I Still Need You (Lauren/You)

Chapter 12

Y/N's P.O.V

I wake up to the sound of giggling and little fingers touching my face. Opening my eyes slightly I see Ella laying on top of me poking my cheeks but she doesn't know I'm awake yet. Her fingers move closer to my mouth and I playfully try to bite them causing her to squeal and laugh even louder. I can't help but smile at the infectious sound and wrap my arms around her to give her a big hug.

I kiss her chubby cheek, "Good morning my little alarm clock." I say. She smiles the same smile she shares with Lauren. Each day I look for similarities she got from the both of us but also the characteristics she developed on her own.

"Morning mama." She says laying her head on my chest. I look around and notice Lauren's not here.

"Where's mommy princess?" I ask while playing with her hair.

"In da kitchen."

I move her off my chest to the space next to me away from the opening and get out of the bunk. I pick her up and she immediately wraps her arms around my neck as I put one arm under her butt to support her. I carry her to the kitchen area to find Lauren messing with the toaster oven, the buses didn't have stoves sadly so I have to use either the microwave or the toaster oven to cook.

"Morning Laur." I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing at her struggle to get the metal object to work. She drops what she's doing and turns to me with a smile.

"Hey, I think you need a new toaster oven." I raise a brow at her comment and look at the device.

"What's with you and toaster ovens?" This isn't the first time this has happened in fact when ever Lauren came over she wasn't allowed to use ours.

"Nothing."

"Lauren that's a brand new toaster oven, I haven't even used it yet." I laugh setting Ella down to go sit.

"That's just a coincidence, I swear I've changed." She pouts and I lean down to kiss it away making her smile brightly knowing she missed when I did that. What can I say it's a force of habit. 

I examine the device to find the problem and easily fix it. I turn back around to Lauren smiling triumphantly causing her to huff and roll her eyes playfully. I let Lauren resume what she was trying to do before I woke up and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. I walk back out and look out the window noticing the change in scenery, we're in Arizona for sure and if we stay on schedule we'll be in Phoenix in no time.

Lauren's about finished with preparing whatever breakfast she could with limited resources and with my help we take the food to the back lounge with Ella trailing behind us proudly carrying the syrup. Since I don't have a table to eat at we settle for eating on the leather couch that way if Ella makes a mess it's easy to clean up. And she did make a mess. When we were finished eating our Aunt Jemima pancakes and french toast (though they're not nearly as good as the ones me and Lauren used to make) I put on more Teen Titans to satisfy Ella's demands.
(A/N instantly thought of Camila's failed attempt at saying Aunt Jemima😂)

I sat with Ella on my right side captivated by the cartoon while Lauren cuddled up to my left scrolling through tumblr. It may seem boring that all we do while we are on the road is watch TV and go on social media but with them I don't feel that way at all, I love spending ever minute with them. After all I gotta catch up on lost time. But it's only been a few days out of the many months their tour lasts for so right now might be paradise but who's to say my opinion won't change later in the future. One thing's for sure I could never get bored or tired of them.

"Mommy awe we almos dere yet?" Ella asks Lauren drawing her attention away from her phone.

"Almost baby just a half an hour more and then we can do something fun." Lauren smiles when she sees Ella's excitement spike at the word fun.