Lucifer's Return

Chapter 7: Free Tonight?

Chloe had returned home after picking Trixie up from Dan's apartment. Chloe's face was in a permanent flush from everything that had transpired that morning.

"Did you have fun with Daddy, Trix?"

"Yeah, we watched cartoons then we started to play Monopoly but he was being a sore loser," Trixie said matter-of-factly. Chloe laughed at her precocious daughter. "

"Did you have fun last night?" Trixie asked.

Chloe's stomach leapt with anxiety as if her young daughter knew what she had been up to. "Me? Fun? No. No no," Chloe sputtered. Trixie looked at her mom across the kitchen island, puzzled. "You didn't have fun dancing with Ella and Maze?" Trixie asked.

"Oh! Haha. Yes. We went dancing at Lux. That was- yes. Very fun," Chloe recovered, finally remembering the excuse she had given Dan and Trixie the previous night. Trixie eyed her mom suspiciously then asked for a bowl of cereal. Chloe breathed a sigh of relief, placed the cereal fixings in front of Trixie and headed to her bedroom in a daze.

Chloe collapsed exhausted onto her bed and stared up at the ceiling fan. Visions flashing before her eyes, Chloe could see Lucifer's muscles moving beneath his skin, his hands traversing her body, his stubbly grin. She could feel her blood begin to pump when suddenly she felt a buzz in her jacket pocket, shocking her back to the present. She groaned expecting it to be a work-related text message, but Lucifer's name was on the lock screen. Chloe bit her lip and unlocked her phone to read the new message.

It simply read "Free tonight?" Chloe smiled, wondering what he was thinking.

"Maybe" she typed out and hit send. She wondered why she was even being coy at this point.

"Don't toy with me, Detective."

"I may be able to make myself available," she sent back.

"In the event that you happen to be available, could I pick you up at 8pm?"

"And where would we hypothetically be going?" Chloe anxiously waited as Lucifer's ellipsis dotted across the screen.

"I would like to take you on a proper date. We kind of rushed past that part, don't you think?"

Chloe crinkled her nose in a blushing smile. She laid the phone against her chest as she considered how to respond when she felt it buzz again. She lifted it to read: "Plus, I miss your face."

She had only seen him about an hour ago. Chloe stared at his words, wondering if he had ever said such a thing to another woman before. It was cute and flirtatious, not his usual style.

Chloe began to compose a response: "Well, when you put it like that..." and she hit send.

Lucifer replied "I miss a few other things too, but I'm too much of a gentleman to say ;)" Chloe laughed out loud and said "Oh my god, a winky face, what have I done to him?"

"Done to who, Mommy?" Trixie's voice came from the hallway. Startled, Chloe's phone flew out of her hands onto the bed beside her. "What, Trix?" she asked. Chloe's daughter looked at her smirking. "Mommy I haven't seen you smile like this in a while. What's making you so happy?"

Chloe didn't want to lie to her again. "Well, honey," she said sitting up and grabbing her phone. "You remember Lucifer?" "Um, duh, mommy." "Right, well, he had gone away for a while and he just got back. Today, actually." "He's back?!" Trixie exclaimed. "When can I see him?" she asked excitedly.

Chloe loved seeing her daughter smile like this. "Well, maybe tonight, honey. He's going to come by to pick me up." Trixie was ecstatic then asked "Who will stay with me while you're out?" "Oh, um, I could ask Ella, how about that?" "ELLA!" Trixie yelled. "Yes! I wanna play with Ella!" "Okay, honey" Chloe said trying to calm her down. "I'll text her now."

Trixie sprinted from the room and Chloe looked at her phone again to bring up Ella's texts.

Chloe: "Hey Ella, would you be free to spend the night with T? Lucifer just got back and wants to go out."

Ella: 💃🏻🌟🌈🍷🎉🙌

Chloe: "Is that a yes?"

Ella: "YES! Wait. Is this a date? What are you going to wear???"

Chloe: "Oh, shit. I have no idea."

Ella: "You have no idea if it's a date or you don't know what to where?"

Chloe: "What to wear. It's a date."

Ella: 😆🍆🍑😅😘🫡

Chloe: "Can you get here at 6:30 to help me get ready?"

Ella: "Detective Decker, it would be my honor."

Ella: "To help you get laid."

Chloe: 🙄

Chloe: Thanks

She wasn't about to explain to Ella how she had already been laid that morning, but she did want to tell someone about it very badly. Chloe fell back onto the bed and let the images from the morning dance in her head again.