up, allowing for Brian to bleed to death, although considering the fact that Alek slit the internal jugular it wouldn't take too long. There was blood already covering the entire floor on Brian's right side.

Alek smirked slightly, proud of his work, before turning his attention to Chloe. He grabbed hold of her hips and pulled up a little bit, relieving the strain on her arms and shoulders.

"Chloe, please, just hold on one second. I'm going to get you out of here." Chloe heard Alek's voice distinctly. She had suddenly found a new surge of energy. Not enough to make her strong, but enough to be able to keep her eyes open.

Alek stood on the balls of his feet, stretching upwards to untie the knot and take Chloe out of this pain. It was a tight knot and it was taking him a while. He kept whispering words of reassurance into Chloe's ears, telling her that it's all okay and that she was safe now. They both knew that they weren't entirely in the clear, but Chloe had a feeling that, with the rage and determination rushing through Alek's body, they were going to get out of there safely.

Finally, after what seemed to be taking forever, Alek had freed Chloe of her bonds. Because Alek was so close to Chloe and because there was only thin air under her feet, Chloe fell straight in Alek's arm. Of course, he caught and wrapped his arms around Chloe as tightly as he could, burying his face into Chloe's neck and hair as he tried to push back the urge to cry tears of joy.

Chloe felt pain shoot through her body as Alek pressed her against himself, but she chose to ignore it since the relief of being in Alek's arms again after such a long and painful night began to numb the pain. Her arms wrapped themselves around his neck and she buried her face into his neck, just like he was doing. Silent tears began to escape Chloe's eyes. She couldn't remember the last time that she had ever felt so safe as she did in that moment in her love's arms.

"Thank Bastet you came." She whispered into his skin. "I've never been so happy to see you."

"I'm so glad you're safe." Alek whispered back. It felt so good to hold her in his arms again. He never wanted to let go.

Quite soon, the demand to get out of the warehouse became their first priority. They could hold each other and whisper sweet nothings to each other later. Alek lifted his head and caught the eye of Valentina, who signaled for him to get himself and Chloe out immediately and that they could take care of the members of the Order that were still alive.

Alek let Chloe slowly slip onto the ground, allowing her feet to begin to touch the ground. Alek wanted to make sure that Chloe could walk before they proceeded out of here. They did have to run, after all.

Chloe slowly began to put pressure on her left leg, being very aware of the fact that her thigh might not take it. Maybe she had begun to heal in the last few minutes which might allow her to walk, but something in the back of her mind told her that she was just fooling herself. The moment she put just a little bit more pressure on her left leg, she collapsed.

To Alek, it was all happening in slow motion. One moment Chloe was safely in his arms and the next she was tumbling down back to the ground. Alek couldn't have reacted faster, the terror of Chloe being hurt even more doing all of the thinking for him. Chloe's grip on Alek's shoulder tightened in an attempt to hold herself up, but she still would have hit the ground had it not been for Alek's hands that shot to her waist.

"Chloe! What…" Alek began.

"My thigh," Chloe whimpered. Alek could feel his heart tightening at the sound of Chloe's weak voice. He looked down at Chloe's thigh and his eyes widened once he caught sight of the "X" shaped cut in her jeans and her skin and all of the blood that had seeped onto the cloth and down her leg. There was just so much blood.

Alek began to cautiously move with Chloe's body. His hand and arm moved up Chloe's back slowly, looking into Chloe's eyes to make sure that he wasn't causing any pain by skimming over a cut.

"Wrap your arms around my neck tightly." Alek lowered himself, forcing Chloe to bend her knees a little bit and hiss in unexpected pain because of a cut on the back of her right knee. "I'm so sorry."

"It's fine. Just please get me out of here," Chloe pleaded. Her voice was just so feeble and it sounded like Chloe was in so much pain that Alek didn't think that he could take much more of this.

"There's a cut behind your knee, but I have to put my arm there to carry you. This will probably hurt. I am so terribly sorry." Alek couldn't barely face the fact that he was about to cause Chloe pain. Not much compared to what she had to endure throughout the evening, but still, he never wanted to hurt her.

