AN: Thank you all so much for the reviews! This chapter takes place right after chapter 2. – The same night. Hope you guys like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Lost Girl or any of the established characters. Established characters from Lost Girl belong to The Lost Girl creators.

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Bo enters the bar at 9 pm.

Kenzi is already there waiting for her. Bo goes up to her best friend and gives her a hug.

Kenzi seems to be in a good mood. "Hi Bobo! How did your appointment with Lauren go today? Did she take you up on your offer to help with the fundraiser?"

"Hi Kenz. I wouldn't necessarily say that it went smoothly but she ended up accepting my help and we are going to get started on the fundraiser tomorrow. So my plan is working."

Vex approaches them from behind the bar.

"Hi Kenzi. Hi Bo. What may I get you two ladies to drink?"

They opt for tequila as usual.

"So Bo, I'm curious. How is our bet going? Have you won yet? Have you managed to seduce Lauren? Or are you ready to give up and declare defeat?"

"No Vex. I haven't sealed the deal yet. Lauren was a good choice on your part. She is a tough one, quite the challenge. I have never had to work this hard to get a woman. – I have never had to work this hard for sex. But no way I am giving up. I still have 28 days left and I will get her to sleep with me before those 28 days are up. I'm helping her with a fundraiser for the free clinic she works at, so now I just have to show her the sweet and irresistible Bo Dennis that I am." She gives them a sassy smile.

"Okay. We will see….." Vex says as he goes to tend to some costumers at the other side of the bar.

Bo turns around and looks around the bar. "But for now, I need to find myself someone for tonight. I can't go into Lauren's office tomorrow and be all wound up. I need to get laid and relax a bit. Hmm… Who do we have in here tonight…?"

Kenzi looks at Bo. "You really are incorrigible aren't you? Well, go get them tiger. I think I'm going to leave anyways, I have an early day tomorrow." Kenzi downs the tequila shot and gets up.

"Okay, see you Kenz."

They hug and Kenzi leaves the bar.

Bo looks around the bar. There are no 10's in here tonight. And there is only one 9, a blonde. Hmm... No. No, something is not quite right about that blonde. Well, she will just have to settle for an 8 tonight. There is a pretty solid brunette 8, she will have to do. Bo does her shot and heads over towards the brunette.

It only takes 30 minutes before they are heading over to the brunette's place.

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27 days left of the bet. 1st day of working with Lauren.

Bo arrives at the clinic at 7 pm as Lauren told her to yesterday, but the door is locked so she knocks. Lauren appears behind the glass doors and looks at Bo surprised.

Lauren unlocks the door. "Hi Bo."

"Hi Lauren."

"You are on time."

"You sound surprised. You said to be here at 7 Lauren, so here I am. I do own a watch you know… And even if you don't think so, I am actually a reliable person."

Lauren looks a bit embarrassed. She tucks a strain of hair behind her ear. "Of course Bo, I didn't mean it like that. Sorry."

Hmm… Lauren looks kinda cute when she is embarrassed.

"You can go right on down to my office Bo. I will be right there."

Bo cannot help herself, even though she is sure Lauren won't think it's funny. "And it is safe to enter your office? There are no naked women with their legs in stirrups?"

At first Lauren just looks at her, showing no emotions at all, but then she smiles. "No, Bo. There are no naked women in my office right now. But there are two old men with their pants down their ankles waiting for a prostate exam, so enter at your own risk."

Wow! Lauren is actually really beautiful when she smiles. Bo cannot help but smile as well.

"Good one Lauren."

Bo goes on down to Lauren's office and after a couple of minutes Lauren joins her.

Lauren explains to Bo what needs to be done for the fundraiser. The fundraiser is being held on November 15th at 8 pm, which is 24 days from now and they have a lot to do. The fundraiser is being held at a small local hotel. The clinic has funding but relies partly on the funds they generate at the fundraiser. They need to raise at least 20K in order for the clinic to be able to run for another year.

"Okay Lauren. What do you need me to do?"

"Well, I will begin by making a guest list, so that I can send out the invitations before it is too late. I also need to find a caterer who will do the food and beverages for very little money as our budget is really low. The hotel can't do the catering. Then I need to figure out….." Lauren continues to go on and on about the list of things she needs to do. Hearing about it alone makes Bo's head spin.

