Our Little Secret - REVAMPED

Chapter 9

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CAMILAS POV

As I was making my way to my class, Austin came up to me and trapped me into a locker with his body. "What are you doing? Let me go."

"Go out with me." he said, pushing his body more onto me.

"Austin, get off of me, now," I spat at him.

"Go. Out. With. Me."

"No!" a crowd started to form around us.

His eyes grew dark. "And why not?"

"I don't want to, now leave me alone."

"Not until you give me a real answer or you go out with me,"

"Go Austin!"

"NO! GIVE ME A REAL REASON!"

"I'M GAY!" I blurted. I looked around me and saw people's mouths agape. Me saying that made him more angry. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the floor, hard, and I landed on my stomach. When I fell, I hit my chin. More worried about my child, I rolled over and sat up. I looked down and saw blood.

"Camila!" I saw Lauren push through the large crowd and to me. "Holy shit!" I saw Lauren reach for her phone and dial 911.

"I'm at Miami high school. My uh, friend who is pregnant, was thrown and fell on her stomach and is bleeding." When Lauren said pregnant, everyone gasped. "Are you feeling any pain in your abdomen?"

"A little, it's not too excruciating."

"She said a little," Lauren listened for a minute, then said, "Okay, see you soon," She hung up. "The ambulance is on the way. They're gonna make sure you're both okay."

"Can you just hold me? I'm really scared," I croaked out.

Lauren scooted closer to me and pulled me onto her lap. I heard people whispering around us as I tucked my head into her neck.

"Camila, I'm so sorry, I didn't k-"

"Austin shut the fuck up, you shouldn't have laid a hand on her," Lauren spat.

"Everyone move out of the way!" A paramedic made his way to us and picked me up out of Lauren's arms and put me on a stretcher.

"Can I ride with her?"

"Who are you to the patient?"

"She's my girlfriend," Camila answered. "And the one who got me pregnant," she said quietly.

"Alright." Lauren followed us to the ambulance and hopped In after us.

The whole ride, Lauren held my hand while whispering reassuring words to me.

Once we reached the hospital, I was rushed away and was forced to leave Lauren.

LAURENS POV

When Camila left, I waited in the waiting room and called/texted everyone I knew. Including her parents.

Dinah showed up with Normani first. Then my mom. We were talking when Camila's mother and father walked in.

"Is she okay?" Camila's father rushed out.

"Like you care." Dinah said.

"She's our daughter, of course we care," Sinu argued.

"You didn't seem to care when you threw her out into the street,"

"Why did you text us if you didn't want us here?"

"I honestly didn't think you'd show up," I shrugged.

"I want to apologize to her, I feel really terrible."

"I'm gonna let you go back there and see her, but the second you say or do anything wrong, you're leaving. She can't be put under any more stress with the pregnancy."

"She's..still pregnant?" Ale asked.

"Why wouldn't she be?" I scoffed.

"Well, I thought with her being so young, she would get an abortion."

"I gave her the option but she didn't want to, and that's okay. I'm getting us an apartment soon so we don't have to live with my mom forever."

"I don't think that's a good idea. How will I know you won't knock her up again?"  Sinu said.

"Well, then that's our problem. I'm committed to her and my child."

"I think we should take the child and care for it," Ale said.

"You're not taking our child, are you crazy?"

"A child should have their own child," Sinu scoffed.

"Camila and I are mature enough to do this. It was our actions that got us into this, and I'm gonna take responsibility and care for this baby."

Sinu sighed. "Alright."

"Ms. Cabello family. First I want to talk to the babies' mother."

I stood up and walked over. "Okay, so unfortunately.." I could already feel tears coming to my eyes. "One of the babies did not make it. One of these days, she'll appear to be on her period and since she's not too far along, she won't really notice losing it."

"There were two?"

"One of them made it."

"Is Camila okay?"

"She's okay, just a little emotional," the doctor said. "I can take you back to see her."

With my bottom lip quivering I said, "what room is she in? I'll just go to her. Can you explain to everyone else? I don't know if I can at the moment."

"Of course. Her room is 210."

I nodded and made my way the the elevator and pressed 2. When I got to the second floor, I looked for room 10. I found it and walked in to find a crying Camila.

"Oh baby," I said, walking to her and laying next to her, then pulling her into my side. "It's okay."

Seeing her this distraught, made my tears finally fall. "Austin killed my baby."

"I'm gonna kill him."

We heard a knock a few minutes later and everyone made their way in. Camila peeked her head out.

"Mom? Dad?"

"Lauren texted us to let us know. I know you probably don't want us here."

"Mommy," Camila tears started spilling faster as she held her free hand out. I slipped out from under Camila when I saw Sinu making her way to Camila.

"I'm so sorry," Camila's mom whispered.

"I forgive you. I missed you so much," Camila looked at her father and nodded him over. He came and wrapped his arms around his wife and daughter. 

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"Mr. Cabello, can I talk to you in the hall?"

It had been a few hours and Camila's parents made it clear that they were gonna be there for her from now on.

"Yeah." He stood up and I walked behind him. "What did you wanna talk about?"

"I want to propose to Camila. Obviously we would wait till we're both 18 to actually get married, but I wanna propose. I already have a ring," I said nervously.

Mr. Cabello sighed and rubbed both his hands down his face.