Chloe winced once Alek wrapped his arms around her knees, but she bit her lip as to not make a noise from pain. She could tell from Alek's facial expressions that it hurt him to see her hurt. Although Chloe was perfectly aware of the fact that now was not the time to be all fluffy, she couldn't help but think how adorably and incredibly sweet he is.

Alek started to carry Chloe out of the warehouse. He made his way to the side and the Mai that were fighting towards the wall made sure that the two of them had a safe path out of the building. As Alek quickly walked himself and Chloe out, she caught glimpses of what was going on around her.

Jasmine was fighting one member and had just knocked him down. She was taking in one moment of victory, but in that moment another member of the Order tried to sneak up on her from behind. It was too late from Jasmine to react and Chloe went into to panic mode for a moment, but relaxed once she saw Eric, Jasmine's boyfriend, slit open the man's throat, saving Jasmine's life. The expression of panic on her face disappeared as she quickly hugged Eric as a "thank you" before helping him kill yet another member.

The cold night air finally hit them after what seemed like forever. It looked like no one had followed them, which was a good thing, making Alek feel quite relieved.

"We're heading over to your house, alright?" Alek looked at Chloe and panicked when he noticed that she was starting to drift away.

"Okay." She mumbled in response.

"Chloe, I know you've lost a lot of blood, but please stay awake. I wouldn't know how to explain everything if I have to take you to a hospital, and the healing process goes by much more quickly if you stay awake. Please, Chloe. Don't fall asleep. Just until I get you wrapped up. Please, Chloe. Stay awake."

"I'll try." Chloe attempted to straighten herself up in Alek's arms with the little strength that she had, but, unfortunately, that meant moving her stomach and her arms, all of which hurt like hell, eliciting a hiss from the blonde girl.

"Don't try and move. We'll be there as soon as we can be. I promise you, you're safe." And with that, Alek took off on a run. He tried to go as quickly as possible but he knew that if he moved too fast, Chloe might be shaken too much and another cut might be opened.

He tried to talk to her throughout the run, just to make sure that she was still awake. He would ask some random question, like what day it was or what's the date of her birthday. He would get the shortest response possible, but at least he knew that she was awake. He would worry about how drained and weak she was when they got home.

Eventually, Alek made it to Chloe's house. He pushed the door open and walked into the kitchen. He set Chloe on the countertop on the island, quickly shot a text to Jasmine saying that he got Chloe home safe and sound, and then told Chloe to lie down slowly. Once she was on her back she hissed from the pain of the bruises that were forming on her back.

"I know it hurts, Chloe, I know. But just bear with me for a while. I promise that I will do everything that I can to make the pain go away." He received a hummed "yes" in response and ran to the bathroom in search of a first aid kit.

Conveniently, Meredith had restocked it right before she left for her first business trip just in case Chloe got hurt twenty times a day, and thankfully she hadn't, so there was enough gauze and rubbing alcohol to clean Chloe out.

Alek came back and saw Chloe lying on the counter with her eyes closed. In panic, he ran up to her.

"Chloe! Chloe! Don't fall asleep! Please wake up!" Alek was about to shake Chloe gently as a last resort before her eyes fluttered open.

"Relax, Alek. I just closed my eyes for a moment. I just really tired, that's all." She smiled at him weakly in a vain attempt to show him that she was okay.

"Just try and stay awake for a little while longer. At least until I wrap you up." Alek pleaded. Chloe smiled at him in response. "Alright, love. Thank you. Now, I'm warning you, I need to clean out all of your wounds, but that means it's going to sting quite a bit. No match to what you've endured today, but it's like the disgusting icing for a vile cake." Chloe nodded, giving Alek permission to proceed.

He started with her biggest wounds. First, he lifted up Chloe's shirt, cringing as the gash across her stomach was revealed. It had already managed to heal just a little bit, since Chloe wasn't in pain as she breathed and her stomach rose and fell. It hadn't healed by much, but it was enough to avoid stitches.

