This is the result of multiple ideas I had running around my head. I'll continue it based on reviews because this is going to be long one. If the reviews aren't very promising I'll probably take it down. So the fate of this story is in you guys' hands. Disclaimer: I do not own the characters they belong to the wonderful people of Lost Girl, Showcase, Prodigy, et al.
The moment Lauren had entered the club she began to second guess herself. Coming here tonight had been a questionable decision, but she needed to unwind. She had been in the lab for days working on a treatment for some Fae mutation that was beginning to spread through the Fae community and she had reached her breaking point. As she walked through the throng of people she was pushed, shoved, and grabbed at more times than she would have liked on her way to the bar. Lauren eventually got to the crowded bar and when she finally got the bartender's attention she ordered a vodka tonic. As soon as she had her drink in hand she went up to the second floor of the club to find herself a good spot to people watch. She figured she'd spend an hour among people then go home to a nice bath, a glass of wine, and her research to complete her night. Lauren found a spot by the railing and she leant over it to watch the mass of people moving and gyrating to the latest dance hit on the dance floor. Lauren wasn't really looking at anything or anyone in particular, but soon she found herself drawn to a beautiful brunette that was on the dance floor. The brunette was currently dancing with some tall blonde guy, but she looked up and locked eyes with Lauren. Lauren instantly felt her mouth go dry. The brunette was exuding sexual energy and Lauren was being sucked into it. The woman gave her a sexy smirk then pushed her dancing partner away. Lauren disappointedly watched as the brunette disappeared into the crowd.
Bo had come to the club to feed and she had spotted several potential meals which was good considering she would need to have multiple feeds tonight to sate her hunger. It had been awhile since she had fed last, so she was starving. Bo had fed on several men and women before she ended up on the dance floor with a handsy blonde guy. She had planned on flirting with him before she dragged him into some dark corner to feed from him, but she had this gut feeling that told her to look away from her future meal and to look up. So she did and she found an attractive blonde woman looking at her. Suddenly she was interested in a different meal along with a renewed hunger. Bo gave the blonde her best alluring smirk then shoved the blonde guy away so she could make her way to her new prospect. As Bo climbed the stairs to the second floor she could feel this instinctual pull guiding her and the closer she got to the blonde the stronger it got. Bo paused for a moment to watch the woman intrigued by why she felt such a strong attraction towards her. The blonde was currently looking around, but eventually she stopped and took a drink from her glass. Bo was completely captivated by her.
Lauren had scanned the crowd hoping to find the woman, but she was unable to. She let out a defeated sigh thinking that the best distraction to catch her attention had gotten away from her. She took a big drink from her glass then continued to watch the dance floor for another few minutes before she decided to call it a night realising that the woman who had caught her attention had left. Just as she finished draining her glass she felt arms encircle her waist then a woman whispered against her ear, "What's a beautiful woman like you doing in a place like this?"
Lauren had half the mind to defend herself, but something told her not to even if the line was a little bit on the sleazy side. She turned around in the woman's arms and found herself face to face with the very woman that she had spent the last ten minutes looking for. Lauren was amazed by just how striking she was. The woman had deep brown eyes that currently held a playful glint in them; long, dark brown hair; and a sexy smile that made Lauren's knees weak. Lauren was unable to form a coherent thought and all she could sputter out was, "I-I-Hey."
Bo laughed at the blonde's uncertain manner. She had taken a chance approaching the woman and she had felt her tense when she wrapped her arms around the blonde's waist, but a second later she had relaxed so Bo took that as a good sign. That meant she wouldn't have to use her powers of persuasion on her. With the blonde in front of her she was able to get a better look at her and she was awestruck. The natural beauty of the woman had taken her breath away and the pull that had drawn her to the blonde had encompassed her as she stared back into the blonde's light brown eyes. Bo found the woman's behaviour adorable and she realised she wanted more than just a roll in the sack with her or to just feed. Bo felt a strong desire for the blonde.
When the brunette laughed Lauren had come completely undone and knew that whatever the dark haired woman said she would hang onto every word and willingly do whatever she asked. Bo had taken Lauren's glass and placed it on the table near them. There was a moment between them where they only stared at each other and the noisy environment of the club just fell away. Lauren felt completely drawn to the brunette and she had no idea why. Bo felt the same way for the blonde, but her succubus also felt something for the other woman and that provoked Bo to lean in closer asking, "You want to get out of here?"
