Mystery Girl (Camren)

Chapter 3

I wake up Monday morning pretty easily, surprisingly. I turn to shut off the annoying sound of my phone alarm and see that I have a text from my best friend Dinah.

Dinah: hey Mila I heard what happened with Chad, Ally told me about it. Are you okay?? I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect my little Camila. I'll see you at school 😘

Dinah was away for the weekend visiting her family from out of town so she didn't get to come to the block party with us. Unfortunately. Dinah is my rock. She's been there through every bad day and every good day I've had.

We met when I was only 7 and even though I'm older than her she's always been like an older sister to me. I was at the playground and there was a group of 10 year old girls picking on me because I was too scared to go down the big slide. They were practically forcing me to go down it, but that's when Dinah came in. She yelled at all of them and told them if they don't leave, she'll push them down the slide herself and she guaranteed that they wouldn't ever want to ride down the slide again.

So Dinah and I have been friends ever since and she's been my biggest protector. It probably kills her inside that she wasn't there for me when the whole Chad incident happened. Luckily Lauren was, or I don't know how far it would've gone.

I put on my usual school outfit. Jeans, a simple black v neck t shirt and my white converse. I brush through my hair and put on very light make up. I walk down the hall and into the bathroom to brush my teeth before I head downstairs and grab a banana for breakfast.

"Mija, you need to start eating more for breakfast. No wonder you're so tired throughout the day." Sinu says motherly. "It's okay mami I packed a big lunch." I say while I scarf down the rest of the banana and give her a quick kiss on the cheek before heading to the door. "Love you! I'm going to Dinah's after school!" I say to her while grabbing my keys off the counter and opening the door. "Love you too, just be back for dinner!" Sinu yells to me while I'm walking out the door and to my car.

I remember that I possibly could run into Lauren today at school. I get instantly nervous as I'm fidgeting with my keys to start my car. I start it up and back down my driveway and begin my trudge to school.

As I pull into the school parking lot and go to my designated spot, I see Dinah already sitting in her car waiting for me to arrive. I smile at the sight of my best friend. It's crazy how much I missed her when it was only a weekend.

She gets out of her car once she sees me pull in, once I get out she instantly pulls me into a massive hug. "I've missed you Mila!" Dinah says excitedly. "I missed you too D!" I tell her back equally excited. We start out walk into school and stop at my locker. It's before her locker so she usually walks me here before we go to our first class that we luckily have together.

"So you have to fill me in on exactly what happened this weekend Mila. I was so worried." Dinah says to me seriously while putting her hand on my shoulder. "It's really not that big of a deal D, but he showed up at Ally's house high and he kept touching me.. So I tried getting him away from me but he wouldn't leave-" I pause holding back tears. "-next thing I know he's getting shoved off of me by Normani's friend." I say to her shakily. She looks at me with so much concern. "I am so sorry I wasn't here Mila. You're done with Chad then right..?" Dinah asks me. "I-um I mean I don't know." I answer her nervously. "Camila. This isn't the first time this has happened. Do you remember how bad it was last time?? You can't stay with him!" Dinah says angrily. "Dinah I- just- he's not always like this." I tell her. Truth is I don't feel like I can do any better than him. He was my first kiss and he's popular. I only have two close friends, Ally and Dinah. "He's the biggest douche in this school Camila. I'm sorry but if he lays his hands on yo-" Dinah starts to say but gets cut off by the first bell. She just shakes her head and we start walking to first period. I'm relieved. I don't want to hear what she was going to say.