Normani's POV
"Holy. Shit."
I couldn't do anything but stand and stare like an idiot. Dinah seemed to have the same reaction. I could feel my cheeks darken, as the embarrassment set in. I look over at Dinah, who's cheeks are just about as red as a tomato.
"I- I u-uh we we-were just um," Dinah tried to explain, but failed miserably.
Lauren continued to just stare, mouth wide open.
"Careful Lo, you might catch some flies," I said, chuckling nervously.
"Wh-what, how, when, why, what?!?!" Lauren started, not able to form a coherent sentence, arms flying wildly around.
"Uhh, surprise?" Dinah questioned, nervous by the green eyed girl's reaction.
"Surprise? Really Dinah? That's how you want to tell her?" I yelled at Dinah, but still slightly amused.
"Well, what other way is there?" Dinah said, both of us kind of forgetting Lauren was still in front of us, now mumbling in Spanish.
"Ok, hold the phone. When did this start going on??" Lauren said, finally composing herself.
"About 3 months ago," Dinah said, almost casually.
"3 MONTHS AGO?!?! WHY AM I JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS NOW?!?! AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME I HAD TO WALK IN ON IT," Lauren started yelling now.
"Calm down, we didn't want to tell anyone yet because we were scared to. But we finally got some guts and were going to tell you guys today, but I guess we don't need to now, huh babe?" I said, looking at Dinah.
"Guess so," She said, shrugging her shoulders.
Lauren started choking on air, "Babe?! Oh my gosh I think I'm going into cardiac arrest, oh lord."
She started dramatically falling to the ground, clutching her heart. After some dramatic seconds went by, she rose up again, this time calmer.
"Okay, give me all of the details."
We both explained our whole story, from when we first confessed our feelings, until now.
Lauren just stared at us after. An unreadable expression on her face.
"Are you mad?" I asked, genuinely confused.
"That was beautiful. Aww my chickens, I'm so happy for you guyss," Lauren said, back to her old chill self, reaching for us to pull us into a tight group hug.
"Thanks Lo, that means a lot," Dinah said, relieved that she wasn't mad.
I nodded in agreement after we pulled out of the hug.
"So what now? Are you guys going to tell the management?," Lauren asked.
"Well, I want to tell Ally first, I think she would want to know before we tell management," I explained.
"Yeah that's a good idea. When are you planning on telling her?"
"Well now that you know, we should probably just tell her now, to get it over with," Dinah said, looking to me for confirmation.
"Yeah, let's go," I said, grabbing Dinah's hand and interlocking our fingers.
We smiled at each other, both feeling like a huge weight was lifted off of our shoulders.
"You guys are fucking goals, oh my gosh," Lauren said when she looked behind her at us.
We just smiled, and kept walking.
As we reached where Ally was, my nerves kicked in again. Dinah sensed it, and gave my hand a reassuring squeeze.
20 minutes later
"Oh my gosh, y'all are about to make me cry," Ally said, waving her hands by her eyes.
She pulled us into a tight hug, just like Laurens, and actually started to tear up.
"Aww Smallz," Dinah cooed, pulling Ally into another hug.
I felt so much better after that. My closest friends were happy for me, supported my relationship, loved me for who I am, and I have Dinah. Nothing could feel better.
Soon we had to go back and do some more interviews, since our next album is coming out shortly.
I stayed next to Dinah, and we were subtly holding hands most of the time.
Later that day
We got back to our hotel after the long day of interviews. At least we had a day off tomorrow.
Dinah and I walked up to our room together, giggling happily on our way there.
"Ahh, bedtime at last," Dinah sighed happily, flopping onto the bed.
I giggled, " I'm so happy we got that off our chest. It feels so good to come out."
"I know. I'm so glad we can finally do things freely, well at least around them," Dinah said, her answer muffled a little due to her face that was shoved into the pillow.
"Yeah, I don't know if I'm ready to come out to the world yet though," I confessed shyly.
Dinah turned to get up and walk towards me.
She took my hand, "Baby that's okay, if you're not ready, we won't rush anything. I don't want to pressure you into doing something you're uncomfortable with, especially with coming out," Dinah said, kissing my hand.
I smiled, grateful to have someone as caring and loving as Dinah Jane.
"Thanks baby, I love you," I said as I wrapped my arms around her neck, pulling her in for a hug.
"I love you too, always," She answered, squeezing me tightly.
Eventually, we got ready for bed and plopped down on the soft hotel bed.
Dinah sat down next to me, and I immediately snuggled into her side.
Legs tangled together, wrapped in each other's arms, we fell asleep.
