Every Single Way (Laurinah)

Chapter 7

I got home later that day to the weird feeling of being in my own apartment and being alone. I walked in and got a pizza out of the freezer and popped it in the oven.

"I wonder what Mani's doing." I said picking up my phone.

When I looked, I saw that I had a few text, but the only one that caught my attention was Lauren's number. I didn't read her text, I just opened her tag in my inbox and dialed the 305 number.

As I waited for the phone to ring I started regretting my phone call, because I didn't know if she'd answer. I put my phone on speaker and went back to our messages to read what she'd said.

"Hello?" I heard her raspy voice say.

"Lauren?" I asked.

"Yes Dinah?" Her voice was different and I couldn't guess why.

"What are you doing?"

"Sleeping." She said in a low toned giggle. "Do I sound different? Camila says I sound manly when I wake up."

"Haha, yeah it's cute though Lo." I said plopping down on the couch.

"Hey,"

"What's up?" I said.

"Come to the studio with me."

At her words, I sat there on the phone and didn't answer her.

"Dinah? You still there? You hear me? Come to the studio." I heard her say into the phone.

"I mean, I've never been in one before." I said honestly.

"It's really no big deal, I promise. Camz is just slumped in some paper that she has to do, and I don't like going in alone." She told me.

"Really?" I asked remembering what Camila had told me earlier.

"Yeah, really. Come, if you're not too busy." She said. "I'm just getting up, but I have a 3 hour session booked."

"Are you coming to get me?" I asked, considering how fun it'd be to go to a real studio.

"Be there in 30. See you then." She finished and hung up the phone.

I went to the kitchen to see if my pizza was finished, but it wasn't. So I went back into the living room and waited for Lauren to come and pick me up.

About 10 minutes earlier than I expected, Lauren sent me a text saying that she was outside and I needed to let her know my room number. I told her and I prepared for our face to face interaction after what had been 2 days.

Just when I thought that I'd collected all of my thoughts, I heard her knock on the door and I felt my mind go blank.

I walked up to the door and paused for a second before taking a deep breath. Slowly I relaxed because I realized I was nervous for no reason. I un-did all of the locks and opened the door. Fuck.

"Hey there gorgeous." She said with a broad smile.

I looked down at my feet and smiled, "Hey Lauren. Let me go get my jacket, will you get my food out of the oven?"

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When we got to the studio I was in awe. Her environment was so chill and relaxing.

"Wow Lauren, I could just come here and chill any day." I told her.

"Yeah, it's pretty cool." She responded. "So how was your Labor Day?"

"Good, love the fam you know?" I told her as I sat down on the couch she was standing next to.

"Yeah I got you." She said, "Come into the booth with me." She told me as she walked over to the door where the mic was.