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"Oh, it's so gorgeous here." Lauren breathed in awe as she saw their destination. It was a beautiful lake just outside of town. The moon was already half way up and cast its reflection on the water surface. The whole sight seemed magical to Lauren. "How did you come across it?"
"This is my thinking spot. I found it once when I was just mindlessly driving around. I come here sometimes to just sit and relax." Bo smiled. "I thought it would be a perfect place for a picnic with you."
"It is." Lauren whispered locking amorous eyes with Bo. "Perfect."
Bo swooned and swallowed slowly. Why does she have to be so... Perfect. I have to NOT pounce on her! I have to control myself. We'll have a nice picnic and get to know each other better. I won't jump on her, Bo feebly vowed as her eyes roamed Lauren's face and.. lips. Control! I must not pass out again, Bo groaned. She pulled herself together and got out of the car.
"Come on, let's get the blanket and the food from the back and head down to the waterfront."
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"So what would you like to eat?" Bo asked as she unloaded the various goods from the cooler onto the blanket they had spread together on the grass.
"I have chicken salads, tuna salads, soup, tuna sandwiches, chicken sandwiches, roast beef sandwiches, um, pancakes, pastries, ice tea, soda, water.. "Bo listed monotonically, before chirping "And of course desserts!"
"You emptied the whole deli didn't you?" Lauren smirked.
"Yeah, had to." Bo confessed sheepishly. "I didn't know what you'd like... So I got kinda everything.. You're not allergic to anything are you?"
"Not allergic. It all looks good. . Thanks, Bo. Oh, a candlelit picnic? You are quite the romantic aren't you?" She smiled when Bo placed three candles on the nearby sand and lit them.
"I have my moments." Bo grinned losing herself again in Lauren's sparkling hazel eyes.
"You can kiss me, you know." Lauren said softly when Bo settled back on the blanket next to her.
"Oh." Bo gasped. "Um, I just.. What happened before.. Uh, I think I need to more control. I really want to.. You know. But I wouldn't want to.. Um, you know I'm a succubus right?" She stuttered on.
"I know Bo. You're worried, but it's okay, I am more prepared now. Nothing bad's gonna happen. Um, I'm a nymph.. – Oh! Look a shooting star!" Lauren whispered her eyes twinkling. "We can make a wish."
"You're a nympho?" Bo uttered unsure. I didn't know nymphos were a fae species, she mused baffled. But soon her eyes widened in horror as she realized what Lauren had in reality said. She could feel her cheeks burning with embarrassment. Oh my god! Oh my god! She said nymph! You moron! A nymph! Oh, I wish I was dead. I called her a nympho! To her face! Oh my god, someone please kill me now.. Bo fidgeted painfully. "Nymph! I meant nymph.." She croaked.
Lauren let out a tinkling laugh. "Oh, wow! You should see your face! I don't think I've never seen anyone more mortified." She giggled. "Ever!"
Bo sighed in relief. She wasn't going to get a slap to the face or dumped after all. Hopefully. But she was still extremely flustered.
"I'm sorry... " She said self-consciously.
"Bo, don't worry about it. So yeah, I am a nymph." Lauren stressed winking. "But also a bit of a nympho." She added making Bo chuckle softly.
"And you can kiss me, Bo. You can even feed from me if you feel the need to."
"No, I couldn't do that. I won't feed on you. Not when I can't control myself at all. I don't want to hurt you." Bo said.
"You won't hurt me, Bo. I can take it. I promise. If anything it would most likely be the other way around, but I've managed to dilute my chi a bit. It should be safe. For you, I mean. But we'll take this slow, okay?" Lauren soothed and Bo nodded.
"Let's just hold hands for now?" Lauren asked grinning softly.
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"So, you said your brother lives in England. Are your parents there also?"
"No. Actually my parents live right here in Toronto. Only a 30 minute drive. How about your folks?"
"Well, my parents live in Montreal. Um, I'm actually adopted. I met my biological mother for the first time only a year ago. She tracked me down here in Toronto. I had just moved here with Kenzi. I haven't seen my mother that much, maybe once in a month or two, but it was, um, nice to meet her. I'm tight with my real parents though. And they've kinda adopted Kenzi too. Mom especially thinks of Kenzi as her baby." Bo smiled. "And Kenzi takes full advantage when we visit. She flashes her big round eyes and gets mom to make her muffins, pancakes and other treats.."
