♤The Minds of Money and Power♤

♤One Step Ahead♤

lucy woke up to an almost deafening silence, she took a subtle look around her, the area was still dimly lit through the the windows of the car, looking down at her watch she realized it was already 5am

she glanced over at kamala to see her now stirring awake and seemed as confused, she gently placed a hand on her shoulder but she flinches causing lucy to retract her arm

"..sorry"

"What happened? ..did we.."

"N- no not at all-"

"I was going to ask if we slept in the car.. Espinoza.."

"Oh- sorry, uh yeah ..we did"

kamala sighs as she looks around for her belongings and picks up her phone, checking the time

"why didn't you wake me up?"

"you just looked so tired, I was going to let you rest for another few minutes until you woke up on your own but you didn't"

"..I see.. it's already morning, we'll have to get back to work before 6am"

"Fine by me, you can head out and I'll go home and get ready, hopefully soon enough to come pick you up in time"

"..no, we won't be ready in time, why don't you just come inside and you can get ready, I'll lend you a pair of my extra clothing, maybe then we'll cut less time"

"..are you sure?"

"of course, come on"

a moment later they both got into kamala's house, she gave lucy a small detour around the house before showing her to the bathroom

"you can go take a shower and stuff, there's already extra towels and all of that in there, I'll find you some cloths to wear in the mean time, I'll be in my room, it's just down the hall"

"alright, thank you"

"of course"

with that lucy went into the bathroom and went about her morning routine, after she was finished, she came out and went across the hall, a few paintings on the wall catching her eye as she walked

one was of an older man standing next to kamala in her graduation grown, she assumed to have been kamala's father, the other was also the same but with a woman, one strangely familiar but you couldn't make out the face and the third was of a woman possibly in her early twenties, she had beautiful hazel eyes and long dark locs, and another woman sat beside her whom seemed almost the same age, neither of the women were familiar to lucy but she was stuck gawking up at the paintings as to how beautiful these two women were

"snooping is not very nice now, is it?" kamala deadpanned from behind her

lucy spun around to be met with a smug smile

"sorry- I was just looking at these beautiful paintings.. my apologies, truly"

kamala chuckles "it's okay, Espinoza, but that doesn't mean I owe you any kind of explanation"

kamala hands over a small pile of clothing that were neatly folded
"here, these should fit you, room's down the hall like I said, I'll go take a shower while you get ready"

lucy nods and collects the clothing, she made her way into the room that she assumed she was supposed to go to and started changing into her new attire

the clothing fit her almost perfectly, she decided to neat up her hair while waiting for kamala to return, soon after she entered the room wearing a satin robe while drying her hair with a towel, she paused infront of the door and eyed you up and down

"Oh my, Espinoza, I didn't know you had such a body under all that voluminous clothing that you seem to own"

lucy rolls her eyes playfully

"enjoying the display you put me in?"

"Oh very much"

they both played it off jokingly as kamala began shuffling through her
closet to find something to wear

"can I borrow a hairbrush?"

"it's on the vanity, help yourself"

a moment later as lucy was fixing up her hair, she couldn't help but catch a glance through the vanity mirror, kamala slipping her robe off and getting ready in only her undergarments, her gaze staying on the older woman for a moment without realizing

"staring is rude, Espinoza" kamala teased seeing her end up in a flustered mess

"-sorry"

kamala chuckles and gets back to getting ready in her work attire while lucy does some finishing touches on her hair and clothing, when she was done, she took a seat on the bed and watched as kamala readied herself for work, watching as she carefully applied her crismon lipstick and combed out her hair, she caught herself staring again but couldn't bother at the moment

"Alright, we're getting late, are you ready?" kamala spoke, the sudden sound of her voice, jolting lucy out of her thoughts as she quickly got up from the bed

"Oh- yes, yes"

they both made their way out into the parking lot, and drove off to work, another casual day of kamala sitting in her office and signing off papers, attending meetings and preparing for whatever upcoming events may have been on her schedule for that day, mean while lucy had gotten a second guard to take over whenever she needed a break, his duty was the same as hers except he didn't talk as much and seemed almost uninterested in everything but his job.

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A/n: heheh🕴