O… M… G… 1000 APOLOGIES! I AM SO SO SO SO SO SORRY THAT I HAVEN'T UPDATED! Everything has been so crazy lately and I have been focusing on school. I haven't had time to write. Thank you all for being patient and I hope I didn't lose any of you. This is sadly the last chapter of this story, but there will be another. There isn't a cliffy at the end of this because idk when the next one will be coming out. Enough of my rambling… On with the story!

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The Uniters' Assistant: chapter 17

-Alek P.O.V.-

I knew this was coming sooner or later, but tomorrow? I didn't expect it to be that early. I thought we would stay here until we knew who would be taking over the pride while we were gone. It was supposed to be Jasmine but she was going with us.

"Tomorrow?! But that's so soon. Alek just came back from the dead and we don't know who will be watching the pride and…" Chloe continued to rattle off things for reasons we couldn't leave. She thought almost the same way I did, except for the little thing we argue over. Like her lives for example.

"Chloe! I understand that you're scared but we have to leave as soon as possible to avoid anyone else getting injured. It's also to protect you." Jasmine said to her.

"Pffft. I'm not-" Chloe started.

"Chloe. We know you are. But all of us are here to protect you. We won't let anything happen to you." Cat said. The others nodded and I grabbed her hand. I could tell she was worried. She wasn't just scared for herself, but she was scared for others. That was one of the things I loved about her. She wasn't selfish like most of the people I meet. But then again… the Mai have always cared for others so maybe that's what it is. I never know for sure.

"We will be catching a flight at eight o'clock tomorrow. We aren't changing time zones so we will get to Oregon at around ten maybe ten-thirty. From there, we will meet the two sisters Sara and Judith. Sara is the new Mai and Judith is eighteen like me. Their mother died when Sara was born. Their father, Peter Rockwell, is a lot like Valentina was here. He took in another girl and the three boys. They all get along great and when there is fighting… it's like any siblings would do. You three will be homeschooled while you're there. It's only three days a week for four hours a day. I think you'll live." She read the looks on our faces when she told us we'd be homeschooled. "The other girl is named Stacy, and she's seventeen. The three boys are all within a few months of each other at eighteen. Their names are Rick, Sean and Rob. They all recently moved out into a small cabin in the woods behind Mr. Rockwell's house." I nodded along with what she was saying. Chloe had been staring at the ground the whole time with a concentrated look on her face. I reached into her mind with mine.

I don't know if I can do this. Maybe I should just go apologize to Mr. Rezza, give myself up and I can save the Mai. That is my job after all. I think I just need to negotiate with them and maybe if they can keep me for a while they'll see that we're not so bad. I'll never convince Alek of this though. He'd turn down the idea immediately. God why does everything have to be so complicated? Why did this have to happen to me? Why can't I just be a normal teenager? I can't do this. No… I have to do this. I am Mai. I am the Uniter. I felt Chloe grip my hand. I wish I could take away all of her worries but that's never going to happen. She has a job to do. But I don't want to lose her. I know what I have to do.

-Chloe P.O.V.-

After we finished discussing all the details of the plan, we headed to our separate rooms. I went with Alek but you get the idea.

"Ok, well now that we got that out of the way, we can discuss some other things now." Alek gave me a weird look and I crossed my arms over my chest. "How do you do the whole mind reading thing?" he sighed and started to laugh. He had to have seen this coming; I mean really… did he honestly think I had forgotten?

"It's not really that hard. You make it really easy but I can't just tell you strait out… you have to give me something in return." He said suggestively. I was about ready to do anything as long as he told me how to work this thing. I sighed and climbed onto his lap. I leaned down and kissed him slowly. I felt his tongue run across my bottom lip. I don't understand why he even asks anymore but whatever. I opened myself up to him and he pulled me closer. His hands were firm on my waist as the kiss grew harder. I didn't want to let him get too far without telling me so I pulled away but made sure our foreheads were still touching.

"Alek… Tell me." I whispered. He sighed and pulled away so he could look at me.

"Chloe, the only reason you haven't been able to read my mind is because I've been blocking you. Whenever I try to read yours, you never push me out. I on the other hand, don't always want you poking around in my head." My mouth hung open a bit in surprise. That was it. That was the big thing he couldn't tell me. I crawled off him and sat on the other side of his bed with my arms crossed. Fine, if he wasn't going to tell me anything, then I wouldn't talk to him. "Oh come on Chloe… Please don't be like that, love." I almost melted but I just ignored him. I felt his hands on my shoulders and then his mouth was on my neck. I tried not to give in but I couldn't help it. I leaned back into him.

"Why won't you let me in? Why can't I know what's going on in your head?" I asked him once I was comfortably in his lap and his arms were around me.

"Because then I couldn't surprise you with stuff. I couldn't kiss you randomly. You could see it coming. It would be a boring relationship." I turned around and pouted at him. He smirked and kissed me. That was basically how the rest of the day went. We watched a movie with everyone else and then we would just cuddle and talk about the most random stuff in Alek's room. By the time it was eleven, we had run out of things to talk about and were now just kissing and cuddling. Everyone else had gone to bed a while ago but we stayed up.

