Green Is The Warmest Color

III.

Camila's POV

"Lauren! Finally you are here! I thought you'd miss one of the biggest house parties I've ever thrown, dear!" Lauren? Who is she? I whisper to Dinah asking about the new girl.

"Well, I only met her once or twice I can't even remember. I don't know much about her but I heard she's really great at parties and she also seems easy and really fun to be with." I nod and stare once again at this girl they call Lauren. Lauren seems to notice my stare as she stares back at me and smirks. I look away and pretend I'm emptying my drink.

"Remember Dinah? You met like twice before, right?" Lauren nods and hugs Dinah.

Lauren smiles at Dinah. "Hello again, Dinah."

"And this is Camila. Dinah dragged her to this house party. Well practically." They laughed for a moment. "She's her best friend." Lauren looks at me and I don't know why it's hard for me to look back.

I decide to smile at her for like seconds and she almost laughed. "Hi Camila. Fancy meeting you here." She hugs me and it surprises me more than it surprised me when the guy Wesley hugged me. "You're beautiful." She whispers and I don't even know if I heard that right. When she lets go of our hug, she throws me her mischievous smile and I thought: this is not going to be easy for me.

They all start the game and there are times I stare at Lauren because she intrigues me. She wears a black shirt that has a picture of a girl smoking in white as its design. What intrigues me is that this is the first time I see her and Dinah is already friends with her. Does she go to the same university? Does she share classes with me and I just haven't noticed?

"Hey Camila! You wanna try playing with us for a minute?" My thoughts come back to reality as Wesley speaks up. I look at him and shake my head.

"I'm sorry I really don't drink. I'll just watch you guys have fun." I pretend to smile and he just shrugs.

"Let's begin then. I never had sneaked out and went to a stranger's house." I'm not surprised that they all drank and emptied what alcohol or liquid or whatever that's in their bottles. Although the thought of Dinah being this badass version of myself makes me want to slap her face so she'd turn back to reality and just be good throughout the whole year. But she's my best friend after all and I'd just like to see her happy no matter what.

Wesley smiles at me before his turn. "I never had sexual fantasies about a stranger." He winks at me and empties his drink. I just ignore his presence. Why am I even still here?

Dinah says something. "Do we include artists though?" The guys shake their heads. They all emptied their drinks except for Dinah. Maybe Dinah and I have something in common. We only have fantasies about our favorite Hollywood artists after all.

"Looks like Dinah is still a good girl after all." Ally says and shares laughs with Normani. I notice that Lauren doesn't speak much. She just smiles at their interactions and sometimes I catch her looking at me. Maybe it makes her feel confused because in this group, I definitely do not fit in. I'm even wearing a hoodie and sneakers. What am I 5? I just wish Dinah goes home so I can be at peace.

"Lauren's turn! Lauren's turn!" They chant.

She stares at me and I stare back at her. "I never had liked someone I've seen for the first time." She empties her drink as she keeps on staring at me. I shake my head and look away. I notice that Wesley also empties his drink and the others just remain still in their places.

"That's boring! Can we have more sexual issues guys? That's pretty more important!" They all share laughs as Luis speaks up and it's also my turn to smile. Even just a bit. These people aren't terrible at all.