Marked
A Nine Lives of Chloe King Fan-fiction
by: Avvithespaz
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Rated: T/M
Pairing(s): Slight Chloe/Brian at the beginning (barf) but a happy ending! ***Chloe/Alek***
Summary: Meredith goes on a business trip for a week, and refuses to let Chloe stay home by herself after she was "mugged." So Chloe ends up staying the week with the Mai, fun fun!
Setting: The general hangouts of one Miss Chloe King! Around March/April of 2011
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN CHLOE KING! If I did Brian wouldn't exist and Alek wouldn't own a shirt.
Warning(s): There will be M in later chapters but it will be posted as a different story so those who don't wish to read it don't have to.
Chapter 2
I chatted happily with my mother as we pulled up in front of the Mai's apartment building; I smiled as I looked up at the structure. I had a really good feeling about this week, it was going to be amazing; I just knew it. I turned to my mom as she placed the car in park.
"Alright Mom, have a great time on your trip. I'll call you every day; but please don't call me every hour. I'm going to be fine." I smiled as I grabbed my purse and opened my door.
"Chloe!" My mom looked at me like I had grown another head.
"And of course, the 'I love you' and the 'I'll miss you' are heavily implied." I added on smiling as I turned back towards her.
"Do you honestly think I'm just gonna drop you off?" My mom shook her head as she turned the car off and grabbed her purse as she exited the car. I finished getting out as well and looked at her over the top. "What kind of mother would that make me, Chloe? I'm walking you up there." She continued as she popped the trunk and grabbed my overnight bag as I grabbed my large rolling suitcase. "Plus, how could you get up there with all of these bags if I didn't help you?" Mom smiled as she grabbed my laptop case and closing the trunk.
"I could have managed." I grumbled as we passed the doorman, who smiled at us in greeting. We walked through the spacious main floor, which contained the apartment building's offices, a common area for the residents, as well as a Starbucks; and to the elevators. We waited semi-patiently until we heard the ding which signaled the elevator's arrival. We quickly got on and I hit the button for the 18th floor; while observing that the indoor heated pool was on the 7th floor. I should have brought a bathing suit; or I could just go get mine later.
"Nice place." My mom commented, shaking me out of my thoughts, I smiled and nodded as another ding announced our destination. We walked for a moment down the hall, there were only four apartments on his floor, until we got to 1803. I knocked politely instead of pulling out my key to the condo that Valentina had given me in case I ever needed it. It didn't take long for Jasmine to open the door, smiling brightly at us.
"Hey Chloe! Hey Meredith." She greeted and lead us into their apartment. I heard a gasp behind me, I whipped around and looked at my mom, her eyes were wide as she looked at the beautiful artifacts that graced the gorgeous apartment. I smiled and grabbed both of the bags my mom had, from her and placed them to the side, by my main suitcase.
"This place is beautiful." My mom commented as she looked around.
"Thank you." Jasmine smile. "I'll be sure to tell my mom that when she gets back from work today." Jasmine lied effortlessly. She reached forward and grabbed my two bags. "You'll be staying in the guest bedroom, Chloe. I hope that's okay." Jasmine called over her shoulder as she walked to what I assumed was the guest bedroom.
"That's fine." I stated and grabbed onto my suitcase, rolling it into the beautiful room. The walls were painted a light green color, with a wide window dominating the left wall; it gave way to a beautiful view of the city. I whistled in appreciation as I looked at the king sized bed facing opposite to the window; so the guest would awake to the spectacular view. It was covered in a lush neutral colored duvet, with small ivory flowers embroidered into it; big fluffy pillows covered the bed tastefully. The ivory was further placed in the drapes around the window and the canopy around the iron-rod four poster bed.
"Do you like it?" Jasmine asked as she placed my bags on the bench placed at the foot of the bed.
"Uh, yeah!" I exclaimed, rolling my suitcase over to the dark wood dresser; I took a moment to smell the gardenias placed in the vase on top of the chest of drawers.
"Well, um..." My mom started, clapping her hands as a sigh of her gathering her courage to speak. "It seems you'll be fine here, Chloe; and I have to get to the airport." She continued opening her arms. I smiled and stepped into them, hugging her tightly. "I love you." My mom whispered as we pulled apart and started walking towards the door.
"Implied." I smiled as she opened the door.
"Um, thank you again for letting her stay here, Jasmine." Mom turned looking at my friend.
"Of course Meredith, Chloe is always welcome here." Jasmine smiled reassuringly as my mom left the apartment.
Jasmine and I reached out with our Mai senses, waiting for my mother's footsteps to disappear into the elevator. Once we heard the elevator door close on her I turned happily to Jasmine.
"So, what dis you have in mind for today?" Jasmine smirked at me.
"Well, I was thinking a girl's day. We could do our nails, watch chick flicks, gossip, go shopping..." I tailed off looking at her."But first, I need to unpack." I stated skipping towards my room; Jasmine followed, and helped me unpack. We gossiped about pointless things, like the girls who insisted on following Alek around.
"Seriously though, I think people are beginning to think he is gay." Jasmine giggled. "He has almost every girl in the school's attention; yet he pays attention to none of them."
"Oh, come one! Alek is such a flirt!" I exclaimed turning towards Jasmine. "Plus, he had the girlfriend awhile back, what was her name? The one that moved."
"Natalie, and we were 14 so we weren't Mai yet. He knew that she would be moving way before he turned 16; so he dated her." Jasmine smiled, placing my last shirt on a hanger and placing it in the huge walk-in closet that made me drool.
"Oh." I sighed as I placed my bags in the closet and shut the door.
