Chapter 7: Trust Is Everything
McCorrigan Mansion
Bo woke up feeling much better having now told her parents about her relationship with Lauren. She felt ten pounds lighter. But she also felt bad for her girlfriend, Lauren couldn't tell her parents because of the way that her Father would react. Bo wished that Damon was more like her parents.
Was it so bad that they were together? What was so wrong with it? Was there another reason beside the hatred that Damon harboured for her family? So many questions and no one would answer them for her.
The brunette got dressed and made her way downstairs. Today was usually her lazy Sunday, but there was a bonfire party later that she planned on going to. And she was really hoping that Lauren would be allowed to come too. Bo was dressed in her favourite black skinny jeans, with a white t-shirt and her leather jacket. She loved having a bit of an edgy style.
The young succubus walked into the kitchen to find her family all having breakfast, "Morning" she smiled, walking over to the coffee maker.
"Good Morning sweetie, did you sleep okay?" Aife knew how hard last night was on her daughter. She just wanted to make sure that she was okay.
Bo nodded as she poured herself a cup of hot coffee. "Like a baby" she took a seat at the kitchen island.
"Please can I go Mom?" Kenzi wined.
"I don't know. Your Father and I have to attend his firm's retreat tonight. We won't be back until tomorrow evening. I just don't think that it's a good idea honey…" Aife shook her head.
Bo presumed that they were talking about the beach bonfire later tonight. "Are you talking about the bonfire?" she asked to make sure.
"Yeah, she won't let me go!" Kenzi pouted pointing to their Mother.
"Excuse me! She?" Aife exclaimed, she wasn't going to take any back talk from a fifteen year old.
Kenzi rolled her eyes. Great, she wasn't going to win any extra points with that one. "Sorry… Mom, won't let me go" She corrected herself.
Bo decided to try and defuse the situation."I can keep an eye on her if you want? I'm going anyway" she knew that her little sister wanted to go badly. This way, her mother would have some piece of mind. Bo would never let anything bad happen to Her.
The fifteen year old clapped her hands and squealed in delight. "YES! Please Mom!"
Aife smiled at her youngest daughter with a sigh. "Fine, you may go. But I want you back by nine o'clock. Not a second longer" she got up from her seat and began walking out of the kitchen.
"Why so early?" Kenzi pouted.
Luther grabbed his travel mug and kissed his youngest on her head. "Because you are fifteen, your sister will bring you back here and then she can go back to the party" He tapped Bo on the shoulder before following after his wife.
"Don't sweat it baby girl…" Bo wrapped her arm around her little sister, kissing her on the cheek. "… You'll have a blast"
Lewis Manor
Lauren had been texting back and forth with her girlfriend all night and this morning. The blonde was relieved that Bo's parents were okay with their relationship. She just wished that her parents were as forgiving as her girlfriend's.
But she wasn't going to think about that now, now she was going to get dressed and head downstairs to get some breakfast before meeting up with Ciara. She was really looking forward to the bonfire party later, the seniors always threw one to celebrate the new school year.
Even though it was the older kids that were throwing it, younger students always seemed to tag along. Today would be no different. Lauren threw some denim jeans on, with a dark green tartan checked shirt that had a black tank top underneath it. It was a bonfire, no need to be all dressy.
The blonde had yet to talk to her sister about what she did to Bo. She wasn't okay with that, she knew that Tamsin did it knowing full well where Bo would have ended up. Her sister had to learn restraint. Lauren made her way to her sister's room, knocking on the door gently.
"Come in!" Tamsin called out.
Lauren entered the room, closing the door behind her so that they could talk in private. "You transported her into a dumpster?!" she yelled at her sister.
Tamsin laughed, she thought that it would teach Bo not to upset her little sister. Clearly she wasn't seeing the funny side to it. "Happy accident" she shrugged.
"Yeah right. Don't ever do that again T!" The younger blonde ordered.
"So since you're defending your lady's honour, I'm guessing that you guys made up?" the older blonde sat up on her bed.
