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Lauren was in one of the more secluded on-call rooms which was located in the dermatology department. She had found it by accident one day when she had gotten lost and it had become her secret hideout. Lauren was reading a heavy volume that she had checked out of the research library and she was writing down notes when her phone started to ring. She looked at the screen and saw that Piper was video calling her. Lauren answered the call and held up her phone, "What's up Piper?"

Piper smiled and said, "Nothing much. Where are you? It's dark as hell wherever you are."

"I'm in one of the on-call rooms researching for my PhD paper." She set the phone down and as she finished the note that she had been writing Lauren asked with a small smirk, "What happened with Alex?" Piper called her because of one of three reasons: she either missed her, she wanted to rant about Alex, or she wanted to rant about her job and school. And sometimes her rants about her job led to a rant about Alex because she was being an indecisive asshole. Lauren still found it surprising that the two of them had made it the same amount of time as she and Bo but she still wished them the best.

Piper was walking around her apartment as she said, "It's not Alex, for once. She hasn't done anything that would annoy the hell out of me. She actually has been on her best behaviour though now that I'm thinking about it I should probably be worried about that." She went quite for a moment and Lauren looked at the phone. She saw the contemplative look that was on Piper's face then she frowned and asked, "Do you think she's cheating on me?" Forgetting that they were on a video call, Lauren rolled her eyes as she picked up the phone and Piper scoffed, "I'm serious Lauren. You know how she can be when she's around other women."

Lauren sighed and told her, "Has she cheated on you yet Piper?"

"No. At least not that I know of." Piper responded and the frown on her face got worse.

Lauren smiled and said, "Then I wouldn't worry about it. She's with you and I think she only wants to be with you."

The door to the on-call room started to open and Lauren's heart started to race as she ended the call with Piper. She wasn't supposed to be here and if she got caught then she would be reported to Yvonne then it would go to the clerkship coordinator at Harvard then she was going to be kicked out the program. Lauren held her breath as the person walked into the room and when she recognised who it was she hissed, "Dammit Lexie. I thought you were a resident."

The other woman cringed a little and apologised, "Sorry. I didn't know you were in here." Her face scrunched up in confusion. "What are you doing here? I thought Dr. Winters let you out last night. Did you get the notes for the first part of boards?"

Lauren was calling Piper back as she replied, "I was in the middle of getting them done the other night but I crashed at like four in the morning because labouring mothers are a pain in the ass."

"Lauren what the hell?" Piper said as she answered the call.

She got an apologetic smile on her face, "Sorry Pipes. I thought a resident was coming in here. It's just Lexie."

Lauren turned the phone so Piper could say hi to Lexie, "Hey Lex. You two in the same room together, hell must have frozen over."

Lauren looked at Lexie and asked, "Yeah what are you doing here?"

Lexie scoffed then chuckled a little as she said, "Dr. Winston went into surgery and he told us to go study so that one day we may actually become doctors."

Lauren laughed. Lexie's supervising attending was a pompous man who was in the running to become the head of the neurology department. They didn't think he would get the position because he treated his colleagues like shit. Treated the interns like shit and he had a mild disgust for med students. She caught her breath and remarked, "I think the best way for us to become doctors is to not learn from assholes like him. Why does he still do this if he doesn't like doing it?"

Lexie shrugged and remarked, "No idea but I have to go to the practice tomorrow so I'll get a little bit of a break." She sighed. "Though I'd rather be in surgery but if I ditch the practice then I have to go two days in row."

Along with their clerkships at the hospital third year medical students were also doing a primary care clerkship to help them develop patient relationships as well as learning how to speak to patients about their care. Some people liked it and actually made the switch from becoming surgeons to becoming primary care physicians but it wasn't for Lauren. She needed the rush of surgery and looking at the anatomy. Lauren smiled and said, "I'm glad I have mine scheduled early in the week. Oh Bo came home last night."

Piper laughed then said, "And you two screwed like rabbits didn't you?"

Lauren didn't want to smile because her sex life with Bo wasn't a conversation topic but she did as she answered, "No we didn't. I had spent the last two days at the hospital so I-"

"Oh that is bull shit Lauren." Lexie said before she scoffed then she laughed at her. "I do remember a conversation that happened a few days ago where you whined about Bo ruining masturbation for you."

Lauren began to blush as she muttered, "Last time I try to open up to you." She took a deep breath then acquiesced, "Fine we had sex last night and today in an on-call room."

Lexie gasped, "You didn't?" Then she started to freak out, "Lauren you could get kicked out of the program."

