A/N: ANOTHER SHORT ONE, CAN'T SLEEP SO I FIGURE UPDATE SOONER THAN EXPECTED TO CLEAR UP SOME POSSIBLE CONFUSION WITH THE LAST CHAPTER IN CASE ANYONE IS CONFUSED/CONFLICTED

AS ALWAYS, ALL ERRORS ARE MINE

R/R & ENJOY!

BO'S POV – MORNING AFTER

I wake up alone, Lauren's side is empty. But then again, Lauren was a bit off last night. She fucked me, I know sometimes people want straight hard sex.

There's usually a reason behind it; loss, anger and jealousy to name a few. I still felt her love the whole night But, not as much as I usually do.

I get up and put on some of her sweats to look for her. "Lauren, Honey?" I call out throughout the house looking for her.

I go downstairs figuring she's in the kitchen with coffee and a paper while making breakfast like usual. I find her with her head down, tears falling from her face onto her paper. "Lauren, what's wrong?" I think I know what's wrong but, I want her to tell me.

"Bo, I'm so sorry. I treated you like a sex fling or something last night." She says as she looks up at me, she's clearly been crying for a while now. "Honey, it's okay. I'm fine, we're fine…"

She cries harder as I go to wrap my arms around her. "N nno…we're..not fine. You should be made love to every night." She says while sobbing.

I carry her in my arms to the couch and set us down. "Honey, even when two people love each other the love making can turn into hard sex every now and then. It doesn't mean the two people are any less in love or disrespecting the other in any way. We were both rougher than usual yes, I sensed that's what you needed but it was still completely consensual. You didn't do anything wrong..." I tell her softly as she continues to hold me tight and cry.

"Lauren, please talk to me." She looks at me with teary, puffy eyes. "….That girl at the bar, the way she was looking at you. The way she was touching you. I hated it…it made me angry, jealous, possessive and…scared, that you would be better off with someone like her. Someone confident and sexy…someone that's…not me…I ruined our evening trying to claim you like you were property. I ruined our anniversary, I'm so sorry. I told you I'm damaged. You should run now."

I feel my heart shatter at her words. "Lauren, please listen to me. You didn't ruin our anniversary. You didn't do anything wrong last night. Jealousy usually causes rough sexual encounters. I loved it but, only because it was with you. No one is going to be better for me than you. You, Lauren Lewis have ruined me for anyone else. You don't need to claim me, don't you see that I'm already yours. I have been yours since the moment we met."

She looks up to the bite mark on my neck. I see so much pain and guilt. "Hey…I told you to, I begged you to, actually." I remind her, gently.

"You only did it cause you sensed I wanted to do it, didn't you?" I won't lie to her. "Yes…But, it was my choice to encourage you. I promise you, nothing was ruined last night, I'm not going anywhere unless you're coming with me. I know you've been hurt and you're afraid to lose me. But, I promise; all the jealous, angry, possessive sex in the world won't drive me away, neither will you or your past. Please don't cry, seeing you cry brings me to tears." I told her as my own tears start to fall.

I lift her onto my lap facing me as her cries gradually lessoned as I held her tight and repeatedly tell her that I love her.

After a while Lauren fell asleep so I carried her back to bed. She's so strong yet, so fragile just like the rest of the world and I love her. I held her as she slept. I wish I could wipe away her fears, pain and insecurities evoked onto her by others not worthy of being her presence…Truth is, I don't even feel worthy but, I try to be worthy of it every day.

She starts to stir after a few hours. "Bo…?" I snuggle to her closer. "Yes, dear" I say as I kiss her forehead.

"I'm so sorry" She says as I see tears start to build in her eyes again. "Babe, did you hear everything I said earlier?"

She nods, "Then please stop saying you're sorry, sweetheart. There's nothing to be sorry for. Please believe me when I say that. I wouldn't lie to you. You know that, right?" She nods again as she looks into my eyes to find nothing but, love and sincerity.

"Babe, you forget that I have my issues too with my...'jump the gun' tendencies. All people have issues babe, no one is perfect. The important thing is that the good about the person outweighs the issues they have. Believe me, all the good in you definitely outweighs your issues by tenfold. Lauren, you're perfectly imperfect to me. I want to help you past your demons and remind you of all the good in you that is so much stronger than your demons. Please let me help you with your demons, please believe me, I love you and only you."

I told her with all the love I have for her which is my entire being. She seems to be thinking about everything I said. "I believe you, Bo and I love you too"

I give her a soft kiss on the lips which ends when her stomach growls to interrupt us. I tell her to stay put while I get her the only breakfast I can make; cereal.

I run downstairs and head to the kitchen when there's a knock at the door. I wonder who would be here at 9am…I open the door to an average height, curly haired, skinny, brunette with brown eyes and mocha colored skin. I look at her completely confused. "Uh hello, who are you?" I asked as politely as possible.

"I'm Nadia, who are you? Better yet, why are you answering Lauren's door?" She asks like a possessive, angry girlfriend.