Alek dabbed some cotton with the rubbing alcohol and began to clean the wound. He started to clean the blood off around the edges and down her stomach. He was trying to put off hurting her again for as long as possible. But, when he saw Chloe digging her nails into her palm in anticipation, he realized that this was one of those situations where he just needed to rip the band aid.

"This is going to hurt." Alek warned as he put a new and clean piece of cotton onto the gash.

Chloe bit her lip to try and stop herself from screaming from pain. It resulted in a whimper, which was better than Chloe had expected, but she still saw the pain of seeing her in pain flash across Alek's face. His turned towards her but she just gave him a look that said "I'm fine, just keep going".

Alek once again dabbed on the wound and then he lowered his head and began to blow wherever he cleaned, just like Chloe did when he got hurt. This seemed to help a little bit, as Chloe seemed to need to use less energy in preventing herself from squirming.

Alek hated seeing Chloe in pain but, even more than that, he hated seeing Chloe trying to restrain the pain. But he needed to stop paying attention to that and finish the task in front of him.

Alek lifted Chloe's back off of the counter and wrapped the gauze around her torso, adding disinfecting cream on top of the gash. Now that the stomach was taken care of, he turned his attention to her thigh.

He had to get these jeans off of her and the least painful way seemed to simply take them off. He placed his hands on the button of her jeans and looked up at Chloe to receive a green light. She nodded in response, understanding his reasons and tried to help Alek by shimmying out of the pants. She couldn't really move that much but, even though she lacked the energy, she couldn't stand just lying around like a dead fish.

Alek repeated the same process on Chloe's thigh as he did on her stomach. Dab and blow, dab and blow. Soon, her thigh was patched up as well and Alek began focusing on her other scratches.

As he observed the rest of Chloe's cuts, he was relieved that none of them were as bad as the first two that he had cleaned. Not even the gash on the stomach and the "X" on the thigh would leave scars, so Alek was happy that there would be no reminders of this horrible night once she heals.

Alek was soon finished taking care of Chloe's entire body except for her face. All that was left was the bruises all over her body that Alek couldn't do anything about and the four cuts that Simone made on Chloe's head.

Alek helped Chloe slowly move up into a sitting position. Chloe was fighting so hard to stay awake that she barely had any energy to move any other part of her body. But Alek was more than willing to help. All he wanted was for Chloe to be herself again, and not this dependent and drained and hurt girl that was in front of him at the moment. He hated himself for letting her get to this point.

Alek began to dab and blow on Chloe's eyebrow and four head. The air grew a bit more awkward now that they were face to face. Both were regretting saying the things that they had said in the morning. They both felt guilty for getting themselves into this situation.

Alek was angry at himself for not physically restraining Chloe from leaving the house. How could he have let her just slip through his fingers so easily?

Chloe was angry for not listening to Alek. And to Jasmine. She blamed it on her stupid instinct to look for the good in people before becoming apprehensive about their character. Stupid, stupid girl. She knew that Alek was beating himself up about it inside, and she couldn't help but hate herself even more.

Soon, Alek was done tending to Chloe completely. He put the cap on the rubbing alcohol and went to throw out all of the trash that had accumulated and to put away the first aid kid. Chloe was still sitting on the counter. It wasn't like she could really move anywhere, with the amount of gauze that made her look like a mummy. The pain was probably a factor as well, as was the lack of energy.

Alek slowly walked up to Chloe. He couldn't believe that she had gotten so close to losing another life. He wouldn't have been able to forgive himself if she had. He couldn't even begin to imagine what they would have done to Chloe if they wanted to get rid of her other lives.

As Alek approached her, his phone went off. He quickly picked it up and read the text message that had arrived.

"Jasmine says that they managed to kill every member of the Order that was in the room."

"How many Mai died?" Alek looked at her in slight shock. She got tortured by the people in the room to the point where even Alek would be surprised if she could walk without pain in the next twenty four hours and her main concern was how many Mai died for her, like they would have done in honor of her, the Uniter?

