4 days after The "Vote"

Chloe's eyes fluttered open. All she could see was a bright light shining in her eyes. Chloe blinked her eyes and pulled herself to sit up.

Once her eyes adjusted to the bright sun that illuminated the room, her eyes focused on Lucifer's sleeping body. He looked like the angel that she knew he was. Lucifer was laying on his back, breathing deeply. Chloe noticed how his eyebrows knitted together for a millisecond. Chloe looked to her other side to find her daughter asleep as well.

Trixie couldn't stand to be apart from her mother or Lucifer for very long since she saw her mother and him come home drenched in blood. They hadn't intended for Trixie to see them soaked in her mother's blood. Since that night Trixie insisted on being with at least one of them at all times. Even when they tucked her in at night, she would always find her way into their bed. The nightmares were horrible at their house. The house that held memories of Dan. Trixie needed to get out of their house and Lucifer could see it. Chloe remembered that same feeling of seeing her father's ghost after his death.

Last night after another bad nightmare, Lucifer insisted that he bring them to his penthouse over LUX.

"It'll be a more neutral place." He had reasoned.

Chloe didn't recall waking up after they went to bed in his guest room.

Lucifer had done way too many "adult things" in his California King size bed in his room for her to allow her daughter to sleep there.

Chloe looked around when her need to pee became too much to ignore, she crawled over Lucifer and went into the bathroom.

What Chloe hadn't realized was that she woke Lucifer up as she got out of bed. Lucifer watched her retreat to the on-suite bathroom. He then turned to look at Trixie who was still asleep on the other end of the bed. Lucifer decided that she was sleeping sound enough for him to get up as well.

He slipped out of the room and into the main space of the penthouse. Lucifer poured himself a glass of scotch. The burn of the alcohol did not affect him as he downed the glass before refilling it once more.

"It's 5' o'clock somewhere, I guess."

Lucifer looks up to find Chloe standing in the doorway.

"How'd you sleep?" Lucifer asked.

"Alright once I had gotten settled."

Chloe approached him with all the elegance of a cat. She slipped her arms around his neck, and Lucifer pulled her in by her hips. Their noses got close enough to touch before the trance was shattered by Chloe pulling back quite quickly.

"Clo-" Lucifer tried but she had already pulled back a distance. "Chloe?"

"That smell." Chloe tried to say, her breathing was labored.

"My smell? I smell divine."

"There's definitely a smell by you… did you drink anything?"

"Just my usual morning scotch-"

"That! The scotch. Ugh, it's making me nauseous." Chloe complained.

"You've never had an issue with it before."

"Well, I suddenly do now." Her voice was growing agitated.

"What can I do?" Lucifer asked, feeling helpless.

"Just go brush your teeth, please."

Lucifer was quick on his feet to move towards the bathroom. Passing Chloe, he hears her gag again. It hurts him to hear her hurting.

Chloe takes a minute to breathe before she heads into the kitchen. She is interrupted by her daughter calling out for her.

"Mommy! Lucifer!" Trixie called out with a worried tone.

Chloe turned and quickly went to attend to her daughter. Going back into the bedroom, Lucifer emerged from the bathroom to go to Trixie as well.

"We're here, baby." Chloe comforted gently.

"I woke up and you weren't here," Trixie said.

"We aren't going anywhere," Lucifer assured her from around his toothbrush.

Trixie took a few deep breaths and then pulled herself out of bed.

"I'm hungry." She announced.

Chloe watched for a moment. "Me too." She decided out loud.

Trixie was still adjusting to this new life she was thrown into. Just as she had been growing up and gaining independence, she lost her father. Trixie found herself becoming more dependent on her family. Chloe was grateful that Trixie hadn't responded to her loss by pulling away.

Trixie felt embarrassed at times by her loss of security and heavy dependence on those in her life. It had been only a few days of what seemed to be her new life now that her mother and Lucifer seemed to be going strong.

•••••••••

8 days after the "vote"

"Mom?"

"Yes, Monkey?"

"When did you go back?… school I mean."

Chloe knew exactly what she was asking.

"I didn't go back until the next school year. Granted it was May. There is no rush for you to go."

Trixie watched her mother folding her clothes and settling them into the drawers. For the time being, they're moving into Lucifer's Penthouse. The memories were all too painful.

"What am I supposed to do then?"

"Heal. Maybe some school work from home but I don't want you to go back to school for a while. Just take time to adjust to our new normal."

•••••••••

Later that evening, LUX was beginning to fill with people. Lucifer checked in every little bit or few days on his lucrative club.

Lucifer came up through the elevator doors into the penthouse, pulling his suit jacket off.

"Back up so soon?" Chloe asked from the couch.

"I got a margarita spilled on me." He said exasperatedly. Unbuttoning his dress shirt, Lucifer looked around. "Where's the child?"

"In the shower," Chloe told him, getting up from the couch to walk over to him. "Oh-" Chloe clamped her hand over her mouth and nose.

Lucifer took a step towards her before Chloe puts her other hand up to stop him.

"Is the alcohol smell still bothering you?"

Chloe nods. Lucifer removed his alcohol-covered shirt from his body in an attempt to get the smell off of him.

"I need some air," Chloe said, running onto the balcony.

"Chlo-" Lucifer called out before he heaved an exasperated sigh.

Lucifer ran his hands over his face.

•••••••••

Chloe sat on a chair, on the balcony that overlooked what was seemingly all of LA. Her deep breathes couldn't drown out the loud traffic below.

The doors behind her opened gently. Chloe turned around to find Trixie, with two mugs in her hands.

"Hot Chocolate?" She said while offering one to her mother.

"Thank you, Monkey… Um- is Lucifer-"

"He is in the shower in his rooms now. He made the hot chocolate for us. Told me to bring it out to you."

"That's sweet," Choe said lightly, taking a sip. "Hot!"

"Careful" Trixie giggled.