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The first time Bo stepped into Mass Gen the size of hospital intimidated her and it still did. She knew that she would never be able get to whatever department that Lauren was working in so she had been charming candy stripers to escort her to the area that Lauren was located. However getting to the maternity ward wasn't so hard since they had signs for it at every turn. Bo just had to find out exactly where Lauren was in the department. She went up to the floor that housed the maternity ward then she walked over to the nurses' station. The brown haired woman manning the desk looked at her and asked, "May I help you ma'am?"
Bo gave the woman a charming smile. "I'm looking for Dr. Lewis. Is she available?"
The woman continued to smile as she said, "And you are?"
"Bo Dennis. I'm her fiancée," Bo answered. The smile on her face grew wider as she said the word fiancée.
The woman nodded and after she made a few keystrokes on her computer she told Bo, "Oh. It appears that Dr. Lewis is in the operating room at the moment."
Bo got a stunned look on her face as she repeated, "Operating room?" She scoffed. "She can't be in the operating room. She's a third year med student. She can't-" Bo stopped. There was no reason why she should be freaking out on the woman. It was the doctor supervising Lauren who deserved her anger. She took a calming breath then smiled, "I'm sorry. Thank you."
Bo walked away from the nurses' station then took out her phone out so that she could leave Lauren a voicemail. When the line beeped she said, "Call me when you get this. I want to make sure you're okay. You shouldn't have been there and you know it. You-" She took a breath then sighed. "I'm sorry. I'm just worried. Give me a call sweetheart. Bye."
Bo left the building and decided to go to the café that was across the street from the hospital. She was a frequent patron of the place. It was where she would go when she didn't want to wait for Lauren at the hospital. She had brought her work with her and she was going to try to get some of it done while she waited for Lauren, but she doubted that was going to happen since she was worried about Lauren being in an operating room. After ordering a tea Bo went to the corner where the comfy chairs were and she set up her laptop then pulled out her phone to call her mom. When the line was answered she jumped right into what was bothering her. "They have her in an operating room. She is a third year medical student who is already under a great deal of stress because of her boards and schoolwork." Her voice rose and she ignored the looks of the people that were around her as she said, "She should not be in an operating room."
"Well hello Bo. How are you doing? Me? I'm doing well. How is Lauren? Clearly she isn't doing well because you seem to be on a tear," Aife said which caused Bo to get a grip on her emotions.
She took a sip of her tea then blew out a frustrated breath. "I'm sorry mom. It's nice to know that you're doing well. And Lauren is fine other than the fact that the doctor who is supervising her has her in the OR where she shouldn't be."
Afie let out a sigh and asked, "What do you mean? She's training to become a doctor, a surgeon in particular, so why shouldn't she be in an OR?"
Bo scowled as she opened the file on her desktop that was in regards to her book. Her mother was helping her to objectify the situation, and she knew that she was overreacting, but she was fiercely protective of Lauren. She opened her e-mail as she told her mom, "But as a third year medical school student she shouldn't be in there. Lauren is already under a tremendous amount of stress and this is going to worsen it."
Aife was quite a moment then she asked, "How do you know that Bo? Maybe she is just observing? She has to learn somehow."
Bo let her head rest back on the chair and she looked up at the ceiling as she remarked, "I would agree but she called me this morning after she got paged in." She bit the corner of her lip. "She sounded scared so whatever she is doing it is making her unsure of herself so I put two and two together."
Her mom chuckled in her ear then she commented, "It's adorable when you're protective of her. It's a part of her training Bo. They put them under strenuous circumstances that will make or break them. It weeds out the weak-minded ones from those that have the constitution to do the work that needs to be done." She chuckled again. "We do it to all the first-years that come into the firm. We give them unwinnable cases to see how they respond."
"It's not fair." She scoffed then said, "Maybe it's because I trained as a psychologist and a sociologist then as a sex expert but none of my training was this cutthroat. And Lauren is strong-minded but…" She sighed. "I don't want to see her hurt in anyway." Bo stared at her screen as she brooded over the fact that her fiancée was being tortured.
