Catfish

Brave

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•Camila•

Weeks had passed since my last conversation with Lauren. Right now, we were preparing to go to Italy. My mom helped me, but everytime she went to grab something, I would secretly unpack an article of clothing. Not because I wanted to stress out my mother, but because I wanted to put off packing.

When I finish packing, then we'll go to sleep and I'll stay up wondering what will happen in the next two weeks. Then we will go to the airport, and soon enough we'll be in Italy and then I'll have to face the music. All of it will be real, and I can't just run straight to my house like I did when I was younger.

That did happen, I didn't get much sleep that night. Like I imagined, My mind had gone to Italy and Lauren and all of the crap that's going to happen. I was not mentally, emotionally, or physically ready to face Lauren.

Now I know how everybody that has ever been on this show felt.

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"They'll be calling our gate soon." Max said, sitting next to me and handing me a double chocolate muffin. I silently thanked him and picked off small pieces, eating the muffin slowly, the butterflies in my stomach keeping me from not eating the entire muffin in two bites. To be fair, it was pretty big.

"Hey, are you alright?" Max asks from beside me. I hang my head low and numbly nod my head in response to his question. Max sighs and wraps an arm around my shoulders, giving me a tight squeeze, walking away to talk with some of the crew members.

"Gurl, did I tell you how much I love you?" I hear my best friend say loudly. I sniff, wiping away the tears I unknowingly shed, and giggled. I turned around in my seat and looked at my friend who was clutching onto her ticket for dear life, an excited grin on her face, bouncing up and down on her feet.

"How could I fly halfway across the world and not bring the lovely Dinah Jane with me?" I chuckle, watching as Dinah poses jokingly.

"I can't wait to meet your Catfish. I can't wait to punch-" she starts, but stops when she notices the look on my face, "I mean, shake her hand in a polite and formal greeting. I shouldn't punch her face anyway, half of her career would be gone." I don't know whether to giggle at her joke or lash out on her.

"Aren't you a fan of hers?" I ask. Her face contorts and she laughed nervously.

"Well... hell yeah! Sorry Chanch, but she's so freaking smooth, and eloquent and shit, she makes me question myself in a good way, and— I mean, yeah she's not that bad." She finishes, crossing her arms, her lips set in a straight line. I giggle at Dinah's horrible attempt at lying.

"But let's be serious about this... Camila, are you ready to meet her?"

"I'll never be ready, but I need to do it now or else I'll never have the guts to do it." I answered truthfully, not paying to the cameras that were obviously filming my every word. I was used to it by now, but sometimes it was just like an annoying sibling that would never leave me alone. Luckily, my little sister is staying with father while I'm away.

"You're so brave, did you know that?" Dinah smiles, kneeling down in front of me so that we're on the same level.

I gulp, looking down and whispering, "I don't feel brave." Dinah sighs at my comment. I see her reach and she traces a finger along my hairline, pushing back the hair that was covering my face. I look up at her and sigh.

"I don't know what this girl did to you-"

"We're both at fault here."

"... Or what you did to each other. But just promise me that you'll try your hardest to be my brave little cuban." I chuckle and nod. She laughs and wraps her arms around me. I immediately wrap my arms around her.

"Try to enjoy the trip, too. We're gonna dominate Florence!" I laugh and back away from the hug.

"Dinah, you know about Lauren, right?"

"Every little thing."

"Tell me about her."

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Woah, you guys actually surprised me with the comments on the last chapter. You actually made me change my own opinion on who was the actual victim. And I got some interesting ideas from you guys, too ;)

What do you think will happen when they meet? A kiss, a fight, who knows (i don't even know haha)

WE'RE SO CLOSE to 60k omF I'M SO EXCITED

~ InTheseWalls xo

P.S.: I legit wrote this in an hour last night.