Author's Notes: Sorry this update took so long. Will try harder to get next one posted ALOT sooner. Enjoy! All Reviews Welcomed!

Undisclosed Location...

To anyone walking in, the may have mistook the activities as a board meeting. Several men and woman sitting around the table, dressed in executive attire. Well not all. Three men dressed in every day street clothes stood before the "board". Apparently some were not pleased with their recent activities.

"What part about low profile do you not understand" An older man with steele gray hair sneered from the head of the table.

"We did as we were told." One of the three men replied.

"I doubt someone told you to fuck up this whole operation." A redheaded woman chimed in. "It was bad enough when you took Ramses, instead of his youngest grandson. But now Stephan..."

"But he..." A dark haired man with glasses was pointed out. "told us to get that vampire."

All eyes in the room were on the accused. "Wait, just a minute. I never gave them specific names. I said we needed more." He explained simply. He opened a folder. "The numbers we have aren't nearly what we need, so I instructed these men to acquire more powerful beings..."

"Without my permission?" Again the head of the table spoke.

"I thought it was best. I put my request in the report I sent out yesterday."

"Frankly Doctor you job is to do as I say, not think. Because of your misguided insubordination the succubus and the wolf are looking into these disappearances. Years of..."

"My apologies..."

He apology was ignored. "I have no time for apologies. Do as you as you're told next time." He raised his hand to silence the room. "Now on to other business, a new Ash as not been chosen."

"It may be hard, with the Fae traditions..." Another woman said.

"Their traditions mean nothing." He smiled. It was one of this best features. "We're choosing the new Ash. Please open the folders that are placed in front of you."

Alley Across from Sunshine Orphanage...

"You two haven't talked about the kiss?" Kenzi asked. The were sitting in their car waiting for Dyson and Hale to come back. They'd gone into the Sunshine Orphange in search of Ramses Cordero's grandson.

"Nope." Bo casually sat behind the steering wheel taping her fingers lightly.

The goth rolled her eyes. "Seriously how could you too not talk about that kiss? Bo it was like epic. Up there with the one at the end of the movie The Bodyguard...and if you tell anyone I like that movie I will soooo kill you!"

Bo hunched. "We haven't had time to talk about it. She just got back Kenz"

"But still"

Bo turned to Kenzi. "Look, if there is one thing that Lauren and I do very well...its NOT talk about how we're feeling. Actually there is one other thing that we do well. Its just that we haven't done it as often"

"T.M.I Bo! T.M.I!"

"Sorry."

"Well then again, why would you two use words. You're having eye sex ALL THE TIME! I feel like I need a cigarette everytime you guys are in the room together."

Bo chuckled. "Whatever."

"No, seriously. If you could actually get Lauren pregnant, and if you could do it with eye sex. Dude, you and Dr Hotpants would have like sextuplets on the way!"

This time Bo laughed out loud. "Where do you get this stuff?"

"It's a gift." Kenzi surmised. "So you two still have no idea what you are to each other?"

"We're friends."

"With benefits?"

"Well not lately." Which annoyed Bo, but at the same time it didn't. Every time she and Lauren had jumped the gun...and thus jumping each other's bones, it didn't end well. But being around Lauren, and not being able to be with her was like a constant tease. There were several occasions recently if Bo had given just an "extra" nudge, that she and Lauren could have ended up in bed together. Her relationship with Lauren, if that's what she could call it,was so different than what she'd shared with Dyson. She and Dyson had started off as a friends with benefits situation, and real feelings followed. It had been fun,sexy, complicated most of time, and very short lived. But if she had to be honest with herself, and had to count those palpable moments that linger with someone forever, she'd had more of those with Lauren. Just a look. Just a touch...

"And that's because..."

"Well there's the whole Nadia thing..."

"That fact that she had a girlfriend? That she recently died? Or the fact that you..."

Bo stopped her. "No need to say it. But I would say a mixture of all that. And the whole Garuda thing didn't exactly leave time for courting."

"Seriously, courting...? Since when did you go all Lady Antebellum on me." Kenzi rolled her eyes.

Bo started to chuckled a bit. " I can't believe I'm considering this..."

"What?"

"Well I'm thinking of asking Lauren out."

"As on a date?" Kenzi laughed. "Seriously, what are you fifteen? Where are you going to go to the local roller rink?"

"Adults go on dates Kenzi."

"Yeah, but...you're a Succubus"

"And?" Bo's tone seemed to indicate she was insulted by Kenzi's insinuation.

