Lauren and Stephen
After a long night and a little groaning from Bo, Lauren climbed out of the massive bed and left the brunette alone.
She quickly stretched, and showered. Once she was happy with her look, she walked out of the room and down the long hall to Stephen's room.
She lightly knocked and was relieved that he too was up, and dressed.
"We need to talk". Lauren said softly.
Stephen knew that look. His sister always had a tone and a face to match her words. So it wasn't hard to guess what she wanted to talk about. He nodded for her to go first and they walked until they found an exit.
Lauren took a deep breath. The morning air was nice and the sun had just came up. They walked around until they reach the winding sidewalk.
"When you're ready". Stephen smiled softly.
Lauren sighed gently. "Look Stephen, I can read your aura. I know what you think of Bo and I appreciate you trying to be protective of me. But you just recently met her, and I have known her a bit longer than you have. She's a good woman".
"I just don't quite yet trust her Lauren". Stephen said looking out across the field.
"I know you don't. But do you trust me? Lauren asked.
"Completely". Stephen answered quickly.
"Then know that I know what I'm doing. Yes Bo and I will have problems. We've always had them. But the one thing we never had a problem with was love. I love her Stephen and I know she loves me. I'm not saying you have to trust her right now, but I'm asking you to trust that I know what I want. I want Bo. I always have. We have gone through a lot together, and we are still here. Still us". Lauren said softly.
"It's easy to trust you, it's not that easy to trust Bo. Knowing what I know. What I've seen". Stephen sighed shaking his head.
"That's the problem right there. You are constantly using your powers to peek into our future. That's not fair to me or to Bo. Nobody is saying our life together will be a fairy tale. But it's our life. Our future, and your interference is not needed or wanted. I don't want to know what you saw. I want to experience it when it happens. Not now when we are still getting back to trying to be Bo and Lauren". Lauren snapped.
"I just don't get what you see in her. Actions speak louder than words. She talks a good game, but I haven't seen her do anything for you recently. She just sits on the sidelines and allows you to do it all". Stephen said.
"Bo has done a lot for me Stephen. When we first met, she shouldn't have been so close to me. But she was. She went against everything the Fae stood for, siding and sleeping with humans. Before she arrived on the scene, she had only slept with one human and killed him. I trusted her not to kill me and she didn't. Of course back then I thought it was just my injections, and Bo protecting me on some level. But we now know that I was Fae all along. You weren't around back then. The Fae were shit to me. All of them. Especially Dyson. He thumbed his nose at me so much, I thought he might have thrown something on me at a time or two. Bo has never been like that. I told her on the first day that I was human, and she never backed down or scoffed at me for being one. You will see once we return to Toronto. There are some real bastards there. That's who you should be worried about, not Bo". Lauren explained as she draped her arm around his as they slowly strolled.
"Now I won't fight women, but no man will touch or insult you Lauren". Stephen said looking the Doctor dead in her eyes.
"I know and Bo has no problems fighting men. You don't have to be my knight in shining brother all the time. I can protect myself too". Lauren smiled and shook his arm.
"Come on lets walk". Stephen nodded pulling his sister along.
"You should really try to get to know Bo. Otherwise your aura will tell me things that you might not want me to know". Lauren said softly.
Stephen nodded and kept walking step for step with his sister.
Bo and Aife.
"Good morning sunshine". Aife smiled as she dismissed Alfred.
"Morning mom". Bo said stretching her arms.
"Have you had breakfast yet? I have requested a ton of food today". Aife smiled.
"I will wait and eat with Lauren. She went to talk to Stephen". Bo sighed sitting next to her mother.
"That boy doesn't like you much Isabeau". Aife said making eye contact with the young Succubus.
"I know. I know. He probably thinks I'm a spoiled ass Princess. Which is why I'm here". Bo said.
"Here? What? Aife asked.
"I'm ready to go home. That is if Lauren is ready too. Being here makes me look like I've got the whole world at my feet when all I need in my world is Lauren". Bo replied.
"Has the staff been too much? You just tell me Isabeau, and I will fire them or kill them. Whatever suits my fancy". Aife said seriously.
"No. No. Everyone's been great. But if I am going to be deserving of Lauren, I need to be back home. Where I can do my own thing and not have everything handed to me". Bo said.
"But I rule Toronto too now". Aife smiled.
"I know. But it's not like here. The castle. The servants". Bo replied.
"I'm not giving up my throne if that is where you are going with this". Aife smiled tapping Bo's hand.
"I wouldn't ask you to. I just want to build a life with Lauren that's ours. Stephen mentioned our future and I want to make sure it's the best future we could ever have. I have to make Lauren my focus and I want to make her my focus". Bo countered as she drank some coffee.
"Are you planning on proposing? Aife asked.
"What? No. Not yet anyway. Lauren almost left me, I will never forget that. I need to make sure that I am everything she needs me to be. Besides Lauren's a Doctor too. She deserves to do what she loves. As she sees fit. She's one of those hands on people, and she came here to get away from me. I want her to be comfortable. She can't if we are suffocating here". Bo said.
