A/N: Sorry for the delay in getting this posted…the next chapter will be up super duper fast to make up for it.
Enjoy
BPOV:
"No."
"Bo." She groans.
"Lauren." I groan back.
She tries to give me a firm look but I can see the smiles breaking through. "I'm being serious."
I huff against my pillow and pull my wife closer to me. "I said no."
"Well tough."
"Please don't go." I whine gripping onto Laurens waist.
"I've got to." She laughs rolling over to face me. "Anni and I are so close Bo, I can feel it. Anni took an all nightery last night to test the formula we both came up with…and a couple meetings that I can't miss."
It's been a few weeks since Lauren and I got married. We both agreed that we would hold off until Lauren and Anni perfected it for the masses. It would seem they got pretty lucky mixing two types of fae with Laurens. Every other time they've tried it with some other DNA, they've completely attacked each other. So they've had to tweak it a bit. "I guess I can't argue with that then."
"I guess not."
"You go shower and I'll make some breakfast, need to fuel that big brain." I say letting go of her.
"You're the best." Lo gives me a kiss before rolling out of bed and heading into the bathroom.
I watch her for a little while from the bed as she strips out of her clothes and hops in the shower, sending a quick wink my way. There's nothing more I'd like than to hop in there with her. I really can't wait for everything to settle down at work for us both, so I can grab my wife and whisk her away somewhere. I must've got lost in my thoughts about stripping and having my way with her for days in some hotel room because soon the shower turns off and Lauren is stepping out. "Hey lazy." She laughs as I hop off the bed and run out of the room.
I make my way downstairs and being cooking up my wife's breakfast. Even saying that now still amazes me…Lauren Lewis is my wife. It's not even been a year since Lauren came home and so much has already changed. As the bacon and eggs begin to cook, I sort out our little pup who is really not so little anymore. "How are you still getting bigger?" I laugh as Docs tail being to wag as a put out his food.
Doc ignores me and chows down his food in under a minute. He licks at his mouth and looks up for some more. I can't help it when he gives me those puppy dog eyes and I put a couple more scoops in his bowl. "That's how he's still getting bigger." Lauren says as Doc finishes off the rest.
"I just don't want him to go hungry."
"He's not the one that's going to go hungry." She smirks while eyeing the bacon.
I turn around and see smoke coming from the pan. "Oh fuck." I take the pan off the heat, but the damage has already been done. "Shit, shit, shit."
"It's fine." Lo laughs. "I'll grab something on the way to work."
"But…"
Lauren cuts me off by kissing away my pout. "It's honestly fine babe. I'm almost late as it is."
"I just wanted us to have a nice breakfast." I sigh leaning against her.
"How about a nice dinner? I'll make sure I'm done by 5 today, so that I can take my beautiful wife for a romantic meal." She says with that smile that always makes my knees go weak.
"If you're sure…I know how busy work has been crazy."
"You're more important." Lauren says before giving me another kiss. "Now I've got to go." She grabs her things and heads to the door. "I'll see you at 5 gorgeous." Lo gives me a wink and leaves for work.
I sigh happily and lean back against the counter. "What a woman."
Doc barks and paws at the lower cupboard where is food is stored. "Just a little bit more." I relent. Doc begins to happily much on the food and I give his neck a scratch before heading upstairs. "Now be a good boy, I need to get ready for work."
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"So he's cheating." I sigh putting down the photos Kenzi gave me.
"Sadly." Kenzi nods taking a seat on my desk.
Usually these types of cases don't bother me. People cheat, it's just something that is most likely to happen now days. But the woman who came to us with this job has been through so much. Katherine came to us a couple years ago with the case of her missing daughter. The police were working on it, but she wanted a couple outside opinions…sadly before we could really sink our teeth into it her daughters' body was found, but the person who did it never was. And now her shitty husband is screwing his colleague and hiding funds from her. "What a piece of shit. Okay call her up, tell her to come to the office. The least we can do is give her some information on lawyers if she chooses that route."
"Will do."
I head into the back to make myself and Kenzi a cup of coffee while she makes the call. Whenever it's bad news we have to deliver we take turns, thankfully this time it's her and not me. I come out a few minutes later with two steaming cup and see Kenzi just hanging up the phone with a down-trodden look. "How was she?" I ask gently.
"Heartbroken." She sighs sadly. "The poor woman could hardly talk. I didn't want to drag it out, so I just told her th basics then advised to get out the house, stay with a family member or friend for the night and then get back in touch with us if she needs anything."
"Good."
"I hope she'll be okay." Kenzi mumbles while taking the coffee from me.
"Katherine will be. We'll give her all the documents she needs to take everything she's owed from that prick."
"Too right." She nods firmly.
"You want to go get some lunch?" I suggest, still seeing the sadness in her eyes. Kenzi just shrugs and continues to stir her coffee. When we first met Katherine and she told us her story it really hit Kenz hard, I could tell little Ava was constantly on her mind. A parent's worst nightmare. "Come on, we can head to that little Italian place over the road…I'll even get you an extra-large calzone."
Kenzi's eyes flicker to me and I can see I've got her interested. "The Philly cheese steak one?"
I try not to wince at the thought of her onion breath and give her a happy nod. "Whatever you want."
"Okay let's go." She nods while grabbing her jacket and heading to the door. I throw Doc one of his treats and lock up the office. "I'm actually starving." She says as we walk across to the restaurant.
