Stronger (Camren)

Chapter 8

The next morning I made breakfast. Around nine, Uncle Gordon came downstairs. "Why are you still here? Shouldn't you be at school?" He asked me. "I'm staying home with Camz." I said. He laughed. "You've never called her Camz. What changed?" He asked. "Comfortablitity." I simply replied. He drank his coffee, kissed my head, snuck and peice of bacon and was off to work. The twins came downstairs shortly after that. They didn't want eggs and bacon so i simply gave them cereal. I went upstairs and put their trays of food in front of Aunt Milika's and Dinah's door. I came back downstairs and grabbed Camz and I's food. She was still asleep. I put the food on he dresser and laid down beside her. I woke her up with a kiss. She woke up and hit me on the head. "Ow!" I said. "What were you doing?" She asked. "I was waking you up with a kiss." I said, holding my head. "Oh. I'm sorry." She said, sitting up and kissing my cheek. "I didn't mean to unleash my inner ninja on you." We laughed. "Okay how about some breakfast?" I asked getting up to grab the food. "That sounds nice." She said sleepily. I walked over and put the tray down. "Baby, you didn't have to cook me breakfast." She said. "I cooked everybody breakfast and i wanted to." I replied. We ate and then i went out to watch tv while she got ready for the day. On the tv, there was nothing on to watch. As I clicked through, i noticed a picture of our school. I clicked back. It was the news. They were talking about a teacher who was being arrested for sleeping with seven senior girls in exchange for their grades to be boosted. It was Mr. Clant, my first period teacher. "Wow." I said. "What?" Camila said, walking into the room. I pointed to the television. We sat together. "Are they going to say who the girls were?" Camz asked. "It was some of the girls i hang out with." Normani said, walking into the room. That doesn't surprise me. She sat down on the couch opposite of us. "Thanks for breakfast." She said. I nodded in response and she sighed. "I told Dinah everything last night." She said before getting up and going upstairs. Later on, Dinah and Normani went out for the day and Aunt Milika took the twins to daycare and went to work. Camz and I were alone. "So we gotta clean up-." I started to say but i was interrupted. Around five, we heard Aunt Milika come in the house. "Anybody home?" She hollered. As we heard her coming towards our room, we jumped up to quickly get dressed. She knocked and came in. "Have you guys been alone all day?" We nodded. "Do you want to come with me to get the girls and dinner?" She asked. "I'll go." Camz said. We cleaned up and kissed goodbye. I stood alone in the room, then i simply laughed. After I finally composed myself, I went and cleaned up the house. Uncle Gordon came in followed by Dinah. Uncle Gordon came over to me and leaned against the counter. "So I heard you and Mila had sex." He said nonchalantly. I could feel my face turn blood red. "It's okay. Come here." He said motioning to the table. We sat down. "Okay, have you ever had unprotected sex?" I shook my head. "Good. I know you're not a virgin to guys or to girls. It's dangerous to have unprotected sex. You could wind up pregnant or even with a disease. Look, sex is fun. However, it's only fun wben you do it with someone you love. It's not fun whenever it happends with someone who is paying you or forcing you or if your doing it as a distraction. It's a very personal and serious thing to interact with someone in that way. You do it because you want to not because of any other circumstances. You are a very beautiful young lady. You may be a lesbian but that doesn't change how anybody could feel towards you. For you and Mila's protection, I'd like for you to carry this pepper spray." I took it from his hand and he hugged me. Aunt Milika and Camz returned home with the girls. We ate tacos for dinner. "Where's Normani?" I asked. "She had errands to run." Dinah said. The house slowly fell quiet. "I'm going to propose to Normani." Dinah blurted out. Uncle Gordon seemed to be the only person not excited. "Sweetheart, you're only nineteen. You're too young to get married. You don't know if you're going to want to marry her in a month let alone twenty years." He said. I understand he thinks he has the right intentions but i think he might be wording it wrong. "Dad, I love her. Marrying her now means I get to see the world with her, mature with her, grow with her. I'm going to want to be with her in five years, twents years and even eighty years. She completes me and makes me happy. Whether you like it or not, I'm marrying her. Mom would've loved her. I don't see why you can't." Dinah said. She pulled her headphones out and blared music into her ears. The rest of the meal was silent. Afterwards, Dinah stormed to her room, the twins watched cartoons, Uncle Gordon went for a walk, Aunt Milika cleaned the kitchen while Camz and I went to our room.  We were lying in bed in comfortable silence. Camz sat up looked up at me. "Lolo?" I looked up at her. "Do you think that people will ever accept ourrelationship?" I sat up across from her and I took her hands. "They're just jealous that our love is deeper and more real than they'll ever have. We don't have anything to prove to them. Yes, we did fall fast but that's what love is. You can fall in love in a few years or a few seconds." I said. "What's your favorite thing about love?" She asked. I took a deep breath. "My favorite thing about love is the uncertainty of it. Love isn't always easy. It's not going to be perfect. Love is not always a fairytale. There will be hard times. But love is wanting ro be with someone and face those hard times and obstacles together. It's wanting to be with someone despite their flaws and whatever baggage they have. Love is choosing to be with someone through thick and thin and if two people don't think that being together is worth it then that isn't love." I said. She smiled and kissed me. "I love you." She said. I smiled. "I love you too, baby."

