Bo and Lauren
The women had rushed home as Bo didn't want their only daughter thinking they had left her again. She would never forget that moment in Charlotte's short life. The idea that she thought Bo of all people left her, still hurt the Succubus a bit.
When Charlotte was first born, Bo had rarely put her down for hours. She showed her to a then comatose Lauren. She couldn't see their daughter yet, didn't even know she'd been born, but Bo wanted to make Charlotte as familiar with Lauren as she had become over the weeks after her birth. The baby had never once looked at Lauren funny, like most babies often do with strangers. Bo smiled thinking Charlotte was reading her own mother's aura. So she knew her mother was a good mother. That made Bo a proud mother too.
They pulled into the driveway, and Bo rushed off without turning off the ignition, so Lauren did it for her.
She saw Bo's aura and knew she was worried about the kids, even if she protested otherwise. She was touched that Bo had filmed life after Charlotte had been born, but the two of them would always share that bond. That hurt Lauren a bit. But she simply didn't know she was pregnant and with the twins, she did. So at least she was close to them and had witnessed everything in their short lives.
Bo opened the door for Lauren and the Doctor walked in first. The two stood in the foyer to listen for noise. The house was clean. Nothing was out of place. Bo almost wanted to check the house number to make sure they had not entered the wrong house, until her mother emerged.
"What's going on? Bo asked.
"They were fed, bathed and put to bed. And I am proud to say Charlotte is actually sleeping, and it's adorable". Aife laughed.
"That's it? Lauren asked.
"That's it". Aife laughed again.
"Come on Lauren. Lets shower, get to bed and fall asleep before they wake up". Bo said hurrying the Doctor up the stairs.
Aife waved them goodnight as she too went to bed. The little shifters had almost driven their grandmother to complete exhaustion. But she was loving every minute of her time with them.
The next morning.
Once again the mothers stirred in their sleep. Lauren was first to hear a noise, but closed her eyes and dozed off again. Bo was next, and she wasn't about to move because Lauren was snug tight against her, and warm.
"Your daughter's awake, I think". Lauren whispered.
"Sounds like she's digging up something, so she's your daughter this early in the morning". Bo laughed.
"Oh hell. I hope she's not digging up Hades bones, and then burying them again! Lauren jumped.
"No I had those cleared out of here. So she must be up to something Sciency, which is your territory Dr. Lewis". Bo smiled.
"You would remember that". Lauren laughed as she untangled from Bo's arms. She walked over to their bedroom window and sure enough, it was Charlotte, digging a hole in the backyard.
"How'd she get out anyways? Bo asked.
"Aife is probably up and let her out". Lauren laughed.
"Can you see the boys? Bo asked.
"No. Just Charlotte". Lauren smiled.
Charlotte had already dug a deep hole. What she was going to do, Lauren had no idea, so she stood watching. She laughed seeing half of Charlotte's body was in the hole as her tail wagged. That's all she could see was Charlote so whatever she was burying or digging up was already in the hole.
"I'm shocked you haven't freaked out about possible germs". Bo cooed from the bed.
"Great. Now you have made me paranoid". Lauren laughed as she pulled on her robe.
"I was only kidding babe. There shouldn't be anything underground, but bugs of some kind". Bo said as she sat up with her back against the headboard.
"She looks like she's very busy with something. I don't want to disturb her. Unless she falls all the way in the hole, then I will really worry". Lauren said softly standing back at the window again.
Bo started laughing out loud. She held her stomach in amusement.
"Laugh now but once she's done, you are giving her a bath, in shifter form". Lauren said eyeing the Succubus.
Bo stopped laughing then. "That's a pain in the ass drying her like that".
"But you love it". Lauren grinned.
"I do. I really do". Bo said finally standing up to walk over to the window.
The women laughed again once Charlotte was finally done, and had left the hole as it was. She looked like a walking pile of dirt.
"Bath time". Lauren said nudging Bo.
