~Chapter 3 Build & Protect~

Vaggie changes her outfit and was about to head downstairs **I hope Charlie is alright.** She thinks. When a portal opens and Charlie and Lucifer not far behind. Charlie looks up from thought and with a loud squeak so cute and overly happy.

"You look, AMAZING! babe!" she says smiling and holding her hands in hers. "Just let me change, real quick." Charlie goes to change.

"Charlie, I'm here." He says walking out of the portal leaning on his cane.

"Hey dad. I'm just changing." She changes into a beautiful flowing red dress with a bow at the back and her royal black crown.

"You look beautiful, Charlie." He smiles proud.

"Hello, Mr. Morningstar."

"Hey Maggie, put it there!" Lucifer says as he hugs her so tightly you hear a crack noise from her back. "Ohhh!!!" He puts her down with a awkward chuckle.

"Thanks dad."

"Alrighty then follow me." Lucifer leads them to the lobby area. Lucifer didn't see the workers yet and was starting to worry, he wanted this done, he NEEDED it done! He opened his phone and called the Carmine Industries.

~Conversation between Lucifer Morningstar & Carmine Industries.~

A worker answers the phone. "Yes, this is Carmine Industries, how can we serve your needs? We make weapons, parts, sometimes special orders and we deliver as well."

"Hello, I am still waiting for these workers to come and fix the building, they were to arrive at like-" nervous laugh. "10 am and here it is 10:30. Where are they?" Says Lucifer nervous.

"We'll get right on that, sir. We've been collecting everything left behind from the battle. Congratulations to everyone for winning, by the way. Expect your delivery within a day or two"

"Oh thanks, it was easy."

"Ah what! A day or TWO! You do know this is VERY IMPORTANT! you do know who this is right?!" He starting to stress a bit.

"Yes, sir. I apologize. Do you want us there now?"

"What? Yes! NOW!" he yelled looking a bit panicked more for Charlie than him. "What am I gonna say, what if I can't protect her!" He thinks to himself as he gets off the phone. There was a knock at the door. He swings opens the door.

"FINALLY! Yes I want all the angelic metals on this hotel!"

"Yes your darkness, in honor of Camilla Carmine." Said a worker of hers.

"Mr. Morningstar? Is everything okay?" She said touching his shoulder in concern.

"Oh un, fine, I'm just, finnneeeee." He said having a panick attack. Vaggie raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "Sir, your eyes are so small they're almost invisible"

"Right, right. Tip tip. Cheeryo. Alright I'm going um outside for a moment." He walks outside. Vaggie attempts to sneak outside to find out why Lucifer is so antsy.

~Outside The Hotel~

"Alright how are things going?" He says speaking to the workers outside, they shake there head almost as in explaining something. "Tomorrow?! I need it done NOW!!"

"Need what done now? Plans for tomorrow or something else?" Lucifer looked back at her with a sigh. "Okay, I wasn't going to have her worry buttttt."

"Look sir, if you are worried about something, you can tell me anything." Vaggie said touching his shoulder much like she would do for Charlie. Lucifer explains what he is worried about and why he did what he did. "So I'm reinforcing this baby." he says touching the walls of he hotel.

"Alright sir, I'll keep this between us for the time being."

"Now if you excuse Maggie, I uh, have somewhere I need to attend." Lucifer said hiding that he was up to something. He walked back into the hotel.

"Hmm..." Vaggie wondered what it was and why he left so, oddly. She looked up at the hotel getting fixed up as Lucifer wanted.

~Hotel Lobby~

"Are you ready?" Lucifer says holding onto the doors that are closed, to show her what he did for her and her surprise for Vaggie.

"Yes I am. I'm so excited!!!Thanks dad for doing this for me! I'm really nervous dad" She smiles jumping with excitement.

"Why? You are perfect as you are and-and anyone who can't see that isn't worth being here." She smiles softly at him.

"Thanks dad." He opened the doors and Charlie's eyes lit up as she sees sortment of flowers and red and white hearts for the design and petals from hells wildfire roses. (Not on fire they glow like they are a flame).

