Isabeau
Isabeau immediately answered her phone without looking to see who was calling her.
"Good morning, Isabeau!". A voice rang out.
"Good morning, Dougie. How the hell are ya?". Isabeau smiled.
"I'm doing well. Just getting home from an all-nighter". Doug smiled into the phone.
"Dougie, you know I love you, but please, spare me the details". Isabeau laughed.
"Girl, I never kiss and tell. But it was nothing like that. I just got home from an all night party and thought I would call and check on you before I shower and climb into bed". Doug laughed back.
"You're so sweet, Doug. But I'm doing well." Isabeau slightly opened her living room curtain.
"Seriously, are you safe? I mean with the person you are seeing or trying to?". Doug asked.
"I trust this woman, Doug. I wouldn't have called you like that if I didn't". Isabeau turned the curtain loose and settled on the couch.
"Not everyone knows about the Fae and not everyone knows about you. You wear your heart on your sleeve. This must be some woman for you to stay put". Doug took a drink and waited for a response.
"Oh, I will stay put for this woman." Isabeau smiled softly.
"We go way back. I just want to make sure my girl is ok. That you don't need me to show up and kick ass". Doug smiled.
"These people have nothing on me. Nobody has nothing on her. She's the one Doug. I know because my Succubus told me when she walked into the doors and into my life. I wouldn't have put her up and took steps to ensure her safety. Now, honestly, I don't know her that well yet, but I know enough to know that I want to know it all". Isabeau spoke softly.
"Ok, babe. I will let you get on with it but you better call me if you ever need anything. I have people too, you know". Doug smiled.
"I know. Thanks Dougie". Isabeau smiled as they hung up.
Doug has always been a good friend of hers. There were many nights she'd sit and watch him and Aife exchange makeup ideas. Although the old succubus tries to wear as little as possible. But Doug was right to call and check on her. He'd always worried about Isabeau's heart getting broken. The Doctor won't break it. She doesn't know how to.
The young Succubus had been up for hours just before Doug called. She had gone shopping late last night and hadn't really been able to sleep. She's too excited about her date tonight. Their date, she corrected herself. She doesn't know Toronto that well. But is sure Lauren has somewhere in mind that she wants to go. She smiled. She's actually dating again. Officially dating again. She smiled as she sipped on her coffee and looked at the clock. It's not even close to nine am, yet. She thought about what Doug said again. If she is sure about Lauren. She frowned at the question and yet, she smiled at it too.
She frowned because she knows her own heart and felt a little sad her old friend had to ask that question. She smiled because she knows Lauren is worth dating and so much more. Much more. Her Succubus has never warned her about anything else that wasn't a danger warning. But with Lauren it was nice, warm and quiet. She wouldn't let Isabeau focus on her mother and shiny new grandfather going at it. She did need that drink she stole from her mother because she was getting hot at the coming of Lauren Lewis.
What an entrance it was too. It was like there was nobody else in that drab building. Light emitted around the blonde, like nothing Isabeau has ever seen before. Her Succubus can be dark when she needs to be but she's very light around the Doctor. All of her body is. She stood to take her coffee cup into the kitchen and returned to the couch to try to get a little sleep. She wants to be fresh and ready for her date. Anything can happen. She smiled and closed her eyes.
Lauren
The Doctor rolled over onto plush pillows in her soft bed. She smiled at how big it is. She had grown used to sleeping on a twin sized bed in the Light Fae compound. She had repeatedly asked for a larger bed but her requests had fallen on deaf ears. Ears that didn't listen to her unless it was about a wounded Fae or another human like herself.
The humans are nothing to the Light Fae. Nothing. They use them for what they can get from them but other than that, that's it. Nothing. She rolled over and smiled thinking of Isabeau. She doesn't treat her like she's nothing. She doesn't treat her like she needs to be treated for some wound. She doesn't treat her like she's about to dismiss her for the night at some Fae party filled with food and drinks and none of it was for human consumption.
What did the Fae need human food for? Their liquor? That brought her back to Isabeau's feeding. She had never seen anything like that. She fed through a walkie talkie. That is brilliant. It keeps her safe from anyone but them knowing about it and from the Fae outside of her very small circle knowing she can do that.
She inhaled clean sheets and clean pillow cases. She's finally comfortable. But she's nervous about her date tonight. Their date. She corrected herself. She got the feeling Isabeau thinks Toronto is a dump and it probably is to a worldly Fae like her.
The blonde is ready. She's ready to wine, dine and dance. Before the Fae and Nadia, she used to have friends she could call and ask how to date someone. Then she met Nadia and she was slowly learning until the woman became sick.
