Trials and Tribulations

Chapter 50 (part 3)

A/N: Ok, so I wasn't sure about splitting the last part of the chapter but my ask box has literally been inundated with requests to do so...therefore, here you go. Sorry if it's a bit boring though. Anyway, the last part of the chapter will be explicit so if you don't like reading that kind of thing I suggest that you skip it, lol x

Lauren had woken the next morning to the intrusive sound of her radio alarm clock, Jasper licking at her right foot enthusiastically, the appendage protruding from beneath her duvet as a result of it having ridden up as she'd moved around in the night, exposing it to his attention. It took Lauren a moment to come around and she rubbed furiously at the sleep in her eyes with the back of her hand, rolling over on to her front and sliding her foot beneath the protective shelter of her duvet, the movement causing Jasper to jump on top of the soft covering eagerly as he tried to catch it. Lauren stretched out her arms, her muscles and joints stiff, protesting at the demand that she was placing on them so early in the day, but soon relaxing, the tension in them evaporating in a mere instant. Lauren buried her face in to her pillow and groaned audibly, reluctant to get up and go to school, feeling much too comfortable in her double bed, shrouded within the warmth of her quilt. She felt Jasper's small paws trace a path along her back, the small canine's balance precarious at numerous times as he made his way towards Lauren's head and down on to the pillow beside her. She felt something solid shift down next to her at Jasper's disturbance of it and remembered that she'd fallen asleep watching Camila slumber through her laptop, the hard casing of the device now pressing against her shoulder where she lay. Lauren exhaled slowly and pushed herself up in to a sitting position, resting her back against the head of the bed for a minute and lifting the computer up on to her lap, hoping to see Camila still asleep in the bed. Instead, she found herself looking at a neatly made bed, her girlfriends' notably absent. Camila was nowhere to be seen, but her laptop was still sitting where it had

done last night, on her nightstand and a large note was taped to the wall opposite it, the words written in huge, bold letters. "Morning prince, Have a good day! Don't go kissing any other princesses because I'll be back later and I can't wait to see you.... Ilove you! P.S. Give your noble steed a cuddle from me!" Lauren frowned at the last sentence, unsure what Camila meant until she felt Jasper trudge across her lap, craving her attention. She smiled at her girlfriend's quirkiness and switched her computer off, placing it to the side out of the way before picking up the dog pawing at her chest and kissing him softly on the jowl. "Mama says morning," she told Jasper, cuddling him close into her shoulder for an instant before placing him back down on to the bed and getting up in order to ready herself for school, which dragged painfully slowly from the moment she'd stepped foot on the campus, every second seeming more like an hour. For the first time in four weeks Lauren found the school day passing slowly, her anticipation for it to be over, for the weekend to begin, making her decidedly irritable. All she wanted was to hear the final bell and get to go home and see Camila, who, she'd not heard from yet today except for the message that she'd left tacked to her bedroom wall when Lauren had woken to find her gone. Lauren knew that Camila had one final therapy session this morning and that she would likely be busy packing up her things in preparation to

return home, but, she would be lying if she said she didn't feel a
little bit affronted at the lack of contact. Lauren was sat in home room waiting for Ally and Dinah to arrive, feeling as though she'd been imprisoned in school for days rather than the mere hour she'd actually been there, her mood despondent and her motivation for the rest of the day seriously lacking. "Smile Lo," Ally greeted laughing as she observed the sullen look on her friend's face, the way Lauren was resting the side of her head in one hand moodily. Ally slid in to the chair beside her, Dinah entering the classroom a moment later and sitting at the desk in front of them both. "This day is going so slowly," Lauren complained, sighing loudly in response to Ally's comment. "I don't think I'll smile until it's over." "Oh come on," Ally said cheerfully. "Isn't Camila back later? I thought that you'd be bouncing off the walls today." "Yeah," Dinah agreed with an amused expression on her face. "Especially as this time she's back to stay." "She is?" Ally asked her face lighting up at the revelation. "That's amazing!" she exclaimed, hitting Lauren on the arm when her friend continued to sulk. "Right?" "No it is," Lauren confirmed lifting her head and sitting up straight as Miss Lovato entered the room and made her way down to the front of the class, descending in to the chair behind her desk and leafing through some papers there. "I just wish that the day was already over so that I could see her. It's going to be torture waiting for this afternoon to finally get here." "Aww..." Dinah said, lifting her phone out of her pocket and