Aife stared at her daughter. Bo was all over the place with her emotions. But Aife understood. She wants to make it on her own steam without her mother's royal interference.
"Ok I promise. I won't be a royal pain in the ass". Aife laughed.
"I'm sorry mom I didn't mean to imply that you embarrass me. I am thankful, so thankful for what you have done for all of us, and will do for all of us". Bo said softly tapping Aife's hand.
"Sorry are we interrupting? Lauren asked softly from the door.
"Not at all Dr. Lewis". Aife smiled as she turned around.
"Are you ready for breakfast? Bo smiled as she stood to greet the blonde.
"Yes I am. But at home". Lauren smiled.
"Alfred warm up the royal jet! Aife screamed. Stephen nodded and ran to pack.
"I'm sorry Bo. I'm just ready to go home". Lauren sighed into the Succubus shoulder.
"No. It's ok babe. I was just telling mom that I am ready to go home too". Bo said rocking the Doctor in her arms.
The women stood silently as Aife left the room. Nothing was heard but their breaths, and a ticking clock.
"I love you". Bo said quietly.
"I love you too". Lauren smiled as she squeezed the Succubus.
Bo sighed. The castle was a bit drafty but she wasn't cold with this woman in her arms.
"You know I could probably use my powers and we could be home already". Lauren smiled.
"What and miss the view from the sky sitting next to a woman that keeps me on cloud nine? Bo teased.
"Ok. That was corny". Lauren laughed as she looked up at Bo.
"Yes it was". Bo laughed.
"Our things were brought over from the hotel so we can pack up what you have here, and be on our way". Lauren smiled.
"Ok". Bo smiled as they walked out of the room.
Kenzi
Kenzi was pissed off and hungry. Plus she needed to bathe like nobody's business. She wouldn't give a dog the slop that they offered her. Day old bread, and being in a cell that literally smelled like shit, was killing her appetite. She didn't even want a beer because her palate was fucked from the aroma too.
"Malikov! Kenzi heard and jumped.
"Right here! Kenzi said raising her arm.
"You're due for your arraignment and sentence". Nedley said as she walked over to him.
"What? I haven't even gotten my one phone call". Kenzi gasped.
"And you won't be getting it. There is nobody for you to call. Nobody that will help you out of this". Nedley laughed.
"Bo. Bo would care! Kenzi groaned as the officer dragged her out of the room.
"Girl you need to let that shit go. I know all about you and the Succubus. She doesn't give a damn about what's going on with you". Nedley laughed out loud. Aife spilled all the business to him days ago.
Kenzi was shocked when they weren't in a courtroom but a Judge's chambers.
"Hey I haven't been given a fair trial". Kenzi scoffed.
"Your fingerprints were all over the officer's wallet. You have no recourse here. You are hereby sentenced to six years in prison. Now get the hell out of my chambers". The Judge said slamming his gavel.
"What? No wait. We can make a deal! I can get you a better robe than that. A better gavel! Kenzi screamed as she was dragged out.
Nedley laughed as he marched her to the waiting van. Once she was shackled in, he climbed into the passenger's side in the front of the van, and nodded for the driver to take off.
Once they pulled up Kenzi was immediately taken to her cell and it was on the top floor.
"There are no locks to pick here". Nedley laughed as he slammed the door shut.
Kenzi shook her head and looked around the room. She longed to be in that holding cell with those creepy ass women. They were crazy but she had more room to walk around. She groaned when she saw Aife approved written in big letters on the ceiling.
She always feared doing hard time, and blamed Bo for her losing focus on how to pick someone's pocket without getting caught. If Bo was here, there wouldn't be any need for her to locked up. They would be throwing back some shots and beer, and Bo would be telling her about her how Lauren had betrayed her once again.
Bo and Lauren.
"Ahh home". Lauren smiled as she took in the clean scents.
"I knew you missed it". Bo laughed.
"I'm sorry". Lauren said.
"No Lauren. There is nothing for you to be sorry about. You needed to leave. To get some air, and that's what you got". Bo said.
Lauren stepped to Bo and started dancing with her.
"Nice try Doctor. But I still haven't forgotten you haven't eaten yet. Food that is". Bo said gently swaying with the woman.
"Steak and eggs with a side of hashbrowns with cheese on top? Lauren asked.
"Now that sounds nice". Bo laughed pulling away from the woman. They both washed up and Bo helped Lauren cook.
The brunette smiled at how domestic this was. Them. Together and for the first time in a long time, there was nowhere for them to be. Lauren would finally return to work in a few days, and Bo would get back to figuring out what she wanted to do. Private investigating sounded dull after all they have been through.
"Hey once this is all ready. I want to talk to you about something". Bo smiled.
"Ok". Lauren smiled as she flipped their steaks over.
