by: wakemeup (2013-06-11)
Summary:
Tides change and life goes on. Future Fic for Camren.
Notes:
This is pretty lengthy, I apologize if it gets boring, but please read through. Thank you. Enjoy.
It's easy to forget where you came from. It's easier to forget where you're going. Things can become unfocused, life can become routine and comfortable. It's rare that things can change in a few instances, but it does happen, and when it does happen it's up to those affected to decide if it'll change for better or for worse.
Lauren, along with the rest of the girls, started a life of cameras, videos, paparazzi, glamour, and music five years ago. Things began to change then, but she doesn't know, even know whether that change was good or not.
"Lauren, you need to get ready to go, we've got to be at the stage in twenty!" Lindsey, her manager yells out at her through her door. The girls are still together, but fame has gone and affected everyone around them. Lauren plays her part and sings her lines, but she feels empty most nights. The other girls find it hard to see their family's and even harder for them to find their privacy. They wanted the fame, they asked for the glamour, but even Simon, who became like another father to them all, couldn't protect them from the prying eyes of the world at bay.
When she does get a moment away from the hectic schedule that her managers flood her with she escapes to the small home she bought out in Cape May last year. It's become her favorite place to go too and she's finally gotten Lindsey to allow her the next week off so she can retreat there.
Her dad's still very much a part of her life, as is her mom and siblings, but they don't really understand what she stepped into. She buys them whatever they need and she's remained responsible, but it's getting harder and harder to give interviews and to perform every other day. She doesn't know if she's the only one who feels this way in the group, but she knows that the girls have grown farther apart. It seemed impossible back then because they stayed together every minute of every day.
She's barely able to catch up with Dinah and Normani. She finds more out from the paps than she does from the girls. Things have just fallen this way and Lauren despises it more than anything else. Those girls are her family. Lauren's proud of what she's become and even more proud of her family, but she's tired. She's exhausted and burnt out. She grabs her iPhone and walks out to join Lindsey in the black SVU.
"Finally, the girls are all on their way. You've got this show and another interview an hour later and then you can head out." Lindsey says it as she types away on her phone, Lauren has no doubt that it's probably a work email. Lindsey's a workaholic. Lauren doesn't quite understand it because Lindsey's gorgeous and she's got a family, but she's rarely with them. Lauren would spend as much time as she could if she had one. She really wants a family.
"Okay, let's just get this over with. Do you know if the other girls are off next week too?" Lauren lays her head against the window and closes her eyes as she speaks.
"I know that Camila is to go visit her family, but the rest have other things. Ally might be as well." Lindsey's light brown eyes take in Lauren's tired frame. She's sorry about all that she sets up for Lauren, but she's just the messenger.
