Only Human Touch

Chapter 9: I wasn't going to stop you

Laurens POV
The sun shining in my face caused a groan to leave my body. The memories from last night quickly ran through my brain as I slowly began opening my eyelids. I heard the shower in my bathroom and for a split second I thought Iris, the girl from last night was taking a shower. But when I remembered how I got home I sighed in relief knowing that Camila was in the shower.

Monday mornings were always a struggle for me to be productive. I had work in a few hours and even though I was excited to go to work I knew I'd miss Camila. Last night was probably one of the most confusing nights since Camila and I started our friends with benefits pack. Not only did I feel jealous when I saw Camila going in a bedroom with a stranger but while I was kissing Iris I was thinking it was my best friend on my lips and my heart was about to explode.

The first rule to our agreement was no kissing. If we'd kiss our feelings we have for one another as friends would be mixed with our sexual desires and have for each other and then things would be complicated. Which at the time totally made sense. But here I am sitting on my bed with the urge to kiss my best friend to test out the hypothesis.

I had thought about kissing her one other time when Camila made us sandwiches after fooling around in my room and the thought of my lips on hers made my dick throb. But the thought of making her uncomfortable if I kissed her made me push away those thoughts. Camila has never shown an interest in any girls since we've met so the chances of her wanting to break the rules and kiss me were very unlikely.

I decided to get out of bed and collect my clothes I was planning on wearing today when I noticed Normani's birthday gift for me. My heart skipped a beat knowing my friendship with the cheerleader was very special and unexpected. Not in a million years did I ever think we'd be so close and great friends, but lifting the birthday bag I feel so much love from Mani.

I carefully took out the tissue paper and finally saw my gift. It was a wooden clapboard used by directors to film movies and shows. This was truly an amazing and heartfelt gift. I smiled, taking my new gift and placing it on top of my tall dresser, propping the clapboard against the wall. I smiled, hoping one day I'll be able to make my own films one day.

Film making has always been an interest of mine since I was smaller, my parents were always recording me when I was a small child during any celebration or milestone so growing a little older I started filming short videos of random things like people walking their dogs or trees blowing in the wind.

I started to really start being into film when I started watching classic movies my parents would show me. The idea of filmmaking seems so simple yet so complex and time consuming, but the outcome is so worth it. I started filming longer videos on my phone in high school, even coming up with dumb scripts and even though Camila and the rest of the girls weren't a fan of being in front of the camera I forced them to act out a few films. Camila was really the only one to be consistently in my goofy films since we live so close to each other.

I hadn't noticed the shower was off until I heard Camila speak, "I told her, you'll love the gift." I turned and saw Camila with her wet brown hair draped over her shoulders as she stood with one of my oversized t-shirts and bottoms. Even when she wasn't trying, she still managed to take my breath away.

"It's an amazing gift." I said as I grabbed my clothes to shower. Camila's brown eyes connected with mine for the first time today and I felt my heart pounding when I heard Camila awkwardly chuckle.

"Can we talk about last night?" She suggested walking towards the edge of my bed. I had a clue of what she wanted to talk about but I wasn't prepared to talk to her now. I was still a bit embarrassed over the whole thing last night. I wasn't planning on explaining why I was thinking of her when I was kissing Iris, because I had no clue why I thought about it.