Camila's POV:
I have never been to a college party before, and saying I'm freaking out would be an understatement. Quickly putting on more appropriate clothes, I run down stairs to meet my mom. "Why are you all dressed up?" She asks referring to my new, sexier outfit. "Actually I was just about to ask you if you could drive me to the University of Florida?" I say flashing my best smile. "Why would you want to go there on a Friday night?" She says kinking an eyebrow. "Lauren invited me to a party with her friends tonight and I really want to go." I tell her giving her my best puppy eyes. "I'm not sure if I like the idea of a party full of drunk older guys Camila." She says skeptically and crosses her arms. "You know how responsible I am and that I never drink mom, please." I plead obviously lying about my sometimes illegal choice of beverages. After a couple of silent seconds she sighs heavily. "I guess I can't really stop you from growing up. At what time do you need me to take you?" She can barely finish the sentence before I jump on top of her with a hug. "Thank you so much mom, I love you!" I say excitedly and run to the car. As soon as we start driving I take out my phone and text Lauren. Even though we saw each other a couple of hours ago I miss her like crazy.
To: Lauren<3
I'm on my way, can't wait to see you;)
I send it and lay back on the car seat. "Please promise me you'll be careful tonight." My mom says full of concern. "I promise, I'll be fine! Lauren's friends are really nice and I won't even be on my own." I assure trying to calm her down. Before The X Factor I barely went out at night, so I understand her obvious concern. But tonight I really want to spend as much time as possible with the girl who for some reason hasn't answered my text. Besides I really need something to take my mind off the producer's offer. I have tried to come up with the best choice, and so far I think I shouldn't take it. Being away from Lauren for such a long time really seems unbearable. I mean, I know I probably have to accept the fact that things will get harder and I won't be able to see her as much once she goes to college, but at least she will still be in Florida and I will be able to visit her as often as I want. If I take the solo career offer then I'd go back to Cali and be touring all the time, and then I wouldn't see her at all. When we get to campus I say goodbye and promise to take care again and then start walking towards the dorms. I try calling Lauren a billion times, but she's not answering her phone and I really don't know where to meet her. I have never been here before and the only thing guiding my way is the loud electro music coming from the end of the facility. A group of college guys walk past me and start whistling and yelling shit. The strong scent clearly reveals how much they have had to drink so I just choose to ignore them and keep walking to the party. I can't look like a little scared girl when I have to try to fit in as one of them. But its impossible to keep playing dumb when one of them grabs my waist. "Hey where are you going?" He asks pulling my body closer to his. I can't deny he's pretty good looking, but he's also clearly an asshole. "Its none of your business actually." I say trying to get away from his grip. "We can have a lot more fun in my dorm." He says and his group of friends start laughing and cheering. "I'm not interested, okay? Just let me go, I need to find my girlfriend." I say and then realize how stupid that was because it only makes them even more excited. "Girlfriend? Maybe she can join us too." He says grinning with his muscular arm still around my waist. "Come on dude, let her go." I hear a somewhat familiar voice and turn around to see Alexa. A couple of steps behind Lauren shows up carrying a six pack of beer. "Camila? Oh my God!" I see Alexa running towards me. "Do you know her?" The guy says letting me go and I run to hug Lauren's friend. "Of course we know her Luis, and you're a douche bag." Alexa says and punches his arm. I walk over to Lauren and give her a quick hug too, she seems really uncomfortable by the situation with who now I know is Luis. I had heard about him before, he's one of Lauren's closest friends and she had even admitted having a crush on him growing up. "I was just welcoming the newbie to campus, calm down." He says almost chuckling. "She's not a newbie, Camila is actually Lauren's..." "Ex-bandmate." Lauren interrupts her friend nervously. "We were together in Fifth Harmony." She adds and I give her a confused look. Is she embarrassed to admit we're together? That's really fucked up. "That's why your face was so familiar." Luis says staring me down and smiles. "Yeah, I was her bandmate." I repeat sarcastically and feel Lauren's eyes on me. "Can we just go to the