A Family Matter CH 6

Lauren


I know it's morning out, even without opening my eyes, but I really don't want to get up yet. Not waking up means more time wrapped up in the sheets with the gorgeous brunette that one day, I'll get to call my wife.

But waking up means life happens. Mysterious brain tumors, undead parents, lies... There is just too much and sometimes I just don't want to be an adult.

"Do we really have to get up?" A groggy voice mumbles incoherently into my ear and her strong arms pull me in closer to her warm body. "I bet we could just hide in here all day."

Her silky smooth skin is electric as my one free hand maps out her naked body. Even living together, I still haven't figured out how she gets her skin so soft. "I was just wondering that myself." Turning over I keep my eyes closed, but find her lips regardless. "Good morning."

Somehow we find ourselves closer than before, her leg swinging on over mine and her soft foot massaging my calf and the back of my ankle. "Mmm good morning, Lo. Fuck, I love waking up to you like this." Bo husks and her hand travels down my torso and continues until it disappears between my legs. "So ready, so wet."

I gasp when her fingers part my lips and she plays with my evident arousal. "Oh god Bo." I moan and snap my eyes open, but when I do I reach for her hand. Stalling her. "I will kill your best friend."

Bo sits up abruptly and watches Kenzi, still half asleep with a coffee mug, entering our room. She is so oblivious sometimes, but that's definitely not a bad quality in this instance. "Kenz what the Hell?!"

"Sorry guys, but this thing keeps buzzing. It's even louder than my nonexistent alarm." Kenzi tosses my work pager on the bed and looks at me gripping the sheet to my chest. "Don't worry, it's nothing I haven't seen before." She deadpans.

I look at the pager and I sigh. It's already a quarter to nine, so in definitely not looking forward to this call. I'm supposed to just catch up on some emails today and talk to Aife, but I know they wouldn't page me unless it was important.

"I'll go get breakfast started while you call. Hopefully it won't be that will take all day. Because my mother is still here and I'm not dealing with all of this by myself." Bo voice is dripping with sweetness, a tone that is more warning then anything, and pecks me on the lips as slips out of bed, causing Kenzi to run the other direction due to her nakedness.

Once our bedroom door is shut once again, I stretch and get out of bed to find my phone. Looks like the pager went off only a half an hour ago. Dialing the hospital number, a nurse picks up then transfers me to Dr. Dallas's phone.

Turns out she needs someone to do a knee replacement surgery for one of her patients. Her minor cold has turned into a full blown flu and can't perform it herself. I accept knowing knee surgery is only three hours and especially since I'll be needing time off when Bo has to have her own surgery.

"Everything okay at work?" Bo emerges from the bathroom; I can hear the showing running behind her. "You have to go in." I hate that she can read me so well.

"I do but for only three, four hours tops. Knee replacement and Dallas is out sick." Bo is angry, or rather upset, I can tell. "The downside to dating a doctor."

Bo huffs and she lets me hold her despite her irritation with me. "It's got its perks." She jokes and participates in the hug. "Fine! Let's shower and get this day started. But tonight can we just have dinner in bed? I'm feeling antisocial."

Laughing, I push us into the bathroom. "I can't wait." And lock the door behind us. I'd be damned if Kenzi interrupted us again.

Bo


Well this isn't awkward. After making Lauren her favorite bacon and egg sandwich for breakfast, she left to go prep for her surgery. That would be fine, but having my mother here, sipping her coffee in the chair next to me and not having anything to talk about, is awkward.

I didn't realize how much of a buffer Lauren was until she left. Hell, even Kenzi is silent as she never shuts up!

Just when I thought I couldn't take it anymore, I hear my phone ding indicating I have a text message.

*I'll see you in a few, babe. You can do it. Love you. Lo XOXO*

Damn that woman.

"This is a beautiful home you have here, Bo. I watched the sun rise in the back yard and I must say that garden looks amazing." Aife comments and I take my time answering.

