New Beginning

Chapter 4

Camila's POV

Everything has been great. I haven't been bullied here, not even once. I was a little scared to move here at first, but I actually really love it. I mean, yeah, I miss Marielle and Sandra all the time and we talk everyday actually, it's just if I'm being totally honest; I love it here more than I did in New York.

I always gotten bullied and it was a daily thing that aggravated me. My parents told me that I should never hit back or anything, just to go tell the teacher. I ended up getting bullied even more for that. I would always get shoved in some locker or just randomly pushed or get tripped.

I literally got made fun of for everything. For my personality, being into books, getting good grades, how I dressed, basically everything in the book. I never understood why I was always the one to get bullied, I wanted to move because I wanted to start over; I wanted a new beginning.

In Miami, I don't have to pretend to be somebody I'm not. Everybody is so kind and generous here. I honestly wish I moved here sooner than I did. I mean, everything here is just perfect.

I made a lot of friends here, I have another bestfriend now. She's helped me through everything since I've moved here, without Lauren I honestly don't know how I would have friends because I'm extremely shy and I get nervous easily, but she's made things easier. She's always been by my side, when I get nervous, she's there to comfort me.

In over a month, we've gotten really close. She knows everything, she knows about my past; how I went through depression and had cut myself. I mean, it's gotten way better since I moved here, only sometimes I'll have an anxiety attack, but she's there to help me. I honestly trust her so much, I don't know what I would do without her, she means the world to me. She's the bestest friend I could probably ever have.

Lately, Austin and I have been talking a lot and I don't know if he's just a flirt or if he actually likes me. I hope he's not just a flirt though, because I think I'm starting to really like him. He's really nice, he has green eyes(which btw I'm a sucker for colored eyes), he's funny, sweet, hair on point(well, most of the time.) I just think that I kinda really like him. I don't know why, but I feel like there's something off about him.

Just as I was about to text him, he texted me saying "hey gorgeous", honestly he confuses me a lot for some reason, I'm not even sure why.

(Convo between the 2)

C: Hey

A: How has your morning been? ;)

C: It's been okay so far, yours?

A: It's been great, I'm just hoping it will be even better after something ;)

C: After what.?

A: Well, um.. I was wondering if you would like to be my girlfriend..? Ever since that night at the party I've liked you.

..at that very moment my mind went blank. I never actually thought he would ask me out, I mean, he's the captain of the football team. He's basically the most popular boy at our school, but for some reason I have this weird feeling about it. I mean, I think I like him..I guess I'm just not 100% sure.

C: Look Austin, I want to say yes, but there's just something that's telling me not to. I don't know why, but I have this weird feeling about it. Is it okay if I have a few days to think about it..? I'm sorry..

A: uh..yeah of course. I'll talk to you later?

C: Yeah, sure

(End of Convo)

At that very moment, I didn't know what to do except to call her. I hurried up and dialed Lauren's number asking her to come over so we could talk. As soon as I told her she said she was already on her way over.

About 5 minutes later, the doorbell rang. I already knew it was Lauren, I mean, she was the only one I was expecting to come..Turns out I was wrong, it was Austin.

"Hey...?" I said as I was opening the door

"Hey, Mila" He responded

"..what are you doing here?" I questioned

"um..I just-uh-" with that he leaned in and kissed me unexpectedly, I hurried up and pulled back because I don't really know how to kiss and I didn't want him to say anything bad about me and he was my first kiss..

"S-Sorry, I didn't mean to..was I that bad?" he said sighing

"No, it's not that..It's just-" as I was about to finish a sentence with I'm not even sure what I was going to say, Lauren drove up my driveway. Thank The Lord because I honestly don't know how I would've handled that.

"I'm going to get going, bye Mila.." he said while starting to walk back to his car.

LAUREN'S POV

As I was walking out of my car I was getting a little curios and started looking at her suspiciously. While I was starting to walk up to her doorstep "We need to talk. Now." She told me while pulling me into her house.

"Woah, what happened?" I said a little out of breath because she rushed me to her room.

"Earlier this morning Austin asked me out.." she said a little panicky. What did she say is all I kept wondering about. I'm honestly not prepared to know whether she said yes to him or not. I don't know what to think..