Isabeau smiled as she stood in front of the mirror. Night and morning had come and gone. Afternoon was only a few hours old. It is time. Time for their date. She checked her teeth to make sure they were clean. Hell, she never felt so clean in her life. She played with hair as it hung down her back. She turned her head from left to right before she finally stood upright and dried her hands on a paper towel. Checking her appearance one last time, she looked at the clock on the wall. She bowed her head as she blushed and turned to walk downstairs, lock up her house and walked towards the street.
"Ms. Dennis." Her driver smiled.
"I assume Ms. Lewis hasn't come out yet?". Isabeau walked around the carriage.
She stood at attention as she ordered the driver to walk up and escort the lady to her. Just as she caught her breath, she lost it when the blonde appeared at her own door. Lauren smiled and turned to lock the door. Isabeau was panting as the woman walked towards her. It made her think of her childhood fantasy when the love of her life would be walking down the aisle towards her. That is before she knew she was a succubus and mates would be hard to come by. Her breaths grew heavier with every step the woman took and Lauren was walking deliberately slow. She smiled wider as she finally reached the woman. "You look absolutely beautiful, Isabeau." Lauren licked her lips and stopped as she studied the woman from head to toe.
"Not as beautiful as you." Isabeau choked out and extended her hand to the doctor. Lauren nodded and took it. Up she went into their horse drawn carriage. Lauren was a little anxious when the succubus sat beside her and not across from her. "Am I doing this wrong?." Isabeau frowned.
"No! No". Lauren laughed as she blushed.
Isabeau smiled at the sight and nodded for the driver to pull away. Slowly they rode through the town until they reached the city. Lauren gasped at the next thing she saw. Lights on strings strung from building to building. Everything was adorned in white. "It's nothing". Isabeau gently shook Lauren's hand.
Lauren turned to the succubus and turned her attention back to the road. She gasped again when she spotted the first person. They were dressed in white, too. Everyone stood at attention as the carriage moved slower than it had been carrying them. "What is this?." Lauren smiled.
"I know why of all the places that you want to date me, why it is Toronto. You want to show me off to everyone that disrespected you. Everyone that thinks or thought you weren't good enough. Well, now everyone in town will see you. Everyone will know you are good enough. That you are beautiful. They will see you are dating me and be jealous. Be jealous that I get to date you too. Envious that they missed out. Missed out on you. Missed out on me. These are peasants that will learn their roles. They were never good enough for you. Because if they were, they would have wooed you long before I got here. But it's my gain and their loss." Isabeau smiled and kissed Lauren's hand.
"I don't know what to say." Lauren whispered and bowed her head. Isabeau used her free hand and lifted the woman's head again.
"You don't have to say anything. Never bow your head to them either. Never, ever, again." Isabeau smiled and let go. "What is this!?." A deep voice broke through the brunette's mouth.
"Either they are homeless or ill." The driver replied over his shoulder.
"I ordered for everyone to stand. To be in line when we pass!." Isabeau growled.
"It's okay. Let them sleep it off." Lauren squeezed the woman's hand.
"Rise." The deep voice appeared again. Lauren gasped when the body on the ground stood and bowed. "Don't disobey me again." Isabeau eyed the man and turned her attention back to her date.
"What did you just do?." Lauren asked. The man stood at the woman's voice. To her doctor's eye the man looked ill with intoxication. But apparently the succubus eye saw more and fixed him, just like that.
"What is it you doctor's say? A clean bill of health? That's what I just gave him. He's lucky that I don't charge him for that treatment. Disobedience will not be tolerated. He shouldn't have tied one on last night. I'm sure mother went to every hole and house and followed my orders down to the letter" Isabeau's eyes were set to blue until Lauren squeezed her hand again.
"Thank you." Lauren spoke softly. The woman's body turned back to its normal color. She had been orange for the longest time.
"You don't have to thank me, Lauren. This is your date too. I just wanted things to be perfect and that fool screwed it up." Isabeau gritted her teeth and her eyes went blue again.
"It is still early and he is far behind us." Lauren smiled and gestured at the line of people standing stiff beside their carriage.
"You're right. It is early." Isabeau's voice was soft again. Her Succubus had never been that nasty since her demonstration at the Dal. Since she brought Aife out of that hell hole she had been stuck in. But this time with Lauren was far more intense. That man had disobeyed her orders to be clean, crisp and standing when the carriage rolled through town. But he couldn't manage that, so she made it so that he could. He better be still there when they roll back through at the end of this part of their date too. When the carriage stopped, she took some much needed deep breaths and took the driver's hand as he helped them down.
Isabeau bowed when Lauren stepped down and took her hand. They walked across a white carpet into the restaurant. They were seated and Lauren looked around. The staff was dressed in all white too. Usually they were black and red. "Order whatever you like". Isabeau pulled her out of her mental tour.
Lauren smiled and nodded. The waiter's hand shook as he wrote her order down. "Easy". Isabeau touched his hand and he calmed down.
The wine was chilled and their salads were on point as they waited for their entrees. "So, is this your favorite wine?." Isabeau asked.
