Scarred ➵zauren

Chapter 19

I woke up to the sound of soft humming and the late evening sun coming into the dorm through the small window next to my bed.

I looked over to the bathroom and saw the source of the light humming, Lauren combing her hair while listening to some music quietly. She never liked to bug me when I slept, especially after a grueling therapy session, but sometimes I wished she would. That was partially just because of my selfish want to spend every moment of my day with her.

I sat up slowly and positioned myself upright before grabbing my legs and hanging them over the side of the bed. Surprisingly, I wasn't as sore as I'd imagined and the long nap I took really helped ease the fatigue I'd felt earlier.

"Oh, you're up," Lauren noticed as she came out of the bathroom. "How do you feel?"

"I feel great, actually. I thought I'd still be tired but I guess that nap really did it," I replied as she ran her hand through my hair and left her arms on my shoulders, lacing her fingers behind my neck.

"Good," she smiled before bending her head slightly to kiss me. "What do you wanna do this afternoon? Well it's almost night time actually," Lauren chuckled. "You slept for like six hours."

"Wow," I laughed. "You could've woken me up babe."

"No, you needed the rest. I still can't believe you took your first step, I'm so proud of you," she pressed her forehead against mine and smiled.

"I wouldn't have been able to without you," I smiled as I kissed the bridge of her nose gently. "You're amazing."

She smiled shyly and kissed me again.

"Wanna have a movie night?" I proposed as she pulled back.

"That'd be nice. Let me get the laptop," she kissed my forehead before walking off toward the desk on the opposite side of the dorm.

As she walked away, I really noticed what she was wearing, or not wearing, for the first time and I had to fight hard to control myself. She was in one of my t-shirts and a thin, partially lace panty that exposed itself as she bent down to open the drawer that held the chargers.

"Is this the charger?" She turned and asked.

"Huh? Uh yeah," I cleared my throat.

She made her way back to the bed and I realized she wasn't wearing a bra either. None of this was really anything new, she often slept over here in this attire but something was different about today. It had been a very long time since I'd been intimate with someone and Lauren was definitely a person I craved to have that intimacy with.

I was pulled from my thoughts by my phone buzzing on the nightstand and saw it was a call from Ryan's iPad.

"Is that my baby?" Lauren asked from across the room.

"Yeah, come," I patted the open spot on the bed next to me and Lauren hurried over. Rather than sitting beside me, she sat behind me so that she could scoot back and rest her back against the wall. Her back often hurt after long days at our sessions. Still, she wrapped her arms around my torso and tugged me back a bit so that I was leaning against her chest. She kissed my check gently and maintained her arms around my torso as I answered the call.

"Hi, it's Ryan!" He waved over the phone making us both laugh.

"We know it's you silly, we can see you," I responded.

"Oh yeah," he laughed. "Hi mommy!"

"Hi my angel! I miss you so, so, so much," Lauren replied.

"I miss you so much too mommy. When are you going to visit me again?"

"I'm waiting to hear if I can go for sure but maybe two weeks baby boy."