Hey guys, I'm finally back. I'm sorry that it had been over a year since I last posted but it's good to be back. I've been sitting on this chapter for a long time trying to improve it so that you guys would love it. Hopefully, you have stuck around waiting for the chapter to come out and not lost total faith in me because in order for me to really push through and continue this, I reread all of your reviews and the story to really convey how I wanted this story to go. I hope that you guys will understand that during my year away, I had a lot of work to do with school and life that I found that there wasn't a lot of time to write anything except and essay or book report. Warning there is a little bit of a flashback to self harm but it doesn't go into much detail. So again to those of you that have waited for this for over a year, this one is for you guys and to everyone, new readers and previous readers; I hope you enjoy this chapter of Valhalla High.

Disclaimer: I do not own the lost girl characters, I just uses them to create stories that I hope people will read.

*Four Weeks Later:

First Official Volleyball Game*

Lauren POV

"Okay ladies, were trailing 19-20, we need to push hard this last set. We're so close guys. You are about six points away from winning this game, proving to the all the teams that you ladies can compete with anyone," Coach Goodman says in our last time out. "Come on ladies, push through. Work hard, play hard on three. One, two, three,"

"Work Hard, Play Hard."

And with that we are back in our spots on the court. I take my position next to Bo waiting for the serve to come over. I look over to coach and see that she is holding up 3 fingers signaling that she wants Bo and I to run an X play. I glance over at Bo and Tamsin who are looking at me waiting for the signal. I flash three fingers up to pass on the message. I stand ready on the balls of my toes waiting for the ball to come flying over the net. I hear one of my teammates, Clarke, yell out balls up and I know the back row is getting in their defense position. I hear the player make contact with the ball and watch the ball soar over the net right to Clarke, who passes it perfectly to Tamsin who then sets it high enough for Bo and I to cross each other's paths before Bo hits the ball. It was a good hit but they managed to dig the ball up and set up their own offensive play. Bo and I attempt to block the ball but it manages to slip past us. Our back row took the hard down ball like champs and gave Tamsin another perfect pass. I call out my "one" play, a short quick set just above the net. I'm already doing my approach by the time Tamsin sets the ball. I jump up and "happy birthday" the ball into the middle blocker's face winning us the point. I hear the crowd cheer for us and bring my team in to do a quick "chick, chick boom" and head back to my spot. Tamsin and Bo both slap my ass as I scurry away to go serve. Once behind the line, I head my "spot" that I serve from and do my routine before I serve. I spin the ball in my hand and wait for the ref to signal for me to serve. Once given, I spin the ball once more time before I toss it up and in front of me so I can jump serve it. I watch as the libero shanks my serve off her arm and her teammates are unable to return the ball over the net. Point goes to us; the crowd cheers. 21-20. Weak-link at spot six, I note in my head. The team gives a quick "shank you" and Tamsin tosses the ball back to me saying "fuck them up" with her eyes. I go back to my spot and catch Bo looking at me. I give her a quick smile before I do my routine. I focus on the spot between the 1,2,3, and 6 positions and place a jump floater in that spot. Neither the Libero nor the left-back get the ball before it hit the floor. The crowd goes nuts with the Ace. 22-20. Three more points; serve in the same spot or to that libero. I pop the ball up with my toe since the other team rolled it back under the net. I wait for the ref to blow the whistle. I downball it right into the same spot, winning our team another point off an ace. I swear the crowd only gets louder seeing the score, 23-20. I feel that it would be okay to serve a regular float serve so we can setup an offensive play for Bo so I place it where the other team's libero can get it. She digs the ball with a little trouble but her setter has to go chase down the ball making their third hit a free ball. Clarke gets the ball and passes it to Tamsin. Even though it wasn't a pretty pass, Tamsin was still able to set Bo up perfectly for a slide 2 play. She hits the ball but the blocker blocked it, good thing Lexa was there to save the ball. Tamsin gets a hold of the ball and dumps it back onto the other teams side. None of them were expecting a dump so close to the net so the ball landed right in front of the setter. See out of the corners of my eyes the crowd and my teammates hold up a fist with the forefinger and pinky sticking out. 24-20, match point. I catch Tamsin when she hands me the ball. I tell her to set Bo up with a flare right slide play. She nods her head before getting back in position and telling Bo the plan. I wait for the whistle before I do an easy downball to the libero. She swings and sends the ball back over the next to me. I pass the ball to Tamsin, who sets Bo up just like we planned. I watch as Bo beautifully executes the play and kills the ball right on the ten-foot line. Winning us the game. We do a quick cheer before we meet the other team at the net to shake their hands since they played a good game. After everybody's hands have been shaken, Bo jumps up and down a few times before jumping on me. Tamsin also hops on me while the team surrounds us as we cheer for our win. Bo and Tamsin jump off me when Coach Goodman calls us to huddle up.

