In Love With My Band Mate - a Camren love story

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I thought about all that had happened today. When we were about to go to the restaurant, Camila and I had some sort of a staring contest while standing very close to each other, and if Dinah hadn't interrupted, anything could have happened. Literally anything.
When we were at the restaurant, I told my friends the "I think I'm gay" thingy, and everyone just suddenly hated me. I went to the bathroom and Camila came in. We kissed, and then she left me.
Then I was sitting on the asphalt in the back of a parking lot of a great restaurant, where my friends were having so much fun without me.

There were the tears again..

After around 2 and a half hours, I was still sitting on the asphalt of the parking lot. The crying had stopped but I was very tired and cold, so I decided that I could better go back to the apartment. After all, the sky was dark and it seemed pretty late. I think it was around 2 AM, and the streets can be pretty scary around this time.

I stood up from the ground and started making my way to the busy streets that were -I think- approximately 80 feet away. I didn't bring my phone to the restaurant, so if I wanted a ride home, I had to whistle for a taxi to bring me.

After I whistled for the third time, a taxi finally stopped. I got in the car and told the woman behind the steering wheel my address. She smiled kindly at me and started driving. I relaxed a little bit. The last few hours were pretty hectic and I was happy I was almost home.

I arrived at the apartment and paid the driver. I got out of the car and shot one last smile at her. "Because you can never be kind enough." I thought.

When I saw the car disappear around the corner of the street, I turned around to face our apartment. That's when I panicked. "O my God what am I going to do?! Am I just going to go in there and pretend like nothing has happened? Are they going to pretend like nothing has happened?" The thoughts wouldn't leave my mind and I just knew something bad was going to happen. I mean, what do you expect? My friends shot me looks like I was dead to them, and Camila left me after kissing me. I don't think they are going to attack me with hugs or something like that.

I took the key of the apartment out of my back pocket and slowly opened the door. Afraid of making too much noise. I closed the door behind me and walked to the stairs, ready to curl up in a ball on my bed in my room. I was tip toeing, and I really hoped nobody had heard me,  but I was wrong.

The kitchen door flew open and revealed 3 very angry girls. "Lauren Michelle Jauregui Morgado! Where have you been?! We were worried sick about you! We thought you were ran over by a car or something! O my God, Lauren!" Dinah yelled while she imitated everything with her hands. Her cheeks were red from anger and her breathing was heavy. I didn't understand. It felt like she still cared for me. Normani and Ally had the same expression on their face: caring, but also hurt.

I couldn't say a word. It felt like there was something stuck in my throat. I just stood there, in the middle of the staircase, with very wide eyes and trembling hands. I was scared of what was going to happen.

10 seconds of silence flew by, and I knew I had to say something. I didn't know what to say, but I opened my mouth and I said the only thing that I was thinking about that moment.

"Guys, I don't underst-" I got cut of by Dinah, who began talking again. "God damn it, Lauren! Get your ass over here and stop talking." She half-yelled this time. I obliged immediately and almost ran towards them.

I was planning on asking a lot of questions, but I got cut of again. This time by Normani. She walked closer to me and began hugging me very tightly. I was so overwhelmed that I wanted to cry. What is happening? Don't they hate me?

"Lauren, we are so sorry. We should have never scared you like that. I know we all looked at you like you were the biggest joke alive, but we didn't mean it." She took a small break and I heard a small sob. She was crying. That's when I realized that I was crying, too.

"We all love you very much and we will always accept you the way you are." She finished. Meanwhile, Ally and Dinah joined us in the hug. "She's right, Laurenza. How could you ever think we wouldn't accept you the way you are?" Dinah said sweetly with a big smile on her face. Ally nodded while also smiling at me.

"Thank you guys, this means a lot to me." I said between my tears while I was smiling like an idiot. I was really happy they didn't hate me, and that nothing has changed.

We kept hugging each other for about 10 minutes in peaceful silence, and my big smile still wouldn't leave my face.

But that's when I noticed that something was missing. Rather a certain someone.

Camila wasn't here, but where was she?

A/N
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