Half A Heart ➸ Camren (hiatus)

Ch.5

I didn't get much sleep that night. The words Lauren said to me were ringing in my head. I went downstairs to see Lauren eating leftovers from last night. "Good morning," I said, smiling. "I never see your parents in the morning," Lauren said. "They are at work by the time you wake up, Laur," I responded, cracking eggs into the pan. She nodded,"Oh,"

I washed my dishes and got a message from my dad.

Camila, mom and I are going out to dinner tonight. We will be back by 8 or 9 pm. Don't cause any trouble!
Ok! I won't, I promise
Ok, love you
Love you too, bye

Great. Spending even more time 'alone' with Lauren.
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I sat next to Lauren on the couch. "Whatcha watching?" I asked. "Friends," She responded, biting the half off a gummy worm. "Are you excited to graduate soon?" I asked her. She nodded. "Yeah, I already sent in my college applications," I grabbed a gummy worm from inside her snack bowl and bit off the red side. I leaned back. Slowly my eyelids started to get heavier. Until I drifted off to sleep.

I woke up to the front door opening and heavy footsteps going into the house. "Camila!" My mom hollered. I rose my hand up and hollered back,"Here!" The hollering woke Lauren up. "What the fuck," She groaned. Her messy hair covered her face and she was covered in gummy worms. She mumbled a 'Shit' under her breath and gathered all the worms and put them into a snack bowl. I got up from my seat. My stomach rumbled. "We got some leftovers from Cheesecake Factory," My dad said, pointing to the tall bag of styrofoam boxes full of food.

I sat on my bed, laptop opened, and doors closed. As a light slowly illuminated the room, I looked up and saw Lauren. "Hey Camz," She whispered. "What are you doing here?" I responded closing my laptop and turning on my lamp. "Your pajamas are nice," Lauren said, smiling like an idiot. I looked down at my clothes. I realized I was wearing a hot pink bra, and very short shorts. My face flushed red. Good thing it was dark. I went to my closet and put on some track shorts, and a t-shirt.

"Tell me," Lauren said. My face grew confused. "Tell you what," I responded, raising my eyebrow. "You know," She winked. "Laur, I don't know," I whispered, with a soft giggle. She shook her head, and laughed. "Don't play with me Cabello," She sat up and left my room. I laid down and thought about what could she be possibly talking about. I turned to my side. I felt a sudden buzz through my pillow. The light from my phone blinded me.

Hey Milaaaa
Hey DJ whats up
Nothin much. You?
Well, laur is staying at my house
Really? Why?
Her parents kicked her out
WHAT WHY
Her sexuality
OH MY GOD WHERE ARE THEY I HAVE MY STILETTOS POLY BEATDOWN?
Dinah no don't
They kicked out my baby laur laur, what am i supposed to do about that?
Just relax, its gonna be fine. Shes staying at my house so atleast she has a roof over her head
Monday is graduation day, excited mila?
Yep
Well my mom is hollerin so bye goodnight
Goodnight dinah

I set my phone on my nightstand. I rolled over to my side and went to sleep
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I slipped into the bathroom quietly. "Dang it," I mumbled under my breath. I opened a new tube of toothpaste and squeezed the substance onto my toothbrush. "Camzi, want to go out for breakfast?" Lauren asked me. I turned to her. I spit out the foam, and swished water in my mouth. Once I finished I nodded. "Great!" Lauren exclaimed. I winked at her and went into my bedroom. I put on a grey crop top and some white jeans. I slipped on my dirtied white converse. "Ready?" Lauren whispered. "Laur, you don't have to whisper," I giggled. "Lets GOOO!!" She hollered, running down the stairs. She looked so happy and cute

We sat down at a booth at IHop. "Can I have some banana waffles?" I said to the waiter. He stared at Lauren while writing our order down. When he finished writing our order he wrote on another piece of paper and handed it to Lauren. "Here's my number, call me..winky face," Lauren read aloud. I bit my lip. "Are you gonna call him?" I asked. She shrugged,"I don't know."

We got our waffles and scarfed down our delicious breakfast. "I bet Ally would be disappointed in us right now." I laughed. "Yeah. Eating waffles at a place that is not Waffle House." Lauren smiled. Her smile lit up the whole room. "Why don't you confess that you like me?" She asked. "What?" I replied, spitting the ounce of water I took in. She wiped the water off her face. "Watch it, sista. I like you too. You don't need to be scared, Camzi." Lauren said. I can feel my face get hot. "I-I just don't know. I guess I'm just scared I'm gonna get dumped.....again."  I said. Even thinking about the break up made me sad. But I have to realize he was a jerk. "I won't do that to you." Lauren said, pushing her pinky against mine. "Promise?" I asked, giving her a small smile. "Promise," We interlocked pinkies. I giggled. "So are we-" She nodded. "Girlfriend and Girlfriend? Yes," She said, smiling.
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This chapter was so cute imo!¡ i really enjoy writing for this book ! Bye for now <3