Bo holds up her hands to signal Lauren to stop. "Lauren, pause for a minute. What can I do?"

Lauren looks at Bo for a minute without saying anything. "Well, maybe you could just see if you could find a band to play at the fundraiser?"

"Find a band? That's all?"

"Yes, but a nice one. No heavy metal. No punk. No rock. No dance. No techno. No Hip Hop or Rap. It has to be something classy, jazz or blues or something like that. Maybe it is actually best if I find that band myself."

"Lauren, I can manage finding a nice band for the fundraiser. Okay?! - Let me do that. Is there anything else you want me to do? Because it sounds like you have a lot on your plate and I am here to help you."

"No, I will start on the rest. But remember Bo it has to be a nice band. The people coming to the fundraiser are not your typical bar crowd."

Lauren is really starting to piss Bo off with all her micromanaging and the fact that she does not seem to trust Bo with anything. Perhaps Lauren will let her fold the napkins. – If she is lucky.

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23 days left of the bet. 5th day of working with Lauren.

It is Thursday night and Bo is at the bar with Kenzi.

"Kenz I am telling you, she is mad! Lauren is mad! She micromanages everything! Hell, not even that. She won't let me do anything that she can micromanage. We have been working on the fundraiser for 5 days now, and there is so much to do but she wants to do it all herself. All she has let me do is look for a band. But she doesn't even trust me with that. I asked Trick to recommend a good band for the fundraiser seeing as how he has been to a lot of fundraisers with the family's fund. He recommended this amazing orchestra big band. It is a famous orchestra big band that has a full schedule for the next 6 months. But Trick called in a favour with the band's manager and they are willing to come for the fundraiser. So I got all exited and told Lauren. She told me to give her a CD or send her an mp3 with their music so that she can determine if it was suitable for the fundraiser. - So I did, even though she is crazy. Next day, she told me that the band was so good that she was convinced I was lying and that I couldn't get the band. She is bloody mad! She is driving me crazy! Why let me help if she won't let me help with anything?!" Bo is all out of breath.

Kenzi looks at her. "Wow Bo. I have never seen you like this. I have never seen a woman affect you like this. Here have a shot of tequila." Kenzi hands her a shot.

Bo takes the shot and drinks it immediately. "I know! But the woman is mad Kenzi. And I have a bet to win but she is cold as ice. I used to think she had a stick up her ass, now I am convinced it is a bloody icicle."

Kenzi gives her a pad on the back while trying to stifle a smile.

"I have never tried this before Kenz. It's like I have no effect on Lauren whatsoever. Which is surprising and confusing to me honestly. I always have a certain effect on women, you know that. I can usually charm the pants off of any woman I want, but with Lauren I can't seem to even mange to charm off her sweater."

Kenzi looks at her sympathetically. "Bo, maybe Lauren is just different. Or maybe she is just not into you. It had to happen sometime."

That is a disturbing thought. Lauren Lewis not being attracted to her at all is not a compelling thought.

"But I am hot and she is hot, the sex would be great! I don't get it…." And she really doesn't get it.

Bo takes another shot of tequila.

"Well I am not giving up. After today I still have 22 more days to turn this around. But right now I need something, or someone, to get my mind off of Lauren."

Bo spots a brunette that is pretty hot and goes over to her…...

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19 days left of the bet. 9th day of working with Lauren.

It is Monday and Bo is back at the clinic working with Lauren on the fundraiser. Or actually Lauren is working on the fundraiser and Bo is there trying to get Lauren to let her help. Lauren still won't let her help with the fundraiser. All she does is give Bo these little simple tasks that any moron could do and whenever Bo tries to lighten the mood or approach Lauren in any way she shuts her down.

Lauren is in the corner of her office, standing on her toes trying to reach a box of documents on the top shelf of her bookcase. Bo looks at her. Lauren really is kind of flexible. Bo turns her head a bit to admire the view. Why does this beautiful and hot woman have to be so infuriating most of the time?

"Do you need help Lauren?"

"No, I can manage on my own thank you."

Lauren makes an even greater effort to reach the box but she still can't reach.

"Oh Lauren don't be so stubborn. Let me help. I am sure I can do this without making any fatal errors."

Bo goes over to the bookcase and Lauren takes a step back and walks over to her desk.

