I had contemplated just telling him. I mean honesty is the right medicine, he'd most definitely notice eventually. Jasmine wouldn't say anything, which I was thankful for. But its not just a matter of leaving this room and saying to Alek 'oh yeah babe, by the way not bonded anymore sooo wan't to go and jump each others bones in the other room?" Greeaaat! I could see this ending extremely well.
"Are you going to sit in here all night? Cause Alek made pasta...its pretty good." Brian said as he stuck his head through the door way. I didn't look up. "Is something wrong?" He closed the door behind him, and sat down on the bed next to me. "Chloe?" I was sitting on the bed, my knees resting against my chest with my head furrowed in my hands. Brian brushed my hair away from my face, trying to raise my chin to look at him. I sighed.
"Everything's fine. Just thinking." I finally said, trying to avert eye contact.
"So you're the Uniter, then." I couldn't help but laugh.
"yep" I said with a smile. "As feeble as i may look right now, i can still kick your ass."
"Oh Woh no doubt!" Brian said, raising his hands in a defensive manner with a huge grin on his face.
"Come on Chlo, you look hungry." Brian reached out his hand.
"Starved." I said with a smile, taking his hand. I dropped Brian's hand as soon as we walked into the kitchen, no need to start world war three over touching Chloe.
"I made your favorite." Alek said, handing me a bowl of pasta.
"Favorite or the only thing you know how to make?" I said with a wink.
"Hey now, don't dis on the Petrov recipe. We make-a some fine pasta!" Alek kissed the top of my head, before leading us to the dinner table.
"So i guess everyone has been filled in on the whole Mai situation." I asked looking at my mum, who weirdly looked comfortable surrounded by a bunch of teenagers. She nodded.
"Always thought there was something weird going on with you. Just thought it was this guy." She cocked her head in Alek'd direction, he smiled. "And this guy" She turned to look at Brian. Alek's smile quickly faded. "Messing with you." At that moment Jasmine began laughing.
"Im..sorry" She said in between laughs "I...just" She placed a hand over her stomach, bending over with laughter. Slowly she calmed herself.
"What!" I asked as i placed my fork in my bowl.
"Its nothing." Jasmine was wiping away a tear. "Its just that we are going to be stuck down here for Baset know's how long, its going to get interesting. At least ill have you Meredith." We all knew what she was getting at, the love triangle revisited. But i knew that my heart belonged to Alek. Speaking of Alek i really needed to talk to him. We all helped with the clean up, before deciding to get some rest. Mom said that the same rules should still apply, no boys in the bedrooms. Unfortunately for me everyone else agreed.
"You know if you an Alek need some alone time, ill sleep out here." Brian lowered his voice as he spoke. Mom and Jas had already gone to bed. There were two rooms, one with three beds the other with two. Clearly the numbers worked out. Alek was taking the time to have a shower. He said something about, 'I cooked so you clean.'
"I don't want to put you in that position Brian." I stopped scrubbing the pan i was working on to look at him. He shrugged.
"Its no problem really, who knows how much time we all have left. Might as well be with the ones we love." He wasn't looking at me as he spoke, but in that moment i realized that Brian had no one. His dad turned out to be the king of nuttballs and his mom was long gone. I placed my hand over his, as he lifted his head to look at me.
"Thank you." I said softly, as i nudged him slightly before returning to clean the pan. Alek came out of the bedroom wearing nothing but a pair of boxer briefs.
"Gosh. If my mother caught you." I said as he wrapped his arms around my waist, turning me to face him.
"I think she'd be proud that her daughter caught someone in such fine shape" He was smiling one of his lop sided grins, i was dying in side.
"Oh really?" I said as i raised my feet up onto their toes "Is that what she would say?" Alek put his head to one side.
"Or at least thinking it" He began to lower his head, so his lips were inches away from mine "I see the way she looks at me." I pulled my head away to slap him on the chest.
"You're cruel."
"mmm" Alek placed his right hand under my chin, tilting it towards him. "Thats what all the girls say." His lips were only inches away when someone cleared their throat. Looking over Alek's shoulder it was my mom, again.
"Isn't it time for bed?" She asked, as she walked past us taking the glass that Brian had held out to her. I nodded, as she looked Alek and I up and down. She knows i'm the Uniter, here to save the world. I died today and yet she still has the power to send me to bed. I'm glad nothing has changed.
"Yes, i was just thinking that." Alek and I said goodnight to everyone, before walking towards the two bedrooms.
"I told you she thinks i'm hot. Did you see the way you're mom was looking at me?" Alek was being smug, but it was cute.
"I need to talk to you." Maybe blurting it out was the right option.
"What about?" Alek asked as he raised one eyebrow.
"Maybe in private is better."
...
I waited until mom and Jas were dead asleep, before i snuck out of the room almost bumping into Alek.
"Careful." I whispered at him, but i could see his whitened smile through the darkness. "Brian?" I asked, looking at the door behind Alek.
"Dead asleep, didn't want to wake the human from his human nap." I scowled through the darkness at Aleks use of human. "Sorry." He said taking my hand, and leading us towards the couch. "So what is this thing that you needed to talk to be about?" I knew i had his full attention, but i couldn't look at him. Alek still holding my hand, started to rub his thumb along my palm. Letting out a deep sigh, i began.
"When i healed, the scar faded." His thumb stopped moving. There was deadening silence.
"You sure?" Alek asked, sounding each work out slowly. I nodded.
"Jasmine was there. It just disappeared in front of us. Is your's still there?"
"Yes." Alek said, as he leaned back on the cushion drawing me up against his chest.
"So you can still feel me?" Alek nodded.
"I'm not sure what to do Chloe, i mean it was an accident to start with."
"So you don't want to be together? Is that what you are getting at?" I raised my head from his chest to stare at him.
"No!" Alek grabbed my face in-between his hands. "Of course not. I'll always want to be with you, but its not like i can just jump your bones and hope that everything will work out. I've already bonded to you, i don't know if its possible to do it again. Will it even work since i am bonded and your not?"
"Maybe we should try and find out?"
"Now?"
"What. Alek Petrov is denying me sex?" I asked with a smug smile, as i began place a line of kissed up his jaw line.
"But your mum is in the next room, with my cousin." I ran my hands over his chest, as i pulled his earlobe into my mouth.
"Didn't stop you before." I whispered into his ear.
"True...but" A small moan escaped from his lips as i placed a hand down his boxers shorts.
"But nothing. There is no other man i'd rather be.."
The room went blank, and i awoke in a graveyard.
"Seriously! Your timing is just great." I yelled, as i surveyed my surroundings. It was pitch black, the only illuminating light was from the burning buildings in the distance. Through the surrounding trees i could hear shouting. As i ran towards the noise, i noticed the voices. It was Brian and a female whom i didn't recognize. As i ran closer to the scene, the woman drew a gun shooting Brian point blank in the forehead. He collapsed to the ground, as my high pitched screech rang through the air. But he wasn't the only one dead for Whitley too was stone cold on the ground, by his wife's grave.
"Chloe! Chloe!" Alek was shaking me. As my vision returned to focus the room was crowded.
"Sorry everyone, must have slipped." I placed a hand on my head, it hurt. I'd fallen off the couch. I caught Jas and Alek exchanging worried looks. I placed a reassuring hand on his face. 'I'm fine' i mouthed to him. I knew that i would have to explain my 'vision' to him later, but my thoughts were otherwise preoccupied.
Who was this blonde headed woman?
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