A Curious History part 16

A Curious History part 16
Most of the dinner was spent in silence as Haley eagerly shoveled down as much food as her stomach could handle and then some.
"Hungry?" Chance laughed and she rolled her eyes at him.
"It's probably been something like three or four days since I've eaten ok. Not to mention the food is REALLY good." She added, casting a glance up at Jerome who smirked at the compliment.
"What? Too busy to eat? Don't tell me your business is THAT good." Chance laughed.
Haley gave him a cold even stare now and set her chicken down.
"And just what do you know about MY business?" she asked in a slightly unsettling tone that seemed alien coming from such a small girl.
"Well…" Chance started, taking a bite of his chicken to diffuse the tension a little and show he wasn't afraid even though he was feeling a bit uncomfortable now, "I'm guessing your no girl scout and considering you're working for my dad I figure you're one of two things: A killer or a prostitute. You tell me which." He smirked.
He had expected her to go livid but instead her eyes simply flashed for a moment before cooling and she smiled broadly, revealing every one of her sharp teeth.
"How about I show you." she said in a slightly seductive tone before Jerome interfered.
"I don't think so. Chance, stop pestering her, it's hazardous to your health and Chloe, don't let him bait you. Lay a finger on him and you'd better learn to swim with concrete shoes. Got it?" he asked but to his surprise this didn't seem to worry her too much and she simply nodded nonchalantly.
"Yeah Tony I got it. Keep it up and I'll be sleeping with the fishes." She winked, imitating the Sopranos, "I'll take care of the dishes and then I think I'm going to turn in. It's been a VERY long day."
After a moment she stood up and looked at Chance. "And just in case you were wondering? I'm not a prostitute so don't come asking me to show you any moves. I may not be able to kill you but I can still kick your ass for trying." She smirked and cleared the table before starting on the dishes.
When she'd left Chance looked at his dad.
"Well? Aren't you going to say something?" he asked but his dad just laughed this time and got up to head to his room.
"Nope." He said simply, "And I don't doubt she will so I'd stay away or she will kick your ass." He laughed.
Chance crossed his arms defiantly now and pouted slightly before grinning with an idea and headed for the kitchen and started to help her with the dishes.
"What are you doing?" she asked when he nearly knocked her out of the way to do them.
"Dishes." He said simply with a slight grin.
"I said I had them. You can go to bed." She said, moving closer to him and shoving him slightly with her left shoulder so that she could go back to work.
Chance simply pushed her back again and cast a glance back at his dad's door before grabbing the spray hose to rinse a pan off and spraying her with it before handing it back to her.
"No… I think you missed a spot." He smirked, taking a wash rag and wiping her cheeks off with it triumphantly.
"Oh… you are SO in for it now." She smirked, turning the hose on his crotch before kicking his legs out from underneath him and holding the hose to his mouth.
"You look thirsty. Can I get you something to drink?" she laughed, holding his nose and spraying the hose in his mouth before letting him up when he was sputtering and wet only to go back to the dishes with a smug grin.
Chance simply grinned now though and pulled her down with him by her arm, causing her to land on his chest and his slightly at the impact on her stitches.
"What? Can't take a little pain? Can't be much of a killer if you wince from a little fall." He laughed, "You know, I don't even think you are what you say you are. I think you're a very good actor who wants to load up on all the shit she can carry and take off. The teeth are a nice touch though. Are they real?" he laughed, touching one only to find it incredibly sharp and incredibly real.
She sat on his chest now and stared coldly into his eyes, tilting her head slightly.
"Don't believe me hmm? Let me see… The last kid who was in this position's name was Chad. He thought it was a BRILLIANT idea to try and choke me after I let him up and ended up with a gash across his face, a whole in his sternum, and burnt to a crisp so don't test me." She said, flipping a knife out from the dishwasher and holding it under his chin.
After a moment however she let him up and dropped the blade back into the dishwasher.
"And just so you know? I wasn't wincing because of the fall. It was the landing and the stitches that hurt." She said, lifting her shirt slightly for him to see the fresh wounds on her sides, "If I did kill you you'd be my ninth but all things considered I'd rather not. You're kind of cute, in an irritating sort of way and I'd hate to have to carve you up like I did Lilly."
Chance didn't bother to ask who this "Lilly" was but instead stood up and grinned at her.
"What?" she asked, genuinely confused by his reaction.
"I think you just called me cute." He smirked and she scoffed at him.
"Out of all that you manage to pick up on that one little detail." She said, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms.
"Yep." He smirked.
"You're insane." She said, turning to walk back upstairs.
"It's the only sane way to live." He laughed, following her.
"Really?" she asked, curious now.
"Yeah, the way I see it. If the world is sadistic and cruel and you can't change it, change yourself and become a masochist. Being completely sane is torture so why not live it up and enjoy the only sane way you can by driving yourself INSANE." He smirked, "However if something you CAN change hurts you my advice is to hurt it ten times worse and drive it to the point where it will never hurt you again."
Haley took this in and smiled at him now.
"I'll take that into advisement." She smirked, "So you better watch out because anything you dish out I'm going to give back to you times ten."
Chance smirked at this now and kissed her when they got to the top of the stairs and she blinked in shock.
"I'll take that into advisement." He mocked with a grin and left her in the hall, stunned, laughing as he closed his bedroom door, "Night Chloe!"