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): THIS CHAPTER HAS A GRUESOME SCENE AT THE END! 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 3
I sighed and lifted myself out of bed, taking a moment to stretch like the cat I am.
"Nice pajamas" Alek whistled behind me. I could hear the smirk in his voice as I looked down to see exactly what I had slipped into in my sleep induced haze. It was a silk push-up bra with lace overlay, pretty tulle hung from the bottom with a slit up the middle, lace outlined the pretty purple baby-doll nightie, I happily noticed that I didn't put on the matching thong but a pair of the same color purple boyshorts. My eyes widened as I felt a blush begin spreading over my body.
"Well at least it was comfortable." I muttered to myself, making Alek laugh behind me; I whipped my head towards him. "I thought you wouldn't be home until dinner."
"Its our assistant coach's fault, something about his sister going into labor early." Alek shrugged. "I thought you were at home."
"Well, I'm here; all week in fact." I muttered going towards my suitcase and grabbing my overnight bag which held all of my toiletries.
"Lucky me." Alek chuckled, I gave him a curious look. "What? You're bring my job to me, I'll get to sleep in my own bed and everything." He continued, false enthusiasm lacing his voic,e I chuckled and rolled my eyes, side stepping him and heading my on-suite bathroom. I smirked, because I could feel Alek's eyes following me until I shut and locked the door behind me.
I almost moaned looking at the large Whirlpool tub dominating the center of the bathroom. I ran the water, adding in some bubble-bath that I had bought yesterday at the mall. Stripping down I let the amazing scent of lavender fill my lungs, I smiled as my eyes rolling into the back of my head. I hurried and brushed my teeth and relieved my bladder before stepping into the foamy water; allowing every muscle to relax.
After an hour of soaking I stepped out feeling like I could conquer the world. I brushed through my hair, braiding my bangs back and spritzing relaxer in my mane of curls; hopefully it would do like it promised and make my hair wavy, not curly. I stepped into some new new underwear, a barely there black thong and a leopard print push-up bra that had a cute little red bow in the middle. I slipped into some dark-washed jeggings, a simple dark pink peasant top, and a pair of black flat ankle boots. I smiled at my reflection and walked back into my room, almost jumping out of my skin when I saw that Alek was still there, lounging on my bed.
"I liked what you had on before better." He smirked, "But I guess this is good too." He shrugged indifferently as I rolled my eyes before getting off the bed and strutting towards me. "Valentina wants to speak to us."
"Then what are we waiting for?" I asked turning on my heel, evading his outstretched hand. I walked into the main room gazing at the breakfast feast lied out on the dinning room table. Plates of scrambled eggs, waffles, toast, bacon, and hashbrowns littered the table, pitchers of milk, juice, and coffee, plus a platter covered in multiple different fruits. Valentina and Jasmine were waiting for us; Alek and I sat down on the same side, across from Jasmine. I smiled sheepishly at them before taking my seat, pouring milk from one of the pitchers into my glass and helping myself to a bit of everything.
"So it seems that you've decided to grace us with your presence, what took you too so long?" Valentina asked looking over her glass at Alek and me.
"Oh, you know Aunt Val, we were having some much needed alone time; you didn't hear us? Hell, you wouldn't need to be Mai to hear us, Chloe is quite the screamer." Alek chuckled, much to my horror. I shot a look at Valentina almost having a heart attack when I saw her smiling; I turned to Alek and saw him shooting me a challenging stare. It was too early in the morning for me to take his bait; once he realized that I wasn't going to play this game with him, he continued. "I'm even surprised that she can walk strait, I wasn't exactly easy on her." Alek chuckled. I was about to retort when,
"Oh, shut up Alek, that's disgusting." Jasmine stated covering her ears, Alek chuckled.
"Didn't know you were such a prude, Jazz." Alek teased.
"I'm not! Its just that you're my cousin, and I know you're just joking, but I don't care who you're with, I will never want any details." Jasmine stressed taking her hands from her ears and glaring at a chuckling Alek, who was loading his plate to ridiculous heights; boys, what could you do?
"Anyway, I decided to have a nice breakfast, to fill Alek in on current events." Valentina smiled while taking a bite of a strawberry. "We have some good news, but you probably won't like the packaging it comes in."
"Finally, what was the point of keeping me out of the loop?" Alek asked after swallowing the unholy amount of food he had shoveled into his mouth.
"Ivan Volkov is dead." Valentina smiled.
