Tamsin
Tamsin held her breath as she watched Bo walk past her. Her eyes followed Bo as she continued to walk ahead of where Tamsin stood. She slowly observed Bo walk up to Dyson and kiss him deeply before falling into his waiting arms. Tamsin could not ignore the squeezing feeling coming from her heart as she watched this display of something Tamsin thought she had been incapable of. Love. Why had she fallen for the succubus? Was it her stupid charm thing? Was it her geeky cuteness? Or was Tamsin's head just messing with her again? Tamsin decided to go with option 3. She had no time for love right now. She had a job to do and it needed to be done. While she watched Trick give Dyson a handshake and Bo a hug, she briefly wondered what had happened to Lauren. She remembered Bo telling her that Dyson was just a friend and Lauren was her one true love. Seems that had definitely changed. The Valkyrie sighed and began to make her way from the dark doorway to the bar where she knew her best friend Vodka would be waiting for her.
"Double vodka on the rocks. Make it quick." She made her order with the new trainee bartender Trick had just employed.
"Coming right up. Say, have I ever seen you before?" He flashed a cheeky grin.
Tamsin rolled her eyes but smiled on the inside. Couldn't blame a guy for trying, right? "I don't think so, no but nice try pal."
The man held up his hands in defeat. "I better go get that vodka but do you still want the ice? You might just melt it with the death glare you got right there."
"Just bring the vodka on the rocks."
The man nodded and got her drink. As he set it down in front of her, he flashed the same cheeky grin at her again. "The name's Riff."
"Tamsin."
"Well Tamsin, by the looks of how your glaring at your vodka as if you're about to down it in one, I might just be seeing a lot of you here at the bar."
Tamsin downed the vodka. "Don't count on it. Another."
Riff smiled and went to get another vodka for her. As Tamsin looked at her empty glass, she realised that he had written his phone number on the napkin she was using as a coaster. Poor guy, she thought, doesn't have a clue what he's dealing with.
"Bartender! Riff! C'mon Riff I need to get the drinks, it's my round!"
Tamsin froze at the beautiful voice that had just come from next to her, very close. Bo. God damn it woman, can't you keep away from me for a second?
"He's getting me some vodka. You'll have to wait, succubitch."
"Ah Tamsin. I wondered where you had got to." Bo smiled that smile that drove Tamsin crazy for her. Oh so seductive.
"Well, didn't want to ruin the party."
"Tamsin, we're friends now. You won't ruin the party. Come and join us. Dyson and I have an announcement to make."
"Yeah I saw you and wolfboy. How is he? You still make him howl at night?"
"Okay that is gross and uncalled for but yes, while Dyson and I were in Tibet we did hook up and we sorted through our problems and now we're strong as ever."
"Well I would say I'm happy for you but, call me old fashioned, I would break off my last relationship before starting a new one."
Tamsin knew this was unfair, and she didn't miss the hurt in Bo's eyes at her comment. She was turning back into the bitchy Valkyrie everyone was used to. Good. The less involved she got with Bo and her friends, the better.
"I never found out what happened to her. You know that. You were there. She was just…gone and you know how hard I tried to find her. You saw how broken I was."
"So if Lauren was to waltz her way into here right now, what would you do? Break it off with wolfboy and leap right back into her arms?"
"No, I won't do that to Dyson. But if I ever find Lauren again, she will be a part of my life."
"So you can torture her with seeing you and Dyson together? I told you Bo, you can't make everyone happy and the sooner you realise that, the better off you will be for it."
"So you do remember that night after all. And you know what, Tamsin?"
Tamsin downed her second vodka. "What? Please tell me, I'm dying to know." She rolled her eyes sarcastically.
Bo leaned in close to Tamsin, making her almost close her eyes but Tamsin forced herself to keep them open. She held her breath as she waited for what Bo had to say and breathed in Bo's sweet scent while she waited. But what came next broke her heart. Bo whispered so no-one else heard.
"That attitude of yours, where you push people away and hurt people for no reason? That is exactly why I didn't choose you then and I would never choose you now."
With that parting comment, Bo picked up the three beers she had ordered and went over to where Dyson and Kenzi were waiting leaving Tamsin in vulnerable shock and completely heartbroken.