Bo was mildly surprised when Lauren eagerly agreed, so she wasted no time getting them out of there. Lauren on the other hand had agreed without much thought. She didn't do one night stands. Lauren liked to get to know someone and knowing that she could trust them before she got physically involved with them. But there was something about the brunette that made her trust her completely and so she followed her out of the club. When they were outside Bo couldn't resist pinning Lauren against the brick wall of the club and engaging her in a heated kiss. Lauren made no attempt to stop the kiss and she responded to the brunette's lips on hers by enthusiastically kissing the woman back. Their tongues teasingly battled each other and Bo nipped Lauren's bottom lip to which Lauren followed up with a nip of her own. Bo was the first to break away from the kiss because she felt her succubus starting to surface. This caused Lauren to open her eyes to figure out why the kissing had stopped. And as she looked into the brunette's eyes she saw that the expressive brown eyes were now glowing a radiant shade of blue. Astonished Lauren softly gasped, "You're Fae?"
"And you're beautiful." Bo countered not wondering about how the blonde knew about Fae. She gave Lauren a lingering kiss then pulled back a little breathlessly asking, "So back to my place?"
Lauren paused for a brief second as the scientist in her took over to wonder what type of Fae she was dealing with. The second was quickly ended by her primal need to be with the brunette so she answered, without much thought, "Sounds good."
Lauren followed Bo to the club's parking lot where they both got into her beat up yellow Camaro. Bo didn't think twice as she high tailed it out of the parking lot. They were headed to the nice hotel she currently had a room at. Bo only planned to be in town for a few days to find what she was looking for then she would head on to the next city she planned to go to. Though leaving this time would be hard if tonight went as she thought it would. They pulled into the hotel parking lot and they managed to make it through the lobby without giving into their desires. But once they were on the elevator that changed. Soon as the elevator doors closed they were on each other. Lauren had her hands buried in Bo's hair moaning as their kiss deepened. Bo was currently working on undoing the button on Lauren's jeans when the elevator chimed indicating they had reached the floor Bo's room was on. They stepped off the elevator as they continued to kiss pausing every few steps when one would get the upper hand and pin the other against the wall dominating the kiss for a moment. When they reached room door Bo fumbled in her pocket for the key card while Lauren was pressed against her back kissing and gently biting her neck. Bo let out a frustrated growl when her third attempt to open the door had failed. Lauren softly chuckled and took the key card from her saying, "It requires a gentle touch."
Bo's eyes flashed blue as she remarked, "Your touch wasn't so gentle a few seconds ago."
The audible click of the door unlocking stopped Lauren from coming up with a comeback of her own. However she didn't have a chance to think of one due to the fact that Bo had her lips back on hers and she remembered why she was there. Lauren had never been so passionate for someone before, which should have triggered some rational thought in her mind, but it never happened. Bo on the other hand was struggling to keep her succubus at bay, but as each second passed she lost more control. Bo pushed Lauren on the bed and Lauren watched as Bo stripped out of her leather jacket, tossing it to the ground as she stalked over to Lauren sitting on the edge of the bed. Bo smirked at the desire written all over Lauren's face as she straddled her thighs thinking, 'Tonight is definitely going to be a night to remember.'
As Lauren allowed the brunette to remove her shirt she managed to blurt out, "What's your name?"
Bo got a cheeky smile on her face and she dipped forward, her lips barely touching Lauren's ear, causing Lauren's pulse speed up she whispered, "My name's Bo. And yours?"
As one of Bo's finger trailed down her chest then to trace the curve of her left breast Lauren stammered out, "L-Lauren."
Bo tugged on her earlobe with her teeth then quietly said, "Nice to meet you Lauren."
Bo then moved to leave a series of scorching kisses down Lauren's neck causing Lauren to tilt her head back and put her hand in Bo's hair moaning out, "Bo…"
Two Months Later….
Lauren flushed the toilet then rested her forehead on the cool, porcelain brim of the bowl. Second time this week she had woken up to throw up. First time it happened she thought it was something she had eaten considering the restaurant that she had gotten her Chinese from did look like a questionable establishment. But now she wasn't so sure. She'd probably have one of the techs draw her blood and run some test just to make sure it wasn't anything abnormal. Lauren got off the bathroom floor and once she stood her stomach began to churn. Lauren placed her hand on her stomach and mumbled, "Oh no. Not again. Please not again."
