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Time jump (sorry to those that hate that)

It's one year later…

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Lauren slowly kissed her way up Bo's stomach, neck, and jaw. She stopped and stared at Bo. "Do you think this is what love feels like for everyone?"

Bo took her hand and held it tight. "I hope so or else they're missing out."

Lauren bit her lip and moved to a sitting position, straddling Bo's waist. "Have you ever been in love before me?" She asked, a smile spread across her face.

Bo shook her head. "Have you?"

"You're my first everything."

Bo pushed herself up and kissed along Lauren's neck. "Even kiss? Was I your first kiss?"

"Oh." She laughed. "Not kiss, sorry."

Bo flipped her over onto her back, a twinkle of teasing in her eyes. "How many girls have you kissed?"

"A few," Lauren answered with a half grin.

Bo started tickling her sides, "Tell me how many."

Lauren giggled and struggled to get away, but not really.

Bo stopped and locked their eyes together.

After a moment of silence, Lauren spoke. "Do you think it's a bad thing that we met when we're so young?" She paused. "Those relationships always seem doomed."

Bo shook her head. "Nah. We're different than others. We make our rules."

A buzzing sound beside Bo's bed pulled her out of her dream. With a long drawn out sigh, she read the message. It was time to get up and go to work. She and Kenzi were working on a case, and they had a lead, finally.

She rubbed her hands over her face, wishing she could stop dreaming about Lauren. Every night she had dreams of Lauren loving her, memories of them together in love. It was mental torture to be reunited with Lauren every night only to have her pulled away by morning.

She could feel Lauren's lingering touches on her skin when she woke. She couldn't escape it.

After her shower and getting dressed, she took a look at herself in the mirror. She wiped her hands down her sides. With one last glance, she walked confidently out of her bedroom to see if Kenzi was awake.

Kenzi was up and eating breakfast. "Morning," She said with her mouth full of cereal. "What's on the agenda for today?"

Bo checked her phone again. "We have a meeting with a new lead. I just got the message."

Kenzi observed Bo and noticed how sad and tired she appeared. "Are you still having those dreams, about…you know who?"

Bo glared at her. "Can we not. I don't want to talk about her."

Kenzi played with her spoon. "I think you might feel better if you did talk about it."

Bo angrily made breakfast. "What's to talk about? She broke my heart. End of story."

Kenzi narrowed her eyebrows at her. "I thought you broke up with her?"

Bo rolled her eyes. "She chose to go. She made the choice." She slammed down the cereal box, a little too hard. "Seriously, can we not talk about her? I just want…" She trailed off. Want forget her? She wondered. No, she didn't want to forget her, but part of her did. "…to work on this new case."

Kenzi decided that this conversation would go nowhere; it never did, so she sat silently eating her breakfast.

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Lauren and Dr. Everett worked together at one of the workstation, bouncing ideas off each other.

Dr. Everett smiled kindly at her, "Wow. I'm amazed by how your mind works. I would have never thought of that. You really are an asset to the Dark."

Lauren grinned at the ground but before she could respond, Evony burst into the lab.

She clapped her hands together. "Oh, it's great to see the lab geeks working this morning." She said coolly.

Lauren rolled her eyes and straightened up some papers.

Evony turned to Dr. Everett. "Can you skedaddle? I need to talk to Lauren alone."

Dr. Everett gave Lauren a look, and Lauren nodded, with that Dr. Everett left the room.

Evony drummed her fingers on the table. "How is your work coming?" She eyed her penetratingly.

"Things are coming along nicely," Lauren said with a forced smile.

Evony leaned close to her. "You know, you bought yourself some time, working with Dr. Everett to cure those Dark Fae, who had the plague. But…" She grabbed Lauren's chin. "I will need more than that to keep you around longer."

Lauren pulled away from her grasp. "You say that every week and so far I'm still here."

"Touché. You have proved to be more useful than your brother that's for sure." She paused, staring Lauren up and down. "I was surprised you were able to crack what Henry was working on so quickly."

Lauren bit the inside of her cheek, nervously, but quickly caught herself and afterward she shrugged. "Most of that was with Dr. Everett's help. I simply assisted her."

"Oh honey, don't be so modest, celebrate your successes."

Lauren decided now was the best time to ask. What was the worst that could happen?

She cleared her throat. "Evony, I was wondering if…well since I've been working so hard if I could take a weekend sabbatical?" She swallowed hard, waiting for Evony's reply.

