Fic: You and Me and Her Together (Bo/Lauren/Nadia, 5/9)

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Title: You and Me and Her Together
Author: Janine
Fandom: Lost Girl
Pairing: Bo/Lauren/Nadia 
Rating: Explicit (eventually)
Disclaimer: I don't own them.
Summary:  After Kenzi goes on the road with Nate, Bo unexpectedly finds herself spending time with Lauren and Nadia, and as their lives become more entwined they find their relationships growing and changing into something they could never have imagined.  

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four

Part V

Two Weeks Later ...

"You two should talk," Nadia said out of the blue as she and Bo exited a clothing store and merged in with the foot traffic on the crowded city street.

"Who two should talk about what?" Bo asked, scrunching up her face as she looked over at Nadia, just nearly avoiding walking into a light pole as she did.

"You and Lauren," Nadia said casually, though it was an ease she had work for with every syllable she spoke.

"And, what exactly do 'I and Lauren' need to talk about?" Bo asked, bouncing on the balls of her feet with nervous energy as she glanced over at Nadia.

She didn't have a good feeling about this conversation.

"About the two of you," Nadia replied coming to a stop in the middle of the street so that Bo ended up a few paces beyond her and had to back track.

"Nadia, what are you…"

"Bo, I know," Nadia said, running a nervous hand through her hair as Bo's face swam into view in front of her and stayed there. "I know that before I woke up, you and Lauren were together, or were getting together, or had been together or ... something."

"She told yo…?"

"I asked," Nadia sighed, "let's keep going there's a park up ahead," she added a second later, motioning Bo to keep going in the direction they'd been heading in before. "Lauren would," Nadia shook her head slightly. "She wouldn't volunteer information that would 'purposefully upset me'," she continued making air quotes for the last part. "But I knew. As soon as I saw you two at your birthday party I knew that there was something there. I asked and Lauren confirmed it. She wouldn't have volunteered the information, but I knew that she wouldn't lie," Nadia said as they started on a footpath that led to some benches.

"She's good at not volunteering information," Bo muttered under her breath, Nadia's comments poking at some old wounds that were still tender.

"You didn't know about me before you two …?"

Bo shook her head.

That was one of many things Lauren had neglected to mention as they got to know each other.

Nadia breathed in deeply and shook her head, exhaling roughly.

"I love her, but sometimes …" Nadia said shaking her head again.

"I know how you feel," Bo replied before she could think better of it, freezing in her tracks a second later when her words registered with her.

"Of course you do," Nadia said looking back at Bo, having continued a few steps past her when Bo suddenly stopped. "That's why we're having this conversation."

"Is it?" Bo asked, still not exactly sure what this conversation was.

"Yeah," Nadia replied taking a seat on the bench besides them before looking up at Bo.

"Nothing's happened since you woke up," Bo said sitting down gingerly. "Or after Lauren knew she could wake you up," Bo continued, mentally glossing over the two kisses she and Lauren had shared, figuring that after having naked multi-orgasmic sex, that a couple kisses weren't really worth mentioning.

Nadia nodded pensively.

"Seriously," Bo added, not sure what to make of Nadia's mood and not really wanting to process her own feelings about what was happening – because in the middle of a public park was no place to have a freak out.

"I believe you," Nadia said, turning to look Bo in the eyes for a second, before she looked away again. "It's just … you've stopped being with each other physically, but emotionally …" Nadia bit down on her bottom lip and turned to look at Bo. "Emotionally," she repeated and her meaning was clear.

Bo dropped her eyes and angled her head to the side.

"You should talk to her," Nadia continued when Bo looked away from her. "We've talked, Lauren and I, and we ... understand each other," Nadia breathed out. "Now you two need to talk and she's not going to approach you about it because she's Lauren, so …"

"You want me to approach her," Bo finished for Nadia, looking over at her morosely.

"I do. And I think you do too," Nadia murmured knowingly, glancing up a Bo through her eyelashes.

"I …" Bo sighed and shook her head in frustration before she leaned against the back of the bench and tilted her head back to stare up at the sky. "What's the point Nadia?" Bo asked, some of the frustrated impotence and hurt and confusion she had been feeling finally showing in her voice. "You two are together. Lauren and I aren't going to do anything. I mean, I can make myself scarce if you want, but you've been calling me too so that's kind of a douchey request," Bo continued, tossing her hands up in the air. "It is what it is. I don't see why Lauren and I need to talk about anything when nothing's going to change."

