A/N : May contain talk of abuse, drug use, and violence.
Camila went through her normal routine for a game day on a Saturday. Mostly just lounging around. Camila did start making her way out to the beach now usually it was the only place where she could find true peace and quiet. Add in the fact that Lauren was there most of the time too and it just made it that much better.
Camila got to the beach and saw Lauren's motorcycle there. Camila made her way down to the beach and found Lauren sleeping in their little alcove. Not wanting to wake Lauren knowing that it is not very often she gets a lot of sleep Camila just sat down on the blanket next to her and started doing some of her homework.
Camila noticed Lauren was starting to squirm in her sleep and moved closer to her and started running her fingers through Lauren's hair. Lauren calmed a little bit so Camila just kept going. Ten minutes later Lauren was shooting up out of her lap wiping the tears from her eyes and trying to remember where she was.
"Lauren are you okay?" Camila asked worriedly as she went to rub Lauren's back.
Lauren turned to her and shook her head and let Camila engulf her in a hug. Lauren pulled back after a minute and just stared out into the ocean even as Camila rubbed patterns on her back and gave her the space she needed. Camila was caught off guard when Lauren started talking about her nightmare.
"All I wanted to do that night was go and hang out with Dinah. Dinah had gotten her parents to say yes and I just really wanted to go. Basically, everyone else in the class is going to." Lauren started explaining the events that happened on that tragic night she lost her mother.
"Mom can we go please?" A ten-year-old Lauren whined wanting to go ice skating with all of her friends.
"Honey what do you think? I mean Sierra is out with her friends, Chris and Taylor are taken care of for the night with Milika and we could make it a date night." Clara said to Mike more 'yeah we are going to do this but let's entertain this a little while longer.'
"I don't know dear. I mean ice skating, isn't that a cliche move by this boy." Mike said not fully understanding the situation.
"Eww!! Daddy no!! Boys are gross and disgusting!! I want to go with Dinah." Lauren said with hands on her hips and a disgusted look at the mention of boys.
Mike threw his hands up in surrender as Clara laughed next to him. "Alright go get your stuff together and we will all go out."
"Thank you daddy!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!" A very excited Lauren squealed as she ran up the stairs to get her stuff.
"Thank you honey. Now where are you taking me out to eat at?" Clara asked as she gathered her things ready for a date night that she hadn't had since Taylor was born.
"Let's just see what is around the rink and make it spontaneous. Shall we?" Mike smiled and kissed Clara.
"Eww!! Stop that!!" Lauren said to her parents as she came down the stairs ready to go and caught them kissing.
Both of them laughed as they made their way out the door and off the skating rink not knowing this would be their last happy memory. Lauren never did make it to the skating rink. Everything changed in the blink of an eye. Lauren was in the back listening to the Christmas songs as her mom sang along. Lauren was smiling the whole time.
Lauren never saw it coming, and neither did her mom or dad. Lauren remembers the sound as the glass shattered, the tires squealed, the horn blasted, and then nothing but the ringing in her ears. Lauren remembered only wanting to get to her mom but she felt like she had an elephant on her chest and couldn't find the strength to move. Lauren remembered hearing screaming but not from whom it came. Soon everything around her was black.
