again | fifth harmony au

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When Camila saw Lauren slip, so did she. Lauren was playing with toys that looked like so much fun, Camila couldn't help herself. The urge she attempted to fight, won.

"Ren?" Camila called softly, sitting on the floor next to the girl.

Lauren's eyes widened and snapped out of it. "How did you get in here? I didn't realize you were in here. I-I was in my headspace." she mumbled the last part.

"Yeah, I know. I recognized it because I have one too." Camila sighed as Lauren pulled her out of her own headspace.

"Mila?" both girls slipped back in and smiled happily.

"Let's play Ren!" Mila giggled and watched Mickey Mouse on the screen.

Both girls had Barbies in their hands as they made up pretend stories, always creating one after the next. Their imagination ran wild, and they allowed it, until, a knock. Camila slipped easily out of her headspace but Ren was having a hard time. Camila thought she had slipped back too so she opened the door to welcome Dinah in, thinking Lauren was putting the barbies away while she slowly walked to the door. Camila closed the door and turned around. Dinah was looking around in confusion. Ren sat there in the middle of the floor, frustrated and on the verge of crying, Mickey Mouse still playing and the barbies and other toys laying around aimlessly.

"D-Dinah, we can explain." Camila stuttered. Ren bursts into tears. Camila rushed over to her.

"No no, it's okay Ren, Camila's got you." Camila rubbed Ren's back softly, comforting the crying girl. Dinah watched and caught on. Lauren had a headspace, a toddler headspace to be exact.

After a few more minutes of comforting Ren, Ren had fallen asleep sucking on her thumb. Camila laid her carefully on Lauren's bed and turned to Dinah.

"You have a headspace too, don't you?" Dinah asked cautiously.

"Yeah, I do." she sighed.

"And don't you need parents?" Dinah continued to question, still new to the headspace idea.

"Mhm. I just found out about Lauren's headspace today." Camila nodded.

"Well, the girls and I can always be your mothers. I mean, Ally's got Demi and I've got Mani." Dinah suggested.

"Let's go over this with the girls. And if I slip, I'm super sorry." Camila apologized in advance.

"It's okay. I realized that Lauren has a harder time going in and out of her headspace." Dinah mentioned as we walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly.

"Yeah, I can't stay out of it for long either. I get really bad depression and super anxious. I don't exactly know what happens to Lauren since I just found out today." Camila shrugged.

"Hey girls! We need to talk!" Dinah exclaimed up the steps.

Normani and Demi came out of separate rooms as Ally met them from the kitchen. They all walked into the living room, where Dinah and Camila were.

"What's up?" Ally plopped down next to Demi. Normani placed a hand on Dinah's shoulder as she stands.

"Okay, so I walked into Camila and Lauren's room to check on her and Camila and there were toys all over, Mickey Mouse was playing, and Lauren was on the ground crying like a baby. I found out that both Camila and Lauren have toddler headspaces, helps deal with trauma right?" Dinah looked to Camila for confirmation, Camila nodded, "Lauren's baby name is Ren, I'm sure and I don't know Camila's..." Dinah trailed off.

"Mila?" Ally asked. Camila slipped at her headspace name.

"Y-yes mama? Did I do someting wrong?" Camila pouted and sat next to Ally, burying herself into Ally's neck.

"No no, you're perfectly fine baby." Ally rubbed gentle circles on her back.

"Looks like we're doing this." Demi rubbed Ally's knee.

"So does that mean we look out for Lauren or Ren in this case?" Normani looked at Dinah as she nodded.

"Mommy!" Ren rushed to Dinah happily, climbing into her lap.

"Good morning princess." Dinah smiled, pushing a strand away from Ren's face.

"Are you guys hungry? I made pancakes and bacon!" Ally exclaimed.

"Num-num!" Ren and Mila raced to the kitchen.

"Be careful!" Normani yelled after the two toddlers.

Demi smiled at Ally lovingly and kissed her cheek as they all walked into the kitchen. Mila and Ren were already seated, bouncing up and down next to each other, waiting to fill their mouths with the mouth-watering food.

Ally laughed as Demi plated Mila's food and same with Mani for Ren. Dinah made her and Mani's plates while Ally made her and Demi's food.

They all sat together. Mila and Ren happily in their headspace.

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