Anything For You [Ella]

[Chloe Singleton]

Ella would be home any moment and Chloe was bound and determined for things to be perfect when she arrived. She'd spent the majority of the afternoon cooking with the intention of making a dinner that would knock Ella's socks off. The large plates were covered in food, large steaks covered in caramelized onions, mashed potato volcanoes overflowing with homemade gravy, and a slightly more healthy and colorful portion of steamed vegetables, cut into neat strips.

The table was set with candles in the middle and glasses of expensive wine that Chloe had bought just for the occasion. Ella had been very distant lately and it had Chloe worrying that maybe she wasn't doing enough, or that Ella wasn't happy, and she just couldn't have that. She hoped a good dinner and the surprise waiting in their shared bedroom would be enough to cheer her up.

Chloe had even dressed for the occasion and spent an hour and a half just curling her hair. Even she had thought she looked pretty when she looked in the mirror. When she heard the jingling of keys outside the door, Chloe squeaked and straightened the silverware on the table before running to turn off the lights, letting all the candles she had lit earlier light the apartment and stood just in front of the door.

As it opened, Chloe smiled at her girlfriend. “Welcome home.” She moved in front of her and took her bag, setting it on the back of the couch, then pressed a little kiss to the corner of her mouth. “I made dinner.” Which wasn't unusual at all, but the candlelight and the fancy dress were a little out of character. Chloe really didn't want to spring her worries on Ella right away, and the other woman always seemed more open after a good meal.

[Ella Tate]

Recruiting missions were never easy. If it weren't insolent recruits, it was unwilling parents. And if it wasn't long plane rides, it would be long car rides. Ella was just so glad to come home. To a girlfriend. A hot and terribly wonderful girlfriend who satisfied practically every fantasy that crossed Ella's mind.

It was just too bad Ella had begun to stray.

Unaware of the surprise behind the door, Ella shruged off her coat as the key turned into the lock. She slung the jacket over one shoulder and pushed the door open, only to find the apartmen dimly lit by candles.

Was it wrong that the first thought she had was that Chloe didn't pay the monthly bills?

When she saw Chloe in her soft pink dress, she couldn't help but marvel at the beauty in front of her. Under the candle lights, her skin looked that much more translucent and ethereal. She leaned into the kiss when given, letting the blond take her bag.

Ella's eyes moved over to the dining table where Chloe had apparently gone all out. "Looks good." She pulled Chloe by her tiny waist and planted a longer and deeper kiss on the blonde's lips, teasing them apart with her tongue. "Mmmmissed you." Ella said, more for Chloe's benefit than hers, really.

[Chloe Singleton]

Chloe breathed a small sigh of relief when Ella uttered her approval, for a moment she worried that maybe she had done too much. As she was drawn closer to her girlfriend, she giggled, lifting her arms up over Ella's shoulders, eagerly returning the kiss. The blonde was always excited to welcome the recruiter home when she returned from long trips. (And yes, even a day is considered long in Chloe's eyes.) "I missed you too."

She let a hand down to tickle at Ella's stomach, then took both her hands and led her over to the table, "I hope you're hungry!" She encouraged Ella to sit down, then slid into the chair opposite her, fixing a cheerful smile over at her girlfriend. "How was your trip?"

Light conversation seemed a good place to start and Chloe was never really good at being serious. She didn't want to ruin dinner with her concerns. "All smooth? Or did you have more bad kids?" Chloe giggled a little, lifting a knife and a fork to cut into her steak.

[Ella Tate]

Ella held back an "I know" as a response to Chloe, wondering what the hell was wrong with her that she couldn't even let that bit of simplicity just be that...simple.

The dark-haired recruiter chuckled at the tickle before pulling her hair out of the tight bun she had on the whole day, dark wavy locks tumbling down half her back. "God, I'm starving." She let the blonde pull her to the table, sitting down as offered and looked down at the food. Everything did look delicious and after living with Chloe for awhile now, Ella knew it would taste just as delicious if not more so.

"Trip was fine. The parents were hysterical though. They tried to pretend they weren't home." Ella shook her head, cutting into her steak and taking a bite out of it. "Oh Chloe...this is excellent." She smiled up at her girlfriend and continued to cut into the steak. "How were classes?" She asked, keeping up with the small talk, sort of knowing there was definitely something up Chloe's sleeve with all this specialness.

[Chloe Singleton]

"I'm glad you like it." Chloe smiled as she rested her chin in her hand, looking across the table at her beautiful girlfriend. She breathed out happy sigh, thinking for a brief moment that maybe she was just overreacting and that everything was fine between them. She tried to hold onto that thought for now.

The teacher casually started in on her dinner, looking attentive as ever as Ella talked about her trip. "Really? Did they pull the whole turn-off-the-lights-and-close-the-curtains thing? I bet they tried to hide behind the furniture." She giggled, covering her mouth with her hand. "You always seem to get the weird ones, don't you?"

Chloe tucked her hair behind her ear and sipped her wine, just happy to have Ella home with her. "Classes were the same as usual. Good kids, bad kids, and lots of essays to grade." She made a face. "I even had a student misspell his own name. How do you even do that?" It truly perplexed her how much some students struggled to write even simple things. "Oh! Make sure you save room for dessert! I made chocolate cake!"

[Ella Tate]

There was definitely something Chloe wanted to say, Ella could feel it now more than ever with the gaze the other girl was giving her. But she let it go. She wanted a nice evening meal and good company. Despite the anxiety she was getting off of Chloe, Ella had to admit that the blonde was excellent company.

"Not the furniture. They tried to dead bolt the door. And got the dog to chase me around the block." She chuckled, sliding her steak through the mashed potatoes and gravy before popping it into her mouth. "God, Chlo...this is amazing." Ella gushed after swallowing. "James probably thought it was a good idea to stick a power suppressor with the weirdos. Easier to control I guess."

Ella nodded and laughed appropriately at Chloe's incredulous remark. "Hey, if your name was Horatio Guatemala Conchetta Luzon, you'd misspell your name too." She teased. "Not everybody can have easy names like Dave or John."

At the mention of cake, Ella perked up and all thoughts of weirdness went out the window. "Babe, you're the best." Ella got off her chair and went over to Chloe and gave her a kiss on the lips, holding it for awhile before going back to her chair.

"Now...what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked, scooping in a bit of mashed potatoes into her mouth.