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Lucifer blinked open his bleary eyes as he took in the unfamiliar surroundings. He felt the back of a warm, pajama clad body pressed against his bare chest and could make out soft snores from his bedmate. It was the snoring that brought back the memories from the early morning discussion he and the Detective had. The discussion in which she saw his Devil face and didn't run for the hills screaming. Instead she stayed by him, even trusted him enough to share the bed, just for sleep. The two of them had decided without words that they would take this relationship slow. Perhaps experience an uninterrupted first date.
As the Devil continued to bask in the glow of his new-found relationship he heard the sound that roused him from sleep in the first place. The room phone was ringing, not wanting to wake Chloe he eased himself from the bed and ventured into the living room answering the phone with a brisk "Hello."
"Umm…Lucifer?" came the voice over the phone.
Intrigued by the fact the caller knew his name and he could tell by the voice it was a woman he answered with all his charm. "Seems you have me at a disadvantage, darling. I don't know your name, but you know mine."
A chuckle came over the line. "He said you were a charmer. I think that may have been an understatement." There was a pause in which Lucifer could hear the woman groan, before she began speaking again. "My name is Maria. I'm Raphael's wife and I've been trying to get in touch with him to…" Her sentence was cut off by a loud groan.
Lucifer knew the sound of pain. If eons in Hell taught him anything it was the sounds humans made in response to pain. "Maria, what's wrong? I can tell you're hurt."
Having woken up without her Devil beside her, Chloe made her way into the living room as Lucifer was asking someone on the phone what was causing them pain. She quickened her step and gently turned Lucifer to face her by grabbing his shoulders. She mouthed the words 'who is that' prompting Lucifer to quickly bring her up to speed on the short conversation.
Chloe had an inkling what may be wrong with Maria, so she relieved the Devil of the phone, but turned it in a way they could both hear before speaking into the receiver. "Maria, this is Detective Chloe Decker. Are you in labor?"
The woman on the other end of the phone finished breathing through the pain. "Yes! I am and I would greatly appreciate it if you went and found my idiot husband." Taking a deep breath to keep her anger in check Maria continued, "I've been calling him all morning and it is noon now. I know he made it back to the hotel because I spoke with the front desk, but from what I gathered he was intoxicated so he and Gabe are most likely still asleep."
Going into full blown detective mode, much to Lucifer's delight, Chloe quickly learned Raphael's room number and which employee Maria spoke with at the front desk. She made sure to get Maria's number in case the hotel would not let her and Lucifer into Raphael's room. The Detective and the Devil quickly changed back into their clothes from the day before and headed down to the lobby. With a flash of a badge and the charm of the Devil the two found themselves entering Raphael and Gabriel's room.
The sight that greeted them was amusing to say the least, but made Chloe and Lucifer glad the hotel manager had entrusted them with the key and not insisted to join them. Using their homicide solving skills the Detective and the Devil deduced that the four originally started on the bed, but that was not how they ended up. During his sleep, Raphael rolled off the bed and landed on his back on the floor below. He also shed his clothes, keeping his boxers thankfully. Linda, also fell from the bed and was snuggled on top of Raphael using him as a literal body pillow. The two on the floor were wrapped up in Raphael's wings, using them as a blanket.
Focusing on the other two occupants, Chloe had to bite back a chuckle as did Lucifer. On the bed, Maze was lying flat on her back with Gabriel curled into her side, the angel's head resting on her shoulder. Making the sight even more adorably funny was the fact that Maze had wrapped an arm around the angel hugging him to her and Gabriel had thrown one of his legs across hers. It was at this point Lucifer could no longer contain himself as he pulled his phone from his pocket and began snapping pictures while laughing at the scene before him, Chloe joining in.
Laughter and the sound of a camera shutter started to rouse two of the rooms sleeping inhabitants. Maze and Raphael let out a groan simultaneously. The Demon attempted to stave off her hangover induced headache by shielding her eyes with the arm not holding Gabriel and promptly fell back asleep. Raphael simply raised one of his wings to cover his eyes, but before he completely covered them he made out the shapes of two people standing over him.
Whilst under the cover of his wings Raphael blinked a few times to adjust his vision and let his angelic powers flow through him to wash away the remainder of his hangover. He heard a muffled 'that's new' from above him. Recognizing the voice of his long-lost brother and recalling the events of last night and the early morning he pulled his wing back to reveal the amused faces of Lucifer and Chloe.
"Why are you grinning like a couple of loons?" Raphael asked groggily as he unconsciously hugged Linda closer to his chest thinking she was a pillow.
