Stranded - Camren

Chapter 1 - A Late Flight

Lauren's POV:

We have currently finished our last leg of the tour and are able to return home just before Christmas to see our families. Camz and I are taking the private plane back to Miami while the other 3 girls are going on another plane heading for LA before returning to their families. We are currently waiting at the airport and the last flight leaves at midnight. The airport is pretty quiet and there is a few fans that have decided to stick it out and say hello to us before we leave to return home. Once the fans got their photos and spoke to us for a while they left. Camila and I made our way to the private lounge to get comfortable and relax a little before boarding our plane. "What are the plans this year for Christmas Lauren?" Camila asks me breaking the silence. "Just the usual a Christmas lunch with the family but this year I'm spending the evening with Hayley and her family." I reply to her while smiling at the thought of it. I currently came out over a year ago as bisexual. It wasn't your typical way of coming out to the general public but yet again it never is your 'normal' way when you are a celebrity. For the past 6 months I've been dating my beautiful girlfriend Hayley Kiyoko, whom is known for her latest Electropop EP Citrine. Her music was truly a big help before the coming out stage and i will always be a fan of her work. More so the fact that her music is just something you could typically connect with and wasn't your average mainstream music. "What about you Camz?" I ask her. "Just family for the entire day, I'm looking forward to seeing Sofi though when I get home." she replies smiling. Truth was Camila and Sofi were really close even though there was an age difference. The age difference never stopped them from loving each other and getting along. "Lauren, Camila the plane is ready for you to board now." Rhianne the brunette flight attendant told us before walking over to the gate where we are going to board the plane. "Here we go Lauren, finally going home." Camz says excitedly before getting up grabbing her pillow and bag. Finally time to leave, the worst things about touring is the long distance without seeing family and friends. Don't get me wrong I am truly grateful for the experience that becoming a music artist has provided, however it's good to be home with family and not away from them.

On top of everything it feels nice to finally be out and not have to worry or pretend with who i am anymore. Not that it was anyone's concern about who I was dating or my sexuality but knowing that if I was caught being with someone i didn't have to pretend of my feelings or hide my affection for someone. Not only would it not be fair to the person i start to date because i couldn't fully commit but also for myself. For myself to be happy and to be true to myself, to not cover up whom i was as an individual. I was never ashamed of liking girls just as much as i like boys. I've always be proud to be the person i was but you always have that doubt. That doubt that you'll let someone you care about down. But with the support from family and friends i soon learned that i needed to come out to my fans and the general public eye. Unfortunately a picture from a wedding was released on a Facebook page causing a massive twitter meltdown. The photo of Lucy and i kissing turned into chaos around not only the fandom but also others. All things were thrown at me like assuming my sexuality, that we were dating and all that other ridiculous stuff. Of course i didn't want that to be released and i wanted that to be in the private life not the music artist side but that never happens. Lucy and I had a few drinks and we shared a friendly kiss. Nothing more or nothing less of that. Yet as soon as you kiss someone on the lips especially your best friend people automatically jump to conclusions that you are dating or that you are a lesbian. Lucy and I are best friends and have been for many years and that will never change.

As for Hayley; Hayley and I met for the first time at the American Music Awards we did talk before that through text messages and skype but it was nice to meet her in person. We instantly kicked it off and that is how it all started. We went on a first date and then obviously a second and then it was her who made the move to ask for me to be her girlfriend. And i mean look at us now. We celebrated our 6 months in Canada and she surprised me by seeing one of the shows. We had skyped a couple days before since we would miss our 6 months but little did i know what she had planned to come to Canada to spend our 6 months together.

As we sat down to prepare for take-off I quickly opened the camera app on the phone. "Camz let's take a selfie?" I ask her. "Like to post?" she questions me with a puzzled look on her face. "Yeah I want to post one on Instagram." I reply back. She doesn't question it any further and moves closer to me. We both smile before I take the photo and we both return our gaze to my phone. "It's a good photo, can you send that to me?" she asks me. "Yeah sure just let me post it and I will." I tell her. I quickly open Instagram up knowing that in a few minutes we will be taking off.

@LaurenJauregui - Early flights :D We can't wait to be home ♥ #Miami #happy @Camila_Cabello

I post it knowing that fans will go crazy once they see Camila and I posting a photo. Truth is it was hard when I wasn't dating anyone as our fans will always go on about Camren being real. But when I started dating Hayley it died down a bit and Camila and I could finally do interviews and sit next to each other without them thinking we are dating or go crazy protective like they used to if we hung out with other people. Camila along with the other girls are my best friends and it was hard to take when the whole Camren situation took the toll on not only our friendship but the groups as well. Fortunately in a few years the fans have matured as they get older with us, causing them to tone it down when there are interactions between us girls. I could already feel myself getting tired since it's already past midnight but usually I don't sleep on the plane. Shame I couldn't say the same thing about Camila who is already passed out as soon as her head hit the pillow. I'm hoping that this flight doesn't feel like it will drag because I'm just excited to see my family and friends when we land. Not to mention my own bed, it's funny how much you miss your bed when you are touring around the world. Bring on the flight home i'm ready.