My mother looks so tired, almost hollow compared to how I once remembered her. I can see the scar on her head, her dark hair just barely covering it and I wonder if mine will be better or worse than hers. A thought that makes my stomach hurt. And I realize my surgery is going to have to happen sooner rather than later.

Even so, she's still got that sultry look to her that no doubt has men doing a double take when she walks by, but she seems worn out. Lauren's warning about Jack is starting to make more and more sense.

"Thank you. Lauren surprised me with it. This past year has had its ups and downs, as you can imagine." I look at her pointedly and continue. "She just wanted me to focus on what I do and relax some. But we can talk about that later. First, I want to know what's going on, mom."

Aife takes a deep breath, struggling to find her words, but I can be patient. Just as long as I get my answers. But before she can say a word, her cell phone rings loudly. "Hi Jack, no I'm still with my daughter."

Both Kenzi and I listen to Jack's booming voice telling her to go back to Trick's, demanding that she shut up and get back to him. Without responding back, Aife simply hangs up her cell and rubs the bridge of her nose.

"There is no excuse for me leaving you, Bo. A child should always be a priority and I honestly thought you'd be safer with your grandfather when everything was going down." Kenzi scoots her chair closer and I feel her hand rubbing my back. She must know how hard this is for me and I am happy my bestie is here with me.

"I was...for the most part." The whole Trick and Dyson going all 'operation marriage' on me was a living nightmare, but until then he raised me well.

Aife smiles but it doesn't reach her eyes and it makes me wonder if she knew about it all. "That's good. I hear things are tough right now, but for reasons we don't have to get into. Anyways, so we when into witness protection and testified against the Dark McCall's and went Scott free. I just didn't realize how much your father was involved until we were on our own."

"What do you mean?" Kenzi asks enthralled in her story.

"Jack is a charmer and smart and I never asked where the excess money was coming from. He bought things and we traveled around the world. I got caught up in the material things instead of what a family should be. Together.

She wife's the tears from her face, until Kenzi grabs some tissues. I didn't even realize my own tears had made an appearance. "I honestly had no idea who I married until the times got hard and he got angry."

I can see my mother start to get lost in her head, so I reach my hand for hers. Her eyes find mine and I see the struggle hidden behind them. "I trusted him and his judgement. I thought he was it for me, that he was the love of my life, so when he said we needed to hide, I listened. I just didn't realize what trusting Jack cost me."

I am so mad. I'm mad at my mother. I'm mad at my father. The struggles and the nights filled with nightmares. The abandonment I felt hearing they were alive and for forgetting me like didn't exist. It eats at me with every breath I take.

But dammit if I don't understand getting caught up in the novelty romance and being with someone that is filled with darkness. The worst of not knowing until it greets you unexpectedly.

Seeing my mother cry for her mistakes, I wrap her in a hug and hold her close. Our first step in healing our broken hearts.

XXX

Lauren


"I can't lie; I really do love surgery!" I smile at a few nurses that have been in my operating room a few times now and they laugh at my excitement. "Don't get me wrong, the science-ing is such a tedious and time consuming project, but I don't get that thrill that comes with a scalpel."

I finish scrubbing my hands and dry them off, I'll still need to shower and change my clothes before I leave but I'm as clean as I can get. The wall clock says the knee replacement only took two and a half hours, so hopefully I can still make it home to help with dinner.

The nurses follow me out, happy that they have the rest of the day off as well, talking about one of the local baseball team's leagues and their Thursday night games. "Taco Thursday Throwdown? You've never heard of it, Dr. Lewis?"

"No, I've been pretty busy these last few months with the house. I like tacos though." I smile and she goes on and on about the two for two. How they have $2 tall cans of beer and $2 for two tacos, food stands up inside the stadium and food trucks around it while the game goes on. "Do you by chance have a flyer? Baseball, beer, and tacos sound good to me!"

"I sure do, well actually the hospital does. We make donations to the team every year, so we get the perks of free tickets." She yawns and I release them from my excited questions, surely they've been here longer than I have, and head to the doctor's locker room.

