I know, I haven't updated in a while (don't hate me!). I've been sick for over a week and had an endless pile of makeup work and tests to do for school as well as current work. My life has been pretty crazy-busy recently. But now I'm back and I've got the last chapter for you! I had a lot of fun writing this story and reading feedback from you guys, but all good things must come to an end. Without further interruptions, here is the end of Finding Bo!
Lauren's POV
I awake to find that Bo has disappeared again. I slowly take a deep breath and swing my legs over the edge of the bed. Before I can manage to stand up, Bo practically bounds in and sits down beside me.
"I'm almost back! Kenzi says I'm almost caught up!" She says energetically. The smile on her face quickly has me smiling and I pull her into a tight hug. Bo is so close to being back, I shouldn't have to wait more than a day or so.
While I'm extremely excited that she's almost back to the right age, a sudden worry plagues my mind. I've been so focused on getting Bo back that I hadn't thought about anything past that until now. Is she going to be upset with me? Will she somehow not care for me as much? What if she remembers more of her feelings for Dyson than for me? The whole situation sends me for a loop.
When Bo finally pulls away from me we're silent for a few moments before Bo clears her throat with a small cough.
"I'm sorry about what I did." She says, looking towards her hands, which she's roughly wringing out in her lap as if there is an invisible wet towel.
"It's not your fault, I know that." I smile at her, placing a hand lightly on her shoulder.
"Well, uh, Kenzi offered to take me out today, and I think I'm going to go with her." Bo tells me.
"Alright. Bring yourselves back in one piece." I joke. I am secretly jealous that Kenzi is going to be spending more time with her, but it will give me an opportunity to finally pull myself together for whenever Bo really is Bo.
Bo's POV
Kenzi is by far one of the strangest people I've met, even if I can't remember them all yet. She's taking me on some wild ride to random places Kenzi says are significant in my past.
"This one is really important." Kenzi says after she drags me down a slope to a chain link fence and points to a warehouse on the other side.
"A glass factory? A glass factory is significant? " I ask.
"Oohhhh yeah." She says, obviously reliving memories, and sinks into a crouch. She pretends to spy on the building and appears to be smiling to herself.
"The place isn't important, more like what happened inside. That's where you became a divergent fae. You also became my sidekick in there." She says. I look her in the eye and raise my eyebrows in question.
"Yeah, I didn't believe that one either." Kenzi jokes as she stands up and heads back to the car. I follow behind her and wonder where she's taking me next.
"Hungry?" She asks.
"Yeah, I guess." I say with a smile, just enjoying the time with Kenzi that I hope doesn't end any time soon. I can see how I became such good friends with her. She's kind and caring but also funny and a little bit of a hardass sometimes. She's Kenzi. And I'm Bo.
"This is the familiar little cafe where you tried to explain your sex powers over milkshakes." She says. It causes me to burst out laughing because it's such an unusual thing to hear and Kenzi has said it in a normal tone of voice. The words make no sense and it sounds so awkward, like she's just announced that she is going to be marrying an ostrich on leap day.
"Oh my god she recognizes you!" Kenzi squeals under her breath, referring to a waitress that is staring at me.
"Did I..?"
"Yup." Kenzi says as we both sit down at a table in the middle of the room. The waitress blushes as she is forced to take our order and Kenzi orders two milkshakes for us.
"This is so embarrassing." I cover my face with my hands as she walks away and my cheeks burn even further when Kenzi continues to mock me.
"At first I asked you if you were a demon or an alien at this table on a napkin." She laughs as she takes a big sip of her just-delivered milkshake through the straw.
"On a napkin? I thought you had more class." I tell her.
"Some things are too stupid to say out loud." She tells me. For some reason it sounds oddly familiar.
"Everybody get down on the ground!" Several men in black attire and masks enter the room, guns blazing.
"Well, that's how to ruin a perfect day." Kenzi says. Everyone has already dropped to the ground except for us.
"This is a robbery. If you all remain calm and give us what we want, nobody gets hurt." He says.
"You! Down!" the man points at Kenzi, who shrugs and holds her hands in the air as she moves from the chair to the ground. Kenzi moves her head as a signal for me to get down as well, but before I do, a hand wraps around my upper arm.
"Gotcha, succubus." He whispers into my ear. My blood boils as I realize that this is the guy who put me in a dog kennel and did experiments on me. I thought the Ash was going to take care of him, but I guess he got away.
