Chapter 15: Cracks

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"Bye now babe." Lauren said as she pecked Normani's lips and playfully slapped her butt. Normani watched her hips sway until she was no longer in her field of vision. She slumped against the locker, sighing heavily. Lauren was definitely driving her crazy. She is just acting so hot and cold, Normani huffed in frustration as she picked up the stuff from her locker.

Tightening her coat around herself she inhaled deeply, trying to prepare herself for the imminent impact of cold air. Normani hated winter, and especially those freezing white things that fell from the sky. Tucking her nose in her scarf she picked up her speed, wanting to get home as soon as possible. Thankfully she didn't have to work today, so she will have the time to do her homework, which by the way she was behind on. She couldn't allow herself to slip up, her scholarship depended on her grades. Ha the scholarship awarded to me by Ty's family foundation, and I'm banging his girlfriend, Normani shook her head at the irony of the whole thing.

She was a bit frustrated because Lauren proved to be such a hard nut. Normani was trying to break through her defenses but it was more difficult than she initially thought. This past month was...in lack of a better expression, very bittersweet. Normani loved that she could kiss Lauren and make love to her pretty much whenever she wanted, but she wanted more...she needed more. She wanted Lauren to trust her, to open herself up to her, to love her. She just kept reminding herself that all good things are worth waiting for, and Lauren was definitely worth waiting for.

On the bright side, she learned some stuff about Lauren that she didn't know before. She learned little things, things that some people might consider irrelevant, but Normani cherished each and every one of them. The way Lauren would start babbling in Spanish when she was thinking too hard, the way she would play with her hair when she was nervous, the way she hummed in the shower, the way she cooed to her dog, and Normani's favorite: the way she played the piano. The way her eyes were glazed over, the way her lips stretched in a dazed smile, the way her fingertips effortlessly stroke the keys, and the raw emotion that would seep through every stroke left Normani completely awestruck.

Those were the times Normani felt like she was seeing the real Lauren, this lonely, beautiful, and lost girl. Those were the moments that made her fall profoundly and madly in love with Lauren, and the moments that proved her she was right to listen to her instincts and go after what her heart was seeking. It also proved her that she was right to disregard Val's parting words to her, which she did sadly think about quite often.

But on the other hand, Lauren had to come up with those stupid rules. Normani couldn't believe her when she came over one day and Lauren presented her with a list of rules, and not just that but as Lauren put it, it was a "contract", and Normani was supposed to sign it. Normani was completely dumbfounded at Lauren's business like behavior. Gosh she is just such a control freak sometimes, Normani groaned at the memory. But she's my control freak, she smiled to herself thinking about the brunette.

The contract consisted of a long list of rules, which to be quite honest Normani didn't even read. She remember the first few ones which Lauren read out loud to her in a strictly business tone:

1.Absolutely no one can know.

2.No sleepovers

3.No jealousy

4.No feelings but you shouldn't worry about that one since I hate you.

And that's pretty much when Normani shut her up with a kiss. She never finished reading the list but she was pretty sure she broke rule 3 and 4, and she wanted to break the 1 and 2 really bad too. Whenever she saw Lauren with Ty, she wanted to strangle him, but she couldn't. She had to remind herself that Lauren wasn't hers...at least not yet.

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