"Oh, I'm familiar with Kenzi's beautiful, big, blue, persuasive eyes." Lauren snickered.
"How do you mean?" Bo said trying not to sound jealous listening to Lauren compliment Kenzi's eyes so openly. What have they been doing during that movie night, Bo fretted.
"Oh, I offered to buy her painting of me. I was thinking about a monetary payment. She was not." Lauren looked Bo her eyes beaming.
"Um, what was she thinking?" Bo kept her narrowed eyes keeping them trained on Lauren's.
"Well, she convinced me to pay her in cupcakes." Lauren smirked. "I might have let it slip earlier that I like to bake. I find it relaxing. And I may or may not have inadvertently praised the quality of my cupcakes.. Yeah, so I have to deliver her a mass load of cupcakes. Different kinds."
"Oh, I'm not surprised. Kenzi does have a sweet tooth." Bo smiled widely. She was trying not to think too hard of the fact that her favorite painting EVER, was being bought from under her by a cupcake payment.
"Yeah, I got that. I wonder where she puts it all? I mean the other night she ate huge bowl of ice cream with cookies and then she just had to have hot chocolate with whipped cream and some donuts. And by some I mean a lot! As a doctor her sweet snacking was hard for me to watch." Lauren joked.
They shared a laugh together, before Lauren became more serious again.
"Um, you know, I'm adopted too. My mother is a doctor and she actually delivered me. Then she and daddy ended up adopting me." Lauren smiled fondly.
"Have you met your birth mother or your father?" Bo asked.
"No, she died soon right after I was born. She was severely injured in a car crash. She was brought to the hospital where my mom works. They had to do a emergency C-section to get me out in time.."
"I'm sorry." Bo said sincerely.
"Yeah. They couldn't find out who my father was or even other more distant relatives. My mother was a nymph. I don't know about my father, but he must have been a strong healer, because I have much more powerful healing strength than an average nymph. Yeah, but anyway, um, I was lucky to get such a great family. I couldn't feel more loved. There were some hoops for them, as humans, to jump through adopting a baby fae, but it worked out smoothly in the end." Lauren smiled lovingly.
"That's great. Um, my mom left me with my parents, when I was just a baby. Basically dropped me on their doorstep. When I met her a year ago, she said she wanted to give me the best chances in life. And she did. This fae business did throw me for a loop back in the day though. My parents didn't know anything about fae back then. When I found my grandfather years ago, he helped me a lot. And my parents too." Bo recounted.
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"Oh, wow. We've touched some heavy subjects tonight.. We maybe broken the rules of dating? Especially first date rules." Bo said as she collected some of the discarded food wrappers and containers away. "Kenzi said to keep it light. This wasn't light, I think?"
"Yeah, maybe not, but I liked it. I liked getting to know more of you." Lauren assured reaching out to squeeze Bo's hand.
"Um, yeah." Bo breathed trying not to keel over from all the swooning she'd been doing all night long.
"So, um, dessert? I got chocolate pudding! I noticed at the hospital how much you.. Enjoyed it." Bo said smirking as she handed Lauren the treat.
"I'm surprised you noticed anything that significant from your vigorous ogling." Lauren smirked back.
"Touché." Bo laughed her eyebrow raised.
They sat on the blanket and ate their desserts while enjoying the view of the still lake.
"Maybe I should take you home? It's getting cold." Bo suggested softly while tracing the back of Lauren's hand with her thumb.
"Okay." Lauren whispered. "But you have to promise me another date."
"I promise." Bo said and stroked Lauren's hand gently with her fingertips.
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Bo had reached for Lauren's hand as they drove back to the city. Their clasped hands were resting on Lauren's thigh. It was a comfortable silence in the car. Both were lost in their own thoughts, until they arrived at Lauren's apartment.
"I'll walk you to your door." Bo offered.
"Did your grandfather tell you to do that?" Lauren teased smiling softly.
"No, he didn't have to. I want you to get home safely." Bo smiled as she steered lauren to the door holding her hand firmly in hers.
"So, here we are.." Lauren murmured as she stopped in front of the door. "I had a lovely night Bo. Thank you."
