Beautiful When You Don't Try

Chapter 77

"So, this is just regular nerves?" Meg asked, stepping in front of her girlfriend to cut her off from the other two as Lauren showed Marie the photos Camila had picked out for the living room.

"Yeah. Just regular nerves. Not, freeze up and fear her locking me in a closet type nerves. Regular, she's the mother of my girlfriend and is very protective of her little baby and wants the very best for her which she thought she had found in Lauren who she also accepts as her daughter and I'm clearly not her type nerves."

Meg closed her eyes and opened them with a faint smile. "It's not like that. She sees Lauren as her daughter but not because we were dating when she met her. You have to remember that Clara wasn't always around."

"But she's not even mad at Lauren for what she had done to you."

"She was very disappointed, but at the same time... it was kind of my fault too."

"How?" Kim asked, very interested in that explanation. She had to admit it was one of the few things about the brunette that rubbed her the wrong way. And the more she got to know and fall for Meg, the more what Lauren did bothered her.

"I knew Lauren loved Camila in a way that she never could love me, but I kept the relationship going. Granted, she should have ended it, but I should have as well. Mom even warned me about it. She knew how it was all going to play out. That's why she was disappointed, not mad. I let myself get hurt. I-"

Her words were cut off as Kim pulled the conjoined hands behind her, pulling Meg closer. She hooked her fingers behind her neck and captured the apprentice's lips in a deep, possessive kiss and Meg unconsciously let out a moan.

"I'm not going to hurt you."

Meg panted with her eyes closed and her forehead resting against Kim's. "I know."

Marie and Lauren looked over their shoulders at the moan and saw the couple. Smiling, both turned back around to look at the photo. "So, you like her for Meg?"

The brunette nodded, keeping her eyes on the picture. "I do. She's what she needs. Both are what the other needs." She added in response to the next question that was going to be asked. "I know Kim was probably incredibly nervous today, but there's an explanation for it and she loosens up once she gets to know you."

"What's the ex-"

"I can't tell you that. That is up to either her or Meg. I found out second hand so it's not my place to pass on. But get to know her." She urged. "She loves Meg and pulled her out of a situation she didn't need to be in, one where she was only allowing herself to get hurt."

"Again."

Lauren dropped her eyes to the floor and nodded her head in acceptance of the remark. "Again."

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"Where are they?" The diva whispered as she approached Kim who was standing in the kitchen, getting a glass of water from the tap.

"In the office."

"So... How did it go?"

The assistant took in a deep breath and looked over her shoulder to the open office door. "Thankfully, Lauren said she likes nervous wrecks."

The diva winced. "That bad?"

"Uh... let's just say she had to tell me five times to call her 'Marie' and not 'Ma'am' before she gave up. And it took the first half hour of our meal for me to find more words than 'yes' and 'no' but those only extended to 'please' and 'thank you'." She looked down at her glass in disappointment with herself and Camila pulled her into a hug.