Chapter 26

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Normani's POV

My heart races as Lauren and I continue kissing, is this real?! Her lips are so soft and addicting.

Her tongue runs across my lip and I part my lips to allow her tongue access. I moan into her mouth and mine slowly moves against hers. A couple more minutes later we pull away and stare into each others' eyes, her hand still on my cheek. That was the best kiss ever, my joy soon fades when realization hits. We're not together and she probably doesn't have time for/or wants a relationship.

"I'm sorry" She says softly

"I know" I say

She moves in front of me and crawls in between my legs, placing our foreheads together, eyes still locked.

"No I really mean it, I have a lot of respect for you, you know that right?" She asks

"I do" I say

"And I would never do anything if I didn't think you were one hundred percent okay with it, even if it feels like the right thing to do I won't do it unless it's the right timing" She says

"I know Lauren" I say with a small smile

"Cause you deserve the best of everything" She smiles

She kisses my forehead and stands up. Ok I just fell more for her, oh my fucking gosh. Swoon me bitch. She holds her hand out for me and I grab onto it, she pulls me up and wraps her arm around my waist.

"Think we should get back to the party?" She asks

I nod my head and we head back in.

"Your song is on" She smirks

"I can hear that" I chuckle

'At Your Best' by Aaliyah is like one of my favorite throwback songs.

When I feel what I feel
Sometimes it's hard to tell you so
You may not be in the mood to learn what you think you know
There are times when I find
You want to keep yourself from me
When I don't have the strength
I'm just a mirror of what I see

I wrap my arms around her neck and we sway our bodies.

"But at your best you are love, you're a positive motivating force within my life" I sing lowly

"Should you ever feel the need to wonder why? Let me know, let me know" She sings in my ear

This girl is gonna be the death of me.

"You so tense" She says

She pulls a blunt from her jacket pocket, she lights it and hands it to me, I take a few pulls then hand it to her. A few minutes later she puts it out and puts it back in her pocket.

She sends me a smile and I internally groan, I can't do this, I have to tell her.

"Lauren, I wanna tell you something important" I say

She raises a brow and I take a breath, if I wasn't high I would be so nervous.

"I've really liked you a lot for almost two months" I say

Her movements stop and her expression becomes unreadable.

"For real, for real?" She asks

I nod my head and she minimizes the space between us.

"I really like you too, I want you so bad"

"You got me"

I bring my lips to hers and I lightly push her against the wall.

'Keep Dancin On Me' by Ciara booms through the speakers and Lauren grabs my hand once again.

"You love holding my hand huh?" I ask

"Won't deny it" She says while pulling me into her

She spins me around and securely wraps her arms around my torso, all while we remain in sync with each other and the music.

Lead me out on the floor
Bring your body closer
Take it all, give me more
Do me like you're supposed to
Move with me, left and right
Slide your hands over mine
Using all your imagination
Leave everything behind

I lean more into her and she kisses my cheek.

"My last name is Jauregui" She says

"You have a beautiful name" I say

Hold me, babe
Deep inside your heart
Stay with me one more song
Until my body's melting away, away, away
Keep dancin on me
Keep dancin on me
Until my body's melting away
Keep on dancin on me, on me, on me, on me, on me

"You trust me?" I ask softly

"Yea" She says

"You trust that I would never hurt you or put you in danger intentionally?" She asks

"Yup" I say

"You gon be my trap queen? You gon hide the uzi?" She smirks

"Mhmm" I laugh

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