Between You and Me

Chapter 7

"I think I've made a terrible mistake."

Camila smiled, able to hear the hint of amusement in Lauren's tone.

"Camila. You said it was a beach house...not a freakin' mansion!"

Lauren was leaning forward in her seat, gazing out the windscreen up at the huge house they were driving towards.

"Well yeah, but it's Dianna Agron's beach house, what did you expect?" Camila chuckled.

"Not this!" Lauren pointed to the house and shot Camila a look.

"Woah!" Leo whispered in awe from his spot in the back.

"Leo, baby, you need to be so careful while we're here, okay? This is a very rich lady's house," Lauren turned to give Leo a serious look.

Leo tilted his head, "Mama, you're a rich lady."

Camila chuckled but kept quiet. Lauren shot her a glare before looking back to her son.

"Yes, but even I wouldn't be able to afford any damage you might cause here."

Leo's eyes were wide when he nodded and gave a little salute.

"Lo," Camila smiled, "It's fine. You'd be surprised how little she cares about things like that, she just wants us to relax and not worry about anything for a bit. Besides, if anyone was going to cause damage it would be me or Thunder, but luckily, she adores us and won't mind." She finished with a cheeky grin.

Lauren softly whacked her arm with the back of her hand as they finally came to a stop at the house.

The group climbed out of the car and Lauren breathed out looking up at the home once again, it reminded her of the Hamptons.

Camila grabbed their bags from the trunk while Lauren helped Leo into his backpack and they all headed inside.

The front door was barely open before Thunder dashed inside, excited to explore the new environment.

"Thunder!" Camila called out.

He was moving too fast and in his haste to turn around and sit for his owner, his tail knocked a vase off the end table he was standing near.

The trio watched with wide eyes as the vase hit the ground and shattered. Camila could see Thunder's eyes shifting guiltily between her and the mess he just made.

"Told you," Camila muttered with a sigh. "Thunder," she growled in a warning tone and he hung his head in shame where he sat.

"I know you're excited, but you need to calm down," Camila scolded Thunder as they moved further into the house.

He followed after them with his head low, tail trailing sadly behind him. They dropped their bags into the living room, and Camila went to clean up Thunder's mess, the guilty dog moving to a dog bed in the corner of the room and laying down quietly, eyes sad as he watched. Leo was standing at the large glass door to the backyard; face pressed right up to the glass.

"Mama look! The ocean!" He was bouncing on his toes barely able to contain his excitement.

"Yeah baby, cool huh?" She tousled his hair. "It's getting too late today to go out there, but how about first thing tomorrow we hit the beach?"

He turned his head up to look at her with a wide smile and nodded enthusiastically.

Camila re-entered the room and shot the mother-son duo a smile before moving to where Thunder lay. She dropped to one knee and he sat up, still looking sad.