This is the last chapter to this story but I'll be posting the first chapter of the next story tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed this story and thanks for taking this journey with me! Expect lots more drama and lovely Doccubus moments in the next two stories. The next story will be book two of the Faebles series, which will likely be called 'Faebles: Forever & Eternity', just so it's easier to follow along! Thanks for all the great feedback guys, I've had a lot of fun writing this one and I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did.
Chapter Thirty-Two – Will You Be Mine?
Lauren unlocked the door of the Clubhouse with her key, it always made her so happy to come home to her girlfriend, their home. Just knowing Bo was inside waiting for her filled her with contentment and warmth.
"I'm home baby," Lauren shouted as she closed the door behind her. When she looked up she gasped. Candles littered every surface of the Clubhouse, Bo had taken the small, intimate table they used for extra seating at dinner parties out of storage and covered it in a beautiful linen tablecloth. There was a tall tapered candle in the center of the table along with a vase of short roses.
"Oh – my – god. Bo, what is all this?" Lauren asked, her hand covering her mouth in total awe. Bo walked out of the kitchen dressed in a simple short black dress with a plunging neckline. She had on strappy high heeled shoes and was wearing her best perfume, it smelled of lavender flowers and vanilla beans. Lauren felt her head swim with excitement.
Bo walked up to her and wrapped her arms around her waist, flipping her hair over her shoulder. Lauren felt her heart flutter at the simple action. "Oh this?" Bo asked nonchalantly as if it was typical to come home to a house covered in candles. "I just thought we deserved a romantic night in. I know how stressful Tue getting brought in by the Council was for you, even if it all worked out for the best. Besides I'm selfish, I just wanted a night with my girl."
Bo leaned over and kissed her lover passionately, both of them felt their hearts surge with warmth. "Come on, take your coat off. I made dinner."
Lauren grabbed Bo before she had a chance to walk away and plunged her fingers into the brunette's hair, kissing her greedily. "Did I mention I love you?"
"Maybe once or twice but I can never hear it enough," Bo smiled and brushed golden hair out of her lovers face.
"So you made dinner huh?"
"Yes and don't worry, I made my specialty, chicken parm, so there's no reason to be afraid. Go pour yourself a glass of wine and get comfy," Bo placed a quick kiss to her cheek and smiled, finding it hard to take her gaze off of her love.
"It smells amazing Bo," Lauren commented as she hung her jacket up and took a seat at the table. She poured two glasses of red wine and took a deep sigh. The energy in the house was so relaxing and calm.
Lauren took a deep breath of the wine and was surprised that it smelled like something fancier than the usual swill Kenzi kept around the house. She took a sip and was amazed, "Wow, babe, this wine is fantastic. What's the occasion?"
"Like I said, I wanted to spend a romantic night with my girl," Bo brought two plates and sat them down on the table.
Lauren suddenly realized how hungry she was, she smiled at her girlfriend and took a big bite. "Oh – my – god, Bo! How is it even possible that you can cook this well? This is the best thing I've ever put in my mouth and you can't even boil water."
"Wow babe, way to give a compliment and an insult in the same breath," Bo chuckled and smiled at the blonde admiringly.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not exaggerating, this is literally the best thing I've ever eaten."
"Well, I'm glad you like it. I can't cook much but the things I can, I do well - and what can I say, you make me want to be domestic."
They ate in comfortable silence, sharing loving looks over the warm glow of the candlelight. As they were finishing, Lauren realized that Bo was starting to seem nervous, she was fidgeting and pushing around her last few bites of food, chewing extra slowly as if she was stalling for some reason. Lauren squinted her eyes at her lover, "Is everything okay baby girl?"
"Yeah love, it's great," Bo smiled but after a few moments she let out a heavy breath, as if she was trying to calm herself.
Lauren quirked an eyebrow at her lovers strange behavior and smiled, shaking her head. Bo let out another heavy sigh, shaking her head at herself. She gave up on her last few bites of food and stood up to clear the plates. She set the dishes in the sink and came back to pour them both two more glasses of wine, Bo drank from hers as if she hadn't had any liquids in days.
Lauren laughed, "Okay seriously, what's up with you?" The blonde smiled, clearly amused at her girlfriends behavior. She looked so beautiful in that black dress, her dark hair and dark eyes seemed to glow in the candlelight.
Bo let out another long breath and reached across the table, offering her hand out to the blonde so she could take it. Lauren clasped the brunettes hand and they both stared into each other's eyes.
"Okay I don't exactly know how to say this so I guess I'll just start. Look, I know this likely seems like too soon to be doing this and it probably is but the whole thing with Tue reminded me that life is short – or it can be, even for immortals. I don't want to waste another moment of it, not where you are concerned. All I know is that I want to wake up next to you every morning for the rest of eternity. I want to spend every day trying to make you as happy as you make me. You're the single greatest thing that's ever happened to me, no disrespect to my friends and family but you are. You make me stronger, you make better and you make me believe not only in myself but in the impossible because to me – you are impossible. My impossible love," Bo reached her other hand out and stroked her blondes face, Lauren's eyes were welling with tears as she held her breath. "I'm yours, mind, body and soul and I want the world to know that you're mine, forever. If you say yes, there will never be a single day of your life that passes without you knowing how special you are - how utterly adored and loved you are. So, before I start babbling too much more," Bo let out a choked laugh at herself and blinked back the tears in her own eyes. She stood up and knelt down beside her love, she pulled a ring off of a garter belt on her leg and held it up to Lauren, tears falling down her cheeks. Lauren cupped her face in her hands and wiped the tears away. "Lauren Lewis, will you do me the greatest honor I can possibly imagine – and be my wife? Forever and eternity?"
Lauren's hands were shaking and she was crying happy tears of her own, she laughed at the pair of them. "Ysabeau Dennis, I'm so madly in love with you. You are the sweetest, sexiest, most loving woman I've ever known. Your heart is so big, it still manages to amaze me every day and you've made me feel utterly breathless from the first moment I met you and you've continued to take my breath away every day since then. So yes, of course I'll marry you, I'm yours and only yours, forever and eternity Bo." They were both crying like fools at this point and Bo laughed through her tears, she slid the ring onto the Elf's finger and stood, their lips crashing into each other before she'd even gotten to her feet.
They kissed like they might never get another opportunity to do so again, reveling in each other past the point of breathlessness. Bo broke their lips apart and ripped the tablecloth off the table, the candle clattered to the floor and snuffed out, the vase crashed to the ground and shattered along with the wine glasses. She turned back around and Lauren pushed Bo's ass onto the table, crawling up into her lap to straddle her. The Succubus's hands went to her back, running up and down the length of her, fingers burning, marking their territory.
Lauren pulled back from their kiss when she was literally so dizzy, she thought she might faint. She panted, her fingers stroking Bo's face as they rested their foreheads together. She grabbed Bo's hand and held it to her chest, over her heart, "yours," she whispered devotedly.
Bo smiled and took Lauren's other hand in her own free hand, holding it to her heart as well. "Yours," she whispered back, her eyes sparkling with unshed tears in the candlelight. She let out an emotional, disbelieving laugh at her luck and smiled at the love of her life.
Lauren wrapped her arms around Bo's shoulders in a tight hug, resting her face in the crook of her neck. The breathed each other in, surrounding themselves in each other's auras. This was it, for now, forever and for eternity.