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As evening approached Lauren opted to return to her apartment earlier than normal. She wanted to do a little research and didn't need any eyes over her shoulder. Relieved that Hale no longer had the guards posted outside her door she was surprised to see it open with Dyson inside.

"Dyson? What are you doing here? Is everything okay?" She asked with her brow furrowed.

"Dr. Lewis, so good to see you. I'm actually working a case and need you to look over a body for me."

"I'm off for the day, can this wait till tomorrow?" She sighed as she wanted to start her side project.

"I'm afraid not, please Lauren."

Looking at Dyson expectantly as he just stood there. "Dyson?"

"Yeah?"

"The case file?" Granted this wasn't the first time she had reviewed a body for him, but why was he acting so strange.

"Oh, yeah...uh...must have left it in my car. I'll be right back." He walked to the door as Lauren just stood there looking at him. "Um..the sooner you take a look the better."

Looking even more confused she started to unzip the bag and about jumped out of her skin as Kenzi sprang out.

"Oh thank God I didn't know much longer I could have stayed in there." She said with a hand on her chest.

"Kenzi? What...?" She looked towards Dyson only to see that he had gone closing the door behind him.

"Hey" she said softly "miss me by any chance?"

"More than you know." She said still in disbelief that she she said before her. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she reached out a hand to help the younger girl off the table. "So, what's this about? Are you okay? Did something happen?"

"Yeah, something happened or rather I realized something." She chuckled nervously.

"What?" Lauren asked searching the younger woman's face.

Taking a deep breath as she stood before her. "I needed to see you to tell you...this all went a lot easier in my mind." she said her nerves once again getting the best of her.

"Kenzi, I know it's okay."

"You do?" Her eyebrows shot up in surprise. If she knew, then why...

"Yes, I do." She smiled sadly. "I know that what you said after our memories were returned was based off of residual feelings from our time in Montreal. I wasn't expecting to see you again, except in passing." Tucking her hands in her lab coat pockets and looking towards the floor. "Oh and I'm not on lock down anymore so you don't have to sneak back out in a body bag."

"Oh, so your feelings...then..were only for Natasha? Of course, well I should go then and let you get back to" she waved a hand around "whatever. And here I thought I was being oddly romantic by sneaking in to tell you...you know what? Never mind. I'll see you around, Lauren." With a nod of her head she wanted nothing more than to leave the place as quickly as possible.

Confused by Kenzi's behavior she thought that she would be relieved. Grabbing her arm as she attempted to walk by. "Kenzi, what is it? I thought you'd be relieved to know that I didn't expect anything of you?" Processing the entirety of what she said "Wait? Romantic?"

"Lauren, I spent the last six months by your side and four of those completely smitten with you. I've never felt so loved and happy in my life, and now that I have my memories back I know that to be the case."

"Kenzi, I..uh.."

"No, it's okay. I guess I just hoped that when you said you missed me too that it was more than as a friend. Silly me, huh?" Walking towards the door she noticed the different yet recognizable furniture. Stopping she turned around to face Lauren "Hey isn't that our coffee table? Why do you have mmph.."

She didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as Lauren surged forward kissing her with all of the passion that she thought she'd never again get to experience. Wrapping her arms around her, she didn't stop kissing until the need to breathe became an issue.

"What I said was that I missed you more than you could know. It's been so hard being without you but I thought that..." Seeing the love reflected back at her in blue eyes she shook her head "It's not important, you're here and that's all that matters." She said as she leant her head against the brunette's.

Nodding in agreement she was silent for a moment from the roller coaster of emotions having gone from excited to deflated to relieved to knowing she didn't want to be anywhere else. Looking up at Lauren she asked "How did you get our stuff here?"

Blushing slightly "I put a request in to have it delivered along with a few other pieces."

Stepping away to walk to the table, allowing her hand to pass over the bullet hole from their one misadventure she blushed. "Why?"

"Because" she said walking up to her and wrapping her arms around her from behind "I can't remember a time in my life that I've ever been that happy, and I just wanted to have a reminder of it. That it actually existed and that I didn't just imagine it."

"You didn't by chance also ask for..."

"The bed. Mmm..." placing a few kisses alongside her neck "I could tell you but I'd much rather show you."

Turning in her arms "Now that you mention it, I am feeling a little light headed."

"Then by all means you should lie down and I say that as your doctor of course." She said enjoying this playful banter between them.

"Doctor, huh?"

"Yes, but just so you know" she said leaning to whisper her in her ear "I may have a uniform or two here as well." She smirked down at the girl loving the desire that reflected in her eyes.

"Is that right, well..." she said jumping into a surprised Lauren's arms "as long as you can carry me up those stairs then I'm all yours."

Kenzi awoke in the early morning hours surprised to find herself in bed alone, and that it was still dark outside. The sound of voices downstairs caught her attention, she got up slowly to the top of them. Who would Lauren be talking to at this hour? She contemplated going down there until she recognized the other voice belonged to Tamsin.

"You want me to what, doc? Are you crazy?" She couldn't believe what had been requested of her.

"Matter of opinion, Tamsin. But yes I need you to get this for me since I don't have access to the dark fae labs."

"I can't believe you're asking me to do this." She honestly didn't either and why at this hour? Okay, that she did get since the subject matter was sensitive.

"Then you're mistaken if you think that I'm asking. I'm telling you what I need and I expect you to do it." She said with exhaustion lining her words.

Kenzi was sure that even though she couldn't see Tamsin that her expression matched her own. She wasn't used to hearing Lauren talk to anyone like that, but it was definitely a welcomed change.

"Is that right?" Tamsin scoffed "you've got some balls on you..."

"No, Tamsin you're not using your full intellectual capacity if you are under the impression that I am in anyway afraid of you."