"Dude that's like Bill Gates borrowing money from the Facebook guy..."

Bo's brow bunched a little with confusing. "Is it really?" Then Bo just shook her head. "Seriously Kenz, I don't know what the hell you're talking about..."

"Nevermind, so when are you going to do it?"

Bo shrugged. "Next time I see her I guess. Shit, I don't know. I haven't been on a date since I was a teenager. Lots of sex, lots of dead bodies, ...but dating not so much."

"Not even with Dyson?"

"Was that...really dating?" Bo wondered.

"You tell me."

"Well..."

"Sexy sexy wolfman alert." Kenzi pointed throught the windshield to Dyson, Hale, and a third man walking toward the car. "Not sure he's up for hearing about your 90120 endeavors."

"Yeah, he's not going to be thrilled about this." Bo reached for the door handle.

"Ya think?". Both woman got out of the car. A gush of wind howled through the air ruffling their hair. Kenzi pulled her hood up over her head. They walked over to the meet the men.

"Every one, Jin Cordero." Dyson introduced. "Jin, this is..."

"The infamous Bo, and her human Kenzi." The dream-eater finished for him. "The fae champion who still refuses to choose a side. " He smile, his white teeth almost literally brigtening the space between them. Deep dimples creased his tanned cheeks.

"As, always I see my reputation precedes me." Bo commented. Jin was good-looking, with long black hair pulled back into a ponytail, and dark almond shaped eyes. He was shorter than both Hale and Dyson, but muscular. "Don't believe everything you hear."

"I don't. But its quite entertaining from time to time." He assured her with a slight chuckle.

"Thanks, I think." Bo smirked, nodded towards the building behind him. "You work here in an orphanage?"

"More like volunteer." Hale offered.

"Please tell me you don't volunteer in a weird creepy peodphile type of way." Kenzi said. "I just ate."

"I may be fae...human, but I am NOT a monster. I leave that to your kind." He sneered.

"You take their nightmares away." Bo stepped forward. "You help them?" He simply nodded. "And it doesn't hurt that you feed off that negative energy."

"One person's nightmare is another..."

"Person's happy meal." Kenzi said.

"Something like that." Jin was not amused with the human sidekick. "I thought you were here to discuss the whereabouts of my grandfather."

"We are." Dyson affirmed. "Like I told you, Bo is here to help."

"Don't you only get involved when its suspected that the line has been crossed between the Dark and Light Fae?" Jin asked. " Do you think the Dark Fae have my grandfather?"

"I get involved.." Bo sighed. "in these matters for all sorts of reasons. But is there any reason we should suspect that the Dark Fae are behind this." There was a low roar of thunder and a flash of ligtening in the distance. A storm was coming.

"At this time, no." He answered. "Despite being on different sides, my grandfather is highly respected. Though some thought him weak for not taking advantage of his ability to give dreams as well as take them away."

"That's some serious shit." Hale said. "That can really mess with your head."

"Are we talking like the movie Inception. Because I've seen that like 20 times, and I get a headache EVERY time. Like how many levels deep did they go, and ..."

"Kenzi please." Bo interupted.

"But to answer her question." Jin continued. "Yes, that human movie only touched on the surface of what giving dreams can do. It holds the power of suggestions, to control someone's subconscious without them even knowing."

"What about night terrors? Is that you?" Bo asked.

"Me? No, again I used my ability to take the pain away not give it. But yes, there are those of my kind that share my grandfather's ability. The nightmare of a child is ten times stronger than that of an adult. These cowardly fae, use human children as their prey. Planting a simple nightmare in their minds, and feeding off of the exponential level of energy that is produced when that child dreams it. I do not approve of such activities. My grandfather would put a stop to this when he would discover this practice."

"Did he ever anger anyone by doing this?" Dyson asked.

"Sure, it was like taking away a junkie's drugs. But he's been doing that for centuries, I can't fathom who would want to take action against him now. There aren't many in these territories that are strong as him."

"Like Stephan." Dyson commented. He looked at Bo, and she nodded.

"When was the last time you saw your grandfather?" Bo asked.

"Three weeks ago." Jin answered.

"And you're just reporting it now?"

"It is not uncommon for my grandfather to travel and visit other dream-eater tribes, but it is uncommon for him not to contact me while doing it. I let a little time pass, before calling a couple tribes he was suppose to visit. None have heard from him. Not even the first one on his list."

