Bo walked into the ER with a coffee in hand and a smile on her face. For the past week, she had felt surprisingly content and found that the days at work went by easier than before. She had even set her alarm for earlier than usual lately to make sure she had the extra time to do put up her hair, find an outfit she really liked and add some extra touches of makeup. Admittedly, it was an odd thing to do. Working in the ER she would see her patients for a few minutes each, at most, before passing them off to someone else.
Even the various idiots coming in with medical emergencies that exceeded what seemingly any intelligent creature would do to themselves seem to lessen. In fact her initial checking of patients found only a man needing bits of glass removed from his body after wife turned out to be the jealous type and why pulling shards from someone that stupid offered a certain reward she wanted something more significant.
Unfortunately, after ten minutes of searching, the sick and injured of weren't cooperating. A junkie that was three days out from their last fix seemed like the most demanding case that the ER had. As soon as she closed the folder on the junkie, Bo noticed a familiar presence standing next to her.
"A new patient just checked in and I thought you might want to take a look." Lauren held out the folder and her breath hitched as Bo's fingers brushed over her own. Since having lunch together, Lauren had noticed here had been something different about their interactions, and at least for her, it had the side effect of make breathing a more difficult task. It remained a mystery to her if Bo had any issue with their contact. Simply thinking about it was often more than she nerves could handle, but the thought of what either answer would mean to her life had occupied much of her thoughts over the last week.
Bo was far from immune to the recent developments, if anything she seemed to have absolutely no resistance to the sensation. The mere presence of Lauren within her personal space was enough to make her head spin and her mouth to go dry. Trying to focus on something else, like the file she had yet to open, seemed to be the only way she got through the day. By the looks of the patient notes, there was enough unexplained mystery to keep her busy for the rest of the day, which was good because the ER attending was looking particularly ravishing with her hair curled.
"See something interesting?" Lauren found herself smiling as she enjoyed the rare opportunity to study the younger doctor; noticing how the woman's eyebrows tightened, or how she would go back and forth between notes, as if trying to diagnosis the man's condition before she even got started.
"Very." Before eye contact could even be established Bo took in a deep breath why ignoring the part of her brain that was screaming at her to do the smart thing and avoid the woman for the rest of her existence. To her own surprise, Bo found Lauren already staring at her. Those bright brown eyes never flinched when she stared into them, pissing off every logical neural pathway she had in the process. She shouldn't be relishing the warmth from being this close to the other woman, she shouldn't be returning that kind smile and she definitely shouldn't be feeling her pulse quickening at the scent of the woman's perfume, but she was and it would have taken a freight train crashing through the hospital to get her to stop.
"Anything else I should know?" Bo found the words left her as if they were the first she had ever spoken. At least they would be talking though. If they talked it might remind her that the woman came over about a patient and not so she could take the small step into the blonde's personal space, wrap her arm around her waist and lock their lips together until hell froze over, at which time she be sure to keep Lauren warm.
Lauren just stood there, connected to Bo through some invisible tether in another dimension, dragged away from reality simply by the change in Bo's eyes. They were bright and relaxed when Lauren first saw them, but they sharpened over the eternity she had spent looking into them and there was a dangerous glint that wasn't helping her capacity to breathe. The question remained unanswered.
Taking a step to the side, putting herself closer to Bo's curvy frame, which looked amazing in a generously cut top and skinny jeans with the lab coat settling as if it was inviting her to step in so Bo could enclose them both in it, Lauren brushed her fingers over Bo's hand. There was a pleasant surprise when those brown eyes never lost their hold and as they brightened Lauren felt Bo's fingers reaching for her wrist to pull her forward when reality kicked in.
Bo heard the crash of something metal hitting the floor and actually jumped, which had the unfortunate side effect of physically separating her from Lauren.
"Well, umm, I better go make sure everything is okay. I am sure all the information is there in the chart, patient is over in bed six." Lauren went to do that thing she had said, or something that wasn't Bo anyways, and ignored the surprised look on the woman's face.
It wasn't exactly a freight train, but reality still hit home like a bitch. The hospital raced back into focus and the woman in pink scrubs was gone, leaving behind the quickest pair of sentences Bo had ever heard. It was stupid to be so caught up on someone she couldn't have, especially when it was a woman she was working for.
Putting her own awkward personal life aside Bo reviewed the chart for her patient quickly before finding the bed he was in and starting her day. Focusing on work and putting the rest to the back of her mind was the smart thing to do. Although, given where being a cautious 4/7 had gotten her grandfather, maybe being stupid once and awhile wouldn't be such a bad thing. Bo spared one last look towards the retreating blonde before heading towards bed six.
BUWAHAHAHA, pure doccubus tension! Okay so this is sort of a Part 1 of a 2 Part chapter. The second part will take place later on in the day and sets up a really big moment for our favorite LG ladies.