Author's Note:
First, I am SOOOO sorry for the delay. We had a pipe burst at the new house, the new semester started and I was really sick for a few days. BUT since I got so many reviews for the last chapter I put off doing my mountain of homework to get this out to you all…I know, my priorities are amazing :)
Second, if any of you have seen Sunday's episode feel my pain. I added more with that person because I can! I also hope you think the entire chapter was worth the wait.
Third, leave lots of reviews and I will put off doing my homework again because my muse demands it. Read, Review and Enjoy :)
"Facinating!" Lauren said after the shock and terror ebbed after learning what she was. Everyone except for Bo and Trick had left the room giving them some privacy to allow everything to sink in.
"There's complications though, as I'm sure you've already discovered." Trick spoke trying to not scare the young blond again. When he told her she was a mythical powerful fire bird, she kind of lost it and started to lose control of the Phoenix in her panic.
That was when Trick ordered everyone out of the room as he backed away himself when the flames started to burn around her. Bo had managed to calm her down again, but he didn't want to take any chances of her accidentally hurting anyone knowing it would just make everything worse.
When her flames dimmed Bo positioned them in a way that kept Lauren covered from any wandering eyes that may happen upon them.
"I can think of one, I now have two massive wings that will make it impossible to go out in public anywhere." Lauren said eyeing her wings with a look of fascination and inconvenience.
"I might be able to help with that when we get home. Will have to do some tests and everything, see if you may be able to hide them like Tamsin once you learn to control it better, but if not I may have the answer." He said before closing his eyes and cocking his head slightly trying to remember.
"There's this pendant that was given to me centuries ago. A woman told me I would need it to conceal a loved one and that whatever I did; I had to make sure to keep it safe and hidden."
"And you think it applies to me?" It didn't make much sense to Lauren. How could some woman know that in Trick's future he would meet a human doctor that would fall in love with his granddaughter and then turn into a phoenix. She was having a hard time grasping the implication that this was all foreseen.
"I don't know. All I know is that this woman said that when the time and person appeared I would remember it. I haven't given it a second thought and forgot about its existence until now. It may all be nothing, but when we get back, we will see if it conceals your abilities or wings." He answered pushing himself up and walking to the door to speak to Aife about what needed to be done to return home.
"They won't be hidden forever though, right?!" Bo panicked a little at the thought of the wings being concealed from her forever.
"I won't know anything till we get back Bo, but I don't believe so. She said conceal, not remove. I will research it before we test it." Once Bo nodded he continued on his way out the door.
Lauren watched as Bo stared at her new wings with a look of sadness. "Bo?" She asked trying to get her attention. When it didn't work she tried again.
"Bo?" Still not getting a response she sighed before a thought came to her. She focused on the wing Bo was staring at and willed it to move. A second later she felt the tug at her shoulder as her wing twitched and brushed against Bo's arm gently.
She watched as Bo's eyes widened slightly at the movement before closing on their own accord. When Lauren heard Bo's quick intake of breath she realized that Bo wasn't staring at her wings because she didn't like them, but the opposite. She smiled as she discovered Bo had a thing for wings.
When Bo opened her eyes again Lauren flexed her wing once more, this time wrapping it around Bo gently. This caught Bo's attention as her gaze jumped to Laurens knowing look. She blushed deeply knowing she had been caught ogling her wings.
"Do you like the new addition?" She teased as she twitched her other wing and watched as Bo's eye's followed the movement before returning to Lauren's.
"I think you know the answer to that based on what you're doing." She moved closer to Lauren with a knowing look letting her know she knew exactly what Lauren was playing at.
"I have no idea what you mean by that." Her expression was pure innocence as she looked at her free wing and opened it all the way. She lost her composure as she heard Bo gasp and felt her hold on her tighten.
"Sure you don't." she smirked as she watched Lauren's control of her wings falter as she grazed her hand up along her side, scratching gently with her nails before coming to rest on the base of her neck.
"Bo!" Lauren scolded as her wings twitched on their own and her breathing deepened.
"Yes?" She said taking her other hand and moving it from where it had been around her chest gently down to her hip making sure to brush along all the points she knew Lauren loved. She watched as Lauren's eyes shut tightly and her jaw clenched as her hair started to move as if a fan was on.
Her smile grew as Lauren's body started to glow so she repeated the movement with her other hand so both were resting on her hips.
"Bo, stop it…" Lauren could feel herself losing control at Bo's touches and knew much more and she wouldn't be able to hold her phoenix back.
