Chapter 7

Chloe wasn't surprised to find it was still dark out when she woke up. However, she was surprised to see Tori up. And she was eating something that looked a lot like chocolate. Chloe blinked at the empty Hershey's Kisses wrappers that surrounded the girl. Along with them there were a few of the mini boxes of breakfast cereal. Chloe sat up and the little balled up tin foil wrappers rolled to the side.

"Tori," She said, startling the girl out of her thoughts. "Where did you get all of this?"

Tori swallowed the handful of Fruit Loops she had shoved in her mouth and pointed at the open bedside drawer. "It was all in there." She handed Chloe a box of Cocoa Puffs and a handful of the Kisses. "Here"

Chloe tried to keep her voice to a whisper since Aunt Lauren was still asleep on the floor of the room. She kind of felt bad about letting her aunt sleep on the floor while she and Tori got the bed. Sure, they had to share it, but it was better than the floor.

"Why would you eat someone else's food?" She asked. No matter her concerns, they didn't stop her from eating the food Tori had given her.

Tori shrugged and pulled out another mini box of Cocoa Puffs. "Didn't Nathan say this is the room Parker usually sleeps in?" She asked as the opened the little bag inside the box. Chloe winced at the sound and glanced at Aunt Lauren before nodding. Tori gave her a look. "Do you really think she's going to mind if one of her fellow necromancers and her friend eat some of it? She probably hasn't had another one to talk to for a while so she wouldn't want you to die of starvation, would she?"

She knew she was being manipulated, but that didn't stop Chloe from reaching for another handful of Kisses. Tori smiled shark like. "That's what I thought."

They continued to eat in silence for a while before Chloe spoke again. "So, what do you think of them? Nathan and his team I mean." She clarified.

She got another shrug from Tori. "They seem nice enough. Eli –."

"Eliot."

An eye roll. "Whatever. Eliot seems to have some anger issues going on, but he's cute so that makes up for it. Sophie and Hardison are nice. I talked to them for a bit and Hardison's going to show me how he hacked into the Pentagon tomorrow when we have some time. Sophie kind of Mother Hen'ed him, but he just ignored her. Parker seems nice but I think she really is a bit crazy. Kind of brilliant but still crazy. And I didn't really get anything from Nathan. Just that he's the leader of the group, keeps everyone in line, that sort of thing." She paused to consider that. "He's kind of like Derek in that sense."

Chloe nodded. "I was thinking the same thing." She said around a large yawn. "We should get to sleep. We're probably going to have to do something tomorrow and we should be well rested for it." Tori agreed and they quickly managed to get all of the garbage covering the bed into the small plastic bin that sat on Chloe's side of the bed. They were laying back down when Tori spoke again.

"Are you going to ask Parker for some help?" She asked, reaching up to switch off the lamp. "Like, if maybe she could give you some tips or something? She already gave you one during the Meet-n'-Greet."

Chloe shrugged and while she knew Tori couldn't see it she also knew Tori could feel it. "Probably. I want to, but I also want to talk to Derek to see if he thinks it's a good idea or not." She knew she got another eye roll for that one. "After all, we're different than regular supernaturals are. Last time I got help from one I raised an entire cemetery. Or did you forget about that?"

Tori scoffed and shifted so she could face the other girl even though neither one could see the other. "Yeah, but Margaret was also a total bitch who didn't listen. I get the feeling that this Parker woman wasn't listened to a lot as a child and she won't be like that. Plus," She added like she had won the argument. "She works for Nathan, whom Kit trusts."

"No." Chloe said. She knew she was being stubborn but she was just giving Tori the same fight Derek would give her when she brought it up with Tori playing her part. "Kit trusts Nathan. The others just happen to work for him."

"Jeeze." Tori scoffed as she turned back to face the ceiling again. "I hope Derek's proud of what he's done to you. Before him, if I hadn't been able to talk you into something I could have scared you into it. Now you've got a backbone and a boyfriend who wouldn't mind me gone so I've got to watch my step."

Chloe rolled her eyes at her friends' dramatics. "He's not exactly wrong though." She told her, fighting the urge to close her eyes.

Tori muffled a yawn with the back of her hand. "I know and that's what makes it worse."

AN: Sorry it's been so long. Chapter 8 was giving me trouble and I didn't want to post this chapter without the next one done first. This was mostly just a filler chapter, but I think it's one of my favorites so far. But I'm more than slightly biased, so what do you all think? Questions/Comments?Concerns? I'm all ears - or eyes as I would be reading them. Let me know.

Thanks for reading, Brit