Linger (Camren)

Chapter 14: Busted

{Phoenix's POV}

After about a half an hour in the store with Dinah, she had proven herself to be completely useless when it came to helping me out.

She would either purposely pick out hideous clothes for me to try on for her own enjoyment, give me an "Oi" whenever I asked for her opinion, or tell me to rate one of her stupid selfies on a scale of "Cute" to "Take me now".

I figured that I had a good enough selection so we paid for the few shirts I had picked out and left.

"I'm just saying, I personally thought you looked quite handsome in that bedazzled tank top." The Tonga girl says with a smirk.

"Oh believe me, I know I did! I would have looked fire with the matching sequenced booty shorts too, don't you think?" I say completely seriously.

The younger girl laughed so hard that we had to stop as she doubled over and clutched her stomach.

"I didn't think-" She takes a minute to wipe a tear that escapes her eye. She lets out a breathy "woo" after her laugh and continues on, "I did not think you would really try that on."

I was about to respond, when the sight of two figures in the distance catches my attention. Dinah continues to laugh loudly, causing me to put a hand over her mouth and nearly tackle the girl behind the nearest fake plant.

She bites me and I retract my hand in pain, "Dee, What the fuck!"

"Excuse me?! Don't you ever put your dirty ass hand on my mouth ever aga-"

"Ssshhhhh!" I shush the girl. Afraid that her yelling would draw attention to us. As if two people hiding behind a plastic shrub wasn't normal enough.

"Boy!-"

I put my hand under her chin and direct her eyes to what I was looking at. It takes her a minute, but she finally zones in on it. I turn my head and see Dinah's eyes go wide in the realization of what we were seeing .

"Holy shit! That's Mila and... is that the girl she's been talking about for the past 2 weeks? What's her name?" She whisper yells. We both peak our heads out slightly to get a better look.

"Lauren, I think. And it's gotta be her! She's exactly the girl Millz described to us."

"She sure as hell wasn't kidding. Goddamn!"

I didn't want to say anything, but Dinah was right. She was drop dead gorgeous.

I watch as the two chatted in front of some art store I had never seen before. Mila looked rather timid with her actions, which was no surprise seeing as Lauren had been ignoring her messages all week.

I would have been a bit pissed at the black haired girl, but I was the one that told Camila that maybe she taking things too fast with her. Maybe she really did end up scaring the poor girl a bit. Either way, they were together now and everything seemed fine.

Better than fine, actually.

The two girls seemed to really enjoy one another's company. There was a moment were they did nothing but stare into each other's eyes, not saying a word or moving, just smiling like two idiots in the middle of a crowded mall.

They began walking off in the opposite direction from us when I saw Mila reach for the girl's bag to hold for her. They seemed to be having some kind of discussion, most likely Lauren telling her that it wasn't necessary for her to do that, but Mila is a persistent one.

It didn't take long for Lauren to give in, flashing the smaller girl a grateful smile. They go about their way once again, but this time, Lauren loops her arm around Camila's as they walk.