"Me too. I haven't had any breakfast." I open the door for Kenzi and wave to Danny, our usual waiter. He nods to our table by the window. I watch my friend as she stares out to the street, her mind clearly still on Kathrine. "You okay Kenz?"
"Yeah." She sighs, turning to me with a small smile.
"You sure?"
"I just want everything to turn out well for her." She says fiddling with the menu.
"It will. Look at everything she's been through, she is one strong woman. And we know she has a good support system around her." Kenzi nods at my words, clearly trying to arrange her feelings. "Now perk up, you've got a calzone to demolish."
"Okay." Kenzi sits up straighter and lets and easy smile come across her face when Danny arrives at our table.
"Afternoon ladies. How are we doing today." Danny smiles as he pours us our water.
"Good thanks Dan, how about you?" Kenz asks.
"Can't complain, my favourite customers are here." He winks.
We both roll our eyes at his antics, more then used to him by now. "We know your tricks Danny, winks for tips." I tell him.
He gasps dramatically and grabs at his chest. "I would never…unless it's working."
"It's not." We both say.
"Damn. Well then never mind." He pouts. "What are you both having."
"I'll have a large Philly cheese steak calzone." Kenzi grins. "Oh and a side of fries."
Danny nods and begins to write on his pad. "Drink?"
"Diet coke please."
"Okay, and what about you Bo?" He asks.
"Lasagne and Diet coke please Danny."
"Coming right up. I'll bring your drinks and some bread for the table."
"Well this is nice, we should do this more often." I smile.
"We should." Kenzi agrees. "How about aside from all the other things we do together, every two weeks we have a day…just me and you." She suggests.
"I like that. You've got yourself a deal."
Danny arrives with our drinks and cheers our drinks. "So how's Laurens work going?" She asks with some nervousness in her voice.
"Really good." I try to assure. "She thinks by the end of today they'll have it all completed and can start taking clients."
Kenzis eyes light up and a grin appears. "Wow, that's amazing."
I lean across and take her hand in mine. "I don't want you to worry Kenz, you're first priority."
"Thank you, Bo."
"You don't have to thank anyone Kenz. You're my family, I'd do anything for you."
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LPOV:
"How'd the meeting go?" Anni asks while looking up from her microscope when I enter our lab.
"Surprisingly well." I nod taking a seat opposite her. "I told her all our conditions for this project and she actually agreed. Obviously, it's Evony so she had some of her own."
"Like what?"
"Like if people from the light want the serum, and they refuse to move over to the dark then they have to pay." I say with an eye roll.
"Of course." Anni laughs. "That's not too bad I guess."
"Exactly, she was actually understanding." Today I had my big meeting with Evony about what to do with the serum to turn humans to fae. Anni and I both knew from the start that we'd have to be firm with her, this is the dream of any fae leader, the immense power to have over a huge group of people. Thankfully I think she knew that wouldn't fly with us both, there's no way we would let her use this for evil. So we spent a couple hours going over the do's and don'ts with this. At the end of it we pretty much agreed with each other's wants for this project. I did have one condition that was non-negotiable, I will turn Kenzi fae first and foremost, and if she doesn't want to join that dark she doesn't have to. Evony pouted for a moment before rolling her eyes and relenting, saying she doesn't want that annoying child apart of the dark anyway.
"A bit too understanding…you think she has something up her sleeve?" Anni asks.
"Doesn't she always." I laugh. "I doubt it'll be anything too bad, no way she'd piss off her two geniuses. We're her cash cow."
"True."
"So how's this going?" I ask pointing to the DNA.
"Really well, the weaker fae DNA isn't attacking the human DNA. Still not able to make one as powerful as yours yet, I don't understand why we can't mimic it."
"Maybe I'm just special?" I grin.
"Maybe." Anni nods mockingly.
"Anyway. How many have we got completed."
"8." Anni grins happily.
"Nice." I give Anni a high five and look at the completed list of fae and human DNA mix. I scan the list and think I know what one will suit Kenzi. "Okay. Let's finish off the rest of these because I've got a date."
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I enter our home just after five and find my girl putting some water in Docs water bowl. "Hey good looking." I call out.
Bo looks up and greets me with a big grin. "Hey yourself."
"You just in?"
Bo nods and makes her way over to me. "About 5 minutes ago." Bo wraps her arms around my neck and bring me in for a kiss. "How was your day?"
I keep my arms around her waist and hold her close, wanting to share the joy that I'm feeling. "Amazing…we did it Bo. The formula is perfected. We can change Kenzi."
"You can?" Bo gasps.
"We can."
"Oh my god Lauren." Bo laughs and jumps into my arms. "You're incredible."
I grip Bo's thighs and revel in the kisses she's placing all over my face. "No you're incredible."
"I didn't even do anything." She frowns.
"You didn't have to." I sigh loving the feeling of Bo in my arms.
Her hands being to play with the hairs at the back of my neck as she moves her face closer to mine. "I know we were planning on going out for dinner, but I'd really like to take my genius wife upstairs and have my way with her all night." She suggests before biting her lip and staring down at me.
"We can always order pizza." I whisper as she begins to grin her hips. "Yeah lets go." I stride over to the stairs and run up as fast as I can. This is going to be a good night.