damn party?" I add giggling breaking the awkward silence. "I can show you the way." Luis says and offers me his arm. "Lets go then." I tell him and glance at Lauren before walking to the party with him. She sure looks guilty after denying our relationship in front of everyone. I mean, I'm pretty sure they all know about us being together in the past, and there's no reason for her to keep hiding what we have. If I embarrass her so much maybe she shouldn't have asked me to come to the party with her on the first place, I didn't know I would be such a burden. "So you're Camila right?" He asks me bringing me back to reality. "Yeah." I answer softly. "Now everything makes sense, I mean, I thought I had seen your face before somewhere, but when Lauren said you were together in Fifth Harmony I could finally connect the dots. You're the girl from the sex tape, aren't you?" He asks with a smirk and I gulp nervously. "Nice job Sherlock, but don't tell Lauren you know, she clearly doesn't like it when her friends know stuff like this." I tell him and he nods softly. "But now I really what you and your girlfriend to come to my room." He teases and I roll my eyes. "I'm sorry, I'm just really drunk right now." Luis says and I quickly turn to take a look at Lauren, who's walking with Alexa behind us. The fact that she had to hide us hurt more than I thought it could and my mind started to go crazy questioning everything. "Maybe I should get drunk too." I say sighing and take one last look into her amazing green eyes before turning away.
Lauren's POV:
I've done a couple of stupid things lately, but nothing quite as stupid as introducing Camila as my ex-bandmate. And seeing her with Luis makes me want to puke. I used to like him so much when I was like thirteen but he pretty much ignored me until I became famous. Then he started showing so much interest, but I was already over that fame whore. She must be really pissed right now, but I panicked! And the numerous beers I have already drank maybe had something to do my idiotic response. Besides I have so many things in my mind. Between my dad wanting me to come to this college and Camila possibly accepting a solo career deal my brain feels like exploding. When we get back to the party, I walk over to them and grab Camila's wrist. She looks especially hot tonight wearing black leather shorts, a tight sleeveless shirt and black heels. "Camz we need to talk." I say over the loud music. "Oh, hi there former bandmate." She says mockingly and takes a sip from her red cup. Luis standing next to her laughs loudly and puts his hand on her hip. "Camila please don't make a scene, lets talk." I say ignoring his idiotic presence. "I'm having a conversation here, if you want to talk business then call me tomorrow morning or something." She says staring deeply into my eyes and then turns around. I understand she's upset, but she's acting really immature right now. "Luis, this is my girlfriend Camila." I tell the tall guy. "I'm sorry I was an idiot before can we talk?" I say and grab her hand, but she lets it go. "She said no Lauren." Luis says pulling Camila closer to him. "Stay out of this asshole, you're drunk." I say pushing him away. "And you're drunk too so just go take a walk or something." He says and starts taking Camila somewhere else. "Camz wait, please!" I say walking behind them. I have to accept the alcohol in my system must be more than recommended, but I never meant to hurt her. "I'm sorry babe, please hear me out!" I yell putting my hand on her shoulder, but she still doesn't look like she's ready to forgive me. And because the high levels of alcohol really have an effect on my right now I decided to do something crazy. Without giving it much though I walk over to the DJ, turn off of the music and stand on top a table. As soon as the crowded room is filled with silence everyone starts booing me, but I just clear my throat and start talking. "I'm sorry to interrupt your party guys, especially considering I don't even go to college here, but I fucked up tonight and ended up hurting the person I love the most. I'm here with my girlfriend Camila and I have loved her since the the first time I saw her. She's my world and even though our relationship isn't perfect, its the most important thing I have. So babe please forgive me, I love you." I say and hear immediate clapping and cheering. Camila's cheeks are burning red when I walk over to her and the music starts playing again. "I'm sorry." I say once again and she wraps her hands around my neck. "That was kinda cute." She tells me with a grin. "Can we please talk?" I ask her and she finally gives me an accepting nod before holding my hand. When we finally get to an empty and quieter room I sit next to her. "I can tell why you had a crush on Luis all of your