Lauren Lewis was a flat out nerd. School and homework was her life. That's it. She'd flirt and speak with women but never took them home. She never got close to kissing one. Some days, she was just too tired to speak. But she had to press on. She had always wanted to be a doctor for as long as she knew what a Doctor was and does. She wanted to help people and she did a lot of people. There were late nights when she practically crawled up the stairs to her dorm room and hoped her roommate was asleep or out. She just wanted to work and sleep in those days. Now, she's a doctor and resting on one of the best beds her body has ever known. She smiled and rolled over again. Rest, Lewis, rest.
Kenzi's room
"Kenzi, wake up. I've come to take you home". Dyson gently shook the woman.
"What?". Kenzi mumbled.
"They have cleared you to go home". Dyson replied.
"Cleared me?! Look at my legs! There's not an inch of them that aren't covered in bandages!". Kenzi screamed.
"This is why they're sending you home, Kenzi. You keep harassing the staff and spitting on them. Humans don't like that". Dyson growled. He is up far too early for his taste. But a nurse called him and told him Kenzi could go home immediately.
"Where will I go? Lauren is gone. There's not another human doctor near the Fae right now!". Kenzi snapped.
"Trick said you can heal at the Dal. He's got a few Fae doctors that owe him favors". Dyson looked around for something Kenzi could put on. All he saw were hospital gowns. His jacket it is, he guessed.
"Trick better have lots of hamburgers and beer". Kenzi groaned when Dyson picked her up into his jacket. He nodded at the staff as he carried her out kicking and screaming.
After a short drive, the wolf carried her into the bar and ran directly into Trick and Hale.
"How is she?". Trick asked.
"She's Kenzi". Dyson shrugged.
"Set her down on the couch, she can stretch there". Trick pointed.
"I don't want to stretch, I want to find that Succubus!". Kenzi screamed.
Hale shook his head and drank his beer. Kenzi has been a pain in their asses since Isabeau and Aife came to town. She bit off more than she can chew and expects Trick and Dyson to get revenge for her. From everything that the siren has seen, they can't. Aife would cut Dyson's balls off and Isabeau would likely burn them with her hand, that is if she ever touched him. Which would never happen unless she's fighting him.
The siren remembered how humiliated Dyson was when the Succubus shot him down. It got worse when she ran out of the bar never acknowledging him at all, again. He shook his head and took a another drink.
"Kenzi, I brought you here to heal. You need to do that". Trick walked over.
"I can heal after we get them. You guys know how to find people. Find them and get them here!". Kenzi screamed.
"Find them and do what? We can't fight them. They are my family. I only know Aife, I don't know Isabeau well enough to get a read on her". Trick shook his head.
"She wants the Doctor! Now go get them both! I'm injured, Lauren's a doctor. She will want to help me!". Kenzi pointed to her legs.
"You're not that bad, Kenz. The doctors told me that themselves. You just need a day or two more to rest". Dyson stepped forward.
"You guys have turned into pussies. I mean it, you have. Since when have you ever backed down from any Fae?". Kenzi rolled her eyes.
"I wasn't related to those Fae!". Trick screamed.
"So? Get them here and worry about the rest later!". Kenzi screamed.
"Good luck with her". Hale shook his head and walked out. Kenzi wasn't going to relent in her tantrum. But the siren knows it to be jealousy. There's a human in town that's got more juice than Kenzi has. Her name is Lauren Lewis.
Dyson took a seat and called Trick over. He took his eyes off of Kenzi and spoke to the man. "She's right and wrong. We need to know where they are and we need to make sure they can't do any more damage than they have already done".
"Dyson, it's risky. Aife is dangerous but Isabeau is like no other Fae you and I have tangled with before. I would prefer that we wait until she comes to me. Then I can try and get her mindset off of Aife's guidance. I can flip her, I just need the chance to". Trick whispered.
"A succubus needs to feed when wounded right? Maybe that's when we can strike. You can talk to her and I can help her heal". Dyson shrugged.
"I'd say that Aife needs to feed when wounded, I cannot say that for certain with Isabeau. She's my concern right now. If we can get her to see reason, there would be peace in the colony. The Light and Dark would have to behave themselves. It's a new day and time, Dyson. We need them but we don't need to piss them off". Trick walked away. "Cook her some breakfast". He ordered his new cook.
Dyson sighed and looked at the scene. Those two have rocked Toronto or at least their little circle of it. Trick hasn't been the same since they arrived. He and Kenzi have suffered because of their failed scheme. Now the most powerful Fae that Dyson knows wants him to wait. To be patient while Isabeau and Aife are out there, unaccounted for.