Lauren nodded. "We did. Let me guess, you have a problem with that?" She always knew what her sister was thinking.
Tamsin shrugged again, "A little, but it's not like you care what I think anyway" whatever she thought wasn't going to change the way that Lauren felt about Bo. So she wasn't going to bother..
"You're my big sister, of course I care" Lauren always valued her sister's opinion.
That was something that Tamsin liked to hear. "Good. You know that I'm just trying to protect you right?" She needed her to know that.
Of course Lauren knew that. "Yes, but you really don't have to worry about me T. I can handle this"
Tamsin wanted to believe her, but not even she herself would be able to handle the situation that her sister was in. It was riddled with complications. But clearly to Lauren, it was worth all the pain she would end up feeling. "Okay"
Lauren found herself confused, she was expecting more of a wordy retort or even a scoff. But nothing. "Okay?" the younger girl repeated her sister's words.
Jumping off of the bed, Tamsin walked over to her sister."Okay, if you say that you can handle this then I'm not going to stand in your way anymore" she smiled.
"Really? So you're not going to tell me what to do anymore?" Lauren asked. This was all so very strange.
Tamsin laughed, "Nope, you're a big girl now. You're not the same little girl who used to want to sleep in my room because you had a nightmare" Those were the days.
Lauren smiled at the memory, she had forgotten about that. When she was a little girl, she would get a lot of nightmares. She never knew why, nor did her parents. But every time she had one, she would run straight to Tamsin's room. Her sister would let her sleep in her bed and tell her a funny story so that she could sleep properly without the fear of having another nightmare.
She brought Tamsin into a crushing hug, she was beyond grateful for everything that her sister had done for her. "Thank you" she whispered.
"I'm your big sister, it's my job…" Tamsin smiled, kissing her sister on the head. "… So I take it that you're going to the bonfire tonight?" she asked.
Lauren nodded, pulling away. "Are you?" she wondered what her sister was doing tonight.
Tamsin shook her head, "Na, got a big test tomorrow and I don't want to fail so…" she chuckled.
The younger Angel was shocked, her sister was actually turning down a party so she could study. If that wasn't growth what was? "I'm proud of you T. Well, I better go. I promised Ciara that i would meet her for lunch before we head to the beach" she smiled at her sister one last time before leaving the room.
Tamsin was glad that she and her sister were okay, but she still giggled at the thought of Bo landing on her ass in that dumpster.
Senior Beach Bonfire (Later)
Lauren always hated going to this party every year, more out of fear than anything else. She was always waiting for the police to show up and arrest everyone for underage drinking. But they never did, even though they knew full well what was going on. They let the kids get away with it, she had no idea why.
Most cops would love to arrest all of these kids. Or maybe there were just too lazy to do all the paper work once the arrests were made. Probably the latter.
But this year was different, she was a senior herself and she had a beautiful girlfriend who she couldn't wait to see. Lauren and Ciara made their way through the crowd, the blonde couldn't see Bo anywhere. She wondered if she was late, just as she was about to get her phone out to call her, she felt someone behind her.
"Care for a drink?" Bo whispered in her girlfriend's ear.
Lauren turned around with a smile giving the brunette a peck and taking the offered red cup of beer. "Thanks. When did you get here?" she asked.
The brunette took a sip of her drink before answering. "About twenty minutes ago, I had to give Kenzi the 'no drinking' speech" She chuckled, even though she told her not to she knew that Kenzi would probably end up drinking one or two beers.
"How very sisterly of you" Lauren laughed.
"No Tamsin?" Bo wasn't seeing the older blonde anywhere.
Lauren shook her head. "She had a big test to study for so, she wanted to stay in. But I did talk to her about the whole Dumpster thing" she wanted to put that to rest.
The brunette had to laugh, it really wasn't necessary. "I told you it's fine. I'm over it..." She really didn't care anymore. Looking over to the snack table she saw that there was a s'more station. "... Come on, let's get some s'mores" she dragged her girlfriend over.
