The Beauty and the Nerd (Normila AU)

25.

Camila's POV
I stood beside Normani as her parents stood in the doorway, glaring at Normani and I.

"What the hell is this, Normani Kordei Hamilton?" Normani's mom said, looking at Normani then at me then Normani again.

"Mom...this isn't how I wanted you to find out," Normani said, looking down at her shoes. She took a deep breath then looked up at her mom,"This is Camila. She's my girlfriend. We've been dating for a few months."

"How long is a few months, Normani Kordei?" Normani's mom asked her, her brows narrowing dangerously low. Normani didn't speak, she just continued looking down. I held Normani's hand in mine and cleared my throat.

"We've been dating for almost 4 months now, Mrs. Hamilton," I said. Mrs. Hamilton looked at me, with cold eyes.

"This is between my family and I. You corrupted my daughter. Turned her into a sinner. Get the hell out of my house," Mrs. Hamilton said.

"What? Mama,-" Normani spoke up.

"Shut up! No daughter of mine shall go against the lord and become a lesbian sinner! This girl has corrupted you and I won't allow it! You're 17 years old and you live under my roof, Normani Kordei and as long as you live under my roof I forbid you to see this girl. If you want to continue seeing her then you can get your ass out as well."

"Mama please,-" Normani started to plead.

"Mom! You can't do this," Arielle shouted.

"Honey, think about this," Mr. Hamilton started.

"Shut the hell up! Don't tell me to think about this! I know what I'm doing! Make a choice, Normani Kordei."

I watched as tears started to fall from Normani's eyes. My heart broke at the sight. I looked down and slowly started letting her hand go. I knew where this was going. She was obviously going to choose her family. It wasn't even a choice.

"Camila," Normani said quietly, her voice cracking in the process. My head shot up and I looked at my girlfriend with eyes.

"What?" Mrs. Hamilton hissed. Normani looked at her mother, taking a deep breath, tears still falling from her eyes,"You'd choose this...lesbian over us! You're own family!"

"I choose Camila. I will always choose Camila because she will always love me for me. She's not like you. She doesn't force me to be something I'm not and I love that about her. She's more family than you all will ever be. You guys aren't my family. Camila is. And so I choose her," Normani said. I smiled slightly at Normani's words,"So I guess I'll pack my shit and go. Because I choose Camila."

"No. All of that shit upstairs in that room was bought by your father and I. As was your car and your phone. So you can leave your keys and all that stuff in your room. It belongs to us. Not you," Normani's face was stone cold, as she glared at Normani. Now I was pissed off, I released Normani's hand and stepped in front of her.

"You're really gonna do that to her?! All because she doesn't like boys! All because she's no longer what you envision of a perfect daughter! You're no parents! Parents should love their children no matter what! You guys a terrible human beings! Homophobic assholes like you are why people like us can't come out and be themselves. You lost a daughter all because you can't swallow your pride and just accept her for her. So you know what take her shit. I'll take care of Normani. Because I love her. Because I accept her. Because without her, I wouldn't be who I am. I'm Camila Cabello, the daughter of a multitrillionare. So you best believe I can buy her everything she has up there and much more. I hope you're happy. Because you lost a fucking fantastic daughter," I took Normani's hand and pulled her outside the house, right past her parents who had looks of shock on their faces.

I opened the passenger side door for Normani. She climbed in and sat in the seat, I closed the door and walked around to the driver's side. I looked up at her doorstep to see Arielle looking at my car with tears in her eyes. She mouthed 'take care of her for me' and I nodded.

"Always," I said aloud, I climbed into the driver's side. I closed my door and looked over at Normani, who had tears streaming down her face. I took her hand in mine, kissing the back of it. She looked over at me, bringing our intertwined hands to her face, she placed the palm of my hand against her skin.

I rubbed my thumb against her cheek, wiping her tears.

"Thank you," she said quietly.

"I love you," I responded completely looking over at her. She smiled sadly, kissing my palm. I released her hand to starts my car, then I pulled off driving far away from the house full of those vicious people.