Hello, the new chapter.
Valentine :)
Lucifer was never so subdued with women. Why would he? Women would swarm around him like moths, the light.
But on the other hand, he never had so much to lose. He became aware of that seconds after he kissed her. Chloe was not at all like his previous adventures, not a mere body to warm him through the night. She was more… He was more, when she was with him.
"Without you, I do not want go to heaven!" Chloe said against his lips.
Lucifer swallowed. Nobody likes to think about this kind of situations, that are like a Greek tragedy. Where the end is already written, but still hope remains in the rear edge of your mind, that quietly pleads that everything will be fine at last.
"What would become of hell if an innocent soul would be to live down there? Hell would lose its reputation." Lucifer said.
"I don't know. Earth?" Chloe suggested. Lucifer grinned at that.
Earth was indeed the mirror image of hell. Sodom and Gomorrah were truly a den of iniquity. Until it began to get really ugly and someone started to purge this isle of vice from its sins.
"Touchè my Detective."
Chloe looked at Lucifer and had to think about what she said next.
In her job, she encountered evil every day. Some days she simply did not find all the answers to Trixi's many questions. Why are people so unspeakably evil at times? Why do people want to kill each other… or worse? Or why were people so cold sometimes?
Than Lucifer caught Chloe's eye and his mood shifted. Her look, terrifyingly familiar, was not very Chloe like and his grin faded.
"No!" he exclaimed and pointed shortly with his index-finger towards her. " That is not going to happen, believe me. You are too good, to be like me."
"Lucifer..." Chloe began again.
"No!" he interrupted her more vigorously.
"You said it yourself, humans are responsible for their own actions, for their fate, for what happens to them after…" She stated.
"Yes, I said that but it is not passion driving you. You just want to do this because you are desperate. There is a big difference."
"Lucifer..." she was not ready to give up.
"I am sorry, but you will not have the last word in this conversation. Hell is not some holyday resort, where you can just leave and go back if you do not like it anymore." Chloe smiled and pulled her towel up. He knew he hit the nerve there and he really found out what she had in mind. And he did not like it one bit.
"Excuse me, I have to get dressed," she turned around and left. Lucifer took a breath and reached for his whisky glass on the piano. He watched her retreat to the bathroom until she closed the door.
"You manipulative bastard." said Lucifer looking at the ceiling.
Ella looked up from the table. "Do you pray again?" She asked Lucifer who stood with his back to her. "Don't worry, he knows your deepest desire. He knows what you want. You'll get an answer someday, trust me. He can be nice, too." and looked again at the remains of the flashlight on her table.
"My father, nice?" Lucifer asked over his shoulder. Ella looked up and was confused, did she really see hate in his eyes? Maybe it was just aversion. No, she was sure there was a touch of hate in his eyes.
"Neat, I call him father sometimes too, aren't we all God's children?" Lucifer frowned at that.
"Sunday School, I presume?" Lucifer knew that some people in church said that they were all God's children, but they were not his children. Not really.
"Yeah, my grandma demanded me to visit it, but I spent my time with other things," and grinned conspiratorially. Yes, she had met very useful people there.
"You little rebel, Lucifer likes." he said with a smile and turned around. Now she had his attention. He was relieved that not all humans were under the thrall of his father.
Ella saw Dan confused with paperwork in front of Chloe's desk.
"So, he's looking for her too," whispered Ella to Lucifer and pointed to Chloe's desk.
"Excuse me?" Lucifer looked confused.
"Hello, I mean Chloe Decker, she's untraceable, for 4 hours. She left and did not come back," said Ella frowning.
The door swung open and Dan stood in Ella's doorway holding a small bag in his hand he looked around and without any salutary words, he went straight to the wrong address.
"Did she get that from you?" Dan inquired.
Ella looked at the small plastic bag, he held tightly in his hand. If she did not know better, she would say it was flour. But Dan would not show up with flour here, so it was obvious what the bag contained.
"Cocaine?" Lucifer asked smiling, putting his hands in his pockets. "No, she did not get it from me. Why?" and looked at him with curious eyes.
Dan looked confused for a moment. As if someone had taken the wind out of his sails.
"Why?" Dan asked outraged. "Is that all you have to say, just 'why'?"
"No, of course not. I have a lot to say, but only half of it would collapse your mental abilities. We all know that Chloe still has feelings for you." Lucifer mused.
