Chapter 21{Welcome Home}

****Camila's POV****

"Holy" Ally gasped. "Fucking" Lauren said as she gaped. And I finished off with "Shit". I heard Dinah chuckled from behind us, "Welcome home girls". We walked in, all of us still unable to speak. We just sat there and stared at her apartment, and who could blame us. A turquoise living room with chocolate brown furniture, a flat screen hanging on the wall, and a black and blue carpet under our feet. "It's beautiful" I said, and started running around the house like a kid in a candy store. "Ally, there's a gourmet kitchen! A frickin pool table! And a jacuzzi tub in each bathroom! This place is the shit!"

I was about to continue running around, but I heard someone whistle loudly and it got my attention. I turned around and saw that it was bae, "Yes?" She nodded her head at me, "Calm down baby". She walked over to me and wrapped her arms around my neck, "You can behave for me, right baby?" I nodded. She leaned down to my ear, "Then maybe you'll get rewarded for your good behavior tonight".I moaned and felt my legs turn to jelly. The things this girl does to me.

*****Dinah's POV*****

I showed everyone to their rooms and helped them unpack, and everyone was tired after that. Ally and Camila had crashed in their room, and were surprisingly quiet. This was so unlike them, but whatever. I still couldn't get what Ally said to me off my mind. "Don't screw up" rang through my head while I laid in bed, waiting for Lauren to come out the bathroom. Then I felt weight shift onto the side of the bed, and I looked over to see Normani.

"Something's up with you Mufasa, spill it?" she said. "It's nothing mani, I promise. If something was wrong then I'd tell you". She grabbed my hand and nodded, "Swear on all your Beyonce albums that you'd tell me". I put my available hand over my heart, "I swear on all my Beyonce memorabilia that I would tell you if something was wrong". I sighed deeply, letting to of the breath I didn't even realize I was holding. "okay DJ, I believe you. And guess who got you a shoot tomorrow" she said. I sat up quickly, "No fucking way?" She nodded proudly, and I wrapped my arms around her. I jumped on top of her, "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" And then I heard someone clear their throat from behind us.

I turned around and saw Lauren with a pissed look on her face, and then I looked at the current situation I was in with mani. I jumped off of her and moved to the other side of the bed, "Hey baby, we were just talking". Lauren quirked her eyebrow, "Mmhmm, okay". She was standing there with her hair dripping down her bare shoulders, the rest of her being covered with a towel. Mani walked towards the door, "I'm gonna go, 8 o'clock sharp tomorrow Dinah". With that, she walked out. Lauren walked over and took out some shorts and a tank top. Then she sat down on the bed next to me, but didn't say anything.

I rolled over to her and sat my head in her lap, "Baby". She looked down at me, and then she looked away again. "Baby, please don't ignore" I said, snuggling my head into her stomach. She still didn't answer me, and I was starting to run out of ideas. I then lifted her shirt up slightly, and I felt her tense her stomach a bit. "What are you doing Dinah?" she asked, and I just ignored her. I put a kiss on her stomach, and then I started to blow raspberries on her stomach. She burst out laughing and tried to push me off, "Dinah! Stop it baby!" I just continued to do it and she continued to flail around, and I swear she was the cutest when she was laughing hysterically. After about 5 minutes of her screaming her head off, I stopped.

We ended up switching positions, so Lauren's head was on my lap while I was stroking her hair. We were staring into each other's eyes, and it reminded me of the first time I laid eyes on her. She smiled up at me, "Hey there". "Hi" I said with a stupid grin growing on my face. "I love you" I said, and she blushed and grabbed my free hand. She brought my hand to her lips, "I love you too baby". "Do you wanna talk about what happened tonight?" Her face dropped to a frown and she moved across the bed and turned her face away from me, "Not tonight, but I think I need to lay low for a little bit". I laid behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist and put my head on her shoulder. "What about Camila and Ally? Are they safe?" I asked, and she shrugged. "Can you have some guards look after them for about a week? They should keep going to school and work. When the coast is clear, I gotta go find a new job".

"When did she lose her job?" I thought in my head, but it turns out I said it outloud. Lauren sighed and turned in my arms to face me, "I quit my job at the strip clu-" I cut her off. "Da fuck?! What strip club?! I thought you worked at the diner" I said. She sat up against the headboard of the bed, "I got fired from that job because I gave this girl a meal for free". "Why'd you give her the mail for free". She looked down at her hand, "She was doing something nice for her girlfriend, and she reminded me of you". I smiled a little and grabbed her hand, "You have such a kind heart baby, and you didn't deserve to get fired". She nodded and then kept talking, explaining that she ran out of options for jobs and went back to her disgusting stripper joint. And that she was being abused by her boss, and she had had enough when Keaton showed up. She ran away and never looked back, but they came after her. And it led up to how we got in our current situation.

"Baby" I said, pulling her into a hug. She had started crying sometime through her story, and I tried to let her know everything would be okay. "I will keep you safe, I promise" I said, kissing her forehead. Eventually she calmed down, and fell alseep. I clapped my hands together lightly, turning the bedroom lights off. "Sleep well my queen. You're safe now, I promise". And I knew that this was one promise I couldn't afford to break.

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