Flawless (Camren)

Chapter 2

I was firmly snuggled against something when I woke up the following morning. My first thought was that it was Normani but after a few seconds I realized that it was just her pillow so I didn't bother to loosen my grip. I just stayed like this for a couple of minutes before I slowly opened my eyes and saw that the space next to me was empty. After rubbing my eyes gently I reached for my phone only to see that it was time for me to get up. I let out a long sigh and tried thorough to get up. I went to Normani's closet where I left some of my clothes when I stayed over the other times and decided to wear simple denim shorts, together with an old Bob Marley Shirt. Afterward, I made the bed and opened the window so that Normani wouldn't suffocate the next time she enters her room.

I didn't want to be alone in her room so I went to the living room where her brother James already sat on the couch and watched the morning news while eating his breakfast. I silently took a seat next to him and he turned his head with a surprised look on his face "Oh hey, Lauren," He said with a full mouth, one of his unpleasant habits. "I didn't know you slept here last night."

"Yes, it wasn't planned at first." I shrugged my shoulders.

"What? Was no Luis there to cuddle with you?" He asked with a teasing voice before he took another bite from his bread.

"James," I started slowly. "I know you despise Luis, so why should I talk with you about this?" It was true that James couldn't stand Luis and he had never made a secret out of it. To be fair, the day they met each other for the first time didn't go well and Luis acted like a complete ass. It went so far that James threw him out and I couldn't blame him. I probably would've done the same if I weren't in a relationship with him. I tried to sort things out between them and that more than once but James always refused to talk to Luis so I gave up after some time.

"I'm still patiently waiting for the day where you're going to dump him because you finally realize that you deserve better."

I rolled my eyes. "I know, James but until then you could at least pretend to like him, even if it's only play pretend"

"No, you know I've never been good with lying to people," He laughed. "But whatever, do you wanna eat something?" He was fast to change the topic.

"Yes," I nodded. "I'm just gonna make myself something."

I got up again and walked into the kitchen, which was only with a slide door separated from the living room. One look in the fridge was enough to see that I didn't have much of of a variety of choices to eat, what wasn't a surprise at all since neither Normani nor James made effort into regularly groceries shopping. I was surprised that they hadn't starved yet.

I took a bowl from one of the cabinets and put some cereal in it, together with the last drops of milk that could ever be found in this appartment. "You need to buy milk." I informed James when I entered the living room again but I doubt he heard me considering that he was so fixated on his phone. The fact that he didn't show any kind of reaction only confirmed my assumptions. James was obviously not useful for talking anymore which was why sat at the dining table. After I was done with eating Normani was done with her morning routine as well so that I could use the bathroom to start with my own.

With a fresh breath and a light makeup in my face, I already left the bathroom after a few minutes and was ready to go to school. Normani and I decided to drive with separate cars there since she had cheerleading practice after and I didn't want to spend more time in school than actually necessary. I never understood why she found it so exciting to be a part of the cheerleaders squad. I would've preferred to work for our school newspaper, sadly it was terminated last year and everything else seemed boring.

I got in the car and threw my bag on the passenger seat. Normani already drove ahead while I, first of all, took my phone out and connected it to the sound system of my car. I went through my playlists but couldn't find any songs I really wanted to hear right now. Suddenly I remembered the band Camila mentioned yesterday and I typed in their name. I clicked on the first song that showed up and sunk a little further into my seat when I listened to it. I quickly regretted that I didn't hear of the band before because they were pretty fucking dope. When the song ended I made a new playlist with some of their songs so I could listen to them on my way to school.