Crossroads - A Camren Fanfiction

Chapter 26

Tension is in the air.

Michael is waiting for an answer from me or Thomas, Clara is next to him and I can't tell what kind of look she is giving me. Sofia was here too, but Taylor took her away so she wouldn't witness what was going to happen here. And Lauren, she doesn't take her eyes off the boy in front of her, my hand is holding hers and it's the only thing that can keep her centered.

Flashback.

"Thomas..." I whispered.

"Camila! My love!" I listen as he gets closer.

He holds my face between his rough hands and the contact makes me shudder, but he is no longer the same as when I first met him. He approaches without being able to push it away and kisses me hard, the next thing I can't help it

I can't even turn him down when I feel like someone has pushed him away from me. I try to focus my attention on what is happening, but I am too stunned.

Michael holds Lauren while Thomas is on the floor. What happened?

Flash back.

"Is anybody planning to talk?" Mike's voice sounds angry.

"I..." I try, but I can't find my voice.

"Thomas?" question.

"Send ..." simply answer. What the fuck is wrong with him?

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Thanks Michael.

"Okay ... I met Camila at the beginning of the summer and we just fell in love ..." He started to count as if nothing had happened.

"!" Speak through clenched teeth. Wow, my voice came back.

"Will you let me finish?" I felt Lauren tense up more if possible.

I held her hand with the one I had free seeking her attention. She turned her face to see me and her eyes scared me. I caressed her cheek, released all the air that she had inside and together her forehead with mine.

There were no doubts anymore. I loved Lauren above all else .

"... I came back but there was no one in that house and her friends didn't want to tell me where she was" I managed to listen.

"What?" I looked at him.

"What thing?" ugh, I hate that he does that.

"Repeat the last thing you said," I asked.

"Your friends didn't want to tell me where to find you?" I doubt. No, he didn't, but that was his game.

"No, the other" I tried to control myself, it was my turn to lose my temper.

"Ah! Your parents no longer live where you lived." He shrugged.

The last hope I had of being able to fix things with them disappeared. I tried to swallow the lump that had inadvertently formed in my throat. I couldn't be here, this was too much for me.

"I need a minute," I tried to say as I stood up and left the room.

I walked up to our room and closed the door behind me leaning against it.

How could my parents do that? First they kicked me out of the house, they left me adrift with my baby, with their grandson, blood from their blood ... then they let Clara and Mike take responsibility for Sofí, they had even asked them for money to sign the papers faster. Now I understood everything, hence its accessibility.

Who had I lived with all my life?

I felt the door vibrate when touched.

"Camz, please," Lauren whispered .

I wiped away the tears that had run down my cheeks but immediately fell more, my hand trembling as I opened the door. I needed her, without hesitation I threw myself into her arms looking for a little peace.

I had missed her so much.

I had needed her so bad.

And now she was the only person I really wanted with me.

"Everything will be fine," she whispered into my ear as she stroked my back trying to control myself.

Was she sobbing? Oh no, it was me... At what point did I start sobbing? Well, if I didn't notice when I started crying, much less when my sobs started.

We walked to the bed still hugging and carefully sat down, she never let go of me. I don't know how long we spent like this, she waiting for me to calm down while I sobbed and held tight to her shirt.

"I thought that when I was born..." I started to speak after calming down a bit "I could go see them and try to fix things, for some strange reason I still wanted them in our baby's life" I stifled a sob.

"Do you think they really left home?" I ask.

"I didn't trust him... but I do believe this," the knot threatened again.

"Why?" Raise your face and watch your eyes finding peace in them.

This was funny, you know. A few minutes ago she was out of control. She had not broken Thomas's nose by a miracle, but his left cheekbone was swollen, he would probably have a bruise tomorrow.

And there was simply anger in her gaze, causing even me to fear for the first time. Only Mike had been able to hold her to separate her from his eldest son.

But now, in that green gaze there was only understanding and peace, that peace that I had needed so much while she was gone. That feeling of tranquility, with her I felt complete, like at home.

Yes, she was my home.

"A hunch, I guess," I sighed, drying my face again.

"ey, can I ask something?" I doubt as she spoke, I just nodded "you just said ... our baby ..." she stopped talking.

"Yes, what's up with that?" I couldn't understand her.

"It's just that ... I don't know, are you sure you want it to remain ours?" My eyes widened even more, how was it possible that she thought that?

I got up from where I was getting as far away as possible from her while I gave her the sword, if the news of my parents had hurt, this had practically finished breaking what little was left of my heart.

I swallowed the new but already familiar lump in my throat. "It's not your responsibility, if I lose my job with your mother after what happened today I'll get another one and leave..." My voice cracked at the end.

"Hey ... hey ..." I felt her stand behind me, but avoid contact. "You're not understanding me." Her voice was desperate.

"Of course I understand you. " I moved further away.

"Camila" She manage to hold on tightly causing me to turn to face her "I don't want you to go, okay?" I swallowed when I saw the determination and firmness in her gaze "I want it to be MY baby, I want to be ME who gives the last name Jauregui, not him" my eyes filled with tears again.

How could I have thought that she was going to leave me? She wasn't Thomas, she wasn't my parents... She was Lauren, my guardian angel, the love of my life.

"It will be MY son Camz, " I simply nodded.

It already was.

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A/N - Camila may have chosen Lauren but Thomas is not going to make this easy at all.