Disclaimers: I don't own any part of Lost Girl, but I'm glad to use the characters for my own amusement. Please feel free to Read and Review.

Lift the Veil

Chapter One: Love and Ashes

The first kiss of morning sun fell upon the silken skin of the golden naked goddess. Her long dark hair fell over here face as she lie clutched around the body of her gentle companion, her always forgiving, ever welcoming pillow. It was the kind of serene image that would cause lovers to waken early to witness this; to then trace the path of her curves with feather soft touches, feigning hope she would not waken.

This morning would not provide such a sweet invitation into consciousness as the offensive ringtone of her cell blared on the bedside table.

"Fuuu—uck" the dopey voice groaned, her hungover head feeling heavy, as though that sunlight was a palm trying to push her face back into her pillow. She clicked her lips together, trying to find moisture and finding none. "who the hell?"

She reached over and picked up the phone, squinting as she read the cellular display. Her spirits lifted as she touched the little green button.

"Kenz—" but was promptly cut off.

"Bo! Holy fuck what did you do to Tamsin! I just got off the phone with her and she is wrecked Bo-Bo, like I couldn't understand half of what she was saying—How could you sleep with her when you knew she was seriously into you!"

Bo pulled the phone away from her head midway into that rant, she was not ready for this kind of action so early in the morning.

"Kenz, Kenzi please" Bo groaned cradling her throbbing head. "too fast"

"Because you drank yourself to sleep last night instead of fixing this shit show" the young shadow thief spat out angrily.

"She told me not to follow." Bo replied, knowing how pathetic that sounded though it was the truth. An exasperated sigh followed from Kenzi who stopped to take a few breaths.

"Kenzi, I didn't know."

"When she got her wings, she told you she knew what love feels like. Ring a bell?"

"I didn't tell you that."

"I'm her momz, she tells me stuff. It was obviously meaningful to her, but meant nothing to you."

There was then a moment of silence between the two. Bo was used to Kenzi straight out telling her she was full of shit, but it was always hard for her whenever her best friend was not on her side.

"Look Bo," the younger woman began her voice much calmer. "I saw this could happen, but I didn't say anything. I didn't seriously think you would ever cross the line with Tamsin…Tamsin…Little T. Dammit woman, we used to give her bubble baths!"

Bo smiled at the mutual memory of a little girl who was impossible to keep clean.

"Bo, I love you, but I love her too. And it broke my heart to have to listen to her cry. Do you know why she's so special Bo?"

Bo thought about it for a moment. Her loyalty, her ability to push you through that hard times, her innocence, her hardness, her ancient cynical eyes. "There are a lot of reasons why she's special Kenz"

"Bo, Valkyries don't cry, they don't love. She told me this when she was younger. They are not feelings that warriors get to have, so that she has them now is a miracle. I don't know how she's going to try to deal with a broken heart."

Bo wanted to stick up for herself. Knowing that a Valkyrie couldn't love somehow made her feel justified in telling the blonde woman these feeling she claimed to have were false. On the other hand, she wanted to make things right. No matter what, whether Tamsin could love or not, she was her friend.

"What should I do to fix this?"

"I don't know. I told her to join me in Spain. In the end, she said she just needed a good solid fight to get her spirits back up. I don't know what she's thinking on doing about that."

"I'll find her Kenzi, I promise." Bo looked at the time, it was only 7am. She'd been asleep likely only 3 hours, but she was determined now to get out of bed.

"Thank you. Look, the chateau here has this library full of ancient books I can't read. I'm going to fax some chapters about Valkyries to Trick, can you ask him to either translate them or hook me up with someone who can."

"Ya, why?"

"I'll let you know why later. But I have to go now."

"Kenzi wait."

As sudden as the phone call began, it ended. The pain of Kenzi walking away from her struck her in the chest again. She sat in her bed for a few moments longer, contemplating how she was going to function today, and decided she'd begin with an old fashioned headache pill.

Slowly, Bo got ready. As much as she thought she should try to fix this on her own, she'd enlist a little help in the from of Dyson. Perhaps there was even a chance Tamsin would turn to him given he perhaps her best friend.

When she made contact with him, he told her he was busy but could meet up with her around noon at the Dal. In the meantime, she was planning on driving to a few dark fae bars, inquire if they had seen the Valkyrie in their establishment. This ended up being a fruitless endeavour as they all happened to be closed. The curious thing about this was not that the drinking establishments were not open during the early morning hours; it was that they all had signs up on their doors advertising a big sporting event they were preparing to televise. Doors were not open until 11am.

Televised sports were not really Bo's thing, but she was yet intrigued by this huge event that she had no clue about until this morning. She decided then she would visit Lauren and try to get some breakfast with her before heading to the Dal.

Lauren. Beautiful, warm and mysterious Lauren. Were they together again? Loving her felt like the easiest thing in the world, but there was always something that would come between them when it started to feel comfortable and safe. Maybe they could have the talk about this over pancakes, she pondered.

