~*I dont own anything, everything converted to camren*~
"Ugh!" austin complained as he threw his phone on the bed. He had been trying to get in touch with camila for the past week. She had yet to even answer the phone.
"Maybe this is hopeless..." The aspiring actor thought as he laid down.
He would have never thought he would feel so empty without camila. He couldn't get through simply tasks without her going through his head. It hurt...He had considered going to her house after the first few days, but he didn't even want to imagine what camila's dad would do if camila had told him what had happened.
Suddenly austin heard a knock on his door.
He groaned as he sat up as the door opened revealing his brother.
"What do you want Harley?" austin questioned in a annoyed tone.
Harley was 21, but unlike austin he had no aspirations, no goals, not even a job. He pretty much roamed the streets all day.
"You still in here crying like a bitch over that girl?" Harley said with a smirk.
austin just put his head into his pillow, he really didn't feel like dealing with his brother's smart ass attitude right now.
Harley wasn't about to just go, however as he sat down on the bed causing asutin to groan since he realized his brother wasn't just going to leave.
"Look at yourself. You look pathetic bro.." Harley gave his analysis of his brother before he looked towards the phone that was sitting at the end of the bed.
asutin once again sat up, only for his eyes to widen as he saw Harley's hand going towards his phone.
The boy tried to get to the phone before his brother, but it was to late as Harley snatched up the phone and instantly saw austin's call log.
"Dude..." Harley muttered as he looked through austin's call log.
The younger male sighed knowing how desperate he was probably looking in his brother's eyes.
"austin..You have to move on...You've called this girl over 100 times and she hasn't picked up once...I think it's safe to say you guys are over..." Harley slowly said not wanting to make fun of his brother after realizing just how bad he was feeling.
"I know...I just..." austin started as he moved to the side of the bed so he was sitting next to his brother.
Harley listened to his brother intently. He had never seen his sibling so down. austin was usually full of confidence, usually to the point where he seemed conceited so it didn't seem right to see him like this.
The older brother sighed as he thought of something. "Alright austin...Call her one more time. If she doesn't pick up then you have to move on...If she does than tell her what you just told me." He suggested.
austin nodded as Harley handed him the phone. He quickly dialed the number and put it up to his ear.
"Brrrr"
"Brrr"
"Brrr"
austin's heart seemingly stopped as he heard someone pick up the phone. This was it.
"Stop calling this number! camila does not want to talk to you!" A raspy voice suddenly said surprising austin.
The person who answered the phone didn't give austin a chance to question who he was as he quickly ended the call.
Harley looked at his brother. He had also heard the female voice answer, he could only imagine what austin had to be thinking right now.
"Who the fuck was that?!" austin suddenly screamed surprising Harley.
The 21 year old had expected austin to get sad, but clearly the voice had only pissed him off.
"No...That voice sounded familiar..." austin continued talking to himself.
"austin..This is clearly your hint to move on..Clearly she has." Harley said trying to calm his younger brother down as he put a hand on austin's shoulder.
The 21 boy pushed his brother's hand off his shoulder. "I'm sure that was that asshole lauren's voice!" Austin concluded his voice full of fury.
The name lauren quickly made Harley think..He had heard that name before...He just couldn't remember where.
Austin suddenly stood up. "GOD DAMN IT!" He screamed as he punched the wall closest to his bed. Harley reacted quickly as he grabbed his brother to stop him from causing any damage to the house.
"Austin stop it!" Harley commanded as he threw his younger brother on his bed. His voice becoming extremely serious.
He was prepared to fight his brother if he had to in order to calm him down, but he quickly killed those thoughts as he heard austin sniffle as he buried his head into his blanket.
"God damn it! I'm such a idiot! I had the perfect girl and I pretty much gave her to some other guy..." austin cried into his blanket causing Harley to close his eyes as he put a hand on his younger brother's back.
He and austin were about as different as siblings could be, but that didn't mean that he didn't love his younger brother and it pained him to see him like this.
"Please just leave me alone Harley...I want to be alone." Austin said bluntly.
Harley sighed as he stood up. Usually he would love to tease his brother, but even he knew the right time to do things and now wasn't the time.
"Austin...Keep your head up." Was all that Harley could offer as he walked out of the room unable to think of any other words to comfort the boy.
Austin didn't answer as he continued laying down clearly depressed.
~<★♣♥◆>~
"Lauren I can't believe you did that!" Camila shouted as she snatched her phone away from the green eyed girl.
Lauren laughed while dinah gave her a high five. The group were currently in dinah's car on their way home. They had spent the whole week at the cabin and had grown close as friends. They had done plenty of things and lauren and dinah felt like they had not slacked on their training at all. Most of all it seemed to take austin out of camila's mind although the male hadn't stopped calling the whole week.
