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Camila and I were sitting alone in this little coffee shoppe we found strolling through the city at 3 A.M.
Camila and I always sat next to the window. She liked it.
Camila was grading her student's papers. After I sold my screenplay to a movie company Camila went to college and decided to become a math teacher for high school kids. The school was kind of skeptical of a teacher being twenty years old and teaching kids so close in age but Camila assured them that nothing would happen between her and the students. I can tell you if Camila was my high school teacher, we'd probably have this weird love story. Like super weird. Like what if Dinah and I turned out to Angels sent from heaven to live out our dammned lives on earth because we chose to love a human.
"Are you thinking about being a dammned Angel again?" Camila asked.
"Come on, how cool would that be!?" I replied ecstatically.
"I think you spend a little too much time reading." Camila said closing my laptop.
"It's a great idea." I mumbled.
Camila giggled. "Whatever you say, Lo." She said placing her hand over mine. "I love you." She smiled.
"I love--"
"Lauren? Lauren Jauregui?" A voice said from behind me.
I turned around and saw a girl who looked like she was in her late teens, maybe earlier twenties. She was beautiful. "Do I know you?"
"Well, I sure hope so." She giggled. The more I starred at her features, the more familiar she began to look.
"You came to a couple of my book signings in Miami, right?" I asked.
She nodded. "Yeah."
"Well, it's nice to see you again." I said.
"You really don't remember me, do you?" The girl asked folding her hands across her chest.
I shook my head. "Other than that, I don't. I'm sorry."
"Hi, I'm Camila. Lauren's girlfriend. " Camila said extended her hand out for the girl to shake.
The girl looked at Camila's hand. "I know who you are." The girl responded. Camila scoffed and looked at me incredulously.
I don't remember this kid but whoever she is, she's a savage.
"What's your name?" I laughed.
"Y/N. Y/N, Y/LN." She smiled.
I looked at her again and studied her features a little better.
"Holy shit!" I said jumping out of my seat to hug her. "Where have you been!"
"Everywhere." She said. "I haven't seen you since the summer before junior year. My parents sent me off to this boarding school in England. Your parents told me that you moved out right after high school." She said pulling away from me. She tucked a few strands of hair behind her ears. "Where have you been?"
"Yeah," I laughed. "I moved here to New York with Camila after school and I started writing my book after that." I said. "You look good."
She smiled. "Yeah. I got my braces taken off and decided to get contacts a few months ago."
"Maybe now you can see me."
She winked at me, "I can see that you're hot, Lo."
"Excuse me?" Camila scoffed.
Y/N laughed. "I just meant she looks hot. She's sweating." She said. "I didn't mean to over step a boundary."
"I'm gonna go get another latte." Camila said.
I stood there fiddling with my fingers. I can't believe it's her after all this time. How crazy is this.
"Camila is so beautiful." Y/N gushed.
I smiled. "Yeah, she's amazing."
"Well, maybe I'll see you around." She said holding onto my hand. She gave me a peck on the cheek and walked out of the shoppe.
"What the fuck was that Lauren!" Camila hissed.
"It was nothing." I shrugged. "Don't worry about it. She's nothing to me."
Camila sighed. "Okay, I'm sorry."
Camila went back to grading her papers and I silently sat there. What are the odds of that happening.
I told Camila that Y/N was nothing but I lied.
She was everything to me, before Camila moved next door...Y/N did too.
