Pay Attention Jauregui! (Harry Potter!AU)

Chapter 23

This chapter has a really adorable scene you guys will enjoy.

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It took Lauren a moment or two to realize where she was when she woke up, instead of the over riding smell of ink, quill's, potions and mixed deodorants that normally greeted her on waking it was...cleaner, inhaling deeply she smelt fresh air, damp grass and the very faint trace of vanilla, the last made her glance to her right where the brunette was still snoring softly. Despite Lauren being in the guest room it had been little more than an hour before she had come scuttling in and joined a nervous Lauren, despite this she had slept better with her girl in her arms than without.

Yawning, she slipped quietly from the bed and slipped her old Quidditch jersey on, taking one more look at her still dozing girlfriend, she smiled softly and running a hand through her hair decided to go and make a hot drink for them both, Camila was always grumpy first thing if she didn't have access to a herbal tea.

Padding barefoot down the stairs, she made sure not to make too much noise and headed into the kitchen, she was halfway to the sink when she realized there was someone else in the kitchen and the word Expelliarmus almost erupted when she realized who it must be. Swallowing her heart back down into her chest, she leant heavily on the kitchen counter and took in the man's amused glance.

This must be Hiram Cabello, he was a good foot shorter than his husband, a slim man with a neatly trimmed beard and moustache and twinkling brown eyes that regarded Lauren with a mix of humor and assessment, hoping to pass whatever invisible test he might be laying for her, she managed a small smile and held her hand out.

"I'm sorry if I startled you, you must be Camila's Dad? I'm Lauren and it's a pleasure to meet you sir."

He shook her hand and nodded slightly before half smiling in return.

"It looked to me like you were more startled than me Lauren, and yes I'm Hiram Cabello, I apologize for not being here last night to greet you with my husband, but things got sort of out hand with a Hippogriff birth."

Lauren winced and nodded as she started to fill the tea press with the loose leaf fruit and herbal infusion Camila preferred first thing in the morning.

"I've read that they're really difficult, more so than the pregnancies which are only successful twenty percent of the time. Hogwarts had the largest herd for a while under the care of Rubeus Hagrid but they went to various different conservation programmes in an effort to try and swell the breeding numbers."

After pouring the water into the tea press, she turned around and realized that Hiram was staring at her appraisingly and she fidgeted awkwardly.

"I ah...sorry, I tend to regurgitate knowledge when I get nervous, that or fall over my own feet, or spit food if I'm eating...and I'm still spouting stuff out aren't I, so I'm gonna shut up...um like now."

Turning back to the tea press, Lauren had to fight not to visibly face palm and settled for internally kicking her own ass, when Hiram cleared his throat behind her, she turned back round with a nervous smile.

"Firstly, don't worry so much, if anything I'm impressed with your knowledge, especially as Camila tells me care of magical creatures isn't one of your NEWT choices. And yet you seem to know more than Camila, who spent her childhood around these animals."

As he chuckled, Lauren let herself relax slightly and as the tea steeped, he gestured for her to join him and offered her a latte.

"You strike me as more of a coffee than a tea fan, and no one can resist a latte, you don't mind that I flavored it with vanilla do you?"