Camila's PoV
"Ha, you're so funny!" I mocked Austin as he sat across from me at our favourite place to eat; the arcade.
"Whatever, you so got a face full of snow that night. Normani had you down!" Austin laughed, taking a bite of his pizza.
Normani found several moments to barrel me over during our late night game at Central Skate Park. I knew they were on purpose too but I had to pass it off as part of the game. I didn't trust her enough to not call me out yet. I didn't want to piss her off, but it didn't mean I didn't give her a dose of her medicine.
I was eating dinner with Austin and decided to join him later on to pick Lauren up from the airport. It had been one long week without Lauren by my side. We talked every night on the phone but it wasn't the same. All the dirty talk that flowed from her lips though, that sure led to some hot phone sex. I figured it'd be awkward but it was just me, her, our breathing, the work of our fingers and her husky voice.
Fuck, her voice was the most attractive thing about her. Don't get me wrong, I found everything about her damn sexy, but her voice was the one thing that kept me grounded. Her voice tolf me she loved me, she wanted me, she needed me. Her voice told me her wildest dreams, her fears, her desires. Her voice simply pushed me over the edge and brought me back again.
"Well you couldn't even stay on your own two feet," I smirked and drank my Dr. Pepper, "thank God you weren't one of the girls."
"I make a better girl than most," he shrugged and I laughed, "you told me that once."
"Yea," I smiled, "but you're just not as attractive as a girl."
Austin looked at me and licked his lower lip, taking the dangling cheese with it. "You really weren't cheating on me with another guy, were you?"
I tensed and gripped my bottle of soda a little harder. "Austin, I thought we agreed not to talk about this."
"No, I know," he sighed and scratched his clean shaven chin, "but please, answer me?"
I sighed. "No, there was no other guy."
He swallowed and nodded. "So girl?"
My eyes bugged out of my head as I shook it to see if I heard right. "Girl?"
"Well yea, we all know I'm slow but you said you never cheated on me with another guy, so..." he laughed almost boyishly and it made me smile a bit at his nervousness, "was it with another girl? I mean, because I know you've been hanging around Lauren everyday, she probably pointed out why being with another girl was better than being with a guy..."
"Austin, stop!" I laughed as he sputtered into babble mode. "I told you, what happened between us had nothing to do with Lauren." The lie tightened up in my stomach as I had created another web upon the massive web that was already spun.
"I'm a man who loves women, Camila; I understand how stunning they can be." Austin quirked a grin and out of habit, grabbed my drink to take a sip. I didn't mind.
"Can we just drop this?" I asked politely, grabbing another slice of pizza. "If I can admit I've been finding other girls attractive, will you leave it be?"
Austin nodded and grinned. He was playing it pretty cool and I wasn't sure what to think of it. Maybe because he was sexing it up with my best friend the past couple of months, he felt he had no need to talk about the cheating aspect.
"I admit it," I replied softly, looking around the crowded arcade, "but I trust you not to tell anyone."
"Scouts Honour!" Austin saluted playfully and shrugged his shoulders. "We're cool Mila, you and me. I told you I just want to be your friend; I'm not trying to get into your pants again or anything."
I smirked and rolled my eyes. "Good, because you won't succeed."
"Hey, thanks for offering to drive to the city with me to pick up Lauren," Austin changed the subject. "She had no other choice to catch that flight since her other one was cancelled."
"No problem," I smiled and bounced around inside. I was finally going to see Lauren and I couldn't wait.
"Hey you two," Normani slid beside me and picked the green peppers off the side of my plate, eating them, "not interrupting your date, am I?" Her eyes danced mischievously.
Austin cleared his throat and grinned. "No Normani, Camila and I are no longer together, I told you that."
Normani's eyes looked at me and I rolled my own. "What do you want Kordei?" She knew we weren't together anymore. She knew I had a 'thing' for Lauren. She just liked causing trouble.
"Rematch," she offered. "All of us at the rink again tonight. With all the flirting I was doing with you, Cabello, I rarely concentrated on the game."
I laughed and shook my head. "Sorry, I have plans tonight. Maybe Austin can substitute for me on the girls team though?" I teased him as he punched me.
"Then we'll just have to wait until you are available," she winked and stood up. "Catch ya later."
Austin chuckled and I raised my eyebrow at him. "What?"
"Well, Normani likes you," he looked over at her just as she was glancing back at us, "want me to hook you two up?"
"No!" I gasped and grabbed my coat, slipping it on. "Austin, please don't even begin to stick your nose into this. Besides," I shrugged, "I already have someone in mind."
His green eyes grew wide. "Man, please tell me dude, please?"
Yea, the 'baby' or 'babe' he used to call me has now been replaced with 'dude'. And I was fucking happy about that.
"No," I laughed and slid out of the booth, "let it go."
"Fine," he sulked and grabbed his keys from his pockets, "we should hit the road. Don't want to leave Lauren alone."
No, we definitely wouldn't want that.
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Lauren's PoV
My left arm was slung in a brace and throbbed with mild pain. I crashed into another snowboarder who didn't know what the hell she was doing. Damn newbies should not be on that big of a hill if they can't keep up with the rest of us. I left my little accident out of discussion with Camila and I knew she was going to flip when she saw me in a cast with a broken arm.
I popped my neck waiting for my luggage to present itself. I never saw Austin near the gate so I decided to check where baggage was and no one was in sight. I sighed and rocked back and forth on my heels. After grabbing the suitcase, I stood there looking around for Austin. Then my eyes gravitated towards a familiar laugh and there she was, her arm looped with his and I swallowed thickly. The image was weird but I knew they were in 'friends' territory.
"Laur!" Austin's voice caught me first and my eyes snapped to his as he approached me, taking my suitcase. "Damn, what happened?"
"Oh my god!" Camila gasped and looked over my arm, "what happened?"
I shrugged and laughed nervously. "Accident. I'm okay."
"Okay?" Camila raised an eyebrow at me. Great, I haven't even been on Ontario ground for ten minutes and I was already getting those looks from my girlfriend.
"Yea," I smiled sweetly and bumped her hip with mine, "don't worry about it Cabello, I'm cool."
Austin chuckled and moved on ahead to get the vehicle warmed up.
Camila stopped us as Austin disappeared outside. "Why didn't you tell me you hurt yourself?" She asked concerned and I immediately felt bad for not saying anything to her.
"Camz, baby," I whispered, "I missed you. I am really happy you're here, so please, can we talk about my arm after you kiss me?"
A smile pulled at her worried lips and she grabbed my good hand, dragging me to the ladies room. Once in the stall, she backed me up against the door and kissed me so lightly that I barely felt it. "I missed you too," she whispered softly.
"Yea?" I raised an eyebrow and grinned, threading my fingers through her hair with my right hand. "Show me."
She kissed me again, that time was more passionate and a moan escaped my throat. Her fingers played with the back of my neck, stroking softly as she kissed me a little deeper. Damn, I was sure as hell missing Camila kisses.
"We shouldn't keep Austin waiting too long," she panted as we parted lips. "He already knows that I like girls but he doesn't know about you."
"Huh?" What? Did Camila just tell me that Austin knew she liked girls? What the hell happened in the five days that I was gone?
"I told him, you know, trying to get some truth shed on all of the pile up deceit," she shrugged and smiled, "he took it rather well."
"Well duh," I snorted and followed her out of the stall, "the guy just found out that his ex girlfriend is checking out women. He's got good visuals." I chuckled at the disgusted look on her face and swatted her ass to keep moving.
"So, you planning on going bed as soon as we get back?" Camila asked, her fingers trailing over the sling that held my arm.
"I'm a little beat," I replied honestly but smiled, "but I wouldn't mind spending time with my girlfriend."
"Damn you two take a long time," Austin came back in, rubbing his hands together from the cold.
"I had to use the ladies room," I replied, "you know, I hate using the bathroom's on the plane." Hey, at least that lie was believable.
Austin nodded and grinned. "So, Normani just text me Mila, she really wants me to get you to play tonight."
Normani?
Since when did Normani become a good friend of Camila's?
"Plans?" I quirked an eyebrow at Camila, she obviously detected the jealous tone.
Camila gave me a look to shut up and then to her ex boyfriend. "Tell her to forget about it. It wasn't my fault she got distracted on the ice the other night and allowed me to control the team." Her voice was playful and it kind of made me happy. She and Austin seemed to be so friendly with each other, after everything they went through. Camila mentioned playing late night hockey was something she missed doing because it was a game where anything goes.
"No," I grabbed her hand with mine and squeezed it, "you should go and play hockey Camz." She frowned but I shook my head with a smile. "I'll watch."
"No Lo," she whispered, "I thought we'd catch up." She grinned devilishly and wiggled her eyebrows.
Catch up. Nice one, Cabello.
"Kinda broken," I whispered back and cleared my throat. "Seriously, we should go. I haven't had the privilege to see you kick ass without rules."
Camila grinned and kissed me on the cheek. An action that caused me to freeze, Camila to curse and Austin to ... Austin pretty much looked confused.
"Okay then," Austin finally broke the tension and broke between us, his arm wrapped around both of our shoulders, "ready to see Cabello kick ass?"
"I'll kick yours if you call me that again," Camila smirked at my cousin.
"Fine, are you ready to see some major flirting on the ice between Kordei and Camila?" Austin laughed, rubbing his hands together. "Now that's hot cuz," he nudged me and walked ahead of us, leaving me to stare at Camila in shock.
"Flirting with Normani?"
"Oh please, I wasn't flirting." Camila rolled her eyes, "She's a nut, I'm hot, she's attracted and I'm yours. Notice that equation? Doesn't make sense."
"Huh?" I laughed at her quirkiness. "Apparently neither do you."
"Normani likes me, Austin thinks it's hot so he's rubbing it in our faces," she paused and looked at me, "but I'm yours. So no matter what is said, I'm yours."
I smiled. "Good."
"Now seriously, what happened to your arm?" Camila frowned as we walked towards Austin's truck.