Beautiful When You Don't Try

Chapter 64

           

"Why aren't you in bed?" Camila asked as Lauren crawled under the covers with her.

"I am in bed."

"Why aren't you in your bed? You know, the guest bed." The diva mumbled as she peeked at the clock on her night stand. It was only midnight.

"I spent most of the night there. I did my time. Now I've come to apologize for my inappropriate behavior."

"Are you planning on working for it now and not just trying to have sex with me? And don't even start about you being the one to give and not get, because I know you. You like giving just as much as getting. Being told no to either one makes you cranky. So... do you have another way?" Camila asked as she rolled over to face her fiancé who was nodding with a smile on her face. "How?"

"By singing to you again. By singing my second choice for our first dance." The brunette explained, rolling on her side and propping her head in her hand. "It's more of a view from my side of things and I didn't think you knew it, so I suggested At Last. It was a better fit in general. So... would that suffice, and maybe I can sleep in here for the rest tonight?"

Camila feigned contemplation, knowing that she wouldn't allow the brunette to spend the whole night away from her. It had nearly killed her just this long. She had stayed up tossing and turning, feeling out of place without Lauren by her side while knowing that she was just down stairs. But something Clara said kept playing in her head. In a moment of motherly advice, Clara stressed the importance of putting your foot down at one point in the beginning of a marriage to show that while most times things will just blow over, if a line is crossed, Camila would hold her to the consequences. The diva thought this was something light enough that Lauren would go along with it without feeling hurt or abandoned. Turns out she was right.

"Let's hear the song and then I'll decided it you have worked off you penance."

"Again, it's kind of my views on our relationship and how we've gotten here."

Camila nodded and waited as the brunette cleared her throat.

"Unexpected? Understatement of the year, that's for sure. Who'd have thought that I'd be standing at your door? It's just the way you say my name that throws me. All the windows of my past are closing. And everything that you see here is for you, from me. I'd give it away so easily. Never stopped to look at what's behind. For you from me. Everything we want will be holding us together tonight. Unexpected. I'm not use to chasing dreams and catching them. All of a sudden, I'm a winner in the end. I'm use to every door I open closing. Making sure I'm never supposing. I can't believe how real they get. We will never fall. We'll defy the laws of this world, rulers of our own. And that's the way I feel, stupid but for real. All I am is for you, from me. I'd give it away so easily. Never stopped to look at what's behind. For you from me. Everything we want will be holding us together tonight. Tonight."

Camila worried her bottom lip as Lauren laid there, waiting for her verdict. "Do you have a list of songs prepared or something? I mean, I really wouldn't mind having you do this every day. Especially with your ability to find the perfect ones."

The brunette smiled and traced her fingers over the diva's hand. "So, does this mean I am forgiven?"

"You can stay and cuddle, but nothing else. I am putting my foot down on this one. Not only was your behavior inappropriate, but I told you not to interrupt them and you did it anyway." The diva lectured. "I'm not use to you ignoring what I say and I'm not too sure I want you to form the habit of it."

Lauren wiggled closed and looped her arm around Camila's waist, leaning in for a light kiss she had been missing all night. "Have you been talking to my mother again?" The diva mashed her lips and diverted her eyes until Lauren kissed her on the nose. "You're going to make a great mom one day. Here I was thinking you were going to spoil our children rotten, but now I see that you could end up being the disciplinarian."