Chapter 6

It had been about twelve hours, or so she had guessed time was so hard to keep down here, since she had talked to Lucifer about the marks on her back. Shortly after she did a demon burst into the room and informed him of a revolt that needed attending to. Lucifer had told her to stay in this room, no matter what she heard or felt. Chloe didn't like being told what to do; but she also remembered that she weakened him, so she stayed put. Her feelings on the matter were to go down there and pull a Mazikeen. She let out a long sigh and continued to look out the window. It didn't look like very much revolting was going on. It looked peaceful, well as peaceful as Hell could look.

"Maybe Lucifer already dealt with it and it's safe for me to leave?"

"While it is true, I did already deal with those demons and it is safe. Please never assume."

Chloe's head popped up as the door to the room clicked softly closed. When she turned around to look at Lucifer her eyes screamed 'deer caught in headlights'.

"Well you see I wasn't actually going to go anywhere, because I promised you, I would stay here until you got back. I was just curious if it was safe is all."

"So, your telling me that if that was a larger revolt and it had taken me say, two days, you wouldn't have gotten more curious?"

"Okay, maybe I would have by that point. I don't know because that didn't happen."

Lucifer chuckled and pulled her lightly to him, wrapping one of his arms around her midsection and using the other to brush a stray hair away from her face.

"Well Detective what may have been and what was is of no importance, because we are going shopping. If your going to be staying down here for a while you need to have more clothes than one dress and a robe."

"Shopping? Hell has a shopping mall?"

Lucifer laughed and shook his head lightly.

"No Detective, however, Los Angeles does, and I do believe Hell can manage without me long enough for a short shopping trip. Besides I do believe a certain urchin may be missing their mother."

"Were going home?"

Chloe's voice was low when she asked, a tear threatening to fall. The truth was no matter how much she wanted to be with Lucifer she missed her little girl, she missed her home, and she missed her job. Lucifer placed a hand on her cheek and smiled lightly.

"We could stay for a couple days if you wanted."

"But what about the power vacuum here?"

"Theres no way to be for certain, however a couple of days or a couple of hours should make no difference."

"I would love to go and stay for a couple days and see Trixie. Maybe even check up on Amendiel, Linda, and Charlie too."

"Then we will leave tomorrow morning. For now, we both need some long overdue rest. Good night detective."

Lucifer broke away from Choles embrace with a small smile and turned to leave the room, but Chloe caught the sleeve of his jacket with her head down. Tears dripped down her face, Lucifer turning his back on her stirred emotions in Chloe that she had not felt since that night three months ago when he flew off leaving her alone and hurt. All the hurt and abandonment came rushing back in one train wreck. What if tomorrow Lucifer brought her back to Los Angeles and left her there alone again?

"Please, don't go."

"Chloe?"

"Please, don't leave me again."

In one swift motion Lucifer pulled Chloe into his arms and held her tight, realizing for the first time how much pain she was going through. He brought her lips to meet his in a delicate kiss as his hands drifted to her hips. Chloe cautiously moved her arms around his neck, her mind screaming at it that this was a repeat scene of three months ago. Lucifer could feel that hesitation, the caution behind every move, the desire to go further held back and he knew she was still scared. He also knew that words could not make that fear go away, only the right decision could. But did he know what that decision was? He hoped so. He broke the kiss met her eyes.

"Chloe, I promise you I will never leave you again. If I had known then that you could be here safely, I would have asked you to join me."

"I don't know if I would have gone then."

"Either way it would have then been your choice and not forced upon you like it was. I'm so sorry for hurting you."

"I know you didn't mean to; you were trying to do the right thing and protect us. And you did it Lucifer, you protected us!"

"Your right I did, didn't I? So, we might as well celebrate that, and where were at it I can show you how sorry I am for hurting you in the process."

"Um…. I hope you don't have something crazy in mind."

Lucifer laughed and picked her up carrying her to the bed. Once she was settled, he got in himself and pulled her to him so that she was laying almost on top of him. One of her arms was sprawled across his chest, the other tucked safely away under her. Same with her legs. Her golden hair was tucked behind her ear, yet still falling over her shoulder and onto his chest. Half of her robe had come undone and her bare shoulder was exposed, he runic markings visible if you looked from the right angle. Lucifer had one of his hands resting on her hips, the other on top of her hand. Once they were fully settled Lucifer answered Chloe's question.

"Nothing crazy just a date while were in Los Angeles, a real one."

"Like a real date, just you and me, once we are in L.A. to celebrate the fact theres no demons eating children running around and also to apologize for being a total ass?"

"Yes."

"Can It be a full day? I pick half you pick the other half?"

"On one condition."

"What's that?"

"No charity events unless they are the type that serve champagne and shrimp cocktails."

"No need to ask me twice, Deal. I want the morning though; you can have the nighttime."

"No complaints from me."

"Can we do this before everyone knows were back in town for a couple days? I sort of want some peace and quiet."

"If that's what you desire."

"We would need to stop by LUX though."

"What for?"

"Clothes."

"Wouldn't you need to go to your apartment for that though?"

"Normally yeah, but you sort of dropped LUX and every other property in my lap when you disappeared and a bunch of lawyers popped up, so with all those property taxes to have to figure out I didn't want to have to deal with a rent payment too. So, since my lease was up, I just moved into the Penthouse until I could bring you home. Don't worry it's just clothes everything else is the same."

"Well that answers that question."

"What question?"

"Well it had been bothering me for a while if I had remembered to change the inheritance papers around from Mazikeen to you and from death to death to disappearance. Apparently, I did."

"So, you've been sitting here for three months wondering if you signed the paperwork?"

"Well its been a passing thought, if it was really bothering me that bad, I would just pop up and look in the safe at LUX."

Chloe groaned into his chest and Lucifer chuckled lightly. Tomorrow would be fun. The last glimmer of light faded from the room signaling days end, and Lucifer began to hear the rhythmic breathing of Chloe sleeping. All too soon he began to hall asleep himself. Having Chloe in his arms at night was new, but not in a bad way new. He was used to having sexual conquests at night. Not nighttime cuddle and chit chat. He could get used to this.