Jauregui.

twenty

"Alright, alright, I'm going" Normani voiced in surrender and seconds later, Lauren's hands were lifted from my face.

"What was going on?" I asked anyone and they all started to giggle, apart from Lauren.

"Well, Little Lo, you see...when two people-" Dinah began before being stopped by Lauren. Literally stopped. Lauren jumped on top of her and covered her mouth, while Dinah struggled to move out of her grasp.

Camila got up to help Dinah, but she was pulled in by Lauren, then Ally, then Normani and soon, a tickle fight arose.

I laughed loudly, jumping onto the couch to record the five children who were supposed to be the adults before uploading it on Instagram.

@AveriJauregui: These children...#GottaLoveFamily

"Averiiiiiii!I'm coming!" Ally startled me and I dropped my phone before trying to run away.

"Mom! Save me!" I screamed between laughs and I saw Lauren 'fighting' off  Dinah and Camila with Normani.

However, before she got to me, the doorbell rang.

"Pizza's here!" Camila told us and all the joy in my body drained away. I had forgotten about the food.

Camila payed before bringing it to the dining room, where we were sitting. She placed the boxes in the middle before passing out plates and sitting next to us.

Everyone grabbed a slice, munching and talking to each other, while I was numb.

"MJ, take a piece," Dinah knudged me and pulled apart two slices and put the greesy cheesy bread on my plate.

I smiled weakly at her, before picking up the slice, with shaky hands.

"No," I whispered to myself, becoming unaware of the surroundings, only focusing on the hundreds of calories I was about to consume.

"No," I whispered again, talking to the slice, getting an instant headache.

"No," I said louder, feeling nauseous.

No!" I said loudly and somewhere in the distance, I heard someone call my name.

"No! No! NO! NO! NO! NO! NONONO!" I sobbed, before I felt arms around me and singing voices.

Lauren's POV:

I was in a serious debate with Normani on whether lemonade was a juice or not.

"No. It's not, for the thousandth time! It doesn't have 'juice' in it. Obviously, the creators did that on purpose." She countered.

I rolled my eyes before replying,"It is a juice! It has added concentrate, sodium, and sugars, making it a damn juice!" I told her, aggravated.

"What do you think, Camz?" I asked the girl on my left, turning to see everyone looking at Averi.

She had her eyes closed, cluching the slice of pizza. The tomato sauce was oozing out of her fists and the grease from the cheese was dripping onto the paper plate. However, that mess didn't concern me. What she did next, concerned me.

"No!" She shouted, tears falling down her face, her chest heaving up and down.

"No! No! NO! NO! NO! NONONO!" She screamed before I jumped up and pulled her into my arms, her fragile body shaking with every breath.

"I think she's having a panic attack," Ally told us and I looked at her.

"I don't know what to do!" I cried, fear enveloping my body.

"Give her. I do, I calmed her the first night you came back," Camila told me and took Averi.

She began to sing and placed Averi's hand on her own chest. Soon, Averi's breathing evened out and the cries were replaced with soft snoring.

Ally used a washcloth to clean her pizza-y hands and Dinah put her in the room before joining the rest of us.

The girls were whispering amongst themselves, but I was in shock. I was just now starting to process what had happened.

"Laur." Normani broke my thoughts.

"Listen to us and understand. Averi has an eating disorder. You have to acknowledge it. We have to help her. She needs us, but she needs her mom," Normani told me and my throat closed up.

"I-" I began, but my voice cracked, tears forming in my eyes,

"Lo. We're here for you. And Averi," Ally rubbed my arm and I looked around at the four other faces.

"Wer-Was this because of me?" I asked them, looking down, scared for the answer.

"Lauren," Dinah began but was stopped by Camila.

"No. The attack. Her protuding bones. Her reluctance to food. Her flashbacks. Her breakdowns. Her refusals. Her tricks out of it. Her lying abilities. Those aren't recent. She has had this disorder for years, trust me. It takes years of hurting yourself to get to that point. There's no way that you can do that and your body looks like that after a few months. This has been a problem for many years. I know," Camila told us in a monotone voice.

"Camz?" I asked, in shock from my latest discovery.

"I'm fine, Laur. It was a long time ago. I'm fine," She whispered, looking down.

"Are you sure?" Dinah asked and grabbed her hand.

"I'm positive. Let's help AJ," She looked up at us, tears in her eyes, but a smile on her face.

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