claudia//oh boy
"Why did you stay up late?" Cameron asks.
"I was sketching." I say bluntly, flipping through channels.
"But why?"
"Because Cameron." I was just very slightly getting annoyed, but I managed to keep my composure like I always did, with him.
"I want a full answer, love. You're suppose to get eight hours of sleep. Staying up late isn't good for you." He talks to me like if I was a child.
"Well, Cameron unlike you I care about my Art grade. So I was actually working on the sketches we have due on Monday." I say sarcastically.
He sits there, for what seemed like a good minute. I assume, flashbacking to the day our Art teacher told us on Friday to have the sketches ready to be turned in on Monday.
I sat there with a small smile, waiting for him to finish his little flashback.
"Crap." He says.
"Sucks to be you." I mumble and continue on my hunt for a good show to watch.
"No, it sucks to be you, because you're going to help me. If I recall, someone said something along the lines of-" He clears his throat and stands up, being over dramatic like he always is.
"I can help you with anything you need. I'm here for you." He quotes me, in a high pitched voice.
"I do not sound like that." I pout.
"But you are cute." He pinches my cheek. I groan under my breath and shove his hand away.
"Gio!" He screams from downstairs, then starts jogging up the stairs.
I lay back on the couch and breathe. It's like when he's around I can't even breathe. I laid back and relaxed, feeling the cold breeze brush against my bare legs.
"Clau." Lulu jumps on me, laying her small head onto my stomach. I stood up, readjusting myself to a more comfortable position, as her small head fell onto my lap.
"Yes?" I run my fingers through her soft hair.
"I like a boy." She whispers, so quietly. I could barely hear what she said, but enough to know what she meant.
"You do? Describe him to me." I whisper back.
She hums softly and quickly gets off my lap, sitting up straight and looking directly at me.
"Well he has black hair and it's super curly. Like mommas. I like to touch it and he likes it when I do, he says that it feels nice."
Young love, how beautiful it was. I could see her eyes sparkle, as she described this boy she liked, her small cheeks where a settle tint of pink, while she played with her small fingers.
"He sounds really cute." I say, poking her side. She giggles and brushes hair out of her face.
"He is cute. I like him a lot. Clau, do you think he likes me back?" I hummed, looking up at the ceiling, pretending to be thinking as she sat there eagerly waiting for my answer.
"Of course he will Lulu! You're the cutest thing ever and if he doesn't then he sure is a big dumb head like Gio." I joke. She gasps and giggles into her small hand.
"I heard my name." Gio sings, as he walks into the living room. I turn my head around and spot Gio walking over to us. Then I see Cameron leaning against the wall, with a smile on his face I couldn't help but smile back. I quickly turned back around and erased the image of his smile from my mind, concentrating on what was happening.
"Clau said-" I ran to her small body and gently put my palm over her mouth. She giggles and tries to squirm away from my grip I had on her.
"I said, nothing." I say, looking at Gio. He narrows his eyes at me.
"Mhmm." He says and snatches Lulu away from me as he sits her on his lap.
"What did this big meanie say about me. If you don't tell me that makes you a big meanie like her and you don't want to be a big meanie do you?" Gio tells her. She shakes her head and opens her mouth.
"If you say anything I'll leave with Cameron to go get ice-cream and not give you any at all." I warn her, reaching for Cameron's hand and pulling him beside me. His hand was warm and huge over my small, cold hand. Inside I was dying because we were holding hands but I managed to calm myself down.
"Clau didn't say anything at all you big meanie!" She screams and jumps off of him, running to Cameron as she places her small hand into his.
Gio pouts and looks down at the ground.
"I'm sad now. I thought you only liked holding my hand." Gio whined. Lulu looks at him as her small eyes begin to water. She was always very sensitive, like me.
She ran to him and hugged him.
"I'm so sorry big brother. I will never do it again. Please don't cry." She whispers. Gio hugs her back and stands up, spinning her in the air.
"She's so cute." Cameron says, looking at her and Gio.
"Yes, she is." I say. I couldn't help but stare at him and wonder if he had any siblings. I didn't know if West was his brother. So I didn't count him as one of his siblings. It's like he knows everything about me but I don't know anything about him. It bothers me, but I wouldn't want to rush him into opening up to me, I'll wait as long as it takes.
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"Just don't fall Lulu." I warn her. She didn't even hear me, as she was already running up the small stairs, that lead to the huge slide. I sat there anxiously, watching her every move.
"She's fine, Claudia." Giovanni says annoyed. I kick his leg and he groans, kicking mine back.
"Gio, you know I bruise easily!" I snap at him, shoving him to the side. He looks over at me and narrows his eyes.
"I don't really care, Clau." He says back, slightly shoving me back.
"Can you kids stop fighting and watch your sister?" My mom says, pinching Giovanni's ear. He whines and my mom lets go of his ear, as she shakes her head and goes back to the table she was sitting at, with her friends.
"Just wait till we get home." He threatens me, getting off the bench and walking over to Lulu that was sitting on the sand.
I roll my eyes.
Cameron was at the park with us also. But he went to the bathroom. He's been there for quite a long time. I was getting worried, but I felt weird if I went to go check up on him or something.
There's so many things that could be happening. He could be taking a number two. He might have diarrhea. He could have been jumped by some guys.
There was so many things popping up in my mind. I shook my head and got up. I needed to distract myself before I go insane with my thoughts.
