The Girl Next Door

Chapter 2

After Camila said goodnight to Robbie, she made her way back up into the elevator and pressed the button for the 9th floor. When it reached her floor she got out and immediately started texting her other best friend, Dinah, about plans they were suppose to have later this week. The whole time she was walking the short distance to her apartment she was looking down at her phone, that is, until she heard a familiar voice.

"We'll look who it is, pretty girl from 7-11." Camila quickly looked up to find the girl she saw at the store, walking out of the apartment next to Camila's, holding a brown box. Camila froze again for a second. She must have passed by through the building when Camila was talking to Robbie or something.

"Wait babe, is that your apartment? No way oh my gosh! I'm your new neighbor!" The girl said pointing at the door that Camila was about to unlock. She put down the box and took a step towards Camila, holding out her hand. "Hi I'm Lauren, but we kind of already met at the store." She said with a giggle. Camila slowly lifted up her hand and shook Lauren's with a goofy smile on her face. All she could think about was how excited Lauren seemed when she realized they were neighbors, and how soft her hands feel, and how cute her giggle was, and how that was the second time she called her babe, even though they barely know each other. Camila hasn't even known this girl for five minutes and she was already swooning.

"So are you going to tell me your name or am I just going to have to keep calling you pretty girl." Lauren said as she let go of Camila's hand.

"Oh um sorry, my name is Camila." She was trying to sound less awkward.

"Wow that's really pretty." Lauren smirked.

"You're really pretty." Camila absentmindedly mumbled out in a daze. She soon realized that she said that out loud and not just in her head and she could feel herself blushing.

"Hey thanks babe. You're pretty hot yourself." Lauren returned almost effortlessly, and Camila felt herself blushing even more then she already was.

"Hey do you mind helping me carry these last few boxes into my apartment? The movers I hired left and I just need help with a few more." Lauren asked before Camila had the chance to respond to her last comment.

"Uh yeah sure." Camila said as she lifted up a smaller box and followed lauren into her apartment. "You know, the lady that lived in here before you had like five cats."

"Wow really? I bet your glad she moved out then." Lauren giggled as she placed her box down and Camila did the same.

"I mean I never really had a problem with her, she was kind of creepy though, and she never talked to me... You know on second thought, yeah I'm really glad she moved out." Camila laughed to herself.

"Well I'm pretty glad I moved in, I just turned 19 and my parents got me this apartment for my Birthday." Lauren stated while looking around.

"Wow that's a really nice gift actually." Camila said, sounding impressed.

"Yeah but I don't have anyone to share all this space with, so please feel free to stop by whenever." Lauren winked at Camila, and she got a little red again, lauren was constantly flirting with her and it made her nervous, but hey, she wasn't complaining, this girl is flawless. "After all, you are the only person here that I've met so far."

Camila smiled. "Okay I'll be sure to stop by whenever I'm in the need for pestle m&m's. Maybe you'll have some here." This caused lauren to cover her mouth and giggle, and Camila thought it was just about the cutest thing she's ever seen.

"Well I should be going, it's getting late. Bye Lauren, it was nice seeing you.... Again." She smiled, regaining her confidence a little.

"Goodbye Camila, I'll see you soon. Thanks for helping me take it the boxes." She waved with a big grin on her face.

Camila left and walked into her apartment, she quickly found herself grinning at the thought of her new friend, Lauren.