When Bo arrived at the medical clinic, she found it fairly vacated. With Eros dead and the evacuation order lifted, she figured that patients would have trickled back. The people she could see included a triage nurse clacking on a computer trying to ignore the maintenance worker desperately trying to hit on her. His sexual energy towards her was very high while hers was non-existent. While she personally hated being cock/cunt blocked, this situation clearly called for one in her estimation.

Standing behind the shorter man who was leaning against the desk, she caressed the back of his ear and turned on her charm.

"The nurse isn't interested in you so why don't you be a gentleman. Escort me to see your boss, Dr. Lewis. It's a big building, I might get lost."

The thinly built blond fae grinned and hooked his arm around hers, leading her down the main hall towards the lab she would have walked to herself anyway. Along the way, he told her about his "one who got away". She was a lady bigfoot who nearly smothered him every time they made love. In the end he broke it off with her because he was young and wanted to try something else. But nobody ever compared.

By the end of his tale, they had arrived outside Lauren's door and he was in tears. Bo hugged him and told him to look for her. Perhaps she would be open to giving him another chance.

Lauren, seated at her desk in front of her microscope, could see them talking outside through the glass of the door. She grimaced when she saw them embrace. It made her remember how one time a few weeks earlier, she overheard him bragging about a recent date to another member of the maintenance staff. He apparently put out a profile on Fae Date and claimed to have hooked up with a "dirty pixie" who "did everything" on their first and only date. When the doctor looked in his direction, he made eye contact with her and smiled proudly and raised his cup of coffee as if she had just given him the thumbs up.

"I hope Jergen didn't say anything too creepy" Lauren spoke as Bo entered her lab. "he's harmless, but he can be inappropriate."

"Oh, he's a creep alright," Bo replied "but he's sweet. I think he'll be just fine."

A quiet then passed between them. The two women who had run the gamut together, looked upon the other in gentle contemplation, not entirely sure what they should do next.

It was the dark haired one who broke the tension, observing that Lauren was back to work despite the chaos going on.

"So what are you working on?" She asked, taking the opportunity to stand next to the brilliant blonde.

"Oh, well…" Lauren began, taking another peak at her sample. "After you left, I found ashes around the place where Eros died. I decided to take a peak and wow Bo, I've never seen anything like this."

Dark eyes took a look into the microscope, spotting what was probably a biological sample—little floaty bits and cellular looking things. "Sure," she agreed, knowing Lauren wouldn't believe she was seeing anything special.

"Those are cells I found accidently while examining his visible ashes. There are two sets. These ashes you see are actually invisible, yet can be perceived under the microscope. I'm going to be studying these for a long time, I am in research nerd paradise!"

"Neat" Bo stated which was immediately followed by a loud gurgle from her belly. She was redirected to why she had come in the first place. "I'm starving, would you like to join me for breakfast?"

"Oh…ah…" the doc began, torn between biological need and science. "I could eat."

She removed her lab coat and rested it on the back of her chair before they left together. Bo commented on the lack of patients.

"Evony said the expense to quickly evacuate them made it unaffordable to bring them back on her coin." She answered. "But people will trickle back as soon as they realize we're open again." Before leaving, she informed the triage nurse that she was going out for breakfast but could be accessed easily should an emergency occur.

Across the street from the clinic was a human run diner. They were seated at a table for two and received coffee immediately from a large waitress who was clearly familiar with the doctor.

"Trudy, this is Bo" she introduced then took a sip from her white mug.

"Is she the…?" Trudy asked, giving Bo a big white smile.

The doctor nodded, Bo having no clue what their inside conversation was about.

"Bo, Trudy thought you were somebody I was making up. She tells me every morning I'm going to die a spinster—"

"Not every morning doctor Lewis" the sassy woman cut in, looking at the succubus. "but could you blame me, sometimes she's here for breakfast then comes for a late lunch with a pile of books."

Bo forced a smile, but she was really too hungry to deal with what was happening.

"What do you recommend Doc since you spend so much time here?"

Trudy then got back to business, uncertain if she was getting her best tipper in trouble with her lover. Lauren, knowing Bo wanted pancakes ordered her a stack and just an egg and toast for herself. Then they were left alone. This is when she realized there was darkness in the brunette's eyes. Her posture was also lazier than it normally was.

"Did you sleep at all last night?" She finally asked, not knowing yet how eventful Bo's evening continued to be after they parted ways the previous evening.

Bo began with the phone call from Kenzi before moving onto her conflict with Tamsin.

"I promised Kenzi I would find her. Shit, I shouldn't be sitting here."

But then their breakfast arrived and soon her stack was flooded by a river of Aunt Jemima before disappearing into her mouth.

Lauren wasn't sure what she should say. She knew Tamsin had affection for Bo, even in her previous life. This was the first she was hearing they had even slept together. She was also very distracted watching the ravenous woman eat with stuffed chipmunk cheeks, desperately taking the minimum amount of chews before swallowing. She politely ate and waited for perhaps the story to continue, but instead had to watch the woman stuff herself.

