Riptide (a lauren jauregui love story)

Part 71

Jackson Danielson seen out and about with girlfriends band mate Camila Cabello. Word on the street their hiding a secret relationship.

"Babe it's all bullshit! Complete and utter bullshit!"
"There's pictures Jackson!"
"Well that's not us or at least that's not me." It was me but Camila still didn't want to tell them we're friends because hen shed have to explain how then why she needed my help and she didn't want them to worry about her. She's a complicated one that girl. We're also writing a song together which will be fun for Lauren to react to.
"Ok Jackson I trust you."
"Thank you!"

~2 weeks later
The girls were over at my home-ish house. We were all sitting and watching a movie with Lauren snuggled into my side. As if out of nowhere, Camila starts to break down. She starts crying really hard and I don't know whether I should step in. She runs off and disappears upstairs.
"I'll go see what's up!" I say heading upstairs getting a strange look from Ally. I get up to the bathroom and see her crying so I walk over and wrap my arms around her and she collapsed into my embrace.
"What's wrong Cami?"
"They broke up officially my dad has to move out and Sofi is living in a broken home and it's my fault because I couldn't be home."
"Hey hey hey it's not your fault babe. You had no control over it. This was up to them."
"Jackjack, Sofi is broken and I couldn't help her to reinforce that fragile heart that shattered as the process unfolded. I couldn't help her. I couldn't do anything and people tease her and it's my fault she takes after me."
"Cami that has nothing to do with it. She's a beautifully unique person because of you. You didn't make her worse. She's an amazing person beautiful inside and out, just like you. Because of you."
"Jackson they call her clumsy pants and awfully horrible racist things. They make fun of her English and Spanish. How the hell am I supposed to help her now after its all set in and she believes it."
"Make it better! Make her happy."
"How can she be happy with everything going on around her?"
"Get her out of that environment first ok?"
"She told me she tried to hurt herself."
"Oh my ok. You guys can stay here for a little while and the girls can watch her and I'll watch her and we can make her happy again alright!"
"You keep ending your sentences with questions."
"I love the way your brain works one minute your sad and the next my sentences end in questions."
"I'm sorry I'm just trying to deflect and believe it's not real and so my body is distracting itself."
"Ok then we'll you need to get Sofi out of the wartime before she gets hurt."
"Can you take me?"
"Yes of course." I stand up then help her up and grab her hand leading her down the stairs and out to the garage most likely completely passing the girls who could see everything. I took her to my car and we went to her house. It was a mess. Her mother was throwing things out of the door and her father was dodging them or catching them while packing a car full. I helped Camila inside and her mother who was crying greeted us. Somewhat.
"Who are you?"
"Jackson a friend of mine." Camila says. "We're taking Sofi for a while so you can get sane. Because mom she's broken because of this and the bullying."
"She's being bullied?" Her mom starts crying.
"Yes mom so we're taking her away just for a little bit."
"No you can't I'll have no one."
"You have us just not here not now." Camila walks inside I guess to find her sister. I stood there awkwardly.
"This is all your fault! You poisoned my daughter now she's thinks we're all evil!"
"I did nothing of the sorts Mame."
"You little Australian puto! You turned her against me. She thinks I'm a monster because of you."
"She does not. She loves you very much."
"Not true. She hates me."
"She doesn't she just needs sometime to sort this out and then she'll be running back to you."
"You stupid idiot! She's never coming back no ones ever coming back and it's all your fault."
I stopped answering because she was being unreasonable. I ignored her and refused to get mad so I didn't even look at her.
"Look at me!" I don't and then I felt a sting on my cheek.
"Sinhue you can't slap random people cause they won't look at you crazy!" Camila's dad yells front the lawn.
"Just go Alejandro!"
"Mom what's wrong with you why would you slap my friend!" Camila says running towards me hand in hand with a little girl with long dark hair brown eyes that looked dull and pained with a pink duffel bag in her hand. I made an obvious assumption that, that was Sofi.
"It's fine Camila let's just go."
"But..."
"Camila we have to go." She walked out of the door and led Sofi to the car. They both got in the back and I got in the front and started driving to my house. When we got there, Sofi was asleep so I carried her into the house with Camila trailing behind me.