A/N: Wow, I am shocked by how many people still follow this story! Thank you all for sticking by and the time to write a review, yes good and bad reviews. I can't speak for all authors but I know for most, reviews fuel them so by all means keep them coming. Just a friendly reminder that this isn't a carbon copy of the show so don't expect the characters in this story to be like the ones in the show, similar yes, exact no. Again, I am Team Lauren, if you are Team Bo you aren't going to like any of my stories. Also in the show Bo's dad was Hades, in this story it is Osiris. Yes, there are differences, not many, but enough for me to feel Osiris was more relevant. I would like to address the main concern that everyone is icing out Bo, this is simply not true, as the author it's not what I am writing at all! The story is called Somebody I Used To Know for a reason, try to wait and see what those reasons are (again not the characters from the show). Finally (about four years later lol) that talk!

Special thanks to Somewhataddicted (aka SW Andersen) for ideas, editing, rewriting parts to make it sound oh so much better, and overall taking the time from writing her awesome books to help me out! Make sure to pick up her books on Amazon!

Bo didn't move. She still wasn't used to this new version of Lauren, already in Bo's car, sitting in the driver's seat no less. Hearing her ex's voice brought her back to the present as she got in and closed the door. "I can't remember the last time I was a passenger in this car." Chuckling slightly to herself at the shift in their positions. Shaking it off as she prepared for the long-awaited talk. Bo turned slightly in the seat to have a better view of the light fae. "I don't even know where to start." There were many things the two needed to discuss.

The shifter put her hand up signaling for Bo to stop talking. "Wait, till we get where we are going." She wanted to be able to look Bo in the eyes during this conversation. It had already been put off for four months, technically longer, going back to before Lauren asked for the break. Without wasting another minute, the light fae pulled out of the spot and headed for an uncertain destination. Feeling the weight of Bo's stare, a small grin curved at her lips.

"Okay, I give, where are we going?" The succubus didn't bother trying to see if she recognized any of the signs. There was no point, she hadn't been in Montreal long.

The doctor kept her eyes fixed on the road while answering, "You'll see." Lauren was enjoying keeping the succubus in suspense. Usually it was always Bo who had the doctor on her toes. Not anymore, not since she became fae. Gone was the timid human, replaced with the strength of a wolf, her wolf.

Bo threw on her sunglasses, put the radio on, and fell back into the passenger seat.

Just don't give up

I'm workin' it out

Please don't give in

I won't let you down

It messed me up, need a second to breathe

Just keep coming around

Hey, whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

Whataya want from me

Yeah, it's plain to see

That baby you're beautiful

And there's nothing wrong with you

It's me, I'm a freak

But thanks for lovin' me

Cause you're doing it perfectly

There might have been a time

When I would let you slip away

I wouldn't even try but I think

You could save my life

Just don't give up

I'm workin' it out

Bo sat motionless in the seat listening as the song played. She almost hated when a song would come on that fit so well to how she felt. It made the succubus overthink things that were already on replay in her mind. Finally leaning forward and changing the station, she casually glanced at the shifter.

Maybe you think that you can hide

I can smell your scent for miles

Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals

So what you trying to do to me

It's like we can't stop we're enemies

But we get along when I'm inside you

You're like a drug that's killing me

I cut you out entirely

But I get so high when I'm inside you

Bo cringed. That hits too close to home. She shut the radio off and looked directly at Lauren. The shifter let her sunglasses fall slightly down past the bridge of her nose, eyebrows raised, gazing at the succubus. "I didn't know your car is Bumblebee?" Internally she was shaking her head at how much time she spent with Kenzi.

Bo threw her hands up, "I wish. My car has never transformed. And there were definitely many occasions where I wish it did." Bo chuckled. She relaxed back into the seat, throwing her legs up on the dashboard, crossing one over the other. Knowing they wouldn't be talking about anything serious till they arrived at wherever it was they were going, "What was your first shift like?" The succubus remembered Lauren telling her at the club in Quebec that is was painful and out of anger. At the time she didn't ask any other questions. There was so much that had happened that night.

