Raven and Drew

by WonderChaser

Police Officer Ysabeau Dennis and Dr. Lauren Lewis met for the first time in 2005. Nothing happened but both felt a connection that either one of them never felt before. After a year, a 911 call set the stage for their unexpected but eventful meetup. Now that they met again, will they act towards each other on their own or do they need the help of their friends?

1. Chapter 1 - Fall 2006

Author's Note: I am an avid reader of FF stories so if you will see my profile, I have lots of favorite stories and authors especially of Lost Girl. It's obvious that I decided to write a story for Lost Girl because first, I really love the show. Second, I am huge fan of Doccubus so expect this story and my future ones to be about them. Third, I love Anna Silk and Zoie Palmer. Enough said. This story is actually conceptualized because of a crossover idea with another show. I will write that but I realized that I don't want to write a lot of flashbacks so I am writing this one first. This is my first story so be patient with me guys. I've been researching and thinking about my plot since June of this year but I just got the groove to write.

About the Title: I am sure you will ask, who is Raven and Drew? You will eventually find out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Lost Girl and the characters. I just used them for my story.

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Chapter One

Fall 2006

New Haven Police Department

District 9 East Shore

New Haven, CT

It is Friday night and the mood inside the police station is in disarray. Some of the policemen are exuberant; some are somber and some are just plain exhausted. But there is a lone police officer, sitting in her desk, not a care in the world and looking at her computer.

She is Police Officer Ysabeau Dennis.

She is looking at an email from her contact in New York. It says,

Bo,

I have both good news and bad news.

I'll be there in two weeks. I know you like to hear them in person and then we go from there.

Stephen

She's been staring at it for over five minutes. Her mind is swirling with different emotions. What possibly can be the good news? It's been 5 years. She should be happy but she can't feel it. All the clues she retrieved all these years lead her nowhere. This can be one of those; another dead end. She replies,

Stephen

Okay, I agree. I'll email you the place and time next week.

Bo

Her partner, Police Officer Hale Santiago, has been looking at her for quite a while. He knows that expression from his partner's face and it can't be good. "Partner, what's up?" He asks and sits at his desk, arms crossed on his chest.

She deletes both emails before turning to her partner. "It's another correspondence from Stephen." Her right hand cradles her chin.

"Correspondence? Big word." He grins.

"I know. I'm doing you a big favor. I'm trying to compensate for your love of small words." She smiles. She loves teasing Hale. "Already done with your reports?"

"Well there you go, I made you smile. I thought you are thinking about her again." He teases. "Yes, all reports are done and sent five minutes ago. And yours?

"I already did an hour ago. Keep up will you?" Bo laughs. "I am more than happy to be thinking about her rather than thinking about the case." She smiles, remembering the woman who occupied her mind for over a year now. But suddenly, her focus switches to the case. "It's been 5 years Hale and I'm losing hope."

"Bo, what can you do? NYPD tagged it as a cold case. Unless a new evidence appears, their hands are tied." Hale whispers consciously.

"I know that. That's why I hired Stephen. He said that he has some good news for me. He'll be here in two weeks." She whispers back.

He looks around to see if they were getting attention from the other policemen. When he's sure that they are not, he asks "You know that I'm just concerned not just as your partner but as your friend, but do you trust Stephen that much? How long have you known each other? And who recommended you to him? What are his credentials?"

Bo drags Hale outside the station. "Sorry Hale, but we need to step outside. I'm not really keen on talking about the case in there." Hale nods. "As far as I know, he's a former NYPD detective. He was recommended by one of my classmates in John Jay College, who is now a police officer in NYPD." Bo explains, then looks down, not meeting Hale's eyes. "And for further investigation of his credentials and other records, I sought Kenzi's help."

"What?! What can Kenzi possibly do? And does Trick know about this?" Hale nearly shouts, not liking what he heard from Bo.

"Please Hale, I was desperate and I needed to know if Stephen can be trusted. And I can't use our resources here in the station so I did what I needed to do and Kenzi agreed." Only Tamsin and Bo knew about Kenzi's hacking skills. The three of them are best friends and truthfully, Bo considers them as her sisters. "And you know that right now, you are the only ones that know about Stephen. My grandfather is not aware that I'm doing this. He doesn't need to know right now. He will not be happy with me if he will know that I did not abandon my investigation of the case as he requested." Her dark brown eyes pleads with her partner's own brown ones.

