The Parent Trap (Camren)

The Jig is Up.. Kind of

The Stafford Hotel was brimming with guests going to and fro with smiles on their faces and cold drinks in their hands - it is summertime after all. A grandfather clock on a nearby wall chimed twelve times announcing that it was noon already. Keana paced back and forth in front of two elevators looking for someone. She frowned and went back to where her mother, also waiting, stood.

Marie Issartel looked like the epitome of all motherly mothers. She wasn't dressed as chic as her daughter and she became fussy when Keana came over to her with a pouty face. Her daughter brushed her hands away and told her that he wasn't here yet. That put a sock to the motherly persona. Marie scowled and told her daughter she didn't like standing up so long.

"She'll be here any moment mother...remember, she's all you've always wanted for your little girl." Keana whispered into her mother's ear.

"She's going to provide you with a check containing six figures a month," her daughter whispered and Marie suddenly softened up.

"Now you know, I'll be nice," she smirked, her dark eyes twinkling as if with dollar signs. Keana laughed and playfully tapped her mother's arm when she caught sight of Lauren walking towards them. Her fiancé chose to look completely gorgeous, at her bequest, and approached the two women wearing a black v-necked Giorgio Armani dress.

"Ok, there she is," she said and straightened her new seaweed green Prada dress. The color didn't suit her and that was the first thing Lauren noticed when she approached her with her family, namely Penny, Normani, and Brandon, following behind her.

"With the whole motley crew." Keana muttered under her breath and tried to maintain the smile that was rapidly falling from her face.

"Hi darling!" she exclaimed sweetly and held hands with Lauren and smacked her lips, "Punky, Normani... and Brandon!" she greeted the two other people and dog, "What in the world are you doing here?" she asked the dog then leaned close to Lauren, "Honey, a dog at the Stafford?" she muttered.

"Punky begged me to bring him." Lauren explained with a dopey grin and a shrug of her shoulders.

"Aww... you're such a softie." Keana cooed and bent down to pat the dog's head. Brandon growled and tried to bite Keana's hand making her jump back and yelp in surprise.

"Good doggy." Normani said sotto to the dog, and patted its head, "So, Keana, these the folks?" She faked a big sweet smile.

"Yes! Mom...you all finally meet! This is Lauren Jauregui." Keana gushed linking her arm through her fiancé's. Marie politely shook the hand Lauren held out for her.

"Pleasure." she said with a smile.

"This is her adorable daughter, Punky. The entire gathering was her idea, I'll have you know." Keana gushed proudly much to the disgust of Penny - could she be any more fake? Marie leaned closer to the girl with a wide toad-like grin.

"Bonjour favori!" Marie greeted Penny, "Vous pouvez appeler ma tante Marie." Penny gave her a weird look while the others around her, except Keana of course, gave her a confused look. Not only could Penny speak Spanish and Portuguese, she spoke French as well; she understood her perfectly and she didn't like what the old woman uttered one bit!

"Hello dear!" Keana translated, "You can call me Grandma Marie." Penny tried not to snort too loud since she knew what Keana's mother really said. She just raised her eyebrows at the two women and pulled a face.

xmeanwhilex

A black town car pulled up in front of the Stafford hotel. Dinah came out of the passenger seat and fixed her hair. After that, she opened the door of the backseat and held out her hand. Instead of Camila's dainty hand, she received her foot, her ankle to be exact, and she looked up in surprise.