Lauren heard the question remaining silent for a minute. Thinking back to almost ten months ago, she could remember that pain like it was yesterday. The feeling of her joints popping out of place, her muscles and tissue stretching for their new form. It made her shiver. "I was fighting with Kenzi…over you actually." It was almost comical to think of where she had started with the petite goth and to see where they were now. It was worlds apart.

As if Bo could read her thoughts, she teased, "Ah, back when Kenzi was on Team Bo. Seems like so long ago." She knew the tiny human would be mutual on this. Spending so much time with Lauren was different than when they had lived together. They got to spend time apart. When Kenzi was with the new shifter, they were locked up together for months. No tv. No cell. Nothing. It bonded them, yet nothing could destroy the bond Kenzi had with Bo.

"Kenzi has too many teams." Lauren lightly laughed thinking of how many she'd heard over the years. "She is still Team Bo, you know. She never left, she just never saw anything from my side. No one did. I was just labeled Dr. Freeze, I believe." The shifter's eyebrows crunched together, thinking hard about it. She never wanted to turn anyone against Bo, not that it was possible to do so. Even if it was, the doctor wouldn't want that. She loved Bo. Turned out, love and trust were very different.

The succubus gently tapped Lauren's arm, knowing she was teasing. Part of Bo knew there was truth to it. Dyson tended to side with her because of his feelings. Kenzi was her BFF, rarely telling her when she was wrong. Not that it didn't happen, because it did, just that it was a rarity. Trick and Hale usually were Switzerland. "Looks like we all changed." The small goth may see both sides lately, but with Dyson, there was now a strong bond. A sibling and wolf bond combined.

The rest of the ride was pretty quiet, some light chit chat, followed by times of silence. Both fae lost in their own thoughts of all the events that happened in the past ten months to lead them to where they were in their lives. Lauren went from a meek, timid, human slave doctor, to a powerful, strong shifter. Dyson went from backing Bo in every way to dying for Lauren if necessary. Kenzi was always behind the succubus, right or wrong, to seeing all sides of the story. Bo had changed the most. Her father did that. She swore a part of her died in the Underworld. A part she was trying desperately to get back, grasping at strings of the person she once was. She was pulled from her thoughts when she felt the car coming to a stop.

The succubus looked past the shifter and her breathe caught in her throat at the scenery. A giant lake with fields of greens near the water edge. Trees of all kinds stretched high to the clouds above, surrounding the area, and topped off by the most breathe taking rounded mountain tops in the distance. It was like something she'd see in a postcard. "Wow Lauren! Just wow!" She walked as if in a trance following the doctor towards the bluest lake. Bo's eyes darted all over, taking in the natural beauty all around.

Lauren deeply inhaled, taking in the fresh crisp air. Loving how her heightened senses let her smell things she knew no one else could, like the crisp leaves on the nearby trees, the vapors from the lake or the many kinds of animals all around. "It's my favorite place to go to when I am not in my wolf form."

Bo was a few steps behind her. "I bet Ava and Nikki love it." She cringed as the words left her lips. When Lauren stopped walking, crossing her arms over her chest in a defensive stance, the succubus cursed under her breathe as she stood in front of the doctor. "Lauren, I am so sorry. I don't even know why I said that. Can we just forget that, please?" Bo's eyes implored the brown ones she was staring into. The tension loosened as Lauren dropped her arms.

"Bo, I took us here, so we can lay it all out. Talk about everything and anything we are feeling. I know a lot has changed for both of us. Some things weren't resolved before." Lauren waved her hand around behind her back, "Here, where no one can interrupt." She wasn't entirely mad over the comment. The way it had been between them recently, she anticipated at least one hiccup. The shifter leaned her back against a white birch tree, keeping her eyes on Bo and waiting for how it would start. Should she be the one to go first or let Bo? Of course, there was always the small tinge of worry that no matter how it started, they would end up in a fight. Seemed to be their pattern during the short time the Bo had been back.

"Just because you decide you want me again doesn't mean I can forget the past. You hurt me, Bo."

"Lauren I've always wanted you."

Lauren didn't buy it. Past events said otherwise.