"Do you have feelings for her?" She put out there, hoping to get the other woman to slow down before she choked.

"Of course I do. It's not like you and I though, she's…" She couldn't place a word. It was more than one. The closest thing that came to mind was that Tamsin was like Dyson: Loyal, reliable, her protector and friend. As she watched the blonde take a nibble of toast, a sense of familiarity washed over her. This is what she wanted with Lauren; to sit and eat breakfast together, to talk, to just be. This was home.

Smiling, she reached out a hand out to touch the others sitting on the table. She caressed the wrist, and as the palm was exposed, she made circles within it before intertwining their fingers.

"Lauren, I love you. I want us back."

A shy grin touched the blonde's face. Everything Bo had said, she wanted to hear, wanted to say. But there was a glaring truth she couldn't stop herself from voicing.

"Things always get complicated for us." The smile on the darker woman faded. Maybe what she thought was happening the night before was an illusion. One more romp for old times sake. "But somehow, we find our way back to each other. Despite everything, Bo, I believe in us too."

And that was how breakfast ended.

The clubhouse offered more privacy than the clinic at this hour. They rushed off after leaving Trudy a lovely tip.

The drive was swift, quiet but tense.

When they arrived, Bo looked to Lauren to see if anything had changed, but was delighted to see Lauren's palpable desire burning from her aura.

"I love you" the blonde whispered as she leaned forward and claimed the succubus' lips.

Bo pulled her on top and held her closely as they shared soft kisses that quickly became deep and passionate.

"I need you" the brunette groaned before kissing her neck to find that sensitive spot that could make Lauren whimper.

"Ah, yes" the blonde moaned, instinctively rocking her hips against Bo's abdomen.

As painful as it was to separate, the two made a mad dash for the clubhouse, racing up the stairs to Bo's bedroom.

Clothing was hastily removed and Lauren found herself tossed on her back on top of the bed. Need was driving Bo, hunger. Normally she liked to draw out Lauren's pleasure slowly, make love to her for hours, but it was on the drive home that she realized her Advil from several hours earlier was not cutting it.

She covered the doctor's body with her own, grinding her thigh against the blonde's core, receiving an encouraging cry of approval as her reward.

Loving Lauren always felt natural, the rhythm of it came easily. Bo loved being inside her, the intensity in those brown eyes as she added friction to her most sensitive place. The drops of chi from her lips that tasted like honey, and released more the closer to edge she got. Unfortunately for Lauren, Bo would sometimes stop feeding before she climaxed, just as she was during this event, causing her to lose focus. The tension in Lauren quickly relaxed.

In retaliation, she pushed Bo back and began assaulting her neck with kisses, quickly trailing her lips down her body.

"Mmmh that's nice" Bo sighed just before teeth bit down on her breast, causing her to arch into that exploratory mouth. Those lips continued downward, sporadically marking skin with her teeth until she reached her goal. In their experiences together, Lauren had learned Bo was not comfortable in this position for very long. The succubus was one who preferred to be in charge, but the doctor did not want to be denied this pleasure. She had thought of this idea before, but this was the first time she would propose it.

"Bo, kneel over me."

The succubus didn't entirely understand at first what she was being directed to do. It was when Lauren slid underneath her and gripped her hands around her thighs and buttocks she understood.

"Please let me..." she spoke breathily before raising her tongue to stroke Bo's sweet centre. Bo quickly figured out she had control as she began to rock into her lover's wanton mouth.

"Lauren" she moaned again and again before fingers entered her body, wonderfully filling her.

"Oh Gods Lo, I love you, please yes!"

Her knees began to clench against the blonde's ears as the tension heightened, but Lauren did not stop, even as Bo's entire body began to quiver and she cried out above her. Then, as the quakes began to subside, Lauren placed her lips around the sensitive little bud and with suction and tongue, causing Bo to curse out as her orgasm unexpectedly rose again.

Lauren dropped her head back onto the bed, neck slightly stiff, and soon found her love cuddled up against her.

They gazed into one another's eyes. The mutual thought between them despite the silence was "I love you. We're okay again."

But, the world was not aware of this, and soon their bliss was interrupted by that blasted phone ring tone. A feeling of dread hit Bo that maybe it was Kenzi again, but was soon calmed when she saw it was just Dyson...

Dyson whom she was supposed to meet at noon...

The time was 12:17pm.

Bo picked up the phone. The background noise was loud and raucous.

"Bo, where are you?"

"Shit, Dyson, I'll be there soon!"

"Hurry Bo. This is serious...Tamsin..."

His voice was drowned by loud cheering and the line cut off.

Are they together for the long haul? What trouble is Tamsin in? Will Jergen ever find love?

Answers to come, and hopefully, Lauren will too-seriously Bo, you left her hanging?