The Witch Uniter (Chapter 31)
The Witch Uniter
By tenshinrtaiga
Disclaimer: I don't own The Covenant or The Nine Lives of Chloe King
Summary: Chloe is a witch of the Covenant moving to San Francisco to complete her Uniter duties. She meets Alek and feels an instant spark but can a witch and a Mai really work it out?
Chloe groaned as she entered her room after a long day at school. She just wasn’t sure where she stood with everybody. Jasmine had been in her own little world lately with Caleb and had only just noticed the problems going on between Chloe and Alek. Now things were awkward because Chloe had said that she’d be friends with Alek but that was before he got all pissy about Brian again. Now she was pissed all over again.
And Alek had been looking at her weirdly all day. Half the time he looked annoyed and the other half, apologetic and yet he still hadn’t said two words to her all day. What did that even mean?
Chloe collapsed back on top of her bed. Boys! What the hell! They should come with their own instruction manual or translation guide or something.
“Bad time?” a familiar British voice asked, startling her out of her mental rant. Looking up, Chloe noticed Alek standing in front of her desk clearly having come through her balcony doors yet again. This time he was holding a bouquet of a dozen roses. “These are for you,” he stated obviously, holding them out for her.
Chloe sat up and gently reached out to grasp them. No one had ever given her flowers before, let alone roses. The closest she’d gotten was a corsage from Caleb on Prom night back when they were still dating her freshman year. “They’re beautiful,” she admitted, leaning in to inhale, partly to smell but mostly to hide her soppy grin.
“I wanted to say that I’ve talked with your brothers-” Alek started.
“You have?” Chloe asked, startled. None of her boyfriends had ever dared talk to her family. She knew that the boys were scary, overprotective guys and it didn’t help that half of them were her ex-boyfriends.
Alek nodded. “Yeah. And they gave me some advice which I have decided to take.” Chloe turned to look at him fully, interested to hear what they told him. “I need to stop being so jealous,” Alek said, putting it bluntly. “I’m sorry that I was such a jerk. The truth is I was scared. I’m Mai and you’re not. You have all of these options; you can date anyone you’d like. I get scared that you’ll find someone else; someone better. You have the freedom to date whoever you want and I worry about that sometimes,” he admitted.
Chloe looked up at him in kind awe. No one had ever been that bluntly honest about their emotions with her before - especially not a boy. “I would never cheat on you,” she said instead.
“I know that,” Alek replied. “I was just being stupid. I saw you with this human and I freaked out. I’m sorry, Chloe.”
Chloe hesitated before giving him a small smile. “I forgive you.”
Alek looked at her uncertainly. “So you’ll give me another chance?” he asked. “As your boyfriend,” he clarified, remembering the last time he thought she was giving him another chance.
Chloe nibbled on her lower lip as she visibly thought. She’d never given a boyfriend a second chance before. Then again, no one had ever been as completely honest with her as he had. Alek took a huge risk laying his feelings out bare for her. “Alright. One more chance,” she agreed. Alek whooped and scooped her into a huge hug causing her to laugh. “But if you mess this up…” she warned seriously once he’d put her down.
“I won’t,” he swore. “I can’t promise that I’ll like Brian or like that you meet up with him, but I won’t be such a jerk about your friendship anymore.”
“Deal.” Chloe smiled, leaning up for a kiss.
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“What the-” Reid did a double take as he noticed the couple walking towards him. “Did I just enter the Twilight zone?” he asked the others as they all glued their eyes to Chloe and Alek who were holding hands and smiling at each other, clearly back together.
“How the hell did he get Chloe to give him a second chance?” Pogue wondered. Even for all his skill at reading people, he had no idea how this happened.
“Hey, baby girl,” Caleb greeted once the couple was close enough. “You guys are back together?” he asked.
“Yep,” Chloe replied. The others looked at her, waiting for more, but Chloe kept her lips shut. It wasn’t up to her to spill Alek’s confession. If they wanted to know how the Brit did it, well tough luck.
“Chloe!” the photographer yelled, drawing the teens back into reality. “You’re here! Good, let’s get this going.” He directed her toward where a tall ladder was waiting for her.
“Gotta get to work.” Chloe grinned at the boys before heading into the depths of the new Diesel ‘Be Stupid’ photo shoot. She climbed the ladder and perched at the top, ready for the photographer to ready himself.
“Okay!” the photographer yelled causing Chloe to lift up her top, baring her bra clad chest to the fake security camera mounted to the wall. The theme of the ‘Be Stupid’ campaign was to photograph teens doing dumb things… such as flashing a security camera. “Good, good,” the photographer said as he grabbed the images. “Tilt your… good, good. Okay, let’s move on,” he announced, finishing the quick shoot in order to move onto the next.