"You hurt me too, you know? That day…that amazing first time…" she smiled at the memory, but then it turned sour. "The Ash…did you sleep with me because he said to?" There it was. There was no taking it back or wording it differently. She waited with dread and hope for the answer to the question which had plagued her mind longer than she cared to admit. Their relationship, in a sense, started that night. It was hard to move forward when the suspicion it caused from time to time held the succubus back like an anchor weighing her down. Always wondering if it had real, or as real to Lauren as it had been to her.

Lauren pushed off the tree, running her hands through her hair, connecting her fingers behind her head. Part of her wanted to scream at hearing this mentioned again, yet she understood. The new fae let her hands drop to her side as she walked in front of the succubus. Keeping a distance while locking her eyes onto those chocolate brown ones. "Of course not. Did he imply it? Yes. But he was not my pimp, Bo." She took a step closer, her eyes pleading with Bo's to understand, "I slept with you because I wanted to. That was all me. My decision, and a small," she separated her pointer finger from her thumb, "tinge because I wanted to protect you."

Relief brought a half-smile to Bo's lips. There was a constant fear in the back of her mind replaying like an old record that got stuck. The doubt it caused had eaten away at her at times. As much as Bo wanted it to be the only thing that caused her doubt, her lips called out the rest, "Nadia?" There was not much else to say. The name said everything. Bo had Dyson, it was true, however, Lauren knew about him. When the succubus was finally able to semi-move past the Ash-bang, in came the comatose girlfriend. It dampened the already fragile state of trust. How can you build a relationship when it was standing on toothpicks held together by scotch tape?

Lauren stood still, only half-prepared to address the topic that was bound to be brought up sooner or later. A meager warm smile was betrayed by the sadness filling those soft brown eyes. It was a painful memory, and not just for the secret she kept from Bo. It was so much more. "I loved Nadia," more of a statement to herself. "I really did, so much so I was willing to become a slave." She turned her head, almost ashamed to say it out loud. Staring down at the lake she continued, "I can't say exactly when, but I mentally gave up. When I first started working for the Fae, I had faith, I had hope. I thought the cure for her was just out of my reach. The days turned to weeks and those weeks to months. Somewhere along the way, I gave up on her, on us. I was background noise, important only to an extent."

Bo stayed quiet knowing the new shifter hadn't finished. Lauren closed her eyes, bringing her hands to her chest. Her right hand forming a fist while the left one covered it, gently rubbing the knuckles. It hurt to remember things that weren't so long ago. "The Fae didn't check on me or care to see how I was doing…until you." Lauren's eyes met Bo's for the first time since she had started talking. The doleful look was shining through her tear-filled eyes that threatened to spill over yet didn't. "I didn't mean to fall for you Bo. I actually was trying not to. After all, I was human, and you are a succubus. It isn't exactly written in the stars for that kind of pairing. The more I tried not to fall for you, the more I did. My optimism in finding a cure for Nadia had almost completely diminished. As I started to fall in love with you, the guilt started to rise in me." The cold hard truth? She hadn't hid Nadia, she had stopped believing there was a way to wake her. The fae ignored her and she just planned to spend the rest of her life a single slave. Bo had turned that whole idea upside down. The doctor couldn't help feeling the that truth about Nadia was more painful than any lie she tried to tell herself.

The succubus wanted to grab Lauren and pull her into her arms. It was excruciating to fight her instinct and stay rooted to where she was. This was the first time Bo had seen the wolf shifter seem vulnerable since she had become fae. Lauren was different since the transformation. Stronger, harder, more in control. It was almost a comfort to know parts of the human doctor still were inside. As hard as it was to hear the shifter spill out the emotions of the past, it eased the succubus. To know that Lauren hadn't hid Nadia from her, she simply hadn't believed in them anymore. Yet, when she fell in love with Bo, the guilt overwhelmed her. It was understandable. "You didn't do anything wrong, Lauren. After all that time, it makes sense why you thought Nadia wouldn't wake up. And she wouldn't have, if the curse hadn't been lifted." At the time, Bo had almost broke at hearing about Lauren's girlfriend. Despite her own pain, she helped free Nadia. Bo hoped the doctor would pick her, but without Nadia being awake, there was no way to make that choice. In the end, the Garuda made the decision for them both.

