Lucifer knelt in front of Trixie and shook his finger in her face, "I've had quite enough of your poking, prodding and thinly veiled innuendos. That, child, is my job and when you come up with better lines than I, I find it a touch annoying. This must cease, now. No song you play or beef bus you find, will make a baby magically appear in your mother's womb. Really,Chloe, you must tell her about the birds and the bees soon."
Trixie nodded at him and gave a pouty face, grabbing her backpack off the chair, "Fine, I won't help anymore, you guys are on your own. Macy Blumenthal was right, old people do everything backwards."
"That's another thing, no more Macy Blumenthal, she seems like a bad influence. Take it from me, child, I know all about bad influences. And you're grounded from using your iPhone, which Dan never should have bought you in the first place,unless it's an emergency. Your mother will track your usage.",Lucifer told the girl.
"You can't ground me, you're not my daddy! Lucifer can't ground me,right?"
Chloe nodded, "This time he can, now go, you have 5 minutes til your bus comes and I do not have the energy or the time to take you to school and deal with the perfect mommy club."
Trixie stuck her tongue out at Lucifer and left, slamming the door behind her.
Chloe exhaled. She was glad Lucifer said something before she had to. Trixie was driving her nuts. She got it that Trixie wanted a sibling. The girl had said that several times in the past. She gave Lucifer a smile and went for more coffee.
"I'm sorry about that detective, but she was driving me insane. I know I overstepped my boundaries yet again."
"No, I think this could be a good thing. Kids like to push boundaries and test the adults in their lives to see how far they can go and what they can get away with. But you laid down the law and let her know you weren't going to tolerate it and that was a good thing. And for once, I wasn't the bad guy, so thanks for that."
Maze leaned against the counter and nodded her head,"Impressive,Lucifer. I gotta admit, you, in daddy mode, is kind of hot", she winked at Chloe, "Right, Decker?"
Chloe turned around and smiled at her friend before looking at Lucifer and licking her lips, "Yeah, it was."
"Does this mean you're going to dance the horizontal mambo with me, Chloe? The dance with no pants. "
Chloe rolled her eyes and finished adding more cream and sugar to her coffee before turning and walking to her room, "I can't now, you're grounded for thinly veiled innuendos."
Maze chuckled," You may be kind of good at this parent thing, Lucifer, but Chloe there, she's the master."
"But Father, why? Why do you favor,Lucifer, when all he has ever done is disobey your will and commands. You had Michael smite humans for me understand. Give me clarity",Amenadiel prayed, sitting in the tiny Catholic church. "Why do you punish me ,so?"
"Ya know, sometimes, we have to ask ourselves what we did to get ourselves in the position we're in. Take accountability for our own 's grace is an ever flowing fountain but sometimes, you've got to stop and actually ask him to forgive you. Hi,I'm Joshua,I teach children's church", said the man behind Amenadiel,wearing an old duster coat and a cowboy style hat.
"Well, that may be but it seems he put the plug in the fountain when it comes to grace for me. I failed in my mission, slept with the wrong woman, fell in love with her,drank alcohol and did a few lines of cocaine with my mother, and now I'm being punished for those sins and lost my place in his light. It was all me but I still envy Lucifer,he gets to be with the woman he loves with no repercussions. She was actually made just for him. I wish Father would give me a sign. Let me know he hears me and sees my pain."
"Well, sounds to me, like you do own your things will turn around for you. You were always the best at what you did. God knows your true value. You just need to figure out what lesson he wants to teach you. I'm sure it wasn't the woman,drugs or the alcohol. Maybe, just maybe, it was you thinking you knew better than God." With a wink to the wayward Angel, Joshua was gone.
Chloe was almost ready for work when Maze knocked on the door, "Hey Decker, your boss is here."
"What? Why would he be here? "
"I don't know but you better get your butt out here."
Chloe pulled her hair into a bun and splashed on some of her work perfume. A stroke of mascara and a dab of lip gloss and she was ready. She grabbed her stuff and made her way into the living room to see the Lieutenant standing by the door with a bouquet of roses.
"Hello, Chloe. You look lovely."
"Hey,Marcus. What's up? Didn't expect you to show up here. I was just on my way in."
"Well, if you care to join me today, you won't be working. I say we take a day off and spend some time together, get to know each other. I found a great little cafe."
Chloe wasn't sure how to react or what to say. If she said yes, it would look like she was trying to score points with the boss and if she said no, he could make her life a living hell at work. Lucky for her, she didn't have to say anything.
"I find it rather disturbing that you would come over here and ask my son's fiance' out on a date right in front of him",Joshua said, walking from the kitchen.
A/n: We all know know I don't own it. We all know I don't make money off of my writing. Thanks for reading! :D
