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Chapter Nine:

Kenzi woke up slowly. She felt warm strong arms around her waist and was unsure for a minute whose arms they were until last night came back to her. She could not help the smile that spread across her face.

Last night had been pretty incredible to say the least. She felt pleasantly sore and sated and was pretty happy snuggled up in the black silk sheets.

She tried to go back to sleep but she couldn't. There was a part of her who kept wanting to replay all that they had done last night and another part was already starting to question what it all meant and should she really stay and sleep or get up and sneak out before things got awkward and it was all ruined.

However yet another part of her wanted to flip the former Mesmer over and start another round. Turning her head slightly to face him, without waking him up she could not help noticing how peaceful he looked.

It was hard to believe that the hands that were holding her tight now had done so many horrible things in the past.

Thinking about that started to make her thing of all the other things that had been stopping her from ending up in bed with Vex until now.

For instance, how many one night stands he had had before her. How many women he had been with and what sex meant to him.

She was not one to judge after all it took two to tango and she knew last night what she was getting into, it had been her choice.

But after last night she knew now that her feelings for Vex were real.

It had been incredible sex no doubt about that but it had also meant something more to her. The way he had looked at her. The way it had been fun and amazing on a level it had never been before.

Even though it had meant something to her she was only a human. Vex had years to prefect his skills so she couldn't afford to assume it meant the same to him.

She would not be one of those needy clingy girls she thought decidedly.

Sighing, she slowly got up out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. Vex moaned in his sleep and Kenzi held her breath waiting to see if he was going to wake up. His hands moved around a little before he grabbed her pillow.

He seemed to go back to sleep then and she let out the breath she had been holding.

Kenzi was never one to stick around in the morning when she knew it could prove to be uncomfortable and she valued keeping Vex in her life.

As a friend at least she could still have him in her life. She couldn't handle what they had turning into a one night stand gone wrong.

Pulling herself together in the bathroom she grabbed one of his shirts to replace her own and she made her way out of his bedroom as quietly as possible.

Once she was out she took the stairs two at a time and got to the front door.

Kenzi couldn't help but pause at the door hoping that he had perhaps heard her moving around and was coming to find her.

When no black leather cladded, dark and pale Mesmer came to the stairs Kenzi ignored the stab of disappointment and opened the door with her head held high.

She did not want to waste money on a cab and there was no way that she was going to hang around and wait for Bo or Dyson to pick her up, although she knew they would if she called.

Luckily she had been smart enough to grab his leather jacket on the way out and his car keys were in it.

A smile broke out on her face when she clicked the little button and the sleek black lexis in the drive way lit up as if welcoming her home.

Hopping into the driver's seat she sped off thinking about how Vex would feel when he woke up to find his stuff gone. She laughed out loud at the sling of curse words sure to fall from his lips.

What she refused to think about though was the twinge she felt in her chest at the idea of him being more annoyed about that then her making a run for it.

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Kenzi had gone straight home after leaving Vex's place. Although the temptation to take the car on a real spin had been there, she resisted temptation.

Leaving it parked awkwardly in front of her and Bo's place she left the keys in the ignition and hopped out.

Bo and Dyson weren't there when she entered the house.

"Bobo?" she called wanting to make sure the pair weren't just passed out somewhere after a night of going crazy on each other.

When no answer came Kenzi threw herself on to the couch with a sigh. In some ways she felt relieved to be alone so didn't have to talk about where she was last night with her best friend.

But on the other hand, she wanted to talk about where she was last night with her best friend she thought frustratingly to herself.

Not wanting to think she got up to make herself some cereal, changed in to some of her own clothes so she would not have Vex's scent distracting her and turned on robot hookers.

Within an hour she gave up since the game simply remainder her too much of Vex and that's what she was trying to avoid.

She face planted onto the cushion next to her, and let out an over dramatic scream.

"Whoa what was that?" asked Bo coming up the stairs and heading for the fridge to grab water.

"Bo, you're home?" asked Kenzi startled.

"Yeah and just in time by the looks of it" laughed Bo coming to sit on the couch. She picked Kenzi's feet up and placed them on her lap.

