It Started With Hello ⇒ Camren

Twenty Seven

And then the next thing she knows, she's prying at the door knob, putting all her anger into good use. It only takes seconds until the door knob comes off the front and she hears the part from the inside fall and clatter against the floor, successfully unlocking the door without having to put her fist or foot through it.

She roughly pushes against the door, making it open and hit against the wall. The first thing she does is turn on the light switch, revealing a very nice and living room.

"Lauren!" She shouts, spotting the stair case across the room and hurriedly making her way up it.

"Lauren, I swear to god if you don't answer me I'll -" she doesn't get to finish her sentence because as soon as she hits the top of the stairs she's in a loft area and her eyes land on the green eyed beauty.

A sharp gasp escapes her lips as she takes in the older girls appearance. Her body is slouched up against the wall and her knees tucked to her chin, arms wrapped tightly around her legs. Her face is against her knees and Camila would've thought she was dead if her body wasn't shaking and she couldn't hear the small cries.

"L-Lauren?" Camila's voice is quiet and gentle, the complete opposite of what it was not even thirty seconds ago.

Lauren's head immediately shoots up and her wide eyes land on the girl in front of her. Camila's stomach clenches when she sees the mascara smeared all under Lauren's eyes.

"Camz?" Lauren asks weakly and still in complete shock. Her dull green eyes scanning over the brown eyed girl.

Camila's heart sinks at the sound of her voice. It sounds so broken and she looks so scared. All Camila wants to do is wrap this girl in her arms and protect her from anything and everything.

"W-what're you doing here?" Lauren croaks out, suddenly trying to sound strong and like she's mad that Camila's here.

Camila just shakes her head and starts to walking towards Lauren. The older girl only curls up into a ball tighter than before.

"Get the hell away from me you creep," she growls out, her voice still hopelessly weak.

Camila ignores her though, only coming closer. She just wants to hug the girl and figure out what's going on so she can stop it.

"How do you even know where I live?" Lauren asks, trying to keep her defensive act up.

"Doesn't matter," Camila responds softly. A tear rolls down her cheek as she slowly lowers herself to the floor in front of the upset girl, tucking her feet underneath her.

She doesn't make any move to get closer to Lauren in fear that she'll freak out. Or worse, the girl disappears completely and it was all just Camila's mind playing with her. So they just sit there and stare at each other.

It's not long though until the older girls bottom lip starts to tremble. Camila watches as she sinks her teeth down on it to try and make it stop, but it doesn't work. A single tear falls from her green eyes and all Camila wants to do is pull her into her arms. It's obvious that Lauren doesn't want that though so now she's stuck feeling helpless.

"Lauren..." Camila says quietly, looking at the girl with pleading eyes.

Lauren only shakes her head furiously as a sign to stay away. She's trying so hard to hold herself together. She knows that if Camila touches her in anyway, she'll lose herself and that's not what she wants.

A small, aching sob escapes Lauren's lips and she curses herself as she gasps for air, hoping it'll be enough to hold back the others that are trying to follow.

"Stay away from me," she croaks out after a long minute of watching Camila stare at her hopelessly.

"No," Camila simply shakes her head, continuing to look at the girl she thought was dead, waiting for her to finally break.

"Get the hell out of my house," Lauren's voice is so weak now, Camila knows she's just on the brink of breaking.

"No," Camila replies easily, once again shaking her head.

Lauren just stares at the younger girl, trying to hide her disbelief. Camila sees it though. She looks like no one has ever fought for her in her whole life.

"Why are you even here?" Lauren finally asks and Camila can hear the defeat in her voice.

"Why am I here?" Camila repeats the question, shocked Lauren would even ask. "I'm here because you cut me out of your life so quickly. I'm here because I didn't want to lose the friendship that we've began to build over the last week and a half. I'm here because I thought you were going to kill yourself. I'm here because something in me knows that you're going to be important to me." Camila ignores the tears that are falling from her eyes.

"You thought I was going to kill myself?" her words come out in a scoff as if she's offended, but her eyes say differently.

"The way your messages were worded it sounded like it." Camila tries to defend herself.

"Well I wasn't." Lauren bites out, but Camila notices the tears in her eyes.

"Then why would you send those messages? Do you suddenly hate me? Did I do something..." Camila trails off, her voice becoming more insecure by the second.

"I told you, Camila! I can't tell you so just let it fucking go!" The words come out choked and angry and a few tears fall from her eyes.

Camila can't remember the last time she has felt so frustrated with someone. Why can't Lauren just tell her what the hell is going on? Doesn't she get that she wants to be there for her?

"No! I'm not going to 'just let it fucking go!'" Camila repeats what Lauren had requested with a slight scoff. She can't believe this girl! Of course she's not going to let it go!

And then Lauren's opening her mouth to reply with some snarky remark, but it doesn't make it out of her mouth because Camila is wrapping her arms around her body, unable to fight against it anymore. Lauren melts into her almost immediately, all her walls falling down.

"Are you done with the fake angry act yet?" Camila whispers sadly, hugging the girl tighter.

She doesn't get a response, but she knows Lauren has dropped it when she feels the tears in the crook of her neck and the small sob that escapes her lips.

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A/N (please read)
Hi guys!! Look, I've finally updated!! It's literally 2:30 a.m. and I know you guys have been on my tail about updating (and probably will be again since this is sort of a cliff hanger) but I needed to give you guys something.

The reason I suck at updating is because holy shit college is so fucking hard. I thought I'd be able to bullshit my way through like I did with high school, but friends...that is not how college works. My stress levels are really high and I find myself having a lot of panic attacks and my body is always really tired (I recently found out I have an autoimmune disease and that is a factor of why I'm always exhausted no matter how much sleep I get).

I love writing, you all know I love writing. It's just been super hard to balance college, family, social life, and my (first) relationship along with it. I'll try to update as soon as possible but that might not be until my winter break (the beginning of December) because I have so many papers and stuff due.

Thank you guys for being patient. Also thank you for 672 followers!! Why do you guys even like me? I'm literally trash, haha. Also, also, this book has 58K reads and is ranked #643 in random?? What the hell thats crazy!! I never thought my book would be "ranked" in anything. So seriously, thank you so much<3

I love you all so very much, please take care of yourselves.

Xo - Jessica<3
P.s. Isn't Lauren's house dope as fuck? Like damn, I'd love to live there