Come Back, Be Here (Camren)

Chapter 2

"So this is a song I wrote a couple of months ago. It's called 'Everything Has Changed.' Hope you enjoy it." Camila addresses the audience for a brief moment before refocusing her attention back on her guitar and strumming the familiar chords.

All I knew this morning when I woke
Is I know something now, know something now I didn't before
And all I've seen since eighteen hours ago is green eyes and freckles
And your smile in the back of my mind making me feel like
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you

Lauren's heart soars when she hears the mention of green eyes and a small smile tugs at her red lips. She watches how Camila mindlessly takes her lip into her mouth as she strums the guitar that she is balancing in her lap.

'Cause all I know is we said hello
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name, everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You'll be mine and I'll be yours
All I know since yesterday is everything has changed

And all my walls stood tall painted blue
But I'll take 'em down, take 'em down and open up the door for you

And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies the beautiful kind
Making up for lost time, taking flight, making me feel like

Lauren is completely blown away, but not at Camila's voice. She always knew her wife could sing like an angel. The brown-eyed girl would sing in the car, the shower, while she was putting her make up on. Really any chance she got. Every single time she did, the green-eyed girl would stop what she was doing and listen. Lauren's always been her biggest fan. However, today, Lauren is blown away because Camila would never sing for anyone, but her. She always encouraged Camila to do these kinds of gigs, but Camila would never agree to the idea. She always assured Lauren that if she ever got on stage, she would pull an Aubrey from Pitch Perfect and puke all over the stage and everyone sitting near it.

I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you

'Cause all I know is we said hello
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name, everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You'll be mine and I'll be yours
All I know since yesterday is everything has changed

Come back and tell me why
I'm feeling like I've missed you all this time
And meet me there tonight
And let me know that it's not all in my mind

She wipes a tear that has managed to escape from her eye after hearing the bridge. That part hit Lauren hard because she has been missing the girl sitting in front of her for the past year. Her body is overcome with so much relief that Camila is okay though. However, she can't help but think that the girl singing right now is not the same girl she watched fly away from her a year ago.

I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you

All I know is we said hello
Your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name, everything has changed
All I know is he held the door
You'll be mine and I'll be yours
All I know since yesterday is everything has changed

All I know is we said hello
So dust off your highest hopes
All I know is pouring rain
And everything has changed
All I know is a new found grace
All my days, I'll know your face
All I know since yesterday is everything has changed

Camila strums the last note on her guitar and Lauren, along with everyone else in the bar, jumps to her feet and starts clapping like a proud mom. A small smile tugs at her lips as she thinks back to the times when Camila would play a new song that she had wrote for her. Lauren would always put her hand over her heart and dramatically voice that she was a proud mom after the song was over. Camila would always smirk and say "proud daddy, maybe." The green-eyed girl would always blush furiously and slap Camila's arm. Her wife would always call her daddy to get under her skin and she hated it. However, at this moment, she is sure that Camila could call her that and she would just kiss the smirk off her face.

The young artist slowly stands from her bar stool and makes her way to the stage at the back of the bar. Her shaking legs are making walking an extremely difficult task though. Lauren stops within 5 feet of the stage and wipes her sweaty palms on her jeans as she watches Camila pack up her belongings.

What if she doesn't forgive her? What if she hates her for what she did?

Lauren doesn't think she can move and she sure as hell cannot form a coherent sentence. Instead, she just chokes out the one word that has been lingering on her tongue since the moment she saw Camila on the stage.

"Camz."

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Song: "Everything Has Changed" By. Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran