She was on her way to the precinct. God she was tired! She'd only had a couple of hours of real sleep last night, after seeing Lucifer. At first in shock, she'd just wandered around Lucifer's building, not trusting herself to drive home. She finally had to call Maze to come and pick her. Maze had been torned between going up to kill Lucifer and ignoring him forever to punish him for his stupidity. She choose the latter, for now. She'd been of no real help to her at understanding Lucifer's behaviours and feelings. Maze just muttered continuously what an uncaring jerk he was. Chloe's world and beliefs had turned upside down and she had passed the night trying to grasp the new reality she was in.

Obviously, Lucifer had been only playing with her right from the start. He had tried to seduce her, like he did every women, without considering her any differently than the rest of them. He'd probably only wanted meaningless sex with her like he was used to. He certainly never expected her to fall in love with him since she was supposed to be immune to his charms. Immune my eye! After their friendship had grew, he must have been reluctant to take advantage of the situation. And since he was so good at talking about his feelings, thanks to his dysfunctional family, he'd ran away instead of telling her the truth. It was the best explanation she could come up with now, and it made so much sense. How blind and stupid she had been! She was so ashamed of herself. Ashamed at not having seen through his game, and ashamed at what she told him the day before, pouring her heart out like that. She really had made a fool of herself and she was grieving, mourning the loss of a love that never even existed. She was exhausted and probably dehydrated by all the crying. How pathetic! Now she thought she could at last turn the page. Well, since she had absolutely no remaining hope whatsoever of Lucifer being in love with her, there was nothing left standing in her way of getting over him. Right?

She parked her car at the precinct, and looked at herself in the rear view mirror. She had to put more make up to mask the bags under her eyes and she composed herself before getting out of the car. Dan should arrive soon. He always came in after her when he had to drop Trixie at school. Shortly after Lucifer's departure, Dan and she became fulltime partners. It went better then she had anticipated at first. Dan was strangely very comprehensive about her story with Lucifer, or lack of it as it was. They never really talked about it, but he obviously understood most of what had been going on. He had been very protective of her and was always pretending not to notice her mood swings, or her red eyes following a night of crying.

She was absorbed in her thoughts when she walked towards her desk. She became aware of a commotion. When she raised her eyes, she saw a group of colleagues all around her desk, talking excitedly. She approached, curious. She should have foreseen it. Of course he was there, seated on her chair! Making a scene of his comeback. Receiving congratulations from everyone for his marriage, with claps behind his shoulders and handshakes. She wanted to strangle him and at the same time she wished she could disappear, overwhelmed by shame. She started turning away when Lucifer saw her.

"Detective! Come, come! We were done here, right guys! Thanks again everyone!" Everyone dispersed and resumed their activities. Lucifer looked at Chloe, beaming. "Good morning Detective! It's so good to be back!"

Chloe was stunned. "Are you kidding me? You quit for three months without giving any notice and you think you can come in and get back your place like nothing happened?"

"Well, as a matter of fact, yes! I took care of everything. I'm officially back as your civilian consultant, starting this morning."

She stood there for a moment, dumbfounded. "Lucifer… I'm really not sure this is a good idea. I don't think I am ready to take you back as my partner. This is just too much to take in."

He stood up instantly. "Detective…, I… I understand that I have been a complete immature idiot. I should have talked to you sooner, made things clearer instead of running away like that. I am very sorry if I caused you any pain or distress. It was not my intention. Far from it. I'll make amends." He said, becoming very serious and lowering his voice. "We make such a good team. Don't you miss our friendship? I sure do. Can't things come back to the way they were? Please?"

Surprisingly, Chloe was hesitant. As much as she hated him for misleading her, she missed him desperately. Having him back at her side could either help get over her infatuation of him, either be her doom. He looked so desperate himself, if not for the same reason, that it comforted her somehow. She was about to try and formulate an answer when she heard a big bang and saw Lucifer hurled a couple feet away.

Lucifer was sitting on the floor, attempting to get back on his feet, stunned. Dan was standing over him, fists tightly clenched and breathing heavily, visibly trying very hard to keep himself from punching Lucifer again.

"You son of a bitch!" Spat Dan.

"As long as THAT is clear!" Chloe added with a mischievous smile, taking back her seat.