The only thing negative that Lauren said was that kissing Deanna was "weird".
I think their relationship WILL be persued (at least I want it to) because it's controversy and it attracts more viewers. They are running out of things, and remember this is the "go-thereist" season ever, so it's going to go past one episode. Even if it doesn't last much longer, in the The-N promo for this season, it shows Alex talking to Paige about being a lesbian so even if it ends there, that's still something. I don't know, I thought the whole Alex/Paige thing was hot and a nice twist to the season. IT SHOULDNT GO AWAY lmao