"Yeah. I'm on it". Bo said slipping her shoes on and headed downstairs.
Lauren watched her go. She was touched that Bo had no reservations about bathing Charlotte in shifter form. She felt bad about saying it was Bo's fault that they are all shifters. Bo wouldn't obviously wish any harm on Lauren or anyone for that matter. But see her be a mother to Charlotte, made Lauren tear up. Especially when Lauren wasn't able to, was pure love and respect for what their family would become.
She didn't have to bring Lauren back. She could have assumed the Doctor wouldn't want to be Chi sucked back to life. She could have let her go on to the next life. But what next life would there be without Bo? Bo was never going to allow her to stay dead. Not even for five minutes or an hour. She just wasn't.
Their relationship was never smooth sailing, but it was worth all of it to get to where they are now. A happy, loving family. Their kids are only babies, and even they know to put family first. Charlotte seemed dead set against having siblings, but once the boys were born, they were her responsibility too. Something Bo's Succubus had done so long ago when Lauren's life was first threatened. They were all Fae, and they were all loving towards each other. Something most Fae never know the feeling of loving someone else. To care for someone else. It was mostly all busines from what Lauren saw in her early years with the Fae.
She left Charlotte to Bo, while she went to check on the boys.
Bo and Charlotte.
"This would go a lot easier Charly, if you would quit squirming". Bo sighed as she held the roaring shifter down.
"Mama just wants to rinse the dirt and mud off of you, so I can give you a real bath". Bo sighed again as she turned Charlotte over to rinse off the other side of her body. Bo wished she hadn't mentioned a bath because Charlotte's eyes went wide at the sound of the word.
The Succubus kept at it until she was satisfied that Charlotte had been rinsed off enough to actually take a real bath. They had plenty of bathrooms, so she hoped Lauren was getting the water ready for her.
Bo wrapped Charlotte in a towel and carried her into the house. Aife did nothing but snap pictures and laugh at the sight.
"Mom..really? Bo groaned.
"Oh honey, this is too funny, and precious not to tape". Aife laughed.
"Pretty sure our security cameras got it all". Bo said walking past the older Succubus.
"Yes but I can't carry that around like I can my phone, and watch it whenever, or wherever I am". Aife laughed again.
"If you want to help, can you at least go out and fill in that hole Charlotte dug up? Bo asked.
Charlotte's eyes went wide and she wildly twisted in Bo's arms.
"Ok. Ok. We'll leave the hole. But please keep the doors closed mom. We don't need the boys running out there and falling in". Bo said.
Aife nodded and closed the patio door behind Bo. She walked into the kitchen to make some coffee. She could cook breakfast but decided to leave that up to Lauren.
Lauren, Ethan and Dillon
Lauren was having an easier time than Bo was. Ethan and Dillon were playing with their toys in the tub while Lauren sung to them. She smiled when Dillon didn't object to her washing his hair as he sat in the water. They looked bigger than yesterday, and she was happy about that. They would grow up and be able to hang with Charlotte. She wouldn't have to always help them over the little hill in the back yard.
Ethan laughed as he splashed some water and hit Lauren in the face.
"I will get you for that". Lauren laughed. She went back to singing to them, and soon found she wasn't alone with them anymore.
Bo stood just outside the doorway staring into the bathroom.
"You're still bathing her Bo". Lauren laughed.
"I know. I just wanted to peek in on the rest of my family". Bo said quietly. She gently squeezed Charlotte.
"Well the bath water in the other bathroom should still be hot. So you can't stand there too long". Lauren said.
Bo smiled and walked in. "I love you Lauren". She said kissing Lauren on the top of her head.
"I love you too. Now go wash Charlotte so we can all have breakfast". Lauren said over her shoulder.
"Right". Bo cooed as she smiled at Ethan and Dillon.
"Now Charlotte, you are going to be good for Mama right? I don't have time to mop up bath water since your mother wants us downstairs for breakfast soon". Bo cooed as she entered the other bathroom.
