The Housekeeper (Camren)

Chapter 7

I awoke the following morning before my alarm with two arms wrapped around me, embracing me firmly to the person's chest. Once I had remembered where I was and that yesterday hadn't been a dream, I realized the the person holding me was Lauren. This was wrong. Very wrong. As much as I enjoyed the feeling of being held by the one person that I had crushed on for years, I knew that it was against the rules and that Lauren would probably hate me for not waking her up.

Just as I was about to poke Lauren's cheek to wake her up, I stopped myself. She looked too peaceful and beautiful in her sleep. Her perfectly straightened hair swirled around her head, and her cheeks looked rosy red against the rest of her pale, white skin. I couldn't wake her up yet. There was no way in hell that I would be the destroyer of her beauty sleep. So instead of waking her up, I just watched her, not caring that it was creepy in the slightest.

After a few moments of peace and quiet, Lauren and I's phones rang together in unison as it was time for them to get up. The tired girl in front of me groaned, released me, then finally turned over on her back to stretch. She rubbed her eyes, then turned her head to gaze at me.

"Up before the alarm, I see?" she asked me with a bright smile. 

"Uh," I began, trying to think of an answer, "yeah." My eyes shifted away from her and frantically moved to look at everything else in the room as I smiled nervously.

Lauren grew confused and tilted her head to glare at me. "You look like you've got a dirty little secret."

"Uh... um..." I was at a loss of words.

"Kidding!" she shouted, with her hands held in the air.

I left out a breath, then calmed down a bit. "Actually, Lauren. There is something. But it's no secret."

"Okay, now you've gotta tell me," she smirked.

I cleared my throat and finally answered, "I woke up early this morning, and you were... cuddling me."

"Oh!" Lauren shouted with a look of guilt on her face. "I probably should have warned you. I'm a cuddler. I really hope that I didn't make you uncomfortable. I'll buy a boy pillow or something that I can cuddle with so that this won't happen again. I'm so sorry! Please don't hate me!"

"Woah, woah, woah!" I shouted, holding my hands in front of me to stop her from saying anything else. "It's totally okay! I liked it! I mean, I was warm! I mean, uh, um, I mean..."

Lauren shushed me by putting her lips to my own. My breathing grew heavy, butterflies were in my stomach, and feelings of pleasure touched every single one of my nerves. I had never been kissed before in my life (other than my family, obviously), so this was a new feeling. My body was starting to shake and my hands were beginning to sweat. I was baffled without the slightest idea about what I was supposed to do. The sensation was so mind-boggling and unexpected. But the best part about all of this was: I liked it.

My life has been a journey, and I have experienced little to nothing. The only things that have actually stood out to me were my dad's death, my sister coming into my life, and making friends with Normani. I've never experienced love or anything close to it. If this was what love felt like, I would have loved to live it. I could have this feeling for the rest of my life and be happy with every second of it. 

Lauren's lips continued to dance with mine as I was still held aback by it all. Love was such a foreign feeling to me, and it was a lot to come back from. There was no way that I'd look back on life the same way again after having experienced love for the first time. I wondered if Lauren was gathering the same feelings as me. I had hoped so.

Abruptly, Lauren pulled away from me with a look of horror and embarrassment mixed in one. I grew worried suddenly as the feelings of love still lingered throughout my whole body. She looked like she had just seen a ghost, and I was scared for my career with her as well as our friendship. Was it all ruined? Would I have to go home after this? No, of course not. We signed a contract. There is no way out of a contract... unless you're a lawyer that has the ability to pick out loop holes. I didn't know how she was going to react to this, and I was frightened for my life now.