Hale sighs. He can't possibly deny Bo of anything regarding this case. "Okay, just be careful Bo. And remember, if you need my help I'll be here. And I also want to remind you to delete your inbox and sent mails for Stephen. "

"I already did. Thank you for reminding me," Bo smiles. "And I'm telling you right now, if Stephen won't deliver this time I will temporarily stop his investigation. I think I need to reassess my strategy regarding this case. To be honest with you, aside from thinking about a blonde brown eyed beauty, this case has been occupying my mind these last few months. I know you understand that this is very important to me but I think I need to slow down a bit. It's been a crazy year and we are bugged down with lots of cases. I think I need to concentrate more on the job. I know that he will understand." Bo looks down, trying to hide the tears that are forming in her eyes.

"He will understand you know. It's just a temporary setback. He knows you won't give up." Hale sees the unshed tears. He smiles, knowing that he should change their topic right now. "So have you learned anything new about this blonde brown eyed beauty that you've been dreaming about?"

"Nah, another cold case." Bo laughs, thankful for the change of topic. I know it's crazy. All I had was a 10-minute encounter with her. I don't know her name. Is she working here in New Haven? Is she a local or just a visitor? The most important question I think is, is she single? There are too many questions and I don't have any answer." She laments, frustration etches on her beautiful face.

"And yet after a year and the unanswered questions, you are still thinking about her. Why?" His usual curiosity shows on his face.

"You saw her right? She's beautiful, a sight to behold. And her eyes, those soft brown eyes – they were warm, lively and sparkled with mirth. And her hair, like they were golden threads that were laid upon her shoulders. I can't forget about her Hale. And the connection that we had, I felt that. And I never felt that way before. I think it was love at first sight." Until now, she can't forget how her heart beat when she held the blonde's arms. She and Hale were running after a burglar when he crashed into a cyclist. The suspect stood up and continued running away from the police officers. However, the impact of the crash resulted into the cyclist being thrown into the sidewalk. Bo saw what happened and helped the cyclist. When the cyclist stood and got on the bike, Bo saw that the cyclist was a woman, a beautiful specimen of a woman. She was temporarily distracted. She saw the eyes and was mesmerized and felt her heart stopped when she touched her. The woman thanked her shyly when Bo asked her if she's okay. Her focus on the cyclist was temporarily diverted when Hale shouted for help. The burglar was running very fast and when it looked like Bo and Hale will lose him, an unexpected help came. The cyclist who was crashed by the burglar rammed her bike into him. Bo and Hale caught the suspect, thanks to the blonde woman.

"Huh, you are daydreaming now. I can see it in your eyes Bo." Hale laughs. "You are thinking about what happened a year ago. And what's with the love at first sight? Are you serious?"

"Yeah, I just can't forget how she proudly stood there and smiled and winked at us after we thanked her. Then she just mounted her bike and went away. I just froze and I forgot to ask her name. It happened so fast." Bo remembers how heart ached when she saw the blonde from afar. "And I asked myself when can I see her again? And I'm serious about the love at first sight thing. There's a fascinating study by a researcher named Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo titled Neuroimaging of Love: fMRI Meta-Analysis Evidence toward New Perspective in Sexual Machine. She and her researchers found out that there are twelve areas of your brain that work together to release chemicals and hormones that induce the feeling of falling in love, all of which happens in just a fifth of a second, which elicits floating-on-cloud-nine feelings similar to that of euphoria-inducing drugs. She also said that love carries not only as a basic instinct and emotion, but also a complex psychological emotional mental state which involves four dimensions. Those four dimensions are: chemistry, cognition, preference/rewarding mechanisms, and an intention to be with a significant other. Lust, on the other hand, involves just the first three. So that's the difference between love and lust. When you love someone, there's an intention to be with that someone. Blah, blah, blah. It's a long read actually.

"What?! Complex psychological emotional mental state? Where did you find your reading materials? Nerd." Hale laughs. "But yes, I agree. She was very brave and beautiful. But thankfully, I'm not into blondes."

"Thank God for small favors." Bo winks at her partner. "Well I just googled 'love at first sight' and then there it is."

"Shut the front door! What are you, a love struck teenager? You are googling?" Hale laughs incredulously.

