I Need My Doctor Stat!

Chapter 2

I feel the car come to halt and wince as the pain comes back with a vengeance. I feel the cool night air on my sweat soaked skin as the car door is opened and a figure in shadow leans in.

"Bo, I'm going to need you to be strong and help me get you to the house. Can you do that for me?" Lauren asks as she brushes a quick kiss to my forehead.

With that gentle touch of lips a spark awakens that has been dormant for so long since Nadia had come back into Laurens life. That tiny spark pushes back the pain for a moment and I am able to slide out from the backseat with the assistance of my beautiful blonde goddess.

Lauren is practically dragging me up the cobble stone walk to a beautiful house surrounded by a forest on three sides. "Wow pretty," I mumble as I try to stay upright as we approach the door.

"Where are we?" I ask as Lauren chimes the doorbell and waits. I am slowly losing consciousness again and I begin to sag in Lauren's arms as the door opens to a beautiful stranger.

"Lauren?" Emily frowns as she takes in the scene before her. "Is that who I think it is?"

Lauren looks and the statuesque forest nymph with pleading eyes.

"Yes this is Bo, the unaligned succubus. I don't have the strength to heal her. Please, Emily, I can't lose her."

Emily seeing the distress in the pretty Doctor's face sweeps Bo up into her arms, carrying her into her sanctuary.

"I need to take her to my bedroom, I presume?" Emily says with an air of uncertainty. Lauren nodded.

In her room, Emily placed the exotic succubus on the vine entangled four posted bed.

"I will do what I can Lauren. Even this weak a succubus' primal urge to survive will be present just waiting for a warm body to feed from. It might be less painful if you go get a drink and watch some TV, or something," Emily says with concern for her friend. Lauren's emotions are showing for the whole world to see and it is nothing she has ever seen before. As Emily sits beside Bo on the bed, Lauren nods once and takes a deep breath. With one last lingering look at the most important person in her life, the doctor turns away and closes the door.

Emily is shocked by the obvious attachment the doctor has formed with the unconscious woman lying next to her. The human doctor that has earned her respect and friendship over the years is usually so composed and clinical. Most people view her as cold and detached, though she muses most of the fae don't take the time to look beneath the surface because, well, she is human after all. Humans don't rank higher than food to most fae, and if they took the time to notice they would see that Lauren is in a class all by herself. Emily has never seen the amazing doctor so raw with emotion before and finds it quite fascinating.

Looking down at the exquisite woman beside her a smile forms and the nymph finds herself saying, "What have you done to my usually closed off friend, hmm, little succubus? Have you melted her heart?"

Emily smiles as she looks down at the unconscious woman lying next to her. "Okay, here goes nothing. Let's see if we can help the doctor out, huh?" she says as she leans in to kiss the woman that has so obviously captured Lauren's heart. At first nothing seems to happen and then slowly the dark woman beneath her opens her mouth, welcoming the warmth and life that Emily has to offer. Emily feels a tug deep inside her as passion floods her senses and she is urged to deepen the kiss as two hands reach up, encircling her neck and pulling her closer.

Perched on the edge of the forest green suede couch, Lauren sits with a bottle of wine and the TV remote. Hundreds of channels and there is nothing that can take her mind off of the whirlwind of thoughts crashing through her mind. Shocking her out of her trance is the sound of her phone ringing. She pulls it out of her leather jacket and glances at the caller ID. Nadia. That's all I need, she thinks as she presses the accept button.

"Hi Babe, why aren't you in bed sleeping like the rest of us should be?" she asks as a greeting.

"I was sleeping but I woke up and you weren't there beside me, so I had an uncontrollable urge to call you. I'm sorry I shouldn't be bothering you, I'm sure you don't have time to talk.

"I have a few minutes. Is there something bothering you, Babe?" Lauren decides to step outside as low muffled moans start to resonate from the direction of the bedroom. As difficult as the sounds are to hear it means that Bo is healing which lifts a smile to her face and makes her heart ache a little less.

"Lauren, is there something the matter? Are we okay? I know that it should be a little weird because I was asleep for five years and you have been living your life and you are bound to have changed in that time, but something feels off and I don't know if it's me or not. I mean I know I've been clingy and I never was before but you also seem… I don't know, somewhat distant. Are you still there... Lauren?

"Hmm, yes, I'm still here. Nadia I am sorry if I seem distant, these last five years have not been easy, so I guess to cope I closed myself off so that it all wouldn't become too much. But yes I have changed whereas you have been frozen in time."

"That's not my fault Lauren. I..."

"I know, Baby, but it doesn't change the fact that things are different and may never be the way they were before. I still love you but," Lauren sighs, "I don't know if I am in love with you anymore. My emotions are a mess right now, Nadia. I need time to process everything." She closes her eyes waiting for her lover's response.

"Is this because of Bo, Lauren? Anyone with eyes can see that something is going on there. I just didn't want to think about it. How am I supposed to compete with that? She's freaking gorgeous."

"Nadia, I can't do this now, I need to get back to work. Can we talk about this when I get home? Please?"

"I don't really know what else there is to say because you certainly didn't deny anything, did you? But fine, Lauren, we have to do this sooner rather than later, alright?" Nadia says through what sounded like clenched teeth.

"Soon I promise. I'm sorry I have to go. Go back to sleep and I'll see you in the morning." As she hangs up the phone a huge sigh escapes her lips as her world starts to crumble around the edges. I can't keep doing this, she thinks to herself. It's not fair to Nadia or Bo for that matter. I love Bo more than I thought I could love anyone but is it real or is it because she is a powerful succubus that oozes with charm and confidence and all that is sexy. If I hadn't met Bo, Nadia wouldn't have her life back and I would still be searching for a cure that doesn't exist. God why does everything have to be so damn hard?

"My head hurts," she mumbles before going back into the house.