"How she found him"
A Lucifer fanfic
Summary- A few minutes of boredom for Ella leads to what weeks of searching couldn't find: a certain former club owner in a place that Chloe would've never thought to find him.
Author's Note: The place mentioned in the story is based off a real place (with the addition of a piano because we all know Lucifer wouldn't be able to resist playing).
Author's Note 2 (8/16/2017): I apologize for not updating the story, I've been busy with work and personal life. I'll hopefully have the next chapter up within the next week. Until then, I've gone through this chapter and edited several mistakes that I didn't catch the first time around. Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea for the story. All show characters and song lyrics belong to their respective creators.
Chapter 1
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"Ah, this one should be good," Ella thought to herself as she leaned back in her chair in the break room at the precinct. She decided to take her lunch early, and finishing her food quickly, put in her ear buds to watch a few YouTube videos. She had a thing for people doing covers of popular songs and was currently looking for 'All of Me' by John Legend. She already listened to the version he did with the violinist (which she found beautifully done) and the multiple ones done on different shows by those looking for their 15 minutes of fame, but now she wanted to see who could play it as well as sing it.
After a few good (as well as a couple horrible) renditions, she looked up at the clock in the break room, seeing she had enough time for one or two more videos. Scrolling through the list, she decided to check out one did in a night club.
Either by accident or fate, her finger slipped and tapped on the video just after the one she meant to watch. Figuring that it wouldn't hurt to give it a shot, she let it load. From the title, it appeared to be a vacation video shot from a smartphone with few views and reading the summary (her phone deciding that now was a good time to have crappy signal, so there was time for it) it mentioned being at an inn near Yosemite and watching a beautiful rendition of the song being played (as well as being sung) by a stranger on the piano. When the video finally loaded, the familiar tones of the song started playing. Ella leaned her head back and closed her eyes, listening to the fluid notes being played expertly. It was when the person playing started singing along that she snapped her eyes open in confusion at the familiarity of the voice, and when she looked down at the singer in question, there was no doubt in her mind who the dark mane of hair belonged to.
"Lucifer..." she whispered.
Chloe was at her desk, once again trying to distract herself by going over a few different cases she had at the moment. It worked for a little while, but her thoughts would drift back to a certain club owner that had still not been found. While she trusted Maze when she told Chloe that Lucifer was a big boy and could take care of himself, she still wanted to hear his voice, to see for her own eyes that he was doing okay. The memory of their kiss was starting to fade from her mind, although his eyes and the way they looked at the pier didn't. Those dark orbs looked helpless and afraid, something Chloe wished she picked up on sooner. She replayed the message he left on her phone multiple times a day, trying to figure out what it was that he wanted to tell her. More than anything, she missed the enigmatic club owner. Her fingers started to tap notes on an invisible piano while she looked over a case, remembering the time they played together in his apartment.
A few moments later, she received a call at her desk. Looking down at the caller ID, Chloe was relieved (and yet disappointed) to see it was Ella.
"Hey Ella, what's going on?" she asked, flipping through some notes as she held the phone to her ear with her shoulder.
"Um," Ella started on the other end, as if unsure how to proceed, "I need you to come down to the lab. I may have found something in regards to that, um... missing person case you're working on."
"But I'm not working on any missing person ca..." Chloe started, then the wheels clicked in her head and she was speechless. Ella picked up on her confusion and sudden revelation.
"Yeah, that missing person, " she said, "On your way?"
Chloe snapped out of her thoughts, hastily putting all her paperwork away.
"Yeah, yeah...I'll, um, be right down," Chloe replied. She heard Ella click off the other end and hung up as well, thoughts racing as she made her way to Ella.
She came in and Ella shut the door behind Chloe for privacy and the block out anyone from hearing their conversation.
"What did you find? Is he alright? Where is he?" Chloe started, letting Ella see the concern on her face.
"Whoa, slow down, Chloe," Ella said, guiding her over to where there were a couple of chairs. Chloe sat down and Ella followed suit.
"I was on break and browsing YouTube on my lunch break and came across a cover of a John Legend song..." Ella started, pulling up the app on her phone. She muttered something that sounded like a very colorful nickname for her phone while waiting for the video to load.
"What does that have to do with Luci..." Chloe began to ask when Ella unplugged her ear buds and piano playing that Chloe would recognize anywhere filled the room. Ella handed her phone to Chloe as she watched the very person plaguing her thoughts playing the piano with such emotion that she started tearing up.
What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh
Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you
I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh
The video ended with a round of applause and a sad smile from Lucifer as he excused himself, wet eyes frozen in the last frame. Chloe couldn't move or process anything at the moment except the song playing over and over again in her head. Ella cleared her throat to get Chloe's attention.
"So...there's that, " Ella commented, "You alright, Chloe?"
"Honestly, I don't know where to even begin," she sighed in defeat, "Here I've been scouring the entire country for him and now that he's been found..."
"...you don't know whether you want to punch him or kiss him," Ella said, sitting back.
"Yea...no, wait...I meant..."Chloe stammered.
"Look, dude, it's just the two of us here and it's no secret to me that you got the hots for Lucifer, " Ella stated with certainty, "And from what I've seen, he cares for you beyond just getting into your pants."
"Then why hasn't he come back? " Chloe asked with tears in her eyes, grateful she didn't have to hide her feelings for the club owner from the young scientist, "Why did he say he wanted to tell me everything only to disappear? "
"I don't know... maybe he was afraid? Maybe he didn't want to put you in the middle of whatever shit-storm his family life was to keep you safe? Besides, we know that he was taken by force, so maybe it wasn't safe to return in case they came after you," Ella said to console a now openly weeping Chloe.
"He could've fucking said something, anything! " Chloe nearly shouted as the tears have away to anger.
"Whoa, calm it down, Chloe, " Ella said soothingly, "What matters is that we've found him and now you can ask him the questions yourself."
"How? We don't even know where he is at, and even if we did, if he is still there, Ella," Chloe said, anger deflating some.
"Well, that's what friends are for," Ella said, and with a smirk reminiscent of Lucifer, "and someone owes me a favor anyway."
"Do I even want to know?" Chloe asked, as she cleared her face and stood up to leave the room.
"Probably not, plausible deniability and all that, " Ella replied, still smirking.
Authors Note: and the first chapter is done! Not sure how long I'm gonna make this, but we'll see what happens...