Gonna Get Better - Camren

Chapter 9

Sorry I took so long to get this chapter out ... I have no excuses really so I'll just leave you to it ! Enjoy!

Lauren's POV

How the hell did he find me? I thought I had finally gotten rid of him! I thought I could finally be myself and be happy!

Guess I thought wrong.

I wanted to run. Run as far as I could. But I couldn't move. It was like I was petrified. I was able to see and hear everything. Yet, my brain didn't seem to register any of it.

Then, everything became blurry and I felt dizzy.

I had to sit down. Right now.

Last thing I remember are two arms wrapping around me and a voice calling my name.

Then, it all went black.

Xx --- xXx --- xX

I woke up in a bed that wasn't mine and immediately panicked. I tried to sit up but a weight on my torso was holding me down.

My movements caused the sleeping figure to stir awake. Camila.

I let out the breath I was holding and finally relaxed.

"How are you feeling?" My girlfriend crawled up my body to kiss my cheek lovingly.

"Okay, I guess" I sighed, remembering the previous events. "What happened?"

"Well" she sat up and I did the same so that we were facing each other with our knees touching. She interlaced our fingers before continuing. "Somebody who I assume is your dad showed up and you just kind of went blank for a moment before passing out."

I nodded and urged her to continue.

"He was being so rude and..." she paused, unsure of what to say next.

"You can tell me Camz. It's okay." I gave her hand a squeeze.

"He was being really rude to you and I hated seeing you like this. So I told him to leave you alone and he-" her eyes fell to her lap "And then he slapped me."

"He what?!" I got up from the bed and started pacing the room frantically. "I can't believe he did that! This fucking son of a bitch."

I was so angry that I almost didn't catch the whimper coming from the other side of the room.

Almost.

I turned around to the sight of Camila hugging her knees to her chest and rocking herself back and forth. Even though I couldn't see her face, I was pretty sure she was crying. And this was enough for all my anger to vanish in the air.

"Babe" I sat by her side and started rubbing her back "I'm sorry I flipped out. Are you okay?"

"Yeah" her voice was weak and despite the fact that it looked like she had stopped crying, her face was still buried in her knees.

"I'm sorry" my voice cracked as well "I should have done something. I'm so sorry Camz"

"Don't be" she released her knees and looked up. "I am sorry you had to go through that"

I simply shrugged and pulled her in my lap. "What happened after that?"

"Right after he slapped me, you collapsed into my arms. Ally and Mani were handling your father while I was trying to wake you up. They told him to go away if he didn't want them to call the police so he did but he said this wasn't over yet." Her face dropped at the memory.