"Don't pacify it, Bo. It was wrong, I know it was. I am sorry I didn't tell you about her. I thought I would be single till I died. That doesn't make it excusable, but it's the truth, regardless." The bleak expression started to dissipate as she thought about Nadia and Dyson. Dyson, her once competitor for Bo's heart, now her brother. She never would have even remotely entertained it a possibility. Not just of her turning fae, but the relationship they have. Contemplating her history with her brother brought fresh memories to mind. "What about you. Bo?" She paused. "Did you really pick me over Dyson or was it more like I was the only option when he lost his love for you?" The shifter's heart rate slightly increased awaiting the answer. She almost hesitated, but this was the purpose of the talk. To lay everything out there. Every worry, doubt, and fear, to discuss it, not have half-conversations while trying not to hurt the other.

Bo was taken aback by the question. To her the answer was so obvious. She thought she made it blatantly so, but hearing Lauren ask showed how wrong she was. She wanted to stand in front of her, stare deep into those warm eyes, and caress her face as she answered. Still fighting the internal battle of staying put, the succubus closed her eyes, inhaled deeply, and allowed the memories to flood back. Not that she could ever forget. In the long-awaited clearing of the air, she wanted to recall exactly how she had felt four years ago.

Allowing her eyes to softly flutter open, she fixed her gaze to the new shifter. "You were the first option." She stopped briefly before continuing, "Yes, I made a feeble attempt at being with Dyson, but it wasn't because I picked him." Bo took a step closer, losing the struggle in keeping herself locked to her current position. "I didn't think you were an option. At that point, Lauren, any human I was with I killed. The hardest thing I ever had to do was try to convince myself I wasn't falling deeper and deeper for you."

Glancing down while she blinked back the tears that were starting to form. Whispering towards the ground she said, "Don't you see?" meeting her gaze again, "This is why when I thought you were intimate with me because you were ordered to, it destroyed me. To know we could be together, that it was truly possible…instead I was just part of your boss's agenda." The truth in that statement was so powerful to Bo. She had never said it aloud, not wanting it to be any more real than it was in her head. Hearing Lauren's explanation soothed the throbbing pain in her heart. A pain she had suffered for four years.

That's when it hit Lauren. Since the very beginning, their relationship had been doomed for failure. Bo with all her fears and doubts about their relationship when the succubus had deep emotions from the start. Of course, there had been for her too, she just never got to voice them. Which led to Dyson, and her uncertainty. She wanted to close the final distance and comfort Bo, pull her close. Even her wolf wanted to wrap the succubus in a protective embrace. The only thing stopping her was their talk. The talk that had been put off for so long. "Bo, I wanted to tell you then, but you never gave me the chance. You get upset and you run. You still do." One of the biggest issues they had, that they were still having, was if Bo didn't like something, she lashed out and was gone.

Lauren remembered that night all too well. How she had run to the Dal afterwards, petrified Bo was going to get herself killed by Vex. Realization hit the shifter. "I can understand why you didn't tell me Dyson had his love back or how Tamsin kissed you. You wanted to protect me from something you felt didn't matter. Just like I wanted to protect you from Vex or what the Ash implied, because it didn't matter." It was reassurance for her. They had both done the same thing for the same reasons. She was hoping Bo would understand it a bit more. "What I can't wrap my head around is the way you were looking at Dyson after your Dawning. You were willing to kill me or Kenzi to save him. As important as my brother is to me, I could never kill you to save him." She wished she could burn the image from her mind. The night had she asked for a break, her brain had pictured Bo leaning over Dyson on repeat, the intensity in her eyes speaking more than words.

"You're right, Lauren. I love Dyson, as a friend, and I almost lost him because he decided he was going to die for me. The look was happiness of not having to say good bye to someone who I felt responsible for. I was relieved I was able to save him." Bo recalled how she had glanced up at Lauren while thinking the older shifter was dying for her. It wasn't because he was the love of her life, although she understood now how it would appear that way. All she had felt was intense fear coursing through her that someone she cared for was dead. She had felt a brief moment of worry afterward that it could have been perceived as something different, but she never brought it up, afraid it would break them. Not realizing they were already broken.

