Lauren Imagines

5. The End

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Lauren had come home from visiting her parents a few weeks ago and ever since then she had been acting strange. I had wanted to go with her to meet them but she was yet to tell them that she had a girlfriend and didn't want to introduce me at a big family gathering and so insisted I stayed at home despite my protests. At first I felt incredibly hurt, it almost seemed as if she was ashamed of our relationship and wanted to hide me from her family. It made me feel like I wasn't good enough for her or for her family and we argued about it continually in the few days before she went away. But while she was away I accepted that she just needed time to figure out how she was going to come out to them and I had to support her through that.

She had just got home from a meeting with her management and without saying barely two words to me had gone upstairs to have a shower. It's starting to really get to me, I have tried to apologise for arguing with her about meeting her parents but all she said was its fine and then ignored me for the rest of the night, so I was trying again tonight to get her to talk to me. I finished making the meal that I had been preparing all afternoon and set the table, lighting candles and dimming the lights, trying my best to be as romantic as possible although it wasn't my strong suite. I headed upstairs to get Lauren as she was yet to make a reappearance, I stood in the bedroom doorway for a while, her back was to me so she didn't notice I was there, but she was just staring blankly at the wall. I had to cough a few times to get her attention, I was starting to think that maybe something else had happened; we'd had arguments before and she had never behaved like this, it was like she was a thousand miles away at times. 

'Hey, I made dinner for us, do you want to come down and eat with me?', I asked scared of her rejecting me once again.

'I'm not that hungry right now, I'll grab something later' she replied without even turning to look at me. 

'Please Lauren, I'm sorry about arguing with you I really am, you can tell your parents and everyone else when you feel ready I'm sorry for trying to push you into it. Please forgive me, I just want to make things better between us again. I've been feeling so alone since you left, and it doesn't really feel like you've come back to me, just tell me what I can do to make things alright' I pleaded with tears in my eyes, walking round to her so she was forced to look at me and talk. 

She sighed, running her hand through her hair, 'I'm sorry, I already told you it's okay and I forgive you. I don't know what it is, I'm sorry for being distant. I'll come and get some food'. She walked around me, heading back downstairs to where I'd prepared the meal, sitting down at the table and serving the food before I'd even had chance to try and figure out what she actually meant because I know she is still hiding something from me. 

Dinner was spent in an uncomfortable silence, with Lauren avoiding all attempts at conversation I made. The rest of the night was spent in much the same way, sat in silence watching random things on TV, until Lauren made up some pathetic excuse to go to bed early, leaving me alone with only my thoughts for company. I was losing my patience with how she was behaving, I had apologised and tried to back it up with actions too, and she had said that it was okay, but she was still being weird with me and yet denied that she was acting strange. Instead of going to bed too I decided it would be best if I slept on the sofa for the night, she obviously didn't want to be around me right now and I was tired of trying to get her to open up with me, if she wanted to make this work she needed to communicate with me. 

The next morning I was woken up by the doorbell ringing, it didn't look like Lauren was going to get up to open it, so I fixed my hair quickly in the mirror before opening the door to see Lauren's family standing there, confusion evident on their faces when I opened the door.

'Hello, I think we have the wrong apartment, although I am pretty sure that my daughter Lauren lives here', Lauren's mum said. I didn't know what to do, should I introduce myself as her friend or her girlfriend?

I laughed nervously, 'No you have the right apartment, I'm y/n' deciding not to introduce myself as anything just yet, that was Lauren's decision to make, 'I'll just go and see if she's awake, you should come in and just make yourselves at home'. After putting the blankets and pillows I used last night away I ran upstairs to wake Lauren up and tell her what was happening. To my surprise she was just about to head out of the bedroom when I got to the top of the stairs, I signaled for her to be quiet and pushed her back into the room.

'Your parents are here, and some other person I don't recognise him, but why are your parents here? You didn't tell me they were coming, what do we do? More importantly, what am I going to be introduced as, your friend or girlfriend?'

Lauren had a look of panic across her face, 'My parents?'

'Yes and some other guy like I said but I don't recognise him'

'Some other guy?'

'Yes Lauren, wake up stop just repeating what I'm saying and tell me what you're going to introduce me as so I know how to act. I would like to be introduced as your girlfriend obviously, but, I don't want to pressure you so a friend is okay too'

Lauren looked like she was somewhere else again, but panic still lingered in her eyes, 'I don't know y/n, I don't know. Yes friends, friends right now please, I'm sorry. I'll get rid of them just give me a few seconds' and with that she ran downstairs. 

I could do just friends if that's what she wanted and needed right now, but I still wanted to meet her parents, I don't know why she was in such a rush to make them go, she normally misses seeing them and talks about how much she misses them all the time. I followed her downstairs, only for my heart to be broken at the scene I was met with - Lauren kissing the guy that came with her parents. I stumbled/fell down the last few stairs, gaining their attention. Lauren looked at me with tears in her eyes, shaking her head as if to tell me not to say anything. She didn't want me to say anything while she was here cheating on me right in front of my eyes?! 

Before I had chance to say anything, the guy walked up to me holding out his hand, 'Hey, I'm Alex, Lauren's ex-boyfriend, and hopefully soon to be boyfriend again right Laur' he said laughing, winking at her.

'SOON TO BE BOYFRIEND?!' I shouted with tears running down my face, 'You want to hide me and then you want to rub your dirty little secrets in my face? Are you crazy Lauren? How could you do this to me? I thought you loved me -' 

'I do love you, I'm sorry it all happened so quick, I'm so sorry, let me explain please I love you it's a mistake a stupid mistake, I want to be with you, I love you, I'm in love with you' Lauren interrupted me, trying to grab my hand with tears running down her face too.

'Don't Lauren, you're pathetic. I thought we were worth so much more than that, but obviously not. It's over, whatever I thought we had it's gone. We're done, I can't even look at you right now', I almost whispered, disappointment evident in my voice; apologising to her parents I left the apartment. Perhaps the most hurtful thing about it is that she didn't even follow me or beg me to stay and hear her out, after the months we had shared together, the thing's we'd been through together and the love we supposedly had for each other, she didn't even love me enough to fight for me to stay. 

The girl I thought I was in love with didn't exist anymore. I walked away from everything that I thought we had, not bothering to look back. It was over and there was no recovering what we had, ever. 

A/N: Maybe a little predictable? But just something to fill the time. I'm thinking I might do a part 2 to this but I'm not sure yet, and I haven't proof read this one so sorry if there are any mistakes