"You sure? If you want me to stop tell me again and I will." Bo would stop if Lauren asked her to, but with almost losing her twice and her new addition and the fact that she was next to her with literally nothing on was making it extremely difficult to restrain herself.
She shifted her right hand lower so it wrapped around her thigh and squeezed gently while her other teasingly scratched her side.
She watched Lauren war with herself and knew the minute she lost the battle.
"God no!" She exclaimed as Bo hit that spot on her side that always made her weak. She opened her eyes to stare at Bo. When Bo looked at the yellow burning in her eyes she felt her own shift before she gripped Lauren and picked her up to position her so she was straddling her lap.
Bo's excitement increased as Lauren arched backwards slightly at the touch she applied to her side once again. A second later and she was encompassed by a delicious heat as Lauren became wreathed in flames. In the back of her mind she told herself to ask Trick why she didn't get burned from Lauren's flames.
Lauren stared at Bo for a second as she saw her body take on her orangey glow before she captured the succubus' mouth in an intense kiss. She was just about to remove Bo's shirt when she heard someone yell before the door slammed shut.
Both jumped away and Bo watched as Lauren dimmed slightly as she clenched her eyes shut and shook her head trying to gain control again.
"Hey…Um Bobo…I know you guys want to get freaky and all, but now may not be the best place…" Kenzi said from the outside of the door.
"Just a second Kenz, we'll be right out." Bo replied trying to sooth Lauren. Her flames went out but she was still glowing when Kenzi answered back.
"No rush, we just have an army on their way here, they should be here in, oh…I don't know…a couple minutes…"
"What?!" Bo watched as Lauren started to glow brighter at the coming threat.
"Yeah…so we may want to get out of here ya know. Live to fight another battle. That sort of thing…especially since everyone here is pretty weak…"
"Give us a minute, we'll be right out." She knew she needed to calm Lauren down before they left the room. If Lauren hurt anyone she would never forgive herself.
"As soon as you're ready. Your mom's got everything set up and ready so we're just waiting on you." Kenzi nodded at everyone that was watching her and gave a thumbs up before walking over to stand in the circle next to Hale.
"Do they jump each other as soon as they get the chance all the time?" Vex asked with his brows raised. Everyone looked at him with an expression that told him to shut up. "What?! They were alone less than ten minutes!"
"Shut up Vex, trying to wipe my memory over here!" Kenzi scolded as she wrapped her arm around Hale's side while they waited.
"Lauren, sweetie, it's okay. We're both fine. We have to go home now and we can finish where we left off yeah?" She saw her dim slightly before burning brightly again at the end.
"Okay, not the way to go about it." Bo acknowledged before looking into Lauren's eyes and bringing her hands to her face.
"Hey, neither one of us are physically or emotionally strong enough to win this fight right now. And everyone out there waiting for us are too weak to fight. So we're going to go out that door and go home. Easy as that. No fighting so there's no threat okay?" She continued to stroke Lauren's hair until she finally returned to normal.
"You okay?" Bo asked when she felt Lauren slump against her.
"Yeah, just tired, help me up?" she pushed herself off Bo's chest and with her help was able to get off her lap and stand. She looked down to Bo and caught her staring at her body. "Bo?" She asked to get her attention.
"Yeah, right, not the time. Ready?" She stopped before she opened the door when she didn't hear Lauren following her. "Lo?"
"No, yeah, it's just…well, I'm naked Bo." She gestured to her exposed body and watched as Bo's eyes took her in as a smile spread across her face.
"Oh, I've noticed…"
"BO!" She shouted blushing.
"Right, I cannot wait to get home. Okay, okay…maybe I need to start wearing more clothes so I have something to give you…Right, sorry…one second." She said holding up her hand as she turned the knob and peaked her head out.
"Kenzi!" When the goth girl came over she spoke lower. "Lauren's naked…" Kenzi looked at her for a minute before it clicked and she walked back over to Hale and started taking his shirt off.
"Wooh wooh wohh little mama! Can't this wait!" Hale was blushing as Kenzi pushed his hands away and continued to unbutton his shirt. Vex was grinning and nodding his head while everyone else looked on confused.
When his shirt was finally removed she positioned herself so her back was against Hale and proceeded to take off her short black skirt. Hale awkwardly looked at everyone watching them as he held his girlfriend's hips to keep her balanced.
"Uh…Kenzi…what are you doing?" Hale asked when she finished stripping her skirt leaving her in a simple pair of black leggins.
"Lauren needs clothes! What do you think I'm doing." She asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Thanks Kenz!" Bo kissed the girl as she took the clothes before she closed the door.
