Gonna Get Better - Camren

Chapter 5

Bzzzz... Bzzzz

The annoying sound of my cell phone woke me up. I reached for it but realized it was not vibrating. I opened my eyes to understand what was going on and saw that Lauren's screen was lit, there was an incoming call from Ally. I looked at her and she was still sound asleep on my lap, her face towards my stomach and her arm draped over my legs. I decided to take the call, she probably would not mind.

"Hello?" I spoke into the phone as quietly as possible.

"Camila?!" she asked surprised "Is Lauren okay? Did something hap-"

"She's fine don't worry" I quickly reassured.

"Good" I heard her sigh in relief "Are you still coming tonight?"

I checked the time on my phone and realized it was already 5.30. We were supposed to be at Ally's at 5.00.

"We are, I'm sorry we fell asleep! We're on our way!" I apologized quickly.

"Kay! See you then!" she said gently before ending the phone call.

I put the phone down and turned my attention to Lauren once more. She still hadn't budge and as peaceful as she looked, I knew I had to wake her up.

"Lauren" I nudged her shoulder softly. No response. "Lolo" I tried again, brushing her hair out of her face. I felt her stir a little but her eyes remained shut. "Lo, you've got to wake up now. We're already late" She didn't say anything but I knew she was awake when her arms circled my waist and she buried her head further into my stomach. I was definitely not complaining though. "Come on sleepy head! Time to rise and shine!"

"I don't wanna get up" she mumbled into my stomach "I want to stay there with you"

I felt my heart flutter when she said that. I don't think she was really thinking about what she was saying but she was adorable.

"I would love that too but the girls are waiting for us. We should get going." I tried to pried myself from her arms but she only tightened her grip. "Loooo" I whined "If you don't get off me right now, I'm going to have to tickle you"

She reacted immediately and retracted her arms, turning to lay on her back so that she was looking up at me.

"I'll get up if you give me a hug first" she grinned.

"Sure" I sighed I rolled my eyes even though I was far from being upset. I smiled to let her know that I was only joking around. She sat up and shifted so that she was sitting on my lap and threw her arms around my neck, leaning her entire upper body on me. I circled her waist with both of my arms and brought her even closer. Her head was resting on my chest and I was worried she might be able to hear by heart beating faster. Even if she did, she didn't say anything which I was more than thankful for. We stayed like this for a few seconds and I hummed contently. Maybe she was right and we should stay there instead of going to Ally's tonight.

"Okay" she spoke quietly "We can go now" she slowly pulled back from the hug and got up. I extended my hand so that she would me to do the same.

Lauren went to her apartment to get her things for the night while I did the same and we met at my car to go to Ally's together. It was only a ten minutes drive but we were pretty late already.

"Here you are!" Mani opened the door for us "What took you so long?"

"We went to watch a movie at Camz' but we both fell asleep" Lauren told her while we were taking our bags upstairs. There wasn't enough room for the four of us in Ally's room so two had to sleep in the guest room and since Lauren was the one I knew the best out of the three girls, we would be sleeping together.