As I made it to safety, I let go of a breath I didn't know I was holding. Right before the door closes, someone stumbles into it to join me. Lucifer eyes me worriedly and my heart drops down to my pants. I tried to escape from him, my thoughts about him and now he chose the worst moment to follow me. The doors close behind him and I feel anxiety rise inside of me. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse the lift suddenly stops abruptly and the lights go out. I didn't see that coming and stumble over my own feet. I close my eyes, getting ready to hit the ground but instead I am caught by two strong arms. "Watch out", Lucifer softly whispers. He holds me tight, not moving an inch and for a second all I can think about is him. His strong arms wrapped around me tightly, his husky voice and the fact that the smell of whiskey now always makes me smile because it reminds me of him. "Are you okay?", he stutters and I move away again. I can't feel this way. Clealry, this is wrong. Oh, so wrong. I sit down on the ground, arms wrapped around my knees and hope that Lucifer can't see me in the dark. "No", I admit. "Why did you follow me?", I stutter and all I can hear is a sigh, full of worry and sorrow and it breaks my heart. "I needed to know that you are okay", he whispers and I nervously bite my lip. "I am sorry that I scared you. I totally get why you don't want to see me again. I just wanted to say a proper goodbye", he explains and I can feel tears forming in my eyes. As much as I have been angry, confused, frustrated or drained the past few weeks, I have never been scared, at least not of him. "I am not scared of you Lucifer. I think I owe you an explanation", I whisper. Time to face my fears. "Not as much as I owe you one", he replies softly and I can basically feel the tension leaving the elevator. "Then let's talk", he adds and I can hear him move. He sits down next to me, but still giving me enough space. "When we get back outside", I continue. "Alright. Are you feeling any better?", he asks carefully and I nod. "Yea." Even though I know that he is going to let me in in all of his secrets it feels like such a relief. There isn't much more that he can shock me with, right? Either way, I have 3 weeks to think about everything after today. We keep sitting in silence for a few minutes when suddenly the lift starts moving again and the lights go back on. We reach his penthouse within no time and I slowly get up. We walk into his living room and I carefully sit down on the couch. Let's get this over with.

Lucifer's Pov

I sit down on the couch next to Chloe and hand her a glass of water. I leave enough space between the two of us, still not believing that the detective was never scared of me. Why else is she about to go on a vacation for 3 weeks? She looks down on her hands, the grip around the glass tightens and she nervously bites her lip. I wish she never would have seen the real me. Everything would be so different right now. I take a huge breath and just as I am about to talk Chloe opens her mouth as well. We both laugh awkwardly and I gesture her to go on. „I am sorry. I shouldn't have left like that", she starts and I feel a sharp pain in my chest. I totally get why she did but nevertheless, it still hurt. Seeing the look on her face that day broke something inside of me I thought she had fixed months ago. Of course I told her that I was the devil but who in their right mind would believe me?! Deep down inside of me I knew she wouldn't and that's the only reason I told her. „I was scared of what might happen to us now. If there was ever going to be an US. Now that everything was out on the table and there was still so much which remained unsaid, I didnt know how to feel, how to react. It was selfish of me to run away. Of course this is hard on you too and I should have talked to you instead of giving you the impression that I was scared", she apologizes and I get lost in her ocean blue eyes for a second. Bloody hell! How does she end up aplogizing to me when I am the one who completely messed it up?! And what does she mean? Us? She takes a sip of the water and puts the glass down on the table. „What do you mean with US?", I blur out the question before I can think about it. „I... uh... forget it. It's stupid", she stutters, looking down on her hands, folded in her lap. Without hesitation I grab her hands and softly squeeze them. She looks up to meet my eyes and my heart skips a beat. „It's not stupid", I assure her and she takes a huge breath. „I just... in the past few days I had the feeling that we... might end up together. Dating", she stutters nervously and I open my eyes wide. How in the world is this still on her mind after seeing my devil face?! „I mean we would have to deal with all the uhm new information first... before we take any other step and I need some time away to process everything", she adds and I look at her in awe. There is no way in hell that the detective is not heaven sent. Shocked by her words, I haven't replied anything in minutes. „Only if you want to", she then continues and I can't help myself but smile. „What do you want to know?", I finally manage to ask and she thinks for a bit. „Everything", she then decides and I sigh. This is going to be a long night.

So I started at the moment 9 years ago when Maze and I left hell..."we landed on the beach. That's when I flipped dad the grandest of birds and have Maze cut off my wings. I don't wanted to be a pawn in his game anymore.", I said. I could tell on her face that the detective was processing these informations. She had wrinkled her nose and had also a few wrinkles on her usually beautiful smooth forehead. This beautiful being in front of me with those lovely sea blue eyes was still here. At that thought, that Chloe won't run away I wanted to continue with my story. But when I saw that she opened her mouth to say something, I waited patiently."Youre scars in your back... that was were..." "...were Maze cut them off, yes", I finished the sentence for her. "Wow... And those wings in the auction hall? Where those real Angel wings?" "Unfortunately, those wings were a fake. Though they really looked real... But when I found the real ones, I told you there were nothing but a relict. I burned them to finish with this part of my past." "So Maze is a demon, huh?", she asked, still a few wrinkles left on her forehead. "That explains actually a lot...", she shrugged and motioned for me to continue.

"I am having a hard time believing anything that you say even though I now know that it is the truth. I am sorry if I look at you like I am second guessing everything, it is just a lot to take in", Chloe finally tells me and just her words immediately calmed me down. "I understand. I promised to tell you everything but if you want me to stop just say the word and I will shut my mouth. We still have a long way to go", I explain and she bites her lip, thinking for a while. "No, go ahead. I want to know everything. I think we both deserve that", she finally replies and I nod. "Because of the deal with my father I had to bring my mum back to hell for him", I continue and she frowns.

I hope you enjoyed the secon chapter of "It has always been you" please tell me/us what you think so far

see ya soon :)