Camila Cabello is a commoner whose parents operate a Laundromat. She is a swimmer of her school which doesn't even have a swimming pool.She bumps into Normani, but later Lauren Jauregui shows her feeling for her and their relationship gets tangled...
She tries to return the shoes the next day by visiting the F4 lounge, but Dinah and Ally inform her that Lauren isn't around. She grumbles that she doesn't care about her, and asks them to give the shoes to Normani.
The girls know they owe their recent entertainment to Camila, and invite her to have some tea while she fills them in on her latest encounter with Lauren. Seeing a commercial of Liam Payne on TV, the girls mention that Normani ought to be happy that Liam is coming back to Korea soon.
In fact, she's so distracted that in gym class, she fails to react swiftly when Taylor hurls a ball at her (in a game of dodgeball), and gets hit in the face. She leaves the group of laughing mean girls while the F4 girls watch, and Lauren finds her washing up in the bathroom.
She tries to helpfully wipe the blood from her face, but Camila, fighting tears, doesn't want her help. It's clear (to us) that she wants to make her feel better but is woefully ill-equipped with the social skills; not knowing what to say, she chides her for being absent-minded enough to get hit in the face, and tells her not to cry. Camila counters, "Do I have to get your permission to cry now? And weren't you the person who was happiest to see me crying and hurting?"
She asks if Normani is acquainted with Liam, and learns that after her parents' death, he'd retreated into autism (I remember hearing it was Asperger's, which is a mild form of autism). Liam was the only one able to draw her out of herself, and became something of "a first love, boyfriend, and father." This information drags Camila into a funk, so much so that she even cuts dinner short, feeling inadequate next to the glamorous model.
Lauren: "Is that all you can say to the person who came to help?" Camila: "Who asked for your help? If everyone died and you were the last person on earth, I still wouldn't accept your help."
It's a bit cute — and sad — when Lauren stops her from leaving and demands to know, uncertainly, "W-what is it you hate so much about me? I'm good-looking. I'm tall, I'm smart, I'm rich. How — how can you hate Lauren Jauregui? Are you stupid?"
Camila shoots back that she dislikes the way she looks, the way she walks, her brunette curly hair — "and picking on weak kids for fun with your red cards or whatever with your thoughtlessness — that's the worst!"
Lauren stutters in disbelief, but Camila not quite finished: "In short, I hate everything about you! Everything!"
Is the obligatory shower scene supposed to be moving? I don't know; it was just so obvious that I had to laugh.
But shameless half-naked water shots aside, Lauren does a good job of showing Her frustration, first as she engages in a particularly rough game of rugby, then as she stares in the mirror in self-loathing.
It's only when Lauren spies the notice for a class trip that she cheers up. All second- and third-years will have the chance to go on a month-long school trip to Europe.
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