"I'm not going to get kicked out of the program. We weren't caught and also we were celebrating." Lauren explained hoping that would alleviate some of Lexie's anxiety. The girl had a tendency to stress eat. Lauren was surprised that she hadn't gained weight since they had started their clerkships.

She looked back at her phone when Piper asked, "What were you two celebrating about?"

Lauren felt the bottom of her stomach drop out then she got a small smile on her face as she said, "We set a date for the wedding."

Both Lexie and Piper started going nuts about the news while Lauren cringed as they did. "Oh my god Lauren this is amazing. When is it?" Piper exclaimed.

"How are you going to plan a wedding when we have boards in like two months?" Lexie asked.

Piper scoffed and remarked, "It doesn't matter how she's going to do it. It's a fucking miracle it's getting done at all. I've been waiting almost two years for this wedding."

Lauren grimaced as she said, "We will have been engaged for two years when we do have the wedding." She let out a frustrated breath and remarked, "This should have happened sooner rather than later."

Piper got a smile on her face and said, "Don't beat yourself up Lauren. With Bo flying back and forth to Italy and your training...life got busy."

Lauren scoffed and shook her head a little as she said, "I know it did but that shouldn't have stopped us." She let her head rest back on the wall that was behind her and she looked up at the ceiling, "I just feel that because we've waited so long that it won't be as amazing as it should be. I love her so much and I just want everything to be perfect for Bo. She's done so much for me and the least I can do is make sure our wedding is perfect."

Piper sighed and ordered, "Lexie hug her because I can't." Lexie wrapped her arm around Lauren's shoulder and Lauren rested her head on Lexie's shoulder while she gave her a one armed hug. Piper then said, "Bo doesn't care how perfect the wedding is and it will be amazing regardless because she'll be marrying you. That's all Bo cares about and you should know that because that's all she's cared about since the two of you started dating. So just marry her and don't worry about the wedding being perfect because it will be regardless."

Lauren took a deep breath then argued, "But it's not just that I-" She bit her bottom lip then she sighed, "I'm scared. When we were in Italy and I proposed I thought it would happen once we were in Boston but it didn't because Bo had gotten her new position, which she has quit by the way, and-"

"She quit?" Both Lexie and Piper exclaimed.

Then Piper asked, "Why did she quit? Did you know she was quitting?"

Lauren let out a small scoff as she lifted her head off of Lexie's shoulder then said, "No and even if I did I'm certain I wouldn't have been able to talk her out of it." She sighed. "She quit because she was tired of travelling back and forth then on top of that her teaching over there would have, at some point, required her to be in Italy full-time." She ran her hand through her hair and admitted, "Don't tell her I told you this, but I think she was right to do so. I mean I'm upset we didn't talk about but at the same time I'm glad we can be a normal, well as normal as we can get, couple."

The two other women were quiet for a moment then Lexie commented, "If you don't marry her then I will because this woman is completely in love with you and is so devoted to you." She frowned, "I wish I had someone who was devoted to me."

Lauren chuckled and said, "Maybe one day Lex."

The dark haired woman rolled her eyes, "I highly doubt that." She smiled, "So when is the date?"

Lauren smiled and said, "It's Halloween. We're having it at my parents lodge. "

Piper groaned, "I don't want to drive to the mountains to watch you get married."

Lauren grinned and stated, "Fine. Lexie would love to be my maid of honour then."

"Nuh-uh. I have known you since our freshman year of college. I will be there and ready to do my maid of honour duties." Piper argued. She had nothing to worry about because Lauren would have begged for her to be her maid of honour until Piper gave in. Lexie was going to be her other bridesmaid because if it weren't for her, Lauren probably would have gone insane her first year at Harvard. "Also Lexie doesn't know how to talk you down when you're having weird emotional freakouts."

Lexie scoffed and countered, "I'm certain I can handle any freak out Lauren throws at me."

Piper laughed and said, "We'll find out. She's probably going to have at least a dozen before October hits."

"I'm not going to freak out." Lauren countered even though she was certain she was going to have one major meltdown that would probably take some intervention from either her mother or Aife or possibly both.

Lexie pulled a granola bar out of her pocket and as she tore into it she stated, "No you are. Because boards are in April so mix that in with wedding planning and I'll be expecting tears. Ugly crying."

Lauren scowled at the woman sitting next to her and said, "Oh screw you Lexie. I'm not the one whose ass will blow up to the size of a blimp when April rolls around."