She had to shake the thought to address the rest. "I knew I wouldn't kill you. I would never sacrifice you or Kenzi for anyone. I would think after what happened with the Lich you'd know you're the last person I would hurt." Although she tended to black out a bit when she tapped into those unexplainable powers, powers she now knew came from her father, she never doubted the safety of the humans in her life.

"I truly do understand why you didn't tell me about Tamsin kissing you, but what hurt was where you were supposed to be while that was happening." Lauren accepted what Bo had said about saving Dyson. The look in Bo's eyes was intense, so was the situation. Maybe she did perceive it as something more. She knew the succubus should've addressed it sooner, it seemed Bo figured it out too. The bigger issue for her was how she was always there for Bo, dropping her own work for Bo's as if it was more important. In this particular situation, Lauren needed to be put first, something she never pushed or asked for. Which was an issue. Do you have to ask to be first with the person you're dating?

This became another turning point. "You had always made me feel special, not the way the other fae made me feel- non-existent. When you failed to show, it was like déjà vu." Long concealed anger started to rise inside, but she fought setting it free, something that was harder now with a wolf inside. Returning to the stoic doctor, she shook herself from her thoughts, and Lauren continued, "How many times did you stop by just for advice only to just run out after? Do you ever think to ask me to come along? It was always something with Kenzi, or Dyson, and just for kicks, add Tamsin to the mix. Where did I come in Bo?" Her eyes pleaded with the succubus to understand how deep these issues went. It was more then just the Ash, Nadia, Dyson, and Tamsin. Their failure to communicate had been the wedge driving them apart. Unfortunately, it was also Bo, who had a knack for avoidance.

The words hit Bo like a poison coursing through her veins. There was no answer, no rebuttal. She could hear the words echoing in her brain, I think I'll always be asking for more than you can give to me. She turned around, her back to the new fae, bringing her hands to her face as she rubbed her closed eyes trying to push the tears away. It was true. She did push Lauren to the side. Not intentionally. She could never deliberately hurt her. "I told you I was a monster." The words where barely audible. She felt so broken sometimes, going from most powerful being in the world to selfish fae with not much time in the middle. She needed to find balance. She never heard the shifter move till she felt Lauren's hands on her shoulders. Bo kept her eyes sealed, feeling the warm liquid pushing through despite her best efforts.

"Look at me, Bo," Lauren dipped her head down, gently asking her to open her eyes.

Bo scrunched her eyelids tighter before allowing them to slowly open. She went to look away, but Lauren held her face delicately in her hands.

"You are not a monster. I have told you this before and I will tell you everyday if I have to." She knew the succubus had feared this ever since the Lich. Lauren used her thumb to wipe away the tear sliding down Bo's cheek. "There is good and evil in everyone, Bo. It is what you decide to follow that makes you who you are. You, Bo Dennis, are far from evil." She gazed so deeply into Bo's eyes that it was like she was staring into her soul. "Do you need a little work? Sure," Lauren smiled, "but we all do, Bo. No one is perfect." She was feeling somewhat better knowing they finally got to put every doubt out there. They were able to address deep hidden wounds, hoping they could ultimately heal. In this moment none of it mattered, because no matter what wrongs either had done, one thing Lauren was beyond positive about, Bo was no monster.

Bo smiled sadly, then slowly pulled away from her embrace. Pacing in front of the lake, unsure where to begin, she wanted to open the mental wounds she'd been carrying from her time in the Underworld. At long last discuss all she went through during that time. Things not even Tamsin and Dyson knew. They knew her father. They knew what they saw. When Bo wasn't with them, it was another story. A chapter of her life that she padlocked shut and metaphorically tossed into the abyss. But did she really? Did the emotional state ever fully leave her? If she was being honest, it wasn't just the shifter who returned different. The succubus realized awhile ago she is only half of the person she had been. Her fear was losing the rest of herself.

She stopped her pacing and glanced over the lake as she spoke. "When I was with my father, Lauren, somewhere along the way, I lost myself. I changed. The lines between good and evil, right and wrong, they blurred." Bo stopped, almost ashamed to continue. She could feel the weight of the shifter's stare. Not daring to turn and face Lauren as her despondent expression would tell the tale for her. "I started to feel like any wrong I ever did wasn't really wrong. Just perceived inaccurately." She hesitated to try to figure out the right words. "Like, instead of seeing the good I was trying to do, everyone saw the negative. The rules I was breaking to achieve the outcomes I did…how many times did Trick or Dyson disapprove of my methods?"