"Yep, so that once he turned 16 he wouldn't have to worry about a sudden break-up. Regardless, he still lost his virginity to her." Jasmine rolled her eyes.
"What?" I exclaimed turning towards her. I mean, I knew it was foolish to think that he was still a virgin, I mean he was The Alek Petrov. My chest was hurting all of a sudden, I guess I shouldn't of ate so much bacon this morning, it was giving me some insane heartburn all of a sudden.
"Yeah, my mom was mad. I mean, what if he had gotten her pregnant, you know? Plus, he knew he was Mai, and when Mai fall in love it is for life. His future mate will be very displeased to know she isn't his first." Jasmine shook her head sending me a look. "Chloe, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." I stated wincing at how my voice broke. "Why do you ask?"
"No reason." Jasmine stated with a sparkle in her eye. "So, shopping?"
"Of course." I laughed grabbing my purse and dragging her to the door. We made our way down to the parking garage and stepped into Jasmine's black Jaguar XF. "Jaguar, really?" I chuckled It was parked in the middle of two other black Jaguars. Another XF four-door sedan, the only differences between the two being the parking decals, and a Jaguar XK sports car.
"Its irony at its best." Jasmine laughed as she started the car, the engine purring to life.
"So those two are Valentina and Alek's cars." I guessed looking to my side at the sports car, that was defiantly Alek's.
"Yep." Jasmine stated popping her 'p'. "Where to?"
"Westfield." I stated as Jasmine pulled out of the parking garage, heading to San Francisco's Mall. It didn't take us long to get there; and once we did, we didn't stop. We hit up all kinds of stores, not really buying much but having a blast. Jasmine insisted that we buy some new training/mission clothes, and that the Mai payed for my clothes.
"Are you sure?" I asked uncertainly as we left the third store were we bought more all black attire for me.
"Yes, you are being trained by our Pride. The least we can do is buy you clothing." Jasmine rolled her eyes as she started pulling me towards Champs.
"Why are we going here?" I pouted, sure I was whining but they had just bought me $400.00 worth of black clothing and shoes.
"You need some sports bras." Jasmine shrugged. I immediately attempted to dig my heels into the floor.
"Can't we just buy regular bras?" I asked hopefully.
"What's wrong with sports bras?" Jasmine asked.
"Well, I, unlike you, wasn't blessed with large boobs, they don't need to look smaller than they are." I confessed shyly, Jasmine smiled.
"Want to go to Fredrick's of Hollywood?" She challenged, crossing her arms.
"Yes." I stated pushing my shoulders back and nodding determinedly, much to my friend's amusement.
Let's just say we didn't only find sports bras. Jasmine and I may have spent some time looking at and trying on some more racy attire. I smiled as I stood in front of the mirror in a tight party dress.
"Let's buy them." Jasmine suddenly exclaimed.
"What?" I looked at her oddly. "Like actually buy this stuff?"
"Yeah, all the things we tried on. Pajamas, dresses, underwear, everything." Jasmine smiled innocently.
"Yes, and why don't we go buy a stripper pole too." I rolled my eyes.
"That sounds like fun." Jasmine commented, making my head whip around to face her with wide eyes.
"Who are you? Since when do you have a wild side?" I asked in shock.
"Since now, its about time I start feeling good about myself again." Jasmine smiled happily, it melted my argument against her crazed plan.
"Alright, but no stripper pole." I pointed at her, making her laugh. We quickly changed and bought our "nightwear" and proceeded to "Bistro Burger" for a very late lunch. After which we made our way back to the apartment. When we arrived, Jasmine and I put our clothes onto wash and proceeded to paint each others nails while watching The Notebook. We snacked and laughed and I cried before we took a break and put our now clean clothes into our rooms. When we were done we put on A Walk to Remember; I fell asleep about half way through the movie.
Valentina woke us up around 4am and Jasmine and I headed into our separate rooms. I hurried and stripped down and changed into my new panties and a nightie as it was on top of my normal clothes in my drawers. I quickly climbed into the most comfortable bed I ever had the pleasure to lay in. I smiled and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
The people around me cheered, happily throwing flowers in the path of my entourage. I was being carried on a golden litter carried on the shoulders of people I didn't know, but I had a feeling they were Mai. I was wearing a flowing white dress with a golden belt and leather sandals. A gold jewelry hung from my neck, ears, and wrist. I had on a type of headdress with markings of the goddess Beset on it.
The words "Hail the victorious Uniter!" were being yelled at me in multiple languages. I looked forward and saw someone riding a white horse in front of me, I would know that head anywhere. "Alek." I called in a much more mature voice then the one I sported now. He turned to me and spoke.
"Yes, love?" He smirked.
"I just wanted to see your face." I smiled lovingly at him.
"Well, its good to know that you still love seeing it after all we've been through." He chuckled turning to ride beside the litter as opposed to in front of it.
"Why would I be sick of it? You've been the one complete constant throughout my lives." I smile, my eyes shining.
"And I will continue to be that constant through your last." He smiled, not smirked, smiled.
I was about to answer him when I was greeted by a much more solid version of that voice in my ear.
"You are such a heavy sleeper. If I were an assassin, you would have already lost another one of your lives." My eyes snapped open, looking at the blonde god straddling my legs with a bamboo stick pressed to my throat.
"Alek" I gasped out.
"In the flesh." He smirked rolling off of me and releasing my throat, I looked over at him as he leaned casually against the pole. "Miss me King?" He flashed me that unbelievably infuriating yet gorgeous smirk at me. My heart was still racing from the almost attack.
I rolled my eyes and lifted myself onto my elbows as I drawled out "Oh, Alek. You have no idea."
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