"For what?" She asked suspiciously.

Lauren smiled at her and blinked as innocently as she could. "To blow off some steam. That's important for a human's mental health."

"You know, we Dark Fae are much more reasonable than our Light Fae counterparts. So, yes I will allow you a weekend off." She danced her fingers together in front of Lauren. "If you don't return, we'll just hunt you down and kill you. Is that fair, dear?"

Lauren nodded. "Perfectly fair."

Evony flicked around, and Lauren sat listening as the sounds of her heels clicked over the hard tile until she was gone from the room.

Lauren absentmindedly played with the ring on her finger, Bo's ring. She couldn't take it off, for some reason. It was stupid Bo broke her heart. She should take it off and be done with it, but she resisted. She reluctantly admitted to herself, that wearing it brought her comfort.

Dr. Everett reentered the room. "Did you get the time off?"

"Yes. Evony was being reasonable today, it seems."

Dr. Everett sighed. "Do you think this is a good idea?"

"Yes. It has to be done."

Dr. Everett grabbed her hand. "Good luck."

Lauren smiled at the older woman. "Thank you, for everything. I've learned more from you in a year than I would have in 4 years of medical school."

The gray-haired woman hugged her. "You're a great student." She squeezed her harder. "Come back safe."

"I will."

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"Well, that was a bust." Kenzi sighed and collapsed on the couch and removed her shoes.

Bo joined her on the couch. "Hopefully, we'll get another case soon." Bo also started removing her boots.

"People don't seem to be to interested in getting help from the unaligned succubus these days."

"It's just a dry spell."

Kenzi patted Bo's knee. "What do you want to do tonight? Are you going to go out and feed?"

Bo rubbed in between her eyes. "No, I'm not in the mood tonight. I think I'll go to bed early."

"Ok." Kenzi pulled a bottle of vodka out from under the couch. "I think I'll drink and watch a movie."

Bo pulled herself up and walked to her room. She looked longing at her bed and climbed under the blankets. She focused on Lauren, hoping the dreams would come.

Kenzi happily took a drink but got interrupted when there was a knock on the door.

She pulled the door opened, and was surprised to see Lauren standing there. "Lauren!" She gasped. "What in the hell are you doing here?" She pulled Lauren into the apartment. "I mean I'm happy to see you, I'm just surprised."

Lauren's eyes danced around the apartment and her stomach flipped, it was so Bo. She turned and smiled at Kenzi. "Thanks. I'm here to see…that is I was hoping…" She sighed. "Is Bo here?"

The sound of voices brought Bo into the room. She froze, that familiar sensation of warmth bolted through her, and she stared at Lauren with wide eyes.

"Lauren…" She planted her feet resisting her body's urge to run into Lauren's arms. "What's wrong?"

"I need your help," Lauren answered simply.

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The three of them sat around the kitchen table. Bo leaned far back in the chair arms over her chest, her jaw tightened. Kenzi had her feet up on the table looking at Bo. Lauren sat straight in the chair also watching Bo.

The next words out of Bo's mouth came out in anger. "I'm confused. It's been a year. Why are you here now?"

Lauren matched Bo's angry tone. "If you would stop interrupting me, I could tell you."

They glared at each other, probably longer than they should have.

Kenzi wanted to refocus them and spoke. "Ok. What's up?"

Lauren rolled her eyes at Bo and turned to Kenzi. Bo opened her mouth to tell Lauren to not roll her eyes at her but changed her mind.

Bo stared at Lauren and noted how much her looks had matured over the past year. She was always beautiful, but now it was less a baby-faced beauty and more of a womanly beauty. It was very frustrating and kind of distracting. Her eyes lingered on the side of Lauren's face, admiring the line of her jaw, her dark golden hair curled artfully around the ends tumbling down her shoulders, as Lauren bent down to her bag.

It dawned on Bo that she was staring at Lauren, for too long, and she quickly danced her eyes around the room.

Lauren put Henry's flash drive on the table. "It's about this."

Bo and Kenzi looked at it puzzled.

Lauren started to explain. "This is something my father was working on before he dead. I lied to the Morrigan and said it was information on the Fae plague, but it's actually something else."

Bo made a face. "What is it?" She asked.

Lauren spoke with a guarded tone. "Our theory, Dr. Everett and I, is he figured out to combine Fae and human DNA. That would essentially turn humans Fae."