"Dad, this.is, AMAZING!!! But that's not why I'm nervous. Vaggie and I have known each other for a while and my feelings for her have only gotten stronger." He smiles to her touching words. Vaggie shows up because Charlie had let her know on the way to the door before Lucifer showed her the room.

"Come on Vaggie, There's something I want to ask you but before I do we should eat first."

Vaggie smiles. "Sounds good." They walk to sit and eat as Lucifer pushes Charlie's chair in as the gentlemen he is, when he needs to be. Charlie starts sweating, she's was so nervous. "Let's eat then."

"Sooooo how has your day been babe?"

Charlie chuckles nervous as she grab Vaggies hand comfortingly. "Babe, relax. And my day has been pretty good all things considered." Say Vaggie taking a bite to eat.

"I'm glad you had a pretty good day." They both begin to talk at the same time.

"Vaggie"

"Charlie I" they both giggle to them both trying to speak at the same time.

"No sorry, you go first."

*Vaggie says giggling." Sorry no you." Charlie gets up and clears her throat still nervous as she pulls out a box and gets down on one knee, opening the box. "Vaggie, I know we had our struggles and even though I was scared when I found out you were an angel, I couldn't think of anyone more than I wanted to be with, Vaggie will you be mine?" Lucifers face goes blank in shock he didn't know that THIS was what the help was for.

"Awww, amor!" Vaggie gasps and starts silently cheering in Spanish. "I accept."

"That makes me so happy that you accepted. I'm so happy!!!" Charlie kisses her tenderly.

"There's so much to plan. We need to decide when we're getting married,what we're wearing, the cake, the food, the flowers."

"So much to plan. Oh I can't wait!!" Says Vaggie happily.

"I just" Lucifer has tears in his eyes. "My little Charlie is growing up. Maggggiiieeee." He hugs her." You protect my daughter, you better. He says with his evil eyes face as he whispers to her ear. "In hin anyways. Congratulations Maggie on your engagement! Wooooo!" Lucifer threw balloons and streamer in the air out of nowhere and it even made a party blower noise.

"Thanks dad! Will you walk me down the aisle on the day I marry Vaggie?" She says eyes all big and hopefully.

"Charlie. I would be HONORED to do that for you!" He tears up but tries to hide it. "I can't believe this is happening, Charlie asked me to walk her to ger married. This truly is a happy day. He says sounding like he has some tears to his words.

"I wish mom was here to celebrate with us." Lucifer went from a teary smile to a flat sad face.

"Yo-you're mom? Well uh idk Charlie. Its been...wow years! And still no word from her."

"I just wish for once she was here, doesn't she love us?"

"Im sure she does! Well at least you, I don't know about me. We kinda didn't go through a great um separation, ya know?" He said a bit sad in talking about the conversation.

"If she loved me, she would be here. What happened between the two of you?" Not remembering much about her childhood with those two and there disagreements. Lilith would always put her away to not have her hear it.

"It's complicated Charlie. But don't worry about that. Worry about this, this is love. You're not gonna find this kind of love."

"You're absolutely right dad. I have another favor to ask you if that's okay?"

"Wow you are on a roll today aren't you? What is it?" He joke says.

"It's stupid. You probably wouldn't want to help me anyways."

"Hey now there little lady. Just tell me and I'll do all in my power to help you."

"I know there's a lot involved in making weddings so I was wondering if you could help with setting up the wedding?" She said shrugging with a smile but also it was in a awkward way.

"Oh Charlie. Nothing would make me happier! I'm so excited I could just eeeeee! Okay okay I'll calm down. Take that life! He he. I mean uh sure. I could do that easy."

"Thanks dad! You're the best!"

"How about tomorrow?" Lucifer says as he sees something fall from the sky in the distance.

"I don't have a problem with that but you should probably ask Vaggie what she thinks."

"Well, what do you say Maggie?" Asks Lucifer.

"Sounds good to me babe." She smiles touching her face sweetly.

"Huh?" He looks worried. "Hey Charlie I'll be right back alright, I uh have to check something." He begins to disappear in a swirling red sparkling dust to pentagram City.