A/N: Thank-you for all of the kind words you have left in your reviews. Thank-you as well for the favourites and follows. I will most likely continue this, probably telling a story about dealing with the after math and what happens when Lauren returns. As per usual all spelling and grammar errors are mine.

Bo blinked her eyes open, the sun shining in her eyes. She groaned, trying to turn over to bury her head in the pillow to escape the light, but she couldn't move. There was a rather heavy weight resting on top of her, and she had to go to the washroom. She could feel warm breath against her collarbone. She looked down expecting to have to shove the person off of her when she caught sight of familiar head of blonde hair.

Memories of the previous day came back. The elemental Fae and her human love, how their story reminded her of her own with Lauren. Nearly driving past Lauren on her way back to town. Bo shuddered to think of what would have happened if she hadn't caught sight of the familiar blonde hair of her lover. Bo glanced down at Lauren again, feelings of fondness and love blossoming in her chest. Bo moved her head to the side and pecked Lauren on the temple before gently shifting her off of her and onto the to the side the bed.

Bo gently pulled back the covers and got out of bed, gently pulling the covers back over her lover, looking at the wall of the room they were staying in, trying not to catch a glimpse of Lauren's beautiful body. She wanted to respect her lover and try not to jump her before they could talk about the many things they needed to talk about. Bo leaned down to kiss Lauren's cheek gently before getting up to go to the washroom.

As she came back out Bo saw a sight that broke her heart a little. Lauren was sitting up in the bed, obviously awake. Bo could see her glancing around the room, most likely trying to figure out where she was, the sheet was clutched to her chest. But what really got Bo was the look of fear, sadness, devastation in her eyes. She looked like a caged animal ready to run.

Bo could feel herself getting angry, whatever had caused this. Whoever had caused this would pay. Bo looked over at Lauren again, she looked fidgety and nervous, stressed. Bo took a deep breath, Lauren needed support right now, not someone who would run off and beat up the problem. Talking first, violence could come later if it was truly needed.

Bo gently took a few more steps forward before gently calling out "Lauren?"

She saw Lauren's eyes dart over to her. Bo could see Lauren tense and then Lauren stared at her, blinking repeatedly, as if she couldn't believe what was in front of her eyes. "Bo?" Lauren's voice was cracking with sadness again. "It wasn't a dream? You're real? You're really here?"

Bo took a few more steps forward before sitting down on the side of the bed, reaching out to grab Lauren's had to give her a reassuring squeeze. "I'm right here Lauren. I meant what I said. I'm not going anywhere." Bo brought the hand she was holding up to kiss the palm reassuringly. "I love you, and I have no intention of letting you go again."

Bo saw Lauren take a deep breath, obviously trying to compose herself a little. She saw a weak smile appear on her face. "I love you too, Bo."

Bo glanced over at the clock, it read 5:30, it was still early. She let Lauren's hand go so that she could get up and close the curtains. As she completed the task she took another glance at Lauren. The blonde had lain back down on the bed, her head was turned towards where Bo was. She saw a small smile on Lauren's face.

Bo wished for a moment that this was just them on vacation, they had forgotten to close the curtains the night before because they had gotten to caught up in each other, and their passion for each other. Bo sighed and shook her head, as nice as the fantasy was, she needed to face reality. Bo looked over at Lauren again as she drew the curtains closed, she could see her lover starting to drift off again.

Bo padded back to the bed softly and sat down at the side. "It's early still. Do you want to get some more rest?"

Bo didn't receive an answer, instead she felt a hand wrap around her upper arm and tug lightly. Bo smiled, Lauren was cute when she was half asleep. She stood up for a moment and drew back the covers, sliding under them and pulling them back up over her and her lover. Bo felt Lauren shifting in bed and eventually felt an arm wrap around her waist and a head come to rest on her chest. Bo closed her eyes and wrapped an arm around Lauren's waist, content to just rest for a little longer.

The next time she awoke Bo felt Lauren shifting in her arms. A soft kiss being pressed to her shoulder, a gentle whisper of "Morning." Bo opened her eyes and smiled lightly. It had felt so good to have Lauren in her arms again.

Bo saw Lauren sitting up, drawing some of the sheet with her. Bo sat up and pressed a kiss to Lauren's cheek. "How are you feeling?"

She saw Lauren think for a second before responding. "I feel better then I have in some time, but we need to talk Bo. What you said yesterday… I know you meant it, but I need you to actually follow through on it. I can't, I won't allow myself to be pushed aside again. I need you to be there for me, and let me be there for you. I need you to be truthful and honest, especially if it's things that could affect us as a couple. We need to talk, I can't loose myself again."

Bo sighed and nodded. What Lauren was saying was true. "I know and you're right. I'm sorry that I am such an idiot. I was so caught up in my own problems that I didn't even notice that you were starting to break. I stopped telling you that I loved you, I stopped acting like a girlfriend. And that is all, my fault. I lied to you again and again about things that affect you and me, or us. I fucked up in so many ways. And for that I am so sorry."

Bo took a deep breath. "But Lauren there are some things that I need you to do for me. I know your not used to it, but I need you to talk to me about what you want, what you're feeling, and what you need. I need you to tell me when I'm acting like an ass or ignoring you. You need to call me out on it." Bo sighed.

"I think really that that's our problem. We stopped talking, we were never completely open and honest about what was going on between us. I kept things from you, I kept you out of my life. I kept my feelings inside and lied to spare both of us, instead of dealing with them. But so did you. Lauren we need to talk, you need to let me know if something isn't working, if something's bothering you, even if it's insane or totally irrational."

She heard Lauren sigh. "It was also Tamsin and Dyson. When I saw you and Dyson together, you were still acting like a couple. You ignored me for him, you sucked my Chi to save his life. The first time you feed off of me, and it was to save the life of another person." Bo heard Lauren take a deep breath.

"Tamsin told me that you kissed her in Brazenwood. I slapped her because I was angry. I know you said I'm it, but how can I know for sure? How do I know that you won't run off with one of them again? I'm just so tired of everyone looking down on our relationship. Of telling me that I'm only a temporary girlfriend.I'm so tired of being the only one fighting." Bo could hear Lauren sigh again. "And the fact that I will never be enough for you. It hurts me, I know that medically I will never be enough to sustain you, but as a partner? It makes me feel inadequate, because I can't provide for one of your most basic needs. I grew up with the human ideal of monogamy, the fact that I have to share you, it hurts me, makes me feel so jealous, because I should be the only one to see you like that, but I do understand. I love you Bo, so much, and I would never ask you to change who you are or what you are, but I'm so tired."

Bo felt her heart clench at the last statement, but she knew that it was true. Lauren would most likely never be enough; even a single Fae would never be enough. She sighed, perhaps because her dawning was completed, maybe the injections could start working, maybe they could come up with some way around the feeding issue. She heard Lauren stop talking. Bo looked over, her lover had tears in her eyes. She reached out to grab Lauren's hand and to squeeze it reassuringly.

She heard Lauren take a breath before continuing "When we stopped talking. I felt like everything was settling on me, that I had to maintain the relationship. So I started to ignore you and shut you out, never sharing my own feelings because I didn't want to be a burden. You had to complete you're dawning, something that I couldn't be apart of because I'm human. I need to be in your life, just like I need you in mine."

She felt Lauren reach her arms out and wrap them around her waist. "If we try this again, we need to talk, and we can't stop talking no matter how afraid we are of hurting each other. I also need you to promise me no Dyson or Tamsin." She felt Lauren's head resting against her shoulder. "We need to talk more about you're feeding, set rules, limits. I want you to be healthy and I want to help you, but I don't want to know about your feeds. If you're okay with it I think I may start to look into new injections to help curb your hunger."

There was a small pause before Lauren spoke again. "I'm sorry, it sounds so selfish…"

Bo cut Lauren off, pressing a kiss to her temple before saying. "It's okay. It's how you feel, don't apologize for what you feel. I get what you're saying I want it to. I want you to be enough and if we can find some way for that to work? Then we start trying to find that way. But if not, then we talk. I have more control over my power now. I don't feel as hungry as often. I could try feeding without having sex. I could try that and injections. If that doesn't work then we will try something else. I want this to work Lauren and if this is part of it then we find a way around biology.

