CHAPTER 1 - UNEXPECTED FEELINGS

A knock came on the door. Evony raised her gaze.

-Come in -she said, not knowing who to expect.

-Hello beautifull lady -Vex, of course...!

-What do you want? -She asked annoyed.

-Oh, come on, can't I be here just to admire the absolutely awesome boss that the dark side has ever had?

-Yeah right. Skip the lying Vex. -She said- although it's true that I'm aweme

-See?

-I don't have all day Vex!

-Alright, alright. I was wondering... hey! -he stopped- Is that shirt new?

-Why? Are you my personal shopper now? -Asked her unconfortable with the unexpected quesion.

-No, but with my help you would look absolutely awesome if I were. -Evony rolled her eyes. -Anyway, I didn't expect you to look so...

-To look what? -Asked the Morrigan starting to loose her patience.

-To look so human -Evony stood up and grabed Vex's neck

-What did you just say? -asked her in a threatening way

-Nothing, I said nothing- answered him breathless.

-You better leave now -said an angry Morrigan

-Ok, I will, I promise, I will -said Vex not being able to breathe properly with the Morrigan's hands on his neck. Evony realeased him and he run to the door as fast as he could.

She sat on her chair shaking. She was mad at Vex, but above all she was mad at herself. When she had been shopping the previous day, she was so... happily distracted that she hadn't realized it. But now that she thought about it... Vex was damn right, the shirt looked... well, human. And that mistake she couldn't forgive herself.

This unusual happines she was experiencing she couldn't quite understand. At first she thought it was just a one day thing, but when she found herself singing in the shower, distracted in her own thoughts for hours and, the worst part of it, smiling at her employees!, she feared that this may not indeed be as temporary as she thought. And today, having Vex noticing, that, she could not bear. After all, she was The Morrigan, so this had to stop. The sooner, the better.

She hadn't seen Lauren since "the kiss". But is wasn't the kiss that had her so distracted lately. In her hundreds of years of experience she had kissed so many people, mostly men (they were easy to control), but also women, some of whom had been great kissers. But why was she thinking so much about this particular human? She was just that... a stupid human. Ok... she was definately funny,... and smart. And easy to talk to... and she treated her like an equal... in a non threatening way.

And then there was the stupid succubus whom she hated so much. To be honest with herself, the thought of Lauren "dating" Bo, as in "spending time" with Bo, made her hate the succubus even more. A shiver came through her spine: was she jealous? No, Evony Fleurette Marquise could not be jealous. She was The Morrigan, for God's sake. The boss of all the dark fae, some of whom wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of any weakness she would have... weakness. She couln't aford to be weak. She didn't want to be weak. But the more she tried not to think about it, the more she became to realize that this was an absolutely new thing to her. Indeed, one of the most disturbing things she had ever experienced.

But she was... happy. As in smiling all the time. Until that moment she had thought that "happiness" was what she felt when people looked at her with fear. The day she became the Morrigan... of course she had smiled, more than ever, but this was just different... to think about anyone but herself, that was a whole new experience. A new experience that absolutely could not happen to her. This definately had to stop. And it had to stop now.

Lauren was frustrated. She had been trying to remove te DNA sample from the fake lips she had used to kiss the Morrigan, but there was just no way. How could she think that it would be possible to do it? It would've been a miracle if she had been succesfull at it considering that their lips had barely touched. It almost looked as if it had been just an excuse for herself to kiss Evony and not feel guilty about it. She smiled. She admited to herself that having to kiss her hadn't been "that bad". Indeed, it had been... interesting. Hadn't she been The Morrigan she may have done it anyway. The lady was attractive and nice to be arround. She hadn't expected that at all. When she appeared in her her house she was scared she had to spend the whole day with the leader of the dark fae, but then... she was just "Evony", she hadn't thought about her as The Morrigan at all. She had discovered a whole new aspect of her. She was funny and somehow "normal". She wasn't that poshy arrogant woman she had met before. She was kind of shy (she had definately blushed a couple of times), Lauren smiled at the thought of The Morrigan knowing that she had noticed. She would most definately die. And her reaction to the kiss... she was cute. Cute was the word. The Morrigan cute, can you imagine? She thought to herself.

But she still didn't trust her. She was The Morrigan for something, and Lauren was very aware that power was all that moved this woman . It had been fun hanging arround with her though, so even if that wasn't a real friendship (or a real "something"), there was nothing wrong in enjoying it, she thought. It had been a long time since she had had actual fun with a Fae.

Bo... god, she loved her like she had never loved anyone. And she most definitely missed her a lot. But with her there was always a threat, a mission... they never had time to spend a whole day just the two of them, beers and pizza with no one disturbing them. And the little they had they spent it in bed. The sex was awesome, and she loved making love to her... but she would have liked to have "little moments" too. Like beers and pizza. Like the day that she had spent with Evony.

But she was The Morrigan, so there was no pont in overthinking. They had had a great time, that was all, she convinced herself. Now it was the time to think of herself, and her plan. And to prepare in case The Morrigan had and end game, which Lauren was sure she did. And that required time, so she got rid of the thoughts and started working. If she didn't get to extract the DNA sample from this plastic, she would have to think in plan B.