Beautiful When You Don't Try (Camren)

Chapter 108

A/N: Let to official countdown begin. This is 3. There are only two more left. Eek! I'm excited.

The prequel will be posted on my Wattpad. I already have a bit of it converted. It will be updated every weekend. I like to finish what I start so you won't ever have to worry about me leaving you with an unfinished fic.

And thank you for those of you who supplied me with unending motivation with your comments and messages and likes. Awesome! Thank you and enjoy.

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"Holy shit. Look at all the midgets!" Normani chimed as she walked into the studio and saw Kim sitting on the ground with Aubrey, Julian, and Gabriel.

"Bad word!" Gabriel called out with both boys pointing at her and Normani froze.

Kim laughed as both of them ran up to the clueless woman. "You have to give them a quarter now."

"I what?" Normani asked as she shuffled through her purse for some change obediently.

"It something that Lauren and Camila started when Julian picked up on a few inappropriate words. Every time you cuss, you pay them a quarter. They cuss, it all gets taken away. If they manage to save up enough, they get to go toy shopping."

"I'm not sure if I should be impressed by the responsibility they're teaching them about consequences or scared that I might go bankrupt before the other midget gets here," Normani remarked, handing them each a quarter. When they realized they didn't have their little bank to put it in they shared a quick glance and then ran to Lauren for her to hold them until they got home. The raven-haired was in the middle of a photo shoot but stopped to take the quarters from her sons when they tugged on her pant leg and wave at Normani before returning to work. "So, how did Camila get the day off and you get stuck babysitting?" The newly arrived woman asked, taking a seat on the floor next to the assistant.

Kim watched carefully as Aubrey stumbled her way over to Normani. Once Kim and Adrianne were married and especially once Adrianne was pregnant, Normani's relationship with the pair changed greatly. She still teased Kim, trying to get a reaction out of her but it was never anywhere near as vulgar has it had been. Their relationship very much mirrored Normani's with Lauren and Camila. They had become old friends in a sense.

"She had an interview to do with a magazine. Something about women's health or motherhood."

"Hey, cutie." Normani cooed as she accepted the tiny brunette in her arms. "She looks so much like Adrianne."

Kim laughed lightly to herself and leaned over to fix her daughter's dark brown hair. "She does, doesn't she?"

"When are you going to have one?"

"Oh, not for a while. Between this one and those two and the one on the way, time and attention are kind of taken up. Maybe in a few more years."

Normani nodded her head, flipping Aubrey around in her lap so she could see what was going on around the studio as she was held. "You know you aren't getting this kid back, right?"

"I have no worries. Adrianne will beat you down if you try and run off with her. You want to talk about protective... I wasn't allowed to hold her for the first day."

"Are you fucking serious?"

"Bad word!" Gabriel called out from a good distance away and Julian pointed again.

"What the hell, Lo? Do they have supersonic hearing or something?" The raven-haired just laughed from her place behind the camera. "They might as well just keep tabs and then I'll write them a check before I leave."