Risky Business

Chapter Eight

Lauren stumbled into her house carrying both her and Camila's bags. The second they were through the door, she was shoved aside.

By the time she processed what had happened and steadied herself, Chris was twirling Camila around.

"I missed you so much!" He exclaimed, his smile was so bright that Lauren felt it burn her.

Or maybe that was guilt.

"Relax, dude. It was literally two days." Lauren grumbled.

"So? That's so long. I've never been away from her for that long." Chris finally put Camila down, her smile almost as bright as his.

Lauren looked away as he leaned down to kiss her.

"I was checking Find My Friends to make sure you got back okay. You pulled off the highway for a bit there. You guys good?" He asked.

Lauren noticed Camila tense and her face flush. She almost laughed as the look of panic mixed with arousal from the memory crossed her face.

"It was a late night last night so I pulled over to nap." Lauren found that the words came out harsher than she intended.

Apparently she wasn't the only one.

Camila, Chris, and now Taylor—having recently appeared beside them—all gave her a weird look. Camila's seemed to venture more into the please-don't-do-this category.

"Just curious, Lo, damn." Chris shrugged.

"It's annoying. Like, you don't need to be breathing down her neck twenty-four seven."

They both held each other's stares for a bit until Camila tugged on his arm.

"Come on, help me unpack."

He broke their staring contest and grabbed Camila's bag that had been placed in the floor, then followed Camila upstairs with a smile.

"You're fucking her. I knew it."

Lauren's head snapped to Taylor so fast she's pretty sure she pulled something.

"What?" She couldn't have heard that right.

"Camila. You're totally fucking her, aren't you?"

Or maybe she could have.

Lauren grabbed Taylor's wrist and pulled her into the kitchen. "Why would you say that?"

What she really meant was what did I do that made you realize that?

"Well, you guys are really close and touchy but like, I chalked that up to being close friends. But then, I noticed how you guys disappear at the same times. Like same bathroom breaks during movies and whatever. And the final nail in the coffin, was how you looked like you wanted to rip Chris' head off when he kissed Camila."

Lauren didn't reply. She couldn't. Was she really that obvious?

"So it is true." Taylor mused, apparently taking Lauren's silence as a confession. "You are fucking her."

"God, would you stop saying that?" Lauren sighed, covering her forehead with her hand. "We're not just...doing that. I mean, it started like that but now it's..."

"Are you guys like dating or something?"

"I guess."

"But she's in a relationship with Chris."

"Yeah, I'm very fucking aware of that, thanks."

"Well, just checking. Usually when you're sibling is in a relationship you don't also get into a relationship with that person. It's kinda fucked."