"It is." Lauren popped her lips together and the succubus kicked the table leg. "Sorry, sorry." She laughed.
"Natural reflex?." Lauren asked.
"Natural? Yes. Yes you could say that it was." Isabeau adjusted in her seat.
"I could say something but it would sound like work and this is not the time or place for that." Lauren sat back as her plate was placed in front of her. She picked her fork up to take a bite. "You never not need to tell me anything". Isabeau gently stopped her first bite. "It's okay. It's fine."
"During our ride here, your actions and body are everything a doctor looks to treat. While you can heal yourself, it is still fascinating to me. You went through every emotion possible to any human. But you are not a human. You are Fae. It is just something rare to see with your kind." Lauren leaned back.
"If I weren't raised by humans, I would probably be an asshole like you are used to seeing in my kind. But they taught and showed me how to care. How to love. It took a while to get mom to trust me because she thought I was going to attack her too. But I was drawn to her because she's my mother. I don't know how I can do what I do but I know what I am and what I have to learn what I can do so far. What I did back there was new. Usually I have to raise my hands to do that. But since I was holding your hand, I wasn't going to let go, so I told him to rise with my voice and it worked. But if you want, you can use your scientific brain on me. You can verbally study me whenever you want. You can run tests with my blood as long as it is not left in the wrong hands. Your hands I trust. Their hands, I don't." Isabeau smiled. It felt great to get all of that out.
"I didn't say I want to experiment right here and now. But it's good to know I have your permission." Lauren smiled.
"Eat. Drink. We're not done yet." Isabeau gestured to the plate and glass across from her.
The women ate and made small talk until the desserts were consumed. Lauren's eyes went wide when garment bags had been brought to them. "This one is yours, Ms. Dennis". The waiter bowed and hung it on a hook just behind her.
"When you're ready." Isabeau smiled at Lauren.
"Are we changing?." Lauren asked.
"Oh yeah. We are changing". Isabeau winked.
Lauren laughed. "I mean, are we changing clothes?."
"Yes. Yours is hanging up behind you." Isabeau nodded. "But since you look ready, I'm going to change right now." The succubus stood and practically skipped into one of the back rooms.
"Can you tell me what this is about?." Lauren asked the waiter.
"Without dying afterwards? No ma'am, I cannot". The man's legs started to shake.
Lauren smiled and nodded. She knew it was a long shot even asking him. Hell, this is all a long shot. She's dating a succubus so drop dead gorgeous that even the woman looking at someone could and would make them drop dead. Should she use those powers to do so. But this woman is so much more. There's a darkness equally matched by her warmth. She despises ill-mannered people. But is a kitten with the doctor.
That is how the Fae have been since Lauren was trapped with them. Ruthless, and unfeeling asses. The only time she got any thoughts out of them was when they were ordering her to do something or telling her how weak she was compared to them. Now, she's dating a succubus more powerful than all of them. One with manners. One with genuine concern and feelings. She grabbed her garment bag and followed the waiter to a room to change.
Aife
"How the fuck was my orders not followed!? The Succubus screamed as she walked down the street. It was still lined with humans and Fae. Nobody moved. Nobody flinched as the succubus angrily walked down the road. "They are coming back through here. One mistake. One step out of line I will kill you the instant they are out of your sight. Is that understood!? She screamed.
"Yes, Aife!" The group screamed.
She walked over to the man. He looked like he had been touched by her young succubus. "Dumb boy. She will slice your nuts off and make you eat them like peanuts. Crunch, crunch. Don't disrespect us again." She tapped him on the cheek and made her way down the line. She laughed when she got to Trick, Dyson and Kenzi. Frozen at attention. "Sucks doesn't it? You have to watch them but can't touch them. You idiots will come to learn that your fumbling antics won't ever work on her. She's darker than the blackest night and brighter than the brightest sun. And she's my baby." Aife smiled, teary eyed with pride. She moved along and made herself scarce before the duo appears again.
Trick stood stiff but he was still able to think. Isabeau will be coming through again. His wife's namesake. His bloodline. Yet, she's so distant from him. He doesn't know her. He has only seen and heard about what she's done. Aife had gone mad for years when the Queen died. Yet, she's never looked more healthy now. Still crazy in some aspects but healthy. He imagined Isabeau healed her own mother. Helped her mentally too. But there's a never dying hatred in the old Succubus eyes whenever she looks at Trick. Whenever she looks at anyone not named Isabeau or Lauren.
Isabeau and Lauren
The succubus paced back and forth. Waiting and looking for Lauren to emerge. When she heard a door opening, she turned and stopped. "Wow!." She bowed and tipped her cap.
"Wow, yourself!." Lauren bowed and tipped her own cap.
"You're just, wow." Isabeau laughed as she walked over to the woman and held her hand out.
"I don't look too bad, do I?." Lauren looked down at her outfit and blushed.
"Hell no! I'm just glad it all fits and in the right places." Isabeau licked her lips and her eyes went down and up Lauren's body.
"I guess we are going riding now?." Lauren asked.
"We are". Isabeau smiled and they walked over the white carpet again. "Which one do you want?". She asked.
