Beautiful When You Don't Try

Chapter 101

Lauren sat on the side of the bed at their rented cabin and looked out the window. They were on top of a tall hill and she could see out for a few miles. It would be the perfect place to take the picture she was looking for.

"Are you okay?"

The brunette slowly turned to see Camila standing in the door way, looking over her with concern on her face. She nodded her head with a light smile. "I don't know why, but I feel completely different here. I think it's because there's no stress of the real world, you know? Like on our honeymoon. Everything just moves as it pleases and not any sooner."

"I'm glad you approve."

"...Hey Camila?"

"Hmm?"

"Can we cuddle?"

The diva laughed lightly and smiled, moving to the bed. Like she would ever deny her wife some cuddle time. "Of course, we can. That's like, one of my most favorite things in the word." Camila laid in the middle of the bed on her back and Lauren slowly rolled over to rest her head on her shoulder.

"Is my belly hurting you?" Lauren asked, concerned that the weight of a good portion of her stomach was resting on Camila's side.

"Not at all. In fact, I want you a little closer." She pulled gently, helping Lauren wiggle over a little bit more until she was laying close to how they use to. Camila's arm that Lauren was laying on was now running soft fingers over the brunette's arm while the other's hand was resting on the baby bump. They laid there in a comforting silence for several minutes until Camila thought that perhaps Lauren had fallen asleep.

"What about..." The brunette started questioningly, catching Camila slightly off guard. "What about Julian Alexander Jauregui?"

Camila thought about it as her eyes shifted over the wood planks of the ceiling without actually seeing them. "I like it. Julian is... regal almost. It's a mature name but gentle at the same time. Alexander gives it that masculine edge as well. Julian Alexander... I think we have our first name."

"Only took us six months." Lauren joked lightly, soaking up the closeness to her wife. She nuzzled a little further into her neck and kissed it lightly. She loved these days. When she didn't have anywhere to be and neither did Camila. They could just lay there, content in each other's presence. It took her back to one of their first nights together with the whole ACLU blow up. Lauren had been so emotionally damaged by letting Camila down but just spending the rest of the night in the diva's arms healed her. It was the same now. All of the worries and stress that seemed to be piling up, even if it was only building up in her eyes, seemed to just disappear at that very moment.

"To be fair, we didn't start searching for a name until we found out the gender."

"That's when we officially started looking, but you and I both know we were thinking about it from that day we spent in the park while we were in Miami for Thanksgiving so I could meet your dads." Camila smiled widely at the ceiling. Lauren was right. As soon as they mentioned marriage and kids in a general conversation, the work was put into motion.

"Do you ever think about that first night?"

"All the time."

"What do you think about?"

Lauren found herself smiling just at the memories. "That first time I saw you across the studio. I had seen you in papers and magazines but it was never the same as seeing you in person... and it had been so long. Part of me wanted to run over there and hug you, but part of me saw the absolute fear in your eyes and mentally kicked my own ass. But then I think about that moment you lowered my camera and took my hand. I mean, forget the time you told me that you had declared yourself Meg's competition. That still hadn't sunk in until that very moment."