I wanna be yours

Chapter 2

7:45 in the morning.

"His fever is going down," Clara heaved a sigh of relief, placing her palm on her son's forhead and then his neck. She took out the thermometer from her son's armpit and check it. It read 37.9°C. Clara's daughter passed her a warm wet towel and then she placed it on Chris' forhead.

"Lauren," Clara began. "You go and help your father, I can take care of your brother."

"You sure ma?"

"Yes, now go," she let out a small smile.

Lauren wore her farm boots and left the house. She ran to the barn first to feed the animals. Their barn consists of two horses, 3 goats, 5 hens, 6 ducks, a pregnant pig and 4 piglets. She locked the barn and ran to the farm where most of the workers were already harvesting. Everyday, the workers must be at the farm before 7 in the morning. They end at 6pm. They are only offered with two days off; Saturday and Sunday. Each worker earns $5.50 an hour and a half and an hour break. They will only receive their wages at the end of the month.

"Morning Papa," Lauren greeted as he reached her father.

"Morning, Lauren. How's Chris?" He asked while digging soil with a spade.

"His fever went down a little,"

"He needs to rest for a few days when he's fever goes away to prevent himself from getting sick again," Mike said.

"I agree with you," Lauren said nodding. The brunette took the wagon filled with soil and brought them into the wasted area. She returned to her father to get more soils.

"Papa, who were you talking to yesterday?" Lauren suddenly asked, frowning from the ray of sun.

"The owner of this farm," he told her. Lauren nodded and lifted up the handles of the wagon.

"And the girl beside her? Who is she?"

"It's her daughter. I heard she called her Karla."

"Ah, I see."

Lauren tried remembering the girl's face she saw yesterday but she did not get to see her face carefully since she was worrying about her brother. The brunette managed to come back at least 6 times to help his father bring the soil to the wasted area. It was really tiring but Lauren did not mind at all. She loves helping her parents since she was at the age of 9. Now that she is 18, turning 19 in a month, her support was still there.

"Lauren!" A guy called from behind. The brunette turned around to see her bestfriend jogging towards her.

"Hi Zayn," Lauren greeted with a smile.

"Hello there, and good morning Mr Jauregui," Zayn nodded his once as a greeting to Lauren's father.

"It's not good morning cowboy since my son is ill," Mike replied and went back to what he was doing.

"Sorry to hear that," Zayn lowered his head.

"So Lauren, wanna go for a break together?" Zayn asked putting his axe in the hook by his side.

"What time are you going for break?" Lauren asked.

"Around 12:30," he said. "I'm going to Mrs Wayne's store to eat."

Lauren nodded, "okay then, tell me when you're going." She smiled. "Oh and papa do you wanna join us?"

"It's okay darling, both of you go," Mike said.

"See you later!" Zayn waved at Lauren and
he turned around and jogged back to his working spot. Zayn and Lauren have known each other since they were at the age of 10. Also, Zayn has grew special feelings for Lauren since he was 15 and Lauren was 13 but Zayn kept it to himself.