Designed Love

(Morgados)

Lauren's POV
Not satisfy with her sketch again Lauren crumbled up the paper and shot it to her trash can that was next to her liquor bar section shot it as a basketball motion and ended up missing on making it for the 11th time and it lands on the floor where other sketches landed as well. She sighed on not only coming up with a new creative design but as well on not making it so she banged her head on her desk.

"For a woman that's believes in global warming you surely waste a lot of paper." With the familiar voice Lauren remained her head in the desk.

"For a woman that's against animal cruelty you still shop at MAC." At this comment Lauren got hit with one of her crumpled up sketch that Alexa picked up from the floor and threw at her and walked over to a chair and sat down.

"What's wrong?" Alexa leaned in and grabbed Lauren's head from the desk and pulled it up so the Fashion Designer looks at her.

"Clara." Lauren swerves her head away from Alexa's hold and gets up from her desk and walks over to her bar section and uncaps her whiskey bottle and pours herself a drink her measure of 6 seconds and drinks it like a shot.

"Momma being a pain in the ass?" Before Lauren could reply someone beat her to it.

"My ex husband is a pain in the ass ,what I am is a woman who is sophisticated.

Alexa's heart drops and she stayed frozen on her seat closing her eyes cursing herself for not being careful.

"Alexa my mother isn't a pain in the ass...she's a bitch who knows how to dress well and run a multi million fashion company." Lauren walks over to her mother and hugs her.

"Sorry Ma'am for the disre..". Clara raised her hand indicating for Alexa to stop talking.

"Don't apologize if you don't mean it." Clara walks over to Lauren desk and skims through her sketch book gazing all her sketches that has been previously used as she landed on a particular sketch that caught Clara's attention.

"I loved the Queen Elizabeth collection you made back in 2014 it was the trend for the whole year." She skims through more pages and starts to turn into blank pages and she looks up questioning Lauren.

"Before you say anything I do have Gucci's design back home I called their fashion designer and we've exchanged sketches both sketches are ideal so the collaboration is going to happen."

"This raggedy book that you've been having since you were 16 holds thee most well outsold designs that we've had and it's from our collection and Ive asked you back in December to start a new collection we are in March Lauren where are the sketches mija."

Lauren pours herself another drink this time making it 12 seconds of measurements and drinks it like it's nothing.

"Clara we've launched the Fall16 collection and people are still buzzing about it we had to restock the clothing just last week again for the 14th time."

Clara closes the sketch book and sits on Lauren's chair and stares at her daughter.

"Don't settle Lauren always work life isn't about breaks there's no time to waste."

Under her breath Lauren mumbled

"Is that why you'll look 70 years old if you didn't have Botox?"

Clara heard it and glares at Alexa who chuckled a bit also hearing it. She gets up from the chair and flips her hair off of her shoulder and walks out her daughters office with a way as if she's was in a runway.

"I don't know how you don't have grey hair by your moms intensity?"

"I did have grey hair back in 2015 when my mom wanted a Gatsby collection I was stressed out that it was only a streak of hair that people thought I dyed it or was the residue of my dried shampoo."

Lauren flicks her wrist to see the time on her watch and she's noticed she's late to have lunch with her father.

"Shit my dad he's already at Nobu I'm 35minutes late." Lauren's walks over to her desk and starts putting her sketch book and her writing utensils in her backpack but with the rushness most of her color pencils fall to the floor

"Go I'll pack your bag and I'll drop off you're backpack at your house." Alexa walks over to Lauren and places her hands on top of Lauren's hand to calm her down. Lauren hugs Alexa and kisses her temple.

"I'm grateful to have you as my best friend I love you." Lauren let's go of Alexa and rushed out her office pulling out her phone and dials her father.

As she walks towards the elevator she didn't notice the person walking her way and she bumps into them.

"Shit I'm so sorry." She looks at the petite girl who is carrying 2 coffee cup holders with weird coffee drinks her colleagues gets she didn't get a chance to see what the girl might say as she walks back towards the elevator.

"Lauren?"

Once inside the elevator I unbuttoned blouse from my neck

"Dad sorry I'm on my way I got held up." Lauren sees the elevator floor numbers drop indicating the floors she's passing

"It's fine Lauren I'm still here mija." Mike Jauregui is a construction worker for his fathers Company he fell in love with construction ever since his dad took him to field day when they were working on Miami's famous building and ever since he knew he wanted to work with his father. Chris, Lauren's brother is also a construction worker despite his mother's wishes. Chris Jauregui is a fine looking young man and to Clara's wishing she wanted Chris to be a model for her clothing company, but Chris rather get dirty then dolled up. Taylor Jauregui Lauren's younger sister works with Lauren and her mother as a modeling agent to recruit models for their clothing . Taylor loves working with her mom and gaining the opportunity to travel the world and see their beauty and Lauren well after her mother and father got a divorce Clara had a minor heart attack and she felt like she had to stick to her mothers side and work for her mother. She knew her dad would understand her decision but she sees the pain in his eyes that he doesn't see his little girls anymore. Taylor always out the country and Lauren is a few  miles away but with her moms persistence on new designs it's like she's out of the country too. The last time she saw her father in person was a year ago but they FaceTime once a month due to Mike also being busy with work.

"Sorry papa I'm on my way."

Leaving the elevator the front desk receptionist Felicity said her goodbyes to Lauren.

"Hi Ms. Jauregui have a good evening." Turning fast she smiled and waved.
"Thanks Fel see you tomorrow."

Walking down to meet her driver outside she walks passed the magazine covers of her designs and she remembers the first time Vogue covered her Summer Collection. It was a feeling she never experienced before and she hasn't felt it again that feeling was Passion. The beginning years of working at Morgados and along side with her mom was amazing but with in time her designs where from others designs than hers. If this was a regular job she would have left but after her moms minor heart attack she couldn't bare to leave her mom and deal with a stress on finding a new designer especially one that can tolerate her. So she sucks it up because despise not feeling it anymore she gets the models and the money so that's a plus . So she thinks that can overweigh her feelings. Morgados is a business her mother Clara  started she was  a daughter from immigrants parents that came from Cuba and she grew up to make sure her parents journey over here wasn't for anything.