Lucifer laughed, "You may want to ease up there, bro." With a motion to Raphael's chest, "Preferably before you squish Dr. Linda."
Face twisting comically as he realized it was a who and not a what that he was hugging, Raphael eased his hold on the Doctor, he then shifted into a sitting position and stood from there with Linda in his arms. The angel walked to the unoccupied bed, giving a chuckle at the two on the opposite bed, he gently placed the good Doctor down. He quickly covered Linda with the comforter and turned to face Lucifer and Chloe. Raphael motioned them to follow him out onto the balcony so they would not disturb the others.
Once outside Raphael asked, "Something wrong? Why are you two not having wild make-up sex?" His face clearly reflecting the disbelief that they were here and not thoroughly enjoying their alone time.
Chloe rolled her eyes at the angel's question, which further cemented the fact that he was indeed, related to Lucifer. She was about to respond to the question, but Lucifer beat her to the punch.
"Well brother, Chloe and I could have been enjoying more pleasurable things had you not gone out partying without us. Thus, leaving us to be your answering service." As the Devil finished speaking Chloe held out Raphael's phone that she had picked up in the room. She hit the side button allowing Raphael to see the number of missed calls and texts he had received, all from his wife.
The color drained from the Archangel's face as realization dawned on him. With an awestruck expression, he looked from Chloe to Lucifer. "She's in labor?"
"Very much so." Lucifer replied. Chloe nodding in affirmation to further cement the fact that Maria was in labor.
Almost as if a switch was flipped Raphael snapped out of his stupor. The angel ran to the balcony door and threw it open before running inside. He returned moments later completely clothed. Raphael held out a piece of paper to Lucifer, "Here is my address. Your room is booked through tomorrow, take the time to relax and stuff. You have a vehicle with you right Luci?"
Lucifer looked confused as he nodded yes to the fact he had his car with him.
Raphael continued speaking, "Great! Gabriel can drive the other two back to L.A. and you can take Chloe back." The Archangel then spread his wings. "I'm heading home to deliver my baby. Come by the house when you get back to L.A." With those parting words Raphael took off in a flash leaving the Devil and the Detective on the balcony.
"Bye then!" Lucifer said sarcastically as Chloe giggled at his face, which was scrunched up in a combination of confusion and displeasure at being ditched for a baby.
The two reentered the hotel room to find Gabriel awake and sitting in a chair starring at the Demon he had been previously cuddling with. He looked towards the pair when he heard the balcony door close. "Oh! It's you two. I thought Raph was outside," he paused "Wait. Where is Raph?"
Lucifer rolled his eyes at his brother. Clearly, he had imbibed a little too much alcohol and was not functioning properly. "Raph had to leave. Baby on the way and all that." Lucifer said while walking towards Maze and grabbing a pitcher of water from the room's table.
Chloe observed Lucifer as he approached the Demon and quickly pulled Gabriel from the line of fire. The Devil liked to play with fire, but this was practically suicide. Chloe shook her head no as Lucifer grinned manically and raised the pitcher over the sleeping Demon's face. He then proceeded to dump the pitcher and all Hell broke loose.
Maze shot upright the second the liquid touched her face. Fortunately, she didn't reach immediately for her demon daggers, instead she threw a punch that connected with Lucifer's groin. The Demon was rearing back to finish her assailant off when Chloe intervened.
"MAZE!" Yelled Chloe catching the Demon's attention. The Detective motioned to the Devil who was doubled over holding his family jewels. "I think you got him."
Gabriel was laughing uncontrollably at this point, wondering what his brother had been thinking. Just as he was about to ask, a confused Linda sat up, looked around at the commotion and asked Chloe. "Okay, what did I miss?" Her question had everyone, except Lucifer, laughing at the fact she had slept through all the noise.
Once the Devil regained the ability to stand the group decided to have lunch in the hotel restaurant. The four talked and laughed like they were old friends, sharing stories and such. Gabriel seemed to enjoy hearing about Chloe and Lucifer's adventures in crime solving. While Lucifer was impressed to learn that Gabriel made a fine living in New York City as a head chef in his own restaurant. As their lunch came to a close Gabriel, Maze and Linda bid the new couple goodbye before checking out of the hotel and heading back to L.A. Thus leaving the lovebirds to explore their blossoming relationship in peace without the possibility of interruptions.
A/Note: Thanks for reading, reviewing, following and the favorites. My apologies for the delay in updating. Life got in the way.