"Hey, don't laugh at me. I am still getting the hang of it and I don't want to bother Kenzi just to google 'love at first sight'. She says defensively, arms crossed in front of her chest.

"Okay, okay I got it. But Bo, here's the thing. What if you see her again, what will you say to her? Have you thought about that?" He asks his partner, turns his back to her and walks towards the door.

Bo thinks about her partner's question while looking at his back. She quietly follows him and while doing that, she thinks of the times when she visualized her next meeting with the blonde. There were few scenarios in her head – in a coffee shop downtown, in the park or in a restaurant. In all honesty, she doesn't know what to say if ever they meet again. So maybe Hale is right, she's a love struck teenager. She will be tongue-tied, that's for sure. Maybe Hale can help with a few ideas.

Her thought process is stalled when the station's officer-in-charge announced, "A 911 call was transferred to us. It's a possible domestic assault. The caller said the suspect may have fled but we need to check. EMT's were already called in. Dennis, Santiago did you already sent your weekly reports?" The partners nodded affirmative. "Respond to the call. The address is 376 Summit Street. The victim's name is Dr. Nadia Woods. The caller is a Dr. Lauren Lewis, the victim's colleague. Go now!"

The partners hurriedly go outside to their car. Bo types the address into the GPS device. "Hale, the place is 5 minutes away. We can do it in 2 if you let me drive." She smiles.

"Oh sure, I'll ride shotgun. But let me do the brunt of catching the asshole okay? You have enough cuts and bruises this year. Hell, I may be the taller one but you really mastered tackling and attacking the suspects." Hale enters and sits on the passenger seat while Bo starts the car. "You always ruining my bad ass reputation."

Bo remembered the 911 call dispatcher was on radio. "Hello 911, this is Police Officer Ysabeau Dennis of NHPD District 9 Station. My partner Police Officer Hale Santiago and I are now going to Dr. Nadia Wood's house in Summit Street to respond to a call by a Dr. Lauren Lewis for a possible domestic assault."

The 911 dispatcher responds. "Got it Officer Dennis. The EMT's are in the standby."

"Okay, I'll radio in again when we are near the house." She turns to her partner. "That's not true Hale. It's just that I run faster than you and if there's a chance that we can catch the suspect right away, I'll do it in a heartbeat." Bo explains. "And besides I'm not counting. We are partners. It doesn't matter who catch those bastards, what's important is until now, we have a near perfect record."

"Well we do but I just can't forget that one bastard that we didn't apprehend. We had him but he slipped away." He frowns, reminiscing about the suspect that got away.

"He jumped from the cliff into the sea. You know that we are not swimmers. I think that's understandable. There will be times that we can't catch a suspect and we need to accept that. So you need to forgive yourself Hale. Okay?" She touches her partner's shoulder.

Hale nods. "Okay. But maybe we need to undergo swimming lessons? What do you think?"

Bo raises her right eyebrow and snorts. "What, swimming lessons? Uh, I'll think about it. Wait we are near. I just need to turn the corner and we are already in Dr. Woods' street." She checks the GPS device. "We're almost there Hale. There are no other cars except for that one on the right side. It may be the caller's car." She slows down the patrol car. "Do you see anyone standing?" "No, all clear." Hale replies. She turns on the radio. "We are already here in 376 Summit Street. We can see a car on the right side of the road. I think it's the caller's car. It's an Audi A4. Did she tell you where she is right now?"

The 911 dispatcher says, "She said she's inside her car because when she was near the house she heard screams asking for help and a lot of whipping and furniture moving. She was shocked because she recognized her colleague's voice. She went inside and made the call to us."

Bo replies, "Okay. Tell her that we are already here and we will be asking her to exit her car so we could speak to her and clarify some things about the possible assault."

"Got it. I'll talk to her now. Dr. Lewis, the police officers are there now. They already saw your car. They need you to exit your vehicle so they could talk to you about your call." She heard the dispatcher talked to the caller.

A female voice answers, "Okay. Tell them to approach my car on the left side so I could see them on my side view mirror."

"I heard it." Bo signaled to Hale. "Hale, please approach the Audi on the left side so that the caller could see you." The caller's voice is vaguely familiar to her; it makes her nervous all of a sudden. "I'll follow you." She speaks to the dispatcher. "I'll talk to you later. My partner is already approaching the car."

