CHAPTER 31

Bo was nervous and she had no idea why?

She had fed off other Fae before, but this felt, different.

She watched as Jacob stood by the couch, his hands at his sides, still as a statue.

"You're okay with this?" Bo felt the need to ask.

Jacob smiled warmly. "Absolutely, it would be an honor."

Bo frowned. "An honor? There's no honor in a feed." Bo told him.

"That may have been in the past, but now..."

"Now what?" Bo asked as she stepped closer to him.

"You are probably the only Succubus in recorded history in your..." he glanced down briefly while gesturing towards Bo's mid-drift. "Condition..."

"Are you getting off on this?" she asked disgusted.

Horror filled Jacob's expression. "No! Not at all, please you must believe me. I want and will do all I can to assist Dr. Lewis to make sure your pregnancy goes well."

Bo rubbed her forehead. "I'm just so tired of people trying to manipulate me somehow."

Jacob took a step forward. "Bo," he said softly, "You are in control here. Just tell me what you need me to do and I'll do it."

Bo took a deep breath. She looked at his aura, it barely pegged a three.

"Don't... don't let me take too much, please." she told him as she reached up and brought his head down. She could feel her hunger flare.

Jacob tried his best not to gasp when he felt Bo's lips on his. The touch was fleeting – his mouth opened of its own accord and he felt his chi leave his body and into Bo's.

He wanted to keep his eyes open, but they shut and he gave into the feeling.

It wasn't unpleasant, but he could see how dangerous it could be for humans. He began to silently count the seconds while Bo fed.

Ten seconds.

Fifteen seconds.

Twenty seconds and Bo still pulled his chi from his body.

Bo began to feed from Jacob.

His chi was very different from anyone she'd fed off before.

It was indescribable.

It was... bright.

And it seemed endless.

Bo did not feel the urgency she normally did.

It wasn't like Lauren's – who if it were possible, she would live off of it forever.

Jacob's chi felt – oddly comforting – it was as if he were offering support.

And no one besides Kenzi and Lauren had made her feel that way. Everyone else had expected or wanted something from her.

For Kenzi, it was friendship and a sense of belonging, of family, something Bo sorely missed in her life.

For Lauren... it was love.

They may not have gone about it the right way, but now, no matter what, this is what they wanted: a committed relationship with a baby on the way.

Bo smiled inwardly as she noticed Jacob's aura flaring briefly. He had gone from barely a three – to a four – then dropped down again.

She could not help but bring him closer, she momentarily felt his hand on her hip before it dropped back down to his side.

'He doesn't want anything.' Bo thought before her eyebrows rose and she pulled away from him.

Forty-five seconds.

Bo had fed off him for forty-five seconds.

Jacob gasped, stumbling back a step or two when Bo pulled away from him abruptly. He leaned forward and placed his hands on his knees and took deep breaths.

"Lauren!" Bo called out.

Lauren had been walking back to where Kenzi sat waiting when she heard Bo call her name. She barely gave Kenzi a second look as she raced over to where Bo and Jacob were.

"Bo... Jacob?!" Lauren shouted as she reached them.

"I'm... I'm fine." Jacob said still breathing deeply.

Lauren rushed over to Bo. "Baby what's wrong?" she asked as she wiped the tears from Bo's face.

Kenzi stopped suddenly, she saw Lauren wiping tears from Bo's cheek and saw Jacob leaning over. She strode over to him and punched him in the arm. "Hey! What did you do?!"

"Nothing... I swear." he replied rubbing his arm. 'She's rather strong for such a petite person.' he thought.

"Bo... please tell me what's wrong?" Lauren pleaded.

"What is going on?" Trick demanded. He'd heard the commotion and rushed from his office.

"Bo fed off of Jake and now she's crying." Kenzi answered succinctly.

"She did what?" Trick asked.

"She partook of my chi." Jacob said straightening up. "Are you alright?" he asked Bo as he walked over to her slowly.

"I... I'm fine." Bo finally answered, her eyes shining brightly.

"Are you sure?" Lauren asked.

Bo smiled. "Lauren... how far along am I?" she asked.

Lauren looked at Jacob.

"If you were human, I would say you are perhaps ten to twelve weeks along. But, you must remember, the baby is only half human. So that will affect the gestation process."

"Bo, why are you asking?" Lauren grew frantic when Bo started crying again. "Baby." she said reaching out for her. "You're scaring me. Please tell me what's going on. I can't help you if you don't."

Bo looked up and closed her eyes; the emotions she felt overrode everything else. "I'm so happy..."

"Happy? If these are happy tears I'd hate to see when you're miserable." Kenzi said frowning.

Bo gathered Lauren into her arms and whispered in her ear.

Lauren pulled away. "Are you sure?" she asked hesitantly. She knew it was too soon.

Bo nodded smiling and took Lauren's hand and placed it on her stomach.

Lauren gazed intently into Bo's face –then – she felt it. She quickly looked down. "Was... was that?"

