Straight Outta Cali

Chapter 15

Camila's POV:

    "So what did you have to tell me?" I ask him.

    "I, um... I know that Antonio told you why I ran away from the hospital, and why I wasn't next to you when you woke up, but I wanted to tell you myself."

    "It's ok Shawn, you don't have to tell me why or tell me again. I'm not mad at you, but it kinda sucked to be honest."

    "I know, and I'm truly sorry. I wanted to be with you, but I was scared that it was going to be bad news, and I didn't want to hear it, so I decided to run away. I thought that if I didn't know the news it wouldn't hurt as much, but I realized that it was stupid, cause I would've wanted to be next to you the entire time. At least I was with you for those full eighteen days. I know that it doesn't change anything, but I... I don't know. I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you, but I'm so fucking happy that you're still here." Shawn says.

    "It's ok, really. No one could force you to stay. You did what you had to do, and that's perfectly fine. I'm really happy that you stayed with me for those eighteen days, it means a lot."

    A get closer to him and I wrap my arms around his neck, and he puts him arms around my waist. He holds me close to him, and he kisses my cheek. I let him hold me, until he pulls away.

    "I, um... I don't think your boyfriend would be happy if he knew that we were so close," he says and chuckles a little, but I can tell it's fake, and that he's sad.

    "Haha! Don't worry, it's ok," I tell him. "Oh! I wanted to ask you about our english presentation. When are we doing it? Or did you already do it?"

    "I think we're gonna do it in two days. It's all finished, the only thing that we need are pictures of you, to put on our presentation. Oh and maybe you should try and memorize your part a little," Shawn says.

    "Oh ok, well tomorrow we have a day off. If you're free, you could come to my house and we can find pictures and like practice it and stuff."

    "Ya that works. I'll meet you at your dorm at noon?" he asks me.

    "Ya, that's good. Oh! I just remembered something. I can't make it today to tutoring, is that ok? I promised the girls that I would spend the entire time after school with them, cause you know, they missed me so much, but you can't blame them. I'm pretty awesome," I tell him jokingly.

    "Pfft, ya ok," he says.

    "You're so mean! You hurt my feelings!" I tell him trying not to laugh, but I fail.

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    "I have to go and see Nick, he wants to talk to me. He said it shouldn't take more than fifteen minutes. Once I'm finished I'll come back to the dorm, and we'll leave," I tell Chanelle and Eleanor.

    "Ok," they both say.

    I make my way to the Grill and look for Nick. Once I find him, I make my way towards him, and sit down at the table.

    "Hey, what did you have to talk to me about?" I ask him.

    "I feel really bad about doing this, especially since you got out of the hospital yesterday, but I want to break up."

    "Haha! No it's ok, I understand. I don't really think that we were going anywhere. It felt more like a friendship than a relationship," I say.

    "Ya that's exactly how I feel too. I also think that it was more like a rebound. Like, I had just broken up with my girlfriend, and you and Shawn weren't on good terms. And I might not have been the most trustful "boyfriend" these past few weeks. I don't want to lie to you, but Sophie, my ex, and I hooked up a couple times while we were together."