"What's a s'more?" Lauren frowned.
Bo was shocked, how had she never heard of s'mores? "Are you serious right now?" her face turned serious.
"Kinda, I've never heard of them" the blonde smiled bashfully, judging by her girlfriend's expression these things were obviously very important.
"Trust me. You haven't lived until you've had a s'more…" the brunette gathered everything that they'd need. "… Follow me" she started walking over to the logs in front of the bonfire. She gave Lauren her skewer with a marshmallow pierced through it.
"Now what?" The Angel felt stupid holding a stick that had a marshmallow on top of it.
Bo held her girlfriend's hand, guiding her to hold the stick closer to the burning flames. "We have to roast it so that when we stick it on the chocolate, it melts. See, easy as pie" she chuckled.
Lauren's marshmallow caught fire quickly so she pulled it way and blew it out. "It's burnt…" she sighed. "… I did it wrong" she pouted. How hard was it to roast a marshmallow?
"Don't worry about it…" the brunette laughed taking the stick from her and throwing it to the side. She then roasted two herself, until they were a lovely golden brown. Once the s'mores were made, they both tucked in.
The blonde had never tasted something so delicious in her entire life. Her parents were very strict about junk food. She and Tamsin were never allowed to eat this kind of stuff when they were growing up. "That was amazing!"
Bo couldn't contain her laughter, Lauren had some melted marshmallow on her top lip and she hadn't noticed it yet. "You got a little…" she reached over to wipe away the marshmallow with her thumb. "… All pretty" she smiled.
Lauren gazed into her girlfriend's eyes before leaning in for a gentle kiss. Bo pulled her closer as they got lost in each other, she never wanted to be parted from this girl.
"Bo and Lauren sitting in a tree! K.I.S.S.I.N.G!" The two broke apart to see Ciara singing to them.
Dyson wasn't far behind his girlfriend, seeing Bo with Lauren wasn't weird at all. He thought that it would've been but he felt nothing. And Bo was clearly happy with the Angel, while he was happy with Ciara. Everything was working out the way that it was supposed to.
Ciara sat down with Dyson on the next log. "You guys are so adorable! Oh! Can I sing at your wedding?!" she slurred excitedly.
Bo and Lauren laughed, she was way ahead of them. "How much have you had to drink?" The blonde asked, she did look a little tipsy.
"Like, hardly anything!" The fairy fell back into Dyson's chest.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure that she doesn't drink anymore" the young wolf said.
Lauren rested her head onto Bo's shoulder as they all watched the burning flames of the bonfire. All the while talking and laughing. To be honest, Lauren had never had such a fun night in her life. And it was all thanks to Bo.
McCorrigan Mansion (2 Hours Later)
Since their parents were gone for the night, Bo didn't think that it would matter if Kenzi stayed out a little longer than her Mother advised. Kenzi had been really good all night, she followed her sister's orders and didn't drink anything. She just hung out with her friends, and flirted with Hale a little bit.
Bo brought Lauren home with her, she thought that maybe they could hang out a little longer. She hated it when it came time for the blonde to leave. She just wanted to be with her all the time.
Kenzi had bid the older girls good night and headed up to her room. Bo did the same and took Lauren up to her own room so they could hang out.
"So where have your parents gone?" Lauren pushed her shirt off and jumped onto the brunette's bed.
"Uh, some Lodge up in Granville. It's a retreat for my Dad's firm, they go every year" Bo replied, putting some music on. Thankfully Kenzi's room was down the hall and the walls were extremely thick so it didn't matter how loud she had it. The brunette opted for some Coldplay, she loved that band.
"When will they be back?" the blonde asked.
The succubus joined her girlfriend on the bed with a smile "Sometime tomorrow, maybe in the afternoon" she wasn't really sure.
"So how were they when you told them about us?" Lauren was dying to ask that all day.
Bo took a breath before answering, "They were shocked at first, but then they were fine with it. In fact, our Dad's used to be best friends" She still found that weird.
