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Lauren's Lab...

Lauren was in her office making notes on her progress with disintegrating Fae cell interaction with human cells. The research was a possible stopgap for those Fae species that were easily susceptible to common human viruses, illnesses and diseases. She had tried using different plant and animal cells hoping that it would work, but plant cells would die within seconds and animal cells were too unstable and inconsistent. Officially Lauren had pulled the plug on the research reporting back to the Ash that the results weren't forthcoming and she saw no potential in it. Unofficially Lauren had used blood she had pulled from a victim that was killed by an underfae and found that the DNA in humans allowed the disintegrating Fae cells to survive. The current test was going on five hours of survival. And like a true scientist she included own blood into the research, but she wouldn't be conducting that until she was at her private lab in her apartment. There was a knock on her office door and Lauren hastily, but carefully, put her notes and slides into the cabinet that was behind her desk. As she locked the cabinet she announced, "Come in."

The door opened and Dyson walked in already wearing his look of disapproval. Lauren guessed he probably heard from the Ash considering he had lied to cover up for her not being on the compound. Dyson closed the door then leaned against it, crossing his arms over his chest as he incredulously asked, "Where the hell were you?" Lauren knew he wasn't expecting an answer, so she just stood there as he continued, "You know you could have crashed at the Dal and Trick would have been glad to cover for you. Or you could have gotten a cab. Something to have not put yourself in the current situation you're in."

Lauren scoffed, "Do you think I wanted to be on the Ash's bad side?"

He cut her off before she could go on her own rant, "I don't know Lauren you tell me."

Lauren was already getting frustrated with the conversation and she shouted, "I will if you'd shut up." Dyson for a quick second looked taken aback by the fact that she had rose her voice to him. She normally didn't, but between Bo, the Ash, and now him, she was on the verge of telling everyone who crossed her path off. Lauren took a breath and as she exhaled she said, "I asked Bo to bring me back here last night, but I ended up passing out on the drive here. And instead of waking me up and dropping me off, she took me to what I would say is her place, but looks more like a dilapidated shack that is one bad earthquake away from falling down. Also you ditched me Dyson."

The look on Dyson's face was a mix of curiosity along with some mischief. Lauren had a feeling this would be a long conversation and the Advil she had taken before coming into the lab was starting to wear off. Lauren sat down in her office chair as she pulled open the drawer to find the bottle of Advil. Dyson gave her a weak apology, "Sorry about that, but I had to get a distraction. You did take Bo away from me and all."

Lauren had an annoyed look on her face as she struggled with the pill bottle remarking, "If you want her back you can have her."

"Really?" Dyson asked brightly which caused Lauren to glare at him and make him realise that she wasn't serious. Dyson walked over and snatched the pill bottle from her hands and opened it then sat on the edge of her desk. When he handed it back he said, "We'll talk about Bo in a second."

"Or never"

Dyson kept going despite her interjection, "Right now we need to talk about your punishment." He paused for an instant, "Two days in the dungeon."

Lauren took her pills then sat there with the glass in her hands watching the water swirl around as she moved the glass around. Her absence from the compound wasn't missed last night and the Ash had found out about it, so to "remind her of her place" he sentenced her two days in the dungeon. Lauren let out a sigh as she leant forward to put the glass back on her desk, "Yeah well it's not like I wasn't asking for it."

Dyson put his hand on her shoulder and softly said, "Lauren you can't let Bo make you careless. If you aren't careful and the Ash finds out I can only imagine what he'll do. And I'd hate to kill the Ash because that would just get messy both physically and politically."

Lauren smirked and said, "I thought you liked to get dirty Dyson. I thought that was all part of the wolf nature."

He chuckled and said, "Oh I do and it is, but that would be a different kind of dirty that I'm trying to keep the both of us out of."

Lauren smiled at her friend and she couldn't help, but to feel grateful for having someone like Dyson as her friend especially now. And she had been doing a great job of staying below the Ash's radar. When she had met with him earlier he hadn't brought up her treating Bo, so that was good, but her not being on the compound last night brought her on his radar, if not dead centre of it. Lauren leaned back in her chair and said, "I really do appreciate it and after my meditative retreat in the dungeons, I'll go back to being the law abiding slave of the Fae like I was before."

Dyson gave her a sympathetic look, but didn't say anything. She knew there was nothing neither of them could do about her situation, but at least Dyson tried to give her some normalcy in her life. Dyson nudged her chair back with the toe of his boot, "So you and Bo…" he said trailing off.

Lauren let out a quick laugh which was then followed by an aggravated groan, "She's infuriating." Dyson just grinned at her, "It's not funny Dyson. We can't have a conversation that doesn't end up with one of us shouting at the other."

"And you two didn't…." Dyson asked again trailing off making Lauren think he wanted all the sordid details.

