Paper Hearts (Camren)

Chapter 4

Days have passed ever since the discovery of the ‘heart’ in the treasure box. After careful analysis, Lauren and Camila were told that it was not a human heart but in fact, a sheep heart.

Lauren had apologised profusely about not being able to prevent the incident from happening and swore that she would not allow Ludo anywhere near Camila, which surprised the brunette greatly for the woman had not expected that Lauren actually cared about her but nevertheless smiled and told her it was okay.

Ever since then, Lauren was especially careful when it came to Camila and wasn’t as unfriendly as she had been when Camila first met her. However she still refused to talk about herself which frustrated Camila but she had learned to be patient when it came to Lauren.

By the end of the week-long router, Camila had forgotten that she was to part with Lauren so that another officer could take her place and supervise her. When Ally brought the subject up, it came as a complete shock. She should’ve been happy. In fact, a week ago, she would’ve grinned and loudly celebrated but now, things have changed.

Camila began to grow accustomed to the way Lauren did things and noticed a lot about the woman that she had never realised she did before. For example the weird way Lauren held her chopsticks or the way the woman sometimes fell asleep on the couch after a long day of work, not even bothering to take a few more steps to reach the bedroom. It was at times like these that Camila would giggle and go into the cupboard where she knew Lauren kept the spare blankets before appearing by Lauren’s side and draping the blanket over the sleeping figure, all the while thinking how lazy Lauren was at home despite being such a serious hard-worker at the station. Camila liked that about Lauren, how the woman could separate herself to two extreme opposites from her private life and her professional life.

What she liked most was the fact that she was one of those rare people who was able to see the real Lauren Jauregui in the comfort of her own home, not just the professional renowned detective knew her by.

She should be happy to be finally leaving Lauren and her laziness/coldness behind but the weird thing was, she wasn’t.

So when Ally had asked her if there was an officer in mind that she wanted to stay with, Camila had blurted out Lauren, much to the surprise of everyone in the room.

She really didn’t want to admit but… she wanted to stay with Lauren. The woman was the only person Camila trusted.

“Um, Mila, are you saying that you still want to stay with Lauren for the time being?” Ally asked her again to make sure that Camila hadn’t accidently said the woman’s name.

“You actually want to stay with that iceberg for longer!?” Dinah’s eyebrows shot up in shock.

Camila nodded shyly, “Is it okay?”

“S-Sure, but we’ll have confirm with Lauren first.” Ally was utterly baffled, just a week ago, Camila was begging for her to assign a different officer to supervise her yet here Camila was, actually asking Ally if she could stay with Lauren for longer.

The door opened and in walked said black haired woman with hair tousled thanks to the outside wind. For some reason, Camila found the windswept hair… sexy.

“Darn wind.” Lauren mumbled before taking a seat next to Camila and looking at her with deep brown eyes, “So what’s happening? What did I miss?”

Camila quickly looked down at her lap and blushed, suddenly feeling embarrassed that she had chosen to stay with Lauren instead of switching to another officer like the initial plan.

Ally cleared her throat, “Camila says she wants to stay with you, Lauren.”

“She what?” Lauren turned her attention to Ally.