Mahal na Mahal Kita, Anak

Lauren sat quietly with the small child in her lap, thankful that he'd finally stopped crying long enough for her to enjoy some relative silence. The warmth of the fire behind her was pretty nice and as long as the child did not make a move towards it, this was a pretty good situation.
"Listen!" he said suddenly.
She listened. As far as she could tell, there was just the roar of the vacuum going on in the other room, noisy and obnoxious when she was trying to enjoy sitting down.
Then, quietly, she heard, "I love you."

Horror of All Horrors

Lauren and Meadjean crouched on the bathroom floor, listening to the thumps and yells from outside the room.

"I keep expecting one of their faces to creepily appear in the window or something."

Meadjean shuddered. "I'm so scared."

"Me too," Lauren agreed, drawing her knees to her chest. 

"Lauren! Let us in! Let us in!" one of the menaces called. 

Lauren mimicked it in a horror movie-esque way before making a face. 

The noises outside slowly faded away and the two girls turned to look at each other.

"Think they're gone?"

"It sounds like it."

"Shh. I wanna listen."

They fell silent, both turned towards the direction of the door  as they listened, straining their ears for the sounds of small children.

A couple minutes passed.

"I think they're-"

Loud yelling commenced and Lauren yelped, immediately clinging to Meadjean with her eyes shut and just wishing this night would end.

By Any Other Name

If I hadn't been entirely sure about switching to my middle name in college, I am now. There is just. ahfliehfliahli EVERY SINGLE LAUREN that I have read in books or seen in movies/tv shows is just. Ew.

They're either complete bitches or disgusting or. I just. And that's.

WHY.

Alex is a much safer name.