Vampirical -- Lauren Jauregui x Reader

My Lauren

Paws and fists and teeth flew everywhere, slow enough for me to keep track of now though still overwhelmingly fast. A few were flung in my direction, but I managed to fight them off.

Camila had spoken to the Alpha, who simply chose not to listen. He gave us no chance to negotiate, instead wanting blood. We'd been fighting for the past hour or so, it felt.

To make it all worse, Ally had shared with Lauren and me something which threatened my very reality, my entire world. To agree to her plan, I had to lose Lauren. To disagree could spell disaster. My eyes grew hot with tears at the thought of it.

"You have to make a choice!" She called over the sounds of fighting still going on around us, simultaneously defending herself against one of the wolves.

"Do it," Lauren muttered though we all heard it.

"Baby-" I began, hands coming to cup her face as tears started brewing in my eyes.

"We have to." She interrupted, "I love you so much. You know that, right?"

Fuck. She'd die! Nobody, not even Ally, could guarantee her survival if she turned back human, as the shorter girl's gift would allow. Her body would try to catch up with how old she really is, and she'd likely lose her life within seconds. She'd never risked it on any vampire as old as Lauren.

"Do it, Ally!" My girlfriend shouted once more, prompting the shorter girl to come to our side.

I pulled Lauren forward by the collar, welding our lips together one more time. We kissed desperately, pouring everything we have into it.

"Please..." I mumbled against her mouth, though what I was asking for I wasn't sure. Her refusing, most likely. Anything for her survival.

"Lauren's right. We have to." Ally said when we finally broke the kiss, only to rest our foreheads against one another.

I nodded, not wanting to let go of her but having to when I was lightly pushed back by Ally.

So this was it. The end of it all, it was this. I hadn't seen Lauren in a white dress yet, with a ring on her finger. It was too soon. Far too soon.

"It'll hurt." The shorter girl announced before biting down into Lauren's arm, her eyes changing colour immediately.

Lauren's blood-curdling screams filled the area, drowning out the sounds of the surrounding scuffles. Tears began to stream rapidly down my face as I watched hers contort in pain, her body turning back how I'd seen her in the sunlight before; she looked dead and broken.

Barely a minute later, Ally removed her teeth from the flesh of Lauren's forearm lowered her to the ground gently, offering me a sympathetic glance.

"Lauren..." I breathed out as I dropped to my knees beside her, watching as she flailed and screamed into the air, eyes, which had been locked into mine when Ally had inflicted this pain onto her, now were glazed over and distant. I wondered if it felt the same as being turned, perhaps worse.

I despised the whole situation.

Soon, the cries stopped and her body stilled and... she faded away into what looked like skin and bones, no life left in her at all.

Her wails were replaced by mine as I flung myself across her frail body and wept. I'd lost her. After all of this, I'd lost my Lauren.

The surroundings fell silent apart from my cries, the atmosphere eerie as if the world itself were mourning her with me. And it should have been, for we'd all suffered a great loss. Even the trees seemed to hang their heads as a strong wind clipped the tops of the canopy.

Why? Why her? Why, of all people to suffer this way, did it have to be her, the most beautiful, amazing, intelligent, interesting woman (and vampire) I'd ever met?

My cries did not ebb away for hours, though the wolves did. When she screamed, they seemed thankful. When she died, they seemed satisfied. The fleeting image of each and everyone one of their corpses littering the ground painted itself in my mind, though I was unable to leave her side long enough to inflict on each being in this clearing the pain that they deserved.

I was angry, I was grieving, and I was hurt. God knows what I was capable of at that moment, though nothing could tear me from the side of my lover as I dampened her clothes with my own sadness.

"Why?!" I yelled at Ally, the closest and most logical person to blame, "Why the fuck would you listen to her? You're disgusting! Look at her! Look at her, you monster!"

The words, which were almost choked by my sobs, only sped the tears on her face too, and on the other girls'. Lauren was gone, as far as we knew.

My Lauren was gone. I'd lost her. I never showed her just how much I loved her. I'd failed her, and all I could think about was my hatred for every other being on this earth.

I didn't notice there was a hand on my back until its owner spoke, saying soothingly, "It's okay, Y/n. Let it out."

It was Dinah, and in her eyes say the same, heart-wrenching look as mine.

I flinched away, wanting no touch but Lauren's, no voice but Lauren's, but it was unattainable.

How am I supposed to live on without her? She'd become my sun, what my world revolved around and the very thing that provided me life.

As I clung tighter to her body, the bite mark she left on my neck began to ache, only making my cries stronger, harder, as they shook my being with every sound.

I loved her, and she was gone.

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Wow, this took incredibly long to write, to get the ideas for, and to publish. I'm so sorry to everyone who had to wait through that!

This is the final chapter, but there is an epilogue (and a happier ending, I promise).

I hope you like this book, and I hope I haven't left you with 1000 unanswered questions as I tend to do. Idk how proud I am of this one but it's probably the best I'll able to get. This is the first time I've ever finished a full-length story, so it's kind of a big deal!

Anyway, epilogue coming soon!