Godparents (Camren)

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As I stand outside the restaurant, I realize that I have a decision to make. The first, and probably the one in my best interest, is to follow the police down to the station and figure out how to get Alex out of jail. The second, is to follow the ambulance to the hospital and make sure that Lauren is okay. I quickly list the pros and cons of each choice in my head.

With Alex, the pro is that she won't be mad at me once she gets out, whereas if I go after Lauren instead, things won't turn out so well for me. I shudder at the thought.

Before I have time to consider the pros, the ambulance is speeding out of the parking lot, making a sharp right turn onto the road. The police cars make a left.

Sprinting over to Alex's white range rover, I jam the key into the ignition and step on the gas, following the police cars that had pulled out of the parking lots moments before.

As I drive, careful not to speed since there are a bunch of police cars literally right in front of me, I turn on the radio in an attempt to drown out some of my anxiety.

Spinning the dial to my favorite station that Alex never lets me listen to, classic hits, I freeze when the familiar melody of Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac drifts through the speakers.

As the guitar plays softly, I can't help but think of Lauren.

I knew as soon as Alex insisted we meet for dinner that it was a bad idea. Her temper always gets the best of her, especially if it has anything to do with me. I thought that her protective nature was endearing, I just had hoped that Lauren wouldn't provoke her. Unfortunately, I'm not a very lucky person when it comes to things like that.

If I would've known how far it would've escalated, I would've tried much harder to convince Alex that the dinner was a bad idea or to warn Lauren about what could happen. Alex had never gotten physical with anyone but me, so why Lauren of all people? Was she really that jealous?

Since I met Lauren, she had been nothing but nice to me, even when I had my reservations after Normani and Dinah died about being Skylar's-it hits me like a brick right then, that holy shit I'm Skylar's godparent and Lauren is going to the hospital and that someone is going to have to watch Skylar and that that person is most definitely me.

But where was Skylar now? Who was looking after her while Lauren was at dinner? I try to remember the conversations I've had with Lauren and if she's mentioned anyone who could watch her.

I suddenly remember, Angela, the name of her next door neighbor.

I quickly make a cognitive map in my head of how to get to Lauren's apartment building in my head and pray that I'm right about where Skylar is.

Taking one last look at Alex inside the car in front of me, I take the first right hand turn and speed up, hoping like hell that I won't regret my decision.

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A/N

Something short because I'm starting to have writers block lmao.

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