again

two.

"Mommy, do you want to get ice cream?" Trixie asks, from the backseat

"Sure monkey, what's the occasion?" I ask

"You just seem really upset, and ice cream always helps me when I'm upset- and chocolate cake." She says, I nod

"I just had a rough night, that's all." I reply

"Why?" She asks, I pause

"Well, it's hard to explain. Lucifer went back to his old job and I'm gonna miss him." I admit

"Will he still live near us?" She asks, I shake my head

"No baby, he had to leave for the job."

"Did it make him happy?" She asks, I shrug

"I don't know,"

We pull into the ice cream place, and get out of the car.

Trixie gets chocolate and I get vanilla, as always, we drive home with her favourite station on, she sings from the backseat and I watch the road.

I try not to focus on my problems, so instead I tell her to get her homework out and I head upstairs

I get changed out of my clothes, and put on fresh pyjamas, it's only three but I don't need to go anywhere else today. I brush my hair and wash my face, but you can still clearly see the tear stains, they won't wash off.

I give up and go back downstairs to help Trixie, when someone knocks on the door.

I walk over slowly, opening it without checking, idiot move.

It's Dan,
"Hey, you said you were sick so I decided to bring you some soup while I was out." He offered, I nod, taking the brown bag from his hand

"Thank you," I whisper, he looks at me slowly

"Chloe are you okay? Did something happen between you and-"

"It doesn't matter, Dan.
I should've known it wasn't going to work out anyways." I state

"Come on Chloe, talk to me. What happened?" He asks, I sigh, backing up enough to let him in

Shutting the door, Trixie runs out of her bedroom,
"Daddy!" She shouts, clinging to his leg

"Hey Monkey, give me and mommy a minute, okay?" He asks, she nods

I sit on the couch, and set the soup on the table.

"So, why weren't you at work?" He asks

"Lucifer left," I whisper, my voice breaks again

"What do you mean? Like he went to Vegas again? Chloe he'll probably be back," he offers, I shake my head

"No Dan, he left. He's not coming back this time." I whisper, he looks taken aback, confused. "He went back to an old job."

"Chloe, I'm sure if you tell him how you feel, maybe he'll come back?" He offers, I shake my head

"I did that, before he ever left."

"Chloe, are you gonna be okay?" He asks, I nod

"Yah, you cant change what happened, you just gotta go with it, you know?" I reply, he nods

"Tell me if you need anything okay?"

"Yeah,"

The door clicks open and I hear someone approach us, I turn my head,

"Maze?" Dan asks, standing up

"Yeah, Decker. We gotta talk." She states, I nod

"I'll talk to you later okay?" I ask Dan, he nods and heads for the door

"So, what do we have to talk about?" I ask, Maze clicks her tongue

"Well, I think Lucifer might come back if he thinks you're in danger. I have a plan." She smirks, I nod

"Okay, what is it?"