"I like this" his whispered as I looked out the extremely large window. This place really did have the perfect view. He hugged me from behind rocking me back and forth. I looked at people living their lives, some yelling at each other, some looking up at this place and the others were just walking. I leaned into him. We were in a perfect silence. "I love you" He said "I know this has been very fast for both of us but after watching you so many nights I feel like I've gotten to know you more than myself. How you breathe at night when you are asleep, and how you sometimes whisper your secrets in your sleep, my favorite part though" He kissed my neck "is that you love me too" I knew he was tapping into how I was feeling while he was saying this.

"I should have known before this happened that Brian wasn't worth it. That it wouldn't last but somehow I just wanted to feel normal." I put my hands over his locked once around my shoulders "This is the most normal thing I've ever felt" I had enough of looking out the window in perfect silence. I was beginning to feel uncomfortable. "Let's go to bed" I said.

"I don't think so" My dad's voice grummbled throughout the apartment. "Go home Chloe" I shrugged and took Alek's hand and we started to walk out. "NO!" He yelled and I saw Valentina's let come on "You are not going with her" he pointed to Alek. The hall light came on with Valentina looking at the three of us with her hands on her hips.

"This is her second home as far as I'm concerned. Alek is like a son to me, you don't tell him what to do when I'm around. You also don't have a say in anything Chloe does."

"How can you tell me that?" My dad said "I am her father"

"Her father died." Valentina said "He's dead, as far as I'm concerned you're the reason it took us so long to find her." I'd never heard Valentina speak so harshly to anyone. I took that moment to sneek into Alek's room. Alek took off his shirt and looked at his mark in the mirror.

"I wonder if we told your dad..." He trailed off looking at my reflection in the mirror. "What's wrong?"

"Why did he have to come back now? I wanted him when this stuff first happened- but now... I don't think I do" I was in a mood now, Alek was feeling it too.

"Disappointed that he wasn't the same ole dad?" Alek said sitting beside me "He left you, and he hurt you. Now he's just hurting you even more. You should go out with him and tell him how you feel."

"Thanks" I gave him a tiny kiss beside his mouth, teasing him. He got that look on his face that told me I was in for it.

"I'm warning you King, you don't want to start this battle. You will not win" I laughed at him and pulled away going to the head of the bed. My back was against the bed frame, he was still at the end of the bed. "I did warn you" He crawled beside me. His lips melted into mine, his tounge trying to open my mouth. I was trying to mess with him so I closed my lips tight together. "No fair" He said and tried again, I let him in this time. His hand rested on my hip like mine did in his hair. His light was suddenly on. Valentina looking at us, not really shocked but I could tell she had something to say.

"I'm sorry Chloe, but your dad is not welcomed in my house." I moved away from Alek when she spoke. "He causes to much trouble. He's a distraction."

"I can't say I'm upset" I said "He was really controlling" Valentina then sat on the chair next to Alek's bed.

"Why don't you want children?" She asked me "I want the real reason." How did Valentina know me better than my own mother.

"I don't want to disappoint, or be killed leaving a baby alone to be raised by anyone but me" I sighed "I'm also not ready to give anything else up"

"So you and Alek aren't sexually active" She asked "Hmm, he has a sense of control I didn't know about" That made me laugh a little. "How come most of the times I walk in on you two, you are wrapped up in each others arms clinging to each other in an embrace that seems unbreakable"

"Because that's what's going on" Alek jumped in.

"Why do you always have your shirt off?" I asked.

"Because I like it like that" He said going to kiss me again, Valentina sighed and got off the bed shutting the light off, and closing the door. "Now.. not to sound like a cliche but Where were we?" His mouth came down hard on mine. Waiting was not Alek's thing. He moved his soft lips across my cheek and down my jaw kissing a little bit. He started to kiss my neck, biting here and there. My head was back as he did this, both hands were now on my hips. I was sliding down underneath him. Head hitting the pillows a little hard. His kisses only got deeper as he came back to my lips. My tounge found the inside of his mouth. Alek really didn't have any control over his feelings. They were hitting me harder than any "Empathy hit" Love, lust, and need. My hand laid on his neck pushing him to me closer. He broke free. "I don't need to teach you anything" He said winking at me. I rolled on top of him holding him down by his shoulders. "You're very very tempting" He said trying to reach up and tuck the loose strainds of hair that were falling free. I let go of him sitting on his chest. Legs on either side of him. He looked at me with that Alek look, reminding me of the time I knocked him on his ass when we were training. (Episode 6 Beginning)

"I can play this game too" I said leaning down acting like I was kissing him. "And. I. Will. Win." He flipped us over, I hadn't had time to recover from my shock. He was smirking at me.

"You have great reflexes" He said "But you aren't as good as me" He did the same thing to me, his lips closer to mine, than what I got to his. His hands were going up and down my hip and stomach area "Just remember I know how I effect you when we are like this"

"Ditto" I squinted my eyes at him, he got a little closer.

"Do you?" I moved my arm to his lower back. I retracted my claws one by one poking his skin with each nail crawling up his back. "Yes you do, Okay then" He was getting nervous. I smirked at him like he would me. "Baby" He groaned as I slid from under him.

"What?" I said acting innocent.

"You can't do that" He whined taking my hand.

"I just did" He rolled over to his side, propping himself up with his arm. He watched me as I put my hair up in a pony- tail. "If I don't do this my hair will look like we did something" He rolled his eyes. I cuddled up to him feeling the warmth.

"You scare me" He said "My hearts racing"

"I can hear it" I said "I always hear it" I put my hand on his chest feeling the thumpthumpthumpthump increasing as my hand went to his abs.

"Dammit" He said looking at me "Why do you do this to me? It's torture" He wasn't mad, he was joking with me.