"Meaning, its possible your grandfather never even left the city." Dyson gathered.

"I went by his place. All of his belonging are there, his traveling backpack, everything. I'm almost positive my grandfather never made it out of this city."

Lauren's Quarters...

The words on the monitor were beginning to blur before her eyes. Lauren rubbed her forehead and closed her eyes. "The wording needs to be perfect." She told herself before rising to her feet and heading towards her kitchen in search of food. While on her way, she almost tripped over a boxes.

To her dismay, the boxes with Nadia's things had not been removed during her absence. She put in the request through the compound's facility services, but pretty much like everything since Lachlan's death...nothing was working correctly. Without a leader, things had seemed to falter in numerous ways and order was slowly turning into chaos. Again with so much disorganization, now would be the perfect time for Lauren to disappear.

For a brief second she'd considered it again earlier when she'd watched some fae being lead off to the underground prison. Her eyes had locked briefly with what had appeared to be a young woods elf. Lauren had wondered what had been his crime and what would his punishment be. The fae were very unforgiving when it came to punishments. They seemed to be very unforgiving in most ways. Like giving a certain doctor's girlfriend a curse under the guise of a coma, so that doctor would willingly enter into a life complete servitude in hopes of a cure.

She knelt down and touched the exposed sleeve of one of Nadia's sweaters. It was sticking out of the box, which was unusual for the normaly meticulous Lauren. But she had packed in in a manic rush, blinded by tears of pain and fury. "Most of these she never got a chance to wear again." Lauren said softly, neatly tucking the sweater in the box and closing it. Since saying goodbye to Nadia at her grave, Lauren had finally started feeling a since of closure to that part of her life. Though the heavy rainfall outside wasn't helping with her meloncholy mood.

There was a knock at the door. Lauren looked at her watch and frowned. Who would be visiting at this hour. "Who's there?" She called out catiously as she approached the door.

"It's me Bo." A familiar voice called back.

Lauren instantly smiled and opened the door.

"Hey." Bo said with a shy smile leaning against the doorway. Her dark hair was wet and slicked back. After their meeting with Jin Codero, Bo had intended to go home and get a good night's sleep before visiting Lauren in the morning. However, once in bed, she was unable to sleep. Trying not wake a Kenzi on the couch, Bo crept pass her. "Tell Dr. Hotpants, hello for me." A sleepy Kenzi said as when Bo had opened the front door. "You know for a badass succubus, you're awfully whipped." Bo had rolled her eyes before she'd left.

"Bo you're soaking wet." Lauren exclaimed, practically dragging the succubus inside her condo.

"The bottom fell out on my way in, and no umbrella." Bo explained and smiled slightly at the doctor who had already began to peel her wet coat away. "All it takes is a little rain for you to start ripping off my clothes...And here, I thought I needed soft music and red wine." The coat fell to the floor.

Lauren paused. "Very funny. Its freezing outside Bo. You don't want to "

"...catch a cold." Bo chuckled. "Lauren, I haven't had a cold in my entire life. My parents use to attibute it to us personally growing all the food we ate on the farm. But now, I guess I can say its all due to good genes."

"Good genes indeed." The blond pushed a wet lock of hair behind Bo's ear. She leisurely let her fingers trail down the wet silken skin of Bo's neck and ended in the hollow of her throat. The other woman's playful eyes suddenly turned serious. "What?"

"Going somewhere?"

Lauren followed Bo's gaze, and turned around. "Oh, no. Those are Nadia's things. " She turned back to Bo. "They were suppose to be moved while I was away."

"I see." Bo knelt down to unzip her boots. Kneeling also helped to hide her sigh of relief, that Lauren wasn't packed up herself to leave. "That can't be easy."

"No." Lauren agreed. "But I've said my good-byes Bo."

Bo stood up. "You have closure?". Lauren nodded silently. "With it all?" The doctor knew that Bo was still seeking forgiveness for ultimately being the one to end's Nadia's life. Maybe one day the brunette would realize that she'd already been given it. Another hurdle for she and Bo to climb thanks to the Garuda. There were so many things stacked against them. She was determined to get around them.

"Yes. We have to move forward." She cocked her head to the side. "Life seem to operate like that."

"I guess...time waits for no man right?" Bo buried her hands in her wet jean pockets and waited for a few seconds for the ackwardness to pass. "So, what's got you up at this hour?" She let her eyes take in Lauren's attire. She was dressed casuallly in a grey tank and matching pajama bottoms. Dressed for bed. But Bo gathered, Lauren had been far from going to sleep.