Kenzi gawked at it with expansive eyes astonished.

Lauren continued. "But there's pieces of data missing. It's incomplete. He probably feared keeping all the research in one place."

Bo's eyebrows rose, "Where do we come in?" She asked gesturing to herself and Kenzi.

Lauren glanced at Bo then shifted her eyes to the table. "I need you to take me to my father's last lab. To see if there's any research still there. Maybe hidden, as this was." She pointed at the flash drive.

Bo rose and stepped away from the table. She put her hands and her hips and asked. "Why come to me?"

Lauren scowled, struggled with herself for a moment, then she answered. "I have no one else."

Bo relaxed her stance; Lauren's response had caught her by surprise.

An awkward silence filled in around them, after Lauren's statement.

She quickly glanced at Bo then away. "What I mean is I know you two are like private investigators now. So, I'd like to use your services. If I could."

"Where would we need to go?" Kenzi asked to break the tension and further the conversation.

"It's a ten-hour drive from here."

"We'll take your case." Bo finally said. "But Kenzi you have to stay here, for our other clients."

Bo started walking to her room and turned to Lauren. "We'll leave in 10 minutes."

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Two hours into the drive Bo and Lauren hadn't said a word to each other. Lauren had changed into more comfortable clothes for the drive. She was now wearing irritatingly short shorts. And Bo found that her eyes couldn't stay off them. She would take quick glimpses at them every couple of minutes.

Noticing Bo look at her legs again, Lauren asked. "What are you looking at?"

Bo cleared her throat. "What? Nothing." She tried to keep her tone flat.

Lauren rolled her eyes. "Ok, sure. Try to keep your eyes on the road, so we don't crash to our deaths, please." She put her hand over her legs to cover them.

"Ha." Bo gripped the wheel tight. "Suddenly so worried about your personal safety? That's surprising coming from you."

"If you have something to say to me, just say it." Lauren snapped.

More silence followed.

Bo kept her eyes locked on the road not stealing any more glances in Lauren's direction.

"Why did the Morrigan let you take this trip?" Bo asked, she was too curious to not ask.

"She thinks I'm taking a weekend off. She knows nothing about the rest of it."

"Huh."

"What?"

"I don't understand why she would allow you to go. I mean I've heard stories about her."

"What stories?" Lauren's pulse started to speed up with irritation.

"Only that she likes to keep human toys around." Bo said and surprised herself by the juvenile tone she used.

"Seriously are you saying this to me right now?" Lauren retorted with aggravation.

"I'm just trying-"

Lauren cut her off. "You broke up with me and now you're acting jealous? Is this a joke?" She paused and Bo winced, slightly. "And don't think I haven't heard what you've been up to for the last year."

Bo shut her mouth and remained quiet.

"I know you're a succubus and I understand what that part of you means. But I think it's pretty shitty that you'd give me a hard time about what you think I may or may not have been doing for the last year. Remember you broke up with me."

In a small voice Bo asked. "How do you know what I've been doing?"

Lauren laughed. "Evony has taken much pleasure in bringing me every little detail she could round up about your encounters." She stopped, for a second. "Sometimes there were even pictures." She almost laughed as she said the words.

Bo's mouth fell open she was stunned and embarrassed.

Lauren flipped her head toward the window. "Little does she know I don't care, doesn't bother me at all."

Bo stared at the back of her head, for a half second. Her instinct was to take Lauren's hand, but instead she focused her attention on the road.

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It had taken Bo two hours, but she finally made a decision to pull over for food. She was starving and getting anxious about the silent drive.

Lauren reluctantly agreed. She wanted to get this trip over with quickly and didn't want unnecessary stops. But she knew Bo, and she knew she wouldn't give up until they stopped.

They entered the small diner. "This place isn't so bad." Bo tried to alleviate some of the strain between them by being cheerful.

They made their way around the few patrons in the diner and sat at a table in the back. Bo walked closely behind Lauren and got a face full of Lauren's scent. Her stomach twisted suddenly; she had nearly forgotten what Lauren smelled like. It brought back thousands of memories to her in a flash. She let out a small sigh.

Lauren tied her hair back and pulled out hand sanitizer and regarded the diner, briefly, while rubbing her hands together.

Bo looked at her with only a hint of a smile and turned away. Even now, she found the little things Lauren did so endearing.

The waitress came by, and Lauren ordered coffee only and Bo ordered eggs and bacon plus coffee.