Lauren raised her eyebrows in surprise. She was not expecting that, he never mentioned Bo's Father. "Wow, why did they stop being friends?" she asked.
"When my Dad reconnected with my Mom, your Father felt betrayed so he stopped talking to him…" the brunette explained. The blonde expected nothing less from her Father, he could be very childish like that. "… I also asked them about your Aunt and Uncle. You were right. I'm so sorry Lauren" she was sincere.
The Angel tucked some of Bo's brown hair behind her ear. "I never blamed you Bo, you didn't even know about it" She didn't want her to feel guilty, she wasn't the one at fault here.
"I know but, I should have believed you in the first place" the succubus felt ashamed of herself for doubting her girlfriend.
"He's your family Bo, I understand. You don't owe me an explanation. Okay?" Lauren moved her hand to cup the succubus' cheek.
Bo leaned into the touch. It was like nothing that she had ever experienced. "I am so in love with you…" she let out smiling.
"That makes two of us" the blonde chuckled softly.
They began to kiss, as far as Bo was concerned her Grandfather could shove it. Because there was no way that she was giving this girl up, ever. She wrapped her arms around Lauren's waist.
The blonde decided to cut to the chase and hop into her girlfriend's lap just as Bo slid her hands underneath the Angel's shirt, touching her skin. Lauren leaned into her more, grabbing her face so she could deepen their kiss. They both knew where this was heading, but that wasn't stopping them.
Bo slide her hands up the blonde's sides, pulling her tank top over her head and throwing it to the side. Lauren was stunning, every inch of her. The both pulled away out of breath and just looked at each other. "Are you ready?" She whispered.
The Angel smiled wide and kissed her again, she was more than ready. She just wanted to give herself to her. Bo picked Lauren up and turned them over, laying her down on her back as she settled on top of her. They kept kissing for what seemed like forever, just then Bo pulled back and lifted her own t-shirt over her head and threw it to the floor.
The blonde had her legs bent as Bo was kneeling in between them staring down at her.
"Are you sure?" Bo didn't want to pressure Lauren into doing something that she wasn't ready for. Even though it was Bo's first time too, she had been wanting this for a while now. It was most probably her succubus nature trying to break free.
Lauren sat up, her face now inches from her girlfriend's. "I've never been surer of anything in my life" she whispered on her lips.
Bo smiled as she kissed her again, "We can stop at any time okay?" she just wanted for them both to feel comfortable. This was a huge step that they were taking.
"I'm not made of glass Bo…" the blonde had to laugh. "… I want this, I want you"
"I want you too…" the brunette kissed her again, she ended it quickly and hopped off the bed to take her jeans off. Lauren was doing the same with her own, tearing at their clothing until they were in nothing. Bo pulled the covers back onto her bed and ushered her girlfriend into them before joining her. She took her earlier position of being on top, leaning down to capture Lauren's top lip, bringing her into a heated kiss.
When Bo turned sixteen, Aife had told her that a succubus can be attracted to both men and women. She wasn't shocked, they were sexual creatures by nature. There were only two sexes in the universe. Bo didn't really want to have the sex talk with her Mother, it was embarrassing and weird.
But her Mother did give her some tips when with both sexes. Bo didn't want to go all out on this, she wanted this to be slow and gentle. She and Lauren needed to find their own rhythm, they would get better at it in time.
They were expecting it to be awkward, but it wasn't at all. They were so inexperienced, and yet they were so ready in taking the next step without fear of how it would go. All they needed was each other.
The succubus lowered herself down more, her thigh coming into contact with Lauren's already throbbing centre. The sudden sensation caused the blonde to jerk her leg up just as Bo was leaning in to kiss her again. Bo gasped as she felt the jolt of pleasure course through her. It was as if she had been hit by lightning. They began to move together, ever so slowly as they continued to devour each other's mouths.
Lauren trailed her hands up her girlfriend's bare back as they continued to grind on each other. She never knew that it would feel this amazing, plus her emotions were a little heightened right now thanks to her empathy power.