"So help me I will-" Dr. Meza jams the gun into my temple and cuts me off.
"You wouldn't try anything in here, you'd expose the fae." He says.
"And who's to stop me from draining the chi out of you and all your little friends once we exit the building?" I snap at him, courage coming from an unknown place like an instinct, as if I've done stuff like this before.
"Probably unconsciousness." He mutters before the gun smashes into the sensitive spot on my temple.
"Bo!" Kenzi cries out. She flies onto her feet only to slowly move back down as three guns point at her face. My legs buckle and I struggle to come up with a way to get out of this without scaring the humans in the room or exposing myself.
Police sirens can be heard outside and it pleases me that the idiots hadn't realized that sending a waitress to the ground behind a counter was a stupid idea and that she could call someone without anyone noticing.
"This is about to get interesting." I mutter. The doctor spins me around and grabs the collar of my shirt, pulling me close. If I had enough strength I would have punched him in the face right there. It was stupid of me not to bring any weapons, but I wasn't expecting something like this though. Hopefully Kenzi had come more prepared.
"My research with you was almost complete and I'm not leaving here without you, got it?" He says as he shoves me threateningly into a table before grabbing my arm and heading towards the back exit. Kenzi tries to follow, but one of the doctor's henchmen stop her movement by pointing a gun at her.
Before the police even have time to arrive I'm already in the backseat of a moving car. I have to stop it without using my powers, because there are still possible witnesses on the road, so I quickly come up with a small plan.
I quickly reach forward and yank the steering wheel with my constrained hands. The man in the back quickly pulls me back as the car swerves across the road, but not before my agile fingers press the button that unlocks the doors. The distraction of nearly crashing gives me just enough time to throw open the door and roll out onto the concrete, which is sure to leave several marks. I quickly become aware of my surroundings as horns go off and cars try to swerve around me.
I catch a ride from an unknowing semi, Jumping onto the back bumper and holding on for dear life as it heads back the way I came.
When I spot Kenzi's car, probably racing to find me, I wave as much as I can until she notices me and quickly pulls over. I jump off of a moving car for the second time in the last ten minutes and run across the road, nearly getting hit, to dive into the passenger seat of Kenzi's car panting in exhaustion.
"What the hell happened to you?" She asks, noting my ripped clothing and bleeding scrapes.
"Can we please just get back?" I ask just before the familiar sensation of my head pounding takes over and I black out.
Lauren's POV
I jump up from my spot on the couch when Kenzi and Bo barge through the door, Bo's arm slung over Kenzi's shoulders and Kenzi's arm supporting Bo at the waist.
I immediately jump into action and run towards my medical kit, but Bo is released from Kenzi's grasp and she clutches my hands.
"No time." Bo says as she presses her lips against mine and whispers my name. Kenzi discretely exits the room as Bo and I collapse on the couch. Something is different from the last time, I can feel Bo holding back as she takes some of my chi. I can't help but reciprocate her feelings as I lie above the woman I love on the couch and forget that she's not actually here.
When I slowly drift into consciousness, my surroundings become clear. Bo and I are somehow both still fitting on the couch, and both of us are missing our clothes underneath a blanket. Bo's head is nestled in the gap between my shoulder and neck. I pull back the covers just enough to see the still prominent scrapes and bruises on her face, shoulders, and upper back. I know I've helped her. Although they still look painful, they look much better that last night.
I suddenly feel extremely guilty, because when I look at Bo right now I see the innocent childish version of her and I feel as if I've taken advantage of her.
"Lauren." She mutters, her eyes still closed. I hadn't known she was awake until now. She opens her eyes and they immediately meet mine.
"I was never afraid of the dark." She whispers into my ear. A sudden, unexplainable warmth fills my body as the new piece of information comes to light. The way she's talking, it seems like... No, it can't be... It's too good to be true.
"I remember." She says. My heart practically explodes and I kiss her passionately, as we've finally been reunited.
"I love you so much, Bo, I didn't mean anything that-" But cuts me off with another kiss.
"I know. I love you too." She says with one of her million-dollar smiles plastered to her face.
It's as if everything is finally right in the world again. Bo is Bo, and she doesn't have a single negative feeling toward me. The massive problem of the last week or so is completely diminished and everything can go back to our normal, with is amazingly unusual. I'm never going to let anything or anyone come between us for the rest of time.