"None, luckily." Chloe breathed a sigh of relief.

That was the breaking point. Alek couldn't hold himself in any longer. He rushed even closer towards Chloe and, wrapping his arms around her shoulder and digging his fingers into her hair, he pulled her into his chest. He buried his face into her hair and felt the first real tears since his parents had died slip past his water line.

"Thank Bastet that you're okay. I don't know what I would have done if you weren't." Chloe could hear his voice break a little bit, making her heart tighten as she wrapped her arms around Alek's waist, burying her head deeper into his chest.

"I'm okay now, Alek. I promise. I'm okay." She could feel herself on the edge of tears as well.

"Don't ever do that to me again, Chloe King." She had no idea how scared out of his mind Alek was when he heard Mark tell Jasmine that Chloe had been taken. His heart stopped beating all together for at least thirty seconds. He was ready to give up, to go sulk in his room for the rest of his life before he snapped out of it.

"I am so sorry for not listening to you and for being stubborn and for being an idiot. I am so sorry, so sorry." Chloe sobbed softly.

She felt the warm embrace of Alek's chest leave her face as she looked up at Alek. He had two distinct tear tracks on his face, something that she was sure she had on her face as well.

"Don't you dare apologize for that. Please, don't even think about it. Neither of us knew that it was going to be a trap."

"But you said…"

"I know what I said, Chloe. But, to be honest, even though I claimed to not be, I actually said that out of jealousy."

"Then why didn't you say so?"

"Because I thought that you would laugh at me."

"Alek, I am so, incredibly sorry. I can't even begin to tell you how horrible…"

"Chloe, as long as you're safe, everything is okay." Alek could no longer stand to hear Chloe apologize. What was done was done, and the only thing that mattered was that they were both okay and that the night had ended.

Alek held Chloe's shoulders, as if he had been trying to shake her body to get some sense into her. They stayed still for a moment, looking into each other's eyes. Slowly, too slowly for Chloe's liking, Alek began to lean his head down towards her lips. His lips were mere millimeters away from Chloe's and he looked into her eyes, to make sure that she was okay with this. They both knew that this kiss meant the most out of all of the ones they had shared. If they proceeded with this kiss, then they would be all good. They would forget about the fight this morning and their relationship would be stronger than ever. No one and nothing would be able to pry them apart. Only a final death could and neither of them was planning on letting that happen any time soon.

Chloe didn't bother wasting time giving Alek an answer and simply leaned her head a tad upwards and caught Alek's lips with hers.

The kiss suddenly gave Chloe energy she didn't think that she could ever muster. But the relief that she felt when she felt Alek's lips on her regenerated her in a second. Sure, they had kissed twenty four hours ago, but the day seemed to have been so long, equivalent of week. And this kiss meant so much to both of them. Chloe wouldn't be able to explain what this kiss felt like to Amy. She would be at a loss for words when trying to describe how wonderful it felt to be kissing Alek again.

Alek ran his hands gently down Chloe's sides, from her shoulders to her hips, being wary of the cuts that Chloe had. His tenderness made Chloe want to simply melt into his arms and stay molded to him for the rest of her life. There was no lust, just pure and magnificent love.

Their kiss was filled with passion, but not the kind of passion that made them want to jump onto each other and rip the other's shirt off. The kind of passion that made them never want to leave each other's hold. The kind that made them wish that they didn't need oxygen so that they didn't have to break their kiss, not even for a second.

Chloe let her arms tighten around Alek's neck pulling him closer to her. There was so much love in the kiss that both of them thought that their hearts were about to jump out of their chests or explode from an overdose.

Alek took one hand and tucked Chloe's hair behind her ear before slipping his fingers back in between her golden locks. God, how did he survive such a long day without these kisses? How in the world did he manage to survive an entire day without the sight of the angel in front of him? How did he ever let Chloe slip through his fingers, even just a little bit?

Oxygen was eventually necessary. They pulled apart but leaned against each other's foreheads.