"Really?" Alek's eyes lit up, the smile spreading across his face. "Who killed him? How?"
"I did." Valentina smirked at him, his eyes went starry for a minute before reality seemed to hit him.
"Wait, why was he here?" Alek's voice had turned cold, his hand twitched closer to me.
"He came to kill Chloe." Jasmine muttered.
"She lost another one of her lives, didn't she? How did this happen? Who was protecting her, I'll kill them!" He stood up, his eyes blazing.
"Alek." I reached out for him, but he ignored me, his eyes were set on Valentina. "I didn't lose another life." I informed him, his shoulders relaxed, but there was no other sign that he had heard me.
"Jasmine was watching her." Valentina began, Alek's gaze turned to his cousin, who flinched back at his death stare. "She was given detention for how diligently she was watch The Uniter." I felt very small when they talked about me as if I was an object, not the person that I am. "She sent word as soon as she wasn't being watched, and I got there just in time to slit his throat before he could do more than give her a black eye and a slash on her side." Valentina assured.
"She shouldn't have even been touched!" He thundered. He turned towards me and cupped my face in his hands, his thumbs running under my eyes; the bruise had disappeared. "I should have been there. I should have killed him."
"Alek." I muttered, reaching up and placing my hand over his. "I'm alright, you can't always be there for me. Yes, it could have been bad. Yes, I could have easily lost another life. It just didn't turn out that way, so there is no use focusing on the 'what if's, right?" I ranted hopefully. He sighed and rolled his eyes, brushing his thumb over my bottom lip before removing them from my face.
"I suppose." He muttered turning back towards his food, I blinked before doing the same. "So, you're here for the entire week?"
"Yes, my mom is out of town, and the cover story for the black eye was that I was mugged; so she didn't want me to stay home alone." I explained. "Who cooked this?" I asked after tasting the amazing food.
"Jasmine is quite the cook." Valentina smiled at her daughter.
"Well, since my mom doesn't know how to cook that well, I never learned. Teach me your ways!" I exclaimed towards Jasmine, who laughed at my silliness.
"Of course, we can spend tomorrow cooking." Jasmine shrugged.
"Oh, tomorrow? I have a date with Brian, tomorrow." I stated, hearing Alek huff beside me. "But, I'm sure we won't be meeting until the like 2 so we can do it before then." I added hopefully.
"Sure." Jasmine smiled tightly at me. I hated mentioning Brain here, I always felt like I was betraying the Mai in some way whenever I mentioned him.
"Well, this was fun; Jasmine could you make some food? My friends are coming over to watch the LSU vs Gators game tonight." Alek stated grabbing an apple and walking towards his room, I looked at his plate in shock to see it cleaned off; I glanced over my shoulder to see that Alek was already out of my sight.
"Well we could start teaching you how to cook now?" Jasmine suggested, Valentina had already walked off towards her own room. I nodded happily helping her clean up our brunch.
"So, what are we making Chef Diaz?" I asked saluting her, making her laugh.
"Well, we'll probably just make some snack food. Chicken strips, homemade salsa, finger sandwiches; I'd make pizza, but those idiots wouldn't appreciate it." Jasmine rolled her eyes, I look at her in confusion. "Its not a greasy mess." She informed, making me chuckle.
"Okay, lets get started." I smiled. Jasmine taught me the proper way to make a homemade salsa; which included how to cut up different vegetables and spices so I didn't lose a finger. We breaded the chicken strips and Jasmine began frying them. I got the bread and began spreading the mayonnaise and mustard mixture on them, then filling them with meat and cheese; cutting them into fours. We worked quickly, because the game would be starting in an hour and Alek's friends would be here any minute.
His Royal Hotness, who decided to grace us with his presence, came in demanding more food, much to the annoyance of both Jasmine and I; but we still worked diligently. We had spent a lot of his money yesterday and to ease our own conscious we made him food.
"So, you actually hang out with your friends outside of school?" I asked him after Jasmine had dismissed me from the kitchen.
"Well, of course. I'm not gonna keep my position as most popular guy in school if I'm all anti-social." He teased, looking over at me. "Plus, its boring to watch a game by myself." I nodded. We sat for a moment on the couch watching the pregame show. We were brought out of our trance by a knock at the door.
"I'll get it." I said getting up and jogging to the door, opening it to see Michael McLaggen, the red head Edward Cullen wanna-be.
