Who Should I Choose? (Camren/You)

Chapter 8

    You and Camila are the first of the group to arrive back at the designated meeting spot. You are scrolling through Twitter when you hear your girlfriend speak,
    "Let's take a selfie!"
    "Why?" You respond while laughing because of her random outburst,
    "Because I'm board and the only way to pass the time is to either take selfies or make out. I don't think the second option is really valid considering we're surrounded by lots of people,"
    "I'm sure they wouldn't mind..." You say with a smirk. She gently smacks your arm while giggling,
    "Take one picture with me pleaseee?" She asks while giving you her infamous 'puppy dog eyes'. Not being able to resist her cuteness, you smile and agree to her request. What was supposed to just be one, easy picture, turns into fifteen or so. As you and Camila are scrolling through the photos laughing because of how dorky you two are, you hear a voice,
    "Well look at these two being all cute and lovey," Zayn says with a sarcastic tone,
    "Please, Malik, you're just jealous," Camila replies back jokingly sassy,
    "Of course I am. You and Y/N are just perfect..." He says while looking at you. Instead of reciprocating his look, you choose to direct your attention to Lauren, who has remained silent the entire time. If you were in her shoes, you would be feeling super uncomfortable and awkward around yourself and Camila. Maybe she's just a really great actress, but she seems to be perfectly comfortable. However, you do notice the way she watches you, like she's trying to read your thoughts, study you, and gain your attention all at once. You genuinely do feel awful about avoiding her, knowing she is a great person, but you're doing what has to be done. You decide that it's time to have 'the talk' with Zayn about the entire situation,
    "Hey Zayn, do you know what store the girls are in?"
    "Yes, I think so. Why?"
    "Well they've been gone for quite a while now. I think we should go get them," You glance over at Lauren once again and see she's sending you a questioning look now, you choose to dismiss it,
    "Sure. That sounds like a good idea," Zayn answers,
    "Should we go with you?" Camila questions,
    "Nah. I think you two should stay here, just in case they do show up. Plus, it'll give you two some time to catch up a little, yea?"
    "Okay. Text me if you need me?"
    "Of course," you smile and give her a kiss on the cheek before walking off with Zayn.

    "So I'm guessing you have another reason as to why I'm here besides looking for the girls with you, right?" Zayn questions,
    "Ya... There is actually,"
    "And what would that be?"
    "What do you and Normani 'know' exactly?" You say deciding to be straight forward with him,
    "Oh that... I figured you'd be ready to talk eventually. That scared you, didn't it?" He says while slightly smirking. You look at him, expectingly,
    "I know everything that happened between you and Lauren at Joe's a few weeks ago,"
    Fuck,
    "How?"
    "It's all she pretty much talked about up until yesterday. She likes—or liked— you, you know?" This doesn't take you by surprise, she told you that night that she did,
    "And how'd you know it was me?"
    "The look in her eyes when she saw you. Mani also confirmed it for me,"
    "What do you plan on doing with this information exactly?"
    "Well let me ask you... Why in the hell does Camila not know?"
    "I'm assuming you know about Camila and Lauren's past right?" He nods, "That's why. They're trying to rekindle their relationship and telling is only going to make things harder,"
    "I sort of get it I guess... But you know she's bound to find out right? Like look at whats already happened within the first fucking day of the reunion, the odds look to be sort of stacked against you with that dumb luck,"
    "Maybe they are... But there's no way in hell I'm going down without a fight,"
    "I have one more question, what're your intentions with my best friend?" You decide to be completely honest with him,
    "Look, Lauren's absolutely amazing. We definitely had an instant connection at the pub, and even though it sucks, I'm going to keep my distance from her,"
    "Why?"
    "Because I love Camila, of course,"
    "You know you two can talk without having to fuck, right?" You and him both laugh,
    "I'm not so sure of that to be honest,"
    "So Laur has no chance, if she wanted it, correct?"
    "Right... Not when Camila's in the picture,"
    "Ok," he stops walking and faces towards you, making eye contact, "I promise to keep your secret, as long as you promise to not hurt my best friend,"
    "Deal," you both smile at each other in agreement before continuing the journey to find the rest of the group.

    A/n: There's chapter 8! Hope you enjoyed:) Homies, this book has 200 reads now! I know, I know, not really a big deal, but I might have screamed out loud a little when I saw. Don't judge, let me live! Lol, anyways, thanks so much for reading and voting. It really does make me happy to think that someone out there might actually be enjoying the story:) Here's to 100 more! (Maybe?)
    I'm sorry this chapter was short. It's kind of difficult to write right now considering I'm in a hotel room with sleeping people and I should probably be trying to sleep also considering it's 1:00AM and I start school on Monday (cries). I'm gonna be so screwed trying to go to sleep early(10:00PM) and wake up early (6:45AM) for school. Haha, oh well, I guess I'll just be dead for the first week. With school being mentioned (ew), as I said previously, I'm more then likely going to be updating on the weekends because I think it'll be hard trying to update during the week. You never know though, I might the able to squeeze an update in.
    Let's get to the chapter question cuz this A/n is long I feel like and I doubt anyone will read it anyways (lol). Q: Do you agree with Zayn that the odds are more stacked against Y/N and C's going to find out or do you think that Y/N will be able to keep the secret hidden?
Thanks for reading, you're cool, be nice to yourself and others, love only!
~L<3