Boyfriends little sister (hollstein) -completed-

Getting somewhere

( Song recommended: Fall for you - Secondhand Serenade )

It's been a little over a week.

Laura has a concussion but it isn't bothering her as much as it used to.

The bruise on her back is healing quite nicely and she's been back at work after three days of absence.

Laura and Carmilla talked a lot that night. Laura told her about the years of abuse, fighting through tears and stomachaches and headaches. Carmilla think's she's depressed, but she can't bring herself to tell her. Instead, she's been keeping a close eye on her. She even got LaFontaine's number from Laura's phone a few nights ago and has asked them to keep her in check on how Laura's doing at work.

She's been staying with Carmilla for a few days now. She can't bare being in that house alone.

She's still afraid he might just come back out of nowhere.

Things are going well here. She really missed her friend.

"Pancakes are done." She hears a familiar voice say from across the apartment.

Laura sits up from her bed on the couch and sleepily stumbles over to the small two-seater table with a huge smile.

After what seems like ages of metal scraping glass, Laura decides to speak up.

"Hey." She stills her utensils on the side of her plate and looks up at Carm.

They make eye contact as the younger stuffs her face with a whole pancake.

"Hey." Carmilla mumbles back with a full mouth.

Laura takes a deep breath. "Thanks a lot of letting me spend a few days, and for making me breakfast every morning, and for... Well, for everything really."

Carmilla tries her best to swallow as she grabs her glass of OJ and sips at it.

"It's really no big deal creampuff. Don't worry about it."

"But I do worry." Laura says, almost imminently. "I was.. Kind of a raging b-ad person to you before and I just wanted to say-"

"Laura, I get it. It's okay." Carmilla shoots her a look of understanding as she lowers her glass back to the table. Laura just smiles that makes Carmilla look away in a blush. "Now can we get back to our silent meal?"

The older girl sighs, ultimately cutting and eating the rest of her food.

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They walk together in comfortable silence to the bus stop. They've been doing that a lot recently. Just being together in silence. Laura really does miss Carmilla. In ways, she really shouldn't.

They have a past. Had- a past. Had. As in over now.. And that makes Laura sad. She often thinks what life would have been like if she had never met Will. But, that means she never would have met Carmilla. She loves her. They've been over that already.

Laura sighs, thinking about all these things.

Carmilla looks over with a questioning look.

Laura returns the look with a smile.

They have silent conversations. An unspoken understanding.

Laura lifts her hands to her pockets and shivers as they stop in front of the bus stop.

"Chilly today."

"Huh?" Laura side glances to the taller girl.

"I said its chilly today."