"I would expect that from cheechee, but not you!" Camila pouted as she watched the two girls laugh in the front seat camila started calling dinah Chee Chee the past week.
Lauren finally stopped laughing as she replied. "I'm sorry! I was just getting tired of him calling so much...I understand he loss something amazing, but he has to catch the hint sooner or later that you don't want to speak to him."
Camila immediately blushed as she heard lauren's comment as she mumbled something that nobody in the car could hear.
Normani laughed at her friend's actions as she turned her head to the front of the road. "I agree with lauren! I don't know what austin wants to say, but honestly...I would have never pictured him as the desperate type." She bluntly stated.
"If your going to cheat, you have to be prepared for the outcome." Dinah added in causing normani to roll her eyes.
"You would be the one to say that." She told the girl causing the car to be filled with laughter.
"Well I did want him to stop calling, so maybe what lauren did was for the best." Camila admitted as she looked out the window.
Lauren quickly turned around from the passenger seat to look at camila with a grin. "Exactly so thank me!"
Camila looked at lauren and rolled her eyes before turning her head back to the window.
She was a tad bit sad that they were leaving the cabin. She honestly couldn't believe just how much her life had changed since she had met lauren. She would be lying if she said she didn't miss austin, but it was like missing something because you had become so accustomed to it..Eventually the feeling would pass she figured. She was overall happy that normani had convinced her to come, dinah and lauren were two of the most entertaining people she had ever met.
"UGH! Why couldn't we have stayed another week?" Normani suddenly moaned. Obviously thinking the same thoughts as camila.
Dinah shrugged. "Well technically we could have, but unfortunately I have other obligations this summer."
"Like what?" Normani questioned wondering what dinah had planned for the rest of their summer break.
"Well, me and my parents are going on a family cruise...It's there idea for the next month, and after that the rest of the summer will probably be all basketball." Dinah informed the group earning a nod from normani.
"What about you lo? Do you have any plans this summer?" Camila questioned curious if the girl had planned anything.
Lauren nodded. "Not really..I'll probably be working out all summer...and you know getting those massages you promised me." She replied with a smirk reminding camila of her lost bet.
Camila groaned. "No massages lauren.."
"I don't see why not, your single now! No excuses." Dinah added in earning a fist bump from lauren for the assist.
Normani couldn't help, but laugh. "Technically she is right. Better invest in some oil."
Camila put her head down in her lap while the rest of the car laughed.
"Well girls, we're pulling into camila's house now. So it's been fun." Lauren said as she noticed dinah pull into the driveway.
"Jeez lauren you make it sound like I won't be here for a few more minutes until you drop me off." Normani joked noticing how lauren's comment sounded.
The green eyed girl chuckled as she rolled her eyes as she watched camila step out of the car and get her stuff.
"Don't forget Mila you've been with me all week! Hurry up before your parents see dinah's car." Normani warned as she rushed the brown eyed girl.
Camila instantly remembered her lie and grabbed her things quickly. "Thank you for an amazing week lauren and dinah. I really appreciated you two inviting me." Camila thanked before she walked to her front door after lauren and dinah waved goodbye.
The girl quickly watched the group pull off before she knocked on the door.
It took a few seconds before her father came to the door.
"Oh Mija, your back. Did you have fun sweetie?" He questioned as he let his eldest into the house.
"I had a great time." Camila answered as she walked to her room. It wasn't long before she felt her phone vibrate.
She sighed automatically assuming it was austin as she looked at her phone only for her eyes to widen as she realized it was a text from lauren.
**Hey, so I have a surprise for you. I didn't want to bring it up around everybody.**
Camila smiled, she hadn't been away from her for 10 minutes and she was already texting her. She didn't know if dhe was clingy or it was just her personality. Not that she minded she enjoyed the fact that lauren wanted to talk to her so much. A trait austin never had...
Camila frowned as she realized she had just thought about austin.
"I guess without being around everybody my thoughts can't help, but drift to him..." camila whispered to herself.
**And what would this surprise be?** She answered as she began to unpack her bag. She had made so many memories while at the cabin. It was definitely an experience she would never forget.
The teenager smiled as she pulled out her bikini as she remembered how they went swimming in the lake near the cabin.
-Flashback-
"Camz come on!" Lauren beckoned. She along with normani and dinah had already jumped into the circular Lake and were waiting for her to as well.
"Show us what you've learned from all of those lessons with lauren!" Normani teased as she swam in little circles.
Camila shook her head. "NO!"
Lauren sighed. "Why not? It's not that deep camz come on.." she begged, but the girl just continued to shake her head.
Dinah laughed as she grabbed normani and pulled her deeper into the lake leaving lauren to handle camila alone.
