Hey guys, thanks so much for the reviews. I'm really glad you like the story. Here's the next chapter.
- Five -
The place was seriously beautiful. It looked out into the ocean, and some edges of where ever we were. It dropped down a cliff, and all you could see was green trees – it stretched to the shore as well. It was breathtaking.
"How'd you find this place?" I asked him. Alek smiled.
"I have my ways."
We slowly sat on the ground. Me sitting in between his legs, he wrapped his arms around my stomach, and I leaned back into him. He opened the plastic bag that rested beside him with one hand, and handed me my order.
"What?" He asked when he caught me staring at him. The sun glared down making his dark blonde hair shine.
"Nothing."
I turned back to my food and took a bite. I don't know what he got me, but it tasted good. I moved myself so that I was sitting across him. Alek took a piece of his food and offered it to me. I bit it and chewed thoughtfully. It tasted like shrimp.
"What did you order?"
"Shrimp fried rice," he said. "I got you sweet and sour."
We continued eating. Once, he threw me a piece of shrimp. I was about to throw him a piece of my food, but he leaned away from me.
"You wouldn't," he said with a glare. I smirked at him and threw it anyways. With his Mai reflexes he dodged it easily, but he put his food down and tackled me to the ground (somehow managing to place my food down so it didn't spill).
"Say you're sorry," he said. He pinned my arms to my sides and stared at me. I laughed.
"You started it, so you say sorry."
"I'm not the one that's pinned to the ground," he retorted. Oh, really? I adjusted myself, and with one fluid motion, I flipped us over, so I was on top.
"Who's pinned to the ground now?"
Alek just smirked, it made me want to slap him and kiss him at the same time.
"I like this position," he stated. "We should do this often."
I rolled my eyes. He made no attempt to move. I leaned in closer.
"Are you gonna say you're sorry?" I asked. The smirk on his face stayed.
"No, because if I do you'll get off me," he replied. I shook my head in amusement. He placed his hands on my waist, and closed his eyes.
"What?" I asked. In answer, he just placed his hand on the back of my head and pulled my lips down to meet his. My hands rested beside his head, as we kissed. He rubbed my waist, and then ran his hand under my shirt and then placed it back on my waist. I pulled away, and rested my forehead against his. Our breathing matched each other's. I got off him, and tucked my legs underneath me. He sat up and grabbed my hands.
"Thank you," I said, "for everything."
"It seems that's all you tell me," he teased. He leaned forward and kissed me again.
"Oh, what a pretty picture," a voice sneered. We pulled away with a jump and Alek looked extremely surprised.
"Mimi?"
The brunette was glaring at me.
"I should've known you'd end up with her," she said distastefully. Then she turned to me, "you little bitch."
Alek stood up protectively.
"Don't talk to her like that," he growled.
"Why? She's just another one of your play things, isn't she? I bet you two won't even last long. She's going to hurt you in the end like last time."
"I would never," I snapped at her. I stood up as well.
"You'll never be good enough for him. He'll get bored of you eventually."
"Shut up, Mimi," Alek hissed. "Just leave us alone."
She winked at him.
"You'll come back to me soon, you always do."
I launched myself at her, but Alek wrapped his arms around my waist preventing me. Mimi smirked.
"What? Jealous? Worried? You should be he'll never be yours."
Alek stepped in front of me.
"I'll never go back to you, you selfish bitch. And Chloe has no reason to worry, I'll always be hers."
Mimi's eyes turned to slits – literally. I stared at her cat eyes and her claws sprouted out. "You're gonna regret you were ever born, Uniter."
"Don't you dare," Alek growled. His own claws sprouting. I put my hand on his arm.
"Alek, don't," I pleaded. "Let's just go. Come on. Please."
He turned to me and his eyes returned to normal. The dark brown that I loved to stare into. His claws retracted. He reached for my hand the same I reached for his. He glared at Mimi.
"Stay away from us, or you'll regret it," he threatened.
He led me back to through the woods, leaving our food on the ground.
"What about-?"
