"Momma?" A ten year old Danielle asks. "Yeah, sweetie?" A 36 year old Camila says. She's sitting on the couch with her feet curled up underneath her, looking at a magazine. "Where's Ma?" Danielle asks, mindlessly stroking the Golden Retriever puppy on the couch next to her. Camila looks up at her daughter and pushes her glasses up her nose. "She's still at work sweetie, she'll be home soon." Camila says.Lauren and Camila had started dating at ages 19 and 20, and were married by 23. And in August when they were 25 and 26, they had a little girl by the name of Danielle Marie Jauregui. When the couple had reached ages 28 and 29, they decided that as much as they loved performing, they wanted to raise their daughter and give her the best childhood they could. Camila became a stay at home mom, sometimes working a couple hours a week at her best friend's and wife's record label, Amasio Records. Lauren and Dinah were business partners and CEO's of the company. So when Lauren had a particularly late night, it didn't really surprise her, not with the new talents they had recruited and may sign.
Camila is just finishing up cleaning from dinner when Lauren comes in the door. "Camz!! Dani!!" Lauren calls through the house. "Mom!!" Danielle exclaims and jumps off the couch and runs to the hallway, the puppy following her. Lauren leans down slightly, hugging her daughter and kissing her forehead. "I missed you, baby girl." Lauren smiles at her daughter. The Golden Retriever puppy at her feet begins to bark slightly and Lauren picks him up. "Hi Tank." Lauren smiles and begins to rub his ear. "Where's Momma?" Lauren asks her daughter. Danielle just points to the kitchen before reaching for her dog. Lauren chuckles lightly and sets the puppy down before sauntering into the kitchen down the hall.
"Hey baby." Lauren whispers and wraps her arms around her wife's waist from behind. "Hi." Camila giggles and turns around in her wife's embrace. Lauren presses her lips to Camila's and smiles into it. When they pull away, Camila smiles widely. "How was work?" She asks. Lauren rolls her eyes and just brings her wife closer to her. "That Josh Starr kid is being a pain but Dinah loves him." Lauren says. "Oh yeah, I remember Dinah mentioning him once." Camila says. "Yeah, a wicked guitar player and singer, but he's a bit annoying." Lauren says. "But I'm home now, let's not focus on work." Lauren smiles. Camila smiles, her arms wrapping around Lauren's neck and pulling her closer. Lauren went to press her lips to her wife's, but instead she feels lips on her neck.
"Danielle!!" Lauren calls, pulling away from her wife and the ten year old walks in. "Isn't it your bed time?" Lauren asks. The girl whines and starts to complain. "But mom, you just got home!!" Danielle whines. "I know sweetie. But remember, we get to go out tomorrow," Lauren says and brings her hand up to block her words from her wife and whispers, "without momma."
Danielle giggles and nods. "Okay." She smiles and runs up the stairs and into her room. "That was easy." Camila says. "Yeah, I promised her we'd go to the Disney store and stuff tomorrow." Lauren smiles. "It is my day off." Lauren says. "Which also means taking the cars to put gas in them." She says, running her hand through her hair. "Please don't do that." Camila says. "Do what?" Lauren asks. "Run your hand through your hair. It makes me wanna do things to you." Camila says, her tone dropping. "Okay good," Lauren says, smirking slightly, pulling her wife closer. "For a second I thought you were talking about putting gas in the cars." Lauren chuckles.
"Oh yeah, you putting gas in our Range Rover, the G-Wagon, and the S65 is so sexy." Camila laughs, talking about their two SUVs and their Mercedes sedan. "It can be, I could be wearing a bikini." Lauren laughs. "Or nothing." Lauren husks in Camila's ear softly. Camila moans softly and her wife tightens her grip on her hips. "So what kind of bad things do you wanna do to me?" Lauren husks in her ear, digging her nails into her wife's waist.
"Danielle?!" Camila calls as she's looking through her OnDemand on the flat screen TV the next day. Lauren and Danielle had already gone out and it was about 3 in the afternoon. Lauren brought her daughter home earlier and greeted her wife before heading out with her old high school friend Vero."Yeah Momma?" Danielle asks, walking into the living room. "Did you order another movie without my permission?" Camila narrows her eyes slightly at her daughter. "No Momma." Danielle says. Camila raises an eyebrow. "So you're telling me that you didn't order Frozen 2?" Camila asks. "No Momma, Mom did." Danielle says. "She did, didn't she?" Camila mumbles. Why in the hell would she buy this? Camila pulls her phone out of her pocket and clicks on Lauren's contact and calls her. The phone goes straight to voicemail. "Wanna watch Frozen 2?" Camila asks her daughter. The small girl smiles excitedly and nods. "It's my favorite movie."
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Mid-life Crisis (Camren)
Short Story/// Lauren turns 37 and hits a mid-life crisis of sorts.///