"There are fishes in there lauren! If one of them touch me I swear to god I'll faint." Camila gave her reason for not wanting to get in the water causing lauren to fall over in the water laughing.
"Aw, really camz is that it? The fish in here are tiny! Believe me they are much more afraid of you than you are of them." Lauren explained as she calmed her laughter at how cute camila was acting.
Camila seemed to think for a few seconds, but still didn't jump in.
Lauren smirked as an idea formed into hed head as she slowly got out of the water using the peer that camila was standing on as support.
Camila couldn't help, but blush as she saw lauren's chest. No matter how many times she saw it, her reaction was always the same. She blamed it for never really knowing a girl who was as fit as lauren. She quickly forgot her thoughts as she felt lauren's arms grab her.
"What are you-" camila started before she felt herself being thrown into the lake. She shrieked as she felt herself leave lauren's arms.
Lauren was a bit caught off guard when camila grabbed onto her while she was being thrown causing her to fall back into the lake.
"Great job lauren!" Dinah congratulated lauren for getting camila in the water.
Camila's head flew up as she desperately searched for something to grab on to. The first thing that her hands could capture of course was lauren's neck.
"You jerk!" Camila continued to yell as she held on to lauren as if her life depended on it.
Lauren clearly wasn't taking her seriously as she continued to laugh as she walked deeper into the lake joining the others.
"Come on camila! It's not that bad see no fish are messing with me." Normani said as they got closer to her as she pulled her friend off of lauren.
Camila sighed as she slowly released her grip from lauren and allowed herself to slowly drift into the lake.
"See camz that wasn't so -" lauren started before her head was suddenly pushed underwater causing camila and normani to squeal in laughter having noticed dinah about to do it.
Dinah joined in on the laughter about her actions, but dhe stopped as she felt a pair of arms grab her waist and lift her into the air before slamming her strongly into the water causing a huge splash.
Camila and Normani used their hands to cover their eyes from the water, but camila's eyes quickly opened as she heard normani squeal as well. Her eyes widened as she saw that lauren had quickly changed targets from dinah to normani as she lifted the girl and threw her into the water.
Thinking quickly camila tried to escape, but she felt a pair of strong arms grab her once again.
"You do know what comes next right?" Lauren cockily asked as she turned camila around so she could look her in her eyes before she tossed her.
Camila gave a nervous smile before replying. "Do I really have to answer that?" She asked before she felt herself being lifted into the air for the second time.
"LAUREN DON'T!" Camila screamed before she felt herself being thrown into the water.
"All hail the Queen of the lake!" Lauren gestured as her three victims arose from the water.
"Oh you asked for it now!" Dinah shouted as she rushed towards lauren who laughed.
Camila quickly jumped on lauren's back however catching her off guard.
"What the~!" Lauren said although she couldn't help, but blush as she felt the girl's breast press up against her back.
Dinah smirked at lauren's innocence already knowing why she was blushing as she charged at her once again. Her eyes widened however as a foot tripped her causing her to face plant into the water.
The blonde haired girl came back up out the water after a few seconds, her eyes scanning for who could have done it. "Mani why would you help her?" Dinah questioned unable to believe the girl's betrayal.
"Because if I don't help then I'll end up being thrown into the water again!" Normani laughed.
"Good choice Mani!" Lauren said before she turned her head and looked at camila. "You know you messed up right." She stated, as she allowed herself to fall backwards causing camila to be submerged into the water.
-Flashback End-
Camila rolled her eyes at how childish lauren had been, but her actions had made her forget all about her fear about swimming with the fishes. Her attention went to her phone as she felt it vibrate.
**Well you know how I told you I would help you become a singer? Well I got in touch with my friend shawn and he told me that we can meet him tomorrow so he can hear you.**
camila's eyes widened as she read the message. She knew lauren had promised to help her get started, but she had thought that wouldn't be until next school year.
**Wow really? That's amazing! Where are we going to meet him?** She replied.
She chuckled to herself it would seem she was going to have quite the productive summer. Her smile disappeared as doubt crept into her mind. What if she wasn't as good as lauren told her...What if this Shawn guy told her it was stupid to think of being a singer...
camila sighed.. Why was she trying to depress herself.
Lauren's reply knocked her out of her thoughts.
**Well I'll ask my mom if I can drive her car and we can go to his house after I finish my workout..If your not busy? I know all of this is sudden.**
"What am I doing...Lauren is trying really hard to help me. I have to have confidence." camila told herself as she typed her reply.
**That's fine. What time will you pick me up?** camila sent to her.
A reply came after a few seconds.
**8 am**
camila's eyes widened as she read the message. laurren was clearly losing her mind. She was about to reply, but a second text message came before she could.