Afie laughed then said, "It may not be fair but it makes for better doctors, lawyers, politicians, and what have you. I know you don't want to see her hurt but she needs to grow as a person and as a doctor. You know that."
"I know." Bo mumbled then she decided to change the conversation, "We started talking about the wedding."
Bo heard some papers shuffling and she could hear the smile in her mom's voice when she asked, "And what did you two decide on?"
Bo chuckled then stated, "We didn't. Although she is against a winter wedding."
Her mom clicked her tongue before saying, "I'm sorry Bo. I know you've always wanted one."
Bo rolled her eyes and remarked, "We probably wouldn't have had time for one to begin with so it's for the best. I mean if I told Lauren that I wanted one she would agree to it and probably find some way to make it happen but I want us to pick something that makes us both happy."
"You two could choose the fall. The weather would be nice and the leaves would be turning colours which would make for a wonderful backdrop. It would be so beautiful."
Bo nodded and told her mom, "We are thinking about moving it up. That way we can have it out of the way before Lauren starts her advanced training."
"Move it up how far?"
Bo opened up a message from one of the publishing companies that she had submitted her book to and she read a little bit of the message then told her, "May or June."
Her mom scoffed then pointed out, "Do you know how terrible that would be? Everyone has a June or May wedding. Be different Isabeau."
Bo groaned. She hated it when her mother called her by her full name. She didn't mind the name because it carried on some great family tradition but the way her mother used it sometimes was just irritating. She sighed and told her, "Yes well my fiancée's schedule doesn't permit me to be different. We'll talk about it at some point."
"Well you two need to figure it out." Aife stated then she added, "By the time you and Lauren get married it'll be ten years later and it'll be too late for me and Karen to have grandchildren."
Bo laughed then asked her mom, "Is that a crack at my age?"
Aife huffed in her ear then replied, "No. Also you're thirty-two you're not that old. I'm just saying we'll be dead."
Bo pressed her fingertips to her forehead and rubbed it. The conversation had derailed and there was no way she was going to regain control of it so she said, "If worse comes to worse we'll have kids and elope. Will that make-"
"Isabeau Dennis! If you think you can get away with not have a wedding you are mistaken and I will-"
The tone for call waiting interrupted her mother and Bo moved the phone away from her ear so that she could see who was calling. When she saw Lauren's name she told her mom, "I've got to go mom. Lauren's calling."
"Tell her I said hi and that we're having a fall wedding," Aife told her.
Bo nodded her head and said, "Okay mom I will but I doubt that we will have a fall wedding. However I will let her know. Don't think I'm rude but bye." She went over to the other line then said, "Hi sweetie."
"Bo you can't call me and freak out when you don't like something about my training. How else am I going to learn anything?" Lauren asked although Bo could tell she wasn't happy.
Bo bit her bottom lip as she tried to figure out what to say. After talking to her mother she realised that her reaction had been a kneejerk one and now she was in trouble. She drummed her fingers on the arm of the chair and with some reluctance she admitted, "I might have been a little rash in my reaction."
Lauren chuckled then countered, "You think?"
Bo closed her laptop and sighed. "I was worried. When you called me this morning you sounded scared then when I got to the hospital and was told that you were in the OR it concerned me. So I freaked."
Lauren was quiet and Bo started to think that she was in trouble. Another moment passed then Lauren asked, "Where are you at?"
"The café across the street," Bo said in an apprehensive manner. She still didn't know if Lauren was upset with her.
"Okay. I'll see you in a minute or two."
The line disconnected and Bo looked at her phone. She was a little confused by their phone conversation. She began to wonder if Lauren was going to rip her a new one face to face and in public. The woman rarely got mad at her, but when she did, it was not the most pleasant of experiences for Bo. She started to respond back to the e-mail that the publishing company had sent her, but she wasn't able to focus on it completely. She was thinking about the number of things that Lauren could possibly say to her. Bo heard the door of the café open and she looked up to see the one person that she had been waiting for. Lauren walked over to her then bent down and gave her a kiss. She smiled at Bo and said, "Don't worry so much Bo. You'll get worry lines." Lauren got an empty chair and moved it next to Bo before sitting down in it. She rubbed Bo's thigh and asked, "You want to hear about it?"
