"I never said I forgave you."
"Where's Zendaya?" Lauryn asked Rena.
"I'm not sure your highness. I believe her and her stylist were getting ready, but he's already in the ballroom with her family," she replied. Lauryn resisted the urge to run a hand through her hair.
"Okay, could you look for her please? My mom will get worried if I'm not here," Lauryn asked.
"Yes ma'am." Rena trotted off in search of the actress. Lauryn leaned against the wall with her eyes closed.
A few minutes later Rena walked back up to her, with no one by her side. "She's no where in the crowds and I wasn't able to go back upstairs without alerting your mother."
Lauryn groaned, feeling her heart beat faster. Fucking hell. She looked up to see Brie in a pastel yellow suit that paired along perfectly with her dress.
"Hey Lou," she said going in for a hug. Lauryn put her hand on Brie's chest, stopping her from going any further. "What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me?? My fiancé is missing and here you are with an outfit that matches mine. What did you do Brie?" Lauryn could feel herself getting angry, extremely angry. Everyone seemed to want to try her today, and Zendaya wasn't there to balance her out.
"Why did I have to do something? I just showed up to support my best friend at her engagement party. Is that so hard to believe?" Lauryn looked into Brie's eyes wanting to find some truth in them. She wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, but her actions as of late aren't doing her any favors.
Before she could respond the trumpets sounded, signaling her mother's entrance in the ballroom. She had about two more minutes before she and Zendaya had to go out.
"Rena, please go check the rooms," Lauryn asked urgently. Rena turned on her heel taking off into the crowd.
...
Zendaya sat against the walk-in closet door, waiting for anyone to come find her. She'd spent the last five minutes banging on the door and shouting, and gave up realizing the entire floor was empty at this point.
She'd lost and Brie had won. It was over. She made a fool of herself yet again.
"Ma'am, are you in here?" Rena's soft voice spoke out into the silence.
Zendaya quickly stood, dusting off her dress. "Rena, I'm in here. Move the dresser."
She waited a few seconds and the doors flung open. "Thank you so much!" Zendaya threw her arms around the maid.
"We'll have time for all those pleasantries later ma'am. We have to get you downstairs before your entrance." The two women darted out of the room, and down the main stairs. Rena made it back to where she'd left Lauryn only to find the hall empty. Zendaya turned the corner trying to clasp her necklace on.
Presenting their future highnesses...
"Zendaya!" Rena clasped the necklace on pushing her through the doors. Zendaya's eyes went wide when she saw Lauryn and Brie arm and arm at the bottom of the stairs taking pictures with the press. Well Brie taking pictures, Lauryn just glared at her.
Everyone stopped and turned to Zendaya when the door slammed behind her. She wanted to puke, but knew it wouldn't make things better. She put on a brave smile and made her way day the grand staircase.
Lauryn released herself from Brie's ironclad grasp, and waited for Zendaya down the steps. As she walked down Zendaya intertwined their arms, and kept the smile on her face as they made their ways to the paparazzi wall.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Lauryn whispered.
"Brie happened. Don't worry, I'll tell you when it's over," Zendaya gritted through her teeth. Lauryn could sense how upset she was, and decided to leave it alone in hopes that she'd cheer up a bit before the party was over.
...
As soon as the party was over Zendaya had already made her way to their bedroom, before Lauryn could even blink. She was deconstructing herself (her choice of words for after an event), when Lauryn walked in shocked that the woman was already in her pajamas.
"Z," Lauryn called out as Zendaya walked back and forth packing up her outfit for the evening. "Daya."
Zendaya continued to ignore her as she walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her. "Zendaya." Lauryn walked in after her fiance to find her aggressively doing her nightly skincare rountine. "What happened? What did she do?"
Damn near killed me is what she fucking did, Zendaya thought to herself.
As the brunette continued to wipe away at her makeup Lauryn noticed a faint bruise on Zendaya's neck. "What the f...Zendaya what happened?"
"You're so called 'best friend' decided to choke me with the necklace I was wearing tonight. Next thing I know, I'm passed out and locked in a walk in closet hoping to God it isn't announced to the world that my fiancé is engaged to someone else. Who, might I add is way less dorky than me," Zendaya ranted washing her face. "And to top it all off, I haven't gotten a chance to be with you all day and I'm...extremely horny."
Lauryn stood there quietly waiting to make sure Zendaya was finished. She took the washcloth from the taller woman's hand, intertwining their fingers. "I'm really, reeaally sorry Daya. I thought I made it clear that she was to apologize to you if she wanted to come to the party-"
"Oh she did right before she choked me."
"Let me finish please." Zendaya nodded leaning back against the sink. "I asked her to apologize because regardless of what she did before today she's still my best friend, and I know she doesn't take rejection well. That's still no excuse for her to be physically harmful to you. So I personally will make sure she is escorted out of the castle and she will not be allowed to come to the wedding."
Zendaya looked sadly into her eyes. "I'm sorry." Lauryn giggled confusedly.
"For what Z?"
"You're not gonna have your best friend at your wedding, and I know it's gonna suck a little bit even if she did try to hurt me."
"Hey, don't feel bad. She brought this on herself. So don't overthink it okay?"
"Okay." Lauryn stood on her tiptoes, pecking Zendaya's lips. As she went to pull away the actress wrapped her arms around the woman's waist, meshing their bodies together. Zendaya lightly licked Lauryn's lower lip causing the woman to moan into the kiss.
"D-Daya wait," Lauryn said pulling away. Zendaya looked into Lauryn's eyes with nothing but lust and love in her eyes. Lauryn gently cupped Zendaya's face, backing her into the sink. "I...I want to but...I-I um..."
Lauryn looked down at their hands that were now intertwined between them. "I've never had sex before," she said in almost a whisper.
Zendaya's face dropped slightly, but she quickly bounced back to a smile. "O-Okay...do you want to wait?" Zendaya asked. Lauryn nodded running her hand through Zendaya's hair.
"Just until the wedding. I've waited this long, I'm sure I can last another few weeks."
Zendaya sighed throwing her head back slightly. "Okay," she grumbled with a playful smile. "You're lucky I love you."
The brunette's eyes went wide as Lauryn's smile did also. "You love me?"
"I-I mean I...yeah. Yeah I do."
"Lucky for you I do too." Lauryn stood on her tiptoes once again giving her a sweet long kiss; only this time she was able to escape the clutch of her fiancé.