Once breakfast was ready, they sat down to eat on the small patio deck. It was a good thing they stopped by the grocery store otherwise their steaks would have still been frozen.
"To us". Bo said lifting her Mimosa glass against Lauren's.
"To us". Lauren smiled as they both took a sip.
Lauren laughed when Bo dug into her food like a starving animal.
"And you said I needed to eat". Lauren laughed again.
"Hey I didn't say I wasn't hungry". Bo laughed wiping her mouth with a napkin.
The women finished eating and loaded the dishwasher. They made fresh Mimosa's and went back on the patio. It was still early and the sky was beautiful.
"Mmmm". Lauren moaned as she relaxed in Bo's arms.
"I know". Bo cooed kissing the top of Lauren's head.
"Are you still thinking of going into business with Stephen? Lauren asked quietly.
"I don't know about that Lauren. I am burnt out on the PI business". Bo sighed rubbing Lauren's stomach.
"Ok. Then what are you thinking? Lauren asked.
Bo sighed. "I don't know. Part of me wants to stay in the private investigating business, but the other part of me wants...".
"Bo it's ok. You don't have to decide rigt now". Lauren said as she turned around to face the woman.
"You're going back to work. I want to be doing something". Bo sighed again.
"You don't have to work Bo". Lauren said.
"No. No Lauren. I will not be a kept woman". Bo smiled gently.
"Then what? Lauren asked.
"That other part of me wants to go back to school, but I don't want to have my head in books all the time". Bo answered as she set her glass down.
Lauren frowned. She knew Bo couldn't sit still. She had to be doing something. But what could she do?
"Tell you what why don't you take the remainder of your classes and if you don't like it, you can stop. I would never love you less or look down on you, whatever you decide". Lauren cooed kissing Bo's hand.
"You'd be ok with that? I mean I'm sure I'd have to take these classes online which means, I'd be sitting on my ass all day". Bo sighed looking away from Lauren.
"Bo I just said you don't have to work. I wouldn't care what you do. But in the meantime, I can call a few people to see what you need to do to graduate, and then you can decide if you still want to go that route". Lauren said softly.
"Ok and in the meantime, I will pick up some small cases just so that I don't feel like a bum". Bo said.
"I will know by the end of the day". Lauren smiled.
"That soon? Bo panted.
"Bo are you scared of learning or scared of what I'm going to think? Lauren asked.
"Both". Bo said shyly.
"Ok. Stop that right now. We don't know if you need to be stressing about this, because we don't know what you need to do yet. I wouldn't care how slow or fast you went, as long as you were doing what you want to do. Now if the classes are too hard, I can always tutor you. For a small fee of course". Lauren winked.
"Ok. Ok. Lets do that". Bo nodded.
"Just give me a few hours and we can go from there ok? Lauren said.
"Ok. Ok". Bo said breathing heavily.
"You will be fine Bo. You've had a lifetime of experiences since high school. It might not be that bad. But we'll know soon". Lauren smiled as she pulled Bo to her.
Bo leaned into Lauren's shoulder and rested her head. "Thank you".
"I love you Bo. There's no need to thank me". Lauren said.
"I love you too and I do have a lot to thank you for". Bo said quietly.
"You're welcome for whatever you are about to thank me for". Lauren smiled.
"I just want to be better. Better for you. Better for me. That's why I told mom that I wanted to leave Berlin. I was being waited on hand and foot there. I want us to have as normal a life as we can, even with mom in charge". Bo sighed.
"Well this is pretty normal". Lauren said waving her hands in the air.
"I just want to do something that will keep me close to you, so you won't...". Bo sobbed looking at Lauren's stomach.
"That won't happen Bo. We are going to change that outcome. This is as normal as it gets". Lauren said waving her hands around again.
Bo smiled and leaned in to kiss the Doctor.
"Get on those calls Doctor". Bo smiled again as she released Lauren from her arms.
Bo walked around the house while Lauren was on the phone. She checked every room and cleaned wherever she saw dust. She even went into Lauren's lab to make sure everything was spotless in there too.
She peeked her head back in the room and smiled when she saw Lauren writing furiously. It was kind of embarrassing that she didn't remember what she didn't finish, but those memories vanished with every dead body she woke up next to.
She sighed in relief when Lauren finally hung up her phone.
"Well? Bo panted.
"Not too bad an English course, history, a cooking class and my personal favorites science and mathematics. Eeek! Lauren screamed in glee.
"Today's Friday. Can we table that until Monday? Bo asked shyly. At least Lauren would be better at all of those subjects. She only picked cooking so she could skip that class whenever she felt like it. The rest was gym, and Driver's Ed. The gym teacher loved Bo's body whether she dressed for class or not. So she got A's in those two classes.
"Of course! Lauren smiled as she pulled Bo to dance with her again.
Bo sighed in relief.
"Buckle up Succubus. I'm a hard ass tutor". Lauren smiled.
Bo bowed her head and smiled.
TBC.