Suddenly, Bo was overcome with that same hunger as before. She didn't want it to happen now, she didn't want to feed off of Lauren yet. If she had her way then she wouldn't do it at all. Now that she was in this new situation, she didn't that think she could push it down like last time.
Lauren noticed that something was wrong when the brunette pulled away closing her eyes. "What is it?" she was breathing heavy.
"I can't, control it" Bo mumbled.
The blonde reached her hands up to the succubus' face, holding each side. "Open your eyes Bo. Look at me..." she whispered. Bo didn't want to, but she knew that she had to if she was going to get through this. Once she opened her eyes, the Angel was met with bright blue orbs shining back at her. It was the most stunning colour of blue that she'd ever seen in her life. "… I want you to feed from me"
Bo shook her head, narrowing her eyes at the girl below her. "Lauren, I can't. I'm craving you right now. My hunger could overwhelm me" That was the last thing that she wanted.
The blonde smiled, "I trust you completely"
There was no way out of this, she had to feed now. If she didn't, who knows what could end up happening. There was no option three. The succubus nodded before leaning in again, her Mother had shown her how to pull someone's chi and how to stop. But Bo lacked impulse control sometimes, she prayed silently in her mind that she wouldn't hurt the girl that she loved.
They moved their hips again, this time a little faster than before. Their breathing became erratic and more laboured. Hearts raced, their bodies glistened with sweat from the excursion of their movements. "I love you" She wanted to get that in before she fed.
"I love you too" Lauren breathed, she held onto her girlfriend as Bo began to siphon a steady stream of chi from her.
Bo had never experienced anything like this, her chi tasted amazing. She had no idea whether it had to with the fact that she was and Angel, but if it was then their race was totally in the lead. She could feel her power, her strength and most importantly her love.
Aife had told her daughter that she might have to feed for a while before she got full, but right now Bo was more than satiated. She stopped the feed and moved her mouth to the blonde's neck as her hips moved faster.
Lauren was making all kinds of moans as she kept her eyes shut, she was in heaven right now. Having Bo feed on her was strange and yet so amazing all at the same time. The blonde grabbed her girlfriend's head, guiding it back to her own so that she could kiss her. They were tipping over the edge now, just on the brink of falling over completely.
"Bo…." Lauren was seconds away from reaching her climax.
"I know…" the brunette smiled, kissing the girl again and speeding up her hips. The last couple of seconds were magical, Lauren arched her back off of the bed as she came. Bo gave a low moan as she rode out her own orgasm. She never remembered her Mother telling her it would feel like that. She buried her head into her girlfriend's neck as she tried to catch her breath.
Lauren sank her head into the pillow as her heartbeat began to slow down some.
"That was…" Bo tried slowing her own breathing. "... Incredible" she mumbled into her neck with a laugh.
"I whole heartedly agree" Lauren chuckled.
Bo untangled herself from her girlfriend and rolled onto her side, "Are you okay?" she just wanted to make sure.
The Angel turned to her with loving eyes. "More than okay…" she sighed happily. "… I've never felt so close and connected to someone in my entire life" she gushed.
"Me neither…" the Succubus laced her fingers with her girlfriend's playfully. "… You know when I first looked at you that day we bumped into each other? I knew then, that I wanted you be mine" That day will always go down as the best day of Bo's life. It was the day that she first connected with Lauren and knew that there was more to life than being Fae, being a Succubus, and being a McCorrigan.
"You have me" Lauren didn't want to leave yet. But she knew that her parents would be wondering where she was.
"Please tell me that you're not thinking of leaving?" Bo asked.
The blonde should have known that she wasn't hiding that well. She shook her head. "Not yet, but I will have to go soon"
"Can't you just tell them that the party is still going?" the brunette wanted her to stay. They had just did something that had moved their relationship up a level and she had to leave. That wasn't fair.
This was why she didn't say anything. "You know I would rather stay here with you" it wasn't like she wanted to leave.
