Camren One Shots

The Other Side

Prompt: The Other Side by Jason Derulo

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She never saw it coming. Normani called her oblivious, Lauren insisted that it never even crossed her mind.

It all started when Lauren met Camila at X Factor. It started with friends who met by pure coincidence. Perfectly normal to meet friends during the bootcamp stage of the competition. Lauren never thought that Camila would end up being so important to her. She knew there was something special about the Cuban-American but it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship between two beautiful girls.

Then Fifth Harmony was a thing and the five of them were inseparable. It was when they were all messing around on a day off; Dinah wanted to go the mall, Normani was not one to say no to her and Ally was happy to just stroll around. Camila and Lauren shrugged and figured they’d wander with Ally.

When they got there Dinah and Normani made a beeline for the main strip of shops, Ally wandered aimlessly between shops and Camila dragged Lauren to the food court, begging for some fries. Lauren followed her with a laugh and a:

“Slow down Camz.”

Camila was talking non stop about this, that and the other. Lauren was listening intently, laughing and teasing the girl as she gushed about One Direction. It was easy to just chill with Camila, Lauren was quickly finding herself relaxing as soon as the other girl walked in the room. Camila was quick to move forward to the front, ordering fries and a milkshake. However, Lauren was quicker to hand over a five dollar bill than Camila, smirking when Camila protested about her paying. Lauren shrugged as Camila took her order and they began wandering.

Lauren was watching the people move around them and occasionally taking a fry from Camila when suddenly Camila squealed in Lauren’s ear. Lauren was suddenly on high alert, scanning for what caused that god awful noise come from Camila. Lauren yelped as her arm was tugged towards a photo booth tucked away in the corner. Camila turned to Lauren with those big brown eyes and Lauren found herself forking out for a round of photos in the photo booth.

Camila pulled her in close as they laughed at trying to fit into the tiny booth. Camila pulling stupid faces and Lauren joining her, laughing and giggling at Camila’s expressive faces. Lauren still has no idea how she managed to think of that many different faces to pull at the camera in such a short amount of time.

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Lauren thinks it was after X Factor finished they got closer. It was only after a break apart after the show that Lauren realised how much she relied on Camila. She was her entertainment when her phone died, her laughter on her dark days, her partner in crime for pranking Dinah and Ally.

So when they met back up to start their journey as a band properly, Lauren noticed her and Camila getting closer. And so did the fans. Camren emerged bright and bigger than ever. Lauren barely noticed anything changing until Normani brought it up one day.

“You and Camila seem closer now.” She said offhandedly. Lauren paused and glanced over at Camila who was snuggling with Dinah and chatting with Ally.

“I mean, I guess. Haven’t really noticed.” Lauren shrugged.

“That’s usually how best friends work.” Normani laughed.

From then on Lauren did take notice of the little things that brought her and Camila closer. The turning point was most definitely when they were all at dinner one night. Lauren and Camila were sitting across from each other and dinner was almost over, only dessert left. Lauren watched as Camila got a chocolate sundae put in front of her and her brown eyes glinted with glee.