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𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟

Joe awoke at 6 in the morning with a pounding on his door. "Wake up Brooklyn, we have a delivery to make."

He looked through the peephole to check if he was hallucinating. He wasn't. Love Quinn was standing at his door with a basket of muffins.

After opening the door, Joe asked "Who are the muffins for?"

Love planted a nervous smile on her face. "Do you think Aphrodite would like these?"

Oh right, Aphrodite, the woman who is plaguing my mind. I've hardly had a full conversation with her, yet she's capturing my thoughts.

Between her and Love I can't catch a break. The latter snapped her fingers in Joe's face, "Hellooo, where'd you go just now?"

"Sorry, uh, I think she'll appreciate the gesture. Your cooking and baking skills are amazing."

" Well okay then let's go. You know which apartment she's in right?"

The duo made their way downstairs.

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Meanwhile, Aphrodite was just getting out of the shower and picking out her outfit.

As she put the finishing touches on her hair, she heard a soft knocking at her door.

She was a bit confused, no one had her address yet. It might be Delilah, she thought.

It wasn't Delilah obviously, Love Quinn and 'Will Bettelheim were at her doorstep.

Aphrodite was shocked, but not upset. A pleasant surprise if you ask her.

"Can we come in?" Love questioned. Aphrodite moved out of the doorway.

"So, to what do I owe the surprise?" Love handed her the basket of chocolate chip muffins and smiled.

" Welcome, to the neighborhood." Aphrodite thanked her, then put the basket in the kitchen. Well, not before getting a muffin.

She glanced at the clock on the wall. Shit, I'm going to be late for work, Aphrodite thought.

In all honestly, she didn't want to go to work. Especially not now that Will and Love were here. She wanted to get to know them more.

Aphrodite made the decision to just call off from work. It was a dead-end job anyways.

The woman let them know she had to make a phone call and told the two of them to take a seat.

'Will' and Love were distracting themselves by looking at the art hanging on the walls.

Aphrodite soon came back into the room. " Who made these paintings?" 'Will' couldn't help but ask, they were beautiful and complex.

"That would be me, not like it matters anyway no one's gonna buy them."

Love was surprised, "This art is amazing, your style evokes so many emotions. It's like I can guess how you were feeling when you painted it."

Aphrodite couldn't help but blush at the compliment, a smile growing across her face.

"Thank you, it means a lot. I haven't painted in a while, actually. I may try to paint something today, since I just called off work."

Joe felt the need to find out more information about this woman, but he didn't want to be a creep about it. "Where do you work?"

Aphrodite turned toward 'Will'  at the sound of his voice "There's a cute little art supply store about 15 minutes from here. Doesn't pay very well, but at least I get free supplies sometimes."

"Maybe you should think about coming to work at Anavrin."

Aphrodite looked at Love, surprised by the offer. Love continued, "I mean it pays really well, it's not too far from here, and plus you already know us. Also, I'm sure the owner wouldn't mind you selling your paintings there."

The offer was tempting, Aphrodite wanted to say yes right away. Spending time with Love and Will while being able to sell her paintings?

But it's also a big decision to change jobs so quickly, she'd only been working at the store for a little over a year.

She decided to take some time to think about it.

" Anavrin sounds great, but I think I should take some time to consider."

Joe smiled "I think it'd be a shame to not let these paintings see the light of day."

Aphrodite paused, trying to think of a way to hang around them for a while longer. She couldn't help it, something inside her yearned to be around them.

And even though she wasn't entirely sure, part of her hoped they felt the same.

" So do you two have any plans for today?"

The frown on Joe's face was as clear as day. He would kill to spend more time with Love and Aphrodite but he has to go see the real Will.

He stuttered as he spoke, " Well uh- um I have a few things I need to take care of today, but you're free right Love?"

Aphrodite looked at Love expectantly while both women tried to fight off the blush coating their cheeks, again.

" My schedule is wide open."
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Joe left Aphrodite's apartment as fast as humanly possible.

Even his goodbye hug was rushed, but that didn't stop the butterflies from erupting in both her and Love's stomachs.

The two women decided to make the most of the day and ended up walking around almost the whole city.

They ended up at an outdoor museum that captured Aphrodite's attention immediately.

Love didn't know much about art but she knew it meant something to the woman, so she decided to make this their first stop.

The look on Aphrodite's face was too precious not to.

There was a mind-blowing variety of creative sculptures, pottery, paintings, and much more.

The two women stopped at a painting.

It had two women with their hands intertwined, lying in a field of daisies.

Love couldn't help but imagine her and Aphrodite as the women in the painting, oblivious to the fact that she was having the same thoughts.

Aphrodite felt a rush of confidence flow through her. She brushed the curls out of her face and placed Love's hand in her own.

The latter froze for a moment, unsure how to react but not being able to deny the spark that coursed through her veins as their fingertips met.

If Aphrodite's cheeks weren't hot before they definitely were now.

She didn't know what it was about Love that made her blush so often.

Was it her smile?

The melodious sound of her laugh?

Maybe it was her striking blue eyes that never failed to capture her attention as they met her dark brown ones.

Or perhaps it was all of those things and so much more.

Holy sugarplums, I'm in deep, Aphrodite thought.

After Love made sure Aphrodite had seen every piece of art at the museum they continued their journey through Los Angeles.

They reached a karaoke bar and decided to go in, both of them were starving.

The waiter came to ask if they wanted to order anything.

After glancing at the menu they decided on buffalo and barbecue wings with a side of fries.

While waiting on their food the women had ordered lemonade as well.

Aphrodite looked toward the karaoke stage with curiosity.

An older blonde man was on stage, attempting to belt out a Journey song and failing.

She visibly cringed at the scratchy sound of his voice.

Love watched her with amusement in her eyes as an idea popped into her head.

" Do you want to sing a duet?"

A look of panic spread across Aphrodite's face, she can carry a tune but she isn't brave enough to go up there.

" Oh- I can't. I have stage fright."

Love wasn't backing down, she grabbed Aphrodite's hand and pulled her toward the stage.

She whispered a song in the Dj's ear and the song began to play.

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Aphrodite was terrified but the sound of Love's sweet singing voice calmed her down and she began to sing.

Before she knew it, the song had ended and applause filled the bar.

An excited grin was on her face and it made Love happy knowing she was the cause of it.

The waiter had arrived with their food and the duo ate their meal in a comfortable silence. 

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that's all for this chapter, love, and aphrodite are my soft babies and I'm obsessed with them already

gay hand holding>>

also, there was barely any joe in this chapter but they'll have their moments soon

this is a love and joe poly fic if you couldn't tell

next chapter we get to meet alexa, aphrodite's best friend, and I'm so excited about that !

thanks for reading ❤️

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