Our Mistake (Laurmani)(COMPLETED)

Starting Again

Lauren's  P.O.V

I wake back up around one but Normani is no where in sight. I sit up in the bed and wipe my eyes then get up and go to the bathroom. Finally. I finally have Normani back and I am not going to fuck it up this time. It's good that we haven't officially got together yet because I think we need to talk about a few things. When I come out the bathroom, Normani is sitting on the bed in a tank top and shorts with her hair pulled back in a ponytail. I walk over to her and lay next to her on the bed.

"Why are you still naked?" She asks.

"Why are you dressed?"

"I got cold."

"I would have kept you warm." I say and she shrugs.

"So...I'm thinking lunch date." I say and she chuckles.

"What? The sooner the better." She smiles.

"Okay but you need to shower, you stink." She says playfully and I roll my eyes.

"Whatever. Come shower with me." She shakes her head.

"I already showered and talked to Ally. We have until 4 before Maya comes back." She says and I get up and go to the bathroom. I take a quick shower and when I get out she's ready to go. I go get ready and we leave. I let her pick the restaurant though, so I don't know where we're going. Some place called Lola's. When we walk in, it's kind of lowly lit but it gives you an at home feeling. It's almost full but all I see is people eating burgers.

"You brought me to a burger place?" I ask as we walk to our table.

"It's good. Now sit down." She says as she sits at one side of the table. I sit on the other side and we're brought our menus.

"Why would you put radish on a burger? That's gross." I say as I look through the different burgers on the menu.

"Stop complaining." She says and I shrug. I order what drink I want and Mani tells the waitress what she wants then she walks away.

" I want to talk about some things." Normani says as she puts her menu down.

"We need to." I say and put my menu down.

"If we're going to do this again then I need to know why it even fell apart the first time."

"Why I cheated?" I ask and she nods.

"We were young. I was stupid. I got scared of committing to one person."

"And how will I know you won't get scared and hurt me again?" She asks as the waitress brings our drinks and asks if we're ready to order. I tell her no and she walks away.

"Because I'm not that stupid kid anymore. I grew up and realized how stupid I was to ever let you go. Plus it was once. It was a stupid ass decision and I would never make the same mistake twice." I say as she takes a sip of her water.

"You really hurt me."

"I know and I'll spend the rest of my life trying to fix it."

"Why? Why do you still even want me after what I did?" She says softly and looks down.

"You fucked up, just like I did but if you're willing to move past it then so am I."

"What I did was way worse than what you did. I kept you two apart for 7 years of her life."

"You're right, you did but it wasn't worse. Though those are years I can never get back, if get to be there for the next 50 years, I think I can overlook that." I say and she sighs.