Concealed (A Cameron Dallas Fanfiction)

Chapter Forty Four

Chapter Song:

Settle Down - The 1975

Right Now - One Direction

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After Cameron gets his frozen yogurt, he gives Sierra the car keys and we start walking somewhere. Anywhere. I end up finishing my frozen yogurt before him and getting cold.

"Are you okay?"

I look over at him. "Yeah, just a bit chilly." I smile, rubbing my arms and watching the sunset.

"Here," he slips off his red jacket and puts it around me, ignoring my protests. "When I was smaller, my sister once told me, that giving a girl your jacket was a respectful thing to do." I smile and stare up at him. It takes him a while to notice but when he does, he gives me a crooked smile. "What?"

I shake my head and intertwine our fingers. "What's up with you?"

"What do you mean?"

"You're really happy. Like scary happy. I thought you were going to yell at me because I was hanging out with Dylan." I explain.

I see his face cringe up a little but it's only for a previous moment. "I feel ... protective over you, Leighton. But I'm not going to get mad because you have guy friends. Yes, you're beautiful and yes, a lot of guys here see that, but I trust you. You're not like any of my past girlfriends."

My stomach drops to my feet and I swear the earth shook with a thud. My throat closes up. I think my breath got caught in there. I attempt to clear it, but that only makes things worse. I almost forgot. I almost let myself forget that Carter's a big problem. She's one of his past girlfriends. And I fear she hates me because she doesn't want to be. Or is at least threatening me because she can't be his.

"Are you okay?" Cameron asks, knocking me out of my daze.

I can't tell him yes, but I can't say no either. Instead, I count to 3 and let the word fall from my mouth. "Carter." Shit that wasn't the word I was going for.

"What?" He laughs, looking ahead of him. Well now I have to say something.

I cower in his jacket, shrinking myself. I'm mentally preparing myself for another fight. "You dated her, didn't you?" He looks at me confused. "Carter." I verify. His eyes flutter as his jaw clenches. He nods, looking past me. "What happened?"

"Leighton, it was a long time ago."

"I still want to know."

His eyes finally meet mine. The ocean and sunset reflect in them. They're full of pain but he blinks that away. "Before we dated, I was seeing Clarity on and off, nothing serious. Then Carter moved here, and she was new, and vulnerable and I was cruel and seductive. So I started talking to her and she was so small and innocent." I feel his hand clenching up, so my thumb lightly rubs it to remind him this is all just a memory. He inhales and rubs me back, probably thanking him or something. "Carter was always there for me, even when I wasn't there for her. Then, 11th grade rolled around and it's like she was a whole different person. She started doing drugs, going out more, drinking. I told her it was bad for her, and those things wouldn't solve her problems, but all she did was blow me off. We broke up after about a year and a half. Right after that, I started dating Clarity - I don't know why, maybe my subconscious wanted to make her jealous - but I did, and she's hated me ever since."

I can't bring myself to speak. Is this what she wanted to tell me? Is this what she was holding over his head? Carter's kind of like me. I was new. Was I that vulnerable? Does Cameron actually do this to every girl? All these thoughts race through my head, and I start to think harder than I should.

"Leighton, I'm sorry I never told you. I try to forget about her. We just weren't good for each other." He explains with watery eyes.

I want to ask him all these questions. Compare myself to Carter. But I don't. I just look at him. Cameron Alexander Dallas. "I love you." I say softly.

His lips tug upwards for a brief moment. He takes my face in his hands and pecks my lips softly. I grab the sides of his shirt, letting my eyes shut close. He's so warm, I think I could melt right here, right now. I feel those same butterflies erupting in my stomach as his lips disconnect, then connect to my lips over and over again and I swear I never want anything other than what he has to give me...

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A/N: If you love The 1975 or Chocolate keep reading ☟

Hello world ! Thanks for reading this chapter. Sorry it's a bit short. Don't forget to vote and guys, Cam's debut single "She Bad" just came out so show him some love and get that too! Okay, have a good day my beautiful aliens ^◕‿◕^