Empty Gold

2. Perfect

A/N; Thanks for reading everybody. Let me know what you think.

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It happened again, in another hotel in another city in another season, but it still hurt just as much.

It started like this:

A loud buzzing from beside the hotel bed dragged Lauren out of her dreamless slumber. She groaned, slapping the back of her palm over her eyes as she reached for the object that had interrupted her first night of good sleep in weeks. She hadn't even meant to check the message, but she caught sight of the name that flashed across the screen in her attempt to silence the phone, and she didn't hesitate to open it.

Camz ♡ | 2:17am: Are you up?

Lern Jergi | 2:18am: Ues

Lern Jergi | 2:18am: *Yes

She kept the thread open, waiting for the notification that Camila had read her message, but the clock changed more times than Lauren was comfortable with before knowing if the other girl was okay, so she typed out another message.

Lern Jergi | 2:23am: Is everything okay? Talk to me.

Camz ♡ | 2:25am: Nevermind, Lo. Go back to sleep. I'm sorry for waking you up

Lern Jergi | 2:25am: I'm not going back to sleep until you talk to me. You know I won't be able to. Just tell me what's wrong...

Lern Jergi | 2:29am: I know you texted me hoping that I'd be asleep so you didn't actually have to talk to me. I know you're embarrassed, because you think you're being overemotional and your feelings are stupid, but they aren't stupid, okay? Not to me. You feel everything. You feel so much. But that's not a bad thing. It's one of my favorite things about you.

Lern Jergi | 2:31am: I just wish you would tell me what's wrong because I want to fix it. Or just listen, if that's what you need. Or if you can't talk about it and need me to just hug you and tell you that everything is going to be okay, I can do that too.

Lern Jergi | 2:33am: I know you're reading all of these messages right now. I know you're sitting on the bathroom counter because you always lock yourself in the bathroom when you're sad, I know you've got the lights off and you're trying to hide away from everything but you're reading all the messages I'm sending you and wishing I had never woken up so you could keep being alone even though I know you hate it. I know you Camz. I know you aren't okay right now.

Camz ♡ | 2:37am: It scares me so much sometimes

Camz ♡ | 2:37am: How well you know me

Camz ♡ | 2:37am: It's like, I can't hide. I can put a mask on and be whoever I want to be for the whole world. For the other girls. Sometimes, I'm so good at it, I can even trick myself. But you're four doors down from me and it's the middle of the night and we haven't spoken all night and you still just...know

Camz ♡ |2:40am: You terrify me, Lauren

Lern Jergi | 2:41am: Come talk to me. Please. I unlocked the door to my room. Just come over here, okay? I'm worried about you right now. I'm not going to be able to go back to sleep until I see that you're okay.

Camz ♡ | 2:42am : Lauren oh my god I'm fine just go lock your door omg that isn't safe

Lern Jergi | 2:42am: Guess you better come lock it for me then.