Bo closed her laptop and grinned. "Of course I want to hear about it."
Lauren's face lit up with excitement and Bo fell even more in love with her. Lauren took a deep breath and shook her as she said, "It was the most scariest, exhilarating, and stressful thing that I have ever been through. I was paged because there was an accident that involved a pregnant woman. She is twenty-five weeks pregnant and she was having contractions."
"That's too soon for a baby isn't it?" Bo asked only to press Lauren further because she liked seeing the enthusiasm from her.
Lauren's hands went up as she exclaimed, "It is but this woman was having contractions and we needed to keep the baby inside." She smiled and calmed a little as she continued the story. "Yvonne told me that I had to watch the foetal monitor for any distress from the baby or if the mother's contractions didn't go away and if they got worse." Lauren reached for Bo's cup of tea then she took a sip of it. She made a face and said, "That is gross. What is that?"
Bo grinned and answered, "Green tea. It's good for you."
Lauren rolled her eyes then remarked, "So says you. Anyway before I called you I saw on her labs that that her levels were elevated so I had the on-call general surgeon paged. It turns out that she had a laceration on her liver so they had to go in to repair it. I sat by a foetal monitor for four hours. Those were the most stressful four hours of my life but…." Lauren got a huge grin on her face as she finished, "I would do it over again. It was so amazing Bo."
Bo took hold of her hand then said, "I'm certain it was. I wish I could have been there."
Lauren laughed and squeezed her hand as she commented, "No you wouldn't have. You get squeamish at blood."
Bo chuckled. "I wouldn't look at the blood but I would be there to support you. So you didn't tell me, did you have to deliver the baby?"
Lauren shook her head no and said, "Nope and both the mother and baby are doing fine."
Bo leaned over and kissed her then murmured, "You are incredible you know that?"
Lauren scoffed and mumbled, "I didn't do anything. I just watched a monitor. Yvonne and the other surgeon did all the work. But being in there was amazing and I can't wait until I'm in there all the time."
"All the time?" Bo questioned. She knew what Lauren meant but at the same time she wanted to be sure thar Lauren was just exaggerating.
Lauren laughed then smiled. "You know what I meant. In the operating room spending hours fixing people then coming home to you and our family." She leaned over and gave Bo a kiss. "That will be the best part of my day, coming home to you."
Bo gave Lauren another kiss then she hummed against her lips before she pulled back and whispered, "That makes you very lucky doctor." She pulled away from Lauren then as she sat back in her chair she wondered, "What are you doing out of the hospital?"
Lauren took another sip of Bo's tea and grimaced then she said, "I was told to get some rest or do some work. I'm going to do some work but since you're here I thought we could have brunch and I want to make it up to you for leaving this morning."
Bo chuckled and remarked, "I don't need you to make up anything but I would enjoy brunch." She powered off her laptop and put it into its bag as she said, "This means we can also discuss wedding things. Mom thinks we should do a fall wedding and I told her that that wasn't feasible."
Lauren gave Bo a confused look, "How did we go from sooner to fall?"
"My mother." Bo said as she got up then she smiled at Lauren. "Which means she will drag your mom into thinking that a fall wedding will be a splendid idea."
Lauren scoffed and reached for Bo's hand as the two of them made their way out of the café. "Of course my mother would think that is a brilliant idea. She loves the fall." She sighed and as the two of them were walking down the sidewalk Lauren rested her head on Bo's shoulder and said, "I mean if we're set on a fall wedding I want it to be around Halloween."
Bo chuckled and remarked, "We can't do Halloween. Don't you have like an exam or something? But if we do that then it'll give us plenty of time to plan."
Lauren sat up and looked at Bo. Bo could see the wheels turning in her head and she knew that Lauren was formulating something. All she had to do was wait and see what she came up with. Lauren smiled at her. "I can work my ass off-"
"Please don't I'm quite fond of it."