Her body must have heard her quiet pleas because her stomach settled down. Appreciating the fact that she wasn't about to throw up again Lauren brushed her teeth then hopped into the shower. After she was showered and dressed Lauren went down to the kitchen to make some breakfast and coffee. As soon as everything was made Lauren sat at the breakfast bar to eat, and the instant she put a fork full of eggs in her mouth her stomach lurched. She jumped off the stool and bolted into the kitchen where she threw up in the sink. After several long minutes her stomach eventually relaxed and Lauren cleaned out the sink then splashed some cool water on her face deciding that breakfast was off the schedule. Lauren rinsed her mouth with water from the tap then went to go clean up her plate. Before she took her plate to the sink she took a sip of coffee quickly regretting it when the taste didn't agree with her taste buds. Lauren got frustrated with breakfast and just cleaned up everything then headed for work.
Lauren entered the lab and one of her assistance came over to her with a manila folder and said, "Dr. Lewis we have some preliminary results for those cultures. The results aren't very promising."
Lauren took the folder and read the results. They were the recent results for the testing on Fae cell acceleration and Lauren found them truly disheartening making her frown at the folder in front of her. She looked up at her assistant and instructed, "Take the blood sample we used in this round of testing and I want you to combine the two reactants together then introduce them to the cells. Maybe having them separated isn't what we need to do. If you need anything I'll be in my office."
Lauren handed the folder back to her assistant then headed for her office. Soon as she got in she hung up her coat then proceeded to pull on her lab coat. Unfortunately her lab coat wasn't fitting right and didn't fit like the second layer of skin it normally did. Not finding it comfortable she hung it back up then settled behind her desk to do some paperwork and look at notes on the many tests she had ongoing. Lauren was interrupted around noon by one of her assistants due to the fact that a nymph had been on the receiving end of a sword. Lauren rushed to the emergency centre of the facility to lend her expertise. The moment she got into the triage area she saw the copious amounts of blood everywhere and bloody medical waste everywhere. Seeing all the blood made Lauren's stomach churn and caused her to become lightheaded, so she braced herself on the nearest wall. Lauren was only able to think about it for a split-second then she passed out vaguely hearing one of the medics call out to her.
Lauren woke up to find herself on an exam gurney in one of the exam rooms. And she wasn't alone. The Ash, the Morrigan, Dyson, and Hale were also occupying the room. So when she groaned, due to the throbbing headache pounding in her head, they moved to hover over her. Lauren groaned again because she was embarrassed and them hovering was annoying, "What happened?"
The Morrigan let out a dramatic breath of relief as she exclaimed, "Shit doctor you had us worried."
Lauren tried to raise her eyebrow at the Morrigan's reaction, but it only aggravated her headache, so she asked, "Evony what are you doing here?"
Evony pointed to Trick explaining, "The almighty Ash here contacted me when one of your lab monkeys called saying that you had passed out. And considering you're the doctor for both the Light and the Dark now I had to make sure my best asset was okay."
Lauren weakly smiled at the Morrigan knowing that was the most concern the woman would show with an audience present. Trick walked over to her and placed his hand on hers as he gently questioned, "Lauren why did you come into work if you weren't feeling well? You are allowed to call out. We've changed your position with the Fae, so you don't have to worry about repercussions."
Lauren pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes. The bright lights of the exam room were worsening her headache. Lauren took a breath then sighed, "I wasn't worried about repercussions Trick. I thought it was just some bug and that it would pass, but clearly it is something more severe. I'll have to do some labs to find out what could be wrong."
Evony walked over insisting, "They need to be done right away. That way we can have whatever is affecting you taken care of."
Lauren rolled her eyes at Evony's dramatics. The two of them weren't quite friends yet, but she could tell the Morrigan was nicer to her than she was to most people. Lauren sat up stating, "I'll have the blood drawn right now." Lauren moved to get off the table, but it seemed the slight movement made her woozy and she lost her balance. Luckily Hale was able to catch her before she fell.
"Whoa there doc. Why don't you lie back down?" Hale said as he guided her back onto the gurney, "I'm sure Trick can get one of your lackeys to come and draw your blood."
Lauren glared at the siren for second before acquiescing, "Yeah okay. Send Cassie in here. She's the only one I trust to run the tests without much error."
Trick chuckled at Lauren's request, but agreed, "Okay." He looked at Dyson and Hale ordering, "Once whatever samples are gotten take Lauren back to her living quarters. I also want one of you watching over her in case she needs anything." Trick turned back to Lauren and gave her a pointed look as he firmly stated, "And she is to do nothing but rest. That is an order Lauren."
