A/N: Strangers is a fucking bop and I'm such a Lauren girl. Her voice was serving my death on a damn platter.
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Lauren: I think I'm dying
Lauren: I woke up and I'm so sick, sicker than last night
Lauren: Camz.. There's mucus
Lauren: I'm dying
Lauren: I'm cold and my nose is running and I'm coughing so much
Lauren: I need soup
Lauren: And love
Lauren: And cuddles
Lauren: I'm so sick Camz
Lauren: HALP! I'M SICK AND YOU LEFT ME HERE TO DIE ALL ALONE
Camila: ....
Camila: Feeling dramatic this morning, babe?
Lauren: I'm going to drown in my own boogers
Camila: That's disgusting
Lauren: I need kisses
Camila: Gross, no
Lauren: BUT CAMZ
Camila: I'll be home soon, I went to the store to get supplies.. I'm calling it my "Lauren has Germs" kit
Lauren: I DON'T HAVE GERMS
Camila: Everyone has germs
Lauren: NO THAT'S NOT NICE I DON'T HAVE GERMS
Camila: ....
Lauren: I'm so sick
Lauren: Camz is this it for me?
Camila: Lauren you have a cold, not a deadly disease
Lauren: YOU DON'T KNOW THIS
Lauren: YOU AREN'T A DOCTOR
Camila: Well if you're as sick as you say you are maybe we should go to the Doctor
Lauren: LET'S NOT GET HASTY THERE, KARLA
Camila: I'm gonna let that name slip slide because you're sick..
Lauren: COME LOVE ME AND MAKE ME BETTER CAMZ PLEASE HALP ME I'M SO SICK AND I RAN OUT OF KLEENEX AND MY MUCUS IS MUCUS-Y
Camila: Will you stop saying that word
Lauren: Which one? Mucus?
Camila: Ugh yes
Lauren: MUCUS
Lauren: MUCUS
Lauren: HALP ME HALP MY MUCUS
Camila: ....
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Camila: Lauren's sick, can you go check on her.. I'm just at the store
Normani: OH HELL NO
Normani: Lauren sick is literally a living nightmare
Normani: I stay far, far away when she is sick.. So like.. Good luck with that
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Camila: I'm at the store and Lauren is sick.. Can you go check on her?
Ally: HAHAHAHAHAHA OH GOD
Ally: No. Absolutely not. Good luck Mila, you're gonna need it
Camila: ....
Camila: Mean
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Camila: Hi Cheechee
Dinah: Nope, I've been warned about Lauren when she is sick and I am staying far, far away from that
Camila: WHY ARE YOU ALL LIKE THIS!?
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Lauren: I'M DYING AND CAMILA ABANDONED ME
Normani: The person you are trying to contact doesn't give a shit and is not coming near your germ filled ass
Lauren: RUDE
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Lauren: Ally I'm so sick, help
Ally: I'm sorry Laur, I flew to Japan this morning.. I won't be back until you aren't sick anymore..
Lauren: You're a liar, Al!
Ally: ....
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Lauren: HALP ME
Dinah: I'd rather eat worms
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Lauren: I'M SICK AND ALOOOONE
Dad: And that's how you will stay demon child
Dad: I am coming nowhere near you while you're sick
Dad: Nope, no way
Lauren: But Daddy I'm sick
Dad: YOU ARE CAMILA'S PROBLEM NOW HAHAHAHAHAHA
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Lauren: CAMZ
Camila: I'M ON MY WAY
Lauren: I'M DYING
Camila: JFC LAUREN YOU AREN'T DYING YOU HAVE A FUCKING COLD
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As soon as the apartment door shut behind her, Camila could hear Lauren groaning from the bedroom, whining loudly and calling her name while Camila just rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Ca-a-amz," Lauren cried out. "I'm dying, help meee."
Walking into the bedroom, Camila couldn't help but laugh, Lauren's hair was complete mess and not in a sexy way, but in a I'm gross and I need a shower kind of way instead. Her eyes were puffed around the edges and her nose was running and red from the amount of times she had wiped it and she had a desperate looking pout on her face as she rolled around in the bed kicking her legs under the covers.