Bo could only beam.

"What gives?" Kenzi asked feeling left out.

Bo never took her eyes off of Lauren. "I felt the baby move." she said reverently.

"No shit?"

Lauren wasn't sure what to feel.

This was incredible.

This became real.

This wasn't a result from a lab, something that simply said Bo was pregnant.

This was more.

"Oh my God! You're having my baby." Lauren uttered as it finally sank in.

"Well duh!"

Bo shot Kenzi a glaring look.

Kenzi sighed.

He knew that she felt left out but unfortunately she would have to accept that there would be some things that Bo would not be able to share with her. Despite this fact, he wasn't sure how she would handle things during the later stages of the pregnancy.

"How could you let her feed off you?" Trick demanded.

"Your granddaughter was in need. Should I have turned a blind eye?"

Trick did not like this one bit. He knew he could not persuade Bo from her course of action and this is not what he wanted for her.

Of course he wanted her to be happy, to live a long and fulfilling life. He wanted to watch her grow into a more confident young woman.

He wanted to help her when the time of her Dawning came.

He knew they had not always seen eye to eye and he had no doubt this would be one of those situations and as much as he may have wanted to talk some sense into her, he could not.

His hands were tied.

He had given his word.

No matter how much he wished he hadn't.

He sighed as Jacob stared at him intently. What was he going to do about him?

There was one thing Trick knew for certain, if Jacob said he was going to do everything possible to help Bo deliver the child, then he knew those words were written in stone. No matter what name he went by.

Now that Madeline was gone, there was no other healer who could surpass him. And despite his misgivings about the pregnancy, he knew Bo was in good hands.

"No, you're right. Thank you." he answered.

"I think the expectant mother should head home." Jacob said as he glanced at Bo.

"It has been a long day." Lauren replied. "Wait, have you eaten?" she asked.

"We haven't had anything since this morning." Kenzi answered.

"Bo... you can't skip meals anymore." Lauren told her.

"What if Kenzi and I buy something for dinner and we'll meet you back at the…" he turned to look at Kenzi. "What do you call it?"

"The Crack Shack or just the Shack."

"At least let me pay for dinner." Lauren said as she reached into pocket.

Jacob was about to tell Lauren not to bother when he felt Kenzi nudge his shoulder.

"Etlay erhay aypay." she said holding out her hand.

"But..." Jacob protested when Kenzi told him to let Lauren pay in pig Latin. She flashed him a look and he decided perhaps he should defer to Kenzi's wishes, this time.

"Chinese? Great! Come on Jake, let's go." Kenzi said pulling him along after she took the fifty Lauren gave her. "See you soon." she called out over her shoulder.

"Are you ready to leave?" Bo asked Lauren.

She nodded. "Let me just get my things."

"Do you need to see Hale before we go?"

"No. I spoke with him while you were with Jacob." Lauren replied.

"Oh, can you tell me what he wanted?"

"I'd rather wait until we get back to your place, if you don't mind."

"Of course not." Bo paused. "Lauren."

"Yes?"

"I know I said I'm sorry... for leaving earlier..."

Lauren took Bo's hand in hers. "I'm not going to say it didn't hurt or bother me, because it did. We can't run out on each other, not anymore. We have to talk things out, even if we don't want to hear it – even if we're too stubborn to talk about it."

"You're right." Bo agreed. "And I shouldn't have told Dyson without you being here. That was your decision and I took it away from you and I'm sorry."

Lauren tilted Bo's cheek up so she could look in her eyes. "I probably would have sat him down and explained things a little differently, but in the end, I believe he would have reacted the same way. He's very proud and this has to have shaken him considerably."

Bo shook her head. "He should have told me Lauren. You need to know I would never have considered healing with him had he told me."

Lauren caressed Bo's cheek. "I know that. I know you wouldn't and I can't say I wasn't scared when you told me."

"Scared? Why?"

"Bo, you loved him. I saw how much pain you were in when he lost his love." Lauren traced Bo's full lips with her thumb. "And I... I thought I might be getting in the way of you two getting back together, but... he lost his chance. He let it slip thought his fingers and I'll be damned if I'm going to let that happen to me. Not this time. I will not roll over... I will not give up on us. I love you so much that I will fight for us with my very last breath. Do you understand me?" Lauren declared.

Bo opened her lips and nipped at Lauren's thumb with her teeth. She smiled when Lauren gasped.

Take Charge Lauren had made an appearance and it always enticed her.

"Perfectly." she replied as her passion flared to life at Lauren's impassioned words. "And I would no more go back to him than say... I don't know... kiss Kenzi... wait, bad example."

Lauren laughed. "I know what you mean, let's go home."

"Deal." Bo replied as she slid her hand down Lauren's back, smiling as Lauren arched her back.

"You... you should say good night to Trick." Lauren gasped.

"You're right." she said as she looked around. "I wonder where he went? Trick!" she called out.