"I'm serious, Lucifer. Did she get that from you?" Dan repeated angrily. "Because if so ..." and approached Lucifer, glaring at him with angry eyes.
"Hell," Lucifer rolled his eyes annoyed. "How many times do I have to tell you? I would never give the Detective cocaine!" Lucifer was beyond annoyed now.
"I get that," Dan said. "But she has to have it from someone and you're the only one ..." Dan began but Ella cleared her throat and raised her hand.
"See," said Lucifer, grinning. "I'm not the only one. You act like doing a teensy bit of drugs here and there was a mortal sin."
Dan looked at Ella like she was backstabbing him. "We will have to talk about that once we have a quiet minute, Miss Lopez." Lucifer went on.
"I will take you up on that."
"I am sure of that," Lucifer said, grinning to her.
Dan almost lost his composure during this conversation. How could they just ignore him? Did he just become invisible? They looked right through him! So, Dan cleared his throat and got Lucifer's attention.
"I don't understand Chloe anymore. What's so special about you except your suits?" Dan asked.
Lucifer gave him a devilish grin. "I could bring your spiritual world to collapse."
"But..." Dan said stubbornly.
"Easy, Daniel, you find someone too, … probably," To Lucifer, Dan seemed overbearing and that made him smile even more, if only Detective Douche knew… his jealousy would know no limits.
"Guys," Ella said grabbing Dan and Lucifer's arm. "Chloe is here and she looks a bit disheveled." Lucifer grinned at Ella.
"Miss Lopez, I am overwhelmed by your choice of words." and applauded her.
"Yeah, me too, maybe you have bad influence on me," and grinned at him.
"Lovely."
Dan shook his head, turned and left the room. It was hopeless to talk to Lucifer and he did not understand how, and why, Ella smiled every time she saw Lucifer.
Lucifer and Ella observed Chloe as she went to her desk. Ella just shook her head.
"Looks like Hangover," she said without looking at Lucifer. "What is your opinion on this?"
Without an answer from Lucifer she looked to her right side. Lucifer was gone. He was on his way to Chloe's desk.
Miss Me?" Lucifer whispered from behind in Chloe`s ear. He was deliberately trying to scare her. Because someone had to wake her up from her fantasy.
"God, Lucifer," Chloe said shocked and took her head in both hands.
"Really? Why did you have to bring him into this? He will not help you! Your Plan, it will not work!"
Chloe put her hand on her forehead. "Don't, please," she said. Lucifer grinned and pushed her sunglasses down.
"You are not used to drinking this much liquor. Go back to Lux and drink coffee. Lots of it and go to bed." he said and pushed her sunglasses back up.
"No!"
"Go, I can handle Detective Douche."
"No, it's not that, it's just… I was never drunk at work," she said and looked around, hoping that no one would notice that she had a hangover.
"There is a first time for everything. Look at it, in a different light," he said.
"Different light?" Chloe asked. "Yeah sure, I have the feeling that my head is going to explode anytime soon."
"I was inside you," he said nonchalant and gave her a dirty grin but continued more softly "You see..."
"Whatever." she said.
Go please. Drink coffee, if possible a lot of it. I meet you in the penthouse, because we have to talk about the cocaine your ex found." Lucifer stated bluntly.
Ella, who had been watching Lucifer and Chloe like a voyeur the whole time, was now on her way to Chloe`s desk. She had noticed that Chloe was drunk and now she wanted to know why. In front of Chloe's desk Ella smiled.
"Is everything alright?"
"She's a little bit disheveled," Lucifer said while he noticed that Ella was in front of the desk. Ella immediately understood that Chloe had to leave the precinct. "Oh yeah, that's very bad. The good one I hope," she said.
"I am afraid not," Lucifer sniffed Chloe's breath and frowned. "You would call it hooch I assume. How can a human sink so low, to drink something like that?"
"Perhaps lovesickness," Ella said. "Once I was more than drunk, I..." Lucifer looked at her with a curious look and Ella decided not to tell the whole truth about her lovesickness.
"...was in bed... all day." Ella swallowed.
After all, Lucifer did not need to know the truth. That she fell asleep under the pool table with a bottle in her arms. While her pals still used it for actually playing pool on it.
"I was expecting more from you, Miss Lopez."