"I brought you soup and medicine and a few other things," Camila told her as she held up a bag from the drug store and another bag from the diner down the road. Sitting up with a loud whine, Lauren wiped her nose on the sleeve of her sweater and looked at Camila with sad eyes.
"I'm dying and I'm sick," she pouted, lifting her arms up and then dropping them dramatically back onto the bed.
Camila shook her head and walked over to the bed, climbing up and situating herself in front of Lauren. "I got you cold medicine," she said as she pulled a bottle from the drug store bag along with a measuring spoon. "It says to take one tablespoon every four hours," twisting the cap off the bottle, Camila carefully poured the pink liquid onto the spoon and held it out to Lauren.
"Mm-mm," Lauren protested, her lips pulled in a tight line as she shook her head.
"Lauren," Camila warned, but Lauren shook her head again and put a hand over her mouth so Camila couldn't force the spoon. "Lauren, you need to take this."
"Nope," Lauren mumbled, her words muffled by her hand. Camila sighed and raised her eyebrows, challenging Lauren's childish protests. "I won't do it," Lauren whined, Camila trying to pry Lauren's hand from her face, her fingers wedged between Lauren's hand and mouth.
"Ow, fuck did you just fucking bite me?" Camila shouted, pulling her hand back while Lauren scrunched her face up in an angry pout. Sighing loudly, trying to keep her cool, Camila poured the medication from the spoon back into the bottle and twisted the cap back on. "Fine, at least eat your soup," Camila said as she pulled a container of soup and plastic spoon from the bag. "It's chicken noodle and it's still hot," she told Lauren as she watched her shuffle back on the bed and lean against the headboard. Camila placed the soup in front of her and Lauren just furrowed her brows and pouted. "Are you being serious right now?" Camila laughed and Lauren just nodded her head and opened her mouth, waiting for Camila to feed her.
"Yummy," Lauren whispered in her baby voice as she swallowed the first spoonful and Camila laughed and shook her head as she leaned in and pressed a kiss to Lauren's cheek before continuing to feed her spoonfuls of soup.
As another coughing fit started, Lauren peeled herself from the bed and doubled over dramatically, coughing loudly and Camila was sure she was just pushing the sounds out and making them seem worse than they were. Looking up, Camila saw that Lauren wasn't paying attention so she quickly opened the medication and poured it onto the measuring spoon, setting it down beside her, carefully, on the plastic bag from the drug store, out of Lauren's line of sight.
"Come here, baby," Camila whispered gently when Lauren's coughing subsided. "Try and get the rest of this soup into you." Once Lauren was sitting back on the bed, her mouth open and waiting, Camila grabbed the measuring spoon and forced the cold medication past Lauren's mouth, the girl's eyes widening as she spit the medication out onto the blankets, projecting it far enough that it splattered across Camila's face and shirt and into her hair.
"Poison," Lauren whined put loudly, throwing her body onto the bed as she began to thrash around in the blankets. "Pooooison!"
"Did you-" Camila started, stopping as she watched Lauren's dramatic movements, realizing just then exactly why everyone wanted to avoid Lauren while she was sick. "For fuck sakes," Camila grumbled, setting the container of soup onto the bedside table. "You, Lauren Michelle," she said seriously as Lauren continued whining. "Are going to take this medication, whether you like it or not."
Launching herself forwards, Camila tackled Lauren on the bed and pinned her down, grabbing both of Lauren's arms and pinning them above her head. "Camz, I don't wanna," Lauren whined as Camila reached over to her bedside table and grabbed the one toy she had refused to let Lauren throw out. While Lauren stuggled below her, Camila used the handcuffs and secured Lauren's hands to the headboard. "Please don't do this to me, I thought you loved me," Lauren screamed and Camila couldn't help but laugh as she watched realization come over Lauren's face. There was no way she could move now, but she continued to thrash around on the bed, hoping the handcuffs would break free.
