Chapter Ten: A Normal Life
As Bo and Tamsin pulled in to the Dal parking lot, Tamsin put the truck in park. They had finished laughing at their talk on the way over as Bo told Tamsin more about Kenzi eating foot soup from adventures in their past. Tamsin looked over at Bo and said "so this is what normal is huh?" as she smiled and looked down at Bo, who had grabbed her hand and held it.
"As normal as life can be for us right?" Bo asked.
"I don't know, sometimes I think about life without being fae, without being dark, without all my many lifetimes and memories of battles.. I think of what humans feel when they wake up. How many of them wake up, make waffles, drink their coffee on the porch while reading the newspaper thinking about their simple to do lists.. I think about what I would be like if I were human. I don't know, this probably sounds dumb as hell and some stupid sappy shit.." Tamsin said as she rolled her eyes and went to get out of the truck. Bo stopped her and looked at her with a serious face.
"No.. keep going.. What do you think your normal life would be life if you were human? I wanna know because I've thought about it too.. Tell me.. Please.." Bo said tugging at the blonde's hand.
"Well.. I don't know, I guess I would wake up, kiss my husband or some romantic mushy shit. Get up and go downstairs, make some breakfast for him and the kids, get my coffee and go outside on the porch and drink it before I started reading over case files. I like the detective job I have now so I think I would want to do something in that.. Go to work, arrest a drug lord or some shit like a badass, then go out for some drinks with the guys from the station.. go see the kids games or whatever.. go out to dinner to a restaurant and actually be abel to sit down and eat without looking over my shoulder or thinking about the wrongs of my past. Go home and have mind blowing sex and go to bed without having someone shapeshifting, trying to chop my head off and other supernatural shit flying at me every two seconds.." Tamsin said as she stared at her truck steering wheel.
"So HUSBAND huh?" Bo said as she playfully nudged Tamsin. In reality this kind took Bo by surprise and made her heart stop.. Husband.. what the hell.. well I guess that rules out THIS actually being something..
"I was hoping you'd pick up on that.." Tamsin said as she grinned at Bo giving her the I'm-just-playing-with-you look
"So that was you making a stab huh? Bo asked as she glared at Tamsin jokingly
"Eh.. more or less.. Maybe I was opening the door to see if you'd correct me" Tamsin said as she pulled Bo over some and kissed her cheek.
Well played Valkyrie, well played.. She's smoother than I thought.. Bo thought as she smiled over at Tamsin.
"Seriously though, I'm not big on labels and shit. Gay, straight, bi and all that.. I fall for a person, not their gender" Tamsin said, as she looked over at Bo who had a glimmer in her eye.
"I agree valkyrie, I agree.. I'm kinda shocked by your insight but I like it.." Bo said pulling the blonde in for a kiss
"Come on sappy ass.. let's go see what's up with your blood king grandpa" Tamsin said as she hopped out of the truck.
"Well it's about time young ladies!" Kenzi said as she crossed her arms and looked over at the two entering the bar.
"Oh shut it mean bag!" Tamsin snapped at her, but after seeing Kenzi give her 'the motherly stare' Tamsin quickly said "I meant momz.." with a smile as Kenzi hugged her and kissed the blonde's cheek.
"So Trick, why the phone call and rush to get here?" Bo asked as she plopped down beside Alex
"Well so far I have no progress on the Wanderer situation.. but as for the dark fae I talked to Dyson.." Trick started as Bo quickly cut him off
"YOU TALKED TO DYSON?! TRICK WHY?!" she began to yell. Tamsin grabbed her hand and pulled her back down to her seat..
"Bo calm down.. let Trick talk" Tamsin softly said. Bo wasn't used to Tamsin actually calling her by her name. She sat down and looked at Trick..
"Sorry gramps.. continue.." Bo said with an apologetic look.