life, he's hot." Camila says with a smirk. "And he's an asshole." I add resting my hands on her legs. "And you're jealous." She states the obvious making me blush. "And really drunk." She adds and plants a quick kiss on my lips. "I'm sorry." I say even more embarrassed than before. "Stop apologizing, we're okay." She says cupping my face and connects our lips again. "I love you." I mumble resting my forehead against hers. "I love you too. And I'm glad you're coming to college here and I'll get to see you every time I want." She says smiling. There's really no easy way to say what I'm about to say, but there's no point in lying to her. "Actually Camz, there's something we need to talk about. I think I'm going to NYU." I say softly and see her smile automatically disappear. "NYU as in New York? That's really far away, why?" She says pulling apart from me. "You know New York has always been my dream." I try to explain, but she looks angrier than before. "And being a singer has always been mine, but I was ready to give up on that to be close to you." She says frowning. "But you'd be willing to leave me as easy as that, how fucking cool." She adds standing up. "Camz calm down." I say standing next to her. "I need to go home." She says and starts to walk away, but I grab her arm. "Please don't leave." I tell her staring deeply into her evident sad eyes. "Just... Fuck, let me go." She says softly and disappears. I immediately follow her out of the room and back into the party when I bump into someone. "God, are you okay?" Luis says grinning. "Have you seen Camila?" I ask him desperately even though I hate him seeing me this vulnerable. "A friend of mine offered her a ride back home." He says taking a big sip from his cup. "What? Was he drunk?" I ask holding my head. "Not as drunk as you, that's for sure." He answers chuckling. "This isn't funny you asshole." I complain and punch his arm as hard as I can. "Lauren relax, he wasn't drinking, she's going to be okay." He tells me. "Fuck now I need a ride home." I mumble running my fingers through my hair. "Maybe you should give her some space, she seemed really upset." He says resting his hands on my lower back. "Besides, we haven't seen each other in forever." Luis adds pulling me closer to him. "Fuck you." I yell pushing him away and start looking for someone to take me home. I can't believe I wasted so much time crushing on someone like Luis, he's a huge douche bag. After a while of walking around I find a guy who seems sober willing to take me back to Miami. Camila isn't answering my texts or calls, so I have no idea if she's okay. But when we're finally on the road back to Miami I start thinking how selfish Camila actually is. I told her to follow her dreams and that I would support her no matter what, and she did the exact opposite. Instead of supporting me and being happy for me, she immediately made me feel guilty for doing what I love. We definitely need to talk about what's going on because something's clearly not working right now. After a long ride back home we finally get to Camila's house. I thank the random guy who luckily wasn't drunk, and knock on the front door of her house. "Lauren, what are you doing here?" Camila's mom says surprised opening the door. It looks like I woke her up, but I really need to do this now. "Sorry, I know its late, but I need to talk to Camila." I explain walking into the house and run up stairs to her room. Opening the door I see her naked back. Just seeing her like that makes my emotions go crazy. She's perfect and no matter what I don't want to lose her. She turns around covering the front part of her body and gasps softly. "Oh my God Lauren!" She says putting on an oversized shirt. "What the hell are you doing here? Sofi is sleeping and my parents are too." Camila says whispering. "We need to talk. I've thought about it and you're the most selfish person I know." I blurt out without realizing how bad that sounds. "What? I was willing to give up on my career for you and you're the one who's already packing her bags to leave me." She responds full of anger. The amount of hate in her eyes makes my heart break, but she also looks sexier than ever this angry. "I told you not to give up on your dreams because of me. And instead of doing the same you basically make me feel like shit for having dreams of my own." I tell her biting my lip. "You know what? I'm done. Fuck you Lauren, get out of my room." Camila says almost pushing me towards the door. "Make me." I say standing as still as I can and staring deeply into her eyes. "You're drunk, please leave!" She pleads again, but I don't move. "Lauren I'm being completely serious. Get the hell out of my room or we're over." She says seriously. "Then I guess we're over." I answer and press my eager lips against hers.