I drove as fast as I ever had before back to the crack shack. Kenzi was still talking in between loud cries of how much her head hurt. When we arrived at the house, I helped her into the house on my shoulder. I laid her down on the couch and ran upstairs to where I had re-stashed the medical kit. I barely noticed Bo half lying on the bed, passed out. I took a moment to look at her, even though I was angry at her, she made my hear t flutter. I took a deep breath and reached over to her shoulder, gently shaking her awake, "Bo…wake up, I need your help."

She mumbled something about needing to be alone, and more wine. I shook my head as I reached under the bed and grabbed the kit. I took a deep breath as I found an ice pack; I popped the ice mix in the middle and shook the pack up, mixing the chemicals and making the pack ice cold. I then leaned over Bo again, "bo get up…" she still didn't respond, so I reached down and pulled up her tank top and shoved the ice pack up it.

Bo jumped out of the bed, wide awake, "what the fu…Lauren!" she gave me an evil look as she dug the ice pack out from under her top.

I reached and grabbed her forearm, with gentle force, "I need you, Kenzi's been hurt."

After she heard it was Kenzi, I didn't have to pull her anymore. Bo pushed past me and ran down the stairs to Kenzi who was chugging from one of the partially empty wine bottles on the coffee table.

Bo dropped down onto the couch, grabbing Kenzi's face, looking over the young girl and trying to see where all the blood came from. Her eyes frantically searching, "what the hell happened?"

Kenzi tried pushing Bo away so she could have more room to drink from the bottle, "it's okay mom, and it's just a scratch."

I sat down on the edge of the coffee table across from Kenzi, I wouldn't look at bo as I dug in the kit, "she was jumped while we were at the gas station down the street, two ogres grabbed her." I touched Kenzi's knee, drawing her attention to me so I could clean up her wounds. Kenzi continued to try and drink from the bottle as I dabbed at the small cut on her forehead.

Bo stood up quickly and began pacing, "ogres, goddamnit. I thought that stupid hit contract was expired."

I mumbled, "obviously not." I gave Kenzi a stern look as she kept squirming at me, "sit still."

Kenzi rolled her eyes, "okay mom number two." She turned to look at Bo who was clenching her jaw starting at me, "you shoulda seen super hotpants here, she took care of those two stinky bastards like it was nothing." Her eyes got big, as she whispered, "she has superpowers, bo bo, just like you."

It was my turn to clench my jaw as I whispered, "Kenzi…" she looked back at me and shrugged, "it's not going to be a secret for much longer after the ass kicking you laid down on the dark fae's lackeys."

Bo had been listening, as I reached for a roll of gauze I caught her starting at me, her jaw clenched so tight I was certain it would snap. "What is Kenzi talking about?"

I sighed as I wrapped up Kenzi's head. I tossed the roll back into the kit, "you are all set, you don't have a concussion, just a lump and a few cuts." I pulled the wine bottle out of her hand, "no more of this, just rest and aspirin. If you feel lightheaded or dizzy, tell me asap."I was doing my best to ignore bo in that moment.

She saluted me and went to reach for a different wine bottle, I slapped her hand away and she pouted, "can I least have some cookies?"

I nodded yes. Kenzi jumped up and stumbled as she moved to the kitchen, snatching up the jar of cookies I had made a few days prior. She moved back to the couch, where there was an awkward silence filling the space between Bo and I. She plopped down and threw her feet up on the coffee table, in between messy bites she said, "Mom, go talk to mom, you two are filling the air up with all sorts of tension and I don't like it mixing with my cartoons." She reached over with her foot and kicked me hard where I almost slipped off the edge I was sitting on.

Bo spoke, "yes Lauren, Kenzi is right, we have a lot to talk about." I could feel the edge in her voice and it sent shivers through my body. I took a deep breath and picked up the medical kit and stood up facing her. Our eyes met and there was a myriad of emotions in both our eyes.

I whispered, "lets go outside…." I had a feeling that the conversation we were about to embark on would get heated. I didn't want Kenzi to be in the middle of an argument or stress her out more as she was trying to calm down more.

Bo hesitated and then walked outside, her arms still folded. I grabbed my bag and followed Bo outside. The air was cool but it was a warmer night then it had been, I still shivered when I stepped out into the night and saw bo leaning against the Camaro. The moonlight was illuminating her as it always did, as if she was the main actor in a stage play.