"What are you doing here, Courtney?" He asked looking me up and down.
"Its Chloe, and I'm staying with Jasmine for the weekend." I answered smoothly before ushering him in.
"Al, my man!" Mike said going some Jocko handshake with Alek. I tuned them out as they started talking about football; I went back to the kitchen and watched in amazement as Jasmine worked around the kitchen. I didn't move until I heard another knock on the door. I rolled my eyes and walked back the towards it, opening it to see Terry Daniels, the tall star of the basketball team, and Davin Conavich, the really cute, actually nice Jock, with dreamy black hair that fell into his face.
"Hey Chloe, right?" Davin smiled.
"Yep." I smiled letting them in.
"Sup." Terry nodded at me; I nodded back. They walked passed me and greeted the other two testosterone filled males in the room.
"Chloe, can you help me?" Jasmine called, her hands full of platters. I smiled and rushed to grab the rest of the platters left on the counter. We moved and placed them on the coffee table in front of the TV.
"Thanks, Babe." Terry smiled looking at Jasmine's ass. She gave him a look of disgust before walking off.
"Hey 'Loe, can I call you 'Loe?" Mike started. "Come sit with me and we'll have our own little game." Mike smiled winking at me.
"Leave her be, dumbass." Alek stated looking at Mike.
"Oh come one man, if she wants me I'm down with it. She's a fine piece of ass. Plus, the quite ones are always crazy in bed." Mike smirked.
"Oh please, like I would want you." I chuckled turning on my heel and strutting towards the kitchen and helping Jasmine by grabbing a stack of cups as she brought the liters of coke to the animals this world calls boys. I was still tuned into their conversation though; because after they were done laughing at Mike's expense, Alek made a comment.
"It is always the quite ones who are wild, but trust me man; you couldn't handle her type of wild." Alek smirked
"OH! He got you there man!" Terry yelled slapping Mike on the back.
"BURN!" Davin exclaimed while laughing, he and Terry high-fiving like idiots.
Jasmine and I rolled our eyes at each other before walking to her room, where we ranted to one another about how guys were pigs; only being interrupted but the specimens in question's yells as they watched the game. Jasmine left about half way through the game to get us some food. We then talked about pointless things like school work and this weeks training schedule, until we heard the guys leaving and emerging from her room.
"Well that was fun." Alek commented as he shut the door.
"You think?" I muttered as Jasmine and I picked up the dishes and put them in the dishwasher. Alek nodded and headed to his room, Jasmine and I parted ways after we were done cleaning. I changed into another skimpy nightie, this one wasn't as revealing as the one I wore the other night, but it was still cute. It was a red silk cami with a faux lace v-neck and tiny red silk shorts. I climbed into bed a fell almost instantly to sleep.
I was walking down a dark street, smiling happily; I wasn't much older than I am now probably 18, maybe 19. I was wearing a loose baby-doll top that made me look slightly fat, boot cut jeans, and a pair of black glittery TOMS shoes. I stopped and placed my hand on my bulging stomach; I smiled down at it.
"Mommy loves you sweetie." I smiled as I started to rub my belly. "Are you ready to hear from Daddy again? He's so excited to see you too." I stated moved my hands and began walking again. I heard someone drop down behind me, I whipped around and my eyes landed on Brain, dressed in all black. "Brian?" My voice was shaking.
"Hello, Chloe." He rasped out.
"Please, have mercy." I begged looking at him in fear. "I'm pregnant, please don't hurt my baby." I pleaded placing my hands protectively over my stomach.
"All the more reason to kill you now. I'll be killing two cats with one stone." He smiled evilly as he pulled out a sword. I shuddered as he ran forward stabbing me through my stomach. I screamed as he pulled the blade out of my body and then stabbing me again in the heart. I blacked out.
I sat up straight, tears pouring down my face, my breath heavy. I scrambled out of bed and hurried to my door; my legs worked on there own accord as I ran into Alek's room. I didn't spare a look around me, I just dove straight onto the king-sized bed. I couldn't even take a breath before I was flipped over and Alek was glaring down at me. He was straddling my legs again, his hand was posed for an attack, claws retracted, and his hand curled into my hair pulling my head back making my neck strain. I let our a loud sob and his eyes widened in recognition.
"Chloe?" Alek whispered rolling off of me. "What's the matter?"
"I had a really bad nightmare, can I stay in here with you tonight?" I asked him my eyes begging.
Sorry for the cliffhanger!
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