A/N: HEY GUYS! HOPE Y'ALL HAD A GOOD WEEKEND!
PARI PILLU – WELL SHE WAS IN THE FLASHBACK & MENTIONED BY KENZI VIA TEXT LOL I ALWAYS THOUGHT CIARA/DYSON WAS A GOOD COUPLE…YOU'RE NOT CRAZY LOL I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND
KK – I LOVED THE WAY LAUREN REMINDED HIM OF HOW THE CITY REALLY IS & THAT CIARA HELPED BACK HER UP…& TAMSIN'S/EVONY'S VERY DIRTY BACKUP PLAN IN CASE LAUREN'S 1ST & THEN 2ND PLAN DIDN'T WORK…SO SNEAKY, GLAD IT DIDN'T HAVE TO COME TO THAT
FRENCHI – THANK YOU FOR CARING, MEANS A LOT! CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ONCE YOU'RE ALL CAUGHT UP! HOPE THINGS ARE BETTER FOR YOU!
KOGADUCK – ME TOO!
COLDPLAY REVIEWER – I THINK I GOTTA MAKE THESE HARDER FOR YOU LOL
JOANNRBB – ME TOO
L LEWIS447 – I WAS TURNED ON BY BO TOO LOL I ALMOST FELT BAD FOR DYSON LOL! I AGREE, EXTRA HELP IS ALWAYS GOOD. I WASN'T GOING TO ADD ANY MORE "HIGH BO" BUT SINCE YA ASKED FOR IT & I GOT YOUR REVIEW AS I WAS WRITING THIS CH, I FIGURED "WHY NOT" YOU GUYS ARE THE REASON I CONTINUE TO WRITE SO I DO WHAT I CAN FOR YOU GUYS. GLAD YOU LIKE EVERYTHING & THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT BO DOES…EVENTUALLY LOL SORRY BUT, I'M GLAD YOUR'RE THEORIES WERE WRONG ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE PREDICTABLE :P THANKS FOR THE CONTINUED THUMBS UP!
KT, & D – HOPE YOU GUYS ARE WELL…I ALWAYS NOTICE WHEN MY REGULAR REVIEWERS ARE UNUSUALLY QUIET…IF YA NEED TO TALK, YA GUYS KNOW HOW TO GET ME!
FAIR WARNING, I REALLY THINK THIS STORY IS ENDING SOON BUT THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE A SEQUEL SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE…WELL, MAYBE…STILL NOT SURE HOW THIS WILL END…
I WASN'T GOING TO POST TODAY BUT I WHIPPED THIS UP TODAY SINCE I FIGURED Y'ALL MIGHT NEED A WAY TO END THE WEEKEND ON A GOOD NOTE IN CASE IT WASN'T SO GOOD FOR SOME OF YOU SO I FIGURED WHY NOT AN UPDATE… AS ALWAYS, ALL ERRORS ARE MINE…R/R & ENJOY!
Lauren's POV – 2 Days Later – Lauren's Condo – Morning
"You sure that you're feeling okay?" Bo snuggles up closer to me before raining kisses on my neck. "I'm fine babe, you said yourself; the dull, short blade missed everything and I've always been a fast healer. Please don't worry, I promise I will tell you if I feel even the slightest bit odd and besides, I'm in the care of the best doctor in the world. So again, please try not to worry so much, just…enjoy us, in bed together; completely naked…hopefully all day long…Though, I must admit, I'm still very embarrassed about my morphine trip. I wish Kenzi didn't record some of it. I was completely horrified at myself! I had no idea that I was so susceptible to morphine."
I kissed Bo's blushing cheeks. "Well, if it helps; the reaction you had may not happen every time and you were extremely entertaining with a very…active and creative imagination. But more importantly; you were completely adorable." I chuckled as I remembered the other night when I got back to Bo after I spent the day with Dyson.
Flashback – 2 Days Ago - Clubhouse
"Lolooooo! My Looolooo! My honey bunny, snickerdoodle, apple of my eye like apple pie! My hot, hot Doctor AND Detective Hotpants girlfriend is back!" I chuckled as I reached Bo's bedside, taking her hand in mine. "Babe, babe, baby babe! I missed you sooooo much! Babe, your stethoscope hurt my ears..." Bo pouted with her bottom lip sticking out and big puppy dog eyes, making me chuckle again before I placed a light kiss on her earlobe and then turning her head towards me with my hand gently caressing her cheek before I slightly leaned over her to do the same with her other ear.
"Better?" She nods with a happy grin. Then, all of a sudden she grabbed my waist, trying to get me into her bed with her, making me chuckle yet again. "Alright Bo, but in case you're thinking any dirty thoughts…you should know that clothes will be staying on."
"Awww! Fineee, but you owe me a naked bed day!" She declared with no room for debate. A soft laugh just escaped my lips as I agreed. "Deal, but honey…where's Kenzi or Vex? One of them should've been here with you while I was away."
"Vex went bye bye after Kenzi got here. Kenzi went to tinkle right before you walked in. Tinkle! Such a funny word, right baby?" Bo's giggles were infectious so I couldn't help but join her in her giggle fest as I climbed into bed with her. She snuggled into me as deeply as she could as she took a deep inhale of my scent.
"Lolo, glad you're back! Bo seems much happier now." Kenzi tells me as she took a seat at the edge of the bed, looking at us. "Thanks for watching her, Kenz."
