Talk Me Down (Camren)

Chapter Fourteen

When winter break finally arrives, Camila can't wait to spend two weeks curled up on her couch in a fluffy blanket watching Netflix. Maybe with the addition of her girlfriend. Her friends, however, have a different outlook. The second the final bell rings, signalling the end of the school day and the start of winter break, Normani grabs her by the arm and sends her an apologetic smile.

"I promised Dinah I wouldn't let you run off to Lauren's car just yet." Normani explains herself. "She told me she needs to talk to you when she gets back from the bathroom. Apparently she thinks you're going to go into hibernation for the next two weeks and not see anybody."

Admittedly, that's entirely what Camila had planned on doing. "Well, I mean, I'd probably see Lauren."

Normani rolls her eyes. "Duh. You're so whipped for her, Mila. It's kind of funny, actually."

"I'm not whipped." Camila blushes and looks down at her feet. "I just... like spending time with her and making her happy."

"Oh, trust me, you make her happy." Normani laughs. "Every time we get onto the topic of relationships, she just gushes about you. Once she gets started you can't stop her. In fact, one time I was talking about something completely irrelevant and then she somehow found a way to relate it to you and started rambling about how cute you are. It's gross."

"I second that," Dinah comes to a stop in front of them and smirks at Camila, "Walz is very passionate about her little girlfriend."

"Shut up," Camila is certain she probably looks like a distant relative of a tomato right now, "she makes me happy, okay? Anyway, Mani said you wanted to talk to me?"

Dinah nods. "Yeah, just a few things- you need to keep your phone on loud because we might make plans in the group chat and you need to be aware of them. I'm not letting you-"

"Go into hibernation?" Camila finishes for her. "Don't worry, I won't. As long as I get a decent amount of time to curl up on the couch and watch movies, I'll be fine. Besides, Lauren has a habit of showing up at my house on a weekend and insisting we need to hang out, so it's not like I'd go two full weeks without human interaction."

"You could barely go two minutes without Lauren, let alone two weeks," Dinah teases her, "but you have to make time for us and Ally, too."

Normani nods. "Ally mentioned that we can have a baking day at her place, so-"

"I'm in." Camila is quick to reply, because Ally's baking is phenomenal, and if helping her bake means she can eat as many of her friend's cookies as she likes, she's there. "All you have to do is bribe me with Ally's baking and I'll hang out with you any time you want."

Dinah laughs. "It's good to know that all we need to do to lure you somewhere is just shove a bunch of Ally's baking and Lauser in a room. You'd be there in two seconds."

"Yeah, and she'd have plenty to eat." Normani smirks. "You'd never go hungry in that room, Mila."

Knowing what Normani is implying, Camila blushes again and sends the older girl her best glare. "Are you two done teasing me yet? Because I'm pretty sure Ally and Lauren are waiting for us in the parking lot."

Apparently they're not done teasing her, because they keep making as many subtle jokes as they can as they make their way to the parking lot, and Camila is entirely relieved when she spots her girlfriend talking to Ally by her car, because Ally and Lauren are generally pretty good buffers from Dinah and Normani's teasing.

"Hey, Camz," Lauren greets her with a quick kiss, "how was math?"

"Traumatic as usual." Camila replies as Lauren's hands wrap around her waist. "It didn't help that Dinah and Mani felt the need to tease me as much as the possibly could. How was biology?"