Falling for You

Chapter 8

  I sighed and continued listening. I never really looked at her though only when she was looking at others in class. She looked in my direction and we accidentally made eye contact for the first time since our last kiss. I quickly looked down feeling sad. Whenever she looked at me I just wanted go up and hug her and melt in her arms.

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"So how's it going with Miss.Scott," Cam questioned.

  We sat in Stormie's. Our favorite place that's secluded from other people. I was glad we were friends. I still feel guilty 90% of the time.

I took a sip of my drink, "It's whatever. We can't be together even if we wanted to."

  All of a sudden I felt really awkward. I'm here with my ex. We had a serious relationship and now I'm here talking about another girl. A girl that happened to be my teacher. I guess Cambrie noticed the tension.

"Look what we had was special Julia. You were my first girlfriend and you gave me happiness. Even though we're not together I'm still happy we're friends. Some relationships don't work and that's just how it is. I'm always here even if you want to talk about other people you like and I hope I can do the same. It's not awkward for me and I still trust you even though you did kiss Miss.Scott," Cam said making direct eye contact with me making sure I knew everything she was true.

I spoke, "Why? I cheated on you and you still trust me."

Cam sighed and grabbed my hand, "You told me the truth Julia. Despite it could've gone very badly. I know that you feel guilty but stop."

"I really did love you Cam," I said.

"I know you did. We both had love for each other but it wasn't meant to be. You found someone that makes you feel happy and that's all I could ever ask for. I want you to be happy and not worry about our breakup. Trust me as long as I still have you in my life I'm happy," she spoke.

  I was surprised by this. I'm so glad we got it out of the air though. Cam was happy and wanted to be friends which made me feel so much better. All I had to worry about was Avery. Why did she always have to be on my mind?

  I drove Cam home and gave her a hug before she got out of the car. I saw her mom outside staring at us. I was a bit confused at first.

"My mom doesn't know we broke up. I never told her," Cam said.

"It's fine," I replied.

"I'm going to let her know though," she said nervously.

  After Cam's forced come out things haven't been great at all. Kind of like with my mom but without the wrist grabbing, but they became more strict with her. I felt bad for Cam. I opened my car door and did the unexpected.

"What are you doing," Cam asked as I opened the passenger side door and helped her out.

"I'm going to help you tell her," I spoke grabbing her hand.

  She smiled and hopped out. I swear the whole time though her mom was staring at us and it was really weird. She continued to hold my hand and we walked up the drive way to see her mom. I walked up the steps squeezing her hand for comfort.

Before cam said anything her mom spoke up, "Let go of her hand."

Cam let go of my hand. We all stood there for a while and waited for someone to say something. Cam, her mom, and I exchanged looks.

"Let's go inside Cam," she grabbed her upper arm and pushed her inside the house.

I looked at Cam in shock. I mean whatever she didn't hurt Cam but she put her hands on her. It made me think of my mom. What if Cambrie's mom hurt her or would hurt her like my mom did. Cambrie started walking up the stairs to go to room.

"And you don't talk to my daughter. You've turned her into something she's not," her mom said before walking in the house.

"Being gay," I stopped the door so she couldn't close it.

"You think I turned her gay? Your daughter was gay when I met her," I said sternly.

Cam looked at me in complete shock and so did her mom, "It's awful! This is not what God wants. I'm not letting you  make Cambrie think it's okay!"

"You know what? I feel so bad for Cam. Want to know why? Because of you," I spoke.

I got close to her mom and spoke slowly, "You are a selfish bitch."

I guess I wasn't done putting up a fight because my mouth kept moving and words kept coming out.

"All damn sin is equal! I love God and no matter what he loves me! I will never let that change and I will forever have a close relationship with him," I spoke loudly.

"If anything you're just as bad as Cam and I! Plus I mean did you once think about the pain she's going through? You obviously don't understand what it's like to have to live with this and deal with it... how long it takes to accept shit like this! You're supposed daughter needed you. You never had to agree what she was doing was okay... You needed to support her," I basically yelled.

  That was that. Both Cam and her mother stood there completely speechless. Even I was taken by surprise. I mean I'm all for defending people but I really went all the way with what I said. I was actually proud. Cam came back down from the steps and looked at her mom.

"Clearly my ex-girlfriend loves and supports me more than my family," she said emotionless.

Cam was trying to hid her hurt and anger. I put my arm around her and guided her out the door and back to my car. It was probably best for her to leave. I would know. I didn't know how she would react. I felt like she might've been mad I yelled at her mom.

"Thank you," she said letting some tears fall.

I was about to speak but she stopped me, "I'm serious Julia. Thank you for being brave enough to stand up for me."

I smiled, "Anytime. Now why don't we go shopping?"

She nodded her head and we left. We left her house and her mother behind. Still staring at us as we pulled out of the driveway. I gave her mom a dirty glare before I took off.