After (Camren)

Chapter 87

Nervousness overcomes me as I walk through the smoky bar. Why did I think this was a good idea? Lauren is going to be furious with me and Lucy may just think I am insane.

"Camila what the heck are you doing here?" Lucy asks and pulls me into a hug.

"I.. well I was looking for you." I say. 

"Is everything okay? Or did you just miss me?" She laughs.

"I just missed you." I decide to go with that for now.

"I haven't seen you in ages Camila, where has Lauren been hiding you?" Noah teases and hugs me.

Tristan appears behind Lucy and wraps his arms around her waist. By the way she leans back against him, I know they have worked through the fight over Molly.

"Come sit with us, it's just us for now." She smiles and I follow the three of them to the booth. For now? I wonder if she means that Lauren will be here soon?

I choose not to ask and order and burger and fries instead. I haven't eaten all day and it's past three in the afternoon.

"I will make sure there is no ketchup." The waitress laughs and walks back to the kitchen. She must remember me from the last time I was here when Lauren made a scene about ketchup being on my burger.

I pick at my manicured fingers as I wait for the waitress to bring me my coke.

"You missed one hell of a party last night Camila." Noah says. He lifts his glass and gulps down the remainder of his beer. 

"Yea?" I smile. The most frustrating part of my relationship with Lauren is that I never know what I am allowed to tell people. If I were in a normal relationship I would respond with "Oh yea, we had a great time last night at her father's wedding." but since my relationship is far from normal, I stay quiet.

"Yea, it was wild. We went out to the docks instead of the frat house. We get away with more at the docks and we don't have to clean up after." He laughs.

"Oh, does Jace live at the docks?" I try to keep my tone neutral.

"What? No, the docks are boat docks." He laughs and continues, "He works there during the day though, he lives close by them."

"Oh.." I chew on my straw.

"It was freezing and Tristan here was plastered and jumped into the cold ass water." Lucy snorts and Tristan flips her off playfully.

"It wasn't too bad, my body was numb the second I hit the water." He laughs.

My food appears along with Tristan's wings and a round of beer's for the three of them.

"You sure you don't want a beer? She won't card you." Noah tells me.

"Oh, no I have to drive. Thanks though."

"So how is your new dorm?" Lucy asks and steals a fry from my plate.

"My what?" 

"Your new dorm?" She repeats slowly.

"I don't have a new dorm." Did Lauren tell her I moved into another dorm?

"Uh.. yea you do because you don't live in mine anymore. All of your stuff was gone and Lauren said you changed dorms, that your mom flipped out on you or something." She laughs.

"Lauren and I moved into an apartment." I tell them. I don't care how pissed she gets at me I am not going to lie. I am infuriated and embarrassed that she is still hiding our relationship.

"What?" Lucy, Noah, and Tristan say at the same time.

"Yea, last week. We moved in together about twenty minutes off of campus." I explain.