Lauren scrunched her face trying to make sense of what was being said. "So, like a vigilante? You're saying you are Batman doing the wrong thing for the right reason?" She was positive she understood correctly. There were times Trick and Dyson did question Bo's techniques. Heck even she did here and there.

Bo spun facing her knowing Lauren had hit the bullseye with her analogy. In some ways, she did feel like Batman. Doing things, her own way, not following politics to achieve the outcome for the greater good. "Yes, exactly. My father had this way of making me feel like I am a superhero, of sorts." She was frustrated in a sense. He was never cruel to her, never mean, never made her feel that she needed to be one way or another. She was trying desperately, grasping at anything, to be better than her former self. "You don't understand, Lauren." How could she possibly begin to describe her internal conflict?

"Try, try to help me understand, Bo." The shifter had never seen the succubus this way. She tended to be stubborn, impetuous, childish, brave, and head strong. This was new. Bo looked broken, shattered really, robbed of the tape and glue necessary to put her soul back together.

Bo's shoulders slumped, and her eyes cast down in a mournful gaze. How could she not be a monster? How could she control her inner demons knowing what she did? "My father," she locked her eyes onto those bright brown ones, "my father is Osiris." She didn't even blink. The soft glimmer in her eyes held the truth in them that her face could not hide.

Lauren stood straight up, completely still. Shock radiated through her. Words left her as her heart fell silent. A chill ran down her body as the succubus poured out her confession. She pulled deep within her, getting the much-needed strength from the wolf within. Something to break the thick tension that was filling the air around them like an invisible fog engulfing them both. "Osiris, as in the God of the Underworld?"

"The very God of Death and Resurrection." Her tone was flat wiped of emotion.

The shifter didn't move a muscle, still processing this new information. It clicked! How Bo could suck multiple Chi. How she was able to kill who she wanted while protecting ones she didn't. How she could bring Dyson back to life. She was her father's daughter. It brought to light a new revelation, she was positive would bring the faintest smile to the succubus. "So," she stepped closer with a playful grin on, "what you're saying is, you are a Demi God?"

Bo's mouth twitched as she fought the smile. A battle she lost as the corners of her lips moved slightly upwards. It was a faint smile, but a smile, nonetheless. Only Lauren could do this to her, bring out a complete 180 on her emotions. "A little bit above, actually." She even laughed a bit as she answered. Bo spoke to her father about this once she learned who truly was.

Knowing the light mood would be short lived, she closed the gap and cupped Bo's face in her hands. "Doesn't matter who he is, Bo. You are your own person. There is good in your family too. Trick is good." She knew Bo's fears. This gave the succubus more of a reason to believe there was evil lurking within her. Although the shifter knew it wasn't, she was absolutely certain, knowing Osiris was her father, it solidified those worries for Bo.

Bo pulled Lauren towards her, just wanting to be in her embrace before continuing. She felt content. At first, she didn't understand why she wanted to go so far to talk. There was no denying the beautiful scenery, it made sense now, being here alone allowed things to surface. She wasn't planning on confessing the horrors of her dad, somehow, they came out. Being with her father, although for a short time, forever changed Bo. Those lines still blurred for her. Something she wasn't sure would ever be crystal clear again. Worse yet, if she was being completely honest, she wasn't sure she wanted them to be.

Peeling herself away from Lauren was always one of the harder things Bo had to do. She needed to be able to look into her eyes for what she needed to say. "I'm trying Lauren. I know there are some mistakes I made with you. Mistakes that I cannot change, and I will atone for them. You stayed with me when I needed to use others to heal. It's my turn to show I can do the same for you. I am going to prove to you I can be as mature and strong as you. To show you I am not a typical succubus."

"I'm not asking you to do that, Bo." She understood what Bo was saying. The succubus would be monogamous. Her supposed "nature" be damned.