"Of course we did Dyson we screwed all night long until we passed out from exhaustion." She said sarcastically, but when he started to clap Lauren kicked him hard in his shin and retorted, "I was being sarcastic. Like I would ever tell you something like that."

Dyson pretended to pout and said, "Aw Lo you gotta give me something to go on."

Lauren pointed at him and warned, "The next kick is going higher and will be so hard you won't be able to have kids." Dyson covered his crotch with his hands and they shared a stress relieving laugh before Lauren said, "When I passed out in her car, I was out. And I woke up this morning in my underwear in an unfamiliar place, so I just lost it on her."

Dyson picked up the animal cell model that she had on her desk and began tossing it around curiously asking, "She didn't sleep with you? Her bed is really comfortable. I'm surprised she'd give it up completely to someone else"

Lauren glared at him again, but he didn't notice. So she shook her head and said, "No she didn't. I feel if I would have woken up with her beside me I would have freaked out more than I did this morning."

"I'm guessing you two didn't talk then." He stated as he put the model back down finally getting bored of it. Good thing he had because Lauren was about to take it from him.

Lauren rubbed the back of her neck and said, "No. I don't know what to say to her Dy."

Dyson got off her desk as he chuckled, "You should probably tell her that you like her and want to have hot succubus sex with her."

Lauren went to go punch him in the leg, but he moved back quickly and she scolded, "You're not helping. And I don't want to just have hot succubus sex with her." Lauren was horrified that she just repeated him, "I can't believe I just said that. You're a bad influence."

Dyson just grinned at her before he walked closer to her. The smile on his face was a comforting one as he said, "Just tell her how you feel Lauren. Sure it might not go as planned, but at least it'll be out there."

Lauren leaned back in her chair and let out an agonised groan. She didn't want to tell Bo how she felt because then that would mean being vulnerable and she had trained herself not to be vulnerable around anyone especially anyone Fae. Except Dyson. He had seen her at some crappy moments, so he got a free pass. For a second she thought about using her punishment as an excuse to not talk to Bo, but then she remembered Bo didn't know she was owned by the Light Fae. Lauren let out another groan, "She doesn't know I'm enslaved by the Fae." And the more she thought about it the more she doubted any potential situation with Bo. Lauren sat up and looked at Dyson, "Bo and I can't…whatever. I'm human. She's Fae. That's not allowed. I'm also owned by the Light, so I have no freedom whatsoever and just a whole list of things that doesn't help any potential relationship."

Dyson just rubbed his beard which Lauren took as him not being able to say anything assuring and that didn't help her rising apprehension about her and Bo. Just as Lauren was about to launch into a panicked rant Dyson pulled her out of the chair and put his hands on her shoulders. As he looked her directly in the eyes he said, "Lauren if you care about Bo the way I think you do, then you two will find a way regardless of her being Fae and you being human or you being owned by the Light. If it is meant to be it will work out." Tears began to blur Lauren's vision, and Dyson pulled her into a hug and complained, "Don't do the crying thing. I don't do well with it."

Lauren brought a hand up, so she could wipe her eye and said, "I'm not crying. I'm just tired."

She felt Dyson's chest move as he chuckled, "Sure you're not doc." He let her go and she stepped back from him, "You okay?"

Lauren nodded her head and wiped her face of the few tears that had fallen. Before she could say anything there was a knock on her office door and she gave Dyson a questioning look to which he shrugged at. Lauren sighed and said loudly, "Come in."

The door opened and Bo came in looking at Dyson first then Lauren. "You said to be here for one. I can come back if I'm-"

Dyson held up his hand and interrupted her, "Nope. All set here. I'm going to head back to the station. I've got murders to solve. Fae to track down. Puppies to find."

Lauren pointed out, "You don't find puppies. And if you do make sure they aren't yours."

Dyson let out a fake laugh then said, "I hope that wasn't your best stuff." Lauren watched as him and Bo shared awkward smiles as he headed out the door and he told her, "It was nice to see you Bo." Before he closed Lauren's office door and he was out of Bo's line of sight he mouthed, "Hot succubus sex."

Dyson let out a laugh as Lauren began to blush. After the door was closed Bo said, "Nice to see that the dynamic duo is still tighter than ever."

Lauren let out a small chuckle, "For the moment. Dyson might not be able to father children in the future if he keeps being an asshole."

Bo chuckled and asked, "Things not going well for the besties?"Lauren just rolled her eyes then Bo had another question, "How'd things go with your dad the Ash? He's not going to ground you for getting to work late is he?"

Lauren tried to keep her anger in check because Bo had no idea about her enslavement to the Light, so it wouldn't be fair to her. So she decided to change the subject completely, "Let's go out to the lab, so I can get the necessary samples."

