Make Me

Chapter 4

Lauren looked at Camila and bit her lip, followed by a warm smile.

"I would really appreciate that." and with that, she turned to Maia and raised her eyebrows, signalling for the girl that it's time for her departure. Maia let out an exasperated sigh, but made her way to Lauren's car nevertheless. Lauren waited until she pulled out of the parking space and made her way down the road, then she turned back to face Camila.

"Sorry about her... She's a little..." She put her hand behind her neck and started scratching it lightly which clearly showed her discomfort.

"Intense. I could tell." Camila finished her sentence, and gave her an understanding smile, which Lauren gladly reciprocated.

They just stayed quiet for a while, neither of them wanting to break the comfortable silence between them. Emerald eyes stared into hazel ones, all the while the downpour subsided into a low drizzle. At last, Lauren broke eye contact. She looked down at her feet and then back to Camila. She gave her her signature smirk and took hold of one of the brunette's hands. Tiny jolts of electricity started to shoot all throughout Camila's body just from that simple touch. However, when Lauren bowed and slowly lifted Camila's knuckles to her lips, the brown-eyed girl felt her knees weakening and her heart kick into overdrive.

Camila just stared at Lauren as she slowly let go of her hand, the feel of her oh-so-soft lips burning into her skin.

"Hand-kissing is a gesture that indicates gratitude and courtesy by one person toward another. I wasn't sure how else to thank you, soo... Thanks." After Lauren's brief explanation, she let out a quiet laugh, which was music to Camila's ears.

"Oh, I can think of a few other ways you could've thanked me..." Camila shook her head to rid her mind of her inappropriate thoughts, and noticed that Lauren shivered. She quickly handed her the hoodie and watched as the green-eyed girl pulled it on. She noticed the faint half-smile on Lauren's lips when she saw the tiny banana figure right in the middle of the grey hoodie. Camila's cheeks became even more red, if that's possible.

"You're welcome by the way, it's nothing really." she said. Lauren smiled and slowly nodded. She then turned to face the entrance of the library, and opened the door, gesturing for Camila to enter before her. The brunette girl didn't need to be told twice, and with a broad grin, she slipped through the door, followed closely by Lauren.

"What do you have to study?" asked the dark haired girl, while they made their way through the endless numbers of books.

"Not much actually. I have to look over my Literature notes and after that I'm planning on reading a little. What about you?" They found a spare table at the back of the library, next to several bookshelf, and sat down opposite each other.

"English, English aaand some more English." Lauren started arranging her books on the table. She picked up a pen and notebook and absentmindedly started to take a few notes.

Camila didn't want to come off as being creepy, so she tried to keep her eyes to herself and her own notes. However, once in a while she would glance at Lauren and notice how she would furrow her eyebrows when she got stuck, as well as grin proudly and nod her head the slightest bit when she got the hang of a question.

Camila finished her school work rather quickly, so she decided to get something to read. She looked around for a bit from her seat, and a book on the top shelf near their table caught her attention. She hopped up from her seat and tried to get the book; with no luck though, as she was clearly way too short to reach it. She even jumped a little, in case that would help. She was about to turn back and stand on a chair in hopes to get the desired object, when she saw Lauren reaching up and easily obtaining the book.

"Thanks, you didn't ha-" Camila's sentence came to an abrupt stop when Lauren looked down at the book and let out a rather loud giggle.

"What's so funny?" questioned Camila.

"Just, aw man." Lauren moved her thumb to remove a shed of tear that escaped the corner of her eye from the laughing. "Nicholas Sparks? Really?"

"Yes. I love romantic novels, they're my favourite. What's wrong with Nicholas Sparks?" Camila was really confused as to why Lauren would have a negative opinion on one of the most famous authors of their time.

"Well, first of all, he is a complete narcissist." Camila opened her mouth to say something in his defence, however Lauren pointed a finger up to demonstrate that she wasn't quite finished.

"A-a, let me finish. Second of all, he is sexist, which I honestly can't tolerate. But most importantly, he bashed To Kill a Mockingbird, which, FYI, is my favourite book of all time. So yeah, that's why I don't like Nicholas Sparks. He's way too overrated." Lauren finished her explanation with an eye roll.

"No, he isn't!" protested Camila.

"Yes! Yes he is!" replied Lauren.

"No! He is not!" said Camila while crossing her arms.

"Oh, yes, yes and yes! He totally is!" By this point both of them were shouting. Camila is normally a very timid person, however, she doesn't appreciate people making fun of her interests. Lauren's constant smug smile just further fuelled her anger, and she decided to make a bold, and very not thought-out move. She pushed Lauren, who ended up stumbling backwards and clashing into a shelf full of science-fiction classics.

Camila immediately regretted her actions, and ran to Lauren to offer her a hand. The green-eyed girl seemed very surprised by everything that escalated in the last 20 seconds. Nevertheless, she took Camila's hand and rose to her feet. Camila opened her mouth to say something, when an elderly lady with glasses and a very stern look showed up next to them.

"You have to leave the library now, ladies." She motioned to the exit with her head and kept her eyes fixated on both girls.

"That's okay, we can just come back to study tomorrow. I'm sorry for any inconveniences ma'am." Camila tried her best to be as polite as possible, since it was her fault that they got into this situation.

"That's not possible. You damaged library property and disturbed other people's learning. I'm afraid I have to ban you for at least two weeks." She had a sense of finality in her voice.

"Two weeks?! For knocking over a few books that no one was going to read anyway?" Lauren slightly rose her voice and stared the woman down.

"Don't question it... Don't question it Lauren." Camila looked into Lauren's eyes for a few seconds. The dark haired girl huffed but decided to listen, and made her way to the exit. Camila gave one last smile to the elderly lady, who completely ignored her. After all, she decided it was time to join Lauren outside, thus she slowly started to move towards the exit as well.

Authors Note:

I'm sorry that this chapter is super short :( I literally had half an hour to come up with it and write it down. I tried to make it kinda fluffy but still kinda dramatic... idk... :D  I'm actually going to Egypt for a while but the next chapter should be up in about a week, probably less. Thanks for reading <3