"Things can always change, Bo," Nadia murmured gently.

"Why would you want them to?" Bo asked irritably. "You got the girl."

"Yes," Nadia breathed out softly before suddenly standing. "And maybe another," she whispered under her breath.

"What was that?" Bo asked peevishly, rising to her feet, "'And maybe another'. What's that supposed to mean?"

"I don't know," Nadia replied, turning to look at Bo and meeting her eyes. "Talk to Lauren."

"I'm talking to you," Bo stated belligerently.

"You should talk to Lauren," Nadia repeated.

She was quiet for a moment and then she spoke again.

"There's a yard sale on in the neighbourhood around the corner. I saw a sign. Do you want to go trolling for gold? Or is that phrase offensive to your people?" she asked smiling at Bo as if they'd just been having a casual discussion about shoes or the weather.

"First of all, trolls are not my people," Bo replied, making at face. "Secondly … really? That's how you're going to play this? You lay all of this on me and now we can't talk about it?"

"You can," Nadia responded carefully. "Talk …"

"To Lauren," Bo peevishly finished for her. "Yeah, I got it. Thanks."

They walked in tense silence for a minute before Nadia looked over at Bo.

"So…" Nadia drawled, stretching out the word.

"Yeah, I wanna go to the damn yard sale," Bo muttered. "You're an annoying person," she added a second later glancing over at Nadia.

"I've been called worse," Nadia replied tranquilly.

"I'm not sure I believe that," Bo said, turning to look at Nadia appraisingly. "You're very sweet. Most of the time," she continued, muttering the last sentence under her breath.

"That's just what I want you to think," Nadia said, arching a smug eyebrow at Bo, purposefully ignoring the last part of Bo's statement since she knew it was kind of true. She had just dumped a lot on Bo and then left it hanging, but the talk that was needed wasn't hers to have with Bo. She was just the messenger, and if she had to take a few shots because of that then so be it. "I have a heart of darkness," Nadia continued smirking. "You don't know what unspeakable horrors I'm capable of. How fearless and cunning …"

"Cunning, I could believe," Bo interjected. "Lauren's been looking really relaxed lately."

Nadia stopped walking and stared at Bo wide-eyed.

"That … was a good one," Nadia stated a few seconds later, smirking.

"Thank you," Bo replied bowing grandly.

"Law of averages I suppose," Nadia said, glancing over at Bo slyly as they began walking again.

"I dislike you immensely right now," Bo grumbled knowing that they were now one-for-one.

"Hey, hey, Bo?" Nadia asked in a comically excited tone of voice.

"Yes, Nadia," Bo replied struggling to keep a straight-face.

"Hey, Bo? If I barter for half an hour over a buck fifty in order to buy something horribly cheesy for you, can we be friends again?" Nadia asked.

"Only if you agree to then take it home and act like you legit bought it for Lauren," Bo replied grinning. "And you have to invite me over for dinner so that I can see her reaction with my own eyes."

"I don't want to be friends that much," Nadia replied after thinking for a second and Bo snickered. "Seriously though, Lauren doesn't understand gag gifts. She'll try and be nice and put it on display somewhere and then I'll have to live with it because I won't have the heart to tell her it was a joke. The long term cost of this joke is too high," Nadia sighed making Bo smile. "Listen though, listen," Nadia said which only made Bo smile wider. "The first year Lauren came home with me for Christmas my family was talking about Bill Cosby's sweaters and because we're ridiculous it somehow spiraled into a conversation about sweaters in general, so as a joke my sister got Lauren one of the ugliest sweaters I've ever seen in my life. It had this bone and dog motif going on, it was a horror show, but Lauren wore it because she didn't want to hurt Miriam's feelings."

"That's adorable," Bo said smiling at the mental picture Nadia had painted.

It sounded like Lauren. It sounded like why she loved Lauren. It was one of those little personality quirks that combined into such a perfect whole.

"I think so too," Nadia breathed out, smiling gently. "You should pick up a welcome home gift for Kenzi," she went on changing topics in that way of hers that sometimes Bo made feel like she was going to get whiplash.

"Nothing will say, 'I've missed you, buddy' like a ceramic Zebra-Pony mini-statuette," Bo drawled, her lips curving up at the end of the statement.

"Exactly!" Nadia declared. "Glad we're on the same page. Now let's go buy your roomie an eye sore!"

To be continued ...