I appreciate you guys adding me to your favorites and alerts, but I am four chapters in and I only have 12 reviews so far. I think this will be my last chapter unless I at least reach 20. I hope that you have been enjoying the story so far. I decided to put a few twists in for this chapter and I hope you will all enjoy. As always review, review, review!

Oh, yea I forgot to mention in the last few chapters that I do not own TNLOCK; if I did Brian would be found face down floating in the ocean. I know it is harsh but I hate Brian with the heat of a thousand suns especially after the promo for the next show

Chloe POV

I awoke the next morning fairly early. It was a Saturday but I just couldn't sleep in, I was ready to face the day until I went downstairs and had to face it.

"What is this Chloe?" My mom asked holding a piece of paper in her hands.

"I don't know why don't you let me see it crazy lady" I grabbed the paper and was floored when I saw what it was.

-Last night was unbelievable, I didn't want to wake you but we will talk about it later. I promise. See you at school

"Who wrote this Chloe and WHAT does it mean?" I was speechless. How had I been so careless to leave that note out in the open?

"CHLOE" she was yelling at this point, or it felt that way to me.

"Ummmm… Alek wrote that note after we went out the other night." I hated lying to my mom but I couldn't have the "sex talk" with her. Apparently I am pretty transparent because she saw right through that.

"This note clearly says (I didn't want to wake you) so that going out excuse isn't going to fly. Did Alek spend the night in your room?"

"Yes, mom he did. It was pretty late when we got back and I let him stay."

"AND!" She said in a very stern mom voice.

"End of story"

"So if you are going out with Alek, why was Brian here the other night? Where does that leave you two?"

"Brian has made it clear that he doesn't want to see me anymore." I said as my phone rang.

"Chloe, finally you answer my call. I was a complete jerk to you the other day and I want to make up for it."

"Brian, we are past the point of you making it up to me for being a jerk to me. Besides now is not a good time, I'll have to call you later." And with that I hung up the phone, I had enough problems to deal with without hearing Brian talk about Alex and I.

"So?"

"I can't deal with Brian right now."

"Well you are going to have to deal with me. What unbelievable thing was Alek talking about?"

"I kissed him." It wasn't exactly a lie. I did kiss him and the kiss was unbelievable.

"I am not sure how I feel about this Chloe, it seems like you are making an awful big mess for yourself. You need to sort out your feelings for these boys Chloe. How do you feel about them?"

"Well, I like Alek; obviously and you know how I feel about Brian." I liked them both and it was tearing me apart, breaking my heart because I didn't want to hurt either one of them.

"Chloe it is not fair to those boys to string them both along. You need to make up your mind who you want to be with, or be with neither one of them." She told me she wanted to talk to Alek and me together and she said she wanted his parents to be there. I reminded her that he lives with his aunt and she told me to make sure his aunt comes. And with that she left me to stew in my own juices. I had made my bed and I had to lie in it. My head was so mixed up; I needed a break from all of the nonsense so I called Amy and Paul and asked them to come over for a day of old non romantic movies to clear my head. Of course when Amy got there she wanted to talk about Alek and I and since Paul thinks Alek is some sort of superhero he wanted to know as well.

"Not up for discussion today" I told them both

We watched a couple of comedies and I had a surprisingly great day. When Amy and Paul left I decided to have myself a nice long relaxing bubble bath. After my bubble bath I went to my room and put on my pjs and plugged my iPod in my ears. I didn't hear my mom come back and it wasn't until I smelled dinner that I realized she was home. After dinner I went upstairs to find Alek and Jasmine waiting for me. I had forgotten about training, actually I was hoping THEY would forget about training.

Alek POV

Jasmine and I agreed to go easy on Chloe for one night. We couldn't skip training but she has been training pretty hard lately and we felt she deserved a break.

"Can we PLEASE call it a night, my muscles ache, I hurt in places I didn't even think could hurt and I don't think I will be able to move tomorrow if we don't stop" She could be so dramatic sometimes.

I sent Jasmine home and told her I would take duty for the night.

I was on the roof when Chloe joined me.

"Hey"

"Hey" I replied

"So that training was pretty intense right?" She asked me.

"No more intense than usual."

"Well, the other night certainly was more intense than usual." She caught me off guard; I wasn't expecting her to bring that up.

"Yea, pretty intense…" I cleared my throat. I didn't know what the other night had meant to her and I didn't want to pressure her or make her feel uncomfortable. I wanted her to feel completely safe with me.

"It was nice" she said

"Yea, it was very nice" I answered. Just then her phone rang, she looked at who it was and sighed.

"Do you need to take that?" I asked

"Nope, it's not important. The only people that matter right now are on this roof." We had an unspoken bond; neither of us said a word. We just sat there watching the cars go by, listening to the noise of the city and enjoying each other's company. That was until I noticed something that didn't seem right to me.

"Chloe, go inside, lock the window and make sure all the doors are locked."