"Got it officer. I already said goodbye to the caller. She's all yours."

She sees Hale go to the driver's side and knocks on the window. The driver rolls it down. She walks towards the car.

Hale's breath hitches when he sees who the caller is.

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Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

Dr. Lauren Lewis is having a not-so-good day. And as the clock winds down to its last hours, she thinks it could still get better or worse. She hopes it will be the former.

She knew it first thing in the morning when she decided to wear red. Typically, she wore safe colors like white, gray or blue. She also favored pink, green and brown. But definitely not red. Well, it's Friday and she thinks maybe she can be crazy just for a day.

Start - Flashback

So when she was looking at the row of button down shirts she owned, her eyes landed on the red one. She remembered this one because Vex gave it to her last year on her birthday. He said it's a lucky shirt and maybe it's time for her to wear a color that will let her shine or be noticed. She remembered answering that she didn't want to be noticed, thank you very much. She's through with being noticed. When she was back home, she and her brother were paraded in every party that their parents hosted. Her mother once told her that it was necessary for them to host these parties since they were in the food business, they needed to be advertised. And because she was inquisitive in nature, she asked if that was the case then why she and her brother should also be advertised, they were not food. Her father laughed and hugged her and said she was very wise. She was only 7 at that time. Her mother frowned and said she should behave or else, there would be extra hours for her violin lessons. From the start, she and her mother didn't have the best relationship. They just tolerated each other. So when the time came that she had to go to university, she had chosen Yale so she could be far away from her and her domineering ways. But by doing that, she also left the people who really mattered to her: her father and her paternal grandparents. What hurt the most was they understood that she needed to do it.

She hadn't noticed that she was reminiscing that long and when she glanced at her Seiko Padi Diver watch, she realized she would be running late if she changed her mind about her outfit. She finally decided to go with the red button down shirt. Sometimes it was refreshing to do some changes.

After 30 minutes, she was already in her car and ready to start her day. Her housemate and fellow resident in Yale Hospital Ciara Adkins was in the passenger seat and was looking at Lauren like she was an newly found specie of flesh eating virus. "Lauren, why are you wearing red? It's Friday. Red shirts were supposed to be worn on Mondays."

"What? I didn't know that there's a color coding for what you wear every day." Lauren laughed. "So since it's Friday I should have worn brown?" She looked at Ciara's brown wrap around blouse.

"Well it's up to you. But red should only be worn on Mondays. That's a sacred rule." Ciara asserted.

"Whose rule was that? That's crazy. You are a crazy lady. Wait till I tell Vex about this sacred rule." Lauren teased her friend.

"He would agree. And he will be happy that you finally wear that shirt he gave you last year. It suited you. It was different. Seriously, you should wear more reds from now on." Ciara beamed at her friend. "Hey, are you still going to do the shopping later? Maybe I can accompany you."

"No it's okay. I can handle it. Besides you and Dyson will be talking over Skype later. You don't have to miss it. If I need help, I'll just text Vex." Lauren started the car and got out of their yard.

"Okay. I'll text Dyson that our talk later is still on." Ciara frowned. "To be honest with you Lauren, I think your cousin and I really need to do this Skype thing later."

"Why, are you two fighting? Did he do something to you?" Lauren looked at her friend with a concerned face.

"No, no, no! Actually Dyson is sweet. We're good. It's just not easy to be in a long distance relationship. But he's worth it." Ciara smiled.

"That's good. I'm happy for you and Dy. He's a good man. I'm saying this not just because he's my cousin and one of my best friends but because he's kind and very protective of his loved ones. You, on the other hand, had been my friend since we met in Yale. You were always there for me. You are lucky to have each other." Lauren declared.

"Thank you Lauren. You know that Dyson really loves you like his sister. He always talks about you and how he missed those years with you when he was recruited in the army." Ciara touched Lauren's arm. "He always wishing that you find someone that will love and take care of you because you deserved it."

Lauren's eyes were glassy when she looked at Ciara. "I… don't know. I think it's not my time yet. I'm also busy with my residency. And you know that I haven't dated since we graduated from medical school. No one had shown interest in me."

Ciara looked at Lauren. "I don't think that's true. Many had shown interest in you but maybe you just hadn't felt that connection with someone else."

Lauren bit her lower lip and mumbled, "I already felt it."

Ciara asked, "What? I can't understand you."