"I think it's time to go to bed love. We can't just sit here and kiss all night. No matter how much I wish we could." I groaned but got up anyway. I walked over to his dresser and pulled out one of his shirts. "You know that's mine right?" I heard Alek say from behind me. I looked from him to the shirt and back again.

"Yeah, what's your point?" He just rolled his eyes and laughed and so did I. I walked into the bathroom to change. I could have sworn that I heard him mumble something about me not changing in front of him. Ehh whatever.

When I came back out, he had changed as well. I guess it was more like he just stripped down to his boxers. But who cares about specifics? We crawled into the bed again and I started to dose off immediately.

"I love you Chloe." Alek whispered to me.

"I love you too Alek." I barely had enough energy to say it before I fell asleep.

I woke up at around ten the next morning. I got up groggily and shuffled over to the bathroom. I fished my toothbrush out of my bag and brushed my teeth. After that, I took a nice hot shower. I pulled my hair into a braid. I chanced into some skinny jeans and a light blue top with my fake leather jacket on over it. I walked into the kitchen and was greeted with a chorus of good mornings from Jasmine, Cat and Aryss.

"Hey guys. Sorry I slept in. Alek and I were up late." I said. Cat snickered.

"I'm sure you were…" she said as she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively. I smacked her on the arm. This chick had one of the dirtiest minds ever.

"Nothing like that was going on! Gosh, why do you guys always assume that?" They all laughed, even me. It was then I noticed Alek wasn't here. "Hey… where's Alek?" I said, looking around.

"He and Jason went to go work out. You know, some guy time." Jasmine said. I nodded. I'm surprised he didn't leave me a note. Oh well. I'll talk to him when he gets home.

-Alek P.O.V-

"Hey thanks for coming with me, Jason," I said as we walked out of Jared. I had told the girls that we were going for a work out but in truth, we went to get Chloe a ring. I was going to propose to her. I didn't know when, but it would be soon. The ring was simple with a silver band and two blue heart-shaped diamonds in the middle. Actually, we had gone to work out and that was nice, but we had brought different clothes and took a shower so we could walk into the store with being stared at.

"It's not a problem dude. I knew it was coming sooner or later. I have no doubt that she'll say yes." I smiled a bit. He was a good friend actually. Much better than the guys from the basketball team. All they really cared about was sex and drinking which I never had any real interest in, no matter how much I acted like I had slept with every girl out there. I didn't know how I was going to hide this from Chloe until I was ready. It's not like she goes through my stuff but I can't help but be worried that she'll find it too soon.

"You know, you could probably propose to her today. We are going to be busy these next few weeks. You might not have the time. The price on your head has gone up ever since you save Chloe from the head of the Order's house. I think they're starting to figure out that you two are connected deeper than normal. So you won't have as much alone time with her because we'll have a couple guards on both of you." Jason stated bluntly. My head whipped up toward him.

"Why would we need guards on us? I can protect her just fine on my own." I wasn't mad as much as I was surprised. Did they not trust me or something?

"No, it's not the fact that she needs protection, but now you do too. You have to be careful." He shot back at me firmly. I sighed heavily. He was right though. We weren't going to have that much time after we left so I should do it today. But I don't want to rush it. We continued to walk back to the condo in silence. Its times like these I wish someone could tell me what to do for a change.

-Chloe P.O.V-

It was about noon when the guys got back. They walked in laughing about some story that Alek seemed to be telling.

"Wait, so she literally got down on her knees and begged you to date her? Damn dude…" Jason started cracking up again and Alek was just smirking but he was laughing too. He turned to me and smiled sweetly. I smiled back. I walked over and pecked him on the cheek. I then notice he had showered.

"Umm, Alek… Jasmine said you were going to the gym… why'd you put clean clothes on after you got sweaty and crap?" It was a bit strange. But he looked like he hadn't worked out at all. He looked perfect. I mean, he always did, but he looked like he had showered.

"Well, we showered before we left. We didn't think you girls wanted a sweaty guy waiting around until the other one got out of the shower." Us girls exchanged looks and nodded.

"Point taken." I said. We all congregated in the living room to watch some TV. After fighting over what to watch for half an hour, we all agreed on a movie. Turns out, The Lion King is a guilty pleasure for all of us. Hey, it's funny. We watched all three of them and by the time we were done, it was almost four. Cat, Aryss, Jasmine, and Jason all went to pack for the trip we were leaving for in less than four hours. Alek remained silent. I tried to ignore the tension that seemed to be radiating off him. I didn't know why this was so awkward. We could usually sit like this for hours and be completely comfortable.

"Ok Alek, what's going on? You haven't said anything in a while. You seem uncomfortable." I told him. He shook his head as though he was in a trance. I tried to push into his head but his walls were up. I snapped at him. "Goddammit Alek! Let me in! If you don't let me in, I can't stay." His head snapped toward me. I just kept going. "I want you to trust me. I don't want anything keeping us apart. That includes the walls you put up to keep me out of your head. I understand if there are some things you don't want me to know right now, but I can't take not being able to know what you're thinking when you know every thought in my head. If you don't tell me what's going on right now, I swear to God I will walk out that door." His eyes widened and he reached for me. I pulled away and started to walk out.