Lauren thought he was being unreasonable for something that would most likely turn out to be a small virus, but she nodded in understanding. Evony made a sound of disbelief, "Like I trust Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum to watch over the doctor on behalf of the Dark."
Lauren tried not to laugh at the irritated look Trick got on his face. But it turned to a passive one as he diplomatically told Evony, "If you must, send whomever you would like to watch over the doctor on behalf of the Dark. Just note that the doctor's loft is on neutral territory and any violent act done there will result in severe consequences."
Evony brushed off his warning by saying, "Blah, blah, blah. Got it almighty Ash." This time Trick didn't hide his look of irritation. Evony happily smiled as she snapped her fingers, "Oh I will send Vex. He's on my shit list." She walked closer to Lauren and gave her shoulder a quick squeeze before telling her, "You better rest doctor and any report of you working will land you on my shit list worst than Vex. And he really knows how to piss me off."
Lauren heard the playful tone in the Morrigan's voice, so she smiled and said, "Yes ma'am."
Evony made a face as chided, "Don't call me ma'am." She then turned to leave bidding them all farewell as her fashionable heels clicked against the linoleum floor.
After she left the exam room Trick muttered under his breath, "If that diplomatic treaty wasn't in place…."
Lauren rested her head back and closed her eyes hoping that would ease some of the pounding in her head. She thought about the many possible viruses and food borne pathogens that could have been the reason why she had fainted. Even though she had other symptoms like the two incidences of throwing up and the occasional dizzy spell she didn't think too much on them because they could be attributed to food poisoning and her working late on her research. So it could have easily been exhaustion and it might be time for her to take that vacation that Trick and Evony keep pushing on her. Lauren sighed as she resigned to the fact there was no point in getting stressed out over something without having the proper studies to diagnosis herself.
Trick clearing his throat broke Lauren out of her frustrating thoughts. Trick gave her gentle smile as he said, "I have to get back to the Dal. I've got a couple of meetings I'm holding there and a liquor delivery."
Hale held up his hand and commented, "I offered you my help Trick, but you and your control issues…you want to be Ash and run the Dal. I can handle the Dal Trick."
Lauren bit her tongue so she didn't laugh at the two men. Ever since Trick had become Ash Hale had been trying to get his hands on the Dal, but Trick wouldn't give it up to him for several reasons. Trick and Hale left the exam room with Hale pleading his case for why he should be running the weigh station. Leaving just Lauren and Dyson in the exam room and Dyson was standing too close to the exam bed for Lauren's liking so in an exasperated tone she told him "You don't have to hover."
He gave her a wide smile pointing out, "I'm not hovering. I'm standing guard. Just like the Ash told me to."
Lauren shot daggers at him with her eyes. Lauren didn't want to deal with a smartass Dyson right now. She would be compelled to kill him and it was possible considering her surroundings. Lauren's favourite assistant, Cassie, came into the exam room with an exam tray asking, "Dr. Lewis how are you feeling?"
Lauren softly chuckled at the redundancy of the questions, but she answered it. As Cassie drew blood from her, she asked the normal exam questions and Lauren answered them all thoroughly even though she was getting irritable and wanted to go home. Cassie had finished labelling the vials of blood then she turned around with her arm extended and her hand holding a specimen cup as she hesitantly said, "I need a urine sample."
That was the last straw for Lauren. She scowled at the cup and angrily responded, "I'm not peeing in a cup. You have my blood. That's enough." Lauren saw the shocked look on Cassie's face, and she immediately felt bad for the tone she had taken with her young assistant. Lauren sighed and took the cup as she apologised, "I'm sorry Cassie. It's just been a long day and I just want to go home."
Cassie nodded in understanding and as Lauren went to go get off the gurney Dyson took her arm causing her to glare at him to which he responded, "Just making sure you get down okay. Can't have you getting hurt on my watch."
"No we wouldn't want that would we." Lauren snapped back at him.
Lauren was sort of surprised at her behaviour towards both Cassie and Dyson. She didn't understand why she was so short tempered all of a sudden. Normally Dyson wouldn't bother her considering they barely interacted, but any other time she was cordial to the shifter. Lauren went to the bathroom and filled up the specimen cup. Exiting the bathroom she handed the specimen cup to Cassie who promptly labelled it. Lauren made sure everything was in order then left instructions with her assistant to call her as soon as the results were in. Dyson took Lauren back to her loft and once the two of them were in she hung her coat up on the hook by the door and announced, "I'm going to make something to eat. Do you want anything?"