Charlotte was still fidgeting in Bo's arms. Bo checked the water to make sure it wasn't too hot and put the young shifter inside.
Just as Bo suspected Charlotte splashed the water all around, but didn't leave as big of a mess as she expected her to. She laughed thinking Charlotte would grow up to like bathing once she understood the need for it.
Two hours later they were all sitting down to eat. Even Aife stayed still long enough for a family breakfast.
Charlotte finished first and she was allowed to go back outside. Ethan roared when he couldn't go yet.
"Sorry sweetie, you need to finish your breakfast first". Lauren cooed as she rubbed his back.
"That is just the cutest thing that they love playing with each other. You'd think there would be some kind of rivalry". Aife laughed.
"I think Ethan and Dillon will be rivals. Rivals trying to protect Charlotte from all of the boys that try and break her heart". Bo laughed.
"That's very true". Lauren nodded as she drank some coffee.
"Do we know why she was digging that hole yet? Bo asked.
"It doesn't matter because she's filling it back in". Lauren laughed and pointed.
"Ugh, another bath coming". Bo said smacking herself on the head.
"It's OK Bo. I will bathe her this time". Lauren laughed.
"Isabeau. Seriously? They're kids. What else are they going to do, but run around and play. Yours aren't the kind to lay around and cry all day". Aife laughed at Bo's annoyance.
"It's not that. It's the mess she's been making lately when we bathe her. I need a bath just from giving her a bath". Bo laughed.
"Well maybe she will grow out of it, and turn into a clean, and neat freak like Lauren". Aife laughed.
"Hey! Lauren smiled.
"You're a Doctor, that's to be expected ". Aife laughed.
"She will probably skip Kindergarten and go straight to high school". Lauren laughed.
"Nooooo. She's gonna come home with Jane Austin, and I hated that part of school". Bo groaned.
"Relax Bo, I was only teasing. But she could be that smart". Lauren said rubbing Bo's hand.
"I can't even think that far ahead right now. Just thinking about it makes me think we are going to get a lot of calls to come and get one of them, or all of them when they start fighting to protect each other". Bo sighed into the palms of her hands.
"You could always home school them, but well rounded smartass, and kickass kids sounds fun to me". Aife laughed toasting the women with her coffee cup.
"Stop. Just stop". Bo said.
"I will say I don't want them home schooled and drop it before Bo's Succubus surfaces since she's getting annoyed". Lauren said rubbing Bo's back.
"I'm not annoyed. I want them to be well rounded too. I'm just dreading 50 calls a week". Bo finally laughed.
"Try making them stay in human form". Aife suggested.
"No. I won't push them to do something they are not ready for yet. Besides I think Charlotte is bored in her human form". Lauren said gently wiping Dillon's mouth with a napkin.
"I think she would cry then, and keep crying until she was allowed to stay in shifter form without being scolded for doing so". Bo said rubbing Lauren's hand.
"Well I am out of suggestions. I didn't give birth to little shifters, like Lauren did. So either seek help from other packs or learn on the fly". Aife said refilling her cup.
"We'll learn on the fly". Bo and Lauren said in unison. They had tried to mingle with the other packs, but most of them wanted Charlotte mated or worse, dead. She wasn't ready to mate, and they would never force anything on their kids. It was mostly jealousy too. Charlotte, Ethan and Dillon were special shifters, and heirs to the Blood King throne.
"Well have fun kids with your kids. I'm going to check on the Dal. To make sure it's still standing and hasn't been broken into". Aife laughed standing up.
"Call if you need one of us. I am not taking them there again this soon.". Bo laughed.
"I understand". Aife nodded. With that, the Succubus was gone.
Once Ethan and Dillon were both done, Bo let them out, and helped Lauren clean the kitchen.
"We should really consider building a swimming pool. Not just talk about it". Lauren said staring out at the kids.
