The Last Seven Lives

Three Is A Crowd

AN: Hey! Disclaimer applies! Oh! Did anyone notice how Chloe never got an empathy hit off of Henry? Yeah! I'll explain! ;)

Meredith's POV:

It's been days since I've talked to Chloe. Whitney says it's just because she doesn't want to risk my life and I pray he's right. As I finish rinsing dishes and putting them in the dishwasher, Whitney comes up behind me and snakes his arms around my waist. I lean into his chest and sigh. "I'm sure Chloe is fine, Meredith!" I turn around in his grasp and wrap my arms around his neck. "How did you know I was worrying about Chloe?" He brushes my hair out of my face and laughs. "It's kind of obvious, love!" I smile and kiss him. He kisses me back and his hands find their way to my hair. I deepen the kiss and he smiles against my lips before pulling away. "I have an idea! Call Chloe and tell her to meet us in the woods near the bottom of San Bruno Mountain!" I look at him puzzled, but don't hesitate to dial her number. I leave her a message and Whitney kisses me again. "Dinner was amazing, by the way!" I smile at him and kiss him passionately.

The next morning I wake up to gentle rubbing on my hip. I turn over to see a smiling Whitney. "Good morning!" I smile and stretch my arms over my head. "Good morning! How did you sleep?" He mock thinks about it and I lightly hit his arm. This makes him laugh and he kisses me. "I slept wonderfully! You wore me out last night!" I put my arm around his waist and smirk at him seductively. "You loved it though." He looks at the ceiling. "How can I leave this bed if you're making that face at me? I need to at some point to keep an eye on my mom! As it is, she's had enough time to send out another assassin." He glances at his watch as he speaks and I gasp.

"Is that really the time?!" He looks at me in alarm. "Well, yes!" I hurdle out of bed and into the bathroom. After showering, brushing my teeth and hair, and doing my makeup, I emerge in a towel to ransack my closet. After finding a business suit, I get dressed and put on my jewelry. Only then do I look at my bed and Whitney is gone. I smell coffee and head downstairs to the scent. Whitney pours me a cup and hands it to me in a lidded mug "Late for work again? This is the second time." I take the coffee thankfully and nod. "Both times are when we've spent the night together! It's your fault for making my mind go blank."

Four hours later, I'm drinking coffee at Starbucks during my break and studying my blueprints for a new hotel we're building. I'm so focused that I don't notice Frank sitting across from me until he clears his throat. I look up at him and he smiles. "Hello, Meredith." I look down at my blueprints again and take another drink from my coffee. "Why are you ignoring me? I thought we were going to get back together once we dealt with our daughters. I have. You?" I finally give him my full attention. "Frank, I have a lover." He stumbles backwards a bit as if I punched him in the chest. "W-wh-wha-what? H-ho-how could you? I thought we were going to get back together eventually!" By the last word his voice is quite loud and people are starting to stare at us. "Shhhh! Frank, please don't make a scene! I'm sorry! It just happened! I wasn't LOOKING to fall in love!" He narrows his eyes and I look down as I realize I really am in love with Whitney Rezza.

Everything happens in a fast blur after that. At that moment, the door to Starbucks chimes as someone enters and Frank kisses me. "Meredith? Is that you?" I shove Frank off me and look at Whitney. I can see the hurt in his eyes and he turns to leave. "Whitney, don't leave." I get up and run after him. I stop at the road and see him across the street. "I love you, Whitney." He turns to look at me and smiles. I return his smile. Frank runs past me and attacks Whitney. He falls to the ground and I scream.

AN: In case it wasn't obvious, until I find a real purpose for Meredith's POV her chapters are just fillers! What do you think about Frank being back in the picture?! I love you all! Oh! Who on here has heard about The Nine Lives Of Chloe King: Salvation script? It's the TNLOCK movie that us Uniters have been waiting for! PM me for details! ;) I kind of feel justified now and it's made me want to stop writing this story! :/ Never fear! I will continue and I already have an AMAZING ending for this whole novel! I'm warning you now, this story will be REALLY long! I'm going to need LOTS of comments to help me figure out every death from now until the ending! I honestly do NOT know what deaths to choose and in what order to stay true to the fact that each death is more and more painful!