Wonder

Chapter 23

Lauren dragged me out of the house, picking her car keys. "Let's go, chop-chop," She says in a British accent. We settle in her car, and she drives off to our destination. "Is this a type of, Lauren Jauregui as a guided tour in Miami?" I implore joking around.

"Indeed, I promise you, I will show you around. And that's what I'm doing" She says, her eyes focusing on the road. After 30 minutes long drive we made it to our destination.

My eyes widened as I look at the signal, "Wait! Are you taking me to the Miami Zoo?!" I squeal like a little kid. Lauren nodded her head smiling widely scanning for a parking spot. "Oh my God! Look how big it is!" I squeal jumping in my seat.

Lauren looked at me weirdly, "If I knew the Zoo will make you this excited I would have taken you here before," She says giggling. I blush profusely, hiding my face in my hands. "I haven't been to a zoo before," I whisper ashamed.

Lauren took my hands away from my face, caressing my cheek with her thumb. My eyes met soft green eyes, she smiled softly at me kissing my nose. I scrunch it up, blushing even more. "Let's go, the zoo is waiting for us," She tells. We exit her car, making our way to the main entrance. My body burst with excitement.

Lauren takes my hand, squeezing it lightly. Guiding me through the hallways. As we walk through the aisles she made her way toward the Aquariums, the tanks illuminating the darkroom and I can see the blue-tinted glow reflecting off of Lauren's already perfect skin.

She smiled at me, making her look like a goddess. For fuck sake, she is a goddess. "What is your favourite sea animal?" She asks me cutely. "Whales," I declare excitedly. Lauren smiled widely, taking my hand and running across the corridors. "You will love them!" She shouts. I giggle at her excitement, the adrenaline rushing through my veins.

We made it to a huge aquarium, where the whales live in. My eyes widened as my mouth opened wide. Lauren laughs at my reactions. I press my face towards the glass looking at those huge creatures. "This is like a dream coming true" I whisper. One swims up to the glass floating directly in front of me. "Lauren! Look! He's in front of me!" I squeal loudly.

"I think he likes you," Lauren says, taking a picture of me and the whale without me knowing about it. "I may marry him now," I say seriously. Lauren gasps making me laugh loudly.

I walk forward to wrap my arms around her and pull her into me as we watch at the very majestic whale. She leans into my hold and we stay there for a little while enjoying this peaceful moment.

"Let's go to see more!" I exclaim, my eyes lighting up. Lauren glanced lovingly at me. Her green soft eyes met with mine. "What?" I say shyly, she shakes her head shrugging her shoulders. "You are adorable" I blush at her words smiling shyly.

A voice interrupted our moment, making me pull away from her warm body. "Excuse me, are you Lauren Jauregui?" A girl asked, being surrounded by a group of teenagers. Lauren nodded her head, smiling at the fans. "Could we get a photo, please?" They asked. "Sure! No problem!" Lauren tells.

"I can take the photo if you all want to?" I offer, they nodded their heads excitedly. Lauren walked towards the group setting herself in the middle. I held up one of the fan's phones, smiling slightly. "One, two, and say cheese," I announce like an old woman. The group laughed, making Lauren giggle at my words. I shoot the photo, handing the phone back to the owner.

"Thank you so much!" One of the boys says. "Btw we loved your new single!" Says another fan. I smiled softly at how Lauren interacted with her fans, making my heart warm full of love.

"Aren't you Y/N?" A fan asked me, I nodded my head slowly. "Omg we ship the both of you so bad," A girl says making the group nod their heads.

I laugh loudly, "Well I can't blame you, Lauren is like a dream," I say. They all nodded their head agreeing with me. Lauren blushes aggressively at my words making me giggle.

I glanced at Lauren bringing her closer towards me. "I think we will continue now" I let out. The fans nodded their head with smiles across their face "It was nice meeting you two!" They said, I nodded my head.

"Enjoy!" I tell them as we walk towards another section of the zoo. "That was nice" I whisper to Lauren, who was looking at me dumbfounded. I looked back at her weirdly, shrugging my shoulders.

"Are you okay, love?" I inquire softly, Lauren nodded her head slowly. "I-" I tilted my head to the side, waiting for Lauren to continue talking.

"You?" I ask gently, caressing her arm up and down softly. "I like you Y/N," She says after a few seconds of full silence.

"I like you too, Lauren," I tell her and start walking forward but she grabs my wrist and pulls me back. I stare at her silently asking her what's wrong. Her eyes are darting around a little not quite focusing on anything.

She takes a deep breath and mutters something to herself before looking back at me. "I like you Y/N, more than friends".