**You didn't forget that you're going to be helping me work out did you (¬‿¬)** lauren said seemingly reading camila's mind.
camila groaned out loud as she read the message. she was really going to make her regret making that deal. 8 am was completely insane.
A third text came interrupting her from her thoughts.
**You are appreciated. (ᵔᴥᵔ)**
camila rolled her eyes at lauren's text message. Once again she found herself questioning if she was actually a asshole with a great personality.
Suddenly a problem came to her mind. She was making plans and she had no idea if her parents would even be ok with her leaving with lauren so early. Sure they had shown that they had liked her, but that didn't mean they would be cool with her spending a lot of time with her.
~xxxxxx~
camila sighed as she walked out of her room to tell her dad her plans. She would have to deal with Lauren's early schedule after all she didn't want to be a liar.
"Dad." camila said as she found him in the living room watching television. She wasn't surprised to see it was ESPN like always.
"Oh Mija. What is it? Have you put away all of your clothes from your week with Normani? Don't forget to put the dirty ones in the laundry room?" Alejandro said although his eyes never left the television.
Camila laughed a bit at her father's actions. It was only to be expected though it was the NBA Playoffs, she was lucky he had even came to the door earlier...It had probably been on commercial.
"Dad, so...I promised Lauren, I'd help him train this summer..." Camila started not wanting to beat around the bush.
That instantly caught Alejandro's attention as he grabbed the remote and muted the television. "Oh? And what does she need your help with?" He questioned.
Camila was a bit intimidated now that she had all of her father's attention, but she continued with what she had set out to do. "Well, I'm not sure really...Grab her rebounds when she misses, stuff like that I guess.." Camila gave a small description of what her job would be.
Alejandro nodded. "Well don't distract her sweetie." He replied before he looked back at the television.
The brown eyed girl really couldn't believe just
how differently her father acted whenever it involved Lauren. If she had said she was going to be helping Austin with something he would have questioned her nonstop about it.
"So when do you start?" Alejandro asked interrupting Camila out of her thoughts.
"Start what?"
Alejandro looked at his daughter and frowned. "Helping lauren? Come on Mija...You just said it literally five seconds ago..." he joked.
"Oh! I wasn't sure if that's what you meant! But she said she'll pick me up at 8 tomorrow for us to get started." Camila answered.
"Eight at night? That's kind of late don't you think? Alejandro inquired as his attention was now back on his daughter, although he couldn't help, but look at the t.v screen every couple seconds to make sure somebody hadn't scored.
"No...Eight in the morning..." Camila muttered a bit annoyed that it was so early.
"Ah! Well that makes a lot more sense, well stay safe. I'm glad you and Lauren are getting close. It'll definitely help you get over that other boy..What was his name, dorito? alejandro.
Camila gave a small laugh, clearly her mother had told her father the details of her break up.
"austin, not dorito dad...he's a type of chip.." camila informed her father as she stopped laughing.
"I know I was just joking. Well, be good with Lauren sweetie. I trust that you aren't doing anything I wouldn't approve of." Alejandro said seriously. This was the first time he actually expressed a bit of concern with her hanging out with Lauren. Camila guessed that despite the fact that he liked her he still was going to worry a bit. That was part of the duty of being a father.
"Of course not. We're just friends I keep telling people that. Jeez." Camila told her father causing him to chuckle.
"Yeah, I believe you." Alejandro playfully said before he looked back at the television and immediately frowned. At some point during his conversation his team had managed to lose their 10 point lead. He really was curious on how they had managed to mess up that much so quickly.
"I wanted to tell you something else to Dad..." Camila suddenly said once again earning her father's attention. Despite how much he wanted to watch the game he knew that his daughter came first.
"Yes?" He questioned.
Camila took a small gulp. Why was she feeling nervous to tell him about her new goal to pursue singing. Lauren's previous words flooded her mind. She really was scared to know how her family would react to it. After all her family were realist and would probably want her to do something more realistic.
"Nothing, never mind. I don't know what time i'll be getting home whenever I help Lauren, but I promise I won't be out to late." Camila quickly said as she ran out of the living room.
Alejandro blinked a few times confused about what had just happened before he shrugged his shoulders and cut the volume back up on the television.
"AND THE DRAGONS HAVE LOSS...What a shame after barely making it as an 8th seed many people believed they could pull off the upset after forcing a game 7 who would have thought that they would have blown a 10 point lead in the last 3 minutes of the game... Wow, they are going home folks and they only have themselves to blame...I have a feeling a rebuilding process is going to have to take place before this team reclaims it's former glory. Lance can't do it alone." The sports announcer said causing Alejandro to groan.
"Maybe next year." He sighed as he turned the television off. Disappointed.
