Chapter 2

Alex found himself chatting with Amanda everytime, and even Ross couldn't bring down his high spirit. Amanda was everything he needed in a woman, she was funny, smart and had just the right amount of craziness. He hadn't seen her face fully, but he was satisfied with what he has seen, with time he would get to see her face more and if he was lucky, more than that.

Alex found himself laughing so hard at some of the things said, that Jojo would get really worried and Alex would always reply with a dreamy smile. "I'm in love Jojo." Alex found himself very happy, he had heard many dating sites stories, crazy ones that sent chills to his bones. He was lucky he had found Amanda in his first try, and now he can tell his life wouldn't be so bad after all.

They had been chatting for three weeks now and finally they had set a date for tomorrow. Alex had popped up the question last week, and surprisingly she had said yes. They had set a date, Alex had waited anxiously and finally tomorrow was only a few hours coming. 

Alex rode his bike slowly with such a weird smile he was beginning to get stares, but he didn't seem to care. He was so happy he decided to take a short cut through Johnson Street, a street which he dreaded so much.

He was so lost in his thoughts he didn't see the young woman who was running, approaching from his left, till she collided with him, both of them tumbling down to the hard ground.

"The fuck!" Alex shouted, groaning out loud. The lady moaned in pain swearing under her breathe, she stood up brushing off her dress.

"What's your problem dude, you couldn't see or what?"

Alex blinked, completely taken aback. "Uh, excuse me missus, you ran into me. I was on my own riding peacefully and you Mrs-let-me-bump-into-innocent-guys-riding-bicycle just ran into me! So that question should be directed at..." The words in his mouth froze when he looked at her. "Oh my, you're really beautiful."

"Why thank you Mister," She said sarcastically eyeing him, then turned to walk away.

"Wait, are you ok? You look kinda roughed up," Alex pointed out, not only that but she was breathing heavily like she had been running for miles. 

"Thanks for noticing and-"

"There she is!" A gruff voice shouted. Two really huge men came towards them, making the girl run behind Alex's back. "Give us the girl boy."

"Uh boy? I am pretty sure I am a man. Also, I am not holding her, you can have her if you want." He told them while bending to pick his bike.

"Have me? You know, a normal man would fight for the lady!" She snapped.

"Well, I know a lost fight when I see one and I love my life!" Alex fired.

"You know, I am glad I bumped into you, next time I hope you get hurt!"

"Oh there won't be a next time Missus because maybe 'next time' you run into a speeding car and you will turn into a ghost thingy." She gasped.

"You're the one who is going to get hit by a car you punk!"

"I am not a punk, I am a man. You know what, I am outta here."

The two dudes were standing by confused, watching the two fiddle about. One of them decided to speak up. "What's up with you two."

"There is no 'you two' sir, there is only her, I am just an innocent stranger, now if you will excuse me, I have somewhere to be, see-"

"Stay right where you are fucktard!" The man on the right thundered making Alex and the lady jump in fright. "What have you got?"

"Nothing sir,"

She turned around and gave him an incredulous look. "What kind of a pussy calls his fellow men sir?"

He raised an eyebrow at her "Ok lady, you need to keep quiet and let me handle this." Turning back to the men. "Look, why don't you just leave before I call the cops on you."

"The cops? You planning on calling the cops on us boy!" One of the giants shouted, taking slow steps forward.

"Oh Lord, he is coming to me," Alex murmured. 

"Well, what do we do?" The lady ask.

"What else? Run!" Jumping into his bike quickly, he began to peddle away fast. The men started a hot pursuit after them.

"Why are you following me?" He questioned the lady.

"I am not following you," She huffed. "You're the only following me, now shut up."

The race continued down the street, till they branched into another street. Alex decided to try and lose the men and started taking turns and turns, the lady following him. Soon after, they lost the men and came to a stop at Alex's house.

"Oh, that was close." She doubled over, hands resting on her knees as she tried to catch her breathe.

"Yeah," Alex replied. "What did you do to those men who were chasing after you?"

"Nothing," She replied simply and began to walk away.

"Wait! You can't go, they may be out there," He gave her a look, like to ask if she was crazy.

"Well, I have to get home, I need food. I have no other option."

Alex kept quiet thinking, he didn't really care much about her since she was the one that almost got him into a mess, but he would hate to think he was the reason a lady got raped or beaten up. "Fine, you can come into my apartment for a while and leave later."

"Your apartment?" She asked standing akimbo.

"If you don't want to come fine, but it's much safer than going on your own." She kept quiet for a while, staring at Alex, then his apartment, then back at Alex. 

"Fine," She murmured.

"One rule though," Alex said as they walked towards his door. "Don't touch any of my stuff."

"Wasn't planning to."

They walked into the house, shutting the door behind them, just in time because the giants who had been chasing after them, just entered the same street.

"You have a nice apartment," She said. Looking at the pictures hanged on the walls.

