Come Back, Be Here (Camren)

Chapter 10

"This is an original." Camila informs the audience before turning her attention back to the guitar sitting in her lap. "As many of you know, I was in an accident about a year ago. Well I recently found it tucked away in an old bag of mine and I didn't remember it so I realized that I wrote it before my accident." She continues to strum the guitar. "I hope you like it."

I met you in the dark
You lit me up
You made me feel as though
I was enough
We danced the night away
We drank too much
I held your hair back when
You were throwing up

Then you smiled over your shoulder
For a minute I was stone-cold sober
I pulled you closer to my chest
And you asked me to stay over
I said, I already told you
I think that you should get some rest

I knew I loved you then
But you'd never know
'Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go
I knew I needed you
But I never showed
But I wanna stay with you
Until we're grey and old
Just say you won't let go
Just say you won't let go

I wake you up with some breakfast in bed
I'll bring you coffee
With a kiss on your head
And I'll take the kids to school
Wave them goodbye
And I'll thank my lucky stars for that night

When you looked over your shoulder
For a minute, I forget that I'm older
I wanna dance with you right now, oh
And you look as beautiful as ever
And I swear that every day you'll get better
You make me feel this way somehow

I'm so in love with you
And I hope you know
Darling, your love is more than worth its weight in gold
We've come so far my dear
Look how we've grown
And I wanna stay with you
Until we're grey and old
Just say you won't let go
Just say you won't let go

I wanna live with you
Even when we're ghosts
'Cause you were always there for me
When I needed you most

Lauren's heart beats faster with every word that Camila sings. Her wife has always had a way with words and Lauren knows that if she wrote this before her accident, that she probably wrote it about her. The brunette's thoughts are interrupted when she hears the chimes on the door ding, signaling that someone has entered. She momentarily looks over and then turns her attention back to Camila. That doesn't last long because as soon as her mind registers who just entered the bar, she whips her head back to the entrance. Rage washes over her and she walks over to the couple standing by the door.

I'm gonna love you 'til
My lungs give out
I promise till death we part
Like in our vows
So I wrote this song for you
Now everybody knows
That it's just you and me
Until we're grey and old
Just say you won't let go
Just say you won't let go

Just say you won't let go
Oh, just say you won't let go

As she's walking toward the door, the bar erupts into cheers as Camila's song comes to an end.

"Lauren." The woman breathes out as the green-eyed girl approaches her. "What are you doing here?"

"Not here." Lauren points to the door and the couple exits again, the brunette following close behind.

"You didn't tell her about me?!" Lauren yells as soon as the door closes. She decides to just cut right to the chase. "I get you didn't approve of our relationship, but you're her parents and you have been lying to her since she had the accident."

"We just got her back, Lauren, and we know if we told her she'd leave again. She'd leave because of what we did and she'd leave so she could find you." Sinu speaks up.

"She was my wife for fucks sake." The green-eyed girl seethes. "And you just led her to believe I didn't even exist.

"We thought you were out of the picture since she was alone." Alejandro speaks up.