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Chapter 105

"Alright, we just have to finish recording 24/7 and we're done and ready for Coachella," I say.

"Amazing!" James says.

"So what's the set list for Coachella anyway?" Carlos asks.

"So all the remixes, and some classic songs that became iconic over the years so like Big Time Rush, Elevate, Love me Love me, and a few other songs," I say.

I get a text.

iMessages

camila cabello

hey emilie is it ok i come now?

yeah i'm on my way home right now myself

ok great, see you

see you there
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"So we're good here?" I ask. 

"Yeah," their managers say.

"Alright, I'm out, have another artist to meet," I say. I say bye and leave the Beverly Hills studio I own.

I get into my car and drive back home.

~

The door bell rings.

"One second," I yell out.

I wipe my hands and go to the front door and open it.

"Camila, hey! So good to see you," I hug her.

"Emilie, hey. It smells so good!" Camila says.

"I didn't each lunch so I made some vegan tacos," I say.

"Damn, howd you do that," Camila says laughing sitting down at the island.

"So I made my own corn tortillas, my moms recipe, used black beans as a meat substitute, topped with corn, avocado, sautéed onions, lemon juice and some dairy free sour cream with some cilantro finishing it," I say.

"Damn Stone," Camila laughs.

"Here, have some," I say. I take a plate and place two tacos and put the plate in front of Camila.

"I'm not really hungry," Camila says.

"Mila," I say. Camila shifts in her seat.

"Hey you ok?" I ask as her demeanor changed when I said her name.

"I-I'm sorry, you just sounded so much like her," Camila said.

"Like who?" I ask.

"Lauren. She's why I'm here today," Camila says.

"We can talk about whoever you want for however long you want, but you have to eat," I say.

"Emilie, please, I'm not hungry," Camila says.

"Camila, you're going to eat. I can tell that you haven't eaten today," I say. I get a Carlisle salsa bowl and put my homemade salsa into it and give it to Camila.

I make myself a plate.

"So what's going on? What about Lauren?" I ask.

"I guess I should tell you everything from the beginning to understand everything fully," Camila says.

"So back when we were still Fifth Harmony, we were in San Fransisco for one of our shows. It was the night before the show. At around 3 in the morning, she texts me asking if I'm up, which I was. We met up and went to the beach and just sat by the water. Then Lauren started talking about this girl she really liked, I asked her more about this girl and eventually I asked her who is she, and Lauren said that she was me. Then, we kissed. God that was the best kiss of my life," Camila started to choke up.