"I promise to never walk out on you again, Chloe." Those words meant so much more than one would think. It was like an unspoken promise that for the rest of her lives, and for as long as he possibly can, he will stand by her side, through thick and thin, no matter what happens.

"I love you, Alek. So much, you have no idea." Alek captured Chloe's lips in his for a second before responding.

"I love you so much. More than you can possibly ever imagine." Another kiss.

"I never want to be without you, Alek." Another kiss.

"I never can be without you, Chloe." Another kiss.

This continued for a while. They would kiss with so much love that they could swear that they had died and gone to heaven. When their lungs would demand that they pull away for air, they would lean their foreheads against each other's and whisper sweet words which would usually be considered as "sweet nothings", but meant the world to them tonight.

They didn't know for how long they had been kissing there, but Chloe could suddenly feel the energy that raced through her veins turning into a soft buzz of pure happiness. She had never felt so happy before. She didn't want this feeling to end but, after tonight, she had a feeling that, whenever she was with Alek, she would have this feeling again. She was growing tired again. Not weak like she was earlier, but energy was just leaving her body once again.

In one of the moments that the two lovebirds were leaning their heads against the other, Chloe turned her head to the side to let out a yawn.

Alek let out a chuckle. He couldn't believe how beautiful Chloe was. She was exactly like a kitten. She was incredibly strong when she needed to be, playful when she wanted to be, and heart breaking-ly adorable at all times. Chloe even made a noise like a yawning kitten when she yawned.

"Come on, love. Time for bed." Alek was about to pick Chloe up and take her upstairs when she started shaking her head.

"No, not yet. I don't want this moment to end." Her confession was so honest that Alek needed to lean down to place yet another kiss on those soft lips of hers.

"How about we go to the couch and pop in a movie. You'll fall asleep soon. I know you're tired, love." Chloe knew that Alek was right and she just nodded, feeling the energy continue to leave her body.

Alek locked his arms around her as he carried her to the couch bridal style. He set Chloe down on the couch and went to choose a movie. He chose a simple movie, a romantic comedy, as they both knew that action films weren't good for right now. Once again, Alek's thoughtfulness made her head want to turn into a puddle.

Once Alek returned to the couch and pressed play, he lay down, stretching across the entire couch and pulling down Chloe to lie on top of him. He had taken off his sweater and shoes at some point that he couldn't remember and was left in black cargo pants and a wife beater. Chloe had been stripped of her jacket and scarf and shirt and was left in a tank top and her underwear. Neither cared that, if her mother walked in at the moment, she would assume the wrong thing. She wouldn't since she was away, but still. All that mattered was the Chloe was in Alek's arms and that she would forever and always be safe with her protector by her side.

Chloe rested her head on Alek's chest. He draped a blanket on top of both of them and wrapped his arms around Chloe.

Chloe tried to stay awake. She battled with her eyelids, trying so hard to keep from sleeping. She loved this feeling of being with Alek that she wasn't ready to let that go of that yet. She needed to revel in this feeling. She finally felt at home.

Ever since this Mai business started, she couldn't figure out where she belonged, but she now knew that she would feel complete whenever she was in Alek's arms.

Between her sense of being home and Alek's arms wrapped around her and his warm body pressed to hers and the soft blanket covering them both, keeping them both safe, Chloe lost her battle with her eyelids and she closed her eyes, drifting into a sweet sleep within the first five minutes of the movie.

The next morning was quite a lazy one. Alek had inspected Chloe's cut and bruises and most of them had healed and faded into a barely noticeable shade of yellow. Nothing that a shirt and a pair of jeans couldn't hide.

The two had decided that they should meet up with the rest of their gang. After such an intense night as the one before, they all needed something normal. So, homework at the coffee shop at noon it was.

Chloe and Alek left the house with their backpacks and made their way to the coffee shop, fingers interwoven. It seemed as if no one could physically, let alone emotionally, break them apart.

They entered the coffee shop and Amy instantly spotted them. She left her seat and ran up to Chloe, smothering her in a hug.