"You shoooo nowww, go away! Shoo, shoo, go away! Me want BoLo alone time so you shoo Kenzi frenzy! Ha! Kenzi frenzy, I made a rhyme!" She giggled again as Kenzi and I both shook our heads in amusement and nodded to each other before she took her exit, leaving us alone as Bo; not so politely requested.
Present
"I'm sorry for chuckling, seemingly randomly. But, I just thought about how cute you were the other day when you kicked Kenzi out because you wanted "BoLo alone time"…and if you want I'll get Kenzi to delete whatever she recorded." I learned in for a quick kiss.
"Mmmm…already done with a case of vodka…that little Gothic Russian sure loves her booze and wigs. It's so strange to see her dress "normally" while she's working and then dress like Vex as soon as she's off the clock with clothes in her car and everything. But then again, both of us always have spare clothes in our cars too and we've even gotten changed in our cars too. But, we don't do a complete 360 with our attire like she does!"
I chuckled and kissed Bo's sweet lips "I know babe, but Kenzi actually likes dressing both ways…she does prefer the goth and wig look more but she finds its easier for people to take her seriously if she's dressed "normally". So she does what she feels she has to do to make her job easier. I'm just glad she's comfortable doing so because the last thing anyone should ever have to do is pretend to be something they're not."
"Yeah, hey babe…how did you get Dyson not to go all…you know…?" I automatically wrapped my arms around her tighter due to the mere thoughts of things not going the way that they did with Dyson, immediately entered my mind knowing how horribly things could have went if I couldn't get him to understand the whole vigilante situation. The awful thoughts of what could have been still terrify me…
Bo obviously sensed my fear and held me tighter as she planted little kisses on me whenever she could. "It's okay, I'm okay, nothing will keep us apart, I promise." She reassures me with a tone full of love with an undertone of conviction.
"I know because I promise the same, babe." We both leaned in for a passionate and tender kiss to seal the promise/vow that we just officially made to each other. "As for Dyson, I basically drove him around the city for hours before making him climb a rock to get to the perfect view of the city…which Dyson and I use to call "our place" which I promise doesn't mean anything and hasn't meant anything for a really long time. I just needed to show him the city up close and from afar so he could see the whole picture; to show him of the truth of the city we protect."
I chuckled as I remembered Dyson's whining during the climb. "Dyson hated that I made him climb up that rock with no equipment except for chalk especially when we could of just walked up the trail but, I had to and plus, he wasn't at any risk of falling to his death and he needed a good work out. But anyway, just like any physically demanding activity; making him or anyone climb that rock especially with no equipment definitely clears your mind to make you focus and put things in perspective as well as appreciate things in a way that you can't unless you've earned it. The climb was to make him clear his thoughts which made room for new ideas and perspectives and the view of the city as perfect as the one on that cliff definitely deserves to be appreciated to the fullest especially since I needed him to see the whole picture to make my point to the best way I could think of and to the best of my ability. I wasn't going to give him anything short of everything I had to keep all of us, especially you; safe."
Bo and I held each other tightly as she rested her head on my chest, listening to my heart beat which only beats for her more and more every single day. "Babe…can I ask you something? Do you want me to stop being the Shadow Assassin?"
I took a moment to figure out the best way to answer her question. "…Honestly, yes…mainly so you wouldn't be in danger like you were. You scared me in a way that no one and nothing ever has before when you got hurt saving me. I never want to be that terrified…horrified ever again. But, I'd never ask you to quit unless I believed it was truly necessary…Do…do you want to quit?"
"Not too long ago, I would have said no because I felt like I couldn't. But now, being with you as much as I possibly can is much more important to me than making sure the soulless monsters of this city get what they deserve…Yet, I'm honestly still not sure if I want to quit or not. I hope that it's okay with you that I'm currently undecided on whether to quit or not."
"I'm fine with that; you should already know that, sweetheart. Whatever you decide, I'll support." There is one question that I've wanted to ask Bo for a while now but, not now. Maybe, I'll ask her one day if I'm still curious about why...Why she never killed Ryan's killer. Well, as far as I know she didn't kill the monster…
"Babe, I'm so tired, the meds you gave me make me sleepy. So, how about after a nap, we get something to eat?" I chuckled, "Sure sweetheart, I'll go make us something to eat while you nap."
"Nooo, this is our naked bed day remember so as long as I'm awake you're naked with me in bed. It's the least you can do since you; my sexy Doctor/Detective won't clear me for any heavy physical activity including sexy, sexy BoLo time. I mean that should be illegal! But then again, if it was illegal then you'd have to arrest yourself and then I still wouldn't get any sexy, sexy BoLo time so that would be totally pointless. Anyways…babe, can't we just order a pizza or something?"
My soft laugh turned into a grin. "First, I want you to be careful because you're still healing and because of the dressing which I want to change in a few hours or so and no…I want you to eat better especially while you're healing. So, how about this; you take an hour nap and I won't leave this bed until you've fallen asleep and I'll be back in the bed in all my naked glory just for you with our brunch before you wake up and we'll eat in bed together as we watch TV or something, okay?"
"Deal! I love you, Lauren Amber Lewis." I grabbed the covers to pull them up over Bo more to make sure she doesn't get cold before I kissed her hair. "I love you too, Ysabeau Elizabeth McCorrigan." I can faintly feel the smile on her face turn into a grin against my chest as I contently wait for her to fall into a deep sleep in my arms; keeping her safe from the evils of the world as well as selfishly keeping her all to myself in our safe, love filled bubble for as long as I can.