Daylight

Chapter 11: Can we get a break please?

In the following days, Camila saw the family enter some kind of new normal, in the mornings her routine was the same, afternoon she went on about homework and lessons and saw pictures of a Liv to Lauren who so far, always had something to say about them. Luna kept her French lessons even tho Camila didn't think the girls liked it very much, but then again, Luna didn't like anything so that's her normal self.

One thing she had noticed tho was that Liv loves to play games, especially chess, if she could the little girl would go every second of the day playing and Camila would spend every second of the day losing it, sometimes because she let her win but most of the times the brunette could hold her own against her nanny.

Around five, Lauren would come home to say hi and she'd tell what the girls had done for the day, and then she'd leave with the feeling she should have done more. More of what she'll never know and it's not like she's avoiding Lauren, she's not, it's just that their schedules are working like that.

On Friday, that routine was broken, a week after Liv's birthday. She had just dropped the girls at school when she looked at a text from Lauren asking if she could work late today since she would be home later than usual.

Camila didn't ask her why, obviously, but God her fingers trembled with the need to ask, it was the first break on her schedule in like... ever. She wondered what made Lauren do it, was it personal? Was it a date? Was it her work? But on a Friday night?

She said yes, of course, she'd stay with the girls, Lauren would pay her by the hour and she didn't mind the company. She bit her lips thinking and called Dinah.

"Be fast because I'm on call" Her big sister answered "What's up?"

"Wow I feel so loved" Camila smiled

"Mila!"

"Sorry, nothing's wrong" She went on "Just calling to let you know I'll be home later than usual today, Lauren asked me to stay after hours"

"On a Friday night," Dinah laughed "She's got a date?"

"I won't speculate about my boss' life, DJ" She was serious about this, she even had a bitter taste in her mouth.

"Are you jealous?" Dinah asked in disbelief

"Have you lost your mind, Dinah Jane?" She used her sister's full name just to show how serious she was right now "She's my boss, that's highly inappropriate and no I'm not jealous, I was just curious but since I can't talk to you..."

"Wow Mila" Dinah apologized "Take it easy, it was just a joke, I'm sorry, didn't know you'd be so anal about it"

"Well, it was funny" Camila calmed herself down "Anyway, I just wanted to let you know"

"Alright, let me know the time and maybe I'll be able to pick you up"

"Okay"

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By the afternoon the whole system was already falling apart, Camila was stressed and when Demi bid her goodbyes the girls suddenly remembered that their mother would be home late today, Lauren had talked to them about it but now it was real.

Liv - to her surprise - was the first one to show signs she was cranky and annoyed by her mother's absence. The girl didn't want to color anything, didn't want to play, not even chess and she had offered... She only settled down when Camila got her favorite cartoon on the big tv, scooby doo.

Watching the cartoon also helped the brunette to take her mind off things, of certain thoughts like, where was their mother and what she was going. Thoughts she had no right to think at all.