Let's Capture It

21

The Next Day

Lauren was the first to wake up. She looks down and smiles when she sees how Camila had her arm across her waist, peacefully lying her head on her chest. She tried to ease out from under her but Camila held her even tighter, smirking against her skin.

"Good morning baby." Lauren says, kissing her cheek.

Camila groans, her eyes still tight shut. "No... please go back to sleep." she whines. Her hand kept flapping around as she tried to feel for Lauren's face.

"Alright Camz!" Lauren laughed, swatting her hand away. "I would love to sleep in but I have to get up to move all of your stuff."

Camila sighed, opening her eyes. "Thank you again for doing that for me."

"It's not a problem." she says. "Okay but really Camz, I have to get up now."

Camila chuckles and rolls herself off of her. Lauren lightly smacks her ass before getting out of bed.

"Babe I'm gonna leave you my car okay? I'm just gonna drive yours back here. Can I have your keys?" Lauren asks.

Camila was still wrapped up in the sheets like a burrito. Her face was half covered, and her hair was really messy. "Bag." she mumbles.

Lauren grabs the keys and puts them in her pocket. She gently squeezes Camila's leg letting her know she was about to leave after washing her face and brushing her teeth in the bathroom.

Camila sits up, brushing her hair out from her face. She moves it all to one side and stretches her arms out to Lauren. Lauren hugs her, kissing her on her neck and cheek. "Alright bye, baby. Call me if you need anything okay? Have fun at Dinah's."

Camila nods and waves goodbye to her as she hears the front door shut hard. She gets out of bed to make sure the front door is locked. When she confirms that it is, she retreats back inside the bedroom and makes the bed to start her day off.

After she gets herself showered and dressed, she checks her phone. She realized that she hadn't contacted Dove for a while now and felt guilty. She'd been so caught up with all the shit going on in her life that she put her work off to the side, acting as if she didn't have anyone waiting on her.

Camila: Hey Dove,

Thank you for handling everything for me. I know I've kinda been MIA for the past few days. I just needed time to myself after everything. I will be back in the office on Monday though. Thank you again for everything you do!

She presses send and scrolls through her contacts. Camila's thumb stops her screen when she sees Becky's name.

"Mila? Hey girl what's up?"

"Hey Becky. Just wanted to see how you were doing with your move back."

"I'm fine. Back with my parents but I'm apartment hunting soon. How are you? Austin hasn't bothered you again has he? He's been calling me non-stop for like the past week or so."

"Becky... I kinda have something to tell you. And it's.. really not good."

Camila waited for her to say something but she didn't.

"Austin's in jail right now." she confesses. Camila takes a seat back on the bed.

"What..? What happened?"

Camila took her time to explain everything to her friend. Becky was silent on the other end, processing everything she was telling her. At one point, Camila heard Becky sniffling and reminded her that she was okay and that she had taken steps to move on.