"You mean besides you?"

"Yes, I mean besides me." Bo chuckled a bit. "I could see your light on from the parking lot. And no I'm not stalking you. Just something I noticed as I sprinted towards the building..."

"At 4am because...?"

"Duh, to see you." Bo moved closer. "I wanted to see you."

Lauren swallowed hard. She wanted to see Bo. Ever since they'd parted ways at the Dal. "Oh, something with the case you're working on?"

"No no , nothing like that. I wanted to...well see I thought that perhaps we could.."

"Get undressed and take a shower."

"Excuse me?" Bo asked. Not sure she'd really heard what she just heard.

Lauren laughed nervously, realizing how her request sounded. "You're soaking wet Bo. I think a puddle is forming at your feet. So why don't you go take a hot shower, put something dry on. Are you hungy? I was going to make me something to eat before you arrived."

Bo's ears were still ringing from hearing Lauren's request that she undress, and go upstairs to take a shower. "I could eat." Bo managed to say. She knew Lauren was talking about a hunger for food, but seeing Lauren always caused another hunger pain. Bo didn't need to feed and would never use Lauren if that was the case, but sometimes just being around Lauren put on her edge...a sexual edge.

"Good." Lauren stepped out of her path. "I think you know where everything is."

"Actually I've never been upstairs." Bo admitted.

"Oh, yeah...of course." Lauren felt silly, but Bo always seemed at home when she came over. "Would you like..." The doctor stopped short when she saw Bo already taking off her t-shirt. "...a tour?" She could feel her aura brightening by the second.

"No, I think I can figure it out. Hustle me up some grub woman!" Bo said in her best Texas drawl. She playfully smacked Lauren on the bottom as she did it. And without another word she went upstairs.

Lauren was left to her own devices in the kitchen to calm down. Since it was almost morning, she'd decided on crepes. Luckily, the compond kept her pantry and refridgerator full at all times. She'd given facilities a list of her likes and dislikes years ago. And updated it accordingly. It was one of the few if not only bonuses of being enslaved to the Ash. As she prepared their meal, she tried to nto picture a very naked and even more wet Bo upstairs in her shower. She was failing very badly at this task. Very badly indeed.

When, she'd left town, she had literally felt an ache with the absense of Bo. And now that she was back in her presence, Lauren still ached...but just in a different way. Why were they still circling each other, she wondered. Why were they still acting as if that kiss in front of everyone didn't exist. Perhaps she had been hasty in her leaving town. Perhaps Bo had taken that as a sign that she wasn't ready?

"Smells great." Lauren turned around to see Bo walking towards her. She was dressed in one of Lauren's kimono robes that cut mid-thigh. Since Bo had a more well...ample bosom than Lauren, it fit rather snub in the chest. Bo turned around as if modeling the essemble. "You like?"

"Very much." Lauren smiled brightly before abruptly turning around because she smelled the crepe behind her calling to her. "I prepared us some mimosa's".

"Trying to liquor me up?"

"Didn't think I needed to." Lauren shot back shocking Bo in a good way.

I love Flirty Lauren! She thought as she moved closely in behind the doctor. She wanted to grab the blonde around the waist, and bury her face in her hair. She resisted the urge, not knowing if she had the right to do so. "Lauren?

"Yes?" Her back was still to her.

"I've been thinking..."

Lauren turned around with her two prepared plates of food, and motioned for them to continue the conversation on the couch. Bo grabbed the bottle of the champagne and followed her lead. "There's a hint of vanilla in the cream. I couldn't fine the powdered sugar." She commented, before blinking. "But yes, you were thinking..."

Bo poured the champagne. "Well its more like I've been wondering..." Bo you slammed a vampire against a wall earlier today, surely you can woman-up enough to ask Lauren out. "Now that things have settled down a bit..."

"Hardly."

"Huh?"

"There's still no Ash. The Light Fae is as disorganized as ever..."

Bo laughed a bit and put up her hand to stop the doctor from talking. "Besides all that Lauren. For the first time in weeks, there is no immedidate danger lurking around the corner."

"There's the case you're working."

"True but that doesn't count either."

"I see."

"No, I don't think you do see." Bo shook her head in frustration. " I was thinking..."

"So you're back to thinking now?" Lauren smiled. "I thought it was wondering."

