"Can I please don't go? Pretty please with a cherry on top?" The five year old Lauren begged, her hands clasped together with her signature pout and puppy eyes.

"You have to Laur." Sinuhe insisted, "It'd only be courteous of us to go over and say hi to our new neighbours."

"But Mami..." Lauren whined with her little fists clenched, stomping her foot on the floor, "I'll be bored over there."

"No tantrums Lauren Jauregui. You know the consequences." Clara warned and grabbed Lauren's shoes that's sitting by the staircase, "Come on now, we have to be back before Papi comes home. And rest assured about being bored, I saw a little girl around your age. You can make friends with her." She suggested.

Lauren reluctantly put on her tiny shoes and tottered over to her mother, "Do we really have to go?"

Lauren didn't really like people, not to mention strangers. She would rather stay at home and watch cartoons all day without a care in the world.

"Yes. Now, no more grumbling. Let's go." Clara replied and reached out for Lauren's hand, "And be nice." She added before the both of them started walking down the pathway.

"I'm Clara Jauregui, I live next door. I heard your family just moved here from Cuba?" Clara introduced once the door to the Cabello's residence opened.

"I'm Sinuhe Cabello and yes, we're from Cuba." Sinuhe answered whilst extending her hand for a handshake, "And who is this little girl?"

"Say hi Lauren." Clara encouraged, only to earn a groan from Lauren, "Hi." She grumbled.

"An angsty little one eh?" Sinuhe joked, "Well, it's normal for children their age. Mine's no better off." She chuckled, "Come down Karla! We've got visitors!"

Soon, a brown haired Latina comes bouncing down the staircase, singing to nursery rhymes. What Camila didn't expect to see was that beautiful green eyes of Lauren's. "Wow, you have pretty eyes." Camila thought out loud the moment she met Lauren face to face, causing the two woman to laugh.

"Manners Karla." Sinuhe reminded after the laughter died down.

"Hi mam." Camila greeted, "Hi pretty girl with green eyes. My name is Camila, what's yours?"

"Hi Camila, my name's Lauren!" Lauren said a bit too enthusiastically, causing Clara to stare at her with confusion.

"Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?"

"Sure." Clara grinned and nodded.

"Maybe you can bring your new friend to your treehouse and play?" Sinuhe asked the ecstatic Latina who jumped up and down after being asked.

"Okay! Follow me Lauren!" Camila shrieked, pulling Lauren's hand towards the backyard.

Clara stared at Lauren at awe. "This is the first time I actually saw my daughter interact with someone her age."

"This might probably be a start of a beautiful friendship." Sinuhe chortled, closing the door behind her.

Meanwhile outside

"Why aren't you climbing?" Camila asked furrowing her eyebrows, "Don't you want to join me?"

"I..I'm scared of heights." Lauren muttered embarrassed. Despite her tough look on the outside, she's just a little girl on the inside.

"Don't worry Lauren, it's safe." Camila assured, climbing back down to Lauren, "You go first, I'll be right behind."

Lauren climbed up the ladder a little by little, trembling from the increasing distance she is away from the ground. "Just a few more climbs LoLo. You can do it."

Hearing Camila's encouragements and most importantly her new nickname, Lauren took a deep breath and took her last climbs and reached the treehouse.

"Woah. Your treehouse is so pretty Camz." Lauren exclaimed when she climbed into the treehouse.

"Thank you." Camila grinned, proud of her treehouse and of course her new nickname.

"What do you do in here?"

"I just hang out by myself here. I do whatever I want to." Camila explained, "Will you play tea party with me?"

Lauren cringed at the idea of tea party but after looking at Camila's hopeful eyes, she thought she'll give it a try, who knows she might like it even though it's too girly for her liking.

"Sure Camz." She smiled.

Both girls played tea party and a game where the knight saves the princess from the angry dragon, just like in the story books that Camila had read. Well, Lauren's idea was to just hang out and talk about cartoons, but Camila insisted on princesses and knights so Lauren gave into her.

"Laur, It's time to go home! It's already 7.30. Papi will be home soon and I haven't cooked yet!" Clara shouted from the bottom of the treehouse but gained no response from either girls.

Fearing that something terrible might have happened, she climbed up the ladder and was met with two girls cuddled up against each other in a mattress that was placed inside.

She smiled at the sight and sighed contently.

A/N: Hello! So here's a new story. I have no idea why I keep starting new stories but yeah, some of the scenes will kinda be based on my life (: Hope you enjoyed this chapter!