Chloe & Trixie 4 Maze 10
Maze was fixing her makeup as Chloe Decker walked into the demon's bathroom, she didn't bother knocking; they were all well past that stage now.
"You're taking…" Maze nodded and interrupted.
"Trixie to school, yeah" Maze waved the mascara brush. "Why else would I be up this early?" Chloe just grinned at her housemate's surly attitude, seeing right through it.
"Thank you Maze" Without a thought Chloe leaned in and gave Maze a quick kiss before pulling back, smiling at her friend's slightly nonplussed attitude. She knew Maze was interested, something she wasn't sure she wanted to take further but it was fun keeping the beautiful, intense woman ever so slightly off balance.
"I really have to be going if I'm going to beat the traffic" She had a seminar to attend down in San Diego and needed to be on her way right about now. She turned and wandered out of the bathroom as Maze turned to watch her go, a slightly perplexed look on her face.
"Trixie!" Chloe yelled. "Time to get up" Her daughter's voice echoed down the hall.
"Aw mom…"
"Now, Maze is taking you to school so no arguments monkey" She turned to look back at Maze and grinned. "I'm going now" she called out.
"Bye mom' echoed down the hall as Maze nodded.
"See you tonight" Chloe nodded and smiled, calling out as she did.
"Have a good day, love you both" With a quick wink at Maze she was in motion, in seconds out the door and not long after out on the road as Maze looked after her, a slight smile on her face.
Just when she thought she had the woman figured out she went and did something like that.
With a shake of her head she turned back to look in the mirror then frowned. Peering into the reflection only she could see, even more of the fringes of the damage on the left side of her face seemed to have healed, something that quite clearly was impossible, that damage was permanent, given how she'd received it, there was no way it should have healed, but as she turned her head back and forth it was apparent that the damage had receded slightly at the edges, replaced with smooth, unmarred skin.
"Hey Maze?" She turned to see little Decker standing in the door, still in her Bugs Bunny pyjamas. Maze looked down at her and asked the question.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"If you're taking me to school, does that mean I get to ride on the back of your bike?" Maze nodded indulgently.
"I think your mom would prefer I drive you but if you promise not to tell her…" The look on Trixie's face was pure excitement.
"Yes!" She did the little fist pump that she'd copied from Maze and launched herself into a hug around the demon's waist. "This is going to be so cool" Maze nodded.
"Yep, but not a word to your mom" Trixie looked up and solemnly nodded before disentangling herself and turning to race out of the room, calling after her.
"I'm gonna get ready, I won't be long"
Maze snorted a muffled chuckle at the little human's enthusiasm and just a little at her own willingness to accommodate both of her humans before wandering into the kitchen to get herself a cup of coffee, only to pause when she found Chloe had left it all set up, complete with a little post-it note by the machine.
"Thanks Maze, love you"
Maze swallowed at a sudden rise in emotion, picking up the note and reading it again then carefully putting it in her pocket to be put away later someplace safe before starting her coffee, a soft smile on her face.