I'm back! Finally. Road trips suck. I'm sorry this took so long, but I hope it's worth it. Please review and give ideas to inspire what happens next.
The water was freezing and I quickly sank to the bottom of the water. No matter how much I struggled against the chains, they stayed put. I couldn't move, and I certainly couldn't swim to the surface. My lungs screamed for the oxygen that was only a few feet above me. I couldn't take it any more, I gasped for breath, only to breathe in water, and I slowly felt myself dying.
When I woke up, I was screaming. I quickly shut up and tried to focus on my breathing. In two three four, out two three four. In two three four, out two three four. "Are you okay?" My eyes shot open and I glanced around the room to see that Alek was sitting at the end of my bed. I really should've noticed that sooner.
"It's fine. I mean, I'm fine." I hastily corrected myself.
"You were screaming again." His voice was full of concern. "What was the nightmare about?" Alek asked as he moved closer.
"It's nothing, just a silly dream." I lied, not wanting to recall the dream that I've had multiple times now. Each time was the same, nothing ever changed, including my thoughts. It was starting to creep me out, despite the fact that Valentina said it was nothing.
I glanced at the clock and saw that it was only four in the morning, but started to get up anyways. Alek didn't say anything until I flipped on my light. "You're not going back to bed, are you?"
"I have a science test today that I should study for, considering how someone prevented me from studying last night." But that wasn't the reason why I wasn't going back to bed. I was worried that if I went back to bed, I'll have the nightmare again.
"You've only had two hours of sleep, are you sure you don't want to try to get another two or three hours?" Alek asked worriedly.
"I'm sure." I said as I let out a big yawn. Ignoring the disapproval look from Alek, I took out my science stuff.
"Only getting two hours of sleep is bad for you." Alek lectured.
"Says the guy who goes the whole entire night on my roof, not getting any sleep." I said angrily. Who was he to lecture me?
"Chloe," He started as he walked closer to the desk that I was using.
"I just need to study otherwise I'm going to fail the test today." I looked down at the science papers to try to make it convincing.
"Our test isn't until Tuesday." Oh. I forgot that Alek was in Chemistry with me. How did I manage to mess up the dates like that?
"I still shouldn't leave the studying to the last minute. You know how hard-"
"Chloe," He interrupted. "What was the dream?" He looked me straight in the eye when he asked that.
"It's just a stupid dream. Now just let me study please." Instead of going back on to the roof like I wanted, he went and sat into the chair to watch me study.
The entire time I studied, Alek watched. I asked him if he wanted to join me in studying, I wasn't the only person who had to take the test tomorrow, but he shook his head saying that he didn't need to. When I quizzed him on the material, I figured out that he really didn't need to study; he already knew everything for the test. It's completely unfair how Jasmine and Alek always remembered everything without having to study. He tried to convince me to go back to bed multiple times, but I didn't.
After six thirty rolled around, I expected mom to come knocking on my door, telling me that I was going to be late, but she never did. Then I remembered that she was out of town for the next few days for business. I texted Amy to pick me up a little earlier so we could get coffee, after the amount of sleep I got, there was no way I could make it through the day without it.
"You're just going for coffee, then straight for school, right?" Alek asked. I was pretty sure that if he didn't need to get ready for school, he would've stayed with me.
"Yes, just coffee and school." I assured him even though I was getting frustrated. Before he could say anything else, Jasmine popped through the window. "You know you can go through the front door when my moms not home."
"Sorry, it's habit." Jasmine apologized. "You can take off now Alek. I got it."
"See you both at school." Alek said before he disappeared. My cell phone beeped from a text from Amy, saying that she was outside waiting.
"Feel like getting coffee?" When we arrived at school, we still had ten minutes before the first warning bell so I decided to text Brian back. No problem, how's your schedule tomorrow?
Less than a minute later, I got a reply. Sounds good. Tomorrow at the coffee place? "Is that kitty hat?" Amy asked with a large smile.
"Yeah, we're just trying to reschedule." I said trying to hide my smile.
"So you're still going to see your human?" A voice asked behind me, startling me. I jumped around to see Alek.
"You shouldn't sneak behind people like that." I said to avoid the question.
"I wouldn't have sneaked up on you if you were paying attention to your surroundings."
"He has a point Chloe. You need to pay attention to your surroundings, otherwise, the Order can easily sneak up on you."
"I have another training session tonight, don't I?"
"Yep," Alek said happily. "We still need to work on you staff skills. I'll be on your rooftop at eleven."
"Fine," I said bitterly, knowing that I was going to lose the argument. "But I get tomorrow night off."
"You know that my mom wants us to step up your training," Jasmine frowned. "But if you increase your training tonight, then I guess it's okay to take one night off."
"Without a bodyguard following me around."
"No," Alek came into the conversation. "Going anywhere without a bodyguard is an incredible stupid idea. The order isn't going to take the night off just because you are."
"He's right. Alek needs to make sure you're safe tomorrow night."
"Why Alek, can't you go?" I'm pretty sure Alek won't like watching me with my human.
"I have my date tomorrow night as well." Jasmine said. I gave up, knowing that no matter what, Alek wasn't going to leave me alone.
"If I was an assassin, you'd be dead right now." I quickly spun around, almost falling off my bed, and saw Alek. I glanced at the clock to make sure I wasn't running late for the training, and saw that it was only eight, so why was Alek here?
"Ever heard of knocking? What are you even doing here?"
"Training."
"We aren't training until eleven, it's only eight."
"We need to train longer to make up for you ditching tomorrow."
"Alek, I have a lot of work to get done. And I'm still exhausted from yesterday's workout."
"No, your tired because you only got two hours of sleep." I heard him mutter softly. "Come on lazy, let's go." He said louder. Five minutes later, I found myself in the clearing.
Whatever improvement I made the previous night completely vanished during the next training session. After only thirty minutes of knocking me around with the poles, Alek paused the training session.
"I think you've gotten worse." He said bluntly, not bothering on trying to sugar coat it for me.
"I'm sorry. I'm just a little tired." Alek thought for a minute until he spoke again.
"Since it's clear that your not going to be able to practice tonight, come on." He said as he threw his stick back in his bag. "Let's just drop this off in your room, then we can go."
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see,"
So, I have a few ideas on where Alek takes her on this beautiful evening, but I want to hear what you want to happen first. Please review, telling me where you want Alek to take her next. SPOILER- Oh, and Chalek's fist kiss should be coming up either next chapter or the one after.