Author's Note:

I do realize that I said I was not going to post anything else until I've re-written the ending. Well, Chapter 17... let me make sure of something. Yes, chapter 17, which was the end of the story, isn't. I have some typing to do, but I have decided to give you something to wonder about.

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I hope, truly, hope, that I do not disappoint anyone out there with this story.

A.M. Glass

CHAPTER ELEVEN

"Lauren!"

"Hot Pants!"

"Dr. Lewis..."

"Lauren, are you okay?" Bo asked, her heart racing. "You gave me, us, quite a scare."

Lauren slowly turned in Bo's direction. "Are you okay?"

Bo's lips quivered. "Hey..." she said shakily. "I asked first."

"Bo, honey, don't," Lauren said seeing tears welled up in Bo's eyes.

"Jake – right?" Kenzi said looking over to him.

"It's Jacob actually..."

"Whatever," she said blowing it off. "How about I get you something to drink?" she offered, gesturing towards the kitchen.

Jacob was not remotely thirsty but he could tell she was trying to give Dr. Lewis and the Succubus a moment alone.

"I am a little parched."

"Why didn't you say so?" Kenzi said hauling him out of the chair and pushed him into the kitchen.

"Bo..."

"I was so scared Lauren..."

"I don't regret..."

"I could have killed you, don't you understand?" Bo pleaded.

Lauren sighed.

Bo was always so hard on herself.

Lauren had spoken the truth. She had no regrets and would do it again if and when the need arose, to keep Bo safe and alive.

Now, more than ever.

"Bo, can you help me sit up?"

"Of course," Bo reached behind Lauren's shoulders and brought her to an upright position on the couch. "Is that better?"

"Umhmm." Lauren closed her eyes momentarily. When she opened them again she took stock of Bo's face. "Does your skin still burn?" she asked.

"No."

"And your eyes?"

"I'm fine," Bo told her.

"Good," Lauren replied distracted by her thoughts from this morning. "Bo, we have to talk... I wanted to do it tonight, but..."

"But then I almost killed you!" Bo finished walking away from Lauren.

"Bo please...

"You might as well get comfortable and have a seat," Kenzi said as she grabbed a bowl and poured cereal into it.

"Excuse me?" Jacob replied.

"They're going to be at it for a while," she explained, pouring milk over her cereal and beginning to eat.

"I see," Jacob replied confused.

"Bo!" Lauren raised her voice. "I need to you to sit down right now, please!"

Bo reluctantly did so, looking at everything but at Lauren.

Lauren didn't know if she wanted to be mad at Bo for her behavior or kiss away the pout on her face. "Bo, sweetheart... as much as I'd like to have a rational discussion about what happened earlier," she paused. "There's something I need to ask you. Something I never thought I'd have to."

Bo was confused. What could be more important than nearly draining Lauren of her chi, and killing her?

Kenzi watched Jacob shift in his chair; something was up and he already knew what it was.

"What Lauren? What could be more important?" Bo demanded.

Lauren bit her lip; this wasn't how she wanted to have this conversation. She would have preferred to broach the subject with a game plan of some kind in place beforehand, not flying blind and by the seat of her pants; she was out of her element.

Well, she had thought that perhaps sometime in the future she might have this conversation with Bo; she just assumed she'd have more input.

There was only one way to handle this: as Bo's physician, not her girlfriend.

"When..." she cleared her throat, 'I can do this,' she coached herself. "When you had to feed off of Dyson, it involved more than just draining his chi. Is that correct?"

Bo felt her face warm with embarrassment. She had explained to Lauren what had happened with Dyson and why on that near fatal day and she had kept her promise and not fed from him since.

"What the Fae?" Kenzi blurted. Bo had... with Dyson? And Lauren knew? "Holy Shit!" she muttered. 'Where the Hell was I when this happened?' she asked herself.

"Yes," Bo answered slowly.

"Did Dyson use protection?"

Jacob patted Kenzi's back as she choked on her mouthful of cereal.

"Excuse me?"

"Bo, do you have any idea how difficult it is for me to ask you this?"

"Why would you?" Bo asked instead. What was going on? Why was Lauren asking her this?

"Because you're pregnant," Lauren answered.