I send a quick text to Bo telling her I'll be home within the hour. I just hope she's not too angry at me for having to leave.

After I change back into real clothes, I decide to text Dr. Dallas knowing she's a workaholic and is still up, despite her flu. Asking her about the baseball game, she tells me to go in her office and take the four tickets she had reserved since she's busy that week.

Looking at the flyer, I'm sold completely. I'm not hugely into to sports but actually being able to watch in person is not so bad. "Interesting..." I murmur and look at the reservation number listed on the bottom. But my eyes go wide and I do a little dance when I figure out what it is for. "Oh Bo, you've got me so whipped."

Shaking my head I put the flyer and ticked in my bag and head off. Despite the short drive, my nerves begin to get riled up at my thought process. But I've learned a long time ago that Bo doesn't want people making decisions for her. So instead I'll just show her, it doesn't mean she has to do it. I'm sure either way it'll be a fun night out.

"Lauren, is that you?" Bo gets off the couch and greets me by the door. She presses a kiss to my lips and takes my bag.

Ok so she's not mad. That's a good sign, but chipper? "How has your day been? I like these by the way." I tease and pull on the waistband of her light grey sweats. She always looks so relaxed in them, not to mention she goes commando with them.

Humming, Bo kissing me again, more languidly and holds me close. "Today has been great, Lo. We talked and I'm getting to know my mom, like really know her. Mmm, you give the best hugs." Ah, there's the reason for her behavior. Looks like they've had a glass or two of wine.

"Is it happy hour already?" I tease but she only smiles up at me. "Where is everyone?"

"Outside opening up another bottle." She looks down and tugs at the buttons on my shirt distractedly. "Jack called and he sounded...different. Aife hung up on him and we decided to drink for lunch."

I can only imagine what Jack is doing now that his perfect image has been cracked open. The only thing keeping me comfortable is that since being in witness protection is that they keep tabs on you. So hopefully Jack will be smart and keep himself in check. "Hmm, well I think we should do an early dinner then? Is Aife staying again?"

"Not here, Kenz offered the apartment and to stay with her. They've been surprisingly hitting it off, more so than me even." Bo's laugh is muffled into my shoulder. "I just want her safe until she figures out what to do."

"I know babe, and it's fine. She's family." I tell her and guide her outside, entertained at the other two too caught up in conversation to even I'm home. "I'm just going to shower then start dinner. Go have fun."

Bo doesn't budge though. Instead she pushes me back inside and takes my breath away with a passionate kiss, claiming my mouth with her lips and tongue. This woman can make my thoughts clouded and clear at the same time at the same question. It's as if our moments are slowed just so we can connect without distraction. It's unbelievable just how much she can make me feel.

Breaking for breath, Bo fixes wipes at my lips biting her own. "Just because my mom and best friend are here now doesn't mean we aren't doing dinner in bed Dr. Lewis."

"And if they're still here when I'm finished cooking?" I smirk at the fire of a slightly buzzed Bo as she grabs the top of my work slacks and tugs me close. Her fingers sneaking inside of my pants playing with the thin stop of hair on my mound. "Ok!" I squeak out at her silent threat.

With that, she rips her hand out of my pants and kisses my blushed covered cheek. "Let me go grab my glass and tell them you're home. That way you can tell me all about the surgery, I know how pumped you get after one."

And just like that, I can see us doing this for the rest of our lives. The 'how was your day' or 'at work this happened' conversations. The small but comforting small talk with just your partner at the end of the day. I can picture us cuddling on the couch gossiping about this or that. But more importantly, I can see us in bed at the end of each day, whispering our love to one another before we fall asleep in each other's arms.

And I can't wait.

AN: Progress! I think Aife deserved better from what she got in the LG series. She was crazy and whatever but she loved Bo and tried to save her. But they killed her so I'm giving her redemption here lol let me know what you think... Either way thanks for reading!
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