"Chloe …"
"Hey Coop." Chloe said with a monotone voice.
"What are you doing here?"
"Phoebe invited me for dinner."
You could see the anger flash across Coop's face, but it disappeared quickly, "Well it's good to have you here. Girls why don't you go help your mother; I need to talk to Chloe."
"Ok dad." The girls ran off and left.
Once they were alone, Coop let the shield he put up for the sake of his daughters drop, and the true anger he was feeling shone through.
"I thought Phoebe thought u were too dangerous to be around the girls?"
"She changed her mind. We talked and she realized that I was not a threat to the family." Chloe said with a smirk at Coop's discomfort.
Coop was about to respond when Phoebe and the girls came out of the kitchen. "Dinner."
Everyone grabbed a seat and enjoyed the food. The girls talked about school and their social lives, while Chloe and Coop held a staring contest throughout the whole meal.
Once everyone finished eating, Coop started cleaning up the table when the doorbell rang. Phoebe went over and answered the door, and found a man standing there. He was in his early 20s with light brown hair and piercing blue eyes.
"Can I help you?"
"Jake," Chloe whispered with a smile on her face from where she was sitting at the table.
"JAKE!" the girls screamed as they ran from the kitchen and practically tackled the man.
"Hey guys," he laughed without taking his eyes of Chloe. The three girls grabbed onto Jake and pulled him into the house.
"So you're Jake?" Phoebe asked as she closed the door behind them.
"Yeah."
"I thought you were deployed in Germany?"
"I finished up my tour," he said with a smile.
"YaYa," the girls jumped with excitement.
Phoebe glanced over and saw Chloe standing by the table with a smile on her face and staring straight at Jake. "Come on girls run upstairs and get ready for bed."
"but .."
"No buts. You can come back down once you're ready," Phoebe said ushering them upstairs before giving Chloe a smile and walking into the kitchen.
"You're home," Chloe said barely audible.
"Yeah."
Chloe slowly walked up to him, and ran her hand over his cheek. "Please tell me I'm not dreaming." Tears prickled her eyes.
"I'm real, and I'm home," he said with a smile pushing a piece of hair behind her ear.
Chloe immediately threw herself into his arms. She breathed deeply taking in his scent. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too," He said with a smile before pulling her into a deep kiss. Once they pulled apart Chloe buried herself back into his arms. He ushered them onto the couch and sat them down without Chloe dropping her grip on the man.
"Chlo, I'm not leaving anytime soon. You don't have to worry."
"Are you sure?" She asked pulling away and looking him in the eyes.
"I'm here, unless they really need me." He said with a smile.
"Good."
"So my father filled me in on what is going on with everything." Jake said trying to change the subject to a happier note.
"Yeah, It's been really confusing around here. Maybe in a little we can go see Wyatt, he hasn't been in a good mood for a couple of weeks. Seeing you will really cheer him up," Chloe said with a smile.
Just then they heard a crash from upstairs followed by one of the girls screaming. Phoebe and Coop raced out of the kitchen and up the stairs followed closely by Chloe and Jake. They reached Peyton's room and found the girls huddled in the corner with two demons walking towards them with fire balls in there hand s. One tossed the fire ball and it hit Payson in the chest before anyone had time to react.
"No," Phoebe yelled turning the attention of the demons on the four adults. The other demon tossed the fireball at Phoebe but she ducked before it could hit her. Chloe flicked her hand and the demons exploded one after another. Phoebe, Coop and Jake ran toward Payson, as Chloe grabbed the other two scared girls and held them as they cried.
Jake placed his hands over Payson wound and a gold glow emerged from his hands. Payson's wound healed and she slowly opened her eyes. Phoebe and Coop immediately pulled the girl into a hug, while Peyton and Cooper ran and joined into the hug. Jake stood up and walked over to Chloe and grabbed her hand. Chloe gave one last look at the scene before pulling Jake out of the room.
"Why are we leaving," Jake asked as Chloe continued to pull down the stairs, and out of the house.
"They need to have a family moment."
"You are family Chlo."
"Like I said before everything is complicated and confusing right now." She said trying to continue across the street toward the manor, but Jake stopped her before she could cross.
"It doesn't change the fact that you are family. Talk to me Chloe. Your little sister almost died in there; maybe they need you in there."
"Don't you think I know that? My heart stopped when Payson was hurt, but it's not my place to show how scared I was. Phoebe doesn't know who I am." Chloe claimed looking at her feet
"So that doesn't matter, those three little girls know who you are. They need you Chlo." He said making her look up at him. "Phoebe is going to figure out who you are sooner or later."
"Hopefully it's later." She mumbled.
"Chlo, what's really scaring you about Phoebe finding out who you are?" When she didn't answer, he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. When she finally did he saw the tears in her eyes.
"What if she hates me?" Chloe whispered.
"She is your mother Chloe, she could never hate you." He tried to reassure her.
"No Jake, she really could. I'm not supposed to exist. She thought she got rid of me when they vanquished the Seer. I'm the child that she never wanted, the mistake that resulted from a marriage she wished never happened. How do you really think she will react when she find out who I really am. Take me in with open arms? She is going to hate me and keep me away from Peyton, Payson, and Cooper because I'm evil. Like father, like daughter right." She said with anger boiling within her. Once she regained her breath she continued with her rant, "I can deal with her treating me badly because she thinks I'm a friend of Wyatt, but if she finds out I'm her daughter and she pushes me away, I don't think I could handle that." She said with tears running down her cheeks.
Jake knew not to speak; it would only make it worse. After about five minutes Chloe was calmed down enough, and the tears didn't flow as strong.
"We can see Wyatt tomorrow; come on you can stay at my house tonight." Jake said before wrapping Chloe in his arms. He looked around and made sure the coast was clear before orbing to his house.