"Just forget it. I wanna get as far away from her as we can get," he murmured. I didn't argue. I wanted to get away from Mimi as well. It started to rain, hard. He tugged on my hand to start running, but I shook my head. He shrugged, and we continued walking.
"What's wrong?" he asked me, after a while over the pouring rain. "You've been really quiet."
"Nothing," I said a little too quickly. I was thinking about what Mimi said. You'll never be good enough for him. What if she was right? Girls threw themselves at him, Mai or human. He was sweet regardless of his jock/conceited frontier.
"Chloe," he said firmly. He stopped us both, and placed his hands on my shoulder. "Tell me."
"She was right," I whispered. Tears slid down my cheeks and I was grateful for the rain. We were soaked now. Drenched from head to toe.
"Mimi? Don't listen to her," he said. "She's wrong."
"No Alek!" I said, unable to hold back my tears. "She was right! I'll never be good enough. You're…You're like a God or something! And I'm just…me."
"Chloe King, I want you to listen to me very carefully," he said firmly. He leaned down slightly, to look me in the eyes. "You are the sweetest, caring, smartest, and stubbornness person I have ever met. At first, you drove me insane with your constant fascination with that human. But then I started to like you, and everyday we spent together, it grew more and more. I know I can have any other girl," he said.
"Thanks," I spat. He smiled and let out a small laugh.
"You didn't let me finish, I know I can have any other girl, but I only want you. Don't listen to anything anyone else says."
I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him tight. His arms wove around my waist and he crushed my body to his.
"I-"
"You don't have to say anything," he whispered and sealed my lips with his. He picked me up and let me wrap my legs around his waist. When we pulled apart, he kissed my lips again sweetly.
"So any more doubts I need to cure?" he asked.
"No," I said. "No."
"Good. Let's go."
He swung me around so that he was carrying me like the first night we had to run. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and he secured me more on his back. He ran back this time, I was scared he'd slip, but surprisingly he didn't. We made it back to the cottage, freezing cold and – in Alek's case – tired.
"I told you to put me down a mile back," I muttered as we stumbled through the doorway. "You look so exhausted."
He shrugged.
"You're more important," he said. I glared at him.
"You're important to me, Alek. And if something happened to you then I'd never be able to forgive myself."
He smiled.
"I appreciate the concern, Sweetie, but when it comes down to my well-being or yours, I'd choose yours in a heartbeat."
"Well I care about yours, and from now on if you're not allowed to carry me if I know you're tired, and if I tell you to put me down then you'd better, or else."
He just stared at me with a small smirk on his face. This was no time to be in a joking mood, I thought. I'm freaking getting mad at him and all he can do is smirk?
"What?"
"You look hot when you're fired up," he said.
"Now's not the time for your compliments!" I snapped. "I'm getting mad at you!"
"And it's the hottest thing I've ever seen," he replied. "So…sexy."
I glowered at him.
"Alek, I swear if you-"
I never got the chance to finish my sentence because Alek was suddenly in front of me and he covered my mouth with his. I tried to push him away but it was futile. The longer he kissed me, the weaker my will became. Damn this boy! I pulled him closer to me and when his fingers tangled themselves in my hair, I deepened the kiss. We would've kissed longer, but his cell phone rang in his pocket. He pulled away from me and groaned in frustration. I dropped my hands and stepped away from him. I really hope this person had something good to say, otherwise, Alek looked ready to kill.
"Damn it," he hissed. He pulled his phone out of his pocket. "What is it?...Okay, let me call you back." He hung up and looked at me.
"Who was that?" I asked.
"That was Dave," he said. I could hear the relief buried in his tone, "Valentina's awake."
Review. You guys aren't surprised I left it at another cliffhanger aren't you?
For the record, one of my best friends we call her Mimi, and she's one of the best people in my life always there for me when I need her. But this character, well…to say that I don't like her would be an understatement. I'd kill her, but I kinda need her for this story. Thank you for always waiting for the next chapter. I'll post up Chapter 6 when as soon as I finish it.