So, This Is Love?

Chapter 20

Chloe's POV

She woke up before her alarm and before the sun could even come up, she pats Red's shoulder to which the girl coiled even closer to her. "Red, Love. I'm gonna get ready now and when I finish you better be ready to help me."

Hearing her mutter something, assuming it to be a complaint but she knows she'd help her nonetheless. She chuckles, kissing the crown of her head then did all her routine in a span of 20 minutes. Stepping out of the bathroom, she sees Red sitting cross-legged on the bed, her head almost falling over as her body sways from the tiredness. She laughs, holding her head towards her shoulder to prevent her from falling off the bed.

"Love, you're gonna fall if you don't wake up." She giggles, placing a kiss on her head.

"You're gonna catch me if I fall." Red mumbles, her eyes still closed.

She cups both of her cheeks and lifts her head to face her. "Red, don't you dare fall back to sleep. Wake up and help me with the mess you made, princess."

Red groans a little before standing off the bed extending her hand out, she laughs as she takes her hand and pulls her towards the bathroom. Handing her the concealer and the blending sponge, she sits on the bathroom counter and lets Red cover all the marks.

She laughs. "As much as I like these, you lost privileges on kissing my neck."

Feeling her stop dabbing the sponge, she sees her scrunch her face to a displeased look. Shaking her head, she giggles. "Who said you could stop, chop chop Hearts, but to clarify, I meant for the time being."

"There, all done." She watches her step back and smiles.

She jumps off the counter and turns to the mirror, checking every part even behind her hair to actually be sure that no marks would be visible. Placing some setting powder to ensure its longevity, she kisses Red's cheek as a thank you and leaves her in the bathroom to get ready.

They head to their classes like normal, thankfully there were no Charles or Henry to disturb their peace. Heidi tells her most of the latest gossip when they are gone, something about Aziz bringing a monkey and causing major disarray in the cafeteria and someone accidentally conjuring a spell that made all the books in the laboratory fly out of the window and acted as if they were birds, lastly, about Henry facing the consequences of his actions with the punishment much like his father that had to clean the stables everyday for the rest of the month.

She was grateful she and Red had the second and third period of classes were vacant with the teachers having to find all the books that flew out yesterday. That's when she and Red met up in the foyer as the Charming's enter the building alongside the Fairy Godmother,

"Mom, Dad." She smiles as they hug her.

They pull away and turn to Red, who was silently standing there awkwardly. She watches her mom walk to her and puts her hand on her shoulder, Red nods with a smile before Ella turns to the both of them then to the Fairy Godmother.

"Fairy Godmother, how did my girls get suspended for the rest of the afternoon yesterday but the boys who harassed them didn't?" Ella sternly asks, her voice may be calm and soft but the power behind it sends chills down her spine.

"I assure you, your Majesty. They weren't, we made sure that they do all their assigned punishments, though it is a bit extreme for-"

"It is not extreme when two perfectly normal girls were bothered and were given a reason to fight back." Charming cuts her off, causing her to shut her mouth and nod.

"I am sure you're aware about us and the Queen of Hearts cutting off the funds if this continues, hm?" Ella's lips thinned into a line.

Fairy Godmother nods defeatingly.