Like I Do - Camren

Chapter 15

"Camz, I need to tell you something." She looks down into her mug, and then back up into my eyes. "I li-...." She begins, but is cut off when the girls come running in, screeching. Lauren glares at them, but either they don't notice or they don't care. "We're stopping for lunch early, Ariana invited us to go to this cool little café with her." Dinah exclaims. "Well why are you so excited? You've met her plenty of times, considering that we're good friends and all...." I start. "I'm excited to see her, sure, I'm just more excited that we have 2 hours until we have to get back on this stupid bus!" She says excitedly. "Only you, DJ." I shake my head with a chuckle. "So," I turn back to Lauren. "What was it you were saying?" I ask. "Uh..." She looks up to the girls, then back to me. "Nothing." She shakes her head, and the bus stops. "Are you sure? You seem upset..." I say, standing up and straightening my sweater to follow the 3 girls who just darted out of the bus. "Yeah. Maybe we can talk about it another time." She sighs, and looks up with a smile, that any normal person would say look real. But I knew that it was fake. "Okay. Now let's go see Ari, it's been so long." I chuckle, and we leave the bus. "Mila!" I hear Ariana screech my name and I immediately beam. "Ari!" I run and jump into her open arms. This is gonna be good.

Lauren's POV
I watched as Ariana would make little flirty remarks or gestures to Camila, and she wouldn't notice. And I saw the way she was looking at my girl. I wanted to punch those perfect white teeth out. "Hey, Lo, why are you glaring at your milkshake like that, what did it ever do to you?" Ally asks playfully. I immediately fix my glare on her and she chuckles. "Okay then." She says, and looks back to Ariana who apparently just made a joke, the way Camila was laughing. I loved seeing her happy after what she's been through. But she's supposed to be happy with me. I thought.

We leave the café and Ariana says she wants to show us this cool park. I walk five feet behind the group, next to Mani. I watch as Ariana grabs onto Camila's hand, and see how she just thinks it's a friendly gesture because the girls do it all the time with her. But I know that Ariana isn't just being friendly. She is trying to steal my girl. "Ok. What's wrong with you?" Mani finally says. I blink and look over to her. "What do you mean?" I ask. "You keep glaring at Ari." She rolls her eyes as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "I don't know what you're talking about." I shrugged and went back to watching the two girls interact as we walked. "Lo, they're just friends. Nothing else. Just like you and her will be if you don't do something soon!" Mani says, punching my shoulder lightly with a chuckle. "I tried this morning, and I almost told her. Then you and the girls just had to ruin the moment." I roll my eyes. "Yeah, sorry about that." She giggles.

We arrive at the park and I keep a close eye on Ariana. The way she 'subtly' watches Camila. She practically has heart eyes. I don't feel comfortable at all. And the way Camz doesn't even notice she's doing this makes me even more upset, because that means she can stare longer and grab her hand more. We end up on the playground and I sit on one of the swings, watching the other girls goof around. Just then Dinah approaches me and takes the swing next to me. "Yeah, I don't like the way she's looking at Mila either. I'm team Camren all the way." She chuckled, and I looked over to her. "Oh, so I'm not delusional?" I scoff. "No. Just cause the others don't see it doesn't mean we don't. I mean, I love Ari to pieces, but Mila is taken, whether she knows it or not." She states. I chuckle at her comment. "Yeah. I'm just kinda scared she doesn't feel the same way." I shrug, an kick at the wood chips under my feet. "Oh, you'd be surprised." She mumbles. "What?" I ask, hoping for her to repeat. "Hm? Nothing!" She smirks and stands up. "Just get your girl, Lo." Her expression softens and she walks back over to the girls. They are soon all interacting like before.

After a while we decide to head back to the bus. The sun had started to set already and we didn't want to walk in the dark. After a minute Camila started to walk by my side. "Hey, Lo. I've noticed you've been a little off.... is something wrong?" She asks, concern etched in her features. "Nothing. I'm just tired from the lack of sleep." I shrug, hoping she won't push the topic further. "I'm just gonna pretend you did not just use that a an excuse. You've run a full day with a concert on 2 hours. I know something is bugging you." She says. I look down. "Let's not worry about it right now, yeah?" I say, trying to push the topic further. "No. I won't squeeze it out of you now, but I know something is bugging you. We keep getting interrupted, but you obviously are trying to tell me something. We'll talk after everyone goes to sleep." She states, or, more like demands. "Ok." I nod, and breath out heavily.

We arrive at the bus and Ariana stands there for a minute before speaking up. "Um, Mila, could I talk to you for a minute? Alone?" She asks. I look to Camila and she smiles. "Of course." She replies, and shoos us all onto the bus. I really hope she is not doing what I think she's doing. I think.

The girls are all right by me in the dining area, waiting. Dinah is sitting at the table on her phone, Ally is sitting across from her, and Mani is almost sitting on the table. "What do you think they're talkin' about?" Mani finally asks. Ally shrugs and Dinah looks up at me, as if asking for an explanation. I shrug also, but Dinah just gives me a questioning look. "Bitch better not be making a move on Mila." She finally says. "Yeah." I sigh, and the girls look at me. "I'm sure she isn't." Ally says, watching me closely. "I hope she isn't. Camz is too nice to decline." I sigh. Just then all our attention turns to the door which opens widely and a smiling Camila walks in.