I walked over to the pond, where all the ducks were dipping their faces into the water. The pond was off to the side. Nobody really went near the pond or even fished. People just come to make out in the woods area or hook up in a truck, hidden, or even worse in those dirty bathrooms. I know they do that for a fact. I always find condoms on the ground, near the bathrooms.
"Claudia." I turn around, startled. It was just Cameron. He sat down next to me on the grass.
"How are you?" He asks me. I look at him strangely, but then answer him.
"I'm okay. How are you?" He seemed a bit off. Almost like he was here with me but at the same time he wasn't. He looked pale, like if he was about to vomit any given second. His eyes were half opened and just looked like he hadn't slept for days. Which was very strange.
"Cameron you don't look too well." I whisper, reaching out for his hand. He looks at me and stares at me. I couldn't help but blush. The guy that never even acknowledged my existence is looking straight at me.
He smiles.
"I'm fine." He whispers. He sounded so faint. My anxiety levels were out the roof.
"Cameron, are you sure? It's just you like so pale and just sick. I think we should go with my mom." I say getting up. He grips my thigh and pulls me back down. I gasp, because of his sudden actions, as he had caught me by surprise.
Stay." I feel a lump start to form in my throat. I was anxious and scared, not for my sake, but for his. I didn't know what to do and I felt paralyzed. I couldn't move.
"Cameron- I- I just don't want something bad to happen to you. You don't look well at all and I'm-I'm scared." His eyes soften and he grabs ahold of my face.
"It's alright love. You don't need to be scared. That's why I'm here to keep you safe. In my arms you'll be safe. I promise. I won't let anyone touch you." He goes on about things I didn't understand. He pulled me into his lap and held me tightly against his chest.
He said things that didn't make sense.
"I won't let them hurt you."
"I'll take care of you."
"Don't be scared, please."
Once Cameron calmed down, after all my attempts into calming him down. I laid him down, so his head was on my lap. I quickly took out my phone and texted Gio.
me : gio, cameron freaked out and he looks really bad and im scared please come, im by the pond behind the bathrooms please hurry
It took a minute for him to receive my message, since there was bad service. He read it and didn't reply, instead shortly after, I heard footsteps approaching me.
Giovanni seemed upset and I didn't know why.
"I'm so sorry Claudia." He apologizes to me and helps Cameron up, off my lap. Cameron senses he's being picked up and slightly jumps.
"It's okay Cameron. It's me Gio. We are heading to the car alright?" Cameron doesn't say anything but slowly follows him to the car.
I was confused. It seemed like Giovanni has already seen him in this state, because he knew exactly what to do and wasn't at all freaking out how I was. I sat there, trying to retrace everything that just happened in my brain.
"Claudia, honey. Come on, let's go get in the car." My mom was also upset. I was confused. But was still in shock, not ready to ask any questions. So I just followed her to the car. I got inside the car. Cameron was leaning against the window. Lulu sat in-between Cameron and I.
As we drove home, I stared out the window. I couldn't help but feel guilty for what happened. Everyone was so upset and looking at me, like if I did something wrong. Almost like if it was my fault. Maybe that's just the way it seemed like to me. I tried not to over think. But how could I not?
The hot guy that I've loved since forever, a smile always on his face, flirting with girls, living his life. The guy never seen sad, always happy and carefree, and just minutes ago that perfect, glowing boy just broke down, in front of me.
Once we arrived home, my mom and Gio helped him out of the car and walked him into the house. I looked over at Lulu who was just as confused as I was.
"Is your boyfriend okay?" I wasn't in the mood to correct her and argue, about Cameron not being my boyfriend.
"I don't know, Lulu." I say truthfully. I unbuckle her seatbelt and close the door of the car, holding her hand as I walk into the house.
The house was completely dark. The only light that could be seen, was the light blazing under the guest room door, where Cameron slept last night.
I picked up Lulu and placed her onto my hip as I walked to her room. I turn on the lights of her room and she walks over to her small bed.
"I heard mommy saying Cameron was a bad boy." She says, while she undresses from her clothes. Lulu always said what she heard. Which was good in some cases and bad in others.
I walked over to her pink drawers and grabbed her pajamas, handing them to her. She put them on and grabbed a hair tie, handing it to me.
"Cameron isn't a bad boy." I say back as I grab the hair tie from her and grab all her hair, putting it into a high bun.
"Yes, he is. He doesn't listen to his mommy and that's called being a bad boy." She says back, in her sassy attitude.
I lead her over to her bed and tuck her in. I switch on her princess night light and turn off the lights.
"Goodnight, Lulu. Try to get some sleep. Love you." I say walking to the door.
"Goodnight. I love you too." She whispers. I walk out of her room and shut the door behind me.
Now that I had time to process everything that happened. I had so many questions, just wanting to burst out of me. They were all still in that room. I wanted to go in and see what they were doing. But I felt like it wasn't my place. Also my mom would most likely be upset with me.
I walked into my room, in the darkness, made it to my bed and just laid down, pulling the covers over my body.
After a couple of minutes the door opened and I could hear footsteps. A door was shut and there was still some footsteps, till they stopped. I heard digits being dialed and a tap of a nervous foot against the hard wooden floor.
"Gloria, he hasn't been taken his pills for a week. What is wrong with you? Do you not care about your son-" My mothers voiced faded away as she walked down the stairs.
Cameron takes pills? For what? Is his mom this person named Gloria? Find out on the next chapter. (;
small thought:
why am I literally so anti social and why do I hate everyone??