"Chloe! Wait a minute. Chloe…" I slammed the door on the way out. I heard Cat ask what happened but I didn't stay long enough to hear anything else. I ran to the elevator, and pressed the down. Alek burst out of his door and started to run to me. There was an old couple in there with me and they saw the panic in my face and pressed the door close button, it automatically closed and started moving right as Alek got there. He would take the stairs.

"I'm sorry Hun. Boys can be so complicated at times. But it'll get better. I promise." The old lady said to me. I nodded and felt the tears start to spill over. When we reached the bottom, I thanked them and ran out the front doors. I'm sure Alek wasn't far behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw him gaining on me. I pushed myself harder. I took a lot of sharp turns and then I came to Coit tower. Talk about De JA Vu. But I didn't run up this time.

"Chloe!" I heard Alek call from behind me. I started to run again. I was a bit farther ahead of him now. I ran into the middle of the market that he took me to so he could teach me how to control my hearing. I was going to start to run again but I felt something grab my arm and pull me back. Alek grabbed my other arm as I fought him. The tears ran down my face as though they were racing.

"No, no, no! Alek let go! Go away! I don't want to see you right now!" I yelled at him. I continued to struggle but it was clear that he was much stronger than me.

"Chloe! Listen to me. Stop struggling you're creating a scene." He told me gently. I didn't care. By now, a group of people had formed a circle around us. I stopped struggle as hard but my protests didn't stop.

"No, Alek. Let go. You obviously don't care about me enough to trust me. And if that's how you feel, I need to leave. I loved you. Correction, I love you. But I don't think you feel the same way." It was week, and a low shot but hey, that's what it felt like. Alek squeezed my arms a bit harder and I hissed a bit. It didn't hurt too much, but it wasn't exactly comfortable. It made me look at him.

"Chloe. If you just listened to me for a moment, maybe you'd learn something. I love you more than you will ever know. I know I want to spend every waking moment with you. It kills me if you could be in danger. Yes, I do get jealous when other guys flirt with you. Chloe King, you drive me crazy, you're complicated, frustrating and so many other things. But I love every single bit of it." My mouth dropped open a little bit. I thought I heard the crowd 'aww' but I couldn't be sure. I was still crying but I was completely focused on Alek. "I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I'd follow you into death, no matter how many times." He smiled at me a bit. The crowd laughed a bit, but they didn't really understand the meaning behind it. "The point is, I love you Chloe King…" he got down on one knee and pulled a black velvet box out of his pocket and my eyes widened. "… fucking marry me." He opened the box to reveal to me a ring that was beyond beautiful. It was so simple yet so elegant. The diamonds sparkled in the light. The crowd gasped and awed. My hand came over my mouth as the tears streaked down my face, but they were no longer out of anger.

Well, what else could I say?

"Yes."

After we kissed in front of a crowd of fifty people we walked back hand in hand. I admired my ring almost every step of the way. When we walked back into the condo, the four other Mai looked at us. I saw Jason look down at my hand and he smiled.

"I see you got the guts to do it, huh Alek?" Jason chuckled.

"Oh just shut up Jason." Alek had a smirk on his face.

"Awwwwww! He proposed to you?! That's so cute! OMG you have to tell us everything!" Cat yanked me from Alek and pulled the other girls along with. I looked over my shoulder at Alek and shrugged. He laughed. Once we were in Jasmines room they all looked at me eagerly.

"WELL!?" they all yelled at once. I laughed and told them the whole thing. It ended up taking like an hour because they all questioned me about every detail. By the time we were done, it was six-ish and we were hungry. As soon as we stepped out into the hallway, we smelt pizza. We just hoped there was still some left.

"There you guys are! We've been waiting to eat this thing for almost ten minutes now!" Jason came up and said to us. Boys will be boys. We rolled our eyes and ran for the pizza. But they were smart and got two larges and a small. One was meat, the other cheese and the other was Hawaiian… I think. I picked two pieces of each… small ones of course. We all sat in front of the TV and ate. About half an hour later, we had all finished eating. Cat and I shared a look and I knew… It was time to leave. We got our things ready and put them by the door. Jasmine called a cab and we carried everything downstairs. Alek and I went back up for the last bag. Before he closed and locked the door, I took one last look around. I wouldn't see this place again for a while. Alek took my hand. I looked at him and nodded. He shut the door and when it was locked, we headed downstairs. Alek and I sat in the back of the Taxi van and I watched us pull away.

Forty-five minutes later, we sat on a plane in first class. I watched the last of the colors disappear over the horizon. I sat by the window with Alek next to me and Jasmine next to him who had her ear buds in. He grabbed my hand and I smiled at him. He looked at the ring on my hand and smiled as well.

"Everything will be alright. I won't let anything happen to you. I love you Chloe." Alek whispered to me. I kissed him softly. And I believed him. I laid my head on his shoulder as we flew.

And we're done! I don't have much to say except that all of you that review and read are amazing. I have to thank you. I love you all and you will see me again real soon. I promise! REVIEW ON THIS CHAPTER TOO! Much love and yours truly Sam