Okay, so I kinda lied.. I didn't tick Explosions complete just yet! I was going through chapter 17 fixing typos and.. I got inspired, which led me to decide to write a short epilogue to wrap things up. I debated if I should post this at all, but settled on uploading it in the end. Sorry ;)
This is short and fluffy!
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It was sunny Friday morning in mid-June. Lauren and Bo had driven to Lauren's parents' house to drop off their son. The family had immediately been ushered inside for breakfast by Lauren's mother. Daniel and Margaret were going to take care of Toby, while Bo and Lauren had plans to go away for the weekend. A hectic life, consisting of work and family life, had postponed their trip time and again. But finally both Bo and Lauren had a free weekend ahead of them. The women had rented a cabin for a mini-holiday to have some time alone.
"So a romantic weekend getaway?" Margaret smiled escorting Bo and Lauren back to the front porch after having a family breakfast.
"Yeah, we're going to a cabin at the lake Morenan. It's a two hour drive." Lauren said to her mother and then smiled at Bo. "We'll be back on Sunday to pick up Toby."
"This is our honeymoon." Bo smiled at Lauren pulling the blond snugly against her side. "Babe." She murmured pecking Lauren's forehead.
"A weekend at a cabin?" Margaret scoffed with an eyeroll. "Not much a honeymoon, if you ask me. Besides you've been married for almost a year already."
"It's been hectic." Lauren defended turning her eyes at her mother. "It'll be good. Right honey?"
"Right." Bo assured as they both gave pointed looks at Margaret.
"Fine. Honeymoon it is." Margaret conceded lifting her hands up. "You have a good time girls." She wrapped her arms around the two women giving them a warm hug.
"Drive safely." Daniel also came of the house to the women with Toby in dangling in his arms.
"Toby come say bye bye to Mommy and Mama." Margaret cooed and Daniel put the boy down.
The three year old bounced giddily to cuddle Lauren and Bo squealing happily, when they hugged, kissed and tickled him. "Bye mommies." Toby gave sloppy kisses to both his mothers, before wriggling out of Lauren's hug launching himself farther, grabbing his grandpa's hand and tugging him towards the back yard. "Let's go play Grandpa."
"Bye Pumpkin." Lauren called after their toddler smiling. "Bye dad." Her father waved goodbye grinning happily.
"Our baby is such a big boy already." Bo whispered in awe. "Do you think he'll even notice we've gone?"
"I'm not sure." Lauren smirked shrugging. "Probably not."
"Enjoy your honeymoon girls. Good thing Bo got around to proposing to you or you'd still be fretting on how to ask her, honey." Margaret teased her daughter, while hugging her tightly.
"I was getting around to it." Lauren narrowed her eyes at her mother.
"You tip toed around for months. That ring was gonna burn a hole in your pocket." Margaret chuckled gesturing to the ring on Bo's finger. "And then Bo here completely stole your thunder." She smiled at the brunette, who had become dear to her. Margaret loved to see how happy Bo made Lauren and how much they loved each other. After everything her daughter had been through, Margaret's heart swelled seeing her so happy.
"She did." Lauren met Bo's twinkling eyes. "And it was perfect." She smiled softly recalling, when Bo had popped the question sharing a bubble bath.
Bo had scattered candles in their bathroom after Toby had been put to bed. Lauren had sighed in happiness seeing the softly lit room with Bo waiting for her in the bathtub. As soon as Lauren had slid in the water Bo had kissed her, before nervously pulling back. A few deep breaths later the brunette had locked her gaze with Lauren's and whispered 'Lauren, marry me?'.
"It was. Perfect." Bo pecked her wife's lips. "You said yes."
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After going to the backyard and saying goodbye to Toby again with a lots of kisses and a few tears from his mothers, Bo And Lauren had gotten into their SUV and headed towards the rental cabin. They had two of Lauren's bikes mounted on the roof of the car. Bo had promised to go biking with Lauren. She just hoped she wouldn't fall flat on her face. Biking really wasn't her thing, but Lauren loved it and Bo loved Lauren.
"I miss our son already. He's only three. Are you sure he'll be fine?" Bo asked after turning left as the car's navigator system told them to.
"Bo.. It's been 45 minutes.. Honey, Toby's with my parents. They are gonna spoil him rotten." Lauren smirked. "We'll call him later okay?"
"Yeah. Your mom and dad are so good with him." Bo breathed trying not to spiral down in her separation anxiety. "He'll have a fun weekend right?"
"Yes. And Tamsin and Kenzi promised to take him to the park tomorrow." Lauren reminded. "That's gonna be all kinds of fun for all of them."
"Toby's gonna love that. He loves to wrap them both around his little fingers. They can't say no to him." Bo snorted gleefully. "Remember, when Tamsin and Kenzi let him paint their faces with his 'face paints'?"
"That was.. hilarious!" Lauren snickered. "Too bad Toby didn't use face paints, but permanent markers. I had to scrub their skins with heavy duty hand sanitizer and then acetone, before the markings faded a bit.."
"Yeah.. Kenzi kinda liked that look though. Very gothic, she called it." Bo nodded still grinning. "Our baby will be fine."
"That's right." Lauren said squeezing Bo's hand that was clasped in her own.
"We're not far now. Let's stop at the store and get some groceries."
"And candles." Lauren husked suggestively. "I love candles."
