All Night

[4] In the middle of a crowded room...

The fact that Lauren was working out at 5am instead of 6 didn't concern Ty, something that Lauren herself was thankful for. For the past week she had been tossing and turning in her sleep, the memory of her Camila running through her mind at all hours of the day. She hadn't contacted the Latina and vice versa, she was only a tiny bitter at the fact that Camila was active on social media, Lauren had finally unblocked her after the second day of silence and wasn't making any attempt in contacting Lauren.

It was hypocritical, considering she was 'avoiding' the younger girl but she was seemingly getting use to the younger woman taking more charge. Taking what she wanted, saying what she wanted, the kiss ran through her mind again when she was doing her squats. She suppressed the heat that flushed through her body and instead tried to focus on the weight she was holding and the amount of squats she was doing.

Hiding the truth from Ty had become more and more difficult with each day, she had been putting off sleeping with him, not that the guy minded, thank the lord, but she knew he would ask questions when it reaches the 50 year mark of them not having sex. Finishing her set of squats and taking a breather, drinking from her bottle and turning the air conditioner to a cooler setting, she started her last exercise, the rowing machine. The idea of a personal gym was the first thing that Lauren had thought of when she moved into her apartment, exercise had helped her through her most difficult times and being fit and slim never hurt anyone.

She knew that she had to do something about her Camila problem but she didn't know what. It isn't like she can talk to anyone about it, knowing that the explosive reaction of her cheating on Ty would be too much for her to handle and more than likely the fact that she would HAVE to address the Camila problem caused her stomach to do somersaults. She tried to focus on the burn that was happening in her legs and arms, her lack of breath making her pant but she couldn't take her thoughts away from the woman.

I'm royally fucked. She concluded.

//

She called Normani later that morning.

"Hey girl how you been?" she ignored the obvious question, knowing that the dark skinned girl would want her to open up about the music video, something that she successfully managed to repress since last week.

"Grand, anyways, clubs tonight?" she decided that getting straight to the point never hurt anyone and it definitely would help to talk about the situation if she was drunk.

"With?"

"Me, you and the girls."

"No Ty?" taking a quick breath at the mention of her boyfriend, whom was still taking his time to rise from bed, she recovered.

"Nah, just want a girls night, felt like we haven't hung out in ages." if Normani seemed suspicious she didn't say anything and she quickly agreed, confirming that she would make a group chat for the night. After finishing the call Lauren looked at herself in the mirror, she had already showered and straightened her hair, not bothering to wait till later.

"What have you gotten yourself into?" she questioned her reflection, hoping that she would get an answer.

//

It was well into the night, the drinks had been flowing thanks to fans and too many flirty men but the girls were still together. Dinah and Normani were tearing up the dance floor, attracting the most attention in the club whilst Ally and Lauren sat away in the VIP booth. The small woman had always be a good friend to Lauren, being the voice of reason whenever the pale girl could never find it. But sitting with her whilst being absolutely drunk has done nothing but improved Lauren's motor mouth.