Still Around (A Camren Fic)

chapter 3

Everyone is frozen. No one dares even breath. The three girls stand there staring at each other, too shocked to actually move a muscle.

The heavy silence stretches on and on, until shuffling could be heard from the living room, along with Normani's voice :

"Who's at the doo-"

The girl's words are cut short when her own question is awnsered upon seeing a person who was supposedly gone forever, standing there at the door, looking as if she was about to pass out.

Normani looks from dinah to camila, from camila to lauren, and from Lauren to- she's out of people to look at.

Silence stretches on.

Until Dinah, partially overcoming her shock, decides to speak up.

"Talk about awkward, amiright?" She laughs nervously, a laugh that sounds very unamused.

"Guys! Who's at the doo-"

Eveyone's gazes shift to a small, very pale and tired-looking figure, making her way towards them with difficulty, sat in a wheelchair.

As everyone before her, Ally freezes upon noticing Lauren, her jaw dropping open.

And now, the five of them just stand there.

It's the first time in months since they were all gathered in one room, and it was NOT enjoyable. At all.

Looks like I spoke too soon, camila was thinking.

Before anyone can make any other move, Ally uprubtly turns around in her wheelchair and gets out of there like her life depends on it.

And like that move alone made camila's muscles work again, she just runs out of the room without a second glance at the still frozen green eye girl.

Dinah, deciding the situation was too uncomfortable even for her, mumbles a "gotta yeet" before slipping past the brunette.

Which leaves Lauren and Normani alone there, more awkward than ever.

"Yeah...I have to...feed...my dog" says Normani, wanting nothing more than for the ground to open up and swollow her whole.

"You...you don't have a dog" Lauren speaks for the first time, not really aware of what in the world she was thinking coming here.

"My cat" Normani responds shakily.

"You are allergic to cats" Lauren replies again, trying to refrain from running out of there.

"Oh someone is calling me! I'M COMING, MOM!"
And with that, she's also gone. And Lauren just stands there, not really sure what to do with herself.

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Camila's pov :

I splash water on my face, pulling on my hair, and then resting my arms on the sink, staring at my eyes in the mirror.

God.

When did things get so complicated? When did my eyes turn from brown to dull black? When did the black circles under them start looking like the were permanently etched there?

It's all just so overwhelming.

I can't deal with all of this...I can't. She left, she left when we needed her most, when Ally needed her most...and now she just pops out of nowhere like she wasn't gone for months! Like she didn't just abandon all of us in the darkest of times.

She left Ally.

She left me.

Not only did that fragile hearted angel have to deal with that stupid sickness...she had to also deal with a broken heart.

She just got up and left like that everything ment nothing to her. I hate her.

I fucking hate her.

A part of me knows that anger also comes from more selfish reasons...a part of me knows it's not just from watching my best friend in pain, on top of the physical one. From having to pick up all of the broken, bloody pieces.

A tiny part of me knows it's because I needed her. I needed her to be there for me when I found out about that stupid disease killing my best friend. I needed her to help me deal with that, to help me deal with Ally.

We all needed her, we all needed each other.

And she left.

A knock on the door makes me jump, bringing me out of my daze.

"Walz, you there?" Dinah's voice sound through the door.

I wipe at my eyes, wiping some of the tears that had managed to escape, before unlocking the bathroom door and standing before Dinah.

I look towards the living room to see Ally sitting on the couch witha blanket over her lap, Normani hugging her protectively as she silently cries.

Fuck.

That's all she needed. Like she isn't already going through enaugh. Like she isn't already dyi- NO Camila. Don't think about that right now.

I make my way over to her, sitting next to her on the couch and silently bringing her into me, hugging her tightly.

"I don't wanna talk about her right now, please" her tiny, sweet voice says pleadingly.
I nod.
"No one has told me what the tests said, though. I haven't seen mom and dad since I woke up..."

Crap.

How do you tell someone something like that?

I stay silent, just like everyone else.

Apparently, silence sometimes speaks more than words.

My eyes fill with tears again as Ally detaches herself from me, looking at everyone in the room.

The air is heavy, sad, hard to breathe.

"It's okay guys" Ally says, her voice much more calm than I felt at the moment.

I look at her, trying to take in her features as much as I can.

She holds such innocence, it's so unfair. Life is so unfair.

"How much time did he give me"

No one awnsers at first, until Dinah, obviously trying not to cry, speaks up
"About three months"

"Okay" Ally says, smiling at us.

How can she be so calm? I don't get it...

"I actually knew it. I just...wanna make the most of that time. With you guys. Alright? No tears, no sadness...just happiness and good memories"

She looks at everyone in the room, her eyes settling on my tear filled ones at the end.

"Okay?" She repeats herself.

I wipe at my eyes, taking a deep breath. Anything for her.

"Okay" the three of us say simultaneously.

Let's make the most of these three months.

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A/n : I feel like this sucks but oh well.

P.s. I'm too lazy to proof read so this is probably just a salad of grammar and spelling mistakes bah I'm sorry