Glassheart (RedxChloe) Book 2

Chapter 14

Chloe's alarm blares through her phone's speakers as Red tries to hide her head under her pillow. "Chloe, if you do not turn that off, i will smash it with a brick." She mumbles. A few seconds later, the alarm is off and she smiles as silence fills the room once more. Her smile, however, is quickly replaced with a frown when Chloe tries to get out from under her. "Mm nooo." She holds her closer. Normally, Chloe would smile at how cute Red was being. Soft and clingy, nothing like how she is around everyone else. But she had to practice this morning, and she hates being late. "Red, baby, i have to go. I have a tourney practice." She tries to slide out from under her. "Tell them you're sick." Red mumbled. "I can't just do that, I'm captain!" "Ugh!" Red groans and finally rolls over, letting Chloe slip through her arms. Oh, that does not sit well with Red, mm-mm. Very bad wording. You'd think Chloe was the one who was dead in the future. Red quickly turned back around and grabbed her arm. "Red! I really do have to go." Chloe laughs. Red sighs and sits up, finally releasing Chloe so she can get ready. "I'll be back." She kisses her before heading to the restroom to change. Red rubs the sleep out of her eyes and looks around the room. "Hey, Chlo?! Where are the twins?!" She asks. "I don't know, I haven't seen them since yesterday."

"What are those two up to?" Red gets out of bed and starts getting ready. "Hey boo?" "Yes dear?" Chloe smiles to herself. "Oh gods, please don't call me that." Red slips her shoes on as Chloe laughs. "What did you need?" "Can I actually come to your practice? Is that allowed?" Chloe exits the bathroom in her jersey. "Yeah, a ton of the other guys, and girls, partners are always there in the bleachers." Red stares at her. "And you didn't tell me this?! I could have been watching you this whole time?" Chloe shrugs. "I didn't think you'd be interested. Extracurricular activities aren't exactly your thing." Red walks over and brushes her hand over Chloe's jersey. "No, but you are. And if you like this then, i guess i can sit in the bleachers and cheer you on." Chloe smiles before kissing her softly. "Gods, you are so perfect." She sighed. "Stop talking about yourself. Now, give me 5 minutes, just gotta change and brush my teeth." Chloe smiles and goes to her desk, double checking her homework while she waits for Red. She spots Red's deck of cards on top of her folder.

"Hey Red?!" "Yeah baby?!" "Would you mind showing me some tricks when we're done?!" Red opens the door once she's finished. "Of course, though i do have to warn you, they might not work for you. You have to have Wonderland blood to make it work." Red grabs her cards and puts them in her pocket before grabbing Chloe's hand and walking out. "What does that mean?" Chloe asks her as they walk to the gym together. "The cards only respond to Wonderland magic, it's in my blood. My mom's blood, the twins' blood too if they want to use them. So, i can show you a few tricks, but that's all they are, card tricks, it won't do whatever it is you want them to." Chloe nods as they round the corner. "And how does that work?" "Basically, you take the card and infuse it with magic, think about what you want to happen and then just throw it." Chloe nods. "That's cool. Can you show me?" Red nods. "Yeah." They sit on the bleachers, since they have at least two minutes till Chloe's practice starts. She holds the card in her hand, aiming at the door, ready to fire. She flicks her wrist and the card flies towards the door as it opens. "Whoa!" Cree quickly catches it in between his fingers. "Ok, i see how it is. We sneak out and you try to off our heads? Damn, mom." Red rolls her eyes as she grabs the card out of his hand. "Where did you guys sneak off to anyways?" She asks them. "Library." Crimson tosses her jacket on the bleacher beside her. She stretches, her shirt lifting slightly, showing off her stomach. A couple of students stop as they walk by. "Hey! What are you looking at?!" Red suddenly shouts at them. They scurry to run away from her.

"What was that?" Chloe and Crimson look at her. "What? They're over checking out my daughter, I'm offended." Red shrugs. "Right? I should beat them up for that." Cree shakes his head. Chloe and Crimson share a look. Chloe places her hand on Red's shoulder. "It's cute that you go into protective mommy mode." She whispered and Red blushed. "I didn't mean to." She whispered back. "Bro, i love you. I really do, but i can take care of myself." She assures him. "Mhmm." He glares at the group that passes by earlier as they sit far, far away from them. "Anyways, I'm assuming you two talked?" Crimson asks her mom's. "Yes, why didn't you two tell me?" Red glared at them. "We were still trying to process it, really. It kind of just happened a couple hours before we left our time and came back here." Red nods. "Your pocket watch looks different." She eyes it hanging on Cree's waistline.

He takes it off and shows it to them. "That's cause it is different. Our other one broke." "Broke? How did it break?" Red looks at them. "Um...." They share a look. "You broke it, mom. I think you were having an episode about you and ma and you threw it against the wall and it broke." Chloe stops them. "Wait, if your mom broke the pocket watch, how are you here?" "Um, Madison Hatter made us a new one." Crimson looks at her shoes. "Madison Hatter?! You mean Maddox has a daughter in the future?!" Red shouts. "That's so cute!" The thought of her former tutor having a little baby girl fills her with joy. "Red!" Chloe whispered. "Sorry, I'm sorry. It's just, i can only imagine Maddox being a father. Changing diapers, rocking her to sleep." Red laughs. Chloe rolls her eyes at her. "Ok, so you came, you tried to stop me from being jealous and jumping to conclusions. I get it, your mother would never cheat on me. Why don't you just go back home?" She asks them. "Cause we're scared." Crimson admits. "Of what?" "What if we go back and you guys are still divorced? Or mom's still dead? Or worse?" Red stands. "What could be worse than me being dead?" She asks. The twins share a look. "Ok see, that look right there. I know you guys are hiding something, there's something you're not telling us, what is it?" They both sigh. "We have siblings." "YOU WHAT?" Both mothers shout. "Why didn't you tell us?!" Red scolds them. "We didn't think it was a good idea." "A good idea? You think keeping more children a secret from us is a good idea? How-how many siblings do you have?" Chloe asks. "Two more. Cruz and Cromwell." Red nods. "Not bad names." Chloe slaps her arm. "Red!" "Ow! What?" "Wait, so what? Are you guys worried that if you go back they won't be there? Or you'll have even more siblings? I don't get it, what's the problem? What's stopping you?"

"What if we go back and nothing's changed?" Crimson whispered. "Oh honey, you'll never know unless you try. You don't belong here, we all know that. And you did what you came to do. You warned us about your mom, about our divorce that we are never getting, by the way!" She looks at Red. "Hey, fine by me, as long as I'm alive." Chloe slaps her arm. "You two can go home. I promise. Go take care of those two siblings of yours." She smirks. "Oh god, i just thought of something," Crimson blinks, "what if we go back and we have more siblings?" Cree stands and holds her hand. "Only one way to find out." "Oh yeah, that does remind me, who gave birth to all of you?" Cree presses the button on the pocket watch. "Bye moms!" "Wai-!" And with that, the twins left. "I hate when they do that." Red mumbles. "Hmm, must be your gene. Maybe you gave birth to them." Chloe smirks. "Ha! Need i remind you who's more of princess between the two of us, it was definitely you!"

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And they're off.... let's see if they actually fixed things or not....