Love and Basketball (Lauren/You)

Chapter 18

Y/N'S POV

A couple of days later I was finally gaining every part of my body back where I could use it regularly again; almost. I was finally being released from hospital care where I would have to be on house arrest for at least another couple of days under Lauren's supervision. She would stay with me for a while longer until she had to leave although when exactly she was supposed to leave was something that the two of us still had to talk about. Lauren was pretty much playing it by ear until I was strong enough to stay on my own again before she would even think about going back to her normal celebrity living. I hated to think of us being separated again but that's how this was going to have to go if we wanted our dreams to work out. Lauren had to go live hers if I wanted to live mine despite the obvious concerns that we both now had. It sucked as much as the next thing but we had to get our shit together if we wanted to work out in the future, for us and for our unborn child.

I knew we weren't exactly ready for a child but the thought of having a whole ass family brought a smile to my face without me really knowing it. I could imagine us having more kids just so long as Lauren was okay with it too. She had to be the one to pop out the kids so it was ultimately her decision no matter how many kids I wanted in the future. All I knew for now was that I wanted as many children as Lauren would give me, and if we stuck to just one, then that would be okay with me as well. I was able to fully function again but that didn't ease any of my girlfriend's worries so she always had to try to help me do the simplest things like walking. It was as if she believed I had forgotten how to function but I wasn't going to hold that against her. I knew she cared for me and she only had the best intentions for me. Lauren was just an all around great human being and I knew that she was someone that I could really see myself with for the rest of my life. I didn't really have a choice now that we had a child on the way but I was hopelessly in love with the shorter girl and nothing was going to change that.

Although now that I was out of the hospital but not back to working out, I had a lot of free time on my hands. Too much free time. I knew I wanted to visit the fan that had asked for me but I wasn't sure when a good time to visit would be, considering she was still in the hospital herself and I had just gotten out of one. Maybe that would have been a good conversation starter? Or maybe that was a little more fucked up than I thought. Either way, I knew I wanted to stop by so that she wouldn't have two celebrities flaking out on her like Camila was doing. I really didn't want to contact her but I knew it would be in the best interest of the small girl to at least try. I didn't want to keep disappointing her like Camila was doing so I had to try my best to get the other Latina to agree to meet with this child. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket while I was laying on my bed by myself. Lauren was making us some lunch in the kitchen leaving me alone to rest and watch TV.

I pulled up my messenger app and pulled up James' contact information. I asked him for details about the little girl that wanted to meet me and how I could possibly come up with a way to see her. I wrote everything down in one message so that I could just get straight to the point without beating around the bush. James was a very straight-to-the-point guy as well so I knew it was in the best interest just to get everything over with. I set my phone down on my stomach and turned my attention towards the TV as I awaited my coach's response. I could hear Lauren humming to herself all the way from the kitchen and over the quiet noise of the TV which brought a smile to my face. I began to focus more on her humming than anything so I closed my eyes and relaxed further into the bed with the same smile covering my lips. I stretched my hands over my head so they rested underneath the pillow as the rest of my body stretched to accommodate the new feeling. I groaned lightly as my need became fulfilled and I no longer needed to stretch.

I hadn't been able to do so in such a long time and it felt great to be able to move in such a way again. I don't know how long I had been laying in the same position just not focusing on anything other than Lauren's humming but soon enough the same humming grew closer and closer to the room until my girlfriend poked her head through the door with a small smile of her own. "Are you hungry?" Lauren carried both plates in her hands as she pushed through the door anyways despite me not answering her question. She knew I was otherwise she wouldn't have made lunch yet, and she knew I was practically always hungry. Lauren set the plate on my lap and came to sit on the other side of the bed where I had sat up against the headboard. I took a bite of the rather large sandwich and I couldn't help but let out a little moan at the taste. This was certainly a huge upgrade from the hospital food I was growing used to. Lauren giggled from beside me. "Is it really that good?" She asked while trying to keep her giggles to a minimum.