~xxxxxx~
camila let out a sad sigh as she laid on her bed. Disappointed that she hadn't had the guts to tell her dad that she was going to try to pursue singing seriously.
"If I start showing results...Then I'll tell my family..." Camila whispered to herself as she grabbed her phone and scrolled to Lauren's last message so she could reply. She was sure he was waiting for it.
** Your lucky I'm a nice person! I'll be waiting for you at 8. Don't be late!:P ** The text said.
Camila laughed a bit at her face, she had no clue how Lauren made her creative faces and whenever she asked her she had just winked and said it was a secret. Her basic face would have to suffice.
The next morning
"You seem tired." Lauren said to the yawning girl who was currently sitting in her passenger seat.
"Shut up.." Camila replied as she wiped her eyes trying to wake herself up. Lauren had came just like she said at 8 am. She had managed to dress in a pair of pink nike running shoes, a white tank top and a pair of black yoga pants. She also put her hair in a pony tail to prevent any of it from getting in her hair.
lauren had on yet another pair of basketball shorts and a t-shirt. Camila had gotten accustomed to seeing her dressed in such a way while they were at the cabin, since Lauren had spent a lot of time working out.
lauren chuckled at her friend. "Well today is going to be pretty light since I'm a bit sore from lifting weights with Dinah last night after dropping Normani off." Lauren admitted.
"I'm nervous to see what your definition of light is." Camila muttered as she leaned her head against the passenger door.
The car they were driving was nothing to brag about, especially after driving in Dinah's car, but Camila knew lauren's circumstances so she wouldn't dare joke about it. Even though occasionally lauren would talk about how the car was a piece of junk.
"Well just some basic shooting drills at the park, before it gets crowded really. Then we're going to go meet up with Shawn. I really can't wait for you to meet him. He's probably the best singer in our high school...Well he was before I found out about you." Lauren informed Camila causing her to blush.
"I can't wait to meet him.." Camila said shyly.
lauren chuckled. Camila really was shy when it came to talking about her singing.
It didn't take long for the two to get to the park and although lauren had said it was going to be a light day, Camila quickly saw that her definition of light and her definition were about as different as night and day. Since it was so early they had the court to themselves and lauren had told her to sit on the bench while she warmed up. Her warm up consisted of a few sprints back and forth from one side of the court to the other about 20 times before she picked up the two basketballs she had brought with her and dribbled them while running back and forth another 20 times.
Camila grimaced as she imagined the kind of conditioning it took to be able to do such a thing. After Lauren had finished that she finally told Camila to come to the court. She was pretty much her ball girl as she collected all of her shots and passed her the ball back. Lauren pretty much shot jump shots for two hours straight. She would shoot a shot and immediately run to a different place on the court ready to shoot another one when Camila passed her the ball.
If Camila was honest, she had expected for them to talk a little bit, but as she saw the concentration on Lauren's face she couldn't bring herself to interrupt her. The look of determination while her body dripped with sweat...
Camila occasionally had to deal with those kind of thoughts during the workout, but overall she really had no complaints. Her job was pretty easy, the only real hard part about helping Lauren this summer was probably waking up.
After two hours passed they took a short break to eat a few snacks that Camila had brought from her kitchen. camila was quick to compliment Lauren on how she made a greater number of shots then she missed as she had kept count. Lauren shook her head when she had told her this quickly commenting that she was a bigger nerd than she had thought. That brought about a few laughs and soon the duo continued Lauren's training for another two hours before Lauren stated that they were done for the day.
she was completely drenched. A combination of her sweat and multiple water bottles she had poured on herself to keep cool as it got hotter.
Camila wasn't nearly as bad, but she to had began sweating much to her discontent.
"Here dry yourself off." Lauren shouted as she tossed Camila a sweat rag.
Camila quickly dodged the item and looked at Lauren as if she had lost her mind.
"I will NOT put your dirty sweat rag on me." Camila said bluntly causing Lauren to laugh.
"Fine then! I would hate for you to meet Shawn all sweaty though!" Lauren commented with a knowing smirk as she saw Camila frown and look at the sweat rag.
She bent down to pick it up, but quickly stopped and stood straight once again. "NO! I refuse to even touch that! We will go to my house so I can change before we go!" Camila commanded.
Lauren chuckled, but chose not to try and argue. arguing with a girl who was tired, sweaty and had been outside for the last four hours would not produce any favorable results.
"Yeah, I got you." Lauren simply replied as she took off her sweaty t-shirt revealing her sports bra causing the brown eyed girl to blush and turn her head.
"What are you doing!?" camila shouted as Lauren lifted herself up to sit on a nearby table. e quickly leaned back and smiled as he absorbed the sun light.
