Chapter 4

A/N: I'm really sorry for the delay in this update but I've got to warn you guys that I've just started my last year of school and I'm going to be crazy busy as the year goes on so the updates might get further and further apart but I'll try to keep up with the fic because I'm enjoying this story too.

The smell of coffee wafting into the bedroom from downstairs was what pulled Bo from her peaceful slumber. The memories of the previous night, both the long overdue conversation she had had with Lauren before finally coming to a decision about their relationship and their following less-than-innocent activities that occupied most of the rest of the night, bombarded her as she woke and she couldn't help the grin that spread over her face.

She rolled over in the bed, reaching her hand out for Lauren only to find empty space. She began to panic and sat up quickly but she calmed down as soon as she noticed the scrap of paper on Lauren's pillow filled with the doctor's chicken scrawl.

Bo,

I'm sorry I wasn't there when you woke up but I thought I should read some of the books that Hale left for us before Kenzi shows up. Can you imagine the teasing if she knew what we spent last night doing? Both breakfast and I are waiting downstairs when you wake up.

Love L

Bo smiled to herself as she rose from the bed and dressed herself in her robe. She made her way downstairs and found Lauren, her girlfriend she thought with a grin, sitting at the island deeply engrossed in reading one of Trick's large books detailing Fae history. The human was wearing her reading glasses, as she tended to in the mornings before she put her contacts in, and was clad in a pair of boxers and an oversized blue hoodie with a Starfleet crest on it. Bo was overcome by just how adorable this woman actually was. She was effortlessly gorgeous and Bo couldn't help but marvel at the fact that the genius doctor had all but committed to spending the rest of her life with her. She couldn't let her slip out of her grasp as she had before and she was now more committed than ever to making sure that Lauren was happy for as long as she was with the succubus.

Bo entered the kitchen and wrapped her arms around the doctor from behind before resting her chin on her shoulder.

"Morning, babe," said Lauren with a smile as she gave Bo a quick peck on the lips. She moved one hand to grasp the one clutching the front of her hoodie.

"Have I told you that I love you?" asked Bo smirking and pulling Lauren tighter against her.

"Not since you woke up," said Lauren "Although you said it enough last night," she added with a cheeky grin.

"Amongst other things," agreed Bo suggestively.

"Oh, dudes! Gross!" came Kenzi's exclamation from the doorway of the kitchen "I leave the room to go to the toilet and when I come back you two are making sexy eyes at each other."

She entered the room and hopped up on the stool next to Lauren dramatically. She spun it so she was facing the couple. Bo had seated herself on the stool on the opposite side of Lauren but hadn't released her grip on the doctor.

"When did you get here Kenz?" asked the succubus, purposefully ignoring the younger girls jibe.

"About half an hour ago," she answered "I figured I'd get here early and get the good doc to make something for breakfast," she was squinting suspiciously at the pair as she spoke.

"She may have eaten your breakfast too," Lauren told Bo "But I can make you something else if you want."

Bo gave the doctor a grateful squeeze before she stood up and went to make herself a cup of coffee.

"Don't worry I'll just make myself some toast," she placated the doctor.

Kenzi was still examining the pair carefully before she gasped.

"You two are totally back together!" she almost yelled "You're all lovey-dovey and not in the way you usually are when you're just "friends"," she put that word in inverted commas "who sometimes partake in some ladylovin'. You're all couple-y and gross and married-like!"

Bo and Lauren looked at each other with amused smirks before looking back at the girl waiting for some kind of confirmation. Bo nodded with goofy grin on her face "Yeah, we are," she told her best friend.

"I'm totally happy for you guys but I lost my noise cancelling headphones last month so you better buy me some more before you come back home because I'm totes not okay with having a front row ticket to your loud extracurricular activities," Kenzi told them with a faux-stern face. Lauren chuckled but blushed slightly at the implication.

Kenzi turned her sights on Lauren and her expression turn deathly serious, "I'm not gonna repeat myself again but you remember the talk we had before about hurting my Bobo, don't you Doc?"

Lauren nodded, swallowing slightly as she remembered the far from idle threats that the small Russian girl had made.

"Good," said Kenzi, her demeanour changing almost immediately "We've got a shit-ton of work to do today so we better get down to it."

Bo cast a bemused look in Kenzi's direction before they settled down to discuss the case.

"I was thinking about the victims," began Lauren "They were supposedly all in love but we learned last night that at least two of them were having affairs with their neighbours so I started looking into the Fuath and it seems like that's part of their M.O."

"What do you mean?" asked Bo.

