Undercover -A Camren Fanfic-

3 - Meeting The Neighbours

The bell rang at around 5p.m on Sunday. Lauren was sitting on the couch, behind her laptop. She'd been observing the Perez household all day. There seemed to be some kind of party going on and loads of known criminals were walking around the house.

"Zayn!" She called out. "Can you open the-"

"Yeah, yeah!" Her fake boyfriend called back. She could already hear him on the stairs. He'd been locked in his office again, secretly glancing out of the windows, observing their neighbours party.

"Hey." Lauren heard him say after he'd opened the door. She could then hear a familiar voice, high and raspy at the same time. "H-hi, Hola, I'm Camila, one of the neighbours. You must be Zayn."

Lauren got up from the couch, a smile on her face. She knew the cake had been a good idea. She bet they were now about to get invited to whatever party it was that was taking place on the other side of the fence. "Hey Camila." She smiled as she entered the hallway and snaked an arm around Zayn's waist. "How are you?"

"Good, thanks!" Camila smiled. "I was just wondering, we're having a barbecue today with a bunch of- well mostly Armando's friends. Maybe you'd like to come? If you have time of course."

Zayn and Lauren smiled at one another before nodding. "Yes. Sure, that sounds really nice." Zayn said. "We'll be there in a few minutes."

A big smile took over Camila's face then as she nodded. "Alright." She said right before turning around. She's wearing a red skirt and a black top with some black sandals. Lauren scanned the young woman's outfit before tearing her eyes away.

Zayn closed the door and pretty much did a happy dance. "Finally some action."

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Lauren and Zayn arrived at the barbecue about fifteen minutes later. "Hey there." Zayn greeted Camila as they neared the swimming pool terrace, where a bunch of people were sitting on chairs, beers in their hands. Lauren looked around to see that there were mostly men. She knew most of them from the files she's had to read before the operation started. Almost all of them were Armando's work-partners, who seemed to be friends as well. There were also two women, who were sitting together. Lauren knew they were wives of some of the men.

"Hi, nice to see you guys here. Beer? Wine? Cocktails? Shots?" Camila smiled wiggeling her eyebrows and then reaching forward to hug us both. Lauren frowned internally but then smiled. Okay Camila was a touchy person, noted.

"A beer for me would be nice." Zayn said, an arm around my waist as he talked. Camila looked at Lauren then.

"What are you having?" Lauren asked her, uncertain of what she should drink. Of course she'd go for a simple beer normally, but she needed to fit in here and she doesn't suppose that these women drink beer.

"Mojito." She replied, smiling as always.

Lauren nodded. "Same for me then."

She fetched the drinks and Zayn and Lauren just kinda stood there. Some men were giving the new couple some looks, possibly checking out who the hell they were and how they dared to be on this barbecue together with them. "Their garden is so nice." Lauren said, not wanting to come off as some suspicious, silent couple. Her eyes were actually trained on no one other than Armando Perez, who was stood behind the barbecue, preparing some burgers, his bald head shining with sweat.

"Here you go!" Camila said loudly, startling me slightly. I took a step back and smiled at her, taking the drink from her hands. "So nice that you are here. Wait, let me introduce you to Armando!" She turned around and shouted for her husbands name loudly. Leo, her dog, was sitting on the ground, near her feet. Armando looked around, a beer in one hand and a spatula in the other. "What?!" He shouted, taking a sip from his drink after.

"Come here baby, I want you to meet our new neighbours." Camila said, smiling at her husband while she stood near Lauren and Zayn, who were smiling as well. Zayn was sipping from his drink and Lauren found hers incredibly sweet, so she had a hard time drinking it. It was a hot day though and so any kind of refreshment was nice. Armando put his spatula down then, and walked over to his wife, a small smile on his face. "Neighbours huh?" He mumbled. "Well, you guys can't be worse than the last ones we had." He said, smiling before shaking Lauren's and Zayn's hands gladly.