I kissed a girl wearing a cross (Camren)

Chapter 30

It was finally Friday as Lauren sat with her friends on the school bench; Ally, Michael, Luke and Zayn. She was being a lot quieter than usual, mostly because she couldn't believe what she had done to Camila, but she had to do it. She couldn't risk loosing her parents, even though they were horrible to her. She feared being abandoned. So, her life would no longer involve Camila and she would go on to date... Bradley. A shudder went down her back, but her parents had spoken to Bradley's and they both agreed they would be a perfect match, also that they didn't put enough effort in last time. Lauren explained to Bradley that Camila was just a fling and that she was definitely straight. However, Bradley didn't believe this, but went along because he knew the difficult position Lauren was in.

The bell rang and Lauren sighed relieved to be able to go home, since it took her a lot of energy to get through the day. She was still managing her walking, reading and writing, but school helped her incredibly well. She even had extra sessions too. All Lauren could think about is how Camila would have helped her through all of this, but soon shook her head to get rid of the thought.

Lauren trudged out to the school car park, where she saw Camila, Dinah and and Normani all talking. Lauren locked eyes with Camila briefly, before she diverted her eye sight to Bradley who was waiting for her to give her a lift home.

"Hey, Lauren." Bradley smiled, shyly kissing Lauren's cheek as he kept his hands in his pockets anxiously.

"Hi, Brad." She replied, glancing over at Camila who was practically burning holes into Bradley's body.

"So, this is your new boyfriend, Lauren?" Zayn laughed as he jumped out from behind the green eyed girl. "You better treat her right or I'll will punch yo--"

"Zayn! This is Brad, Brad this is Zayn, my best friend." Lauren interrupted, before the aggressive boy could finish his sentence.

"I always thought you'd go for a bad boy, like me." Zayn joked to Lauren, making Bradley feel very uncomfortable.

"Shut up, you're like my brother." The green eyed girl laughed as she shoved his arm playfully.

"I know, anyways, I'm off." Zayn announced. "Let's see the happy couple kiss!"

Bradley and Lauren looked at each other awkwardly, since they hadn't actually kissed on the lips yet. They had only got together on Tuesday and they were taking things slow. However, Brad took a leap of faith and grabbed Lauren's leather jacket, pulled her forward, then crashed their lips. Lauren placed her arms around Bradley's shoulders as her nervously kept grip of the garment in his fists. She slid her tongue into his mouth, smirking slightly into the kiss. They soon pulled away and Bradley was flustered on the spot. Zayn just shook his head with a sneaky grin as he departured from the new couple.

Lauren glanced back over at Camila, who was storming through the car park, whilst wiping the fresh made tears from her face. The green eyed girl's face dropped and guilt couldn't describe the overwhelming emotion weighing Lauren down right now. Brad tried ignoring the fact that Lauren was staring at Camila so guided her into the car.

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The following Friday, Lauren decided to attend a party thrown by a friend of a friend. Accompanying her will be Bradley as the couple had been progressing a lot. They hadn't got pass the heated make out point which was already enough for Bradley, but barely anything to Lauren. Although, Lauren was glad it didn't proceed any further because she knew she wouldn't have enjoyed it.

Lauren had dressed in her usual attire which consisted of black garments only. Bradley never really was invited to house parties so he didn't know what to do. As the green eyed girl took her pain relief tablets, she bounced down the stairs carefully, before heading to the door. She saw Bradley leaned against his car wearing all black, too, with jet black shades on. She couldn't deny he definitely got his inspiration from Lauren. He smirked as they both climbed into Bradley's ride and soon drove off to the house party.