Lauren nudged her shoulder and continued, "Okay if I work my proverbial ass off I could have a potential break around that time. Making it free for us to get married."
Bo grinned and thought about it. It wasn't the winter wedding that she had always pictured but a fall wedding was close enough. Especially if it was at sunset. Bo nodded and smiled as she asked "So have we decided a date?"
Lauren took a breath and Bo bit her bottom lip as she waited to see what Lauren would say. Lauren smirked and said, "Looks like we're having a Halloween wedding."
Bo wrapped her arms around Lauren and hugged her tight. She was happy that they were able to come to this decision together. She kissed the side of Lauren's head then whispered, "I love you." They moved apart and Bo took hold Lauren's hand. "Let's go to brunch."
The two of them continued to walk to the restaurant that they frequented when ever Lauren was at the hospital. Bo felt good that they had decided on a date. Nine months might have been further out than what she wanted but she was glad that they just had a date. Now there was only the matter of planning the wedding along with Lauren's training.
Lauren felt Bo's hand on the back of her head as she drove her tongue further inside of her. On the first day that she had started her clerkships she was told that unlike the medical dramas on TV on-call rooms were solely used for sleeping and strictly for hospital staff. She technically wasn't hospital staff so she was already breaking one rule and she didn't seen any harm in breaking another one by having sex with her beautiful fiancé to recharge her brain. Lauren dragged her tongue out of Bo and up to her now prominent clit where she gave the sensitive nub a hard suck causing an agonised groan to escape from her. Lauren swiped it with the tip of her tongue one more time then she stood up and buried her hand in Bo's hair before seizing her lips for an intense kiss while two of Lauren's fingers slipped inside of her. Bo moaned in her mouth as her fingers moved in and out of her.
They had gone to brunch and had begun to discuss other things besides their wedding but somewhere between eating their meals and Lauren discussing the residency programs that she would like to apply to things had taken a turn. It wasn't an uncommon thing for them and today was a special occasion so Lauren was up for breaking the rules. She broke the kiss then whispered against Bo's ear, "I need you to come Bo. If we caught in here one of us will be getting in trouble."
Bo let out a quiet chuckle which was shortened by a moan then she murmured, "You need to give me more than you're giving me."
Lauren leaned back and Bo looked at her through partially closed eyes. She studied the way Bo's face would tense up or how she would bite her bottom lip as Lauren's fingers stroked her insides. Lauren grinned and asked, "You promise to be quite if I give you what you need?" Bo nodded her head and Lauren gave her a slow kiss and there was a smirk on her face as she pulled back. "You're such a liar." She lowered herself back to the floor and she watched as her fingers glided out of Bo then back inside of her before she leaned forward and took Bo's excited clit into her mouth. Bo let out a loud moan and took a firm hold of Lauren's hair. Lauren wasn't going to have their fun ruined so she picked up Bo's shirt then stood up and put a corner of it into her mouth as she told, "I don't want us to get into trouble. Also if we're interrupted you won't come and who knows when I'll be able to get home so sush."
The pleading look in Bo's eyes told Lauren that she understood why she was taking such drastic measures and as Lauren went back to what she had been doing she realised the t-shirt gag wasn't overkill because Bo's moans were barely concealed by it. When Bo finally came Lauren pulled out of her then removed Bo's impromptu gag before giving her a deep kiss. This kiss lasted for a moment then Bo pulled back and murmured, "You gagged me. That is a first."
Lauren chuckled then she rested her head on Bo's shoulder. "You were going to be loud regardless of what you told me and I'm not supposed to be here. We actually need to leave just in case."
Bo gave her a kiss and said, "Okay dear. Let's sneak out of here. Also I haven't snuck around since I was like seventeen."
Lauren grinned and asked her, "And you don't miss the thrill of it?"
Bo just chuckled as she put herself together. The two of them managed to leave the on-call room without anyone noticing and as Lauren walked Bo down to the main floor of the hospital she said, "What are you doing for the rest of the day?"