"For the record.. Dyson honestly had no idea what was going on with Lauren. I spoke to Hale and he confirmed that the only thing he and Dyson were both told was that Lauren had been assigned to do undercover work for the light fae at the dark fae compound and they were swore to secrecy so that her life and cover wouldn't be at risk.. He didn't know the work she was doing.." Trick said as he looked over at the girls who seemed to be thinking about what he had just told them "Anyway, I talked to Dyson and he says his source on the inside stated that the dark fae are trying to create an army of super fae to fight in a battle over the dark and the light to regain full power. Apparently the fae they have tested out so far have been juiced up enough to be virtually indestructible but only temporarily. He said that there are whispers about Bo and Tamsin being either an 'asset to their cause or a problem that needs to be taken care of' but no one really knows what that means. We DO know however that the Morrigan is determined to teach Tamsin a lesson for her disobedience and lying to her about.. well.. the dark fae that was in a coma…" Trick said as everyone turned their gaze towards Tamsin who had a serious face as she looked down at the table.
"T.. what happened with you and Evony.." Alex asked, she clearly was out of the loop on things that had happened.
"Yeah Tamsin, we never did get to hear from you what happened with Evony, I mean you told us that you 'politely declined to oblige her bullshit' and refused to bring me in but you never said what happened.." Bo asked as she looked over at Tamsin eagerly waiting to hear her response.
"It was the day that I broke you out of Trick's basement when Kenzi was missing.. Evony texted me and asked me to meet her under the bridge. I went and she asked me to pull the dark fae they found outside the Dal who was in a coma out of it so that she could ask if you killed him Bo.." Tamsin said with a sadness in her voice, "I told her no at first because at this point I didn't want to try to lock your cute ass up.. your stupid happy ass family gang here had me starting to think they didn't suck as much as I thought. But after Evony challenged my status of being a powerful valkyrie I accepted but told her it would have to wait. I met up with you and we went and found Kenzi.." Tamsin said looking at Bo.
Bo immediately knew what Tamsin meant. That was the first time they were alone and had a chance to talk, it was also their first kiss, well the one they remembered, and Bo feeding off Tamsin..
"so after we got back I went to the dark fae compound and Evony waited outside the guys room while I went in to wake up.. I pulled him out of his coma and held up your picture and asked if you attacked him.. He was in so much pain that it was causing my powers to shake. That had NEVER happened before. Usually I could do it without a hitch but it sucked putting him through this. He didn't even has his eyes open to look at the picture. He just said yes.. I knew that Evony would hear it or would make me ask again with her in the room.. the guy was begging for me to end his pain.. So I darkened my eyes and killed him.." Tamsin said as she could feel herself becoming choked up.. "I walked out and stared at Evony in the eye, she asked me if he was awake and I told her that he was, but he died. She looked at me and saw through my bullshit. She asked me to take a minute and think about what I was doing.. I did, and just kept my stare with her.. She then told me I made a bold move and she walked away. She knew right then I wasn't going to ever bring you in.." Tamsin concluded as she forced herself to look up.
Bo looked at her "wait.. so you didn't tell her anything about me.. you went against her because of me?" Tamsin could hear the guilt forming so she quickly said something to ease Bo's concern.
"Eh, she needed to be knocked off her throne a hot sec anyway succulette. It wasn't a positive ID anyway. The guy was in too much pain to even look at the picture, but that wouldn't have mattered to her, she would have heard your name and brought dark charges against you without batting a fake lash.." Tamsin said as she smiled at Bo. Bo reached over and grabbed the blonde's hand.
"Well.. that explains her wanting to rip your cute detective ass to shreds" Kenzi said as she took a deep breath.
"Damn T.. you lied to her face and sided with the unaligned panty dropper?" Alex said with a hint of concern..
"Oh please Alex you blew up the bitch's headquarters" Tamsin said laughing at her sister
Alex laughed "yeah.. true true.. no wonder she hates our family so damn much. We're a bunch of rebellious bitches.."