Aife
"How did it go?". Aife asked into her phone.
"Very well. Their houses were scrubbed clean, plants restored and food stocked". A male voice replied.
"Good. Now about Kenzi?". Aife asked.
"She's been released and we tailed Dyson to the Dal. He hasn't left yet". The voice replied.
"They are probably plotting my demise or that of my daughter. We need to remind them of who we are." Aife laughed.
"I'm listening". The male replied.
Hours later
Isabeau jumped out of her sleep. She looked at the time and stood up for upstairs. She walked every step wondering what she was going to wear. It's not cool but it's not hot, hot out. Neither condition would bother her. Just thinking of the doctor is warming her up all over. She walked into her bedroom and into her massive closet. She walked around in circles looking at every outfit. She knows the blonde is not that stuck up to judge anything that she wears but she wants to look really nice nonetheless.
She took a seat and took some breaths. This is the part of her she doesn't mind showing the blonde. It's the part of her that wants the blonde. A calming peace. She loves it though. Years and years of anger and fighting Fae. She gets to relax and enjoy her night. Her date. She smiled wondering what they would talk about. What little morsels are left in the Doctor's life diary. She has the power to dig into Lauren's background, but she doesn't want to do that. She wants to sit, be in bed, stand or kneel to listen to the woman tell her everything that she doesn't know. She has all the time in the world for the chance to do those things.
She thought about Lauren saying she will die someday. That just can't happen. Lauren dying would mean Lauren would be in pain. That riles up her succubus like nothing ever has before. Lauren won't know pain, not as long as the Succubus is around. She gathered her thoughts and went back to looking for something to wear.
Lauren
The blonde sat on her own bed. She was panting with nerves. She's mere hours from going out on her date. She worried she would bore the woman. She worried who would step in and ruin their date. Perhaps, it wasn't wise to want to date in Toronto. But it is a big enough city that they may not be spotted. Isabeau is gorgeous. Like a new car Lauren wants everyone to see her with. She's sweet. She's kind. She goes beyond the definition of protective. All for Lauren.
She sighed thinking of how poorly her life had been before she met the Succubus. She was literally working for nothing. Nothing but the amusement of the Light Fae. Some of the Dark Fae could be kind but not to the point that she could always rely on them. She wondered why Hale stayed with the Light. He seems way too kind to be stuck with those assholes. But then even he has his limits. He has to as the last heir of his clan. She shook her head to rid it of those thoughts. She's no longer chained by responsibility to them. Not even to treat them for anything. Get up Lewis, get up. She smiled and stood.
Two hours later.
Isabeau stood in front of a full body mirror. She smiled to make sure there wasn't lipstick on her teeth. She laughed at herself and walked downstairs. She shyly peeked through the curtain and laughed again. She grabbed her keys, checked her appearance and walked outside. She walked down the walkway and stepped onto the street.
"Hi". Lauren spokes softly.
"Hi. You look beautiful, Lauren". The succubus smiled.
"You look tasty". Lauren replied and watched as the woman blushed.
"I'm worried about you being in the middle of the street, though". Isabeau looked both ways.
"I wanted to wait for you. I also wanted to ask whose car we're taking?". Lauren smiled.
"Mine". Isabeau's voice cracked like she was still in puberty. The Doctor's appearance is taking over her brain. Blonde hair is pinned up, followed by a sleeveless pantsuit. Toned arms and a bare neck, is riling up her Succubus. Down girl, down.
"Then let's go". Lauren smiled as she walked towards the Succubus house. Isabeau followed closely behind the woman. Her eyes flashed blue and brown. She shook her head to calm down. She needs to drive and not wreck her car and any chance they have at a good date. She helped Lauren in and ran to the other side. "So, where to?".
"Let's go for a drive, dinner and dancing". Lauren replied.
"I love the way you think". Isabeau smiled and started her car.
They drove all over town. The succubus felt like she was on a mobile tour as Lauren pointed out spots she had yet to know about. She smiled at everything though. Lauren is very thorough when she explains something. She can't wait to see how thorough she is at other things.
"It's time to eat". Isabeau spoke softly.
"It is". Lauren nodded and pointed to a restaurant.
They climbed out of the car and walked slowly towards the entrance. Isabeau held the door for Lauren and they walked in.
"Lewis". Lauren spoke softly.
"Yes ma'am, right this way". The host smiled and the women followed them.