"Well they make one or both of the people in love betray the other in some way and drive the other one mad with jealousy or hurt or depression or... well you get the gist. They manipulate their victims into doing things they would never ordinarily consider doing, purely to drive them to perform unspeakable crimes against each other," clarified Lauren gravely "These weren't just murders; these were disembowelling, decapitations,

"Well that is all kinds of disgusting," declared Kenzi "You two lovebirds are going to have to keep your peepers wide open for any of those hate-lovin' creeps because we can't have succubabe here decapitating you, doc. I'd miss your cooking too much," she added as an afterthought throwing a cheeky smirk Lauren's direction causing the doctor to roll her eyes fondly at her.

"Oh," exclaimed Kenzi "I forgot to tell you, I was talking to a few of the desperate housewives last night and I signed you two up to run a stall at the farmer's market today. I thought it'd be a good chance to look for the creepy killers."

The other two nodded in approval as they considered the benefits of Kenzi's plan.

"So, where do we have to be Kenz? And when?" asked Bo.

"The market is on the green outside the community centre when the weather's good and inside when it's bad but it's pretty nice out so you'll be roughing it outside on the carefully manicured lawn," Kenzi explained "and Gina said you should be there at 11 so you've got about an hour to get over there. Go get ready, make sure you wear your most suburban buttoned-down clothes. You might want to cover up the girls a bit BoBo."

Lauren smirked and let her gaze linger on Bo's chest for longer than could be considered innocent. Her gaze was not lost on either Bo or Kenzi and Kenzi just rolled her eyes and ushered them upstairs to get ready.

Just under an hour later the couple arrived at the green where the market was being held. Lauren was dressed in a black button down shirt with the sleeves rolled to her elbows over a pair of painted on dark denim jeans, while Bo was wearing tight black jeans and a semi modest loose hanging grey t-shirt. They were greeted enthusiastically by Jeanette who showed them to their stand with an insincere smile.

They were to work at the baked goods stall as the couple who usually did it were AWOL but according to George, who came to say hello to them, that was nothing out of the ordinary. The morning passed without much ado as Bo and Lauren chatted to the various people who had come to visit the market. Bo found that she actually quite enjoyed selling the pastries and bread to the suburbanites. Lauren found she far more enjoyed watching Bo work in those jeans.

Lily Torres made quite an impression on Lauren when the little girl came over to them with what was clearly her allowance and asked for a donut. The girl was holding a book in her hand and when Lauren asked her what she was reading she told her that she was reading a fact book about the human body because she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up. Lily was clearly a very polite, bright girl and Lauren was completely taken with her and promised to let her read some of her books about the body if she wanted more. Bo grinned at Lauren's manner with the child and her proud look as she watched Lily run over to Paul and tell him excitedly of Lauren's offer.

While there was a lull in the popularity of their stall Bo chatted to Lauren, trying and failing to tame her desirous looks. The doctor didn't miss the glances in her direction and tried her best to ignore the heat the flared in her chest.

They had been keeping an eye out all morning for anyone who was taking a particular interest in them but it was difficult as they seemed to be the talk of the neighbourhood; the gorgeous new couple with the impressive jobs. Bo did notice, however, that when Mike visited the stall to purchase some bread for the week, his aura flared noticeably when he talked to Lauren. She tried to quell the rush of anger in her chest as she tried to convince herself that most people's auras flared around Lauren and that didn't mean that Mike was part of the Fuath but she made sure to add him to her mental list of suspects.

Bo decided that they ought to make some purchases too, as they might be in their temporary house for a while. She left Lauren to man the stall as she visited several other stalls, grabbing some fresh vegetables, some overpriced cheese and some soy ice cream. She returned to the baked goods stall with a grin on her face that quickly faltered when she spotted Gina standing far too close to Lauren with a hand on her upper arm. Lauren was being friendly towards the woman but Bo could see that Gina's aura was burning bright and she couldn't help the huge flare of jealously that consumed her at the sight. She didn't understand her extreme reaction, it wasn't like she thought Lauren was going to cheat on her but she couldn't tamp down the rising anger.

As she moved towards them Lauren looked up and a panic look reached her eyes when she noticed Bo's expression. The panic Lauren was feeling rose exponentially when she noticed Bo's eyes briefly flash a brilliant, bright blue. Normally that would inspire Lauren to drop what she was doing and embrace the succubus but Lauren had seen this look before and this was far more dangerous, this was anger, almost uncontrollable anger.

Lauren thought back to Kenzi's words of warning in regards to the Fuaths' powers and she swallows thickly when she realised what was happening. A final look at the succubus's blue eyes confirmed Lauren's fears.

Shit, was the only thought that crossed her mind.

A/N 2: As always I want to know what you thought, so please leave a review. Hope you guys are still enjoying this fic. I know this chapter was a bit fluffy so let me know if you guys want more or less of that.