Lauren woke up in a familiar bed, in a familiar room with a familiar man. He had his body molded against her much smaller one. His muscular arm draped across her waist while his hand rested on her protruding belly. Normally Lauren hated spooning because her body temperature ran hot and she didn't like waking up in a sweat, but this room was always fresh and his warmth was nice so she welcomed it.
Lauren felt butterflies in her stomach where his hand rested. She knew it was their baby's way of saying, "hey, mom and dad."
"Hello, mi amorcito pequeño," she said as she began rubbing her belly in a loving manner, this child was so precious to her. The most important thing in the world, she could feel it but couldn't fully understand why much less explain it. She simply knew this baby was the center of her universe.
"Good morning, beautiful." A sleepy raspy deep voice greeted her from behind before she felt a soft kiss on her head. "And good morning to you too, lil man." He rubbed her belly and was rewarded with a swift kick right on his hand from his boy.
Lauren laughed, "Why does he only kick for you on command, that's not fair! I'm the one feeding him and sacrificing my skinniness every two hours." They both laughed while she turned so they could face one another. They settled in a comfortable position and he began rubbing her thigh that had landed on his.
"Because lil man knows that Daddy don't play, if I say good morning he better say it back." He chuckled.
"Oh god, shut up." She rolled her eyes at her baby's father but ended it with a laugh.
"You lucky you hella cute, babe, 'cause jealousy's ugly as fuck. It ain't my fault our son loves me more." He joked.
"Excuse me, I'm over here literally breathing life into your child and you're talking shit. Mhm, okay." She huffed, pretending to be bothered but couldn't contain her laughter when he attacked her face with little kisses while apologizing.
"Babe!" Lauren laughed loudly at the beautiful ridiculous man showering her with love. She felt so much light and happiness she thought she could burst.
Their wild play time slowed and became sweet soft kisses where they both got lost in each other.
He laid in front of her staring at her in awe, making Lauren feel as though she was some sort of masterpiece he couldn't take his eyes off.
"I love you, babe. This baby was the best thing to ever happen to us, I cant imagine how life would be without you." He pecked her lips twice with his own.
"Mmm," Lauren closed her eyes reveling in the feeling of being completely loved by someone, it was so amazing, "I love you too, amor, so fucking much. I cant imagine doing this with anybody else, babe," she said softly placing her hand on his face to bring him closer to her lips. She could never get enough of his lips, ever since that first time she kissed him in his trailer all those months ago.
The kiss quickly turned into more and soon they were in the throes of passionate lovemaking. Lauren could feel herself on the precipice of cumming when she heard a faint noise in the distance getting louder. It sounded as though somebody was incessantly knocking on the door and wouldn't go away.
It felt like Lauren was in two places at once trying to stay in the moment with her love but not able to ignore the noise.
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Lauren awoke with a gasp. She felt disoriented, sweaty and confused about how real that dream had felt.
Lauren's hand immediately went straight to her still flat abdomen but found nothing out of the ordinary and confirmed once more that it had been nothing more than a dream. Except for her breasts getting larger, her body hadn't changed much in the past nine weeks.
"What the actual fuck was that," that dream had felt too real, it had scared the shit out of her. She'd been sleeping with this guy for months and she always thoroughly enjoyed it but it was never on some 'I love you' level.
They were friends and he was sweet to her that was it.
Months ago she had run into him at the Studio 60 warehouse where they both happened to be shooting their videos at the same time. He had invited Lauren to his trailer to catch up and to show her a beat he had just finished so she excitedly agreed.
He had been telling her about the stuff he was working on and giving her some advice about the business when his ex called. Lauren asked if she should leave to give him some privacy but he declined and explained the situation to her.
He had recently learned that his ex was charging her shopping sprees on his credit cards without his knowledge. Lauren felt bad because he sounded very disappointed. They commiserated about exes and vibed out with each other and at some point Lauren had fixated on his lips and randomly felt the urge to taste him.
She had only wanted to kiss him that first day in his trailer. Somehow though, their sexual energy erupted and they ended up semi naked fucking up against the wall, on the table and on the floor of his trailer. Lauren had loved every single second of it she wasn't even going to lie about that.
After that day they began seeing each other on a regular basis. At first they'd link up at least once a week, usually at his place or hers. Sometimes they'd go bowling or to grab food, and two weeks ago he began taking her to studio and writing sessions with his colleagues so she could learn more about that side of the business.
Although Lauren was grateful and soaking in everything she could learn at these sessions that wasn't the only reason she continued going to him.
Every time something went wrong in her life she felt the urge to call him and order him to her bedroom to help her relieve some stress and make her feel better. And every time she called he came, in more ways than one.
Her initial intention was never this. He had become her personal stress reliever and she used him often. Especially with all the stress that comes around tour time. But she wasn't stupid, he was newly single and probably mingling all over the place. He had never given her any indication that he wanted more, they were homies who had sex. That was it and she was more than okay with that. She didn't want the troubles of a relationship right now. She hadn't even completely gotten out of her previous emotionally draining one herself.
That's why Lauren was completely confused as to where that dream even came from. Was it the baby fucking with her mind or was there more to it. She had no clue.
Still in the haze of her dream she barely heard there was someone still knocking incessantly at the door and it sounded like they weren't going away any time soon.
She reached to pick up her phone to check the time but when she picked it up she saw it was off. She turned it on and checked the time on her cable box. It was 11:47 pm.
She wondered who the hell was at her door at this hour. The only person that showed up this late was someone she wasn't sure she was ready to talk to just yet. He normally would text her that he was going to drop by but her phone had been off while she slept.
Lauren finally got up and checked herself in a mirror in the corner of her apartment before looking to see who it was. Just as she suspected it was him.
She sighed. She couldn't keep avoiding it since he was quite literally at her door.
She opened the door and tried to seem normal, "Hey, Ty. What's going on?"
He gave her a knowing smirk, invited himself inside and without a word wrapped his arms around her waist and began tenderly kissing her.
'Ah, fuck, why am I like this.' Lauren thought. That dream had left her wanting him in more ways than one but right now he was offering himself to her and she wanted it so she was going to take and make him relieve her stress. She'd talk to him in the morning. Or maybe next week. Or next month. Or possibly until she started to show. She didn't know all she knew is that she wanted to forget and he did a good job at helping her do that so that's exactly what she was going to do.
