Chapter 6
Lizzie stayed home from school the next day. She was helping her mom get the house back to normal. They had sent Matt off to school if he was home he'd only make more work for them.
Once the downstairs had been taken care of Lizzie went up and cleaned her room she had been procrastinating about cleaning it all week and a day home from school was a good reason to.
She had managed to get everything she had to get done by three o'clock. Her mother had just left to go to the store and she had begged her to come with her. But she had assured her mother she would be fine for a few minutes but her mother had insisted she call Chris.
She promised she would.
True to her word, not five minutes after her mother had left she called for her Whitelighter.
"Chris!"
He appeared in a dazzling swirl of bright blue.
"Hey." He said.
"Hi." She responded smiling brightly.
"My mom left go get some stuff from the store. Do you mind hanging with me until she gets back?"
"Not at all." He replied quickly.
"Great! I mean okay. I don't want to be alone, cause you know the demons and I don't know how to control my power."
"Yeah you can always use protection." Chris said.
Lizzie raised an eyebrow. She could have sworn Chris blushed.
"I–I mean, you know what I mean." He stammered.
Lizzie laughed.
"What?"
"I've never seen you embarrassed before it's cute."
Chris rolled his eyes.
"Whatever,"
Lizzie laughed and then she sat down on her bed.
"Why is everything so damn pastel in here?"
"I'm a girl you dumbass,"
"Yeah I discovered that first hand yesterday."
"Bastard."
Chris smirked.
"Auditioning for the role of Daisy Duke?" He asked.
"What?"
"The shorts?" Chris said.
Lizzie looked down at what she was wearing a pink tank top and shortest pair of cut offs in the world.
First she was slightly embarrassed then she noticed how Chris was looking at her.
"Like what you see future boy?"
"What would you say if I said that I did?"
"I'd say in your dreams Whitelighter,"
"Oh, in my dreams huh?"
"Yeah," Lizzie said.
"Anyways, aren't you supposed to be in school about this time?"
"Yeah, I stayed home to help clean up the mess."
"Are you planning on going to school tomorrow?" he asked going over to one of her shelves full of stuff.
"Ummm… Chris tomorrow is Saturday."
"Good. Tonight we're going out."
"Excuse me?"
"On a vanquish. With the sisters of course, you need to get the hang of things learn how to control you power and all of that stuff." Chris clarified shaking his head at all the strange trinkets Lizzie had strewn on her shelves.
He had never been inside of a teenage girl's room when she had the light on.
"Oh."
"You didn't think I was asking you out on a date or something?"
"No,"
"Not that your not a pretty girl, I just make it a point never to date my charges." Chris said.
"How come?"
"It's not professional," He said giving her a wink and then turning to rifle through her personal possessions.
"Just what do you think your doing?" she asked hoppingup and peering over his shoulder as he opened her top drawer.
"Just wanna get to know the real Lizzie McGuire."
"Can't you just ask me questions like normal person?" she asked trying to get past him to close the drawer.
"Got something to hide?" He asked.
"No I just don't like guys poking though my panty drawer." Lizzie said.
"Like I haven't seen a couple dozen pairs of thongs before?"
"Chris." Lizzie said.
"Fine no more touching your stuff I get it."
"Just steer clear of the underwear drawer and we'll be fine."
"Alright. You wanna get out of here."
"Okay let me change first."
"We're not going anywhere in particular, just to the park. I'd advise you put on some sneakers though."
"People are gonna see me and think I'm hooch."
"Those shorts are no worse than the skirt you wore to school yesterday, and you know it." Chris said
"Whatever."
"I'm right and you know it. Get over yourself and put on some shoes."
Lizzie pouted a little and Chris tried not think it was cute, he decided to deter all future feelings he might have he would have to pick on her a whole lot.
She sat down on the edge of her bed and put on a pair of baby pink old school Adidas. As she leaned over he got a decent view of her cleavage.
She looked up at him though her hair, "What?"
"Nothing." He said opting this time to look elsewhere.
"Come on angel boy let's go." She said getting off the bed.
When he turned around she had her shoes on and she had her hair pulled up into a messy ponytail.
"By the way how are you with demon languages?" he asked orbing them away.
"What? Where are we going?"
"You said we were going to the park." Lizzie said looking around the dark cavern.
"I lied."
"So you're not only a perv but a liar too."
"Well, you wouldn't have agreed to come here if I hadn't."
"You could have told me where we were going giving me the opportunity to refuse if I wanted to but now we're down here and the demons–"
"Oh chill out, this is purely recon then we can go to the park."
"Okay,"
"You'll help me?" he asked.
"Will I get killed or maimed in doing so,"
"No. Just groped a little I swear I won't let things get too far."
"What do I have to do?"
"Just walk over there into the open two demonic sentries are on duty. Flirt with them so I can get some of the head demon's blood for the vanquish." Chris said.
"Are you sure you can do that without getting hurt or anything?" Lizzie asked, she looked deeply concerned.
"What worried I'm gonna get myself killed?"
"Kinda,"
"Don't be, I eat danger for breakfast."
"Explains why you're so skinny,"
"Ha, ha fuck you."
"You wish." Lizzie said steeping out from behind the rock and walking up to the very large, human looking demons.
"I really do." Chris muttered once she was out of range.