"This is nice". Isabeau took her seat and looked around. All eyes were on her, but her eyes were already back on the blonde.
"I didn't know what you were in the mood for. This place has a lot of variety". Lauren pushed a menu over to the brunette.
"They could have chips and dip, and I would be happy because I am with you". Isabeau captured the woman's eyes.
Lauren shivered at the compliment. "Thank you". She choked out.
Isabeau smiled and pretended to read the menu. It all looks good but she was hungry for everything in front of her. Down girl, down. "I'll have a steak and baked potato".
Lauren hurried to find something. She finally picked something and the waitress retreated.
"Wine?". Isabeau asked as she poured a glass for herself.
"Yes, please". Lauren held her glass out.
The women settled into their seats and Lauren spoke next. "I have a confession to make".
"Okay". Isabeau set her glass down and focused.
"I wanted to date you here because I wanted the Fae and everyone that knows me to see you on my arm. Like a new car". Lauren bowed her head.
"Hell, Lauren! I don't care about that. It cuts both ways. They get to see us both dating a beautiful woman!". Isabeau laughed. She was bracing for the worse and that wasn't close to worse.
Lauren continued to hold her head down. Isabeau leaned over. "Hey, it's okay. Really. I'm not offended, or angry. You told me the truth and as I just said, that cuts both ways". She gently released Lauren's chin.
"I'm sorry. I know it's a bit shallow". Lauren shook her head.
"It is, but honestly, I don't care. You're beautiful too. These bastards need to see you with me. They will know that I am not one to fuck with and you damn sure aren't". Isabeau held her eyes until the waitress returned with their salads. "Eat, Lauren. It's okay". The succubus laughed internally. It is adorable that Lauren wants to show the woman on her arm off. But the succubus gets that pleasure too. Lauren on her arm. Down girl, down. The women laughed and talked until their entrees arrived.
"That chicken looks good". Isabeau smiled as Lauren cut into her meat. The Succubus cut into her own and took a bite.
"So, now that we got that out of the way, may I ask you a question?". Isabeau asked. Lauren ate the food in her mouth and wiped it. "Sure".
"There are a lot of beautiful women in this town. You are free. So, why do you want to date me?". Isabeau asked.
Lauren licked her lips and tried to explain her attraction to the most beautiful woman she had ever seen into words. "You are beautiful, smart, kind and look like you could be a lot of fun to date. To be with, hopefully". She downed her wine and poured another glass.
Isabeau smiled at Lauren trying not to blush. "Excellent answer and we don't have to talk about everything tonight because I do want many days and nights like this with you". She tapped her wine glass against Lauren's.
The next hour they spent eating and Lauren ordered a piece of pie for dessert. The succubus didn't mind. She wanted the woman to eat as much as she could to soak up all the wine she drank. They are still going dancing and she can't wait for that.
The Dal
Kenzi was asleep on the couch when she felt someone slap her.
"Your mouth is going to get you killed. It won't be no skin off my ass, but you are not in Trick's Toronto anymore, you're in her Toronto. The more times that you try to threaten us, the more times you will spend like this, on your ass and recovering. No tricks or dogs will be able to save you. She asked me to kill you, right off. But she has a soft spot for humans. But you will be an exception if you continue to piss me off. I have eyes and ears everywhere, even in this dump bar. She has made her choice and none of you are it". Aife spoke coldly. Kenzi looked around and saw nothing. Not a single dirty glass. Nothing. Trick and Dyson weren't even there. She swallowed wondering if the Succubus had killed them.
Lauren and Isabeau.
"This is a great spot to dance". Lauren smiled and jumped out of the car. Isabeau laughed and followed the woman into the building. She watched her order a drink, noted her count on the night and walked over to join her. Lauren extended her hand and pulled the woman to the dancefloor. First the music was loud and fast. Then it turned slow.
"This could be bad". Isabeau whispered.
They rocked in each other's arms as the music played. Lauren kept eye contact. She watched brown and blue eyes intermingle. "Oh, what am I doing?". The Doctor smiled and leaned in.
"Nope. You said when we're dating, that you would kiss me again". Isabeau smiled.
"Yes, and we're dating". Lauren shook her head in laughter.
"This is our first date. Dating implies more than one". Isabeau winked. "You can kiss me again in two days from now". She laughed.
"Damn. Me and my big mouth". Lauren buried her head into the woman's shoulder.
Isabeau laughed. "I'm counting on your mouth to be big. Very big." She spun the doctor in her arms and twirled her around. "I'm flipping the script. After this, we are going walking on a beach somewhere. Our night is going to be long".
TBC
