Teach me-Camren

The Second Step

Lauren is perched on her bed, her eyes sweeping over the group seated on the floor as they eat their pizza. They were having a sleep over at her place on a Friday night. She always chose one of the girls to sleep in bed with her while the other girls sleep on the floor with pillows, blankets, and sleeping bags. Her eyes settle on the back of Camila's head, and she knows there's no competition this weekend as to who her coice is.

Camila stares at the TV screen as she sets her empty plate to the side. She's barely been able to look Lauren in the eyes this week after their phone call. Every time Camila dares to look her in the eye,Lauren stares back with knowing smile on her face. She doesn't know if she's imagining it or not, but she would never say something about it. That would mean talking about the thing that happened, and her face burns with embarrassed heat at the memory. She's terrified other people will be able to see right through her, but so far none of the girls have questioned her strange behavior around the green eyed girl.

Her heart was pounding when her mom dropped her off at the Jauregui's house. She waited for Dinah, who lived next door, to walk out of her house before knocking on the door, too afraid to be alone with Lauren for any amount of time. She knew she couldn't back out of the sleepover, or Lauren would know how affected she was about what happened. She hoped having a normal night might make her forget about it, and everything could go back to the way it was.

The Notebook was the movie they chose, and especially Ally loved The Notebook. She cried every time, and her friends always gave her a hard time about it. They all looked over at Ally when the credits rolled, and sure enough she was a blubbering mess. Normani tossed a pizza crust at her.

"Pick that up." Lauren snapped at Normani playfully. "The last thing I need is bugs in my room. I already have enough pests in here as it is."

"Hey," Dinah feigned hurt, clutching her chest. "You wound me, Laur."

Ally giggled, wiping the tears from her face. Normani wrapped an arm around her shoulder in support.

"I think it's sweet that Ally cries during movies." Normani looks kindly at Ally.

"Yeah, and at commercials, during weddings, on the first day of Spring, and when -" Lauren couldn't complete her list before Ally spoke up to defend herself,

"She can't help it. She's a hopeless romantic, just like me",Camilla stated  involuntarily glancing at Lauren, pushing a piece of hair behind her ear.

"How romantic was it when Austin took your V-card, Camz," Lauren says tauntingly, enjoying the look of panic Camila shoots her way.

"It-it was, well it was-"Camila didn't know what to say, since it hadn't really happened.

"Don't answer that, Mila. Not if you don't want to." Dinah said surprising everyone by coming to Camila's rescue.

"Yeah, but if you do want to then tell us because I'm dying to know," Normani looks over at Camila with a huge smile on her face.

The smile doesn't last long when Lauren interjected smirking, "I bet you would, Normani."

"But Camila doesn't like to kiss and tell, do you, Camz?" Lauren batting her eyes at Camila, causing the younger girl to swallow hard and avert her gaze.

About an hour and a half later the girls are changed and ready to get into their sleeping bags. Camila pointedly avoids eye contact, praying Lauren doesn't choose her, because she doesn't think she could stand it. Lying in a bed next to her so soon after what happened on the phone.

"Hey Camz," Lauren coos from across the room, patting the place next to her in the bed. Camila's kneeled down over her bag, and at the sound of her name she glances over her shoulder, seeing the gesture. She quickly looks back down at her bag, continuing to pack her toiletries. She can't think of a single thing to say to get out it, and so she zips up her bag, and walks to the bed. She slips under the covers, and keeps her arms tight to her sides. She's barely breathing she's so nervous about being in the same bed with her besteht friend, even though the other girls were right there on the floor. Lauren switches the light off, and crawls into bed, and Camila shifts a little to get comfortable. Lauren waits until all the chatter and giggling subsides, making sure all the girls are asleep before whispering to the brown eyed girl , "Hey, Camz, are you awake?"