A small team removed the security camera and the ladder and gave Chloe a spray pain bottle. Behind her, an actor dressed as a cop, crossed his arms attempting to look stern as Chloe pretended to graffiti the wall. “Good, good,” the photographer muttered again.
Lastly, Chloe made her way to a small fountain where an actor was already sitting waiting. He was splayed out on the concrete fountain rim, his shirt ripped, revealing a toned chest and killer abs, and his jeans unbuttoned.
Chloe sent a wary look at Alek who luckily didn’t notice. This would be the first test of Alek’s jealousy. She straddled the actor and slipped off her shirt, leaning down so that her hair covered her face as she put her head into the guy’s neck as though she were laying kisses.
“Put your hand on his jeans please,” the photographer instructed. “No, never mind. Put it on his stomach. Lower. Yes, that’s it. Perfect. Can I get the extras to crowd around a little bit? Thank you.”
She heard the snaps of the photographer but nothing else. The last ‘Be Stupid’ ad was having sex in public and she knew how wound up this picture must have made Alek. When they were finished, she cautiously looked at her boyfriend to find him staring coolly back at her. He didn’t seem angry but he didn’t seem pleased either.
“Are you ready?” he asked once she was near. She nodded hesitantly. “Okay, then let’s get out of here.” He grabbed her hand and led her away.
Chloe looked at him strangely, but he didn’t appear to notice. He hadn’t said a word or made any outbursts. It seemed like he was reigning in his temper which was all she could really ask of him anyway.
“Are you okay?” she asked hesitantly, once they’d left the shoot.
Alek gripped her hand tighter. “I don’t like it, but I promised that I’d deal, so I’m dealing,” he answered honestly.
She bit her lip and stayed silent for another minute. “Where are we going?” she finally asked.
This made Alek smirk. He said nothing, just continued to lead her. Soon they stopped in front of a very familiar ice cream shop. “Hungry?” he asked.
Chloe looked at him suspiciously, but the look was ruined by the growing smile on her face. “Are you trying to re-create our first date?” she asked.
Alek shrugged. “Minus the blood and magic.”
Chloe smiled at him fully. This time she was the one to drag him by his hand as they went inside the shop. If this was how he planned on re-kindling their relationship, it was a good place to start.
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By tenshinrtaiga
Disclaimer: I don't own The Covenant or The Nine Lives of Chloe King
Summary: Chloe is a witch of the Covenant moving to San Francisco to complete her Uniter duties. She meets Alek and feels an instant spark but can a witch and a Mai really work it out?
Chloe groaned as she entered her room after a long day at school. She just wasn’t sure where she stood with everybody. Jasmine had been in her own little world lately with Caleb and had only just noticed the problems going on between Chloe and Alek. Now things were awkward because Chloe had said that she’d be friends with Alek but that was before he got all pissy about Brian again. Now she was pissed all over again.
And Alek had been looking at her weirdly all day. Half the time he looked annoyed and the other half, apologetic and yet he still hadn’t said two words to her all day. What did that even mean?
Chloe collapsed back on top of her bed. Boys! What the hell! They should come with their own instruction manual or translation guide or something.
“Bad time?” a familiar British voice asked, startling her out of her mental rant. Looking up, Chloe noticed Alek standing in front of her desk clearly having come through her balcony doors yet again. This time he was holding a bouquet of a dozen roses. “These are for you,” he stated obviously, holding them out for her.
Chloe sat up and gently reached out to grasp them. No one had ever given her flowers before, let alone roses. The closest she’d gotten was a corsage from Caleb on Prom night back when they were still dating her freshman year. “They’re beautiful,” she admitted, leaning in to inhale, partly to smell but mostly to hide her soppy grin.
“I wanted to say that I’ve talked with your brothers-” Alek started.
“You have?” Chloe asked, startled. None of her boyfriends had ever dared talk to her family. She knew that the boys were scary, overprotective guys and it didn’t help that half of them were her ex-boyfriends.
Alek nodded. “Yeah. And they gave me some advice which I have decided to take.” Chloe turned to look at him fully, interested to hear what they told him. “I need to stop being so jealous,” Alek said, putting it bluntly. “I’m sorry that I was such a jerk. The truth is I was scared. I’m Mai and you’re not. You have all of these options; you can date anyone you’d like. I get scared that you’ll find someone else; someone better. You have the freedom to date whoever you want and I worry about that sometimes,” he admitted.
Chloe looked up at him in kind awe. No one had ever been that bluntly honest about their emotions with her before - especially not a boy. “I would never cheat on you,” she said instead.