"I said I already felt it."

"When, how, where?"

"A year ago? I told you and Vex about it." Lauren sighed.

"A year ago… wait. Is it the gorgeous police officer? You are still thinking about her? But… but that was a year ago." Ciara was dumbfounded.

"Well you weren't there in that moment Ci. She stopped chasing the suspect and helped me to stand up. She held my arms and I saw her face. Her face was the most beautiful face that I've ever seen in my entire life. And when she smiled at me, her dimples showed up. I was mesmerized and when she asked me if I'm okay, I mumbled my thanks. She looked into my eyes one last time when her focus was diverted by a call of help from her partner. She started running again and I stood there looking after her. I saw that the suspect was running very fast and I just can't stand there and let him escape. I mounted my bike and decided to help, adrenaline rushing through my veins. I rode my bike very fast until I saw the suspect. I crashed into him like he did to me. He fell down hard. She and her partner came running and arrested him. They both thanked me and I couldn't believe myself when I stood there and winked at them." Lauren laughed. "And then the need to get out of there came rushing into me so I mounted my bike and rode away."

Ciara remained silent.

"I know it was a year ago Ci but I just can't forget about her – the young, brave and beautiful police officer had me believe that love is possible for me, that I can feel that way for another person. It's just sad that all I had is her last name. I don't know if she lives here in New Haven. Or if she's still single." She was horrified. "Oh my God, what if she's in relationship with her partner? Or another police officer? It's possible right?" She turned to Ciara.

Ciara answered, "Yes it's possible but Lo, you have to think logically about this. The population of New Haven may have reached a hundred of thousands right now. The probability of seeing her again is not that high."

"I don't agree with your theory Ci. The probability is high when you know where to find a person. She's a police officer so she can be found in…"

"… a police station. Yeah, I didn't factor that in. But I'm talking about an accidental meet-up, like randomly seeing her in a coffee shop, in the park or in a restaurant. So in your theory, if you know where to find a person of course the probability of seeing her is really high. That is if you are going around all police stations here in New Haven, then yeah you will see her. Are you going to do that? Well then, good luck." Ciara laughed good-naturedly.

Her laughter was followed by silence.

Ciara looked at Lauren. She saw that Lauren was biting her lower lip. Ciara knew something was up. "Lauren, what did you do? Don't tell me you already went to each police station here in New Haven. Because that's crazy!"

Lauren replied, not meeting her friend's eyes, "Ci, you know that I was extremely busy in the last quarter of last year and the first two quarters of this year. In those times, I rarely got time for myself. I was always in the hospital because I want to finish my residency earlier. So when I freed some time these last few months, I did what I have to do. I knew it was crazy but I did it." She sighed. "There are 10 police stations here in New Haven, including the main one in Union Ave. I already went to 7 of them. Unfortunately, I didn't see a shadow of her or her partner. And of course the fact that although the probability that I will see her in one of them is high, I really don't know how will I approach her or what to tell her."

"You are really crazy! I can't believe it. Did Vex know?"

"Yeah he knew and he also called me crazy. But unlike you, he just laughed and laughed."

"I understand his reaction Lo because for the first time, I think your actions were not rational. It's not you. It's like a completely different person. You're the most rational person that I know and what you did was out of this world."

Lauren didn't know how to answer that because she knew deep inside that Ciara is right. It was very irrational of her to go around every station twice and wait for 10 minutes each time just to see if she can see her there. But her heart says otherwise. It is saying that she just took a chance, that there's nothing wrong with what she had done. She said a thank you when she saw they were approaching the hospital. "Don't worry about me Ci, I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself. And please don't tell Dy. I will tell him about it myself." She smiled at her friend. "I did what I did because I really wanted to see her again."

"You know if you felt a connection to her, destiny will find a way. You will meet again. I promise you Lauren. This is my irrational self talking now." Ciara laughed.

Lauren maneuvered the car into the basement parking. She saw that her boss' car was already parked into his designated space. "Fuck, Dr. Ellis was already here." She stopped the car and faced her friend, "Ciara, thank you for that. I really hope that I will see her again very soon. But we really have to go now. We have a meeting in 15 minutes and I don't want to be the last to arrive. He has a nasty stink eye and I don't want to be the receiver of that."

"Go ahead Lauren. I'll see you later okay? Maybe we can do lunch?" Ciara asked.