Wanting something to talk about, Bo asked as casually as she could. "What have you been up to Lauren?"

"What have you been up to Bo?" Lauren shot back.

Bo added sugar to her coffee. "Sounds like you know what I've been up to."

Lauren glared at her.

"I meant you know about Kenzi and I and the PI-ing we've been doing." She explained, quickly.

Lauren sipped her coffee slowly. "I was wondering why you changed your last name to Dennis?"

Bo shrugged. "I don't want anything to do with my family. I decided to choose my own name and well I just liked how Bo Dennis sounded."

"Hmm." Lauren responded, then a smile slowly crept on her face. "I like it." Quickly, she swallowed that smile and looked away.

Bo studied her face. "Please Lauren, tell me what you've been up to. What's it like with the Dark?"

Lauren shrugged this time. "Evony's the worst. Threatens me daily." She folded and unfolded her napkin. "But it's not so different from the Light. I'm treated like property with both." She spread her hands flat over the napkin. "But at least with the Dark, I met Dr. Everett."

Bo arched her eyebrow, questioningly.

Lauren rolled her eyes. "She's my mentor. She's taught me so much. She's really old but very nice." She squinted her eyes at Bo.

Bo felt guilty about being relieved that it wasn't romantic. She had no right to be jealous about anything Lauren did-they were broken up. And yet…

Bo played distractedly with her eggs. "So, Evony keeps you around because she needs you?"

"At first, she was desperate to know about my father's research but now I think it's just fun for her to have me around. To taunt. But I make sure she sees how useful I am."

They lapsed into silence, not enough to say to each other, but at the same time too much to say.

"Can we get back on the road?" Lauren asked, her tone revealing how annoyed she was getting.

"Ok. Let's go." Bo said.

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Bo couldn't stop yawning, there were a few hours left on their drive, but she was spent.

"Can we stop somewhere and sleep?" She pleaded, her eyes bloodshot from exhaustion.

Lauren rubbed her eyes, fatigued herself and agreed.

In the motel room, Bo slipped off her shirt and pants. She stretched her body out before sitting on the bed. She felt Lauren's gaze on her body, and a shiver crept up her spine. She did her best to hide her smile.

"You're sleeping like that?" Lauren asked she got under the blankets fully clothed.

"I have to be comfortable…I would sleep naked but…"

Lauren turned away from her cheeks slightly flushed. "Just stay on your side of the bed," Lauren demanded fiercely.

"Oh, please Lauren. I'm not going to try anything." Bo said as she joined Lauren under the blankets. She tried to ignore the sensations rushing through her body. Being this close to Lauren, triggered so many reactions in her body, she just couldn't control.

Lauren hugged the blankets around her body and turned on her side, as far away from Bo as she could get without falling off the bed.

After a few minutes and without thinking Bo moved closer to her, she lightly rested her hand on Lauren's hip and whispered in her ear. "I've missed you so much." She said honestly.

Lauren held her breath and closed her eyes.

"I'm so happy you've been safe. I was so worried about you." Bo said into her ear, lips nearly brushing against the skin.

Lauren spun onto her back and looked at Bo. "I thought you said we were nothing. That's what you said, right? We're nothing now." She said angrily.

Bo stroked the side of her face with her fingers, "I'm so sorry for saying that. You could never mean nothing to me. You're everything to me."

Lauren frowned, searching her eyes. And Bo, not letting herself think, lowered her face and captured Lauren's lips.

Bo was amazed about how much she and her body still desired Lauren. She pushed all thoughts away as they moaned into each other's mouths, at the caresses of their tongues, and pushed closer together energetically.

Heat pooled between them with their hands exploring wherever they could reach. Bo kissed down Lauren's neck and pulled down her shirt and moved to kiss the tops of her breasts.

Lauren emitted a deep breath and arched her back when Bo kissed further down.

Suddenly, Lauren stopped and grabbed Bo's face. Breathless, they stared at each other and world stood still for a moment, many emotions flowing between them.

Lauren pulled her shirt back up. "You think you can break my heart, and then I'll just have sex with you, just like that?"

Her face flushed, and her chest moving up and down quickly Bo broke their gazes. She eased off Lauren and moved to the other side of the bed. With their backs facing each other, they drifted off to sleep.

AN

About the time jump, I thought for their individual journeys it was important to be apart for a while. But I also wanted them back interacting, so I decided on the time jump.

Thanks for reading :)