Let Me Love You (Lauren Jauregui/You)

Chapter 19

Yn POV:

It was late when I finally arrived back at Lauren and I's apartment in Miami, and I was exhausted, having been awake for what had to have been at least 24 hours, due to the whole time difference thing. But I was finally home, and that meant I could go to bed, where my beautiful, warm, snuggly girlfriend would be, probably asleep, waiting for me. If she wasn't asleep I would be very surprised, it was almost 4am Miami time after all and Lauren was not one to skip on sleep when she didn't have to.

Quietly, I snuck through the apartment, going to the bathroom, brushing my teeth and stripping down to my underwear, my usual sleeping garments, then I made my way into the bedroom, where, sure enough, I found Lauren, curled up in a nest of blankets and pillows. I smiled at the sight and gently climbed in right next to her. Instantly she snuggled into my side and I pulled her closer to me, so she was flush up against my body, nose buried in my neck.

I was already drifting off to sleep when I felt more than heard, a very quiet, 'I love you', mumbled against my neck.

'I love you too', I whispered back, then soon fell asleep.

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The next morning I woke up to an empty bed and the smell of coffee drifting into the room. I slipped on a hoodie and made my way to the kitchen where, sure enough, I found Lauren, in sweat pants and a t-shirt, humming a random tune while waiting for the coffee to brew. It was a beautiful sight, one that made me smile the biggest goofiest smile you've ever seen, because this is so surreal, I've just woken up, and I've walked into the kitchen of our apartment and she's stood there, making coffee, with 2 mugs out ready for us, and it's totally normal, because she's my girlfriend and by some miracle she loves me just as much as I love her and we live together, and this is actually my real life, not just some movie or TV show, it's real and I'm so goddamn happy right now. Everything is ok. My Dad actually doesn't hate me and Lauren actually does love me.

'Coffee?', I was broken from my thoughts when said love of my life was stood directly in front of me, holding a mug of coffee out for me to take, which I gladly took, 'hello, by the way, I missed you', she said before pecking my lips then turning back to pick up her own mug.

'Hello, good morning, I missed you too', I replied going to her and pulling her into a hug with my spare hand, careful not to knock either of our mugs. Coffee is precious and must be saved.

We stayed like that for a while, until Lauren pulled away.

'I need to tell you something', she said, with a look on her face that worried me beyond belief.

'What is it? Did someone die? Are you dying? Please don't tell me you're dying-', I was then cut off by her grabbing my shoulders.

'Babe! I'm not dying, chill', I sighed in relief, 'Camila is leaving the group', she then sighed.

'What?', I asked in pure disbelief.

'She's decided that leaving the group is the best thing to do'.

I had known that Camila had not been happy recently, non of the girls had been particularly happy to be honest, but I hadn't seen this coming. Their contracts are being renewed soon and they had been trying to get a better deal, I thought Camila was going to be a part of that, but apparently not.

'When did you find out?', I asked, curious as to how long this had been going on.

'A couple days ago', Lauren stated, 'I wanted to tell you in person, she's been thinking about it for a while I think, but I thought we'd convinced her to stay, apparently I was wrong'.