Iris

6. Chloe Decker's Guide to How The Devil Deals With Feelings

When Chloe woke up the next morning, she stretched her arms over her head and moaned, still keeping her eyes closed. It seemed that she had beaten her alarm this morning. She rolled over with a pleasant smile on her sleepy face and reached out for Lucifer. She opened her eyes when her hand grappled with just the bed sheets for a while.

Lucifer must have already woken up, which is strange because he normally waits for her to get up. Maybe there was an emergency at Lux or something?

Chloe rolled out of bed and made her way downstairs, The smell of breakfast cooking and coffee brewing greeted her as she descended the stairs and it made her stomach grumble.

As she turned the corner and entered the kitchen, she saw Trixie - still wearing her cat-patterned pajamas - talking aimlessly at the breakfast bar while Lucifer listened intently as he prepared a plate of eggs, fruit, and sausage for the girl. After she had excitedly taken the plate, he poured her a cup of orange juice.

Chloe leaned against the railing, wrapping her arms around her middle and smiling at her small, beautiful family. She couldn't wait for the days when Lucifer would be entertaining two kids at the table. Or...maybe it would be her trying to organize her two actual children and her half-man-half-child.

He looked up from his work and smiled, his eyes lighting up seeing Chloe in the morning light.

"Detective! You're awake, good!" He turned back to the stove, where something delectable was sizzling, and then went to rummage around in the refrigerator.

"Morning Mommy!" Trixie greeted as Chloe took a seat next to her. They gave each other a peck on the cheek, and Chloe rubbed her daughter's back, replying, "Morning monkey. What's going on?"

Lucifer turned around with a plate and a mug, handing each to Chloe.

Chloe's face lit up at the surprise. "What's this?"

"An omelet with low-fat cheese with a side a fresh-fruit and decaf coffee." Lucifer explained. "I read that you need three hundred more calories a day now and that protein, grains, and calcium are very important for you and-"

"Shp!" Chloe snapped and she and Lucifer looked at each other awkwardly. Both of their eyes glanced toward Trixie for half a second and then the facial expression of the word "oops" formed on Lucifer's face.

"What's going on, Mom? What does that mean?" Trixie asked as she took another bite of her scrambled eggs.

Chloe sighed and said, "Trix, why don't you go get ready for school? I gotta talk to Lucifer about some adult-stuff."

Trixie sighed and gave her mom a bored look, "I can handle 'adult-stuff' ya know. I'm in Jr. High now."

Lucifer snorted and answered, "I'm sure you can, spawn, but why don't you just do what your mother says, for now?"

Chloe didn't know what to say or do except to just be in shock. Lucifer never took the bad-cop job when he was here with Trixie. He handled it so well. Frankly, Chloe was grateful to have the help.

Trixie grumbled a "Fine," and slid off her chair to make her way to her room. Once she closed the door, Chloe turned to face Lucifer.

She whispered, "Lucifer, I haven't told Trixie about the baby yet. You need to shut up about it until I get the chance to tell her."

Chloe took a break to ease her grumbling stomach and ate some of her omelet. She almost missed what Lucifer was saying as her mouth salivated over the fluffy eggs and the gooey cheese.

He whispered in reply, "Detective, I don't see what the problem is! Older children should know about the big changes coming into the house."

Chloe had to agree with this. Part of her wanted to keep this a secret just a little while longer, and to avoid a bad reaction from Trixie. Trixie had always wanted a little brother or sister, but Chloe and Dan were either too busy to think about a second kid or they weren't in a good place to bring another child into their home, so it never happened. Trixie wanted to be a sister when she was little, who knows what she'd think now that she was nearly a teenager.