Hummingbird | Sequel to Butterfly [A Harry Styles Fanfiction] {Book 2}

Chapter 11: Simplicity

~PART 2~

Cami's POV:

I had never enjoyed life in San Francisco as much as I had in these last few weeks, and to my own surprise, Sean had become a big part of that. Ever since we had spent the day together I had seen him at least three times a week. Whether we went out for dinner or just hung out at my place, he had become a fixture in my life lately and I couldn't help but admit that I really did like it. It was different from the way things felt with Harry and I couldn't exactly pick out why. Sean and I definitely had some sort of connection and I loved spending time with him, but everything with Harry was always much more intense. From the start, Harry and I had fought our attraction but soon rushed into the most serious relationship I had ever been in. Harry and I were either not speaking, or all over each other and we never had the chance to truly become friends before things progressed. I liked Sean and that we were really getting to know each other before things got serious. He and I were just casual at this point, but it felt like exactly what I needed. Eloise and Charli were ecstatic about the fact that I was actually trying to move on and it only reassured me that seeing Sean was a good idea. I knew Harry and I were not likely to ever get back together and I had missed my chance to make things right with him. It was finally time for not only Harry to have a chance to move on, but for me too.

No one was happier than Charli that I had finally come to this realization and although she had yet to meet Sean, she required me to fill her in on everything I knew about his life, our dates and even every miniscule detail that I could pick out from the top of my head. It was almost like she was sizing him up all the way from Newport-- typical best friend thing to do.

As I laid in bed with Finn at my feet, my thoughts of Charli and the twins urged me to grab my phone on this very relaxing Sunday morning.

Charli and I had been facetiming every single day since I had left Newport and it quickly became a morning tradition as soon as I woke up.

I held my phone close to my face and waited patiently as it rang. It took a few moments for Charli to answer, but I heard the cry of one of the babies before Charli's clearly stressed out face appeared.

"Please give me ways to avoid a mental breakdown," Charli said loudly over Ryan's crying. "I think I'm on the verge of one and I doubt Caleb could hold things down if I wasn't around."

She looked exhausted, worse than I had ever seen her, but it was almost amusing to see Charli, one of the most carefree people I knew, looking so tense and burnt out.

"I hear sex is a great way to blow off steam," I teased, earning an eyeroll from Charli.

"And what would you know about that?" She fired back.

I fake gasped, but she had a point.

It had been a while...

I hadn't had sex since I had been with Harry, and Charli never failed to remind me of that since I told her that I was seeing Sean. I had only been seeing him for a few weeks and although the idea was tempting, I knew taking things slow was the best way to go. Sean and I hadn't even had our first kiss yet, and it was beginning to make the lead up to it feel like even more pressure. In any case, I knew it was better to go too slow rather than move too fast.

"At least my lack of sex is by choice," I retorted, making myself laugh at Charli's expense.

Charli's face went straight, she was clearly not amused by my jokes today.

"Remind me why I'm friends with you again?" She asked, struggling to get Ryan to quiet down. "Ok, buddy I'm going to change your diaper right now, just stop crying please," she cooed down to her son as he was now screaming.