I walked towards her and set my bag on the hood of the Camaro and stepped back, "bo…"

She cut me off, "lauren, what the hell? You didn't even give me a chance to explain or apologize. You just took off on me, yea I said some stupid shit but I thought we had made a silent promise to not bail on each other when things got heated." She stared at me hard, "I say things when I am angry, things I don't mean and I am just really protective of you, lauren and I would do anything to keep you safe. What happened with Kenzi is proof of this, I am just tired of people trying to mess things up in our life. Even though I am doing a great job messing things up." she pushed off the car hood, "I didn't mean to say you were a weak human…I just…" she looked away from me and stared off into the darkness that was chased by the city lights.

I had to say what I needed too before telling Bo the changes I discovered, I knew that once I told her it could alter everything, "I know you care for me, immensely and that you want to keep me safe. I allow it, because I like the feeling of having you take care of me and the feeling of having someone that has my back, but Bo I am very capable of taking care of myself at times, especially when it's linked with decisions I make. My past is an example of that…."

She cut me off, "your past is what also killed you and I can't ever let that happen again, as long as I am in your life." I could see the glint of tears in her eyes, highlighted by the moonlight. She whispered, "I am far too aware of how human you are…."

I swallowed hard, I could feel my own tears rising,"I don't think my humanity is going to be a problem anymore."

I saw Bo close her eyes, "you can't even break up with me without being so logical and scientific."

I said nothing, I reached into my bag and pulled out the xray envelope. I handed it over it to Bo. She looked down at it, I shook it, "this is what I mean."

Bo slowly grabbed the envelope and pulled out the images. She squinted at them and held them up to the moonlight, where the images were as bright as they were on the light box back in the lab. She shook her head as she flipped through them, "Lauren, I have no idea what any of this means or what the hell I am looking at."

I sighed and pushed at the gravel underneath my boot, "these are DNA images. The one in your left hand is yours, built from a blood sample I took from you that first night you fell into my life. The other, in your right hand is mine; built from a blood sample I took yesterday."

Bo stared at them, "okay, but I still don't understand what you are getting at. They look exactly the same." She dropped them down and handed them over to me, "just say it Lauren."

I kept pushing gravel, "I am…I am fae now. At least that's what those images in your hand tell me, that and what happened with Kenzi." I turned around to stare off into the city horizon that was just off to the side of the crack shack. "I am still trying to figure it out." There was a silence that fell like a rock when I finished.

I heard the rustle of the images as I knew Bo looked through them again, when she spoke her voice was low and shaky, "you're fae?" she paused and more heavy silence fell, "is that what Kenzi meant about superpowers?"

I could hear her take steps towards me, feeling her close behind me I didn't turn around. I tried to fight back more tears, "something happened that day in the desert, your succubus energy explosion that I thought was me going towards the proverbial light, was like a nuclear explosion. Somehow Tamsin and I were in the radiation zone, so to speak. Her powers were altered to where she was now able to see and communicate with those she transported." I sighed and turned to face Bo who was standing inches away from me. When I saw the tears that had already slipped down her face, I had to bite my lip to prevent my own from falling, "I have absorbed some sort of energy from you and its altered my DNA, and as I sort through the events of tonight , I think I have some sort of powers. Incredible strength and speed and." I trailed off before saying it; it was hard for me to even understand because my whole life was based in science and hard fact. I squeezed my arms tighter around myself, "I think I have some sort of precognitive ability. But I cannot prove it right now, the only evidence I have is what Kenzi saw, what I saw myself do and that my eyes change color like yours. I did throw those men around like there were leaves in the wind." I moved past Bo to lean against the car, I couldn't bear looking at her right now.

She moved to stand in front of me, so close our knees were almost touching, "i made you fae."

It wasn't a question, it was more of a statement, "I don't know if it was you exactly or just a mix of two fae energies and a catalyst. I haven't had time to research it." I rolled my own eyes at my scientific response.

When she spoke I could hear the tears, "I did this. I made you the one thing I never wanted you to be a part of, a fae." I could feel the overwhelming guilt in her voice, "I am so sorry Lauren, I…I did what I had too to save you that day….I didn't think more outside of what I wanted in that moment. And now, I have ruined your life."

