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No, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure Lucifer would have made it pretty obvious if I had.

[ He didn't exactly keep most things quiet, even if Chloe had learned to ignore his stranger statements. Now, she wishes she'd payed better attention. ]

There was... This one woman, though. A lawyer. She showed up a few weeks before I got here, and he would act really strange around her. I mean, she was pretty scary, and at first I thought they had slept together but he kept denying it, which was pretty weird for him, too.

[ Chloe had almost forgotten about Charlotte Richards and how obnoxiously she had inserted herself in their lives. It didn't occur to her to ask more about it now that Lucifer would know who she was. ]

Maybe she was family then. Someone else we could ... look forward to at Wonderland's whimsy.

[Not that she understands all the twists and turns.]

Family...

[ Oh shit.

Chloe pulls out her phone without skipping a beat, punching in a text to Lucifer, her brow furrowed when she looks back at Freya. The missing piece that bridged two separate conversation she'd had with Lucifer months apart had fallen into place. ]

I know exactly who it was.

[Her eyebrows go up a bit, before she leans forward to peer at the screen, even if she can't really see it.]

You do?

[ Chloe drops the phone onto the counter top, pressing her lips together. It's a little difficult to tell if she's just upset or absolutely pissed off. ]

Yeah. She's his mother.

[ The original helicopter parent. ]

Oh.

[She pauses as she goes to pour them both fresh drinks.]

I'm sure that was ... interesting.

Yeah, real interesting. She tried to turn us against each other and then helped keep my dad's murderer out of jail.

[ She shakes her head and reaches for the drink. ]

Back home he told me his mother was out to get him. I just didn't have what I needed to put it together until now.

[Her lips press into a thin line.]

Yes, well. A meddling mother is often her own children's worst enemy.

Well, this meddling mother is supposed to be in Hell. I didn't get the whole story but I guess she got out somehow.

[ She shakes her head. ]

I have no idea how to deal with any of this. I know it's real but it still doesn't feel like it is.

You're allowed to take some time to digest things. You don't need to have a solution right at this moment.

[Especially when the evening has clearly been an emotional one.]

And, more to the point, this is Wonderland. Unless one of these threats to you arrives here, you're relatively safe for now.

I know. I keep trying to remember that, but it's pretty hard to separate the two.

[ She sighs, putting her face in her hands. ]

Things were going so well, Freya. I should have expected something like this would happen and screw it all up.

In my experience, the quiet never lasts for too long. But just because you've hit a bump in the road doesn't automatically mean you have to stop.

[Not if that isn't what she wants. But at the same time, this is Chloe's free will being questioned, and it's simply more than a minor bump.]

But no one would blame you for taking a minute to think things through either.

The thing is, I don't feel like I can take a minute. Normally I've never had an issue separating myself from Lucifer when the drama gets too much to deal with, or he's not talking to me, but I feel like if I do it now, when he's finally opening up to me, he's just going to take it as me turning my back on him and he'll just shut down again.

[ She couldn't even bear to leave him for the night, even though part of her knew it probably would have been better for them both to step away. Chloe thought she had forgiven him for leaving her when she almost died but the truth was, she hadn't completely. Knowing how it felt made it more important to her to than ever to make sure he knew she wasn't going anywhere. ]

I think we worked out that we're not going to break up. At least for now. I don't want to break up, anyway, but his issues with his dad makes everything so much harder.

When we spoke earlier this evening, he seemed to sense that you would need space. That you would need this.

[She gestures to the space between them meaning that Chloe would need to confide in someone else to talk this through. She isn't sure where in the process of this their conversation was, but she feels like Chloe should know that he wasn't just speaking of his own needs.]

I think he understands more than you realize, and taking time with something like this can be important. If your relationship is on solid ground, then a little room to breathe won't hurt anything.

He said that?

[ She lifts her eyebrows. It's an oddly perceptive thing for Lucifer to mention. He's been better about noticing Chloe's needs in Wonderland than he ever has been at home, but it's still a process for them. ]

I guess... I'm not sure our relationship is on solid ground. Not now, anyway.

Then give yourself room to breathe. Tell him if it's too much. If he doesn't respect those boundaries then maybe now isn't the right time for you two to be doing this.

[And she says this as one of the bigger Deckstar shippers in the mansion, okay. She is Team Chloe/Lucifer but only if they both are feeling good about it. Consent and comfort levels are important.]

[ She nods slowly. Freya, Seth, and even Georgia have all been incredibly supportive when it comes to her issues with Lucifer, but they've also been clear about where they think lines need to be drawn. And really, it's something Chloe is in need of. Sometimes, especially when it comes to Lucifer, she's too close to the see the bigger picture. ]

Yeah, you're right. Some room to breathe is probably a good idea. [ She manages a smile. ] And a few more drinks won't hurt.

Now that sounds like an excellent plan.

[And they will settle in for the rest of the evening to have many, many more drinks. /scene]

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