"So we know she has her sights set on you Tamsin, which means you're gonna need to be careful.. Alex that means you too.. I can't believe YOU'RE the one who blew up the dark fae compound.." He said looking at her with amazement and just shook his head after a smile slowly crossed his face.. "You two are quite the sister pair. A legendary valkyrie and powerful ember.." He said still looking at the sisters.
"And now we have the mighty succubus on our team plus Kenzi.. Hell we are like the damn Avengers" Alex said with a smirk as the other girls smiled.
"Well Alex.. on that point we need to talk about your new ability of blue flames. I called you all in here for that mainly. Alex.. I've done some research, the power and strength you've unleashed comes with a price.. it's said to be unpredictable and is going to be very sensitive to your emotions. This means until you can learn to control it you need to be cautious about things that set you off or are tied to your mood. The smallest thing can cause you to.. well.. go up in flames.. literally. It's also going to drain a lot out of you. Kinda how Tamsin did at the end of her life using her power of intimidation and passing out. We can do some things to help control it or at least get you on the path to controlling it but it's gonna take time"
"Well blood king I'm not going anywhere anytime soon so as long as the taps are flowing we can work on this shit" Alex said as she crinkled her nose to Trick. He rolled his eyes and walked off.
"Sooooo.. are we forgiving the wolf man?" Kenzi asked "obviously Dr. Cray Cray is on our bedside.. but are we still hating on the flea bad?"
Bo looked over towards Alex and Tamsin to play her response off their reaction.
"What do you think T? You know the dude.. think he was being honest?" Alex asked her sister.
"I mean.. I think he's the type of guy who would have stopped Lauren if he knew what was going on but his attention to Lauren's case was.. well.. elsewhere" she said as she looked over at Bo and smirked.
"Oh HA HA very funny.." Bo said slapping Tamsin "I mean the Dyson I know would never hide something like that and definitely wouldn't let it continue.. I don't think he knew.. He looked just as shocked as we did.." she concluded.
"SO.. we back on not hating the howling train?" Kenzi said as she glanced towards the door "cause he totally just walked in and saw us and looks like he's gonna wet his puppy pad.. Just saying.."
They all looked over at them as he quickly turned to Trick to hand him some case files.
"Let me talk to him.." Tamsin said as she got up and walked to Dyson.
"Hey partner.." She said as he turned and looked at her with a surprise reaction.
"I'm surprised you're still calling me that.." He said as he looked down at the ground
"Did you know what Lauren was doing?" She asked looking at him
"What?! No Tamsin I would NEVER.." He couldn't even finish before Tamsin added
"Then we're fine Dyson… Promise. But hide shit like that from me again and you'll feel more than a hangover headache from me.. got it?" she said with a slight smile
"Noted partner" He said smiling back..
"I'll send Bo over.. I think she wants to talk to you.. try to keep your wolf pup in your pants" she said turning back to the table. "Go talk to him Bo.. he's sorry he didn't tell us and it's obvious by the dumb look on his face he didn't know what they were doing to Alex.." She said helping Bo up.
"You're sure? Like you actually want me to go fix things with him?" Bo asked in a semi-shocked tone
"Uh do I look like your parole officer sweet cheeks?" Tamsin said as she scrunched her brow "go talk to the man, just make sure you keep the make up sex to a minimum" she added with a wink. Bo rolled her eyes and walked over to Dyson and sat down and started talking to him.
"I see what you're doing there slick.." Kenzi said with a sly smile
"I have no idea what you're talking about kid…" Tamsin said as she leaned back and smirked.
