Professor C (camren)

16.5 - Jauregui (Part 2)

Being the school psychologist and heavily involved in the Student and Career Development department, Lauren would definitely go above and beyond to alleviate the struggles of a juvenile heart but there was only so much she could do.

And the thing with helping is, unless nobody asked for it, Lauren couldn't do anything.

Responsibilities attached to her titles were only the beginning of Lauren's involvement. She tended to take their fears and the great and blatant injustice to a more personal level, enabling her to dig deeper and obliterate the defensive thorns of the troubled mind.

So, when Lauren went to bed that night, she had a multitude of things to be grateful for that would have made slipping into a relaxing unconsciousness much easier but she had others that kept her up.

And of course, before her body's lights were out, her phone lit up, revealing Robert McIntyre's name. And what he wrote, albeit significantly mortified, made cleaning more like a necessity.

Thankfully, it wasn't an emergency.

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Monday came and went like a blur, and Lauren was appreciative of the fact that Harold Stowers awarded her assessments with high regard. The man was more than pleased with what he was reading and had asked Lauren to forward the document to Ida to furnish several other copies that he would be presenting to members of the Board of Trustees and the President himself.

Their lengthy discussion stretched to an hour and before it could die down, the chairman had managed to ask Lauren for her opinion on Prof. Clausnitzer's performance. Lauren didn't need to be reminded of her ex-girlfriend, given that she'd been running around Lauren's head like she owned the place. And even when her first thought was to inform her boss of Camila's birthday the following day, Lauren managed to let out a professional answer in an oddly leveled voice.

Expectedly, Harold Stowers agreed passionately; having always known that the decision to bring Prof. Clausnitzer in was the smartest move albeit tumultuous given her busy schedule.

When Lauren thought she was off the hook, Ida had halted her in her tracks to hand her the last of the acceptance packets. Lauren was supposed to do a final check before she handed them over to the Admissions Department for mailing.

Lauren was busy but Tuesday was eventful, and it was far more hectic than she anticipated.

It was Camila's birthday and Lauren was still quite confused as to how she felt about it. It was definitely surreal to comprehend the fact that after almost a decade, they were in each other's lives once more during that momentous occasion.

Figuratively, at least.

The Clausnitzers plus one Hansen were beneath the blazing sun at the moment; their ears would have been inundated by the march of waves, careening towards the shore while their feet would have been massaged thoroughly by the beautiful sands of the Dominican Republic.

Meanwhile, Lauren's were cradled in the meager padding of her shoes, and it was definitely far less appealing.

And if Lauren somehow forgot, her first reminder came from Dinah Jane Hansen. The Polynesian had managed to throw a text message asking what Lauren's gift for Camila was.

If only that was the end of it.

Dinah proceeded to send Lauren various revealing pictures of the bikini-clad professor. Despite being enamored by those gorgeous olive features, Lauren's eyes immediately dropped to her ex-girlfriend's ravishing, more mature body and focused on the way her waist widened to exaggerate her curves. And sure enough, green hues intently traced the arc of her wondrous behind.