Chapter 18

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Lauren fixes the blazer and walks inside the restaurant. "Lauren Jauregui," She says to the waiter at the front desk.

"Right this way ma'am," The waiter says leading Lauren to her table.

She sees that Camila is already there and she smiles. She sits down and the waiter takes out his notepad. "Ready to order?" He asks.

The girls order their food and the waiter puts down their bottle of wine. Lauren smiles at him and looks over at Camila. She pops open the wine bottle and serves some on Camila's glass.

Camila takes the glass and sips some of it. Lauren pours herself some and takes a sip. "So you missed me huh?" Lauren asks.

"Yeah is that a problem baby?" Camila asks.

"No, because I like seeing your beautiful face too," Lauren says with a dreamy smile.

Camila smiles and the waiter comes over with their food. He sets them down, "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything is fine," Lauren answers and the waiter leaves the girls alone.

Lauren and Camila talk about literally everything they could talk about. Halfway through dinner, Camila looks over at Lauren sincerely and down at her hand.

She clutches the item and sighs. Lauren furrows her eyebrows in concern and takes Camila's hand in hers. "What's wrong?" Lauren asks.

Camila shakes her head and squeezes Lauren's hand. "It's nothing baby," Camila lightly smiles.

Lauren asks for the check and the waiter brings it over. Lauren pays for the food and leaves a good tip as well.

Lauren holds out her hand for Camila and she takes it. Lauren helps her stand up and they walk out. Before Lauren could keep walking, Camila stops her.

Lauren looks down at Camila and she cups Lauren's face. "Can I kiss you?" Camila whispers.

"You don't need to ask," Lauren whispers.

Camila pulls Lauren down and presses her lips lovingly with hers. Lauren wraps her arms around Camila's waist kissing her the same way. Camila lets a breath out feeling butterflies in her stomach.

The two girls haven't really kissed in this type of way and they both love it. Camila pulls away and Lauren opens her eyes. "Wow..." Lauren says out of words.

Camila smiles and rubs her nose with Lauren's. "That was amazing," Camila whispers.

"What was that for?" Lauren asks.

Before Camila could answer her question she hears her full name get called out.

"Karla Camila Cabello Estabrao!" She hears.

Camila sighs knowing that's her mother's voice. She pulls away from Lauren and turns to look at her parents. "Hi, mom..." She trails off.

"What the hell are you doing with a Jauregui?" Sinu asks angrily. She crosses her arms and taps her foot waiting for her daughter to answer her question.

"What's so wrong? I choose who I want to be with," Camila says.

Alejandro grabs her daughter by the arm pulling her away from Lauren. "You can't be with her Camila," Alejandro says.

"She's dangerous," Sinu says.

"Dangerous?" Camila asks looking over at Lauren.

Lauren sighs and looks at the Cabello's. She knew she will have to tell Camila everything but she didn't think it will be this early. "I'm a gang leader Camila. The leader of one of the biggest, dangerous mafia gangs in New York," Lauren says.

Camila looks down at the floor remembering what she found in a box inside Lauren's closet. "I saw a shotgun and a binder with 'hitman' in the front," Camila says.

"The shotgun is for protection and well the binder is..." Lauren trails off.

Camila walks over and lifts Lauren's hand. "The New Era?" She asks.

"My gang name and the promise to my gang," Lauren explains.

Sinu takes her daughter back and protects her. "Are you going to tell her what you're family did or should we?" Sinu asks.

Lauren stays silent and sighs. Sinu rolls her eyes and faces her daughter. "Remember when I told you some people robbed our bank from us?" Sinu asks and Camila nods.

"We didn't steal your bank from you," Lauren backs up her family name.

"Yes, you did," Alejandro says, "You're father Michael Jauregui stole our bank."

"He didn't force you to sign the contract," Lauren defends her father's pride.

"He tricked us," Alejandro says.

"They say to read the fine print, after all, Mr. Cabello," Lauren says.

Alejandro turns to his daughter. "I don't want you near her ever again," He says.

Camila nervously rubs the back of her neck. "That's going to be a problem Papi," Camila whispers.

"Why?" Her father asks.

Camila pulls out the test and hands it to her father. Alejandro's eyes widen and he looks furiously at his daughter. "You mingled with a fucking Jauregui and got pregnant with one?!" He tries not to yell.

At the word, pregnant, Lauren's eyes widen. She looks over at Camila and Camila's gaze drops to the floor. "Is that why you were acting so weird at dinner?" Lauren asks.

Camila nods still not looking up at Lauren. Lauren bites her lip and tries not to smile. She takes a step forward and Alejandro pushes her back. "Get away from her, and you Karla you're coming with us," He says and opens the door to their car.

Camila gets inside and the Cabello car disappears in the night sky. Lauren stands there dumbfounded and frowns. Soon her frown turns to a smile. "A kid," She chirps.

Lauren looks down at her ring and sighs getting in her car.

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