Bo was quiet. She was thinking that this was the moment Kenzi was telling her about. The awkward parting. Do I kiss her? Can I kiss her without faceplanting on the floor? Do I say say goodbye and see you soon? Kenzi had underlined that Bo must not say 'I'll call you later'.. I do want to kiss her, so much, Bo lifted her eyes to meet Lauren's.
"I'd like to kiss you goodnight. Would that be okay?" Lauren hummed.
"I'd love that." Bo whispered, but did not dare to move a muscle.
Lauren pulled Bo's hand to tug her closer. Her other hand snaked its way slowly behind Bo's neck brushing on Bo's cheek on the way. Lauren tentatively pulled Bo to her and slowly closed the cap placing her lips on Bo's. Bo was rigid at first, fearing that she'd start sucking chi and ruin everything. But quickly her apprehension left her, when she felt the doctor's soft lips moving against her own and she melted into the kiss. It was soft and sweet. Their mouths moved languidly together making them both breathless.
Bo had been petrified that she might start taking chi again from Lauren, if they kissed. Even if she now had Lauren's permission to do so, she just wanted a normal kiss. With Lauren. No feeding, no urgency, no passing out. Just her kissing Lauren. And she did. Kiss her. And it was awesome. When the kiss gradually slowed down and ended, Lauren and Bo were both a little off balance in a good way and were smiling softly.
Bo lowered her gaze momentarily to her boots collecting herself, before lifting them back to meet Lauren's.
"Goodnight Lauren." She breathed lovingly.
"Goodnight Bo."
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Kenzi paused her Robot Zombie Hookers game, when she heard Bo come in. Bo had been gone for ages. It was well pass midnight already. Must have been a good date. Maybe Bo would now calm down a notch.
"Hey." Bo breathed in an obvious daze.
"Hey." Kenzi eyed her curiously.
"Hey.." Bo repeated automatically.
"Why are you grinning like a fool? Did you manage to see Doctor Hotpants naked? Again." She said suggestively. "And now your brain is totally fried?"
Bo kept grinning. "No nakedness." She sighed dreamily. "She gave me a goodnight kiss."
"A goodnight kiss?" Kenzi uttered stunned.
"Oh my god, the hardcore succubus has gone all soft and mushy!" She squealed grinning. "Tell me everything."
"Well, we went to the science museum. She loved it, but she loved the picnic more. I almost decked the doctor showing us around the museum. He was totally annoying. And ogling my girl!"
"Your girl? Moving awfully fast Bo. Staking claim already?" Kenzi smirked.
"Hmm." Bo only hummed.
"You didn't punch the poor guy, did you?"
"No! Of course not. I got through the tour and then we had our picnic. We talked a lot. About serious stuff too. And held hands. I liked that a lot. Lauren has really soft hands." Bo reported happily.
"So it went well! You didn't do or say anything stupid? Good job Bo!" Kenzi cheered.
"Well.. There was.. Um, she's a nymph and I called her a nympho.." Bo confessed looking anywhere but at Kenzi.
"Oh no, you didn't! Bo!" Kenzi gasped her eyes wide in mock horror. Then she caught Bo looking sheepish. "You did! Really? Oh, my god, why? WHY?" Kenzi started laughing so hard that her eyes were watering.
"Oh shut up! It was an accident! I was nervous as hell, she was so beautiful with her twinkling eyes and smiles, basking in moonlight and rambling about nymphs and shooting stars.. My brain just wasn't working at full speed.. Or at all!" Bo ranted. "I was horrified, when my brain finally caught on.."
"Oh wow. Bo, that's.. Wow. Fried brain. And she didn't smack you or get up and leave you moping alone? Crying in your load of puddings?" Kenzi sounded surprised. The succubus truly had a uncanny habit of embarrassing herself in front of the doctor.
Bo shook her head and Kenzi nodded resolutely. "She must like you then. So do I, but I still would have slapped you silly. Well, that settles it! You have to hang on to this one!" Kenzi demanded with a grin.
"I will." Bo promised.
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A/N Well, that was a difficult chapter to get out for some reason. Hopefully it didn't seem too forced...
A/N FYI all you Copdoc shippers reading this! I've started a new story "Bet on that". All copdoc! Check it out and tell me what you think :)