"Smart ass." Bo retorted with a grin. "Its just that..." Bo stopped short again. She felt like she needed to get this moment right, and she also felt like she didn't know if she could. With the slightly touch, Bo could use her powers and have Lauren any way she wished. But she didn't want that, she wanted to be herself only...just Bo Dennis asking out a girl. But Lauren was so not just some girl, she was well...Lauren. Sweet. Adorable. Geeky. Beautiful. Sexy Lauren.

Lauren frowned a bit. "What is it?"

"Ummm, how was it visiting your family?" She blurted out.

Lauren's frown deepened. She had the feeling that Bo was stalling, but she would indulge her if she wasn't ready. She just wished the brunette had a better filler topic than her family. "It was familar." She smirked a bit, but Bo didn't miss the sadness in her voice.

"No Family Ties moments? Sha lah lah lah..." Bo made a bad attempt at the 80's sitcom theme song.

"Not by a long shot." Lauren sipped her champagne. She got more comfortable on the couch, tucking her feet under her. "Bo, you don't really want to talk about my family do you?"

"You don't?"

"I can if you really want to but..."

"Too personal?"

"I wouldn't say that, it's not my favorite topic."

"See!" Bo said and stood to her feet. "This is something new I've learned about you. And I know that you like crepes and mimosas. And striped satin robes, that feel great against my skin by the way. "

"Bo?"

"And there is so much I want to know... Like what you were like as a kid. In college even. What tv shows do you like? What you were like before..."

"The Fae?" Lauren asked.

"Well yeah." Bo shrugged.

Lauren leaned forward, her brow knitted in confusion. "And you want to learn all this tonight?" What had Bo bound up in knots of nervousness, the doctor wondered. Normally it was she would babbled, but tonight it was Bo.

"No, of course not...shit!" Bo murmured and sat back down. "I'm messing this all up arent I?"

"Messing what up?"

A flash of lightening brightened the dim room, followed by a crack of thunder. Bo opened her mouth to say something, but instead chose to move forward and capture Lauren's lips in a kiss. She heard the blonde sigh as their lips touched. One of Bo's hands slid forward until it was cupping the side of Lauren's jaw. It didn't take long before Lauren was returning the kiss. The kiss deepened, both of them tilting their heads a bit more to get even closer. Their tongues played against each other teasingy. It didn't take long before the heat turned up, and Bo felt Lauren pushing her back against the cushions of the couch.

Bo was a good kisser, Lauren thought...enjoying the sudden change of events. She had been dreaming of tasting Bo again since their last kiss. This time she had Bo all to herself. No immediate apacolypse. No others standing around watching. No, it was just she and Bo alone with the rain as music. Bo hands had found themselves under Lauren's t-shirt caressing the smooth skin of her back, then pulling the doctor down on top of her. Lauren broke the kiss and buried her face in the hollow of Bo's neck.

"Lauren?"

"Hmmmm." Lauren said against her neck, her hand tugging at the belt of the silk robe Bo was wearing. Her kisses were getting close to the brunette's cleavage.

"Will you go out with me?"

Lauren stilled a bit and lifted her head slightly. Blonde hair covering her face. "Come again?"

"Again? We haven't even gotten around to round one." Bo joked and felt Lauren chuckle, her warm breathe tickling her throat.

"You're asking me out?"

Bo smoothed Lauren's hair back so she could look into her eyes. "Yes."

"Now?"

"What? Not a good time because we're already making out?"

"Yes."

"Yes, you wanna go on a date? Or yes, this isn't a good time?"

Lauren sat back a bit and smiled. "Is this why you were so nervous?"

"You make me nervous." Bo said seriously with her voice dropping an octave. Her mind and body were still very aware of Lauren straddling her.

"Really?" Bo simply nodded in response. "What a nice tidbit of information to tuck away."

"I bet."

"Well lucky for you I happen to like nervous and awkward brunettes."

"Awkward?" Bo scooted up to rest on her elbows. "I'm not awkward"

Lauren giggled a bit. "Yes."

"I admit I wasn't exactly on my A game here tonight..."

"Bo I said Yes."

"Yes?"

"Are you going to make my acceptance of your offer as trying as it was for you ask?"

A huge grin spread across Bo's face. "Awesome. Then its official, we're dating?"

"I suppose so, but I just thought of something you're not going to like."

"What's that?"

"I have a three date rule." Lauren said with a serious expression before playfully being hit in the face with a pillow.