The Way We Fell // Laurmani Oneshot

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I started this oneshot seven months ago and I had lost the passion for it, I came back to it recently and finsihed it, (finally) so I hope you enjoy.

-Sher

Normani didn't like Lauren when they first met back on X-Factor grounds. She was upset because besides the fact Lauren was a fantastic singer she was also the most beautiful girl Normani had ever seen. Lauren's hair was light brown, long and wavy falling down to the bottom of her back, a huge smile, red lips and green eyes. and when Lauren had actually met Normani she had smiled and waved, which made Normani hate her more.

Normani knew it was just nerves and her anxiety getting to her and the hate for Lauren wasn't natural but it was still there, hot and thick.

They had both made it through easily, and then at the final round of boot camp they had both, for lack of a better word, had gotten the boot. It hurt like hell to Normani, she didn't realise how badly she wanted it until after she was kicked off. As she looked around the room with all of the other kicked off contestants she saw Lauren again, eyes green and red as she cried sinking down the wall.

The sight made Normani scoff but as she kept looking at her, she could feel sadness for Lauren. Normani ended up taking a deep breath and waking over to her.

"Lauren, right?" she asks and the crying girl looks up at her, wiping at her red cheeks and nods. Normani sighs and slides down the wall next to Lauren. "Lauren, your voice is one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard. This is just a minor setback, you will grow and so will your voice. Keep trying, maybe go for American idol next year."

Lauren just looks at Normani, almost trying to figure her out.

"Why aren't you crying?" Lauren asks her voice even more raspy from her wet tears.

Normani raises an eyebrow "I just gave you advice and compliments and you're asking why I'm not crying?"

Lauren looks away "I'm sorry, it just - look around," she says gesturing to all of the other teenagers around them "they're all crying... or pissed as fuck," Lauren chuckles sourly then looks at me again "but your not either, why?"

Now it was Normani's turn to stare at the girl, trying to figure her out.

"Sometimes, Lauren," she starts "it's better just to say 'thank you'" Normani says before getting up and walking away. "fucking tosser," she mumbles but hey, at least she tried

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What Normani didn't expect was to be out in a group with Lauren and three other girls and she was so excited and the other three girls were so great and she was getting along insanely well with Dinah Jane and Ally Brooke.

Ally was the oldest of the girls but was also the smallest while Dinah Jane was the youngest but was the tallest and the irony of it was so funny to Normani, she thought about it more than she cared to admit.

Normani didn't know much about Camila Cabello, she seemed nice enough, totally innocent to the world around her, the only thing she did know was that Camila and Lauren were always together, Normani guessed since they were both from Miami and shared the same heritage it made them connect to each other.. And Lauren really liked her, in more than friendship.

Normani had no problem with that and doubted any of the girls did, it seemed like the only person who did was Lauren. Normani had become friends with her since the whole 'you're in a girl group now I hope you can deal with each other' but they still weren't close, but whenever Normani saw her with Camila looking a little to close for normal cuddles Mani would try to give her reassuring smiles but instead Lauren would freeze up and practically rip herself from Camz.