Chloe opened her eyes, and smiled.
Today was Christmas Eve she grinned and got up. She dressed, brushed her teeth and ran downstairs. In the kitchen she found Alfred drinking his coffee. "Miss Chloe good morning. Would you like some breakfast?" he asked warmly. She smiled at him, "Morning Alfred, and I'd love breakfast." She sat at the small cozy table and soon had eggs, potatoes and a cup of coffee on front of her. Alfred busied himself washing dishes. "Do you have any idea when Bruce will be back?" she asked.
"He said to expect him back at noon" he replied. "So Miss Chloe are you ready to attend the Christmas Party that Wayne Enterprises is throwing?" he asked lightly. She sipped her coffee, "Yes but I've got to buy something to wear." Alfred smiled at her; "I assure you Master Bruce would not care if you attended the party wearing a potato sack" She blushed at his bold comment. "Still I want to look nice for him" she said. Alfred's eyes twinkled and he chuckled.
"You do realize he's smitten with you" he said. She blushed even more, "Oh Alfred." "Its true. I haven't seen him this happy in a long time." He added.
She smiled, "I'm happy too. Although Clark isn't so comfortable with me dating Bruce." Alfred raised an eyebrow but asked nothing. She finished her breakfast and Alfred cleared her plate away. "Would you like to go out shopping?" he asked her. It'd be so great to surprise him with a new dress. She beamed, "Yes. Would you mind driving me?" "No of course not. I'll get the car started." He replied. She gasped and remembered she had to get him a Christmas present.
Running upstairs she grabbed her coat, purse and cellphone. Then she headed outside and into the car.
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Bruce tapped the pen on his desk; he glanced at his watch for the billionth time that day. His good friend Lucius Fox sighed. "Mr. Wayne do you have other important things to do because you have been checking the time on your watch every 5 seconds." Fox said. Bruce breathed deeply and focused on the problem at hand although his mind kept wandering back to Chloe.
He listened to his associates speak about money and costs of materials.
"Why don't we focus on renovating the orphanage instead of the hospital?" Bruce asked suddenly. A blonde woman looked up from her papers and smiled at him provocatively. He couldn't even remember her name. Emily something. Whatever her name was Bruce wasn't interested, he frowned at her with his eyes.
"Yes Bruce our budget can afford that, the kids will be thrilled." She said ignoring his disapproval. He stood and slightly winced; his right rib had been hurt last night as he was watching over Gotham. He ignored it and looked at the floor plans of the orphanage.
He pointed to the side of the building, "Start there get the best architects to work after the holiday's. Tell them to have the new floor plans drawn out by the first Friday of the New Year." People scurried to do what he asked. And he could do nothing but wait for noon.
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Chloe walked into the chic boutique Alfred behind her.
He sat down on one of the small benches while she looked over dresses. Soon sales women were swarming her, weighing her down with tons of dresses. With a push she found herself in a dressing room. A tall sales woman with a kind face helped her into her first dress.
The others were outside waiting to see her. They shook their heads No. And she headed inside to change. Chloe lost track of how many dresses she had tried on, she was about to give up when the tall woman zipped up the dress and gasped. "Oh my this is the one," she told Chloe. Nervously she stepped outside and the employs gushed at her. The floor length gown was a deep blue; it hugged her curves and had a plunging neckline. Still it was classy and sophisticated, the straps were thick and the material of the gown was silky against her skin. It had an open back that gave people a view of her creamy skin.
She smiled and bought it, soon the sales women were handing her matching stilettos, handbag, necklace and jewelry. The price was more than she had hoped but she shrugged it off, after all this was her last big expense of the year. Alfred carried her bags to the car despite her protest.
He did however allow her to carry the small bag that held Bruce's present. It was a nice diamond encrusted watch; Alfred loved it saying that Bruce's current watch was too old. When they arrived at the Manor she ran upstairs and hid her dress and accessories in her closet. She glanced at her cellphone and decided to call Lois. "Hello?" said her cousin. "Hey Lois its Chloe" she replied. "Hey Chloe! Clark told me what happened, you aren't mad are you?" Lois asked nervously. Chloe forced a smile at her cousin's words, "No me and Clark talked it all out."
"Great. So when did you start dating Bruce?" Lois said teasingly. "Oh umm…just last week or so." She replied. She could just picture the grin on her cousin's face. "So is this the real thing?" asked Lois. "I…I think so" Chloe replied softly. Lois gasped over the phone. "Ok well just wanted to call you and see how you were. Tell Clark I'll call him later." Said Chloe rapidly. Lois said bye and hung up.
A knock on her door startled her; "Come in" Bruce opened the door and smiled at her. She felt her heart skip a beat, "Hi Bruce" She hugged him glad that he was home. He kissed her lips softly.
"You know that I couldn't focus. You Miss Sullivan got me into trouble today." He said very seriously although his eyes twinkled. She laughed as he picked her up and laid her on the bed. "I didn't do anything except stay here all day and wait for you." She said innocently. He smiled at her and kissed her. She welcomed his lips and hadn't realized how much she had missed him.
After a while they stopped and headed downstairs to get lunch. After that they watched TV. Bruce kept tickling her and picking her up, Chloe laughed until her stomach hurt but she didn't care. Alfred stepped into the room and coughed loudly, they stopped.
"Miss Chloe may I suggest that you start to get ready for the party? Master Bruce?" he said raising an eyebrow at both of them. They were sent to their rooms and were told to get ready.
Chloe laughed feeling like a child under Alfred's fatherly gaze.
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Tell me if you like it or not. I may do a fanfic on Chruce because of Valentine's Day that's coming up. But first I have to finish this one ha ha ha don't worry I'll update sooner.