Dyson gave her an apprehensive look before he warily requested, "Hey doc why don't I order some food so you can lay down and relax.
Lauren angrily scoffed, her voice rising, "I'm not a fucking invalid Dyson. I can make myself something to eat." Dyson stood there looking at her speechless. Lauren didn't know what her problem was, but obviously she couldn't be around people right now. Lauren rubbed her temple, "I'm sorry. I'm-I'm just going to go up to my room and lie down. Ordering food will be fine. Just stay away from Asian cuisine. Also when Vex gets here tell him not to touch anything."
Dyson just nodded at her and she ascended the stairs to go up to her room. As soon as Lauren was in her room with the door closed she stripped down to her panties and camisole, leaving a trail of clothes in her wake that she would deal with when she felt more like herself. Lauren got into bed and pulled the blankets over her head and closed her eyes hoping that this was just a bug and everyone was overreacting. Lauren tossed and turned until eventually she fell into a restless sleep. A few hours later the phone rang waking Lauren and she pulled a pillow over her head ignoring the phone hoping that it would stop. Eventually it did, so she was able to drift back to sleep. Unfortunately that was short lived because someone knocked on her room door. Annoyed Lauren sighed then called out, "Yes?"
The door to her room open and Vex walked in heading over to her side of the bed holding the phone saying, "I was told you were doing a bit of head biting, so the puppy downstairs sent me. Sweetheart you got a panicky lab assistant on the line." Vex raised his eyebrow appreciatively commenting, "Nice sleep attire I must say."
Lauren scowled at him then snatched the phone from him retorting, "If you don't get out of my room, you're going to lose more than just your head."
Vex made a clawing motion at her and commented, "Someone's feisty today. But I've got bigger claws darling."
Lauren watched as the Mesmer sauntered out of her room closing the door behind him. Lauren shook her head wondering how the hell she became so involved with the Dark. She put the receiver to her ear and said, "Dr. Lewis." There was no response, but she could hear breathing on the line, so she repeated herself in a harsher tone, "Dr. Lewis."
There was an intake of breath then Cassie said, "Dr. Lewis."
Lauren got irritated. That nap didn't help her temper any. Lauren sharply replied, "Cassie out with it." Then she began to grill her poor assistant, "Is something wrong with the tests? The results? Just tell me dammit."
"Dr. Lewis you're pregnant." Cassie blurted out.
Lauren laughed. It was a good stress relieving laugh and she would have to thank Cassie later for it, but now she needed to know what the results really said. Lauren took a breath to calm herself then said, "Very funny Cassie. Now tell me what they really say. Food poisoning? If so, don't go to the Chinese restaurant-"
Cassie cut her off, "No Dr. Lewis it isn't food poisoning." The lab assistant paused to take a breath, "You really are pregnant."
The finality in Cassie's voice left Lauren speechless. There was no way she could be pregnant. That would require having sex with an individual who had the equipment that was required for making babies, and she wasn't a part of that team. Also the last time she had sex was almost two months ago….with a woman. Lauren quickly shook her head as she vehemently stated, "No that's not possible. Your samples must have contaminated or you must have mixed up my samples with another sample."
Cassie was quiet for a moment then explained, "The samples were fine Dr. Lewis. I handled all of them myself and they never left my sight. I even used the isolation room that we use for extremely hazardous sample testing."
Lauren sat there in bed stunned. Cassie was a good assistant and she would never lie to save her own neck. The logical side of Lauren's brain finally kicked in and she mentally started to matchup her symptoms with pregnancy symptoms. Morning Sickness. Check. Dizziness? Check. Change in taste buds? Check. Breast tenderness? Lauren stopped at this to gently squeeze her right breast and winced at the slight pain she felt. Check. She then thought back to the last time she had a period and because her body ran like clockwork it wouldn't be a hard task for her. As she thought back she realised it was a few weeks before the night of her marathon sex session with Bo. Lauren's grip on the phone loosened and the receiver dropped down to her lap. She was pregnant. And not just normal pregnant, no she was pregnant by some random Fae she had a one nightstand with. Lauren sat there in silence as the truth sank in before she uttered out in amazement, "Fuck I'm pregnant!"