"I love you." Bo said lovingly. "And candles too."
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"I loved that you went out biking with me today honey." Lauren said after they had settled into bed that night.
"Well, you like it so.." Bo shrugged moving closer to the blond. "And I promised to try it didn't I."
"You did." Lauren gave Bo a little kiss. "You always keep your promises." She smiled.
"I try." Bo snuggled into Lauren's frame. She hadn't always kept her promises to Lauren. Not before. But ever since she got a second chance with Lauren, Bo had only made promises she had kept.
"So.. How did you like it?" Lauren wound her arms tighter around the brunette.
"Well, I've never felt more alive, that's for sure." Bo snorted softly. "I was sure I was gonna die, when we came down that hill."
"You did great." Lauren purred in Bo's ear. "And you looked very.. very delicious in your tight spandex pants and top."
"Oh? Really?" Bo smirked, when Lauren lifted her head to meet her eyes. "I thought you were looking at the beautiful scenery?"
"I was." Lauren grinned. "You." She husked latching her lips on Bo's drawing a low moan from the brunette's mouth, before pulling away a little to gaze in her wife's beautiful brown eyes. "How did I get so lucky?" Lauren murmured softly.
"What?"
"To have you. I'm so lucky Bo."
"I'm the lucky one." Bo said sincerely. "Very lucky."
"We're both lucky?" Lauren suggested grinning happily, while she slipped her hand under Bo's T-shirt and ghosted her fingers over the woman's ribs and stomach.
"Yes." Bo's hand dropped to knead on the blond's behind and she kissed Lauren gently, but pulled her mouth away before the kiss deepened. Lauren groaned a little. "You know.. We could do this again. Biking I mean. I could learn to like it. Well, I kinda liked it, but you know.." Bo started to ramble.
"Honey.. Seriously. Shush." Lauren smirked putting a finger over Bo's lips. "Make love to me."
"Okay." Bo grinned and flipped Lauren under her and captured her lips eagerly.
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"Lauren? Are you awake?" Bo whispered in the silent room. She glanced at the clock at the bedside table. It was already 1 am.
"Huh?" Lauren muttered groggily.
"You were sleeping. Sorry." Bo pecked Lauren on her head. "Just go back to sleep babe."
"I'm awake now honey." Lauren's sleepy eyes met Bo's hesitant ones. "What's wrong? You've got something on your mind." She noted.
"Yeah, but we can talk later." Bo promised.
"It's later." Lauren kissed Bo softly on the lips. "Come on. What's going on in that pretty little head of yours?"
"Remember, when we talked about.." Bo trailed off sighing nervously.
"About?"
"Babies."
"Oh." Lauren exhaled softly. "I remember." She said after a moment of silence.
"And I said maybe you could, you know, carry our baby sometime later. But now I think.."
"Bo." Lauren sat up. "This is a bad time. I just got the promotion and I'd love to get.."
"No, no." Bo cut in taking Lauren's hand in hers. "I just wanted to say.. That I could carry our next baby. Soon."
"You could?" Lauren peered into the Bo's chocolate eyes. "But you said you didn't want to be the one to get pregnant. And it's okay."
"I want to. Now." Bo lowered her eyes to their joined hands. "I've thought about it and I'm ready."
"Oh?" Lauren lifted Bo's chin with her fingers to see her wife's eyes. She cave a soft smile. "What changed your mind?"
"I was scared. Before." Bo said and added inwardly that she never thought she'd get to experience pregnancy.
"How come? It great you've changed your mind, but.." Lauren said softly. "I know it's a big thing. And the last thing I want is for you to feel pressured to do this. We can wait. We can look into other options than either of carrying."
Being a raging succubus wasn't really ideal situation to think about having babies. And even after being human the doubts lingered. Would Lauren.. keep her? Would she stay human? Bo had talked to Evony and her people and they all had assured Bo was all human and was gonna stay that way. Ever since then Bo had slowly warmed up to the idea. To the point that now she really wanted to be the one to carry their baby. Funny how things work out, Bo smiled.
"Babe, I don't want to wait and I'm not feeling pressured. I'd like to try. I guess I just.. I don't know. I guess I needed some time. I'm ready for this, sweetie.. Let's make a baby?" Bo said pulling Lauren on top of her.
"You're sure?" Lauren asked and Bo nodded smiling brightly.
"I really wanna have your baby, baby." Bo murmured with her eyes twinkling.
"I'm.. happy. We're having a baby?" Lauren whispered with a happy smile on her face.
"We are." Bo gave Lauren a toothy smile.
"I love you." She grinned affectionately. "So much."
"And you'll be my slave, when I'm carrying your baby inside me." Bo smirked teasingly. "You have wait on me hand and foot. Rub my feet, feed me, bathe me and satisfy my.. other cravings." She listed rubbing her palms over Lauren's naked back.
"I will. I promise." Lauren said seriously. "I'll treat you like you ought to be treated. Like a queen." She said caressing Bo's face with her fingers.
"Lauren, you.. You already do." Bo swallowed thickly swooning at Lauren's conviction. "You always have. Always." She said emotionally and pulled Lauren to her capturing her lips in a gentle, loving kiss. "And I love you."
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Thanks for reading :)
A/N OMG.. Fluff everywhere! And there you have it. Now this story is complete! I think.