"Thanks," Alex murmured. "Jojo I'm home!" He shouted and a bark replied, soon Jojo showed his face, running down from upstairs and straight at Alex. "Oh, I miss you too boy..." He giggled as Jojo kept licking him, the moment seemed to be on them, like two long lost lovers coming back together. The lady looked away awkwardly.

Jojo pulled back from Alex as his nose picked the other scent in the room. He looked at Alex, then at the lady who was already sending him a small smile and a wave. He moved away from Alex and took a step forward towards her.

"Uh, can you keep your dog away from me," She said while backing away.

"What? Jojo is really nice to strangers, he won't bite," He told her standing up and walking towards the kitchen. "Just give him a smile and scratch behind his ears and he would love you forever."

Alex heard a scream just as he was about to enter the kitchen, Jojo was already pursuing the lady round the room, who kept screaming whenever Jojo came close  He shook his head while bringing out two cans of beer from the fridge. "Stop running away from him, he probably just wants a gentle touch from you, now he thinks you both are playing catch, he won't stop chasing you till you stop running!" Alex told the screaming lady.

"Oh God!" Alex wondered if she heard him, or if she did, didn't listen. A crash came down and Alex jumped up, running back to the living room, it was to find Jojo already licking blue eyed face "See," Alex said wholst walking further into the room. "He isn't as bad as you thought right?"

"Just. Get. Him. Off. Me!" 

"Fine." He took Jojo away from her. "Hey boy, left you a little treat in the kitchen." The word 'treat' had Jojo running away. "Here." Alex offered her a bottle of beer.

"Thanks," She collected it. Bringing it up to her mouth as she used her teeth to open the bottle, taking a large gulp. Alex stared at her in amazement as he used a bottle opener on his drink and took a small sip.

"So uhmm... You still don't want to tell me why those men were after you?" Alex actually didn't really care why, but he felt he had to bring up a small talk.

"Nothing. They tried to steal from me and I wouldn't let them, so they chased after me." She picked up his remote, tuning on the TV. "If I am here, I might as well get comfortable." She put her feet up on the table, relaxing back on the sofa. 

"Ok, uh... I am going to take a shower." She gave no reply to that as she was already watching a show on the television. Alex nodded, giving a small sigh as he went upstairs to his room.

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"This is the rhythm of the night, the night, oh yeah!" Alex sang, shaking his butt as he danced to the music. "The rhythm of the niiiight!" Alex walked out of the bathroom tying his towel around his naked waist.

He walked past his mirror, coming back to admire himself, then turning around to check his butt out. "Yup, I am a fine piece baby!"

He was distracted by scratching noises he heard coming from the door. Turning around it was to find little Jojo pushing the door open. 

"Whoof!" He barked, nudging his head towards the door.

"What's wrong Jojo? You hungry?" He dropped his towel down, walking towards his wardrobe. 

"Whoof!" Jojo barked again, running towards Alex, he tried to push him towards the door. 

"What's wrong Jojo? Hold on, let me get my shorts." Alex kicked him away softly with his feet. He grabbed a baggy jeans, putting it on, he went downstairs, Jojo on his tail.

Alex arrived at his living room to find it empty. "Eh... Lady?" He turned to Jojo. "Where did she go to?"

Jojo whoof and ran towards the entrance door, Alex followed quickly, he noticed that someone had unlocked the door, looking out, the first thing he noticed was that his bike wasn't were he had parked it. "My bike! Jojo my bike is gone! Fuck! She stole my bike, that blue eyed chipmunk!" She was already far gone as Alex couldn't see her any where in sight.

He ran into the house to notice if there was anything she stole, everything seemed to be in place, everything apart from his grandmother's pendant which he had kept amongst his artifact. "Fuck, she took my granny's necklace, that blue eyes catfish gh... Daughter of a chipmunk!" Alex shouted kicking a stool, which only just brought pain to his foot. "Ow! My feet!"

Somewhere miles away

"What took you so long Amanda, I was beginning to think they had tied you in there!" Jonah questioned, as she walked into the apartment.

"Sorry, I had to wait for him to leave the room." Amanda sighed, walking towards the fridge. "I have to say, you guys did put an amazing act."

"Yeah we did!" Jonah gave a satisfying smile.

"Did you see his face?" Jason asked laughing. "He probably thought we were going to kill him or something." The trio burst into laughter.

"At first I had begin to regret us hitting on him after he began to run," Jonah admitted.

"Well, that bike of his should bring something, and this necklace." She brought out the necklace at her back pocket. "This should bring a lot more, it looks really expensive."

"Yeah sis," Jason said eyeing it. "I should find a buyer for that by tomorrow."

"Good... Wait, not tomorrow, the next. I have a date tomorrow and I'm gonna need this."

"Wow, I never thought I'd see the day Amanda Walters went on a date."

"Shut up Jonah."