you keep robbing my heart like a bank ~camren~

16.

Lauren barely registers the faint chatter of conversation happening somewhere in the house. She honestly wishes they would quiet down because she's extremely cozy right now and doesn't really want to be disturbed. Attempting to block the sound from her ears, she burrows further against the warmth she's surrounded by.

Settling down, Lauren smiles happily when she feels the warmth press even closer to her. She swears she's never felt this comfortable before and has no intentions of moving any time soon.

A few minutes pass as Lauren gradually regains her consciousness. Around the third minute mark, Lauren suddenly feels the warmth move against her and is awake enough to realize that blankets shouldn't be moving on their own. She snaps her eyes open, blinking them quickly as she adapts to the morning light. Once her eyes come into focus, Lauren looks around and then realizes that she's not alone in bed, finally remembering that she shared a bed with Camila last night.

That thought puts her at ease that she's with someone she knows and is comfortable with, and not in bed with some stranger. But Lauren's warmth moves again and it's only then that she realizes how exactly her and Camila are sharing the bed.

They're squished up against each other, cuddled on one side of the bed. There's no space between them, spooning each other with front pressed up against back.

Lauren's arm is thrown around Camila's waist, the other one tucked under the pillow, while Camila is pressed as far back against Lauren as she can go, her butt even jutting backwards to fit Lauren's body shape. Their legs are tangled together and Camila's got a hand resting on Lauren's thigh that lays on top of both of Camila's legs.

Blushing at the position they're in, Lauren attempts to extract herself from the embrace. She slowly begins to remove her arm from around Camila's waist but before she can get very far, Camila grumbles in her sleep and subconsciously pulls Lauren's arm tighter around her.

Lauren's blush deepens as Camila holds Lauren's arm against her in a firm grip, as if the girl knows Lauren was trying to move. Snuggling even closer to Lauren, Camila lets out a content sigh in her sleep as she settles in comfortably against her.

Realizing that there's no way Lauren is going to be able to move without waking Camila up, she resigns herself to the fact that she's stuck holding Camila until the girl's grip loosens. She closes her eyes and decides to pass the time by getting lost in her thoughts, seeing where her mind takes her.

By the time Lauren opens her eyes again, she realizes that she has no idea what she was even thinking about because she had fallen asleep again. Lauren feels movement against her front and comes to the conclusion that she woke up because Camila is stirring, most likely finally waking up from her sleep. Panicking, Lauren tenses up, inadvertently squeezing her arm tighter around Camila's waist.

"Mm... what time is it?" Lauren hears Camila mumble sleepily, reaching one hand up to rub at her eyes.

Lauren doesn't answer, unsure what to do because once Camila fully wakes up, she's going to realize the position they're both in. She feels Camila move her hand away from her face and accidentally bump into Lauren's arm draped over her.

"Wha–" Lauren hears Camila say in confusion.

At this point, Lauren has no idea what to do. She's contemplating pretending to be asleep so that Camila hopefully won't think it's weird, but before she gets the chance to, Camila turns her head around and locks eyes with Lauren's wide ones.

Camila opens her mouth to say something but before any sound comes out, Lauren is flinging herself away from the girl and launches herself off the bed, nearly flying into the wall in her haste to distance herself.