Camila refused to go back into their space for a while. It was tainted by the cruel sounds of his skin on Lauren's.
What drew Camila back was the harsh sobbing echoing from the airy room.
No one else heard, honestly everyone was used to hearing that coming form the rooms. It just wasn't their place it invade. So they didn't.
But Camila heard, and she has never ran so fast in her life with such intense fear in her eyes.
She busted through the door just as mystery man walked out. At the time Camila ignored him before she crashed into the room. This time the usually calming fairy lights gave off an eerie glow. The sobs got louder as she approached the shower area.
Lauren was barely covered, only a bra and underwear covered portions of her porcelain skin. Blood was noticeably dripping from her upper lip as she sat in a heap on the cold tile floor.
Camila fell to her knees and held onto Lauren for dear life as the angel before her fell apart in her arms. At first Lauren tried her hardest to fight off the contact, instantly trying to slam her fists against Camila's chest, but she was weak. Despite Lauren's harsh attempts Camila pulled the girl impossibly close to her, softly whispering into her ear.
Lauren froze in Camila's arms before a striking green lined by red met chocolate orbs.
"Camila," She breathlessly whispered, relaxing back into the girl.
"I'm here," Camila continuously repeated as she smoothed out Lauren's hair.
She felt Lauren's fingers clawing at her shirt as she buried her face deep into the crook of Camila's neck. She couldn't help but feel like Lauren was digging into her chest, trying to find the heart that beat for her.
Camila simply cupped the back of Lauren's neck to pull her closer. As Lauren let out sob after sob she smaller girl simply traced the choker that was wrapped around her neck.
Eventually Lauren let the smaller girl gently run an old cloth across her lip and as soon as she was done Lauren simply stood up, wiped the tears from her cheeks and found her carton of cigarettes.
Camila soon handed Lauren the hoodie off her back as the green eyed girl pulls on her jeans and boots. Lauren was reluctant to accept at first, but her old shirt was ripped in half.
She refused to tell Camila how the mystery man essentially fucked her (more than likely against her will) and beat her (surely against her will) before leaving. Camila understood though, she knew what happened, she just wanted it to come from her perfect lips to ensure it was real. Hell, maybe Camila could be in a nightmare after all.
But she wasn't in a nightmare besides the nightmare of reality.
The smaller girl slipped the cigarette from Lauren's lips before crushing it under her boot and looking at the girl expectantly.
"Come here." Camila encouraged with open arms as Lauren happily obliged.
As soon as Lauren was in her arms she felt the entire universe in the palm of her hand. Her arms were wrapped around galaxies and there were collections of stars wrapping around her waist, squeezing her tightly. Camila was finally engrossed in outer space, although it wasn't anywhere near as cold as people claim, it didn't fail to suck the air from her lungs.
But that was okay.
