Addicted

Chapter 12: Mine

"Yeah you do"

She opens her eyes, sighing. "Okay maybe sometimes baby, but not that often!"

Lauren raises an eyebrow, making Camila drop her head to Lauren's shoulder. "Stop it. You sound like my mum"

"Uh, no thanks. I sound like your girlfriend. Who's concerned for you"

Camila looks up then, smiling at a frowning Lauren and kissing the crease between her eyebrows. "Thankyou baby. That means a lot"

And Lauren relaxes, smiling and laughing when Camila trails down her cheeks then to her neck with her kisses, biting playfully just below Lauren's neck making her giggle.

"Stop it. I have work tomorrow and can't have hickeys on my first day"

Camila pulls back with a gasp, looking to Lauren who's trying to hold in a grin. "Wait, you got the job!?"

Lauren rolls her eyes, laughing when Camila then peppers her face in kisses. "Well duh"

The older Latina presses her kisses all over Lauren's face, settling on her lips and pushing them both down onto the bed, Lauren laughing as Camila smiles down to her. "I knew you could do it babygirl"

Lauren bashfully looks down, blushing slightly at the praise. "It's just an intern job at an art gallery Camz. Nothing big"

Camila opens her mouth, scoffing. "Nothing big? Laur it's one of the biggest art galleries in Miami! And you get to curate some of your art and sell some! This causes for celebration angel"

And without another word, Camila's gotten up and ran to the kitchen, leaving a frowning and confused Lauren on the couch as she sits up.

"Call all your friends babe! And no, not just Ally, Dinah and Normani. Extended friends too!"

Lauren flops down onto the couch, groaning. She's not that much of a party person, apparently, her girlfriend is though.

"Camz, can't we just have a small celebration if we have to?"

She hears the older woman's reply from the kitchen, watching in amusement as Camila passes her on her way, balancing two wine glasses in her hand while she's on the phone to god knows who in the other.

"Nope! My amazing, beautiful girlfriend got her dream job, we're going all out"

Lauren laughs, resigning to the fact that they'll being have a spur of the moment raging party and how most likely she'll be drunk by the end of it. And hey, it's a good opportunity to meet Camila's friends and for her girlfriend to let go of all the stress she's been feeling from work.

It's what she tells herself as she watches Camila nearly trip over in her haste to get to her now ringing phone on the kitchen bench. For all her dominating and demanding nature, in bed and out, Camila is still the biggest dork Lauren knows.

And she kinda loves that about her.

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"Okay Camz, when you said extended friends, how many did you invite!?"

Camila winces from across the kitchen bench to a nervous looking Lauren, her girlfriend having to shout over the noise. There are at least 50 people, all fitted comfortably in Camila's apartment. Music is blasting from when Dinah got here, foods been served by Ally and Normani made it her personal job to get people drinking and downing shots.

Considering all of Camila's friends are nearing thirty, Lauren's surprised they apparently, party like they're still in college like she is.

Camila sends an apologetic look her girlfriend's way, ducking her head when a tall guy, Jake from her work, carries a keg to the lounge room. Lauren watches it go with an open mouth.