"Okay, ladies. Now that we have shown the best team in the district what we can do, we need to keep this momentum up for the rest of the season. Good game, ladies. Practice tomorrow until 6 PM. Lady Valkyries on three. One, two, three,"

"Lady Valkyries!"

I go meet my parents telling them that I won't be home tonight since I'll be with Bo. All they say is to get plenty of rest and to tell Bo that they'll see her tomorrow for dinner. I go into the locker room only to be greeted by my teammates yelling at the top of their lungs. I laugh and make my way to my spot next to Bo. I strip my jersey off my sweaty body and throw it into the hamper so the coaches can wash them. I feel Bo eyes rake across my body before I slide a clean shirt on. I take off all my gear, place the kneepads in my ankle braces, and shove it into my bag. Bo and I walk out of the locker room hand in hand walking towards her car. I nod at Tamsin who is leaning against the wall flirting with one of the football guys. Once we get to her car, I take her bag from her and place it in the back. When I go to stand up and turn around when I am pushed on the car and Bo's lips attach to mine. I think to myself I am never going to get tired of the way she tastes or the way her lips feel against mine. I pull away from her, look her in the eyes and ask, "What do I have to do to get you to kiss me like that again?"

"You could just ask, you know," she says with a smirk.

I smile at Bo and tell her to get into the car so we can go home. She isn't expecting anything special tonight but earlier today with the help of Kenzi, I made sure that Bo and I would have a special night in.

We're driving down the road and "Young Volcanoes" by Fall Out Boy comes on and I watch Bo sing her heart out. I sit and listen to all the songs that come on afterwards and smile as Bo sings along to all of the songs.

We make it back to her house and I park her car in the garage and tell her to close her eyes. I take Bo's hand and lead her into the house carefully. We make our way into her kitchen and I make sure everything is perfect before I run around Bo and cover her eyes with my hand and push her forward until she's in the center of the kitchen. "Okay, you can look," I whisper in her ear as I uncover her eyes.

I hear her gasp and look around the candle lit kitchen before saying, "Lauren, you didn't have to do this. Thank you." She plants a kiss on my lips but I don't let her deepen the kiss.

"We should eat first and then we can do more of that later," and as if on cue both of our stomach let out a growl.

We walk over to the table and I pull out her chair for her to sit in before I go to the oven and pull out the chicken parmesan with alfredo sauce that Kenzi made before bringing it back and placing it before Bo. I grab some glasses and the pitcher of water and set it on the table. I watch Bo dig into the pasta and her eyes go wide before she sighs. I smiles and ask, "Is it safe to assume that it is okay to eat?"

She looks at me incredulously and says, "I only know one person who's chicken parmesan tastes like this. Have you been conspiring with Kenzi against me?"

I laugh at Bo before taking a bite of Kenzi's creation, which actually surprised me with how amazingly delicious it was. We eat all of our food making idle chit chat about how our day had been since we were busy preparing for the game earlier. Once finished I take my and Bo's plates to be washed. "Lauren, let me help, you don't have to clean the dishes too after all that you've done tonight," she says.

"How about you dry the dishes that I wash, deal?"

"Deal."

We work in silence until the last dish was dried. I dry off my hands and watch Bo place the last dish back in the cupboard. I see Bo's shirt rise up above her shorts and giving me a glimpse of her toned stomach. I walk behind her and wrap my arms around her waist. I move her hair away from her neck and plant light kisses on her pulse. She stretches her neck to give me better access and lets out a slight moan. I tighten my grip on her waist and slowly bring one hand around to her stomach. I'm peppering kisses up her neck when I hear her softly say, "Lauren, if you keep this up with how wobbly my legs are after the game, you'll have to pick me up off the floor."

I let out a little laugh and smile into her neck. "Well, I guess that's a good reason to stop for a little while. Besides, I could really use a shower; I hate how I smell like a football player right now."

She turns around in my arms and says, "You're the best smelling football player that I have ever dated then," before planting a kiss on my lips.

I pull her closer to me to deepen the kiss a little and then pull back. "Why don't you go ahead and take a shower; I'll catch up in a little bit then we can go lay on the back porch and look at the stars?"

"Are you telling me that I smell that bad that you won't hold me for a little while longer?" she asks with disbelief.

"No, beautiful. I just need to make a quick phone call," I chuckle.

"Do you have to?" she whines.

I plant a kiss on her forehead, "Yes, but I promise you it will be quick."

"So there's a possibility that you would like to join me in the shower?"

I laugh at her antics again. "Maybe."

With that, she breaks away from our embrace and starts to walk away, emphasizing her sway and she goes. When she is half way across the room, she pulls off her shirt and drops it on the floor. "I think it's best if I leave you a trail so that you can come and find me then."

