Tongue Tied (GxG) (Camren)

Chapter 7

Camila woke with a start. As she sat up, she quickly opened her eyes and smashed her head into her best friend's who was currently standing over her.

"Jesus, Mila, I thought you were dead," Normani spoke with relief but her face remained evident with.

"I'm fine, Mani, I just had this really crazy dream," Camila shook her head and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She began to look around as she spoke again, "There was Lauren and a lot of blood and.." she trailed off, unfamiliar with the room she was in.

"It wasn't a dream, Mila," Normani said slowly.

Camila's head whipped around, "What the fuck do you mean?"

"Dinah and I just called Lauren's mom and she's on her way to meet Lauren and the ambulance at the hospital right now."

This caused Camila to stand abruptly and shove Normani towards the door, "We have to go there right now. Oh my god, Mani, is she going to be okay?" Camila kept prodding Normani in the direction of the door as she spoke rapidly.

As Camila was about to open the door, someone else opened it from the other side. The door rammed into Camila's head. This earned a muttered string of curses from the young Latina as Dinah made her way hurriedly inside of the room. Spotting Normani, she spoke.

"Is Camila awake yet? Where is she?"

"Here," Camila spoke from behind the door, her head rubbing the spot where the door connected with it.

"Well shit we've been trying to get you awake for like twenty minutes, Mani and I thought you were dead. Speaking of death, or well hopefully not death, I need to go to the hospital to check on Lauren and make sure that her mom isn't there alone, are you guys coming or what?"

Dinah didn't even have the chance to finish her question before Camila had pulled Normani by the wrist out of the room and down the stairs to Dinah's jeep.

As they sped down the busy Miami roads to the hospital, Camila nervously chewed on her bottom lip and stared out the tinted windows. Normani noticed this and turned from her spot in the passenger seat to face her best friend.

"She's going to be okay, Mila."

The small brunette sighed and turned her attention towards her friend. "What if she isn't okay? I could've done someth—"

Her speech was cut off as the car slammed to a stop. Dinah whipped her head around from the driver's seat and bore her eyes into Camila's, "Don't you ever talk like that again, do you understand me? Lauren has been struggling for a while, even before the accident," she paused to close her eyes and let out a small sigh, "this is no one's fault, okay?"

Camila nods slightly, tears threatening to spill, "I'm sorry Dinah."

Dinah manages a small, tired smile before turning back around to the wheel and resuming their route to the hospital. After a few moments, she looked back into the rear-view mirror to find the small Latina with her head resting in her hands, "Me too kid."

Before Dinah had even pulled the car to a stop in the parking lot of the University of Miami Hospital, Camila had opened the door and bolted in the direction of the doors. Dinah and Normani quickly scrambled to catch up and barely made onto the elevator with the surprisingly fast Latina before the doors closed.

When the elevator didn't move, Dinah knew that Camila wasn't sure what floor their friend would be on.

"Floor four," Dinah spoke and Camila nodded in thanks before hurriedly pushing the button.