Lauren didn't immediately answer Camila's question as she just laid in the sun with her eyes closed.
Her eyes snapped opened however as she felt a bottle of water being poured on her.
"Oh my gosh!" Lauren shouted as she jumped up not expecting the sudden assault.
Camila instantly loss the strength in her knees as she began laughing. "That's what you get for ignoring me! Oh, you should have saw your face!" She said as she pointed at lauren.
Lauren couldn't help, but roll her eyes at the girl's childish actions. "Your lucky I'm to tired to get you back. Besides that felt kind of good." she told the girl.
Camila grinned. "Well use your dirty rag to dry yourself off and let's go to my house. I'm sure you can fit my dad's clothing. You can borrow a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.
Lauren obliged as she stood up and began heading to the car with Camila following closely behind her. lauren waved to a few of the men who were arriving at the court as they were leaving. A few recognized camila from Austin's altercation with lauren a while back.
"So you ended up stealing his girl? Damn lauren, I didn't know you had it in you!" Came a familiar voice causing lauren to turn to see who it was. She instantly smiled as she gave the girl a handshake.
"Stop, it isn't even like that Becky." Lauren informed the girl with a small laugh.
Becky gave lauren a knowing look before turning to camila. "Well it's nice to meet you, my name is Becky..I must say your beauty transcends -" she started before lauren quickly shoved her hand in the taller girl's face.
"Ignore her camz. If you were going to find somebody worse then dinah this guy would be your goal." Lauren said bluntly causing Becky to groan.
"Come on..Why ruin my chances." Becky mumbled as she rubbed her face.
Camila chuckled at the two girls before holding out her hand. "Nice to meet you Becky, my name is camila cabello." She introduced sweetly.
Lauren rolled her eyes at how friendly camila was. "Don't say I didn't warn you. If she tries to flirt with you I won't stop her."
Becky ignored lauren as she bent down to one knee surprising camila as she grabbed her hand and lifted it to her mouth intending to kiss it.
"Get your corny ass out of here!" Lauren quickly stopped Becky from doing her actions.
"I thought you weren't going to stop me!" Becky complained as she sat up rubbing her face from lauren's kick.
Camila laughed once again. Were all of lauren's friends such colorful characters.
"Well were in a bit of a rush Becky, It was nice meeting you." Camila nicely stated as she grabbed lauren's hand and began walking her to her car.
Becky laughed a bit as she watched them walk away. "They make a pretty cute couple."
At camila's House
Hey dad can lauren barrow some of your clothing?" Camila shouted from her room.
As soon as they had gotten to her house she had got in the shower. She hated feeling dirty. Her mom had given lauren some towels so she could use their guest bathroom to freshen up as well since camila had told her now that they were done training they had plans to go out. At first camila's mom expressed concern over the fact that she was starting to barely be home, but camila quickly brushed it off saying she was getting older it was only to be expected. Sinu agreed, but also told camila that she better make sure she didn't start neglecting her family.
"Sure sweetie! Look in the top drawer I should have some basketball shorts that I use to workout. You can find some t-shirts in there to probably." Alejandro shouted back from his normal place in the living room.
Camila had already gotten dressed since she had took a shower immediately unlike lauren who had to deal with her father and sofi smothering her as soon as she walked in the door. She had put on a pair of black tights under a white mini skirt along with a yellow top. She opted to keep her hair in a pony tail since she didn't have the time, nor did she have the patience to try and tame it.
She walked to her parents room and looked in the drawer like her father had said finding a pair of black Dragon shorts along with a plain white t-shirt. Her father was around the same height as lauren should it would probably fit him pretty well. She shrugged figuring she would just have to deal if it didn't as she walked towards the guest bathroom and placed the clothing by the door.
"Your new clothes are out here. Try not to get them to dirty, I'm sure my dad wants them back eventually." Camila stated through the door. She smiled as she heard the girl suck her teeth from the inside. It was clear that she had already finished showering and had probably been waiting on her to bring her something to wear.
"Hurry up and leave so I can get the clothes!" Lauren replied through the door causing camila to blush as she quickly scurried away from the door not wishing to see any more of lauren then she had already. Lord knows she didn't need anymore blood rushing to her head from all of the blushing.
~xxxxxx~
"Well we're leaving dad, mom! I'll be back in a few hours!" Camila shouted as she and lauren exited her home.
"Be good sweetie!" Her parents replied back as she closed the door.
The duo quickly got in the car and were on the road.
"You nervous?" Lauren questioned as they got closer to Shawn's house.
"A little bit to be honest..." camila answered in a small tone her shyness coming back.
She felt herself calm down a little as she felt lauren use one of arms to wrap around her shoulders.