“I know that,” Alek replied. “I was just being stupid. I saw you with this human and I freaked out. I’m sorry, Chloe.”
Chloe hesitated before giving him a small smile. “I forgive you.”
Alek looked at her uncertainly. “So you’ll give me another chance?” he asked. “As your boyfriend,” he clarified, remembering the last time he thought she was giving him another chance.
Chloe nibbled on her lower lip as she visibly thought. She’d never given a boyfriend a second chance before. Then again, no one had ever been as completely honest with her as he had. Alek took a huge risk laying his feelings out bare for her. “Alright. One more chance,” she agreed. Alek whooped and scooped her into a huge hug causing her to laugh. “But if you mess this up…” she warned seriously once he’d put her down.
“I won’t,” he swore. “I can’t promise that I’ll like Brian or like that you meet up with him, but I won’t be such a jerk about your friendship anymore.”
“Deal.” Chloe smiled, leaning up for a kiss.
~
“What the-” Reid did a double take as he noticed the couple walking towards him. “Did I just enter the Twilight zone?” he asked the others as they all glued their eyes to Chloe and Alek who were holding hands and smiling at each other, clearly back together.
“How the hell did he get Chloe to give him a second chance?” Pogue wondered. Even for all his skill at reading people, he had no idea how this happened.
“Hey, baby girl,” Caleb greeted once the couple was close enough. “You guys are back together?” he asked.
“Yep,” Chloe replied. The others looked at her, waiting for more, but Chloe kept her lips shut. It wasn’t up to her to spill Alek’s confession. If they wanted to know how the Brit did it, well tough luck.
“Chloe!” the photographer yelled, drawing the teens back into reality. “You’re here! Good, let’s get this going.” He directed her toward where a tall ladder was waiting for her.
“Gotta get to work.” Chloe grinned at the boys before heading into the depths of the new Diesel ‘Be Stupid’ photo shoot. She climbed the ladder and perched at the top, ready for the photographer to ready himself.
“Okay!” the photographer yelled causing Chloe to lift up her top, baring her bra clad chest to the fake security camera mounted to the wall. The theme of the ‘Be Stupid’ campaign was to photograph teens doing dumb things… such as flashing a security camera. “Good, good,” the photographer said as he grabbed the images. “Tilt your… good, good. Okay, let’s move on,” he announced, finishing the quick shoot in order to move onto the next.
A small team removed the security camera and the ladder and gave Chloe a spray pain bottle. Behind her, an actor dressed as a cop, crossed his arms attempting to look stern as Chloe pretended to graffiti the wall. “Good, good,” the photographer muttered again.
Lastly, Chloe made her way to a small fountain where an actor was already sitting waiting. He was splayed out on the concrete fountain rim, his shirt ripped, revealing a toned chest and killer abs, and his jeans unbuttoned.
Chloe sent a wary look at Alek who luckily didn’t notice. This would be the first test of Alek’s jealousy. She straddled the actor and slipped off her shirt, leaning down so that her hair covered her face as she put her head into the guy’s neck as though she were laying kisses.
“Put your hand on his jeans please,” the photographer instructed. “No, never mind. Put it on his stomach. Lower. Yes, that’s it. Perfect. Can I get the extras to crowd around a little bit? Thank you.”
She heard the snaps of the photographer but nothing else. The last ‘Be Stupid’ ad was having sex in public and she knew how wound up this picture must have made Alek. When they were finished, she cautiously looked at her boyfriend to find him staring coolly back at her. He didn’t seem angry but he didn’t seem pleased either.
“Are you ready?” he asked once she was near. She nodded hesitantly. “Okay, then let’s get out of here.” He grabbed her hand and led her away.
Chloe looked at him strangely, but he didn’t appear to notice. He hadn’t said a word or made any outbursts. It seemed like he was reigning in his temper which was all she could really ask of him anyway.
“Are you okay?” she asked hesitantly, once they’d left the shoot.
Alek gripped her hand tighter. “I don’t like it, but I promised that I’d deal, so I’m dealing,” he answered honestly.
She bit her lip and stayed silent for another minute. “Where are we going?” she finally asked.
This made Alek smirk. He said nothing, just continued to lead her. Soon they stopped in front of a very familiar ice cream shop. “Hungry?” he asked.
Chloe looked at him suspiciously, but the look was ruined by the growing smile on her face. “Are you trying to re-create our first date?” she asked.
Alek shrugged. “Minus the blood and magic.”
Chloe smiled at him fully. This time she was the one to drag him by his hand as they went inside the shop. If this was how he planned on re-kindling their relationship, it was a good place to start.
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