Most of the staff had either gone to lunch or were out of the lab, so it was empty. Lauren easily slipped into doctor mode as she took samples from Bo. After she collected her samples and everything was properly labelled she looked at Bo and said, "About this morning I'm sorry I went off like that. It was a little unnerving waking up in a strange place."

Bo nodded her head in agreement, "I get that." The awkward silence that followed only made Lauren more nervous and she just wanted to avoid the conversation all together, but Bo clearly wanted to have the conversation. "I think the thing with Dyson and I is over."

Lauren sceptically asked, "You think?" First Bo nodded, but then she shrugged a second later eventually she began to pace. Lauren watched her pace in front of the examination table. She also noticed Bo wasn't being her normal confident self, and that tugged at her heartstrings, so she decided to let her off the hook. "Bo this isn't how I wanted this conversation to go, and I promise we'll get into a deeper one, but for now I can say that yeah….you and Dyson are done." She took a moment for Bo to process everything before going on. Bo had stopped pacing and was now looking Lauren in her eyes. Lauren took a breath and as she exhaled she confessed, "And it's because of me."

Bo walked closer towards her and Lauren felt her chest tighten from the building anxiety. Bo had stopped moving towards her. There was a couple of feet between them and she hesitantly asked, "And why is it because of you?"

Lauren took an uncertain step closer towards Bo diminishing the space between them. Lauren had to consciously make an effort to make sure her breathing appeared normal because it was starting to become rapid and she at least wanted to make it through this somewhat gracefully. She nervously swallowed and started to say, "Because I-"Lauren broke eye contact from Bo. It was all too much for her, but when she looked back at Bo's caring brown eyes that held some hope in them, the words just fell out, "Because I'm falling for you Bo."

Bo stepped closer to Lauren, removing the small amount of space between them. She smirked and said, "Well that's good thing doctor because I think I'm falling for you too."

The two of them were standing close together, smiling at each other. Then Bo asked, "What are we going to do about it?"

Lauren really didn't have an answer for her. Sure she had a million logical answers for her, but logic had no room now. No as soon as she had told Bo she had feelings for her logic flew out the window. The only thing left was illogic and action. And she was more than ready for the action. Lauren leaned her head in and Bo followed suit and the moment their lips met all thought flew from Lauren's mind. All she could do was melt into the sensation of Bo kissing her. It surpassed what she imagined it would be like. Bo had her hands on Lauren's hips and she pulled the doctor's body firmly against hers. Lauren's hands had found their way buried in Bo's dark hair. At some point during the kiss they had turned and Bo had Lauren trapped between the exam table and her body. Bo broke the kiss and rested her forehead against Lauren's as she breathlessly chuckled, "You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that."

Lauren softly laughed and as she caught her breath she replied, "Probably as long as I have."

Bo stood up straight, so she could look into Lauren's eyes and it was a moment that conveyed so much, but still there were words that needed to be said. Bo gave Lauren a quick, sweet kiss before saying, "We were supposed to be talking."

Lauren started, "And we-"
But her sentence was interrupted by one of the two compound guards that were entering the lab, "Dr. Lewis we've come to take you to the dungeon."

Bo stepped away from Lauren to look at the guard then she looked back at Lauren with a confused look, "Dungeon?"

Lauren nervously ran her hand through her hair. She thought she had enough time to at least come up with something to tell Bo. She knew she wasn't going to have enough time to explain everything, but Lauren at least wanted to tell her something that would explain or cover up why she'd be gone for two days. Lauren took Bo's hand and said, "Bo I'll explain everything to you, but for now just go. I'll talk to you in two days."

Of course none of this eased Bo's distress and she incredulously repeated, "Two days?" Bo shook her head and said, "No Lauren. You don't have to go if you don't want to. It's not like you did anything. And if this is for you being late for work I think this is going overboard for punishment."

A defiant Bo was the last thing she wanted to deal with. The compound guards walked closer to them and Lauren grabbed both of Bo's hands and begged, "Bo you have to just go with this. Please. I'll call you in two days."

The guards were close and Lauren reluctantly let go of Bo's hands and began to walk away with the guards. Thankfully Bo listened to her request and Lauren and the guards were able to make an uneventful exit. Lauren looked ahead showing no emotion as the guards walked her down the corridors and eventually to the dungeon. It would be a long two days, but she was happy that she was able to tell Bo her feelings. As the steel door to her cell closed Lauren held onto the hope of seeing Bo again and being back in her arms.

So there's the latest. Hope you guys liked it and the biggest thank you known to man for everyone who has reviewed/read/enjoyed anything I have posted. Oddly enough it keeps me going. You know what they say when you feed the beast lol. I should have the next chapter up on Monday, so you won't be in suspense for too long.