Halfway Gone (Camren)

Chapter 24: Just a Small Girl in a Big World

Camila's POV

As Lauren occupies the shower, I roll over in bed and stretch my limbs out.

I hear her phone buzzing on the bedside table.

"Hello?"

—"Lauren?."

"Dinah!"

—"Lauren you sound different."

"Because I am not Lauren."

—"OH, Mila?"

I chuckle, it took her long enough to realise it was me.

"Why yes, it is she. Can I help you with something?" I adopt a British accent.

She matches my energy, "That will be splendid. I have called on this fine morning to see if Lauren is available to correspond with me?"

I smile, "Would you like me to deliver a message? She is currently under the waterworks as we speak."

She hesitates, "Uhm, maybe it's better if Lauren gives me a call back ASAP." Her accent disappears and I start to hear odd sounds coming through her phone, like banging sounds.

Mine does too, "Dinah, is everything okay?

—"Y-yeah I think. I'm currently looking at her mother trying to break into her apartment, no biggie."

I instantly get up from bed, knowing that this is a problem. I knew that Lauren had a very tense relationship with her mother, as she practically abused Lauren all her childhood.

"Dinah what the hell? Do something!"

—"Girl, this lady is a psycho I ain't going near her. Imma stay in this stairwell until Lauren comes and talks to her. She is going to break down this door any second."

"Dinah, Lauren and I are over 10 hours away from New York, you need to handle this."

—"Milllaaa!! I don't wanna do this! This lady is gonna eat me or something, she's scary as hell."

I hear muffles over the phone, then more sounds of banging on wood.

—*LAUREN MICHELLE JAUREGUI OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!*

I overhear through the phone. My eyes widen.

—"Mila, what do I do?! She's going to kick the door down."

I'm lost for words, I seriously don't know what to do. This trip has been so good, now I feel like this will ruin it. Lauren will have to go back to New York to deal with that nutcracker.

UGH, this sucks.

—"What's going on Camz?" I watch as she walks out of the bathroom in a towel, still with damp hair.

"Umm...Lauren will call you back." I speak into the phone.

—"MILA WAIT- WHAT DO I DO-"

*Call ended*

I huff out, knowing this will change the course of our road trip.

"You mum is trying to break into your apartment."

—"What?" She chuckles, then realises it isn't a joke by the look on my face.

"Dinah is there right now, and she's really, really mad. She's about to kick your door down."

I saw the look in her face change, and her eyes looked to be confused, yet starting to grow angry.

—"I need to go back."

I look down, disappointed.

"I know."

She walks up to me, lifting my chin to face her.