Please Don't Give Up (Camren)

Chapter 1

A/N- This is my first fanfic so sorry if it sucks... I'm aiming for it to be kind of like a mixture between Trials and Tribulations and The Fault in our Stars but with a different plot. The whole thing is going to be written in Lauren's point of view.

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Camila and I lay on the couch in her living room watching movies like we have every Monday night since we started dating 9 months ago. My arm is protectively around her shoulder and her head lies on my chest. Every few minutes she stirs a little but for the most part we are both still. Halfway through the movie Camila gets up and goes to get a drink of water. She didn't return for at least 10 minutes which was odd. "You okay Camz?" I ask with concern.

"Yeah my stomach just hurts a bit, I'm fine." She smiled slightly and sat back down on the couch next to me. I didn't think much of it at the time. Camila gets sick a lot, but she always just pushes through and ignores it so she can keep going with her every day life. She's never been one to complain when she doesn't feel well. I like taking care of her when shes down but she hates it, she always feels like she has to be strong.

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Camila walks in to school the next day wearing sweats and no makeup and her hair is in a messy bun. Shes never been the most fashionable person in the school but her appearance today is unlike her. She plops down at the cafeteria table at her normal spot next to Dinah and puts her head down.

"Wow Mila you look like crap." Dinah smirks. Camila ignores her best friend's comment and stays silent. Ally, Normani, and Dinah ignore her as if this behavior is normal and continue complaining about how they aren't ready for the math test.

I get up to throw my breakfast tray away and then I sit back down next to Camila and put my hand on her shoulder. Camila looks up at me and gives me a small smile but doesn't say anything. "Did you eat breakfast? Do you want me to go buy you a muffin or something?" Camila shakes her head no and puts her head back down. I give her space and silently listen to the other girls conversation until the bell rings. I walk Camila to her first hour class and neither of say anything.

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After what feels like hours in Mr. Cowell's English class the lunch bell finally rings. Mr. Cowell stops me as I'm leaving, "Lauren, your essay on To Kill a Mockingbird was excellent, please consider entering it in the state essay contest, I feel that with a few tweaks here and there you could easily win." He smiles hands me the forms to fill out.

"Really? I didn't think it was my best work, I wasn't even expecting you to give me an A on it." I say confused.

"Are you kidding? This is by far the best essay you've ever written in my class. You have a real talent for writing Lauren. Please talk it over with your parents, you have until next month to submit an entry." I thank him and leave the classroom.

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When I get to the cafeteria Normani, Ally and Dinah are already at the table. "Where's Camila?" I ask as I sit down.

"She left to go to the nurse in the middle of Biology, she probably went home sick." Normani says while stuffing pizza in her mouth. "Ew don't talk with your mouth full." Dinah complains, completely grossed out. "Oh shut up hypocrite you do it all the time!" Normani defends herself. Dinah sticks her tongue out in response but fails to come up with a creative comeback.

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The day goes by pretty slow without Camila there. She sits next to me in 4th and 5th period and without her there class is so boring. Usually I walk Camila home after school but since she's not here I decide take a quicker route home.. I thought about going over to her house to check on her but opted not to, she's probably sleeping and I don't want to wake her... Instead I text her and tell her to FaceTime me if she's up for it. She didn't text back so I took out my laptop and procrastinated on my homework by checking Tumblr. Before I know it, it's 7:30 and I still haven't started my homework. It's not like Camila to ignore my texts so I try calling her but she doesn't answer.

There's a knock on my bedroom door and my mom walks in. She sits down on the edge of my bed. "Lauren," she says sadly, "I don't want you to panic but Sinu just called me and told me that Camila is in the hospital."