XYXX (Camren)

Chapter 16

Vero frowned, crossing her arms as Lauren downed another shot.

"You need to slow down. And if I'm saying that, that's a bad thing."

"Shut up, Vero." Lauren groaned, slamming down shot after shot.

"Uh, no. I like you alive, Lauren."

Vero grabbed the shot glass and handle of vodka from Lauren's hands and placed them behind her, rolling her eyes as Lauren tried to reach forward and take the alcohol back. After a few more drunken attempts with uncoordinated arms, Lauren lied back, grumbling curses under his breath.

"Chill." Vero reprimanded. "Why are you like this right now?"

"I'm fine. You're the one that told me I should loosen up."

"Yeah, loosen up, not lose your goddamn mind."

"Ugh, my stomach feels weird."

"You just took seven shots in a row. That's not necessarily the best for your stomach, Lauren."

"Where's fun Vero? You're so lame right now." Lauren slurred, rolling back onto his stomach.

"Fun Vero took a break so that Responsible Vero could take care of this lil' shit. Now tell me what's got you all drinky."

Lauren paused, glaring at his friend before sitting up and leaning against the foot of the couch. Shaking his head a few times in an attempt to sober up, he cleared his throat and looked Vero in the eyes.

"I was at Ari's as, you know, myself - Lauren. As Lauren. I have these pills that let me turn back to my old body for like an hour. Camila came too, just so she could relieve the awkwardness, since I'd be, like, pretending to be a sister to the girl I'm banging as Laurence."

"You're banging Ariana?"

"Figure of speech." Lauren slurred.

"Lame. Okay, continue."

"So she had to run downstairs for while, to get some recording done or whatever. And then Camila started talking about all this shit, accusing me of all this crap and then - we made up -"

"And?"

"And - she started dancing, you know, and I've seen her dance like a million times before and it was fine at first but then I look down and I'm Laurence again, and my pill wasn't supposed to wear out -"

"Oh my god, did Ariana catch you changing back to Laurence?"

"No, no, no. I mean, but like, watching Camila dancing did stuff to me, you know -"

"You got a huge boner?" Vero grinned, wiggling her eyebrows.

Lauren blushed, turning away from the girl.

"Yeah, well, she sat on my lap and starting grinding against me so that didn't help."

"Wait, what?! You hooked up with Camila?"

"Yeah, but -"

"Fuck yesss. So was it good? No, it must've been bad if you're getting all drunk about it. Was she that bad? Did she, like, chew on your lips or something? Or like -"