"Uh did I miss something?" Alex asked obviously lost in Kenzi and Tamsin's convo
"Oh you know… Just our little Tam Tam spitting some smooth game at Bo-bo.. To sum up the fucked up love triangle.. DYSON and LAUREN were both crazy controlling in the sense that if Bo slept with them, they didn't want her near them. If she even talked to someone who found her attractive the ex's would start getting all pissy. When she was with Dyson he didn't want her feeding off anyone but HIM and then when she was with Lauren she had rules about who Bo could and could NOT feed off.." Kenzi said as she began to roll her eyes, "pretty much Tammers over here telling Bo to go talk to D-Man earned her major succubus lovin' points"
"OH SHIT! You old romantic you.." Alex said as she nudged Tamsin "all these years and you still got some game.. who woulda thought"
"It's not me spitting my game idiots. She's not my girlfriend.. hell I don't know what we are. After last night it's just technically a one night stand. But she isn't mine and even if we were dating, she can talk to whoever she wants, ex or not. I trust her. Yeah she's a succubus but that's not who she is. The one thing that Dyson and Lauren were never okay with was the fact that Bo's abilities REQUIRE her to feed off people. It's who she is and it's part of what makes her the Bo we all love. For instance.. if she and I were dating and I wasn't around or she couldn't get ahold of me and she needs to heal then she needs to heal. I don't care who it's from. If it's hear needing to feed or heal and I wasn't there, I would rather her suck chi from some random than die" Tamsin said as she noticed Kenzi and Alex both grinning at her. She realized she was getting too lovey dove in front of the two fools so she quickly added.. "plus, we ALL know I have like the most amazing chi ever, who wouldn't wanna come home to that?" she said with a huge smile.
"And THAT is exactly why you're perfect for Bo" Kenzi said as she basked in her own victory of predicting the match up.
"So you wouldn't get jealous huh?" Alex said as she looked over at Bo who was smiling and laughing Dyson and giving him a hug.
"Nah, I'm not the jealous type" Tamsin said smiling as she saw Bo happy about fixing things with Dyson
Bo headed back over to the table and sat down. "So what are we talking about ladies?" Bo asked as she gleamed of happiness.. She didn't want to be with Dyson anymore romantically, but he has been around in her life and been there for her like family, she hated fighting with him.
"Oh nothingggggg.. just how Tamsin isn't the jealous type and it's an awesome quality that MANY people don't have" Kenzi said glancing over at Tamsin who looked like she was going to strangle her.
"Not the jealous type detective?" Bo said with a devilish grin
"Nope, not me sweet cheeks, I have an abundance of self confidence.. why get jealous?" Tamsin said with a cocky grin.
"I say we go out tonight bitches!" Alex said as she looked at Kenzi.. the two seemed to be communicating through their facial expressions and they had the same thoughts
"I vote hells yeah! We are all on a hit list from cray peeps with powers, we are young, sexy and in need of liquor! We always come to the Dal, drink, play pool, drink, go home, pass out and repeat… Let's go see the perks of the dark side" Kenzi said still looking at Alex as they both lit up at the idea.
"Sure, I'm in.. I think I know just the dark corner of our little world to go to and avoid being attacked.. what do you say Bo? Up for a wild night of dark fun? You haven't really explored your dark side yet succu-babe.. let's see what you've got…" Tamsin said as she grinned at Bo.
Bo knew this was the valkyrie taking a stab at her bad ass status and wasn't about to back down from the challenge.
"Oh I'm so in.." Bo said staring straight into Tamsin's eyes with an evil smile and making her eyes flash blue "let's explore our new dark sides ladies"
Tamsin grinned back and let her eyes turn black, not unleashing her valkyrie powers, but she wanted to match the badass look Bo had with her eyes.
"Oh I'm so ready for this…" Alex said making her eyes turn red with fire.
"Okay magic bitches… Ya'll know I can't do shit with my eyes to be a badass.. I'm just gonna have to get a banging wig and out do you super sluts" Kenzi said as she smiled. She was worried about Bo being dark in the beginning, her boyfriend and friends all being light.. but who knows, maybe a walk in the dark could be fun.
"Shitz is gonna get real" Kenzi said as they all got up to head home and change for their night out.