The Wake Up Calls (Camren)

Chapter 19-

Lauren-

I watched her from across the room, she had fallen asleep on the couch wrapped in Hailee's arms.
"OH My God!" Dinah suddenly shouted from the same couch.
"Dinah Shut up..." I pointed to Camila.
"Oh sorry." She motioned me to come over to her.
I walked over to her and say on the arm of the couch looking at her phone screen.
"Have you seen this?" She looked alarmed as she pushed her phone into my hands.
I read the heading on the video she had pulled up.
'Austin Mahone breaks silence on Camila Cabello relationship, and announced new romance'
"Play the video...its horrible. He called her a slut!"
"Wait what?!" I watched the video with frustration.
Unbelievable! He doesn't have the right to talk about Camila like that! Especially not on camera.
"He's gonna get his ass kicked!" I moved and crouched in front of Camila, Hailee moved to talk to Dinah.
I rubbed her arm trying to pull her out of her slumber.
"Camzie, you gotta wake up sweetie." Her eyes opened as she rubbed her eyes.
"Camz? Did you know about this?" I showed her the screen of Dinah's phone.
"Her face didn't change. She just sighed and bit her bottom lip.
"Why didn't you tell us when it happened?" She shrugged her shoulders.
"I just...I guess I didn't feel like talking about it."
"Well I'm going to do something about this. Come on. Let's go." I helped her up from the couch, she became a little bit dizzy as she stood up, but that's been happening a lot lately.
"Where are we going?"
"To get ready for the show." I wrapped my arm around her waist and walked her out of the room.
"But that's why we were there?" She stopped walking with me.
"I know but I've already done my makeup, and you already have it on so we're basically already ready. let's go hang backstage."
She nodded in agreement and continued walking.

We sat backstage and watched the crowd file into the stadium group by group. We stayed and watched the other acts, but payed less attention to the concerts when Austin took the stage.
"You know it's your birthday next week right?" Camila's eyes widened at my words.
"Yeah. I thought you might've forgotten." I laughed at her. "So what do you want to do? Party or dinner?"
She shook her head. "No I'm not really feeling like a party or anything this year. We'll see what happens I guess."
"You can't not celebrate your 18th Camz." I smiled at her but she just frowned back.
"I know but...I'm just not-"
"Feeling that great." I continued to smile at her.
Her eyes lit up with a little bit of shock but she smile back.
I think she's finally starting to catch on that I know there's something wrong with her. I wish she would just tell me.
The three other girls met us backstage when we had 5 minutes before our set. We all grabbed our microphones and our ear things.
Even the little things were starting to annoy Camila now. Even the incorrect spelling of her name on the box that held her ears frustrated her. She took out her ears and slammed the case down on the bench.
Dinah and Normani each gave her a worried glance.
The music game to a stop on stage, so that's when we knew it was time for us to go on. Austin finished but with whatever he was doing...it looked like he was dancing but I don't know.

Camila-

After the show I did everything in my power to avoid everyone. I honestly didn't feel like talking to everyone and being asked about this over and over. Maybe I deserve what he said. I mean I did break his heart and probably didn't treat him very well.
I really don't need this right now, not with everything going on.
I was so tired after the show, my whole body ached. It felt like my muscles were being ripped from the bones in my legs as I walked back to the bus. I hadn't even bothered to shower or anything. I made my way outside the building and towards the buses. I could hear faint footsteps slowly walking behind me. I turned around, but there was no one there. I continued to walk again ignoring the feeling in my gut, the footsteps became louder and closer.
The sound of footsteps echoed through my head as it ached from tiredness.
All of two strong hands clenched my jacket that I had thrown on earlier, and shoved me against the side of the bus. My back slammed against the hard steel sending a shoot of pain down my spine. I groaned in pain as the arms shoved me against the side again and again. I could already feel the bruises forming along my waist and my shoulders.
"I told you Camila!" I felt a strong pain in my stomach, his fist jabbed me hard making me crumble in his grip. He hit me again making me cry out in pain.
"I told you I would take everything you have...well had. Even your precious fans." He hit me again. i looked up to see his face. His eyes were filled with anger.
He stopped punching me, grabbing my arms and shoved me against the bus again holding me up so I couldn't fall from his grasp.
"Why are you doing this?!" I shook my arms trying to escape his arms but he held tighter.
"Because you ruined everything! We were meant to be! I loved you! And you just threw everything we had in my face!" He was getting even more aggressive now. "All because you were in love with someone else!" I felt another sharp pain, but this time it was my face, he punched me in the nose. Pain crept through my nose as blood started to drip down my chin.
"And you know what's funny? She doesn't even love you! Lauren hates you for it!" That wasn't true. Was it?
"I hope that you lose everything! You'll have nothing left by the time I'm finished!" He laughed at me wincing at the pain from my nose. He punched me in the stomach again. This time he let me fall to the hard ground, crawling up into a ball to try protect my body. He held his hands against the bus and steadied himself as he kicked me hard in the same spot. Every kick hurt more than the last did. Every kick inflicting more damage than the last. I let go of my stomach and stretched my arm out on the ground as he stopped kicking me. I thought he was walking away but then I felt my wrist snap under his foot. I screamed out in pain as tears dripped from my eyes. Pain shot up my arm making me feel like every bone in my arm had broken under the weight of his body.
He left me there lying on the cold ground alone.