Why Did I Get Married; Part One ☾☀︎ Camren

Part Four: Sister-In-Law

Lauren grumbled at the sound of her alarm clock going off. She mentally gave herself a few seconds to brace for the upcoming day. It had been three days since they've been to couple's therapy and Lauren stupidly assumed that things would've been better by now. Yes. she knew that even though it was only one session; which managed to get her and her wife, to spend quality time together, she thought that maybe, they'd be able to have a conversation at least. But all that happened, seemed to be Camila avoiding her, getting mad at her or bringing up the topic of Hailee.

She shivered when she threw the comforter off her frame. Grabbing the phone and switching off the alarm, Lauren headed into the bathroom to prepare herself for another day at the studio. She didn't plan to head into the studio today, given that Isabella had gotten sick; after the mother-daughter rendezvous in the rain yesterday. Obviously, Camila had been out running errands; because Lauren knew she could not have done that with her wife around. When the brunette came home, she was greeted to the sight of her wife and daughter frolicking in the rain.

As Lauren stepped out of the shower, she dried her skin and made her way to the walk-in closet that she and her wife once shared, when they were sharing the same bedroom. Before Lauren had to be stupid and make a mistake that she'd regret from the moments her lips touched Hailee's. They both agreed that it shouldn't have happened and the green eyed woman told her wife that when she walked in on them, but from that moment on, Camila did not trust her.

Once the photographer picked out a shirt and slipped her hands through the sleeves, Camila entered the room. Seeing the appearance of her wife; a open shirt clad Lauren with only her underwear and bra showing through her shirt, the brunette knew she should've knocked.

Camila turned her back towards her wife; blushing profusely. "I..um..sorry. I should've knocked."

Lauren smirked as she continued to button up her shirt. "You've seen me naked countless of times, Camz. It's okay to look." The woman blushed again. It had been almost a year since the couple had been intimate and that had taken quite a toll on the women, but neither chose to say anything. There were many times the couple were caught 'doing the nasty' as their friends called it in high school and it got worst when the two attended the same college. They chose to get an apartment rather than live on campus, which gave the couple a lot of time to be intimate.

Clearing her throat and trying to calm down her heart rate, that even though they weren't exactly on good terms, constantly sped up whenever she was around the green eyed woman. "I wanted to know if you were going to work. But I can see that you are."

"You can turn around now. I'm...decent," Lauren said as she finished putting on her clothing. "Did you want me to stay home?"

Camila nodded. "I..I can't take care of Izzy on my own. She's cranky when she's sick and you know her a lot better than me..." she trailed off. Truth be told, she didn't want to upset the child or hurt her. Who knows? What if Camila accidentally gave her medication and she had an allergic reaction to? Why would there even be medicine like that in their house to begin with?

"You'd be fine, Camz. She's basically sleeping all day," Camila huffed. "Would it make you feel better if I called my sister to help you out? I know that she'd jump at the opportunity to not go to work."

The brunette nodded happily. "Really? She doesn't hate me or anything right?"

Lauren sat on her bed and slipped on her Louis Vuitton's. When she was done, she stared at her wife with furrowed brows. "Why would my sister hate you? If anything, she hates me."

Which actually wasn't far from the truth. The younger Jauregui didn't exactly hate her sister, but she was rather disappointed in Lauren at the way she treated Camila. She had been super supportive of their relationship from the start, especially when the Jaureguis didn't approve of Camila and Lauren's relationship. Though over time, they grew to love Camila and accepted her as they fondly stated, 'the daughter they always wanted but never had.'