"Best clothes money could buy." Bo joked holding the clothes up in her hands. Lauren couldn't help but smile as she pulled the skirt up her legs. She held the shirt up and looked back to her wings before she draped it across her chest and held it in place with her hand.
"Wow!" Bo said taking in Lauren with wings in a should-be-illegal-length skirt with a shirt draped across her chest.
"Not now Bo. I'd rather not set Kenzi's skirt and Hale's shirt on fire." She was blushing as she walked towards the door and opened it indicating Bo go first.
She tried to smooth the skirt down to cover more of her as she stepped out to be met with everyone staring at her wide eyed. Kenzi quickly slapped her hand over Hale's eyes and stepped in front of him to hide his bare chest.
"Skirt looks good doc." Vex exclaimed wagging his eyebrows as Bo growled and stepped in front of Lauren to hide her from the Mesmer's view.
"Uh…thanks Vex…and thank you Kenzi." Lauren pushed Bo forward so they joined the group and wrapped her arm around the territorial succubus. To shield more of herself, calm the succubus and she didn't want to risk being separated again.
"Yeah…no…you can keep it, looks way better on you…I just have one request." She blushed slightly as she met Lauren's curious gaze.
"Anything." Lauren answered waiting to hear the request.
"When we get back you let me pet your wing without burning me…I've kinda got a thing for wings." She blushed when everyone looked at her including Tamsin who looked like she finally understood something.
"That makes so much sense now!" Tamsin mumbled to herself thinking of the times she caught Kenzi staring at her wings.
Lauren smirked as she turned to look at Bo who was studiously avoiding her gaze. "You're not the only one." Kenzi, Vex and Aife started laughing slightly at the implication while Bo blushed deeply. "Lauren!" Everyone just laughed harder before Trick interrupted.
"They're coming, you guys ready?" When everyone sobered up he nodded at Aife and everything started to crackle. Lauren started to glow slightly not knowing what was happening, but when Kenzi told her it was fine and she dimmed again.
Just as the first group of soldiers rounded the corner they vanished.
Once Kenzi could breathe again she stood up and started taking inventory of everyone that was there.
"Bo? Lauren?" She called not seeing them in the room and she started to panic. She yelled louder as she started to search the house.
"Kenzi? We're fine, we're upstairs." Bo called from Kenzi's room as her and Lauren made their way down the stairs. Bo stood in front of Lauren in case anyone came around the corner she didn't want them getting a view of Lauren that was meant for her only.
"Oh, thank god, I thought we lost you again!" Kenzi flung herself at her best friend before she went to throw herself at Lauren. She stopped herself when Bo shook her head and noticed Lauren was still glowing slightly.
Wanting to make sure Lauren didn't think she was scared of her she looked at the shirt being held against her chest and the short skirt. "Maybe we'll let you get something else on before the hugging?"
Bo mouthed thank you as Lauren nodded with a thankful expression and the two kicked everyone out of Bo's room.
"Dyson?" Lauren asked seeing the shifter on the bed not moving.
"Clothes first, then we'll get Trick in here and see what we can do." Bo instructed as Lauren went over to check his pulse. It was thread, but there. "Here." Bo handed her a set of clothes she had left before their break.
Lauren looked at them and knew when she left them there. She was struck with a feeling of guilt how things ended and when she reached for the clothes she tried to apologize for everything.
"No Lauren. It was my fault okay. It's in the past and there's nothing we can do to change what happened, but I promise this time it will be different. I won't let you go this time." She vowed as she leaned over to kiss Lauren.
She felt Lauren hesitate slightly before she kissed back. Bo broke the kiss with the little restraint she had left and leant her forehead against Lauren's.
"Not the time. For one, everyone's waiting outside. Two, Dyson is passed out on my bed. And three, I really like the skirt on you and want to see it again." She stepped back as she took Lauren in. She had dropped the shirt during their kiss and was now standing in front of her glowing a faint crimson with just the black shirt.
Her resolve almost broke at the image before her, but when she heard Tamsin and Vex bickering she let Lauren change. When she got to the shirt however she had the same dilemma.
"I believe new shirts are in order." Bo looked at her a minute before understanding what she meant. She held up her finger before riffling through her dresser. A minute later she pulled out a shirt that was almost completely backless with a strap that draped around the neck and lower back.
Lauren smiled before stepping into the shirt and pulling it up before pulling the strap over her head. When she finally felt decent she walked over and kissed Bo before going back to Dyson's side indicating Bo should let everyone in.
Author's Note: So? Hopefully it was worth the long wait. The rating may go up to M soon, not sure yet. Anyways, leave a review and I will try to get the next chapter out soon. :)