Paper Hearts (Camren)

Chapter 13

“Oh? Lauren? Camila? You’re here early, I was expecting-“

The two of them ignored the tall officer as they walked past her and into their respective rooms.

“Wha-“ Normani eyed the woman that was entering the interrogation room. She followed after her, not without sparing a glance at the brunette who had already gone inside Lisa’s office.

“Where is he?” Lauren asked, directing her question at no-one in particular, “Someone pass me the reports, we should get started on-“

“W-Wait.” Normani interrupted the detective.

Lauren looked at her, “What?”

“What’s happened?”

“What do you mean what happened? You called me, didn’t you? And now I’m here.”

Normani folded her arms, “You know what I mean.”

Lauren furrowed her eyebrows, “No I do not know what you mean. Now if you’ll just pass me the reports for Noah Cabello then we can all get on with our business.”

“Lauren, I’m not stupid. Something happened between you and Camila. I saw the way you two avoided each other as soon as you got out the car.”

“W-What?” Lauren was taken aback slightly by the hawk-like eyes of her colleague. She cleared her voice, “Nothing happened.”

“Look, you can tell me, you know.”

“I already told you. Nothing happened.”

“Lauren…”

“Nothing!”

“Why are you getting so worked up then?”

Lauren stopped. For once, her normally quick-witted brain couldn’t think of an explanation.

“Okay, so something did happen.” Normani concluded, “Care to elaborate?”

Lauren sighed, contemplating whether what happened with her and Camila was worth bringing up.

“Come on, Lo.” Normani coaxed.

Lauren glanced quickly around the empty room, “Where’s Ally and the others?”

“Observing him.”

“In interrogation 2?”

Normani nodded.

Lauren hesitated before giving Normani a brief explanation of why she and Camila were on semi-bad terms. She told her about the kiss and the way she pulled away afterwards from Camila.

“Wow.”

“What?”

“You’re an idiot.”

“You’re one to talk.”

Normani shrugged, “At least I’m not dense. I can’t say that it was surprising, we’ve talked about the possibility of why she’s so interested in you before, haven’t we?”

Normani said nothing.

“So I’m guessing you haven’t spoken to her since yesterday?”

Lauren shook her head, “She’s been ignoring me.”

“I can’t say I blame her.” Normani stated, “You’re kinda a jerk, you know?”

The detective glared at the tall officer.

“What?” Normani said defensively, “It’s true, isn’t it? You have to talk to her about it. Offer her at least an explanation.”

“How can I when she’s been blanking me all day?”