Girl Crush

Chapter 8

It was finally the end of the day and Lauren left school feeling somewhat happy. She hoped Camila would snuggle into her again. The thought made her smile.
"What are you so happy about?" Taylor asked from the passenger seat.
"It's Pizza Friday tonight children, so lock yourselves in your rooms and don't even think about disturbing me,"Lauren replied and ended the conversation.
Chris and Taylor booed, but Lauren ignored it. She was so ready. After she arrived home she changed into sweatpants and a sports bra. Lauren instantly started "preparing" the house for the disastrous mess that was about to happen.
At around 5:30, a half hour earlier than the girls were supposed to arrive, the doorbell rang. Lauren practically sprinted to the door, ripping it open. Camila stood outside, biting her bottom lip.
"Camz?" Lauren asked. Camila didn't seem to realize Lauren was there because she was a little taken back by the sight of Lauren standing there.
Her eyes scanned over Lauren's half bare body, lingering a bit too long at Lauren's chest, which in turn made Lauren smirk.
"Why are you here so early?" Lauren questioned. Camila looked up and only then did Lauren notice what was wrong. Her eyes were puffy and red, and she looked like someone had just ran over her puppy.
"Camila? What's wrong?" Lauren asked. Camila opened her mouth to speak, but instead, a sob came out. She threw herself into Lauren's arms, making Lauren stumble a little bit.
"Shh, it's ok Camz, it's ok," soothed Lauren, but nothing seemed to help. Camila sobbed into Lauren's bare shoulder, her arms wrapped around Lauren's body in a death grip.
Finally, around ten minutes later, Camila had calmed down a little bit, but was still hugging Lauren tightly.
"I'm going to go get you something to drink," Lauren said softly before prying Camila's hands off of her torso.
She poured Camila some water and made her way back to the living room, where Camila now sat on the couch, curled up into a ball. Lauren set the water down on the table and sat next to Camila. Camila wrapped her arms around Lauren instinctively.
"She broke up with me Lolo," Camila sniffled. Lauren instantly felt the rage surging through her body.
"Nicole did?" Lauren asked through gritted teeth. Camila nodded and hugged Lauren tighter.
"That bitch," whispered Lauren. She wanted to go find Nicole and say some "choice words" to the girl.
"She said I...wasn't good...enough for her," Camila said in between sniffles. She was starting to get worked up again, so Lauren hugged the small girl and rubbed circles on to her back. In her mind Lauren was running over Nicole with her car.
Another twenty minutes passed and soon enough, the doorbell rang again.
"I have to go answer the door," Lauren said softly. Camila released her death grip, and Lauren could breathe again.
She opened the door and saw Dinah, Normani, and Ally ready for the night. Lauren looked around before stepping outside to consult the other three.
"Camila is having a kind of hard night at the moment. Nicole broke up with her because she 'wasn't good enough' and she showed up at my door about a half hour ago crying," Lauren explained. Dinah looked ready to kill someone.
"How is she now?" Normani asked. Lauren peeked her head into the house and saw Camila still in a ball on the couch.
"I'd say, a three out of ten at the most," she replied with a sigh. Lauren let the other girls in and sat back down on the couch. She instantly felt Camila's arms wrap around her body again.
"Camz, the girls are here," Lauren said softly to Camila. Camila lifted her face up from Lauren's shoulder to see the other three friendly faced girls.
"Hey," she said quietly before returning her head to Lauren's shoulder.
"I don't know about you, but I'm starving, so I'm going to order the pizza," Dinah said and picked up her phone.
"Dinah Jane, you're always hungry," Ally said with a laugh, which made Camila giggle into Lauren.
The pizza was ordered, snacks were made, and movies had been discussed. They decided on Paranormal Activity. Camila hated scary movies, and whenever they watched them, she snuggled into Lauren as close as possible. Lauren wasn't complaining.
The movie started and everyone was in their positions. Dinah and Normani were positioned directly in front of the tv, Ally was in the recliner, and Lauren and Camila were squished together on the couch.
Camila screamed at the jump scares and buried her face into Lauren's neck. Once the movie was over, Camila's entire body was shaking. She was done with movies.
"Let's play a game!" Ally shouted, making Camila jump again. Normani looked at Ally and gave her a wink.
So they played truth or dare for a while, the dares being along the lines of prank calling and eating inedible things, and the truths leaving one of them as red as a tomato.
"Lauren! Truth or Dare!Normani shouted.
"Normani! Truth!" Lauren shouted back.
"Are you currently interested in someone?" Lauren almost choked when she heard Normani ask her. She felt the heat rise to her face and attempted to cover the blush that she knew she had up with her hands.
"You do like someone!" Dinah shouted. Lauren felt a smile coming on to her face through her hands.
"Aw Laur, you're so cute when you're flustered," Normani said with a giggle.
"Ok, so maybe I do like someone, but you will never know who it is," Lauren said stubbornly.
"Tell us about your crush!" Ally shouted. Lauren took a deep breath.
"This person is gorgeous, adorable, sweet, kind, funny, smart...you get the point. Said person has beautiful hair that I could run my fingers through for hours on end, eyes that I could get lost in forever, and a personality like no one else's," Lauren said with a smile.
"Wow Lolo, you must really like this person," Camila said, still contently snuggled into Lauren's side.
"You could say that again."
|a/n: so i felt like writing this now so here it is! i'm also in the process of writing a norminah fanfic! i will be writing both of them still, so don't freak out. enjoy!