"Well mom kind of took most of the space with the castles". Bo said softly.
"Well why don't we invest in the empty lot next to the house? It's big enough and we can secure it just like the house is". Lauren suggested.
"Ok. Dr. Lewis. You call around and see what you can find and we will run with that". Bo said.
Lauren nodded and walked off to make a few calls. Not even an hour later, she was back next to Bo.
"What did you find out? Bo asked.
"We wil have to wait a few days to find out who the owner of that lot is". Lauren answered.
"That's cool. We have time, and it's not like we wanted built tonight". Bo smiled.
"True". Lauren laughed.
"Mom is good at keeping up with everything that's been going on. We will have to ask her what's up or pulse someone to tell us the truth". Bo laughed.
"Look at Charlotte bench pressing her brothers". Lauren laughed.
"Lauren do you miss working? Bo asked.
"I do. But I can wait until the kids are in school". Lauren said softly.
"Are you sure? Bo asked.
"I am sure Bo. Besides I do have my own lab and I can always do experiments around the house". Lauren said.
"Ok but you just say the word, and we can make arrangements for a nanny or something". Bo said.
"No. No nannies. I'd rather work from home or not work at all". Lauren said shaking her head.
"Ok. I was just asking. I might think of joining Kenzi and Hale again at the office someday". Bo cooed. She kissed Lauren on the forehead and rubbed her back.
Bo stayed at the window while Lauren went into the garage. The doors were left open. Probably by Aife when she left. She walked towards a door that was cracked open. She laughed when she noticed something missing. She walked around the house and her suspicions were confirmed.
"Bo". Lauren laughed in hysterics.
"Yes? Bo said turning around to face Lauren.
Lauren couldn't stand it. She bent over laughing. She couldn't look at Bo.
"Lauren! What is it? Bo asked.
"I think I know what Charlotte buried". Lauren laughed. When she looked at Bo again, she bent over in hysterics again.
"What? Bo asked again.
"She buried your dildos". Lauren laughed.
"What?! Bo blushed.
"She buried them". Lauren laughed.
"How do you know that? Bo asked.
"Because the closet door in the garage was open. I took inventory and one of the boxes was missing". Lauren laughed again.
"No. It can't be. She wouldn't know what those are! Bo blushed again.
"She's a shifter Bo. They probably looked like bones to her, and dog shifters were listed in the Una Mens log. The box you kept it in is out in the yard. She must have dragged it by the handle with her teeth". Lauren laughed again.
"Aww fuck. That means I have to..that's it, everyone inside! Inside now! Bo screamed as the kids ran inside. Charlotte nearly clipped Bo, but kept going. The Succubus knew she needed to put them in a more secured location after she dug them back up or simply buy new ones. But either way they needed to be out of the ground.
"I will feed them lunch, give Charlotte another bath, and send them into the playroom to play". Lauren laughed as she coughed.
"Yes please. Keep them in here". Bo said closing the patio door behind herself.
Lauren nodded and cleared her throat again to keep from laughing. She laughed as she made the kids lunch, at Bo digging up Charlotte's hole, and laughed again about telling Bo what their daughter had done.
"Lunch is served". Lauren smiled. She laughed again when Bo turned around and glared at her with her hand on her hip.
Aife
"I don't care how long you have to work. I want it done and completed in one week. Or I will find someone else to do it. You don't want to piss me off. Especially about this". Aife said seriously.
"I'm sorry Ms. McCorrigan. We are not trying to upset you. We are just trying to make sure where you want what". Felipe said softly.
Aife stepped forward and used her hands like she was in the middle of show and tell.
"This by the house... this on the other side of town". Aife said angrily. She had been at the Dal longer than she anticpated to be.
"Ok. Ok. We got it". Felipe bowed and scurried out of the building.
"Good boy". Aife said as her eyes flashed blue. It was lunch time, and she was definitely hungry.
TBC