Weak (Camren)

twelve

Lauren waited patiently as Camila napped upstairs in her bed. She gathered around everything she thought she would need where she was taking the girl when she woke up. Strangely enough, the green-eyed girl was very nervous for this date. She's twenty-six years old and not getting any older.

After an hour of Lauren rushing around everywhere and trying to calm her heartbeat, the Camila stepped her way down the stairs to see her friend/lover (whatever you want to call it) in her panicked state.

"Lo?"

The older Cuban jumped while trying to shove a blanket in a bag. She stopped her efforts and walked over to the younger girl. "Hey Camz, how'd you sleep?" 

"Good," she said as Lauren wrapped her arms around her waist.

"Did something happen? You look a little scared."

"Um, no. Well, kind of. I need to run home really quick before our date."

"You know you could just wear my clothes like you are right now."

"I know, but I need something else. I kinda started.. you know."

"Oh. Oh." Lauren finally understood what she was getting at. "Of course, go do that. Do you want to postpone the date? I understand if you do, trust me."

"No!" Camila was quick to reject the offer. "I still want to go on the date. Just because I'm bleeding out of my vagina doesn't mean I can't do anything. I might just not feel a hundred percent."

Lauren seemed to take her answer into consideration. Its as if she didn't believe the younger girl. That was until her eyes lit up with ideas. "Fine, we'll still go on the date. But I'm making adjustments. Go get.. that.. ya know.. situated, and meet me back here. But whatever you do, don't look outside."

"Whatever, weirdo," Camila planted a kiss to Lauren's lips and walked out the front door. The smile on her face hasn't left yet, and she kinda hopes it never does.

~~~

Upon returning, Camila realized the older girl is nowhere to be found. She checked her bedroom, the bathroom, the guest bedroom for some odd reason, then the living room. Her last place was the kitchen. When she entered it, she saw a figure standing in the backyard.

When she opened the back door, she was surprised to say the least.

"Camz! You're back already?"

"It didn't take me that long. What is all this?"

"Come on, don't play dumb. This is our date. Do you like it?"

"I- wow. Its amazing. This is already perfect."

"Really? I didn't know if you'd like it or not. I wasn't sure if-"

Lauren's head jerked to her right by a sudden hand on her left cheek. When she turned, her favorite pair of lips landed on hers. Her lips involuntarily curved up making it difficult to maintain the kiss.

"Lo, I couldn't ask for anything more in my life than to be with you in this moment together."

"I'm happy to hear that, babe." Lauren leaned back in to continue the kiss. After a few moments they disconnected their lips and walked towards the small picnic the older girl created.

There was an assortment of food. But not just any food- Chinese takeout.

"I was going to make food, but I didn't know what time you'd be up and I didn't want to wake you up. That kinda would've ruined it."

"There's no need for that. This is perfect as it is. I've been craving Chinese, anyway."

They sat down and ate their food while talking about Camila's venture to LA. When they were finished with their takeout, Lauren ran inside and got their desert.

"And for desert, we have chocolate covered strawberries and more wine."

"I love chocolate covered strawberries!" Camila jumped up and grabbed the pan from Lauren's hand. She rationalized that she was just trying to help, but she secretly just wanted it for herself.

"I might have asked Dinah what you'd like and what you wouldn't. I just wanted to make sure I didn't get anything you didn't like."

"How long have you been planning this?"

"Well I didn't have every detail worked out because I thought I had another week. But since you came home early, I had to accommodate."

"Well," Camila laid her head in Lauren's lap. "I think you accommodated pretty well."

"Yeah?" Lauren picked up a chocolate covered strawberry and dipped it into the younger girl's mouth.

"Mhm."

"Well I'm glad." She picked up one for herself and another for the girl below her when she finished chewing. As they started conversing again, Camila's phone starting constantly ringing.

"Oh my god!" Camila exasperated as she shot up and aggressively grabbed her phone. "Of course," she said as she rolled her eyes.

"Ashley?"

"Yeah."

"What does she want?"

"Well while I was in LA, she constantly called and it was getting annoying so I blocked her number. Then I got a call from an unknown number so I answered it and it was her. She must've changed her number or something. I just hung up but I never blocked her number again. She wants to meet up and talk."

Lauren nodded her head as she listened to her talk. Everything that Normani said suddenly came back to her. What if Camila wants to get back with her? What is Ashley gets the girl in the end?

"Well, do you want to meet up with her?"

"What? Hell no. She's a bitch and treated me like shit."

"Oh. I just figured that you'd-"

"No. I don't want to meet up with her. With everything she's done in the past, who knows what she'd do now. She's pissed and from what I've heard in the news, she's doing hard drugs again. That's not my life to live."

"Okay, fair enough. Why don't you just block her number again?"

Camila cuddled into Lauren's chest and wrapped her arms around her waist. "Later. I wanna cuddle now."

Lauren shook her head and reciprocated the awkward position. "Such a child."

"You love it."

Yeah. She really does.

~~~

So uh.. how's it going? Long time no see, y'all.

So I have an explanation (and or excuse if that's what you want to call it)

So my senior has really been kicking my ass. With softball, family, college applications, and trying (key word: trying) to pass my senior year- life has been a bitch.

I also have someone special in my life that I think deserves all the attention she can get (:

Overall, I'm happy with my life right now and unfortunately I just haven't had enough time to sit down and write a chapter. That doesn't mean I'm not writing.

Check out my one shots if you miss me that much (;

I'm not happy with this chapter cause I wanted the date to a lot more played out but its whatever. I'll make up for it (hopefully)

But nonetheless, I love you all and thank you for being so patient with me (:

-Lily <3

PS- I'm in my free period and have homework so ignore errors 🤷‍♀️