Anchors •Camren•

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"Um... Camila?" Ally nervously calls out from her place at the front door. "I-It's for you."

Lauren had never seen so many emotions flash across such a beautiful face before in her life. None of them made the older girl feel at ease which worried her, but it was Camila. No matter how scary the emotion was, Lauren wanted to know every little detail behind every emotion and everything racing through that beautiful mind.

Their gazes connect as Lauren's brows scrunch up in confusion. "Were you expecting company?"

Camila apprehensively shakes her head from side to side at the question.

The group listened intently to Ally disagreeing with whoever was at the door.

"Look I don't think this is a good idea... Maybe it's best if you go... You can't just barge in!" Were some of the things caught from the oldest girl. The voice harshly replying to Ally was unfamiliar to Lauren, but as soon as Camila registered the voice with the person she knew all too well, her complexion turned as white as a ghost.

"Camz?" Lauren whispered to her girlfriend before their attention was drawn to the presence at the living room entrance.

The raven haired girl instantly recognized Sinu standing with an arrogant smirk plastered on her face. The man by her side was unfamiliar. He was tall, intimidating, his hair was graying in a fashionable sense, and he was dressed well.

A panic struck like lightning in Camila's chest. She felt a million things at once, she hasn't felt like this in a long time. In this instance though, things were different. Her hand reflexively reached for her girlfriend.

Lauren immediately understood the discomfort, she laced their fingers before pulling the smaller girls body into her own.

The older man shook his head in disapproval, "Oh Karla... What has happened?" The man asked in a thick Latin accent that sent chills down Lauren's spine.

"I told you, Scott. You didn't believe it but here she is, screwing around with some... abomination!" Sinu harshly whispers to the man. Lauren instantly registers the name; this is Camila's step father.

"Excuse me," Dinah cuts in at the older woman's harsh term. "Don't you ever-"

"Dinah." Lauren cuts in with a shake of her head. She wasn't apart of this battle.

"Why are you here?" Camila hoarsely whispers as her hands fist at the back of Lauren's t-shirt.

The man stepped further into the living room, eyeing the green eyed girl. Lauren eagerly returned the harsh glances, never once backing down.

Dinah, Ally, and Normani stood off to the side watching the war before them. It was nerve wracking for Ally and Normani to be in the presence of the man who made Camila's life hell, but it was comforting knowing that Lauren was here, and she wasn't cowering away. Dinah was only waiting for when she had to restrain Lauren from trying to murder the man before her. She didn't know the backstory, but she could tell that Camila was frightened, and Lauren would do anything to protect Camila.

"Karla I had to come and see this scene for myself. How did you find yourself in the arms of another woman? You know you are prohibited from such acts. What would our associates think if they saw you like this?" He asked with his arms stretched out for emphasis. There was a sickening smile overtaking his features. "Come, Karla."

"What?" She asks, completely bewildered.

"We want you to come home with us." Sinu piped up from the doorway.

"Like hell!" Lauren interfered with rage filling her emerald orbs. "You're not taking her anywhere!"

"She needs to come home, my dear Lauren." Scott replied with a smirk.