Piper laughed at them but then Lauren's pager started to go off and she groaned. "That's a labouring mother and I didn't get any research done because of you two. Awesome. I hate you both."

Piper laughed and told her, "No you don't you love us."

Lexie and Piper laughed while Lauren rolled her eyes, "I have to go."

Piper caught her breath then said, "Okay. Call me after you finish watching another kid do horrible things to its mother's vag."

Lauren groaned and said, "Oh that's gross."

The woman on the phone laughed then added, "I'm surprised it hasn't turned you off to the area."

Lauren shook her head. The conversation needed to end. "Bye Piper."

Piper laughed again then said, "Call me Lo and talk to Bo."

Lauren's face scrunched up. "Why do I need to talk to Bo?"

"Because you're getting cold feet about the wedding and we're eight months away from it so talk to Bo. Call me." The other blonde ended the call and Lauren just stared at her screen.

Lexie got up from the bed that they had been sitting on and said, "She's right though. You should talk Bo." She shrugged. "You're scared Lauren and I think she's the one person who can help you with that."

Lauren sighed and as she stood up she said, "I've got to go Lex. Can you do me a favour and take those back to the research library for me?"

Lexie nodded and said, "Sure thing Lauren."

Lauren rushed out of the on call room then went over to the stairs. As she jogged up them she thought about the conversation that she had with Piper and Lexie. She wasn't scared of the actual wedding itself but now that they had set a date it was going to become a reality. She was going to be married to Bo. Lauren stopped in the middle of the stairs as the realisation slammed into her. She pressed her hand to her stomach as she said out loud, "Oh god I'm going to be married to Bo in eight months."

Lauren gripped the handrail tighter and she felt a slight panic come over her. She was going to be Bo's wife in eight months. They wouldn't be just engaged. They were going to be in a full blown lifetime commitment. Lauren felt like she was going to throw up. Her pager went off again and she shook her head then continued her run to the maternity ward. Lauren pushed the thoughts of her and Bo's impending wedding out of her mind and focused on what was happening currently which was her education and training.

Bo groaned as she walked into the apartment. She wanted to flop on the couch and take the world's longest nap but she had to clean. If she didn't then when their mothers came over they would be nitpicky about everything. Bo headed up to the master bedroom even though her legs were screaming as she walked up the stairs. She needed to go to the gym more frequently especially since it was located in building that they lived in. She got up to the loft area then began to strip out of her workout clothes. Once she was naked Bo went into the bathroom and started the shower. As she waited for it to heat up her mind began to wander while she took her hair out of the messy ponytail that it was in. Her thoughts bounced from wedding plans to Lauren's residency to the seminar that she would be giving on Monday and it didn't stay on any particular topic for long. Bo shook her head then she went back into their room and grabbed her phone. She dialled a number and when the line was answered she said, "We have a date Viv."

The other woman squealed in her ear then exclaimed, "Oh my fucking god. Finally. It has only taken you two forever. Is Lauren excited?"

Bo chuckled then smiled, "Yeah...I think she's excited."

Vivian groaned in her ear and said, "You think she's excited? Bo for the last two years I have heard you talk about the great Lauren. Granted most of it has been through e-mails, but I can tell that this woman has won you over. She won you over the day after you e-mailed me panicking about how you banged her in that classroom and if I think about it too hard about it I start to dwell on the fact that you're dating someone ten years younger than you."

Bo closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose. Vivian had been her best friend since they were in elementary school but they rarely saw each other because Viv was a diplomat that was never in the same place twice. She was usually in the Middle East doing peace talks and the woman was well respected in most circles. Viv was always trying to get Bo to join her on her trips but Bo was content to stay in her academic world and educating the people about sex.

The only reason why she was able to reach Viv now was because she was in England doing some work for the cabinet there and was supposed to be there for the next year unless a war broke out. They had seen each other the last day she was in Italy. Despite the distance and Viv's nomadic lifestyle they were still close as ever. "Viv I don't like you and get over it. She's mature for her age."

Viv scoffed and said, "I don't care if she's sporting a head full of grey hairs. You're banging someone who was fresh out of the womb when you sprouted boobs overnight." Bo laughed even though she didn't want to. "So you think your lady love isn't happy?"

Bo sighed and walked back into the bathroom. She turned off shower as she said, "I don't think she's not happy. I just think that me pushing the wedding in her face was a shock to her since we haven't had any real discussion about it. I mean we've mentioned it in passing and as joke we've started saying that we'll elope.-"

Viv snorted, "Aife will not go for that. She'll kill you."

