Professor C (camren)

16 - Jauregui (Part 1)

And in all of it, Lauren was grateful she had a friend in Dinah even when all she ever wanted right then was to run to Camila.

"I'm so happy for you, Lauren." Dinah choked her words out; also overwhelmed by the great news she'd been yearning to hear for her friend.

It was exhausting to see Lauren sad and she was definitely ready to see her smile beam brightly again. Gently, Dinah pulled back but made sure to hold onto Lauren's upper arms to keep both of them steady,

"Let's go have lunch and celebrate! But mostly because I'm really hungry and breakfast was dissolved during that smarty pants proceeding."

"Yeah, of course!" Lauren agreed immediately, untangling herself from Dinah to fish her phone out of her front pocket with a single intention. She raised the device up and wagged it slightly. "I just have to call Ida first and tell her about it. She wanted to know for the door."

"What door?" Dinah curiously narrowed her eyes.

"You'll see." Lauren smirked knowingly and shook her head as if to deny Dinah of the details.

Lauren was about to unlock her phone and search for her coworker's contact details when she had an odd inkling, compelling her to look up. At 28, Lauren knew that life had little surprises but they aren't always the fun kind. Just as Lauren lifted her gaze, Sean Tremaine and his lawyer passed by, giving her a glimpse of the gentle and wonderful person beneath his sharp looks - the part of him that Lauren once knew and the very fragment of him that Lauren...broke.

Sean exposed a timid smile for once and raised his hand to softly wave, which Lauren was oddly ready to reciprocate. His gray eyes were placid instead of the driven and determined look it contorted into when his frustrations would get to him; frustrations that were fueled by Lauren Jauregui.

Sean had been glancing his ex-wife's way through the entire hearing. Even while standing outside the courtroom, waiting for their schedule, his expressions were that of longing.

"I'm sorry for saying this but..." Dinah began, wary of the volume of her voice. She yanked Lauren a little closer just because it was more convenient than her leaning forward. "He's hot."

Lauren could not help but laugh at her friend's antics. She should have seen it coming considering it was so like Dinah to drop crass comments like that. It was so refreshing to concede to the fact that Sean Tremaine is one beautiful creature and associate it with a positive feeling, even laughing about it.

"Yeah, I can accept that." She nodded, still smiling in amusement.

"I don't date my friends' garbage though." Dinah rolled her eyes in a display of feigned irritation. Reaching up, she flipped strands of her hair back with an attitude. "Such a shame."

"It may need a little getting used to but I'm not stopping you if you find something good in him."

Needless to say, Dinah was stunned. She did not just hear Lauren practically give her a blessing despite her laughing about. Her jaw dropped as her brown eyes bulged out of their sockets; one little push and they would fall off.

Dinah was speechless and she had nothing to properly respond to that conversation; not even a careless comment. Instead, she harshly grabbed Lauren's shoulders and forcefully spun her around, so the green-eyed brunette could face her car.

"Okay, girl, I get that you're hungry, too. You're starting to get a little delirious. Let's just go." Dinah grumbled, not waiting for a response from a laughing Lauren. She rounded the car, yelling her next words. "You can call Ida at the restaurant."

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Dinah wanted to be adventurous in the culinary world; venturing to palates previously unknown to her taste buds.