"I'll take the white one." Lauren nodded and was helped onto her horse.
Perfection, Isabeau whispered as she looked at Lauren. The blonde was dressed in white chaps with a matching top and cowgirl hat.
Isabeau mounted her black stallion and readied for her ride. "Shall we race or just ride?."
"Race full circle and then ride?." Lauren asked more than she answered.
"Yes my sweet!." Isabeau lined her horse up next to Lauren's. "Ready...".
"Go!." Lauren screamed and pulled on her reins. She left the succubus in the virtual dust. Isabeau laughed as she encouraged her horse to hurry up. But she wouldn't mind if she lost to this woman. Under the moonlight, Lauren almost looked like a ghost in all white as she rode down the same street lined with the same people.
The gang screamed and clapped as the blonde passed them. Isabeau smiled at the sight. At least they obeyed that part of her orders. She blinked and noticed she was really losing this race. She bent down and encouraged her horse again. She didn't use her powers, if she's going to lose, she's going to lose fair and square. But she won't win if she stays in her head about the doctor. Blonde and black hair flew in the wind as the women raced around the corner and rounded back to the line of people. Once they reached the end of it, the succubus pulled her horse to stop. She turned around, laughing. "You are all dismissed back to your miserable lives." The group ran into each other trying to get away from the woman.
"Thank you." Lauren breathed out.
"For what?." Isabeau asked.
"For being thoughtful with our date. For not cheating to beat me." Lauren took a bottle of water from the carriage driver.
"You're welcome but is our date over? I think not. I haven't kissed you yet." Isabeau laughed as Lauren's face turned red.
"I never said our date is over and I never said you wouldn't kiss me. But I never said I wouldn't kiss you either." Lauren smiled into another laughing fit. This felt good to do. To be able to immensely enjoy herself and have someone that is not so stuck up to talk to. The succubus is just a joy to be around.
"Oh, so our date has turned into another race. A race to see who will kiss who? Okay. I'm game but I don't intend to lose this time. Fair or unfair". Isabeau laughed.
"Will our other clothes be brought to us?." Lauren looked back at the restaurant.
"They've already been taken back." Isabeau played with her horse reins.
"Then I guess we'll ride again." Lauren pulled her reins and her horse took off down the road. She smiled as the wind blew in her face and her hair. She didn't need to wait to know the succubus would follow her.
Isabeau smiled as she rode behind the doctor but sped up to catch her. Slow but swiftly they rode. She was worried the horses wouldn't like Lauren. No matter which one she picked. But how can any creature not like this woman? "Well, at least I know with that big meal that you had, I won't have to worry about you being hungry. You should have lots of energy." Isabeau smiled.
"Wait, what about the horses? Have they eaten?." Lauren pulled the reins to stop her horse.
"They were given plenty to eat before arriving before us." Isabeau stopped her horse too. The women smiled at each other. "Right. The race." She laughed and pulled off.
Lauren shook her head and laughed. They rode until the doctor felt they were sure to tire the horses out. She pulled up and stopped hers as they drank from barrels of water the succubus had pre-ordered to be placed sporadically around town. The women were given hot towels and soap to freshen up. They stripped down to their jeans and tops. They kept their hats as they walked the empty streets.
Lauren looked up to the stars and smiled at the full moon. Even nature was perfect for their date. "Eww. A dead squirrel." The doctor gagged and looked down. The smell had kept her from stepping on it.
"Come back to life." A deep voice called out to the little guy. Lauren marveled as it did as it was commanded. With no visible wounds, it finished its quest across the street.
"Sorry about that Lauren. I had ordered the streets to be swept clean of trash and debris. I guess he didn't get the message." Isabeau laughed.
"You didn't have to do that. He was probably better off where he was just now." Lauren spoke softly as she watched the woman pour hot water on the spot where the squirrel was just moments ago.
"You're a doctor. You love trying to heal things. I can do those things too. I love helping people and animals that deserve it. You don't like loss of life. I don't either. I never like to lose anything." Isabeau tossed the bucket to the side for her people to come and collect it.
Lauren walked over to the woman and stood eye to eye with her. Licking her top lip with the tip of her tongue, she stared into brown eyes. "I don't like to lose either." Then she stepped back.
Isabeau felt the succubus stir violently inside of her. She was more aroused than she had ever been. Brown eyes had to be the dominant color because she won't lose either. "Our date continues then." She gestured for the horse carriage again. She smiled and moved so close to Lauren that she instantly felt the doctor's body heat.
"I have nothing to do. So, yes, our date continues until one of us has lost." Lauren leaned against the succubus and pulled back. She laughed when the woman growled after smelling her perfume in the wind.
"Yeah, mom? It's me. You can handle anything that comes up right? I'm busy for the time being. I could be busy for days" Isabeau's voice cracked while she spoke into her phone, nodded and hung up. The women smiled wide at each other. The succubus ordered mouthwash and it was placed in a bucket on the carriage floor. The race is on to see who kisses who first. Then the race will be over because the first to give in will have lost. Isabeau laughed and the carriage pulled away again.
TBC
