Only You Can Afford My Love// A Chase Davenport Love Story

Exoskeleton Vs. Grandma

[Edited 2/25/24]

Chase's P.O.V.

Leo, Juliana, Mr. Davenport and I were down in the lab, Leo touching all of the inventions Mr. Davenport and I put out on display. 

"What's this?" Leo asked, holding up something.

"Hey," Mr. Davenport snapped, rushing to Leo. "That's part of my 'Put it Down' collection." 

Leo picked up a pen. "Ooo, sweet pen." 

"It's not a pen. It's a highly-pressurized air canister that can inflate a blimp in 8.6 seconds." 

"This little thing? Impossible." 

Leo accidentally turned on the pen and air shot out with sudden force. Juliana grabbed onto a cyber desk to keep from blowing away, while Mr. Davenport and I struggled to get to Leo. Mr. Davenport got to him first and managed to turn off the pen. We all breathed heavily, finally able to stand properly. I walked over to Juliana, checking to see if she was alright. 

"Are you alright?" I asked and she nodded.

"Just... need to regain my composure," she said, catching her breath. 

I nodded and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"So, what're you having?" Leo asked. "Garage sale for geeks?" 

Mr. Davenport and Juliana chuckled.

"No," Mr. Davenport said. "We are preparing for... The Call."

"Once a year Mr. Davenport and I present his newest devices to all the international buyers," I explained. "In other words..."

"Ka-ching! And I asked Juliana to do it with us this year!" 

We started to do our handshake, but Leo tried to bud in.

"What are you doing?" Juliana asked, raising a brow at Leo.

"I wanna be in... The Call," Leo said and I chuckled. 

"Yeah, sorry Leo," I said. "There's no more room. I'm already the product specialist, the set designer, the chief demonstrator, and Juliana's our insanely happy spokesmodel." 

Juliana smiled brightly at me.

"Although," Mr. Davenport mused. "There might be a role for Leo. As long as someone follows him around everywhere he goes with a fire extinguisher." 

"I'll help with that," Juliana volunteered.

"But Mr. Davenport," I said. "I'm way better at selling this stuff than Leo."

"Please," Leo scoffed. "I could sell nunchucks to a nun named Chuck." He picked up an electric field destabilizer. "I could sell this thing without even knowing what it is."

"Leo, no," Mr. Davenport quickly said. "That's an electric field destabilizer. Whatever you do, don't let it-" Leo let it touch metal and he flew back. "Touch metal." 

I chuckled. "I have to admit, a small part of me was hoping that would happen," I said. 

Juliana elbowed my ribs and went to help Leo.

Later Upstairs... Juliana's P.O.V.

I was sitting on the couch, reading another book while Adam used Leo as a weight, and Chase and Bree threw a ball around. Mom, Tasha, was on the phone, and Dad was trying to get a signal to Singapore or something.

"Yes, Mom," Mom said on the phone. I looked up and knew by the look on her face she was talking to grandma. "Leo, Juliana, and I love our new home... Oh, you should come and visit. But not today... Why? Because Donald's not feeling well... Look, I gotta go. He just threw up in my purse. Love you, bye!"