Trials and Tribulations

Chapter 62

A/N: So this is massively a filler chapter with a lot of information which will come up again at a later point in the story but is relatively important. So, sorry it's not more interesting but, the warning is here so don't read it if that's not your thing J x

"I can't believe you!" Normani complained in disbelief as she sat on Lauren's kitchen counter. Her legs were hanging freely in front of her as she watched Lauren pull out a number of large bowls from the kitchen cupboard in preparation for their regular Wednesday night movie marathon. "Why am I only just finding out about this now?" she asked surprised that she'd not been privy to the information sooner. Lauren stood up from where she'd been crouched and placed the bowls on top of the kitchen counter, turning to face Normani whilst wearing a mildly disgruntled look. "You wouldn't have found out about it at all if it hadn't have been for Ally," Lauren answered, her tone stern as she made a move to the opposite side of the kitchen and opened another cupboard. She reached inside and removed a couple of bags of potato chips and some microwavable popcorn as she continued. "Do you really think I'd go around advertising what happened?" Lauren asked her, depositing the chips on the counter beside her friend and moving over to the microwave in order to make the popcorn. Lauren removed the outer layer of plastic and opened the machine, flinging the bag inside and setting the timer for three minutes. "Well I'd like to hope that you wouldn't," Normani replied lightly, "I do not need to be hearing about that kind of thing thank you very much. What Camila and you get up to is your own damn business. I actually kind of wish I'd never asked you what Ally's comments were referring to now." "Well, let that be a

lesson to you," Lauren laughed. "If I look like I'm keeping something from you or I'm being evasive then there's probably a very good reason." "You can't blame a girl for being curious!" Normani responded, "Ally has been making weird comments all week and Ithought I was missing out on something. Turns out that I was...Ijust...I mean, I didn't know that I should be grateful for it, that's all." She finished shrugging. "In my defence," Lauren started, turning around to retrieve the bag of popcorn, the microwave pinging off as the timer finished. "I didn't know you guys were in there." Lauren told her pointedly as she moved across the kitchen and undid the bag, emptying the contents of it in to one of the bowls. "I know but still," Normani said after a moment, a disapproving look on her face. "You were at the movies. I mean, it's a public place Lo. You should have known there'd be a risk that someone would see you." "Ok so maybe I made a mistake," Lauren acknowledged, an amused grin on her face. "Maybe you made a mistake?" Normani chuckled. "Maybe Like, you're questioning it?" "I'm not going to apologise for getting intimate with my girlfriend." Lauren responded walking back over to Normani and picking up the bags of chips from beside her. "I admit that perhaps the location wasn't the best but it's not like Camz and I can do anything here..." "I can't believe that your mom caught the two of you out," Normani laughed again, enjoying her

friends' predicament, the other girl having finally caught her up with everything that had been going on with her. "You guys seriously can't catch a break." "Can we please just change the subject?" Lauren groaned, heading back over to the rest of the bowls and opening up the bags of chips in to them. "I'd really rather not talk about this sort of thing with you or anyone else for that matter," she said her tone becoming more serious. "It's kind of personal..." "It stopped being personal when you chose to, I don't know," Normani said, contemplating her next words. "Pleasure Camila in public." She finished chortling. Lauren glared at Normani over her shoulder for a minute. "Besides," Normani said after a moment. "You were the one that told me about what happened." "Only because you kept asking me questions," Lauren reminded her, turning around to face Normani and resting against the kitchen counter once again. "I only told you so that you'd stop bugging me." "Ok, well then I guess we can drop it," Normani agreed, sliding down off the counter and walking over to the other side of the kitchen. She came to a stop in front of a bowl of chips and reached in to pick one up, depositing it into her mouth quickly. "Can we at least talk about how much of a pervert Ally is though?" she asked and Lauren rolled her eyes at the mention of their other friend. "Ally is a pervert," Lauren commented shaking her head. "Was it really necessary for her to watch? Fair enough she saw us but she could have just...I don't know, ignored it and kept on watching the movie instead." Normani paused for a