"It's alright. Shawn is a pretty cool guy, he can be a bit serious sometimes, but once he hears your voice...I promise he'll be just as blown away as I was." Lauren encouraged the young girl causing her to blush once again.
"You really are a pro at saying the right things..." camila muttered as she looked down at her legs.
Lauren chuckled as she removed her arm. "Well I'll take that as a compliment."
The rest of the ride was filled with the two talking like normal. It seemed that no matter how much they talked they never ran out of things to talk about. It really was amazing to camila. Maybe sofia was right..Maybe she should try to date somebody who had the same interest as her..
Camila's eyes widened as the thought crossed her head. Sure she and lauren had a lot in common, sure she had a great body, sure she was one of the sweetest guys she had ever met...
Camila groaned a bit as she stated some of lauren's good qualities in her head...Why did she seem so perfect..
Camila gave a sad smile as she looked over at lauren who was still talking as she looked at the road. If she had met lauren instead of austin all those years ago what would her life be like now...She could only imagine. She had only known lauren for a few weeks and already she was dealing with so many new things.
Camila's smile disappeared as austin came into her head.. He hadn't called today..That was new..He had yet to not call her since they broke up..Maybe lauren picking up the phone really did give him that final push to move on. Camila couldn't help, but feel a small prick at her heart. She quickly shook the thoughts out of her head. Now wasn't the time. Besides it was good that austin stopped calling right. Why would she want to talk to somebody who had been cheating for who knows how long.
"Camz? Are you listening?" Lauren questioned bringing camila out of her thoughts.
"Yeah?" She questioned a bit ashamed that she hadn't heard what lauren was talking about.
"You alright?" Lauren asked a bit worried about camila spacing out.
Camila nodded. "I'm fine.."
Lauren looked at her friend for a few seconds before shrugging her shoulders. "Well we are about to pull up at shawn's house so I hope your ready."
Camila gulped as they pulled into a driveway.
"Like I said calm down. Shawn is a high school kid just like us. No reason to be nervous."
"I'm just nervous about having to sing for him.." camila admitted.
Lauren chuckled. "Well, i'm sure you'll be great." She said as she parked the car in front of a nice house.
"Let's do this." Camila said to herself.
The duo made their way to shawn's door and rang the doorbell. It took a few seconds before finally a male stepped out.
He was a little bit shorter than lauren probably standing at around 5'6 with brown hair covered.
"Lauren! It took you long enough! Get in here!" He greeted happily. "And this must be your friend camila. It's nice to meet you I've heard nothing, but nice things!" Shawn introduced in a charming voice as he held out his hand for camil to shake.
"It's nice to meet you too. I'm looking forward to working with you.." camila answered happy that he seemed like a pretty nice person like lauren had said.
"Well come inside you two." He motioned for them to enter. "Just follow me, I have my own in home studio in the basement, so we'll be down there." Shawn stated as he walked in front of the two showing them the way.
"Oh wow your own studio?" Camila questioned a bit impressed.
Shawn chuckled. "Well...It's just a mic and a computer, but you know these days that's all you really need if your talented!" He corrected his previous statement.
"Yep! If you don't need all of that auto-tune nonsense and pitch correcting software." Lauren chimed in to which shawn agreed with.
The trio made their way downstairs and camilas smiled at the set up. There was a decent sized flat screen tv hanging up on the wall along with a couch and table and in the corner of the room was a Mac desktop along with an expensive looking studio mic.
The room looked extremely comfortable.
"Welcome to my home..Inside my home!" Shawn joked as he walked to his computer.
"Shawn how about you show camila something. So she knows your the real deal!" Lauren suggested.
"I would love to hear you sing." Camila corrected lauren statement so she didn't seem like some kind of asshole.
Shawn smirked. "Well I was about to record a song I just wrote last night. So I guess you guys can listen."
Lauren and camila nodded that they wanted to hear as they sat on the couch shawn put on a pair of headphones before clicking a few keys on his computer.
"Get ready to be amazed camila!" Lauren said unable to contain her excitement causing camila to smile. It was obvious that lauren loved great singing.
Camila turned her attention to shawn as she heard the beat play.
I wanna follow where she goes
I think about her and she knows it
I wanna let her take control
'Cause every time that she gets close, yeah
She pulls me in enough to keep me guessing, mmm
And maybe I should stop and start confessing
Confessing, yeah
He hummed a bit as the beat continued playing.
Oh, I've been shaking
I love it when you go crazy
You take all my inhibitions
Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
You take me places that tear up my reputation
Manipulate my decisions
Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
There's nothing holdin' me back
There's nothing holdin' me back
Camila smiled as she looked towards lauren who gave her a look that clearly said "I told you so" referring to the boy's good singing. The two looked back towards shawn however as the beat got louder as a bass drum entered.
" She says that she's never afraid
Just picture everybody naked
She really doesn't like to wait
Not really into hesitation
Pulls me in enough to keep me guessing, whoa
And maybe I should stop and start confessing
Confessing, yeah
Lauren smiled. "He's amazing though right!?"
"He really is..." camila muttered as she continued listening..Was she on his level? She honestly couldn't believe this was a high school student. He sounded like a professional.
Oh, I've been shaking
I love it when you go crazy
You take all my inhibitions
Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
You take me places that tear up my reputation
Manipulate my decisions
Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
There's nothing holdin' me back
Cause if we lost our minds
And we took it way too far
I know we'd be alright,
Know we would be alright
Cause if we lost our minds
And we took it way too far
I know we'd be alright,
Know we would be alright
Oh, I've been shaking
I love it when you go crazy
You take all my inhibitions
Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
You take me places that tear up my reputation
Manipulate my decisions
Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
There's nothing holdin' me back
Camila began clapping "You were so amazing!" Camila suddenly complimented as she walked up to shawn.
Shawn put a hand behind his head as he laughed. "Well thank you."
"See Camz! I told you. He is great." Lauren said as she also walked up to the boy.
"Let me hear you camila! Lauren has never bragged as much as she bragged about you. I really want to hear you." Shawn suddenly said.
Camila instantly blushed. "I don't know..I don't even know what I'd sing..." She said replied trying to find an excuse causing lauren to frown, but the girl didn't say anything as she had already told shawn that camila would try to get out of singing so he should prepare a song for her in advance.
"That's fine! I can pick you a song! Let me show you how it goes." Shawn stated surprising camila.
Without waiting for camila to reply shawn quickly grabbed a keyboard that he had under his desk and handed camila a piece of a paper.
"Just try and sing that on the beat that I give. It's pretty easy." Shawn informed the girl still talking to quickly for camila to say anything. "And lauren I just want you to clap your hands like this." Shawn told the basketball player as he gave lauren a simple tempo.
Lauren nodded in understanding. "Good luck camz."
Camila groaned. "I'll try I guess..." She replied as she looked at the paper and read the lyrics.
"Alright let's go!" Shawn shouted surprising everyone. "I'll point at you when you your suppose to start! Lauren you start at the same time as her!"
Both teenagers nodded.
Shawn began playing the piano. Lauren nodded her head already liking the sound of the beat.
"OOOooo
OOOOOooo
Here we go!"
Shawn started before he pointed at camila surprising her. Camila quickly caught on as she sang what was on the paper as lauren began clapping in the tempo that shawn had given her.
"I could write a song with my new piano
I could sing about how love is a losing battle
Not hard, (it's not hard),
It's not hard, (it's not hard),
It's not hard, (it's not hard),
It's not hard, (It's not hard),
And I could sing about cupid and his shooting arrow
In the end, you'll find out that my heart was battered
Real hard (Real hard)
It's so hard (So hard)
Real hard (Real hard)
It's that hard (It's that hard)"
"You amazing!" Shawn shouted as he continued playing the piano. His comment made camila gain some confidence as she continued.
"But I'd rather make a song they can play on the radio
That makes you wanna dance
Don't it make you wanna dance
But I'd rather make a song they can play on the radio
That makes you wanna grab your lover's hand
So hold up and
Take it through the night
And you should follow through
To make it alright
Now grab each others' hands, get 'em up
I wanna see you rock to the piano, the piano"
"I'm going to get tired of saying I told you so by the time today is over!" Lauren said as she continued the tempo. She was smiling happy that camila was showing her talent.
"I could write a song by my new piano
I could sing about how love is a losing battle
Not hard (It's not hard)
It's not hard (It's not hard)
It's not hard (It's not hard)
It's not hard (It's not hard)
And I could sing about cupid and his shooting arrow
In the end, you'll find out that my heart was battered
Real hard (It's not hard)
So hard (So hard)
Real hard (It's not hard)
It's not hard (It's not hard)"
Shawn suddenly stopped playing as he looked at camila. "Oh my god! Where have you been hiding! Lauren wasn't kidding your amazing! You made that song sound like it was written exclusively for you and it was only your first time singing it!" He said unable to believe that the girl was so talented.
"Thank you.." camila blushed.
"You can thank me now shawn for bringing her to you!" Lauren joked.
Shawn didn't see it as a joke, however as he began thanking lauren. "You have no idea how grateful I am. Wow! If camila and I work together there is no way we won't attract attention." He stated.
Lauren nodded in agreement. "I know! You guys are going to be big stars one day!"
Camila just listened to the words and couldn't help, but smile. Maybe she wasn't out of her mind by trying to do this. With somebody as talented as shawn helping her...It definitely seemed possible.