"I know you're not. Same as I didn't ask you if I could have other partners to heal. You knew it was needed and just did it. I can do this, Lauren. Also, not really up for debate."

Maybe she was wrong. Maybe Bo could change. It had yet to be shown, though. The other day, things seemed to go so well till Bo's jealousy took over. It took a horrible turn. Not wanting to think of it, she concentrated on what else had been said. Lauren arched an eyebrow. "And considering no other succubus is more than Demi God, I'd say you proved you're not typical already."

The succubus playfully punched her arm. She felt lighter than she had since she'd returned. Hopefully, she was finally on the right track. If she could just control her newfound dark side. "Can I ask a favor of you?" Her eyes pleaded for a yes. When Lauren nodded, she proceeded, "Will you help me work on my temper? You have always been the one to break through my darkness, returning me to the light. Since my father, giving into jealousy, anger, and rage seems as easy as breathing. Anything I hear that I don't like makes something inside me snap. Before I know it, I'm gone, and this new version of me takes over."

It made the light fae doctor think. Of course, she would help Bo. She would always help her, but she had to try harder. "You would have to come to my lab at times. The lab where Nikki can be, or Ava. You think that will help your anger issues? Because what I don't want is a repeat of the other night." She tried hard not to bring it up.

Bo flinched hearing those words. Words can be worse than wounds. Wounds you heal from, but words can leave permanent mental scars. Things were going so well till her anger possessed her. "I want to promise you I will never behave like that again…I just don't want to lie to you. I can promise I will try with all my heart. I think being in your lab is the best place to test that theory." She knew Ava was a trigger. What better way to learn to control her inner demons then with the perfect Ash right there in her face? Plus, the added benefit of getting to see up close and personal how Ava was with Lauren. Since she seemed to be coming clean with a lot more than planned, the succubus knew she had to tell the shifter. "After our fight, I went to Tamsin's. I slept with her." Technically they weren't together, she just didn't want to hide it.

"I slept with Ava." Lauren decided to test Bo's ability to control her inner demons. The succubus's eyes flashed blue as Bo slammed her lids shut to hide it. Lauren already saw it knowing that Bo was doing what she could to fight the anger inside her. She closed the small distance between them, taking Bo's hand in hers, putting it over her heart. "This is still up for grabs, Bo. I didn't give my chance away." The doctor was always cautious. She was even more so now, especially with her love. Since she'd fallen for Bo, she would've bet money it would belong to her, but nothing was certain. Things changed. They changed. Everything started to make much more sense with what she'd learned today. They still had a chance. "What do you say we talk a walk with a much lighter conversation before heading back?" She knew she'd broken through the dark side of the succubus.

Lauren pulled Bo in, wrapping her arms around her waist. Bo did the same. For a fleeting second, she imagined things had never changed. It was so familiar, yet so different. She was unsure if it would be a good thing or bad, but she would always love Bo in some way. She allowed herself a chaste kiss to the succubus' lips, then leaned back and took in the soft features of the woman in her arms.

Glistening brown eyes delicately opened, meeting the Lauren's gaze. "Can we stay here forever?" Bo sounded so fragile. So hopeful.

Part of Lauren wished they could, but like always, there was either work or a catastrophe to deal with. "I have to get back to get ready for my dinner date with the Morrigan."

Bo cocked an eyebrow. "The Morrigan? As in Damon? Men are in the mix too?" She teased, knowing it wasn't even a remote possibility. Even still, she wasn't thrilled at the news. She fought her inner instincts to get angry. She had hoped tonight they could go out to dinner. The succubus wanted to prove to herself as much as to Lauren that she could control her inner monster. Her own version of Mr. Hyde. But it would take time and tonight, she had to be patient. It felt good to finally have it all out in the open, to have a fresh start.

Lauren narrowed her eyes and Bo forced a smile. Maybe she couldn't have tonight, but she had right now. "Just a minute longer," Bo said, and pressed her head to Lauren's shoulder. It was the kind of moment she had been wishing for. Unfortunately, guilt ate at her as she stood there with Lauren knowing she'd kept from her what she knew about Ava, what had happened with Evony, and her biggest secret of all, one that no one knew, she still spoke with her father.