Bo wrapped her arm around Lauren's shoulder then pressed a kiss to her forehead before she said, "I'm going to go to the gym. Then I will be cleaning up the guest room. After-"
"Any open book do not close." Lauren said, interrupting Bo. "I have particular sections that I'm currently studying for and I forgot to write down the pages and sections in my notes."
Bo nodded and smiled. "Duly noted. Afterwards I have to put together my presentation on sexual regression in the twentieth century."
Lauren grimaced as she heard the topic. It was a topic that Bo had mentioned every now and then and every time it resulted in Bo going off the handle which then meant Lauren would have to get her to change the topic. Lauren shook her head no then pointed at her. "New topic. You can't do that one. You get all red in the face and you have a weird forehead vein. It makes you angry."
Bo chuckled and countered, "I do not get a weird forehead vein and I don't get angry. It frustrates me."
Lauren smiled and said, "I know it does Bo. There have been many times where you have told me as such but you can't do that presentation. What are you getting a presentation together for?"
Bo moved to take hold of Lauren's hand and told her, "I have a presentation to give at Boston College. A seminar which could possibly lead to a series of seminars in the summer."
They got to the main floor of the hospital and Lauren smiled at her. "That's good news sweetie."
Bo chuckled and told her, "It is because it will keep me preoccupied when I'm not planning our wedding."
"What about your book?" Lauren asked remembering that Bo had finished it several months ago and was now on the hunt for a publisher.
Bo sighed then said, "I'm in the works of taking care of it. But I will postpone it until the wedding is over because I will want to promote it."
Lauren stopped walking and as she let go of Bo's hand she asked, "And when do you plan on promoting it?"
Bo shrugged and Lauren waited as she thought about it. Their schedules didn't allow for book promotion. In fact their wedding was pushing things a bit. Bo chuckled and told her, "I will be promoting it at an appropriate time."
That was a vague answer and Lauren gave Bo a suspicious look, "When is an appropriate time Bo?"
Bo sighed and resigned to the fact that they were going to have this conversation now and in the middle of a busy hospital. "When you have decided on a residency program. There is no reason to do it now because we will be moving in a year or so."
Lauren pursed her lips together and folded her arms. "No. No we're not. You're promoting your book and you're going to be based in Boston to promote the damn thing."
Bo let out small chuckle then said, "Lauren I'm not going to do that because what if you decide to go across the country? There is no-"
"No Bo. You keep doing this." She blew out an aggravated breath, "You keep sacrificing and putting me first and making decisions without me, which is a whole other thing that we need to talk about, but I'm sick of it." Bo looked around because Lauren's rising voice was drawing the attention of those that walked around them. "So, Bo Dennis, I'm making a decision without talking to you about it. We're staying in Boston and I'm going to complete my residency at a Boston so that way you can promote your goddamn book."
Bo knew that Lauren wasn't particularly upset with her, although she was certain she was pissed about the more recent decisions that she had made without her, but she also knew that her career sacrifices also had a hand in why Lauren was angry. But that didn't stop Bo from questioning Lauren's decision. "Does Boston have good programs Lauren? Just because you don't want me to make career sacrifices doesn't mean I'm going to let you make sacrifices to your education." She took a deep breath and began to rationalise the situation, "Lauren my career and the subject matter that I study allows me some flexibility in the opportunities that I can and cannot take. Your education being hindered or you not receiving the best education is not something that I will sacrifice. So is it are there good programs that will make you the best damn surgeon that I know you can be?"
Lauren scowled at Bo. She knew that she was rationalising the situation but she was done with Bo being the only to make sacrifices for their relationship. She gave Bo a pointed looked and replied, "It doesn't matter if it does or if it doesn't. Call a publisher. Get your book published and promote it. I'll be fine. We'll be fine."
Lauren was being stubborn and Bo was even more stubborn. She pointed at Lauren and said, "I'm going to call around and if I don't here positive things about the residency programs here in Boston we will be addressing this subject again. Tonight."
Lauren scoffed and countered, "Oh like we discussed you stepping down from the Italy program or how about you delaying the publishing of your book?"