I reached out and grabbed her hands, all of the residual anger I felt was gone. I couldn't stand to watch the woman I loved stand in front of me like she was. "Bo, you didn't ruin my life. You changed it from that first moment you were dragged into my emergency room, all through up to now. The bumps in the road have only made my love for you grow. Your selfish actions kept me here, to be with you and find a life that I wanted to live for and fight for." She wouldn't look at me; I pushed off the car and closed the gap between us, lifting her chin so she would look at me. I wiped tears away, "it's very early in this discovery, I still have a lot of work to do in figuring out what it all means. Nothing is set in stone, but I will need your help."

I searched her eyes for anything; I just was received with more tears. Bo slowly pulled her hands from mine, folding her arms, "i don't know if I can do this Lauren." She stepped back slowly, looked at me and the tears were cascading down her face. She turned around and took steps towards the house, whispering, "This isn't a life I would punish my worst enemy with, even if it meant Id have you for eternity." She walked back into the house and left me standing there, my own tears falling. I knew what she was implying in her words and I understood why she felt the way she did.

I sat and stared at the moon, hoping it would fall from orbit and smash into me. I had daydreamt about finding some way to become fae so I could be with Bo forever, finding potions, curses or anything in one of Tricks old books. But now as I stood here, almost one hundred percent sure I was now fae, I wasn't sure if it was right. I could see the overwhelming guilt Bo carried for possibly being the one responsible for changing me in the act of saving me. Throwing me into a world and lifestyle she barely accepted herself. Our love was tainted by science, as it had been all throughout my life.

As much as my instincts told me to grab my bag and get a cab back to my apartment and hole up in my home lab until I either drowned myself in science or came up to a logical way out of this. I decided against my instinctual nature. I would fight for her like she fought for me. I grabbed my bag and headed back into the house.

I found Kenzi asleep on the couch, drooling and clutching the remote. I checked on her quickly and saw that she was fine, just in need of a good night's rest. I smiled and walked up the stairs.

I found Bo curled up in the middle of her big bed, sobbing. I set my bag down quietly and moved to set on the edge of the bed, Bo's back facing me. She was the strongest woman I had ever met, but in this moment she was very innocent and devastated. I ran my hand down her arm, feeling her pull back a bit, "you can't break up with me, well at least until I get that dress you borrowed back." I tried lightening the mood with a joke.

She didn't respond. I moved and got into the bed next to her, wrapping my arms around her waist pulling her into me, I whispered, "this isn't your fault, and I won't let you leave me because of something you think may have done. We are bonded, remember?"

I could feel her sob against me, she hadn't moved her arms down to mix with mine like she always did when I snuggled up to her, "lauren, I love you because you are human, that you are the first human that stood by me and is still with me, kept me honest and fighting for what was right, no matter if it was dark, light fae or human." She swallowed a sob, " I had been thinking about leaving the city and taking you with me, away from all the fae and the trouble. So we could start some sort of life together, and now….I have done this." she tried to pull away from me, but I held her.

"bo, you love me because of who I am, not what I am. You love me because I am the big nerd that rants at awkward times, the woman who knows that one spot that makes you purr like a cat, the nerd who accidentally recorded soap operas over the lifetime movie you wanted to watch last week, I am the woman who would walk through fire and back to save you, I would sacrifice myself again to keep you alive, human or fae, that doesn't change me, the me that you love is still here." I squeezed her harder, nuzzling into her neck, "I am the woman that you saved and will never leave your side because of it."

I felt her let out a shaky breath, then place her hands slowly on my arms around her waist. I let out a breath of my own, "bo, we are in this together, and I will fight for you every step of the way. I learned my lesson once."

She rolled over in my arms so she could face me, her eyes red and puffy from crying. "I never wanted this for you…."

"I never wanted to make you cry. I guess we are even?" I tried again lightening the mood.

Bo tried to smile, I bent down and kissed her lightly, "we will get through this. but I need you with me, I need you."

There was a pause as we just stared at each other for a minute, I could still see the silent struggle in bo's eyes. She finally let out a large breath, "where do we start?"

I half grinned, "the dal. We start there." I pulled Bo into me, feeling her arms wrap around my neck and hold me as close as I was holding her.

TBC!