Speak (Camren)

Chapter 9

"Lauren," Vero says happily as she spots the green eyed girl. The two girls hug as Camila takes a seat across from the other girl who Camila guesses to be Lucy.

"Hi, I'm lucy. You must be Camila, I've heard so much about you," the girl says with a bright smile on your face.

"You have," Camila ask, shocked.

"Lauren never stops talking about you, It's Camz this Camz that 24/7," Lucy informs her.

"Alright Luce, that's enough of embarrassing me in front of my girlfriend," Lauren says as she hears he last bit of their conversation. Vero and Lauren both sit down next to their significant others.

"You're Vero right? Lucy's girlfriend," Camila ask.

"I prefer Lauren's friend before that, but yes," Vero says teasingly. This causes Lucy to elbow her playfully.

"Why would you do that? I'd much rather be introduced as Lauren's girlfriend than a mutual friend's friend," Camila ask, taking what Vero said seriously.

"Babe, she was just joking," Lauren assures her, stroking the back of Camila's hand with her thumb.

"Oh I didn't know, I'm s-sorry," Camila says to Vero.

"All good," Vero replies. They make small talk, Camila getting to know the other two and hearing tons of stories about her girlfriend until their waiter shows up. Camila cuddles up to Lauren as the older Latina orders for them both.

"So what are you planning to do after high school, Camila? You're a senior like us right," Lucy ask after the waiter walks off.

"Whatever Lo does," Camila shrugs as if it's no big deal.

"What," Lauren ask, surprised.

"I don't like change as it is, but I'd rather have change with you than change without," Camila says nonchalantly. Lauren smiles widely as she thinks about a future with Camila.

"So college," Vero states. Camila nods her head, looking towards Lauren who agrees.

"Y'all have only been together for what? Two months? It seems like so much longer," Lucy gushes.

"A month and twenty four days, twenty hours and forty nine minutes," Camila says, checking her phone for the exact time. Lauren smiles brightly at her girlfriend, kissing her cheek.

"I adore you," Lauren whispers into her as she pulls away.

"Why can't you be that cute with me, baby," Lucy ask Vero, pouting.

"Because s-she is my Lolo and you can't have my Lolo. Which means you're stuck with Vero," Camila says, completely serious.

"She's right," Lucy states, staring her girlfriend down.

"Lauren, they're bullying me," Vero says childishly crossing her arms over her chest.

"And," Lauren ask teasingly. Vero looks at her unbelievably.

"Why is everyone against me tonight," Vero mumbles. Lucy leans over and gives her a kiss on the cheek making the girl smiles widely.

"Better," Lucy ask her girlfriend. All Vero does is nod.

"I'm going to go to the restroom," Camila speaks before standing up.

"I'm gonna go to," Vero says, the two still sitting watch their girlfriends disappear.

"Okay, I love Camila," Lucy blurts out, surprising Lauren.

"Yeah, me too," Lauren says, not realizing she says it out loud. Lucy stares at Lauren in shock.

"Have you told her," Lucy ask.

"Told her what," Lauren ask confused.

"That you love her, Laur. Did you not mean to say that out loud," Lucy ask chuckling. Lauren shakes her head in response.

"We haven't even been together two months, Luce. It's just too early, plus I don't even know if Camila really understands that or not, ya know? Like what if I say it and she says it back, but doesn't really think she does? I can't do that," Lauren explains quietly.

"That girl loves you, I can tell you that just from the thirty minutes that we've been here. She looks at you like you're the only thing she's ever known. Like you're more than just her girlfriend, you're her everything," Lucy says softly.

"Really," Lauren ask, completely shocked. Before Lucy can answer the other two return from the restroom. Camila sits down, immediately grabbing onto Lauren's hand and smiling widely. Lauren smiles right back, loving the feeling of their hands intertwined.

"Hi," Camila whispers to Lauren. Lauren replies with the same exact word into her ear.

"Would you like to come over to my house after this? I know it wasn't planned, but I'd like for you to," Camila says. Lauren nods her head in agreement, turning to the food that the waiter just put down in front of her. After they all eat and have small talk, the dinner sadly comes to an end. They bid their goodbyes and go their separate ways.

"So what'd you think," Lauren ask nervously, wanting Camila to like her other friends.

"They were both very nice, I liked them," Camila says smiling. Lauren starts to drive, not knowing where though.

"Am I spending the night or," Lauren ask as she needs to know where to go.

"Yes, but you can just borrow some of my clothes to sleep in," Camila suggest.

"Okay, sounds good," Lauren says, happy to wear her girlfriend's clothes. They drive back in silence, not the awkward type, but the comfortable "we don't have to talk the whole time" type of silence. That's one of Lauren's favorite things about being with Camila. Talking is never forced, Camila enjoys the quiet just as much as she did. Silence is never a bad thing in Lauren's opinion, it just means you like the person enough to not have to force a conversation.

"Come on," Camila says as soon as they pull into her family's driveway. Instead of going inside Camila leads Lauren around to the back. That's when Lauren sees that there's a fort, just like there would be in a living room, but in the backyard. Lauren looks at Camila, shocked to say the least.

"You're always doing nice things for me, like opening my doors and holding my hand and explaining things to me and not getting frustrated. There's so many things that you do for me, Lolo. I just wanted to do a nice thing for you, so I made a fort and we can watch Netflix on my laptop as long as we watch Madagascar too," Camila says, not realizing it, but making Lauren know farther and farther that she is falling for this girl deeper and deeper.

"What is your obsession with Madagascar, every time I come over it's on one TV in the house," Lauren says teasingly, trying to refrain from saying those three little words.

"It's a stim, like the octopus, but a movie instead," Camila explains as she crawls into the fort, giving Lauren a nice view of her backside. It doesn't hurt to look, Lauren doesn't know how someone couldn't look.

"Yeah, I know what atoms are, Camz. I have my brother remember," Lauren reminds the girl.

"I know he's low, but how low," Camila ask her girlfriend curiously.

"Non-verbal," Lauren mumbles as she scrolls through Netflix. That's all Camila needs to hear for her to nod and not ask anymore questions. Lauren rolls into her stomach to be more comfortable scoping out the movie. Camila swings her arms around to the other side of her girlfriend's body. She puts half of her weight onto Lauren's back now.

"What are you doing dork," Lauren ask, finally finding Madagascar. Camila shrugs even though Lauren can't see her. Sometime between half the movie and the end Camila falls asleep cuddled into Lauren.

"I love you, beautiful," Lauren whispers, kissing the top of Camila's head as she starts to fall asleep.

"I love you too."

Hi, so I was on vacation and didn't have time to write at all. Also wanted to give you a heads up that I will not be updating for a week starting next Tuesday. I've got things I need to take care of and I already know I won't have time, Sorry for that, I'll make sure the chapter is worth the wait. You're always welcomed here :)))