Chloe winced a little bit, making Alek's facial expression change from the goofy smile that he was wearing since he fell asleep last night after watching Chloe dream for an hour or two to an expression of worry and panic that his love was hurt. Amy pulled back and you could tell that she was about to go on one of her apologizing rants.

"I'm fine. Just a little bit sore, but it's all good." Chloe assured the both of them.

"How are you feeling?" Amy asked as she led Chloe and Alek to their table. Paul was sitting right next to Amy and Jasmine was leaning back against Eric. They all smiled at Chloe and Alek as they took a seat, Chloe on Alek's right side. He draped his arm over the back of her chair.

"I'm fine really. So much better than last night." Chloe smiled.

"Alek did a pretty good job taking care of you. Maybe we should take him off of Uniter duty and send him to medical school." Jasmine said, smiling at her own joke and enjoying hearing her boyfriend chuckle as well.

"Don't even joke about that." Alek spoke to Jasmine in a joking tone, but everyone could tell that there was a serious undertone.

"Alright, so, let's get our dosage of normality on and hit the books. Honestly, I am looking forward to homework after last night." With that, everyone pulled out their books and began to work.

Alek was a lefty, so his right hand rested right next Chloe's still left hand, since she was a righty. Their pinkies were overlapping, a mild form of holding hands. Their chairs were pushed very closely together and Chloe easily leaned on Alek as she concentrated on her math homework. This, of course, didn't escape the eye of a certain female best friend.

"Aw, you guys…" Amy smiled. Chloe's head shot up to see what was making Amy interrupt her focus. Alek looked at the black haired girl and raised an eyebrow. "Aw, you two are just so adorable."

Chloe felt her cheeks begin to burn up. She buried her head into Alek's chest, facing away from Amy as to attempt to avoid her squealing friend.

However, Chloe's using Alek as a cover to protect herself from the words describing how sweet and adorable they were together actually made Amy squeal even more. She heard Alek chuckle at her reaction and felt the vibrations from his neck on the top of her head.

How she loved that boy. He seemed to make every situation with him a memorable one. Everything he did made Chloe's heart race. She hung onto every word that he said. And every kiss… Chloe knew that she would never ever be able to forget them, not even when she was eighty years old. She would always cherish every second with him.

Alek looked down at his blushing angel. He still couldn't get over the fact that she was his and only his. He didn't have to share her with anybody and whenever he heard someone saying how hot she was or what they would do to her, he now, unlike for the past two years, had the right to say "Hey! That's my girl you're talking about!".

They were together and everything was perfect.

"I think that we should focus on homework," Chloe spoke, trying to get out of this situation. "If it makes you feel any better, Amy, we can have another girl's night next weekend. You can squeal even more then!" Amy clapped from the amount of giddiness.

"I better be invited, too." Jasmine smirked. "I have quite a few stories about Alek that might come in handy later in your relationship." The entire table burst with laughter. Except for Alek, of course, who was too busy staring at Jasmine with a horrified expression on his face.

Chloe turned to see Alek's expression and felt a twinge of guilt, but then remembered that this was all a joke. And Alek looked just too damn cute in that light and from her angle that she couldn't help but smile. She leaned up and pressed a kiss to Alek's lips to wipe the expression of terror off of his face.

"Don't worry, I won't take advantage of my knowledge too much." And with that, everyone settled down and returned to their homework.

Within the next few minutes, Alek hooked his pinky tighter to Chloe's and pulled their hands under the table. Resting them on his thigh, he kissed the top of his girlfriend's head as he intertwined their fingers, an eternal hold forming.

Their hands stayed like that for almost the entire day, both of them taking notice later on at just how natural it was for them to do so.

And the story is over!

There is an epilogue to this, don't worry. But it's one of those epilogues that can stand as a one shot. It will be published with this story, though. But I'm sure you'll like it. It should be coming in the next few days.

Anyways, thank you for reading and thank you for reviewing. I appreciate every single idea that has helped me, every single person who helped me chose between option and every single one of your reviews that made me smile whenever I would receive an alert for them in my inbox.

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