She quickly walks into her room. I pause for a few moments and listen as she turns on the shower before going out to the porch only to be greeted by Buzz sitting at the door. I walk over to the patio chairs and sit down to pet Buzz before I pick up my phone and call Tamsin. The phone rings twice before she answers. "Hello?"

I hear loud music playing in the background which means one of two things. She's at a party or she's taking a shower. "Hey, Tams. It's Lauren."

"No shit, Sherlock. What do you want/need, girl?"

"Nothing really, I just wanted to talk for a little bit since I wasn't going to be home tonight. You busy partying?"

"Nope, just in the shower jamming out to some Rock music."

"Okay, well then you can answer my question then." As I'm pondering my question, I feel myself start to redden as I think about what I'm going to do for Bo for our two-month anniversary since we were at a volleyball tournament on our first. "Will you help me pick out something sexy to wear for Bo when I get back?"

I hear her bust out laughing because I'm usually never this brave to ask my best friend, of all the things in the world to do, to go lingerie shopping with me. When I don't laugh along with her, she finally gets that I'm actually being serious, "Oh shit, you are serious about this aren't you?"

"Yeah," I say nonchalantly.

"Okay then. Yeah, I will help you pick out something that will make Succu-face's mouth drop to the ground, bounce up to the moon, and then plummet back to earth. And with that being said, I'm going to hang up on you and continue to rock out to my songs. I'll see you later, Lo."

"Love you too, Tam-Tam."

Just like that the line goes flat and I can't help but laugh at Tamsin since I heard the intro to Thunderstruck start to play.

While I'm sitting outside, I think back to how far I've come since I first started playing volleyball. How disastrous my sham of a relationship with Nadia was, how she used me and my body for her own cruel purposes, the summer with Dyson and Eric, the car accident, starting sophomore year constantly being looked at with pity except by my teammates. I look down at my wrists when I come to the thought of getting so drunk almost every night after games, I started slicing up my wrists because I blamed myself for my brother's death and sitting out of the regional game because I hurt my knee. I only notice that tears are falling when a tear hits one of my old scars. I continue to think, starting with all the good things this time. How close Tamsin and I have become, coming out to my family, being the undefeated team last year during districts, just making it as far as regionals, and the best one of all meeting Bo. I realize that I am so lucky to have all of these good people around me that all the fucked up stuff that happened to me doesn't even matter anymore. It's in the past.

I'm so lost in my thoughts that I don't notice Bo standing beside me until I look over to where Buzz went since I didn't feel his head under my hand. She bends down to kiss me on the temple before offering her hand to help me up. We go back into the house with Buzz hot on our heels. Once everyone is inside, Bo locks the porch door and leads me into her room, never breaking her hold on my hand until she gets to my bag only to grab my clothes out of it. She leads me into her bathroom and turns on the shower to get the water warm again before kissing my cheek and going out to give me privacy to take a shower.

It only takes me 15 minutes to shower and dress up before I emerge from her bathroom only to see her laying down on her bed some TV. She looks up at me and pats the spot next to her, signaling me to come and lay down beside her. I crawl right up next to her and wrap my arms around her as she lays her head right over my heart. I sigh in content as we watch the Food Network for a few minutes before she leans up and places a soft kiss right under my jaw. I look down at her as she looks up at me and I can't help but lean down to kiss her soft lips. When we part, she snuggles closer to me and asks, "You okay? You seemed pretty deep in thought when you were outside that you didn't hear me call your name twice."

I look at her shocked, "Yeah I'm okay. Just thinking about a lot of things that has happened. You really said my name twice and I didn't respond?"

She nods her head. "It's okay though it happens I know that sometimes when I need to think about things. I tend to spend hours outside not realizing that it's almost nightfall by the time I come out of my trance."

"How long was I out there for?"

"About 20 minutes."

I start to feel bad about leaving Bo inside when I know she was hoping that I might come and join her in the shower. " I'm really sorry, Bo. I thought I was just out the for a few minutes and I was going to come back in and join you."

"It's okay Lauren. I understand. I can't blame you at all. We all need time to process the random stuff going through our minds it's normal."

I lean down and kiss the top of her head before saying, " Thank you for being so understanding of things."

She looks back up at me with her beautiful brown eyes that I love. "You're welcome. I know you would do the same for me if it happened."

She closes the gap between us to kiss me. It's not a hard kiss but it conveys how much she cares about me with how much passion she put into it. We make out for a few minutes before we decide that the both of us have had a long, exhausting day with school and the effort that we put on the court before we both drift off into a peaceful slumber. The last thought that crosses my mind before everything turns into winning State was Wow, I really need to tell this amazing girlfriend I have that I love her.

A/N: I hope that you guys really enjoyed this chapter. If you have any questions, concerns, or insults, you know what to do PM me or Review. Thanks guys I'll try to get the next chapter out faster than a year.