"As for the cheating. I have no excuse, when I came out of my dawning I ignored you to save a man who I know is one of you're greater fears, and someone I may have still had feelings for at the time. I slept with him, and cheated on you in the worst way possible, with the worst person possible. I know you forgave me for that, but I should have told you about the internal bleeding instead of trying to hide it. You know yesterday when my memories returned of him, I was ready to start over, to be in a relationship again because only a few of them had filled in. But when I saw you in that car struggling, everything he did reminded me of you. As I got my memory back of us, more about him came back as well. And after you broke up with me I had some time to look back on my relationship with him. It wasn't very healthy, he acts behind my back, lies to me constantly, and doesn't really understand my needs. My feelings for you dwarf my feelings for him, you are so much more to me then he will ever be. I am so sorry for cheating, for emotionally cheating, when all you asked was for that kind of monogamy, when we were supposed to be in a relationship."

"As for Tamsin. She's a good friend to me and nothing more. I honestly don't remember much of what happened in Brazenwood that day. I remember that I lied to you and didn't tell you where I was or what I was doing. Which was something that I should have done, I should have told you that I got caught up in a case, but for some reason it never crossed my mind, instead I strung you along." Bo sighed. "I know I don't have any feelings for Tamsin and if it's true I kissed her? Then I am so so sorry. I don't know why I did it, so can we put a pin in this discussion until more of my memories of her return?"

Bo looked down and saw Lauren nodding her head against her collar bone. "Bo… Thank-you. But if we try this we're going to watch you closely, I don't want you to get sick or injured or weak and not healing properly or healthy because you want to stay loyal to me." Bo could hear Lauren sigh and press a kiss to her collarbone.

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Bo brought her arms around Lauren's waist and pulled her tightly against her own body. It felt good that they got some of what had happened talked about. Bo pressed another kiss to Lauren's temple. She could feel something wet on her shoulder. Oh Lauren. What happened to you?

She brought a hand up to Lauren's hair and started to run her fingers through it in an attempt to soothe her lover. She felt Lauren lifting her head from her shoulder, despite the tears running down her cheeks, she was smiling. Bo felt herself grinning back at Lauren before leaning over and pressing a kiss to her lips. Bo felt Lauren respond with equal enthusiasm.

When she pulled away a little while later Bo could feel the muscles in her cheeks hurting from smiling so hard. "So what does this mean? For us?"

She heard Lauren answer honestly. "I don't know. I want to get back together, but I'm not sure if it's a good time for us. I'm still a wanted terrorist Bo, I'm still on the run from the Fae. There's still so much about my past that I haven't told you. There's also the fact that I slept with another person…"

"Lauren." Bo murmured. "It's okay. You were lonely weren't you? And she was there. She was the first human you have seen in a long time. It's okay. It was between two consenting adults, we were on break. No one was hurt and no one cheated. As long as it's over now, if you want to get back together. I'm not mad, I can't say I'm not jealous, but I do understand. It's a human reaction to a stressful situation, to feeling alone and lost in the world. I've been there and I was there until I found you and the others."

Bo sighed. She wanted to be mad and jealous, but she couldn't be. She understood a little of what Lauren had gone through, the desire for human contact, to just forget for a little while. Bo simply pulled Lauren closer.

"As for you're past. I know you and I love you. I meant it when I said that. It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done. I know who you are know. You're the kind, courageous, brave, resilient, brilliant human doctor." Bo leaned over to press another kiss to Lauren's lips before moving down to press a kiss to the area over her heart. "I want to know you're past, and while I may not know it right know. I do know your heart."

She felt Lauren reaching out with both of her hands, lifting her head up and smashing their lips together. She brought her arms up around Lauren, causing the sheet between them to start to slip down. Soon the kisses escalated and hands began to wander. Intimate touches were exchanged, words of love and reverence were whispered in ears before they became consumed by their love for each other.

As they lay together, Lauren resting on top of her. Bo asked again "Is the break over?"

Lauren kissed her before responding. "Yes."

Suffice to say that they never quite left their bed that day. As night came and Bo held Lauren as she slept. She wondered how she had gotten so lucky. She looked down at her girlfriend, she smiled, it felt good to be able to say that again. She knew they still had to talk about things more, they would need to deal with all of the problems of them being together, but in this moment Bo knew that she would fight. The odds were against them, they were a tragedy waiting to happen, but they were worth it. Bo vowed to herself that she would fight for them, she would make sure that she showed Lauren how loved she was. She would show the world that Fae and humans could be together. She would do anything to ensure that she and Lauren could remain together for as long as their stubbornness would let them.

Bo smiled a little. Lauren truly was it for her. For once, she wasn't complaining.