Pay Attention Jauregui! (Harry Potter!AU)

Chapter 22

So all of you who know Glee know Rachel has two fathers. I never changed that, so this Camila has two fathers too. Enjoy.

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Meet The Cabellos!

Lauren was fighting down panic, actually panic would be a mild version of the terror inducing fear that currently had her churning out press ups at a scary pace. Normani was sat at the nervous girl's desk reading a magazine and Dinah was trying to get Lauren to talk about 'it' while Camila was raiding the kitchen for more milk for the fuzzball, currently tucked into the pocket of the Slytherin's hoody.

"Lauren come on, it can't be that bad can it? Camila loves you and they did a good job raising her so they're bound to love you too?"

The Ravenclaw paused in her push up and locked eyes with Dinah while she blew a sweaty strand of hair out of her eyes.

"Dinah...you know me right...and when was the last time I managed to meet someone important without making a complete ass of myself!"

The Hufflepuff bit her lip and considered for a moment...and then a moment longer. Lauren rolled her eyes and smoothly changed position to start sit-ups instead, anything to stay in motion and avoid panicking, well, anymore than she already was. Tomorrow, she would be going home with Camila, to meet her parents and she really wanted them to like her, or at least approve of her.

The truth was that her self confidence was so battered, she hesitated to see what Camila saw in her let alone what anyone else might see. Not that she would ever admit that, even to herself, she told herself it was just nerves not self doubt. Normani glanced at Dinah and after a significant look between the two, she cleared her throat and stood carefully, making sure not to jostle the sleeping kitten.

"I'm gonna meet Mila downstairs, make sure she hasn't gotten kidnapped by the house elves in some mistaken identity adventure, last thing we need is them crowning her a Queen or something, as if she needs more power!"

Lauren managed a glare but didn't have the breath to issue an actual reprimand so Normani merely grinned at her and headed out. As the door closed Dinah sat deliberately on the Ravenclaw's stomach preventing her workout and forcing her to still.

"Um...Dinah, it's kind of hard to do sit ups when you're sitting on me?"

Dinah folded her arms and pulled out her serious face, she didn't use it often so when she did it, it had the appropriate amount of impact and Lauren's green eyes widened as she relaxed slightly. Instinctively knowing that her workout was over, she wiped a sleeve over her forehead and sighed.

"You want to talk to me, don't you?"

The Hufflepuff smiled but refused to move as she nodded.

"I think I need to Lo, you really don't see it, do you?"

Slowly getting her breath back, Lauren looked off to one side and swallowed, she knew she wouldn't like this conversation much. Any conversation that made her really look at herself was scary and in her mind, to be avoided at all costs.

"Dinah...please don't."

A gentle hand reached down and slowly turned the Ravenclaw's face until they were looking each other in the eye.

"I'm going to Lauren because you need to hear this, you need to hear it and act on it because Camila loves you, she'll fight for you and unless you decide to fight for yourself then she will lose you. And get her heart broken in the process."

Swallowing hard, Lauren rubbed a hand absently down her face and attempted to divert the course of the conversation with a joke.

"I won't cause that much of a disaster when I meet them, I mean I might sit in my dinner or something but it's not like I'm gonna totally blow it."