Bo tries to reach the box by standing on her toes but she isn't tall enough either. So she decides to lift up her foot and stand on the bottom shelf, allowing her to reach farther for the box.

"Be careful Bo." Lauren warns.

"Nothing is going to happen Lauren, relax." Standing on the first shelf from the bottom Bo can just barely reach the box. As her fingers touch the box, she suddenly feels the bookcase begin to sway.

"Oh oh..." Before Bo can react in any way the bookcase starts falling down on top of her.

BANG!

And suddenly Bo feels a great deal of weight on top of her and a serious amount of pain.

"Bo! Bo! Bo, are you okay?!"

Lauren comes running towards her and tries her best to lift up the bookcase enough for Bo to crawl out from underneath it. As soon as Bo is free of the bookcase Lauren lets go. And Bo lies on the floor panting.

"Oh my God Bo! Say something! Are you okay? Where are you hurt?"

"I… I….. I'm okay. Just give me a minute." She says short of breath.

Lauren kneels beside her and tries to help Bo get up on her feet.

"Dammit Bo! You should have let me do it. I told you to be careful. Let's get you over to the couch so that I can examine you." Lauren looks at her with a look of concern and helps her get to the couch.

"Sorry, I was just trying to help Lauren…. I am fine! You don't have to examine me. Just give me a minute and I will be fine."

"Bo, you are in a doctor's office. I am a doctor. And that was a nasty fall, you had quite a lot of weight land on top of you. That kind of forceful impact can be really dangerous. So, tell me, where does it hurt? I wouldn't want a malpractice suit on my hands."

"Fine. It's mostly just my left shoulder and ribs that hurt. Otherwise I think I'm fine."

"Okay. Take off your shirt and let's take at look." Lauren sits down kneeling on the floor right in front of Bo, between Bo's legs.

Bo feels a bit uncomfortable at the intimacy of Lauren being so close. "I am not taking my shirt off Lauren."

"Bo!" Lauren gives her a stern look.

"Fine!" Bo takes of her shirt with some difficulty due to the pain in her side. "Happy?!"

Lauren doesn't say anything; she is looking at Bo's torso. Starring actually.

"Wow…" Lauren clears her throat. "I mean, wow that is some bruise you are getting on your ribs already."

Bo has to supress a smile, because she is pretty convinced that Lauren was just checking her out. Big time!

"I'm just going to check you shoulder Bo"

Lauren places her hands on Bo's shoulder and tries rotating it a bit.

God, Lauren has really soft and nicely warm hands.

Lauren looks up at Bo.

"Does this hurt?"

"No, it is not too bad." Bo says looking at the blonde.

"How about this?"

"No, not really." Bo says, while still keeping her eyes on Lauren. Actually it feels kind of good having Lauren touch her.

"Okay, your shoulder seems to be fine. Now I'm just going to feel you ribs to make sure you don't have any fractures."

Lauren gently places her right hand on Bo's left side ribs and as she does Bo breathes deeply. - First of all because it hurts but also because she is surprised by the feeling of Lauren's touch.

"Does this hurt?" Lauren asks in a low voice while staring at Bo's ribcage.

"A bit" Bo answers honestly. "The pain is the worst right here." Bo points to a point further down on her ribcage.

As she does Lauren moves her hand over to the same place and for a while their fingers touch. Neither of them move their fingers at first. Lauren looks up at Bo.

There are those brown eyes… But they are not as sad as they were the first time Bo looked into them, that night in the bar when they first met. No, Laurens eyes look different today. Beautiful, but different. And Lauren isn't breaking eye contact. Bo wonders what she is thinking.

"Here?" she asks Bo stilling looking her in the eyes.

Bo breaks eye contact, clears her throat and removes her hand. "Yes."

Lauren examines the ribs further. "Well, nothing is broken. But it was a heavy blow and you will definitely be getting a bruise, so you should take it easy the next couple of days."

Lauren gets back up.

"Thank you." Bo puts on her shirt again while Lauren goes over to the bookcase and the boxes on the floor and starts cleaning up the mess. Bo is not sure what just happened but something definitely happened. And quite frankly, right now Bo is kind of glad that bookcase came down.

Shortly hereafter Lauren's phone rings and she answers it. Lauren looks worried. She walks out of the office and Bo cannot quite make out what she is saying but she sounds upset.