"Then stay…" Bo said, to which her girlfriend replied with a sigh. She clearly didn't know what to do. "… I'm gonna go and get us a drink from the kitchen, you can tell me what you've decided when I get back" she gave her girlfriend a quick kiss before getting up from the bed and grabbing her robe to wrap it around her as she left the room.
Lauren slumped back onto her pillow, she'd made her decision. And she wanted to stay, but in order to do that she needed back up. So she was going to call the only person that could help. Closing her eyes, she opened up the mind links between her and her sister.
"Tamsin? Are you awake?"
Lewis Manor
Tamsin was still studying when she heard her sister's voice inside of her head. "Yeah, I'm still up. Where are you? It's really late" she spoke through the link.
"I was going to stay the night with Bo, her parents are away. Can you tell Mom and Dad that I went home with Ciara?" She heard Lauren ask.
She sighed, she knew that this would end up happening sooner or later. "I can try but, you know how Dad is. He'll probably want to talk to Ciara's Dad" their Father was picky that way.
"It's 11:30 p.m. Tamsin, he won't call him now. He'll buy what you sell, just make sure that you sell it properly. If anyone can do it you can" her sister obviously had faith in her.
Tamsin loved that. "Stop it! You're gonna make my head big…" she laughed. "… Alright, I'll take care of it. But you owe me big time kid!" She would collect.
"You got it T, whatever you want. Thank you! I'll see you tomorrow, love you" her sister sounded pretty happy.
Which made her happy too. "Love you too" Tamsin broke the link.
The blonde got up and made her way downstairs, she knew that her Father worked till late at night in his study. Just as Tamsin reached the door, she heard her parent's arguing. She thought that her mother had gone to bed already.
"I want to tell her, before her eighteenth birthday!" she heard her Mother yell.
Tamsin was so confused. She came to a stop just outside of the door, she could hear everything.
Like her Father's grumbling voice, "That is out of the question Lenore!"
"Why? She has a right to know Damon. How do you think that she will feel if she finds out when she's older, she will resent us forever" Her Mother sounded scared.
Tamsin didn't get this, they weren't talking about her because her eighteenth birthday had come and gone, which only left Lauren.
"The only way that she will find out is if you tell her. No good will come of knowing now. They are dead" she heard her Father say. Who was dead?
"She has a right to know of her origins, of her real parents" Her Mother sighed.
Tamsin felt like her eyes were going to pop out of her head if she widened them more. Lauren wasn't her real sister, her heart was breaking right now. But above everything, she was feeling an overwhelming burst of anger. How dare they keep this from her, The girl abruptly entered her Father's study.
No need for pleasantries now.
"What have I said about knocking?!" Damon yelled at his daughter for the intrusion.
Lenore tried to usher her daughter out, she didn't want her involved in this. "Sweetie you should be in bed, go on" She nodded to the door.
Tamsin shook her head and folded her arms. "No! I heard everything that you just said…" she started to well up. "… Is Lauren my sister or not?"
Damon smashed his hand down onto one of his end tables, smashing it into pieces. This is exactly what he didn't want. There was no going back now. They couldn't cover this up, she had heard too much.
"No, she's not" Lenore answered, standing next to her daughter.
Tamsin was crying now, they'd both been lied to their whole lives. "But we have a bond, how can that be?" Their bond felt familial, she knew that they had to be blood.
"You are related, just not as sisters" Her Mother explained.
This was unreliable. "Then what are we?" Tamsin asked.
"You're cousins" she said.
Cousins? That meant that Lauren's parents were Alec and Amelia, and they were killed by Bo's grandfather. Tamsin didn't know how to process this information, and her empathy was on overdrive. It was all too much for her, so much so that she started to fall backwards.
Damon was quick in corporealising behind his daughter, catching her before she fell to the floor. "As I said…" he lifted her up into his arms. "... No good can come from this" he shot his Wife an angry look, before taking his unconscious daughter out of the study.