reasons to go, reasons to stay ➸ camren

chapter twelve ➸ dinosaur bites

Camila knocked softly on the door, only for it to be opened by Ally seconds later. She smiled at Camila, nodding towards Rowan, who was asleep on the couch.

"Sorry I took so long," Camila said softly, walking quickly past Ally to pick her daughter up, holding her gently against her chest. She saw Ally giving her a suggestive grin from across the room.

"Told you so."

"Ally! We didn't!" Camila lied, feeling her face turning red.

"Whatever you say, Mila," the other girl smirked, holding the door open.

"Goodnight, Ally," Camila laughed, rolling her eyes.

Just as Camila set foot in the hallway, she felt Rowan stir in her arms. The small child looked groggily at her mother, a sleepy smile on her face.

"Hey there, sleepyhead."

Rowan paused, tilting her head to the side and observing her mother's appearance.

"Mommy! You got bit by a dinosaur?!" Rowan exclaimed, pointing to the mark from earlier on Camila's neck. She heard Ally gasp and then crack up from down the hallway, and flicked her off then Rowan wasn't looking.

"Get it, Cabello!" the other girl called, still laughing as she closed the door to her apartment, leaving Camila to explain her 'dinosaur bite' to Rowan.

Camila bet that Lauren would get a kick out of this.

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"She's finally asleep," Camila whispered, closing the door to Rowan's room and walking softly into the living room, where Lauren sat on her phone. The green eyed girl looked up and smiled when Camila sat down next to her.

"Dinosaur bite?" Lauren smirked, turning her body so she was leaning against the arm of the couch, letting her legs lay across Camila's lap. Rowan had continued interrogating Camila about the mark on her neck until she fell asleep, and Lauren had heard most of it through the bedroom door.

Camila's face flushed red and she hid behind a pillow, causing Lauren to laugh.

"You should've warned me."

"I told you about your shirt," Lauren argued, shaking her head.

"Yeah, but Ally was there when Rowan discovered my 'dinosaur bite'," Camila peered up from behind the pillow, locking eyes with Lauren and quickly blocking her face again. Lauren reached over and pulled the pillow down.

"What'd you tell her?" she laughed. Camila bit her lip.

"I said we had a pillow fight and you got a little too carried away," Camila giggled, refusing to make eye contact with the other girl.

"Camila!"

"I was under pressure! It's the first thing I thought of!"

Both girls laughed, and Camila brought the pillow back up to cover her face.

Lauren was acting completely normal, if not even more comfortable with her. Camila was thankful for that, but she also wanted to know what was going on between them. The thought of bringing it up scared her though, so she resolved for deciding what happened before didn't mean anything.

Friends hooked up, right?

Lauren couldn't possible love her. She had a boyfriend.

Shit.

She had a boyfriend.

Camila visibly tensed, and Lauren saw this.

"Mila?"