When Lauren comes back she looks like someone has died.

"Lauren, are you okay?"

Lauren stands completely still and just looks at the mess on the floor.

"That was the hotel, the one where we are having the fundraiser. They cancelled. They cancelled the fundraiser!" Lauren is completely despaired.

"Lauren, what do you mean they cancelled? They can't do that? Can they?"

"Apparently they are having problems with a flood in their basement and part of their kitchen area and the health inspector has closed them down for a month. So now we don't have anywhere to hold the fundraiser, and the invitations have already gone out"

Lauren looks miserable and hopeless, which surprisingly enough really makes Bo feel bad.

"We will find another place to have the fundraiser Lauren, I will help you."

"Where Bo? We don't have money enough to get another venue with such short notice.

And we aren't allowed to hold it in the clinic itself. "

Bo suddenly has an idea. "Would the bar work? I mean, we can hold it at the bar if that works? I know it's not exactly what you had in mind, that its not classy, but we can have it at the bar if you want."

Lauren looks shocked.

"Wow Bo! Really? You would be willing to do that?"

"Sure. Why not?" Bo shrugs.

Lauren lights up like a Christmas tree. - The most beautiful Christmas tree Bo has ever seen.

"That would be amazing! Thank you. That is very generous of you Bo. You are a lifesaver! Oh I could just kiss you right now!"

Bo smiles. "Wow Lauren…. Easy there now… First you make me get half-naked and now you are thinking of kissing me. Cool down. I don't like being treated like a piece of meat. Also, you are really not my type."

"Haha, funny Bo. I didn't mean it like that. It is really nice of you though." Lauren tucks a strain of hair behind her ear. There is that embarrassed look again.

"Okay so, the 15th of next month at 8 pm at your bar?"

"Yeah, that works."

"Okay, it is getting late Bo. Let's leave the mess on the floor and go home, I will take care of it tomorrow. Tomorrow we can get started on calling people and telling them about the venue change, if you have the time? Say tomorrow at 8 pm? – I have to work at the hospital until 7.30."

"Sure, no problem. Does that mean you are actually going to let me help with things now?"

Lauren looks at her. "Yes. Yes it does."

They walk out together. The weather is pretty cold for a late October evening, so Bo pulls her jacket tighter.

Lauren locks up the clinic.

Bo walks a couple of steps down the street and then turns around. "Okay, bye Lauren. See you tomorrow night."

Lauren turns to look at her. "Bye Bo." "And Bo?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you. - For your help today and for offering to host the fundraiser. And also sorry."

"Sorry for what Lauren?"

"I think I might have been a bit hard on you. I think I might have been wrong about you. You are not so bad Bo Dennis."

Bo smiles and Lauren returns the smile.

"Thank you. Goodnight Doctor Lewis"

Bo walks away. Suddenly the night doesn't feel so cold.

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After leaving Lauren's office at the free clinic Bo meets up with Kenzi at the bar.

"Bo, I love you but you look like shit tonight. What's happened to you?"

"Gee thanks Kenz. Actually a bookcase came down on top of me."

"Oh my God Bo! Are you okay? Do you need to go to the ER?"

"Yes, I am fine. It's just a couple of bruises. And Lauren actually already examined me. I'm all right."

Kenzi gives her a huge smile and a wink. "Ohhh. So you have been playing doctor with Doctor Lewis…... I see…. So you've won the bet?"

"Very funny Kenz. No, she was just checking that I hadn't broken any ribs or anything like that. Nothing happened." As she says these words Bo cannot help but think about how it felt when Lauren touched her ribs, and somehow she feels like something actually did happen. Even if she doesn't know what exactly happen, she feels like something happened tonight.

Kenzi takes a look around inside the bar. "So Bo, which woman is the lucky one tonight? Who are you taking home tonight? That brunette at the end of the bar? Or the blonde over in the corner?"

"Nah, I think I am just going to head home Kenz. I am not feeling it tonight."

"Well, that is certainly a first!" Kenzi says with a surprised look.

"Yeah, I'm probably just tired. See you tomorrow Kenz."

Bo gives Kenz a kiss on the cheek and leaves the bar to go home. Alone.

AN: Again, thank you so much for reading. I read all of your reviews and take them to heart.