"You shouldn't mess with a valkyrie." She warned taking a step towards her.

"Just as you shouldn't mess with me. I know all about your kind and what you're capable of but can you honestly say the same of me?" She asked with her brow arched.

Sighing out loud she had to admit that Lauren had a point. Hell, she could lock Lauren in a room without her lab materials and she was sure that the human would find a way to Macguyver some shit before she came straight for her.

"Are you even going to tell me what this is about? Why not ask Vex?"

"Vex?" she laughed "are you kidding me? I'd like to keep this secret not make it known to the world. As far as it's purpose, it's better that you don't know."

"And if I don't agree?"

"You will." Lauren smirked at her.

"What makes you so sure?" Tamsin was really annoyed with her arrogance.

"Because we both know that Evony won't stop. Not until Bo suffers, you too for not arresting Kenzi at the diner, and most of all she'll want some sort of revenge for the well deserved punch that she received. I don't want anything to happen to Bo, and I refuse to let anything happen to Kenzi."

"I do this and we're even then, right?"

"Even?" Lauren asked confused.

"For me coming over here..." She motioned with her hands "to rile you up about the kiss I had with Bo."

"Oh...that." She sighed out loud "That kiss only confirmed what I knew all along. It hurt at the time but I've made my peace with it. But Tamsin?"

"Yeah?"

"You even look at Kenzi in any way that's not platonic and I'll make sure that I live long enough for you to regret it not only in this life, but your next one too." She promised looking Tamsin dead in the eyes.

The dark fae stepped back slightly startled by the sheer look of fierceness in the doctor's eyes. She in no way doubted her words. Tamsin had no idea what Lauren had in store for Evony, and if she actually cared she might have felt concerned for the Morrigan.

"Deal." Nope, not ever making that mistake again she thought to herself. She turned to leave when Lauren stopped her.

"Oh, and the sooner the better." Okay, she didn't need to add anything really but just for that added annoyance in Tamsin's eyes was well worth it.

After hearing the door close, Kenzi made her way downstairs. She thought for a moment of going back to bed, to feign ignorance of the events downstairs but didn't want that to lead them to keeping secrets from each other.

"Damn babe, I don't know whether to be scared or turned on by you going all hulk on Tammers."

Turning to the sound of her voice, Lauren was surprised to see the younger woman awake.

"I'm surprised that you're up." She said as walked towards her to wrap her in an embrace.

"You're surprised? I go to sleep after ...a rather few intense hours with you ...then wake up to hear you asking Tamsin to retrieve something?"

"Well, apparently I didn't wear you out enough so why don't we..."

"As enticing as that sounds, Lauren...no" She looked around before making eye contact again with her girlfriend "I know that you're trying to protect me, but what I really need from you is open and honest communication. Not trying to throw insults around but you forget I had front row seat to you and Bo telling everyone else what you should have told each other. I don't want that for us. No secrets, okay?"

Looking at Kenzi for a long moment she agreed with her. "You're right. I do have a plan in place because I'm afraid that she'll always go out of her way to make our lives difficult. Being in the fae world, I'm used to having to look over my shoulder but this is too much. I know that I can't leave the fae but I want a life as normal as possible with you."

Even though the night had gone well (okay freaking amazing) and she heard Lauren's threat to Tamsin, it was still hard to believe. "Really? So no regrets that I'm here instead of..."

"None." She said without a moment's hesitation. "And when this is all over, we are going to take a vacation far away from here."

As excited as she was at the idea, she didn't want to feel like she was mooching off of the the doctor. She wanted to be able to contribute as well.

Seeing the unexpected response, she inquired "I thought you might like that? Unless you wanted something different?"

"No, it's great but.." she sighed "I don't want it to be just you paying for everything." She really needed to search for new cases for their business, or see if Trick would allow her to help out at the bar. Okay, maybe just focus on getting the investigation business up again.

"Ah, well allow me to put your mind at ease." She then explained all that had transpired in the Ash's chambers the other day to a very shocked Kenzi.

"I almost wish I could have been there to see you being so badass. What made you act on this now? Why not before yesterday?"

"I went in there yesterday feeling as though I had nothing left to lose. I hadn't counted on you still feeling the same after everything." She said quietly.

She hadn't seen this level of vulnerability in Lauren since their time in Montreal. She had seen glimpses of it here and there before Lauren had been Olivia, but she only ever offered peaks behind her walls.

"And now that I'm here and you know that you're really stuck with me?"

"It means that I can breathe without it hurting again. That I really am the lucky one here and it seems as though you'll never let me get away with anything." She finished with a smile before she leaned down to give Kenzi a lingering kiss.

"Mmm..lucky huh? How about..." She yawned from lack of sleep.

"How about we both go back to bed, and in the morning I will make you breakfast?"

"Deal but don't think I'm letting you off the hook about this plan just because you're making promises of food." She warned with a raised eyebrow.

Leaning forward to place a kiss on her brow she agreed. "Let me put a few more pieces into place, and I promise that there will be no secrets." She meant it too. It would be difficult but she didn't want to go through another relationship where secrets created an unnecessary emotional distance.

As Kenzi laid asleep against the blonde's shoulder, Lauren knew that this would be her one and only chance to take Evony down. If she failed in her quest, she knew that she would not have a second chance as the Morrigan would come at her with full force. Happy to have the younger woman in her arms, Lauren finally relented when it came time to sleep and smiled knowing that it was only one chance that she needed.

A/N: Okay, I struggled more with this chapter than with the others. I wanted for them to have a chapter where they could just be with each other since it had been two weeks. So if it doesn't flow all that well, my apologies. I'm always open to hear any constructive feedback especially since some that follow this story do their own writing as well. Thanks again for reading!