Yours Truly

Part 3

The weekend was horribly long and boring with Camila practically sprinting around Lauren's mind the entire time, making her anxiously wait around the house until Monday rolls around again. Which, in reality, isn't too far from what happens every single weekend. Even before Lauren found out that it was Camila, she would still always be wondering about who it could've been and she would still try to find ways to occupy her mind and time until Monday morning when she would rush into class to receive a new letter. But now that she knows that the girl on the opposite end is actually a person with a beautiful face, captivating smile, long and dark hair, and eyes that she feels she could melt into, things seem so much more real because Camila is actually real.

Lauren's still so surprised at how gentle the smaller girl was after their literal collision with each other. She wasn't upset or freaked out by Lauren's impulsive forwardness at all. In fact, she seemed almost ... flattered by it? She was blushing so hard underneath Lauren's touch and her damn grin was so genuine and adorable. And the whole "I'll see you around" thing followed by a soft squeeze on the arm put Lauren in the brightest mood ever the rest of the day.

And Normani, being the best friend ever, did actually speak to Ally a little bit over the weekend and Normani and Dinah met up at Lauren's house to discuss anything she was able to find out. However, Lauren explicitly asked not to be all suspicious and intrusive and invasive about anything. After all, she knows how horrible it feels to have people know information about you that you didn't specifically tell them yourself and she also didn't want to make it obvious that Camila had a secret admirer.

"So I made sure to be polite and friendly while I was texting Ally about Camila," Normani began to say Sunday evening as they all gathered around on Lauren's bed, "and just asked her some simple questions like how she knew Camila and how she is as a person and stuff. I didn't want to come off as rude and creepy if I suddenly started demanding birthday, height, and whether she preferred using a tampon or a pad—"

"—Mani!" Lauren laughed out loud. "What the hell, dude!"

"It's for emphasis, Lauren, as if I was really going to ask that," Normani rolled her eyes. "Anyways, I found out that Camila and Ally have been friends since practically the womb and, although she's biased as hell, Ally said that Camila is 'one of the best people she's ever been privileged to know' and that she's 'shy, but once you get her to shed those protective and guarded layers off, then she's a complete joy and she's dorky and lame, but in the best way possible and it's impossible not to love her.'"

Dinah slapped Lauren on the back (rather roughly) and exclaimed, "Attagirl! I'm liking her already."

Lauren groaned a bit against Dinah's impact but smiled though the pain nevertheless. "Did you ask her whether Camila preferred boys or girls or...?"

Normani shook her head. "No, I didn't, sorry. I felt like that definitely would've made it seem a little sketchy, you know? And I remember you asking me not to make anything obvious. She is single, however, so you can subtly flirt your little tail off with her without worrying about anyone else's eyes lurking over your shoulder."

Lauren scooted over to hug her best friend. "I love you," she said, arms wrapped tightly around Normani's neck. "Thank you for helping."

Normani grinned as she returned the embrace. "Of course! Let's be real, Dinah and I have been waiting for you to get a girlfriend for a long time now but the girl that you tried dating a couple of years ago just irked me in so many ways. I think you were on drugs the entire time."

Lauren threw a palm up to her forehead and winced, remembering what a horrible mistake that was. "Ugh, Cassidy was kind of a mess wasn't she? Looking back, I have no idea what I was thinking either. I mean, it was the first year of high school and there were a lot of new people that I've never met before and the excitement of finally meeting another gay girl kind of blinded my standards."