"Let me see. I'll text you okay?" Lauren got out of the car, retrieved her bag from the back seat and went to the basement elevator.

End – Flashback

Now, she is told by her boss' secretary to see him before she leaves for the day. She goes straight to Dr. Ellis' office. She knocks twice and hears "Come in." She opens the door and sees him holding his phone. "Please take a seat Dr. Lewis," he says. "I summoned you because I have a problem and I hope you can help me." He massages his forehead and continues, "I know that you are a very observant person but I know that you don't talk about your observation if it doesn't concern you or if it's nothing to do with our work here. But right now I need you to talk about it." He sighs. "This has something to do with Dr. Nadia Woods. She hasn't been reporting to me since Monday. And I know that you know that this is not the first time she did this. I want to know Dr. Lewis if you have a communication with her. Because she mentioned to me that you were in the same residential college in Yale and you were classmates in medical school."

"Yes, both statements are correct Dr. Ellis. But unfortunately, the only communication I have with her is when we are here in the hospital. We did not develop any friendly relationship. I can honestly say that we didn't have a good relationship way back in college. Maybe the best term that I can describe our relationship is that we are civil to each other. That's all." Lauren tells him.

"I'm afraid that you will say that. It's because I also have a keen sense of observation and I saw from your daily interactions that you are not really friendly to each other. But you know, she's like that to everybody so I'm not shocked." The older doctor blows a heavy breath. "But the two of us can say that among the doctors here in our department, she has the best relationship with you. Am I right Dr. Lewis?"

Lauren knows where this talk will end. And she don't like it at all. She really is having a not-so-good day. And it will get worse after this. But she needs to answer the hanging question. She knows she can't deny it. She's the only doctor that Nadia talks to. "Yes you are right Dr. Ellis. May I know the real reason you summoned me here?"

"I will get straight to my point Lauren."

Uh huh, he used my first name. He's really desperate. Lauren sighs.

"I would like to request if you could visit her today, just to check what's happening to her. When you entered my office earlier and saw me on the phone, I was trying to call her but my calls went straight to voice mail. I am really concerned about her Lauren." He frowns.

Vex will blow a gasket if he will know about this. And I can't keep a secret from him. But I can't possibly refuse Dr. Ellis' request. Suddenly, she has an idea. "Okay Dr. Ellis I will go and visit her today. What is her address?" She asks.

"I'm really glad that you will do this Dr. Lewis. Wait, let me consult my rolodex. Here it is – 376 Summit Street. It's in Fair Haven Heights." He smiles.

"Okay Dr. Ellis, I will go straight there as soon as I get out of here." She smiles.

"Thank you Dr. Lewis. I really appreciate it." He stands and goes in front of Lauren and shakes her hands.

Lauren smiles and says her goodbye to their department head. Dr. Albert Ellis is a sexagenarian and has been with the department for over 20 years. She really can't refuse him. Although she's not familiar with Fair Haven Heights, she needs to go there. Maybe there's a nearby police station. There you go, two birds in one stone. She checks her phone and opened Google map. Yes, there's a police station near Nadia's house. It says District 9 East Shore. She goes to the elevator for the basement parking lot. While waiting for the elevator to go down, she thinks of her conversation with Dr. Ellis about Nadia. Nadia was an enigma to her. She and her friend Perry Saunders insulted and taunted Lauren during their pre-med days. At the age of 16, she was the youngest student in their residential college. She was lanky and shy and a little bit of anti-social. There was one instance when she was cornered by Nadia and Perry and they threw insults after insults to her. That was one of the worst days of her life. Good thing Ciara was there. They became close because of that. Vex was livid when she told him about it. The taunting continued for a year, especially when she's alone. Vex, Ciara and one of their friends convinced her to tell one of the counselors what Nadia and Perry were doing to her. Perry was actually kicked out of Yale because of it; Lauren was not his first victim of bullying. Nadia, on the other hand, was just reprimanded because she's also a first year student but what she had done to Lauren permanently put a mark on her school records. She can still remember the time when they graduated from pre-med, Nadia talked to her and told her that the reason she went along with Perry's taunting of Lauren was because she had a huge crush on her. Lauren laughed out loud. She can't believe Nadia's audacity. When she told her friends, they made her promise not to speak to the despicable girl again. Unfortunately, she and Ciara went to medical school with Nadia. Nadia was so full of herself and started wooing Lauren. Good thing Lauren had already blossomed into a more confident woman and she rejected Nadia's advances early on.