The next day at school, everybody asked what happened and if Camz was okay. They all seemed to hate me because of the fight. In first period, the mysterious boy came over and sat down beside us. "You're Camila and Lauren, right?" We nodded. "Thank you for giving me the confidence to finally accept who I am. I'm gay and I've been afraid to express myself. My name's Chris." He spoke softly to ensure no one heard him. Our new teacher walked in shortly after. She was young and had long blonde hair with brown highlights. "Hello, guys. My names is Mrs. Lovato and I'll be your new teacher for the rest of the year." I don't know who she is but I know that name. Lucy. Jasmine Lovato. That's where I know it from, my ex girlfriend. I remember her parents. Her mother Monica was a beautiful lady for the age of 39. Her father, Tom, unfortunately died while she was young. I didn't pay attention to the rest of the lesson. Towards the end of the period, Mrs. Lovato was setting things on the desk. She placed a picture that caught my eye. It was of her and Monica. When the bell rang, I stayed behind and Camz waited at the door for me. "Hi, my name is Lauren. I'm one of the students that was just in your first period." I said politely. She laughed. "Sweetheart, I've heard a lot about you. Plus there's several pictures of you around my house with my daughter. It's nice to finally meet you." She said. "You better get going before you're late." I smiled an left. In second period, Normani wasn't sitting with the rest of the popular kids. "Hey guys." She said when we sat down. "Why aren't you with your friends?" I couldn't help but ask. "They're not my friends anymore. I quit the dance team and they kicked me off of the dance team. They're not talking to me and I'm not talking to them." I was surprised after that revelation. We stayed after school for the football game. When we got home, we ended up babysitting while Uncle Gordon and Aunt Milika went out for a date. Dinah and Normani stayed up in his room while Camzi, the girls and I were in the living room. "Let's play kangaroo!" Stevie yelled. Kangaroo is a game where two people or teams see who can jump the highest. For safety's sake we played on the couches. Hearing all of the commotion, Normani came downstairs. I hit her with a pillow which started an all out pillow fight. After Lacey and I won, the girls fell asleep on one couch and Camz and I were sitting on the other. When Uncle Gordon and Aunt Milika came home, we went to our room. Camz was lying in bed and I was sitting up next to her. "Lo, what was that conversation with Mrs. Lovato about?" She asked. "She's my ex's stepmother." I answered. "Oh." She said. "What's wrong, love?" I asked gently rubbing her back. "What if she tried to get you and her daughter back together?" She said. "That would never happen." I said. She sat up. "How do you know?" She said. "It would never work. I love you, baby. I love you moes than I've ever loved anybody I've been with which includes her daughter. We haven't even been together or even known each other that long and I don't know what I'd do without you already. Whenever I'm not with you, I worry. I'm scared of whatever could happen if I'm not there to protect you. And i know you're a grown woman and can protect yourself but I knew the moment I met you there was something drawing me in to you. However as it turns out, it's just you. Everything about you just makes me fall in love even harder and want to protect you from the world as we face it together. You don't ever have to worry about me going to anybody else because you're all I wantm I'll never leave or hurt you. I don't think I'd even have the strength to stay away from you." I said. She smiled as i wiped a few tears that had fallen away. "Then please don't. I love you too, so much." She then hugged me tight and as i felt her chest expanding and her heart beating, I knew I found my home.

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