Our Little Love ➳ Camila Cabello

twenty-seven

"You're here!" Dinah yelled happily as she ran towards me to pick me up in snug Poly hug.
"And you're crushing my lungs." I struggled to say as my air passage got smaller.
She giggled before letting me go, "Sorry, it's just been shit around here lately. We've missed you."
"Hell yeah, we have." Normani smiled from the couch. I walked over to wrap her in a hug. "Damn girl. You're sweaty. Did you run all the way here?"
I scratched the back of my neck nervously, "No, it's just that I got a little too excited doing something, but it's nothing."

I turned my body to see Lauren sitting on the couch looking at me with a smirk. "Hey there, soldier. How's your battle scars?" I joked causing her to be a little more happy than she was before, I'm sure.
She held out her bandaged arm to show me that blood was starting to seep through, "I'm so-so, but this looks kinda bad ass so I'm not mad about it."
I lightly grabbed her arm to study it, "You're right. It looks pretty metal. Like you got stabbed by a killer and you lived to tell the story. A real-life Sidney Prescott."
"I like the way you reference things." Lauren smiled.

I could tell that the girls' happy levels were all increasing by each passing second which made me feel good. Hell, maybe I really am good to have around on occasion.

I looked to see the one girl I have the most history with to be nowhere in sight.

"Where's Camila?" I asked glancing around the bus.
Lauren frowned, "She locked herself in the back room since last night. She won't come out because when she does, Jacob bothers her."
I nodded and got up from the couch to stroll to the back, "Well he won't bother her anymore."

I knocked lightly on the door.
"Go away, Lauren! I said I forgive you." Camila yelled through the barrier.
"Wow, you're the best welcome party I've ever heard." I said bitchily.
The automatic door shot open and Camila jumped on me to give me a hug. Her arms were latched around me and her head was pressed into my shoulder, "Oh my God. I thought you forgot about me."
I smiled and decided to go ahead and envelope her in a hug. "How could I forget about you, crazy?"
She let go of me and bit her lip, "I dunno. We just haven't talked for weeks so I just missed you."
I grabbed her hand and pulled her back into the back room, "We need to talk, Camila."

I closed the door behind us and Camila pulled me onto the couch. I sat down and looked at her under the bus lights to see the slight bruise on her cheek right below her eye.

I guess I was staring at it for a while because she frowned and looked down at her lap, "Yeah, it's healing. Lauren does the same thing."
"I didn't mean to make you upset. I just didn't expect it to still be there." I told her honestly.
"Yeah, I know. Sarah said it should be gone in a few more days. Until then, makeup is my best friend." Camila looked back up to meet my eyes, "So, what are you doing here?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about." I grabbed her hand and looked up to her. "I snuck out of LA for the day and went to Jacob's bus."
"Why'd you do that?" Camila innocently asked.
"I kinda destroyed his computer and video camera." I said to the small Cuban in front of me.
She pulled her hand away in surprise, "What the hell? Why would you do that?"
"'Cause he was holding a sex tape over your head, Camila. Why would I let him black mail you even further?" I was so confused as to why she was upset. Shouldn't she be happy?
"You didn't have to destroy his stuff, though. We could've talked to him together."
"Talking to guys isn't my strong suit, Camila." I said still confused.
"Well, it's mine. You had no right to interfere with this."
I was flabbergasted. I just destroyed the evidence of the sex tape and she's upset at me, "No right?! Camila, he broke us up because of this. What, are you in love with him now or something?" I jokingly asked. Camila sat quietly on the couch and looked down at her hands. I was stunned, "Oh my God, you are."
She looked up to me with pleading eyes, "Not like I love you, okay? He's just nice to me sometimes."
"What the fuck? He blackmailed you. He recorded you and him having sex. He's not nice." My blood was boiling.
"He's nicer than you sometimes. Sometimes you're so rude and angry. I just wish you could be nice all the time." She admitted obviously getting just as mad as me.
"I'm like that because I'm being honest with you because I don't baby you, Camila. You told me that's what you liked about me. That I'm not afraid to tell you the truth." I was hurt.

Not only has she fallen for him, but she likes him more than me.

"I like it when you're honest, but sometimes I want you to lie." Camila replied.
"Is that what you think our relationship was built on? Lies? Wow, I can't believe you." I got up from my seated position and looked down at her, "Do you even want to be with me anymore?"
She frowned, "I do, but we're both in two different worlds right now. I don't like that I have to spend my time without you."
"So, you wanna spend your spare time with Whitesides? I thought this is what you wanted. This is all your fault, don't forget that. If you would've never recorded our song that one time, I'd still be wiping your ass on this fucking bus." I couldn't help but be completely honest.
She sighed, "I know it's hard. I just need to have some time until we can be back together."
"Fuck off, Camila." I said rolling my eyes and opening the automatic door.

I walked up to Lauren in the lounge room and extended my hand.
"What are you doing?" Lauren asked completely confused.
"We're gonna go out for a few hours. Don't worry. You'll be back before rehearsal." I said to the bigger Cuban.
She took my hand and I pulled her up. She grabbed her leather jacket and my duffle before we walked out of the bus together.

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I snuck her out the back so fans wouldn't see her as we walked out to the New York streets.

I let go of Lauren's hand just in case paparazzi were around because she hasn't came out yet and that would look so bad for the both of us.

She looked at me and frowned, "So, are both of you officially done?"

I frowned thinking about the moment that just happened between Camila and I. My heart hurt so bad to know that she actually likes him. It crushed me eternally.

I nodded with a frown, "Yeah, I guess we are."