"You," Camila said sternly. "Are going to take this medication," grabbing for the spoon and the bottle. Camila did her best to keep Lauren body still, sitting on her hips and carefully pouring another spoonful of cold medication. With tight lips, Lauren began shaking her head back and fourth, so Camila used her free hand to plug Lauren's nose, effectively making Lauren open her mouth as she gasped for air. Quickly shoving the spoon into Lauren's mouth, she moved her hand from Lauren's nose to her jaw, keeping Lauren's mouth shut. "Swallow the damn medicine, Lauren," she scoffed.
After holding the medication in her mouth for a while, after a few unsuccessful attempts to spit it out, Lauren finally gulped it down, grimacing as she did. "You're a meanie," Lauren pouted, popping out her bottom lip as Camila moved to grab a tissue from the box of kleenex she bought at the drug store and wiped at the corners of Lauren's mouth before wiping the girls running nose.
"And you're a huge pain in the ass," Camila mumbled, rolling her eyes at Lauren. "Now lay still so I can put this Vicks on your chest, it will help unstuff your chest and nose." Lauren let out a whine, stilling her body as Camila lifted her sweater and began to spread a layer of the menthol gel to her chest before swiping a line under her nose.
"It burns, oh my God, it buuuuurns," Lauren screamed, thrashing around once more as Camila clime off of her. Camila stood beside the bed for a moment, looking down at her over dramatic wife, who was acting like a small child and Camila silently prayed that her future children would be more adult about taking medication than Lauren was.
"I'll be back to check on you in a bit," Camila laughed, shaking her head before leaning down to peck a tiny wet kiss to Lauren's forehead.
Looking at Camila with wide eyes, Lauren let out a small cry, "You're just going to leave me handcuffed here?"
"Yup."
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-Camila added Dinah-
-Camila added Normani-
-Camila added Ally-
Camila: I MARRIED THE DEVIL
Ally: Hahahaha
Normani: Yeah, pretty much
Dinah: How's your day going, Chancho? Hahaha
Camila: I've been bit and I've had medicine spit at me! How do you think my day us going!?
Ally: SHE BIT YOU!?
Camila: YES
Normani: Oh, wow.. I should have warned you that it's actually impossible to get Lauren to take any type of cold medication..
Camila: Oh I got her to take it..
Ally: SERIOUSLY!? HOW!?
Camila: Handcuffed her to the bed
Dinah: OH MY GOD HAHAHA AMAZING
Normani: And you're still alive!?
Ally: Surprised she didn't try and murder you when you set her free
Camila: Oh I didn't.. she's still handcuffed to the bed and she will remain that way! I have to give her more medication in four hours
Normani: I am coming over! I need to see this!
Ally: ME TOO!
Dinah: Open the door, we're coming in
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After fixing herself lunch, Camila sat down and ate while Lauren's whining and screaming about Camila trying to poison her continued in the background, drowning out any chance Camila had to study. Sighing she picked up her phone and text the girls, who immediately wanted to come over. Pulling herself from the couch, Camila unlocked the door, smiling when she realized Lauren had finally calmed down.
"Where is she?" Dinah laughed as the girls filed into the apartment.
"Bedroom," Camila said, pointing down the hall. "She's finally quiet, I have a feeling the drowsy side effect finally kicked in."
The four girls made there way down the hall to the bedroom and sure enough, Camila had been right. Lauren was sprawled out with her arms still above head, attached to the metal bedframe, her mouth hanging open and light snores emitting from the passed out girl.
"This is amazing," Normani giggled, pulling out her phone and snapping a few photos. "I can't believe you got the beast asleep."
"She's a nightmare when she's sick," Camila whispered, not wanting to wake Lauren. "Where the hell was my warning on this? She should have come with instructions."
"Wait until she has to get a needle," Ally laughed softly. "It's about ten times worse than her having a cold. Last time three nurses had to hold her down. It was like watching an exorcism."
Camila looked at Normani and Ally with a completely straight face. "So she's always like this when she's sick?" She deadpanned, causing the two girls to nod their heads and Dinah to laugh at the painful expression crossing her best friend's face. "Well I'll tell you what, next time she's sick, I'm flying to see my parents in California."