Lauren goes out of the elevator and goes straight to her car. She continues her analysis regarding her relationship with Nadia when she drives out of the basement. She keys in the address in the GPS device and finds out that it will only take her 13 minutes to reach Nadia's house. What will I tell Vex about my little excursion to Nadia's house and what will be his reaction? It was actually Vex who confronted Nadia and told her to stop her advances towards Lauren. It was very effective because Nadia did stop and appeared scared of her every time they see each other in Yale. Maybe it's something Vex told Nadia during the confrontation that finally made her stop. Lauren actually didn't ask him and he didn't tell Lauren. It was during their residency when Nadia approached her and finally said sorry about the things she did during their pre-med days. She accepted the apology but as she told Dr. Ellis, they did not develop a good relationship. They were just civil to each other.

"So why am I here at the middle of the road going to her house and checking on her if she's okay?" She tells no one in the car. "I must be crazy right? Well Lauren, ever since you met the gorgeous police officer you are acting crazy and irrational. Or maybe because I wore red today. So this is just a little bit of crazy. What will Vex and Ciara's reaction be?" She sighs. "My day keeps on getting better and better. I just planned to go to the supermarket but here I am."

She realizes she's already on Summit Street and searches for Nadia's house number. "Well there it is, 376 Summit Street. Hmmm the house is dark. It is only the house in the neighborhood with no lights." She bites her lip. She cruises the car to the right side of the road opposite Nadia's house. She kills the car's engine and opens the passenger window. Before she get out of the car, she needs to survey the surroundings first. Her quiet rumination is disturbed when she hears a loud whipping followed by furniture moving coming from Nadia's house. What really got her is the pained scream that pierced into the silence of the night. She gets out of her car but does not cross the road. Another series of whipping, scraping and screaming comes out of the house. She decides to seek help. She pulls out her phone from her bag and dials 911.

"911, what's the address of the emergency?" The dispatcher answers her call.

"It's 376 Summit Street here in Fair Haven Heights."

"Okay got it. What is the emergency all about?"

"I went here to check on my colleague's whereabouts because she's not reporting to work for 5 days."

"What's your colleague's name?"

"It's Dr. Nadia Woods."

"And your name?"

"It's Dr. Lauren Lewis."

"Okay Dr. Lewis, what happened?"

"I stopped my car and went outside to go to the house. I was already halfway there when I heard whipping, scraping of furniture and screaming from the address that I gave you. It went on and on so I decided to get back to my car. When I heard the muffled screams, I sat inside to calm myself. When I felt myself calming down, that's the time I decided to call you."

"Okay well I already got a call started to the nearest police station and the EMTs. You are still sitting in your car right? You have no visuals, you are just hearing the sounds correct?"

"That is correct but my conclusion is based on the fact that this is the only house that has no light. It is very dark. I am parked right here opposite the house. There, the sounds stops. All I can hear now are muffled screams for help. Maybe the suspect already left the house?"

"Okay Dr. Lewis. The police officers are coming, they are already on their way."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. I will be here until the police officers arrive."

All Lauren can do now is to wait. If she's being honest right now, what's happening scared the shit out of her. "What if it's really Nadia? Is this the reason why she's not reporting to Dr. Ellis?" After a couple of minutes, she saw a patrol car approaching in her side mirror.

The 911 dispatcher spoke to her. "Dr. Lewis, the police officers are there now. They already saw your car. They need you to exit your vehicle so they could talk to you about your call."

"Okay. Tell them to approach my car on the left side so I could see them on my side view mirror."

"Got it. I already told the officers Dr. Lewis. And I have to go now."

"Thank you very much for your help."

She puts down her phone and looks at her side view mirror. She sees a tall police officer approaching her car. She sighs and closes her eyes. "This will be a long night. I can't believe that I'm in the middle of an emergency." She hears her phone ringing and she knows who is calling. It's Vex. She ignores it and tries to concentrate on what's happening right now. She hears the officer knock on her window and opens it. She hears a loud gasp and she can't believe that it is coming from her. The face outside the window is very familiar but didn't know that she will be seeing tonight.

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Author's Note: Seriously, I think I need a beta. How can I have one? Please help.