Lauren Imagines

3. You Belong With Me

Your POV

I'd been best friends with Lauren Jauregui for nearly as long as I can remember. We became friends in kindergarten, after originally falling out over who got to play with the new scooter; she wasn't very good at sharing her toys with people, but allowed me one go on it for every 5 times she went on it, at the time I thought this was a great deal seeing as though she never played with anyone ever. After that day we hung around more, well more like I followed her all day every day until eventually she agree to become best friends with me and well the rest is history, we've been inseparable ever since. That is until recently, as she's now touring the country with her group, Fifth Harmony, I'm so proud of how successful she has become but I miss her so much. It's weird going from seeing each other every day to just once in every few months, which is what it has been recently, trying to fit in visits in between her being famous and my going to college. But when we are together it is like nothing has ever changed, we are still as inseparable as we have been since we first became friends. So I'm looking forward to next week when I finish school and head home to Miami, where Lauren will be as she will also be on home from touring. Although I'm excited to go back, I'm also incredibly nervous, see I'll be going back with my girlfriend, Lucy who I met at university, and I haven't exactly come out to my family and friends, though if they don't know that I'm gay by now then they're all stupid and blind to be completely honest. I know my parents will be supportive, and the majority of my family too, but I have no idea how Lauren will react to this and I don't want it to ruin our friendship. 

~one week later~

Lauren's POV
I'm so happy that I'm back home, I love touring but there really is no place like home. Y/n is coming home today too, she says she has a surprise for us all too, I have no idea what it will be but right now I don't care I just can't wait for her to get back. The truth is I've been completely in love with her since I was 14, one night we were watching a movie and she fell asleep in my arms and something seemed to click, I've been trying to tell her for the longest time about how I feel but something has always gotten in the way. No one knows I am bisexual, so that prevented me for a time, and then when I accepted that I got distracted by X-Factor and Fifth Harmony, and then once we had started to get noticed my management thought it would be a bad idea for me to come out. But I can't hold it in anymore, I need to tell her how I feel about her, I don't care if it affects my career, all I care about is being with her, and being away from her on tour has made me realise that so much more. 
So now here I am pacing the floor of her living room waiting for her to walk through the door with her parents, her sister Casey is watching me and laughing at how nervous I am, I told her my plan as soon as I got back, expecting her to be surprised at my revelation, instead she just laughed and said it was obvious that we both loved each other. I  really hoped that it was true and y/n realises how much she means to me and feels the same way about me as I feel about her. I was pulled away from my thoughts by the door opening and Casey yelling and running towards the front door and her sister who had the biggest grin on her face. 

I couldn't contain my excitement either so I ran to her jumping in her arms, and never wanting to let go, that was until I saw the stranger standing behind her giving me the biggest death glare I have ever seen. 

'Hey guys, looks like some people are happy to see me' y/n/ smirked at us both, pulling us both into another group hug before letting us go when the stranger behind her awkwardly coughed. 'Oh yeah' she chuckled nervously, 'So Casey, Lauren, this is my girlfriend, Lucy, she's here to stay for a week before she goes home, so make her feel welcome okay?'

Girlfriend? I stood there in shock, no she didn't say girlfriend, she would have told me she had a girlfriend, or she would have at least told me she was gay, I mean she knows I'm bi, she would have told me that right? What about us? We were meant to be together, we are perfect together everyone knows that. I looked over at Casey who had the same look of shock on her face, she turned giving me a sympathetic smile, before introducing herself to 'lacy' or whatever the hell her name is. 

'Earth to Lauren. You okay there bud? I'm sorry I didn't tell you before but I never knew that I was into girls like that until I met her well I knew I was attracted to them but you know? And then she asked me out and it didn't feel right telling you over the phone so we thought we'd turn it into a little surprise. Don't hate me okay? She's a really nice girl, you'll love her I'm sure of it'. 

I just gave a small nod in response, seeing how nervous y/n was about this made me want to make this as easy as possible for the both of them. All thoughts of confessing my love for her were instantly pushed to the back of my mind. It's my fault I should have told her sooner, it wouldn't be fair to tell her about it now when she seemed happy with her girlfriend. I should have known that she'd be dating someone else, she's amazing and she's never been short of offers, but before she'd always turned people down, so there must be something special about this girl. 

For y'ns sake I turned to give Lucy a handshake and a small smile, but instead she pulled me into a hug. I was taken aback by her actions, maybe y/n was right about her and she was a nice girl I thought to myself. That was until she pulled me tighter and whispered, 'stay away from her okay? I see the way you look at her but you're way too late, she's mine now, she doesn't love you. She loves me, so back off and let her live her life without being held back by you, you understand Lauren? She's mine.' I gulped, I could feel the tears starting to well up in my eyes, she pulled away giving us all a fake smile, 'We're going to be great friends I know it'. 

'I'm sure you will be', y/n smiled, 'but right now I'm gonna take you for a tour around Miami and show you some of those places I told you about. Tell mom and dad that we'll be back for food later okay Casey? And I'll text you later Lo once we get back in and maybe we can catch up tomorrow or something, I hope the tour went well you'll have to tell me all about it and about whats his name, Brad is it? Anyway see you later guys, love ya' and with that they both walked straight out of the door. 

I felt myself collapse to a heap on the floor, she has a girlfriend now, a girlfriend that is determined to keep us apart and she thinks I'm still interested in Brad? I can't believe this is happening, the love of my life has just waked out of the door with a complete b!tch and I can't do anything about it. Casey sat down next to me pulling me into a hug, 'Don't worry about it Lauren, she'll be gone in a week and then you too have the rest of summer, you can tell her once she leaves. You two belong together, don't give up on her just yet'. 

(A.N: I'll probably upload a part two to this one at some point, please vote or comment so I know that these aren't terrible and I'll try to upload a few more before I go back to school, thanks for reading!)