Promised To Her

Chapter Eleven

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Chapter Eleven

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"I've been thinking, what if we had another baby?" Camila asks softly, rubbing Lauren's hip as they lay in bed.

"What?" Lauren turned to look at Camila.

"I want to have another baby." Camila says softly.

Lauren went quiet for a moment.

The older girl shifts and looks into Lauren's eyes. "I just, I miss when they were smaller and I feel like we're ready for another."

"They are still small." Lauren said. "Besides, I don't know if I'm ready to have another baby."

Swallowing thickly, Camila looks down and pulls away from her. "Okay."

"You're mad at me?" Lauren rolled away.

"No, I'm hurt." Camila responds quietly.

"Hurt?" Lauren asked.

Nodding her head, Camila takes a deep breath. "Yes, you hurt my feelings."

"I hurt your feelings?" Lauren asked.

Sighing, Camila sits up. "Yes Lauren."

"Explain please?" Lauren asked.

Sighing, Camila runs a hand through her hair. "I just mean that, you saying you don't want a baby with me. It hurt my feelings."

"I didn't say I didn't want another baby. I just said that I don't want one right now." Lauren explained.

Laying back down, Camila curls in on herself and closes her eyes.

Lauren sighed. She faced the wall away from Camila.

Slowly, Camila drifts off to sleep.

Lauren remained awake the whole night.

A soft cry fills the baby monitor, catching her attention and signaling that Tony was awake.

Lauren rolled out of bed and onto her feet. She made her way into the nursery and over to her son's crib.

The little boy was sitting up with tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Hey, Tony. I'm here. What's wrong?" Lauren said softly.

The little boy just immediately reaches up toward her.

Lauren lifted her son out of his crib.

The one year old immediately curls into her, burying his face in her neck.

"What's wrong, mister?" Lauren asked softly.

"Scared." Tony cries out softly.

"Scared of what?" Lauren asked softly.

"Dweam!" Tony cries out.

"A dream?" Lauren asked softly. "Tell me what it was about?"

Tony shakes his head and continues to softly cry.

"Tony, Tell me." Lauren said.

The little boy slowly looks up. "Mama leave."

"Mama isn't going anywhere." Lauren said softly.

After a few minutes, Tony relaxes and falls asleep in her arms.

Lauren sighed, she rubbed Tony's back softly.

"He okay?" Camila asks softly from the doorway.

"He had a bad dream." Lauren said.

Moving over to them, Camila kisses Tony's forehead. "What was it about?"

"You, leaving." Lauren said.

Frowning, Camila looks at Lauren. "You don't think I'm going to leave do you?"