"I know that," Bo remarked as she rolled her eyes. She sighed then continued, "Anyways...me getting serious about planning it may have been surprise to her." She let out a small chuckle. "You should have seen her face when I told her that I had been thinking about it. Viv, she looked like I had thrown ice water on her or something."

Viv took a deep breath then mumbled, "Baby Bo. She's a baby."

Bo ran her hand through her hair and she looked at herself in the mirror then she sighed. "I know. I know. And I have no problem going at a pace that is comfortable for her but if she isn't ready then why would she agree to a date? You know?"

Viv chuckled a little and told her, "No, lucky for me I don't know. Maybe she'll think it will make you happy. I mean you are giving up a lot for her Bo."

Bo scowled. She didn't like that wording. What she was doing was for the both of them. "I'm not giving anything up for her. I'm giving up the things that are impeding on my happiness with Lauren. There is a difference."

"Easy Bo I'm just making an observation. You've given her a lot and have done a lot to ensure her that education comes first. Maybe this is her way of making sure that you come first." Viv scoffed. "I don't know. You need to talk to her because honestly I never know what you're thinking when it comes to Lauren. Anything else and I can deal with you but when it comes to that girl, you're a stranger."

Bo snapped her fingers and said, "Speaking of strangers….."

Viv let out an exasperated breath then said, "I know that tone. That's the I-really-miss-my-bestie tone."

Bo chuckled then grinned, "No this is the, I-would-like-for-my-best-friend-to-meet –my-girlfriend-before-we-get-married tone."

Viv chuckled then asked, "When do you want this to happen? Also when is the tentative date for your wedding so I can do my maid of honour duty?"

"Why do you say it's a tentative date?" Bo asked as she turned around and leaned back against the bathroom counter.

Viv sighed and the line was silent for a moment then she said, "Because if you and Lauren talk and you find out that she isn't happy with whatever day you two have picked out then you will change it to make her happy. I've noticed this Bo. Lauren's not happy so you'll do anything to make her happy." She let out a soft snort. "I don't think that's healthy by the way."

"Says the woman who can barely keep a boyfriend." Bo retorted. She wasn't mad at Viv but she was upset by what the woman was trying to insinuate. Her making sure that Lauren was happy was Bo's way of showing her that she cared and loved her. That was all and if Viv wanted to make fun of her for then that was her deal but Bo did find it annoying. Just like the age thing. But she sighed and said, "Sorry Viv. It's just…can't you give Lauren the benefit of the doubt here? She's trying."

Viv sighed in her ear then told her, "I know Bo and you're so damn protective of her. But I will. So when is the wedding and when do you want me to meet the woman that has taken away your single lady status?"

Bo chuckled. Viv could push her buttons and could piss her off to no end, but once the dust settled between the two of them they were there for each other. She walked out to the bedroom then looked over the rail at the living area downstairs. "Can you make it to Boston at the beginning of the month? Lauren has a break, though not a long one, but she shouldn't be too stressed out. She's got boards in April."

Viv laughed then remarked, "Of all the students that you could have fallen for you chose the overworked, stressed out, med student. Why couldn't you go for a psych major?"

Bo grinned as she thought about Lauren. She smiled and said, "Because I like a challenge and there is no bigger challenge than Lauren. She's stubborn, driven, but she has a big heart that loves greatly."

Viv pretended to gag then she remarked, "All right BD I have to go. Give me a more solid date for March." She stopped then said, "You asshole, you still haven't told me when you're getting married."

Bo grinned and replied, "Well you kept bad mouthing the woman I love so I had to make sure I wanted you to still come. Halloween."

"Oh I was going to come regardless." Then she chuckled and asked, "Is this a costume wedding because I think I can find a costume that will make even your mother blush."

Bo rolled her eyes and said, "No. It will be formal and if you show up in latex I will pretend like I don't know you."

Viv laughed then remarked, "Too late. You tried that in first grade and look what happened."

Bo scoffed then smiled, "Yeah I was stuck with you for life."

Viv chuckled and said, "Oh don't pretend like I'm not the best friend ever. Okay BD I have my calendar marked just get me a solid date for March though."

"Will do Viv. I'll talk to you later." Bo said as she turned around to head back into the bathroom. Viv told her bye then they hung up. Talking to her best friend was always enjoyable but other times it was also exhausting. This time around it was a mixture of both. Bo turned on the shower then got into it. She washed up and once she was out of it she decided that a quick nap wouldn't hurt before she started cleaning.

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