Love never dies (Camren)

Chapter 14

Camila POV

Monday couldn't have came around sooner, and I was missing Lauren a lot. I saw her yesterday morning but that was it, and she had been kicked out for this week, which meant I had to get the bus this morning which was full of teasing and nasty comments. I ignored everyone and kept my head down. If all that wasn't bad enough, I had P.E first AND a detention tonight. Lauren also had her computer and phone taken off her for today for not going home on Saturday night like she was supposed to, which, for everyone's information, I felt really bad for. Dinah and Normani kept teasing me about what they walked in on on Sunday morning, well, afternoon. Ally on the other hand just kept insisting that Lauren and I need Jesus, bless her little holy heart.

P.E wasn't anything too major, a few popular kids threw tennis balls off the back of my head a few times, but it didn't really hurt. James was in that lesson and he watched out for me the best he could. I can't believe someone as kind as him used to be friends with Josh. "Hey, Camilla. I heard you cheated on Lauren. You fucking slut." Some boy, I think his name was Andrew said, shoving past me once P.E was over. "Why would I ever cheat on Lauren?" I asked, rubbing my arm self consciously. "Because you're a fucking slag, and we all know Lauren doesn't really love you." A girl who I didnt know the name of said, smirking. I tried to ignore them and walk away, but they kept following me. "Does Lauren know you cheated?" The girl asked, stepping in front of me so I couldn't walk any further. "I didn't cheat on her." I mumbled, getting annoyed. I would never cheat on Lauren. "That's not what Josh told everyone." The boy said. "Well Josh is a lying little-"
"What's that?" Josh asked coming around the corner. "I can take it from here." He nodded to the boy and girl who looked at him suspiciously, before leaving me alone with Josh. "I'm pretty sure I just heard you talking about me." He smirked. Oh how I wish I could wipe that smirk off his face with a softball bat. "Why are you telling everyone I cheated on Lauren?" I asked, trying not to cry. I was always fucking crying. I hated being so fucking weak. He just laughed in my face. "I don't owe you any answers Cabello. You know what I want." He told me, moving his face closer to mine. "It's CabeYO." I told him, cringing at my mispronounced name coming from his mouth. "I DONT FUCKING CARE YOU STUPID FAGGOT." He yelled, grabbing hold of my wrist. I could feel his fingers digging into the fresh cuts on my arm. "No Josh, don't. Please let go." I cried, tears building up in my eyes. "Why? I'm barely even holding your wrist that tight." He scoffed. There was a spot of blood seeping through my shirt, where he'd obviously scraped the scab away. It was the tiniest little speck of red, but not tiny enough for Josh to miss. "What the fuck?" He asked confused. Then without warning, he pulled my sleeve up, his eyes going wide. "You slit your wrists?" He asked. I had no idea what to say. The person who bullied me, hated me most, made my life hell...knew my biggest secret. I didn't say anything, instead I pulled my sleeve down, and made a run for it. Usually he would grab me and stop me, but not this time. I ran and ran and ran, until I crashed into someone. "Chancho, what happened?" Dinah's familiar voice rang through my ears as she helped me up off the floor. "I need to leave. I have to...I have to go." I said, out of breath, tears blocking my vision. I felt like I was suffocating. "You can't, you know they'll notice." She told me as I began to sob. "I need to Dinah! I can't stay here." I yelled, as a few students started to stare. "Mila-"
"No! Dinah, I'm going. I'm fucking going and I'm never coming back." I told her, breaking free out of her grip, running as fast as I could towards the exit. I don't care if any teachers seen me, I don't care that students were staring at me, I don't care that Dinah was calling after me, trying to stop me. I just don't care.
I had no idea where I was running to, but anywhere was better than here.
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I stopped running when I felt like I was going to pass out. I'd never ran so far so fast in my life. I'd been running for a good 45 minutes, and as I collapsed to the floor, I realised...I had no fucking clue where I was, or which way I'd came. I took my water bottle out of my bag and took a long, much needed drink of the cool liquid. I put my bottle away, and threw myself down on the floor, lying down on the soft green grass, just staring up at the blue sky above me. It looked so peaceful, so nice. There was trees around me, and a clear blue lake. I felt like I could breathe, like I could forget all about all my worries. It felt good. I decided to check my phone once my breathing was going back to normal, and my chest no longer hurting as much.