Royal (Camren)

12

"Lauren?"

Lauren looked up from her desk, and saw Camila standing there.

"Hey, Camila... what's up?"

Camila walked into the room. "Can we talk?"

Lauren nodded and stood up. "Yeah... okay."

"Why?"

Lauren raised an eyebrow. "Why what?"

"Why did you cheat on me? Was I not good enough? Were you not happy? Did I do something wrong? Why did you cheat?" Camila asked, frowning.

"Camz... I-"

Camila held up her hand, silencing Lauren. "Don't call me that anymore. I just want a reason, Lauren."

Lauren took a deep breath. "I didn't intend to this to happen. Lucy just... She came to me. I couldn't help myself, Camila. It's like she placed me under some sort of spell."

Camila shook her head. She looked like she was getting more and more angry. She didn't seem to be satisfied with Lauren's response. "No. I don't believe that. You knew what you were doing."

"Camz-"

"Don't call me that, Lauren," Camila snarled.

"Camila, please. I wasn't thinking-"

"I hate you."

Lauren's eyes widened. "W-What?"

Camila's eyes were filled with pure hatred and anger. "I fucking hate you. You don't deserve my forgiveness. You don't deserve my love. You never did, and you never fucking will."

Suddenly, Lauren felt a sharp pain in her back and cried out. She looked down, to see the blade of a sword sticking out of her stomach.

"That's for beating the crap out of me in the woods," whispered a male voice that sounded familiar. Lauren turned her head and saw Austin.

"C-Camila... help m-me. Please," Lauren stuttered, falling to her knees as Austin twisted the blade, ripping through her intestines.

Camila just laughed. "You fool," she muttered.

Austin laughed as well, pulling the blade out, and knocking her to the ground.

Lauren felt very dizzy, and she felt Austin kick her in the stomach where she had just been stabbed.

Camila grabbed the sword and brought it up, ready to finish the job. "This is for existing," Camila growled, and brought the sword down towards Lauren's head.

Lauren shot up from her bed, breathing heavily. She looked around franfically, trying to pricess what just happened.

"It was a dream. Only a dream," she mumbled to herself.

Lauren decided to get up and get something to drink to calm her nerves. Right as she walked out of her room though, she ran into Camila. Lauren froze, instantly remembering the nightmare she just had.

"Uh..."

"Hi, Lo," Camila said quietly.

Lauren gulped silently, praying to god things weren't about to happen exactly like how they did in her dream.

"Oh... Hey... Camila," Lauren said slowly.

"No 'Camz'?" Camila asked, a small frown forming on her face.

"Sorry. Uh... what's up?"

"I just... I was actually coming to visit you. I wanted to talk to you," she said.

Exactly what Lauren was afraid of.

"Oh... about what?"

Camila looked at her with an eyebrow raised. "I think you know what," she said.

"Do I?"

Camila nodded. "Listen, Lauren..."

Lauren braced herself for what was about to occur.

"Can we try this again?"

Well that was unexpected.

"Wait, what?" Lauren asked, caught off guard.

"I want to try again. I wanna be with you still, Lauren. I miss you," she said, grabbing Lauren's hands.

"Really?" Lauren was half expecting someone to jump out and kill her, but nobody else was around.

"Yes. I'm trusting you. One more time. I'm trusting you won't do what you did last time. I'm trusting you'll be loyal. I'm trusting you," Camila explained.

Lauren took a deep breath and looked Camila in the eyes. "I promise you, Camz, you won't regret this. That was the stupidest mistake I've ever made, and I certainly don't plan on ever making it again."

Camila nodded. "I hope so."

Lauren smiled slightly and pulled the shorter girl into a hug, and Camila giggled quietly. She loved seeing Lauren happy. It really was one of her favorite things. Lauren's smile. Lauren's voice. Lauren's laugh. Lauren's eyes. Lauren's jokes. Lauren's singing. Lauren's hair. Lauren's personality. Lauren's flaws. Lauren's hugs. Lauren's kisses. She found it all perfect. Everything about Lauren was amazing to her. She didn't want to go another minute without her, so she decided to give her one more chance. Camila hoped that wouldn't later on be proved to be a bad idea. She was trusting her with her heart once more.

"Lauren?"

Lauren hummed. Camila pulled away to look at her. She looked straight into her eyes and smiled.

"I love you," she said quietly.

"I love you too."