"Those were decisions that pertained to my career so why would I dis-"
"Because I am your wife Bo. Every decision you make has an effect on me." Lauren sighed and she ran her hand through her hair as she said, "It also makes me feel like I'm not supporting you as best as I can. It makes me feel selfish and most of all it makes me think that you're only doing these sacrifices because you have to. Because you don't want to be separated from me."
Bo stood there astounded by a number of the things. First thing being that Lauren had said that she was Bo's wife. It was weird but at the same time it exhilarated her and she couldn't wait for the title to be official. The second the thing was the fact that Lauren was right. She didn't want to be separated from Lauren and if she could avoid it then she would. Bo closed the gap that was between them then she reached out and placed her hand on Lauren's cheek as she said in a quiet voice, "I don't want to be away from you, love." She took a deep breath then said, "Lauren our relationship has endured so much within the last year and a half and I don't want it to endure anymore. Of the two of us it is logical for me to be the one to make the sacrifices." She rested her forehead on Lauren's, not caring about those that walked around them, then told her, "I'm sorry I made decisions without you but I'm happy to make them because you make me happy. But if you want to stay in Boston to become a surgeon then by all means do it but don't do it because you feel like you have to. Okay?"
Lauren shut her eyes and she took a breath. As she let it out she murmured, "I don't like you sometimes."
Bo smiled then pressed a kiss on her forehead before she said, "That's okay. I still love you." Lauren wrapped her arms around Bo's waist then buried her face in her neck. She never wanted to be separated from the other woman but Bo continuously sacrificing her career wasn't fair. Bo rubbed her back as she took a deep breath then she chuckled, "You said you were my wife."
Lauren looked up at her and smiled. "I did because I am."
"A little presumptuous don't you think?" Bo grinned.
Lauren kissed Bo then said, "It may be but I feel pretty confident in this. " The two of them shared a loving gaze for a moment. "Okay. I've got to go."
Bo pouted and said, "Do you have to? We just argued. I need reassurance."
Lauren laughed then kissed her one more time. She moved out of her arms and with a smile on her face she remarked, "I will reassure you later. Right now I'm going to hit the research library so I can work on one of my many papers."
Bo let out a sigh and resigned to the fact that she was going to have to let Lauren get back to work. She took hold of Lauren's hand and pulled her back to her. She gave her one more squeeze and kissed her temple. Bo really had missed Lauren and their abrupt separation was causing more havoc on her than she had anticipated. She pulled back then kissed her and said, "Fine then. Go be a life saving machine." She smiled. "I love you."
Bo not wanting them to separate was melting Lauren's heart. She wanted to stay with her so that they could go home and make love all day long then at some point have a picnic in the middle of their living room while they watched the terrible foreign films that Bo had come to enjoy. Lauren chuckled to herself. Bo had developed an affinity for awful Italian romance films and even worse action films while she was in Italy. Lauren rested her forehead on Bo's shoulder then sighed, "I should probably find a different career."
Bo let out a small laugh and asked, "Why?"
Lauren let her head stay on Bo's shoulder for a second longer then sat up and said, "Because my current career path is always getting in the way of us and sometimes I just want to go home and be with you."
Bo wanted the same thing but she knew Lauren wouldn't be happy in any other career. She smiled and said, "You wouldn't like it. So kiss me one more time, tell me you love me then go do some doctor-y stuff."
Lauren laughed then repeated, "Doctor-y stuff." She leaned in and kissed Bo then she pulled back. "I love Bo. So much."
Bo breath caught at the adoration that was in Lauren's eyes but she shook her head and said, "Get out of here Lauren." Lauren grinned then turned around to make her way back up the stairs they had just come down. Bo chuckled then said, "I love you too."
Lauren turned on the step that she was on and looked at her with a huge smile on her face. She stood there for a second then turned back around and headed up to the floor that housed the research library of the hospital. Bo watched Lauren disappear and she mumbled to herself, "That's my wife." That feeling of exhilaration went through her again and she had to repress the urge to shout in excitement. Instead she turned and headed for the exit of the hospital.
So this was an update...yay! Thanks for reading and leave some reviews. Let me know people still care about this pile of drivel.