"Kenzi laid her head on the couch and smiled a weak smile at her friend.

"So how was last night?" asked Kenzi not wanting to get into her own stuff right now.

"Oh no Kenz, I could smell sex from the doorway and have a fair idea why when I came down last night to apologise to you about the noise I couldn't find you anywhere, it has something to do with where you went.

So spill" finished Bo giving her, her best don't lie to me face.

Kenzi knew she could tell Bo she didn't want to talk about it and she would leave her alone but it would all come out eventually so what the hell.

Kenzi recounted her tale to Bo, obviously not going in to too much detail about certain parts of the night and when she got to the part about skipping out early Bo sighed but allowed her to finish.

"And that's it Bobo. I left his car outside and came up here" finished Kenzi.

"Ok, first I can't believe you did it with Vex" said Bo looking so disgusted that Kenzi had to laugh.

"But I'm a succubus and have noticed the sexual energy going between you two for the last few months so it's not really a huge surprise.

I get why you left Kenz, believe me I do, but you shouldn't have" said Bo looking at her sympathetically.

"Bo this is really hard for me to admit to you let alone him that I have feelings for him and you know what he's like. It would kill me if he treated me like some worthless human so I had to get out of there. I wanted to leave with my dignity intact" said Kenzi looking seriously at Bo.

"Kenz, do you really think that I, Dyson or Hale would have been so cool with you hanging out with him if we believed that's how he saw you?

I mean you're my sister! I wouldn't let you even entertain the idea of you going drinking with a guy like that let alone actually be ok with you doing it nearly every night. Like I said I've seen the chi coming off you two and it's not just sexual with Vex. He cares for you probably more than even he realises" said Bo.

"You think?" asked Kenzi not really believing it. Although thinking back to her past she knew slime balls and jerks. She dealt with them throughout her childhood and for most of her adult life so far. Vex could be many horrible a nightmare to many people but he had never been any of those things to her.

Kenzi knew she wouldn't have even considered hanging out with him if he had. Her instincts were good.

"Yes really. Besides Kenz you're too intelligent not to know that" smiled Bo "after all where do I get all my best advice from?"

They sat in silence for a few moments.

"So have you a plan of action?" asked Bo.

"Nope, probably going to wing it" said Kenzi making Bo laugh.

"If he hurts you Kenz I'll kill him though" said Bo suddenly getting very serious. "Just so you know".

"I know" smiled Kenzi feeling touched "but you'll have to get in line behind me" she added feeling more like herself after talking about it.

They both laughed and spent the next hour watching cartoons and passing a box of cereal between the both of them before Dyson came up to pick Bo up for some new lead.

"Hey D-man" said Kenzi without looking up from X-Men that was now playing on screen.

"Oopps Dyson completely lost track of time" smiled Bo as she got up to kiss him. "I'm just going to grab my coat. Will you be ok Kenz?" asked Bo turning around to block Dyson from view.

Kenzi knew she could subtly shake her head and Bo would be coming up with an excuse for Dyson and would stay with her but even though she appreciated that, that's not what she wanted.

"Course, Bo. You crazy kids go out and paint the town red" smiled Kenzi.

Dyson told her Hale was at the bar if she felt bored and wanted to head down there/

After those two left Kenzi decided to take action. She was never one for sitting around and waiting for the fight to come to her anyway.

It was only turning four so she still had a few hours before his club opened. She would get dressed, go see Trick and Hale and have a few free drinks and some dinner and then head over and see if he was there.

She knew she could phone him but they only ever did that for short conversations that were more like barked instructions or orders like "Bored come play Xbox" or "Got Whiskey be there in five".

Running upstairs she went to look for her sexist outfit.

A/N: Ok I know Vex wasn't in this but I just wanted Kenzi to sort this stuff out by herself before confronting him because I think that's what she would do! Next chapter soon to follow! That's the trouble with college it takes up all your time so you don't get to do fun stuff like write!

Next chapter will include a date thanks to an awesome readers suggestion and if anyone has anything else they'd like to see for future chapters let me know!=)