"Alek.. Whats…"

"NOW. GO" I leapt off the roof and in the direction of the strange figure that had been watching us. I finally got close enough and leapt onto him, it wasn't someone I recognized and had not been marked. I figured if I didn't kill him I would for sure mark his face to warn the others. We struggled and I did get to mark the bastard but someone else came and helped him get away.

I went back to the house to make sure everything was okay with Chloe. I knocked on the door and her mother answered.

"Is Chloe home?" I asked

"Yes she is. How are you this evening?"

"Umm. Very well, thank you. And you?"

"I am good. CHLOE! You have a visitor."

"Hey, Alek. Is everything. OK? Making sure all was good she asked cautiously, so as not to alarm her mom.

"Yes, but I'd like to talk to you in private, if that's okay." I asked, looking at her mom.

"Well, I have something to do. Upstairs. In my room." She said awkwardly as she excused herself.

"Alek, what was wrong?" she asked

"Someone was watching us."

"Did you?"

"Yes, I caught up to him." I answered before she could finish her question.

"Was it anyone you recognized? Was it one of the orders assassins?"

"I don't know. He's gone for now. I called Jasmine and Valentina and gave them a description of the guy and the car he got away in. Oh, and I managed to mark him before he got away."

She asked me if I was going to stay. Like I would leave her alone and unprotected. I stayed on the roof and everything was quiet for the rest of the night. The next morning Chloe called me and asked if I could come over, which was weird considering she knew I was already there.

"My mom wants to speak to the both of us. And she wants you to bring your aunt. " She said. I wondered what it could mean.

Chloe POV

I was so nervous making that phone call; I didn't get a chance to tell Alek what my mom knew. So I was nervous about how he would react and what he would say. And the fact that Valentina would be in my house talking with me and my mom about my relationship with Alek made me even more nervous.

"Mom is this really necessary?"

"Chloe, a boy spent the night, ALL night in your bed and you are questioning why I am upset."

I couldn't say a word, if she only knew what had happened in that bed she would be fuming mad instead of mildly irritated so I decided I shouldn't press my luck any farther.

"He said he will be here in a little while."

Alek and Valentina arrived and after I made the proper introductions we all sat down together in the living room. This was so embarrassing; she was going to have the sex talk with both of us in front of Valentina.

"I don't know if you are aware, but Alek and Chloe have been spending quite a bit of time together."

"Yes, I am aware that they have been spending time together, but Jasmine, my daughter is usually with them." Valentina said looking at Alek and me.

"Well, I found this on the floor in Chloe's room the other night." She said and she showed Valentina the note. As she read the short note her face turned red and I didn't need to be an empath to know what she was feeling. "Chloe confirmed that Alek spent the night in her room, but she assures me that nothing happened, other than the two of them kissing." My life was officially over. Valentina spoke next. "Alek, I thought you and Chloe were just friends, I did not know your relationship was more than that. Are you sure there is nothing else you want to tell me? Alek, Chloe if you are lying to me you know I will find out so if you are not being completely honest with us the consequences will be worse the longer you wait."

I sat there as still as a statue, why was this happening? I couldn't even look at Valentina or my mom because I knew I wouldn't be able to lie anymore. I guess they picked up on that. My mom spoke first. "Chloe." And when I didn't answer "Look me when I am speaking to you young lady. Have you told us everything?" I just couldn't lie to her while looking in her eyes. "No, I have not told you everything. The other night kissing was not the only thing that happened between us." Both of their mouths dropped and for the first time they were speechless. I had already signed my death certificate so I figured I may as well go all out. "And it wasn't the first time." I caught a glimpse of Alek and he was looking at me like I had lost my mind.

"I am very disappointed in you Chloe and in you Alek. I trusted the both of you and you have betrayed that trust." Valentina's words stung and my mom looked like she could cry or kill me, or both. "I cannot believe this Chloe King. That was so irresponsible. Do you know the kinds of things that can happen? What if you had gotten pregnant? What if you ARE pregnant?" Valentina chimed in "Were you careful, at least?" She was looking at Alek.

"Of course we were careful. And we're sorry. We didn't mean to disappoint you. It just happened." He said

"Do you care about my daughter?" Mom asked looking at Alek

"Of couse I do, more than you will ever know."

"Then you need to respect her."

"Are you going to let me continue to see him?" I asked cautiously

"I don't see a problem with it, but there should be limitations." Valentina said to which my mom added "Oh, believe me there WILL be limitations." As she glared at me and I sunk down in the sofa.

Mom and Valentina had a private conversation and my mom thanked Valentina for coming over to talk. I walked them to the door and Valentina said she would give Alek a minute to say goodbye to me and she would wait for him outside. I told him I thought he had duty and he said someone else was taking his shift. Brian picked the most inopportune times to show up. Valentina hadn't even made it out the door when he appeared and as soon as everyone saw who it was all eyes were on me. WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG?