Summer Nights (Camren)

Chapter 16

Camila's POV

I still couldn't understand why Austin was acting so weird. Did he really think that I was asking him on a date?

I decided to just brush it off and went back to the cabin to get everything for my idea. I jogged up the hill to see an unfamiliar sight. Brittney was crying on the porch of our cabin, and even after how she acted various times, I knew that I couldn't just leave her there. Her face was buried in her hands and muffled sobs escaped from her mouth. I began to get scared and decided to finally ask her what was wrong.

"Brit?" I asked softly, trying to not startle her.

She slowly lifted her head up, revealing her puffy red eyes, and began to shake her head. Her expression made me think she was everything except ok. Her blonde hair was a mess and I knew that something wasn't right. What happened? Did someone die?

"What's wrong?" I asked, taking a seat down next to her on the wooden steps of the porch. I felt the need to give her a pat on the back or hug, but refrained, knowing how she might have reacted.

"I-I can't say. Y-You'll think i-it's dumb," she struggled to say, tears were streaming down her face without any plan of stopping. My heart was breaking and I didn't even know what was going on.

"No...I won't, I promise. Tell me?" I practically begged, wanting her to feel better or get help for whatever was bothering her. I knew that I should have been getting things prepared, but tried to remain focused on helping her first.

"L-Lamp level b-broke up. They said they're never going on tour with each other again! T-they're in a huge fight and don't want anything to do with the band anymore. Apparently they're canceling all of the concerts...and I bought tickets for five of them. They saved my life...and I'll probably never even see them a-again," she whimpered, trying to catch her breathe in between sobs.

I felt better knowing that it wasn't something very serious, like someone passing away, but I also knew that this band were here everything. I instantly felt horrible for judging her whenever she listened to their music, but had I ever even given it a try? She said that they saved her life and she's alive because of something they did and taught her. That was what was important to me...and I hated to see anyone this upset...especially someone in my cabin.

"Brit...I know this is hard. If One Direction ever broke up I wouldn't know how to deal with it. But nothing lasts forever...and they might get over this. At least you still have their music...and can hope for the best. I know it sucks...but I'm here for you," I smiled with hope that she wouldn't flat out attack me. I nudged her shoulder to lighten the mood and took a deep breathe.

"Thank you, Camila. I'm just really upset about it...but I know that they'll figure this out. I can still DM the lead singer on twitter about it whenever we go back to the mess hall and have wifi. I'm sorry for acting like such an ass before. I'm just used to being bullied or judged for having such a passion for music...especially bands. I think we should be friends," she added, her crying slowed down and a small smile appeared across her mouth. I was happy to know that she was most likely feeling better and wanted to be friends instead of enemies.

"Definitely. I don't think we have met though...I'm Camila," I giggled, shaking her hand eagerly.

"It's nice to finally meet you. I'm Brittney," she responded as we got up and entered the cabin.

I began to talk to her about the date I was planning and she gave me some more ideas. Just when I was about to leave to set up, I heard a knock at the door. I knew Lauren was busy babysitting some of the younger groups and she wouldn't be back for at least another thirty minutes. Who was knocking?

"Come in!" I yelled, pulling my long brown hair into a loose ponytail.

"Hello hello!" Austin smiled, stepping foot inside our cabin without much hesitation. He pushed his hair away from his face and took a seat in one our chairs casually.

"Oh hey," I responded, not really paying attention to him or whatever it was that he wanted. I was throwing everything into my bag and trying to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything. This night had to be perfect and nothing was going to ruin that.

I heard Brittney clear her throat and realized that they had never met and a few moments had gone by with them just awkwardly staring at each other. Oops

"Austin! This is my friend Brittney! Brittney...this is Austin. He's in the boys cabin for our age group," I introduced them and continued rummaging through my bag.

They talked for a little while until Brittney wanted to listen to some music in her bunk. Austin understood and tried to start talking to me about a bunch of different things. I really wanted to focus on leaving, but decided to hear him out instead of being rude and telling him to leave me alone.

"Are you going to the bonfire Friday?" He asked, staring at me intently for a response. His eyes pratically pierced through my soul, and I instantly missed Lauren and her emerald green eyes staring into mine.

"I'm not sure...I might just hangout with Lauren," I smirked, wanting him to know how much I really loved her.

"Oh..anyway. What are you doing later?" I could see that he was starting to get annoyed, but I loved talking about Lauren and our dates even if it did bother him.

"Date with Lauren," I smiled, trying to step around him.

"Not so fast Cabello," he whispered, stepping in front of me to block my path. Who did he think he was?

"Don't call me that and I need to go..so move," I demanded, trying to push him to the side. He didn't budge and an evil smirk appeared on his face.

"Is Cammie better? Come on...I know you like me," he chucked, licking his lips. He began to move closer to my body slowly, making me really uncomfortable.

"No. No nicknames and I do not like you. Get that idea out of your head...I'm sorry. I'm in love with Lauren," I admitted, trying to avoid his gaze.

I could see him biting his lip out of the corner of my eye and instantly cringed. He was being ridiculous and totally not realistic. I hated being this way, but he didn't understand me when I tried to be nice.

"Shhhh," he whispered, placing his finger over my mouth. I looked around the room and suddenly felt trapped by him and his body. I couldn't breathe properly and totally froze.

He pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear and cupped my face forcefully. For a split second, before I could process what was going on, his lips were connected with mine.

I could hear Brittney gasp as our cabin door opened and I shoved Austin off of me within milliseconds. What was wrong with him?

Oh my god...

(Author's Note) Hiiiii. Thank you all so much for reading, commenting and voting. Thank you for 2k reads so far...that's amazing. I'm sorry for this Austin drama. I hope you're all enjoying this so far. Don't forget to add this to your library for updates and I'll try to write a new chapter ASAP. If you have any questions you can always inbox me or comment :)