Are You There? ("Those Eyes" sequel, Camren Fan Fic)

Chapter 43: And Burn

Camila's POV:

My weekend with Lauren was incredible. Going to New York was the best decision of my life and I'm so glad I took that chance. Of course saying goodbye wasn't easy at all, but I had to come back to L.A., especially considering that my asshole of a manager told Austin I would go on tour with him, and I really need to deal with that. But I can't deny my mood changed completely after spending some time with Lauren, and I'll get to see her again in just a matter of days, so that makes me even more excited. The idea of being apart isn't as painful when you have the hope of being together again really soon, and I guess that has helped me cope with everything that has been happening. As soon as I land back on L.A. I take a cab to my manager's office. I wish I could go back home and get some sleep after the tiring flight, but I have to fix the Austin problem as soon as possible. I can't go on tour with that asshole after what he did to me and Lauren. At least Normani had the decency of apologizing, but Manwhore is still pretending to know nothing about the subject. I hate him so much, and I hate myself for being partially responsible for what he did. If I hadn't dated him we wouldn't be having this problem in the first place. I was the stupid idiot who told him about Lauren and I, and I regret doing that so much now. I can't believe I actually dated him at one point, he was always so shallow and egocentric, and really nothing like the person I wanted to date. And Lauren on the other hand is flawless, and smart, and she just gets me. It's like we're only meant to be with each other, or at least I know there's not a single person I'd rather be with. Not even Ryan Gosling, and that says a lot. I get in the cab and immediately call Lauren to let her know I landed safely. As soon as I hear her voice on the other side of the phone my heart skips a beat. "Hey Lo, I just landed." I say softly leaning against the cab's window. "I'm so happy to hear that babe, how was your flight?" She asks me sweetly. "Alright I guess, but I miss you already." I sigh loudly. "Me too. Thank you again for coming Camz, you have no idea how much I needed to see you." Lauren tells me and memories about our weekend flood my mind, our hands intertwined as one, her soft lips on mine, and then I remember about her bitchy roommate and I feel my cheeks burning up, but I don't want to ruin the moment by thinking about her. "I needed to see you too, more than anything in this world and I'm really happy we got to at least spend a couple of days together." I reply biting my lip softly. "And I can't wait to see your beautiful face again this friday babe." Lauren adds making me smile like an idiot. "I can't wait either, but I have to go know, I need to fix what my manager fucked up." I say realizing I'm almost at my destination. "Okay, I'll call you tonight. Good luck Camz, I love you." She says taking a deep breath. "I love you too Lo, tell Sarah I say hi." I say teasing and hear Lauren's beautiful laugh. "She's actually not here. I haven't seen her since Saturday. It looks like you scared her away." She teases back. "She better be scared. Jealous Camila is really scary." I say giggling. "Oh baby I know, but I promise there's nothing or no one to be jealous of, I love you, and only you." She says sweetly. "I love you too Jauregui, see you soon." I answer and hang up when the taxi driver parks in front of my manager's office. I pay him and make my way to the tall building, but I really have no idea what to say. I can't just walk in and be like: hey, what's up? I don't want to go on tour with Austin because he's an asshole... I'm pretty sure they already know he's a huge asshole, but why would they care? I walk defiantly anyways and open his office door. "Camila? What are you doing here?" He says surprised and puts down the papers he was reading. "I'm not going on tour with Austin Mahone. No way in hell." I say firmly and cross my arms. "What are you talking about? You signed a contract and you'll do whatever we tell you to do. And right now going on tour with him is the best thing for your career. You can't let something childish like that fact that he's your ex ruin a chance like this one." He explains standing up. "It's not because he's my ex, you wouldn't understand." I say hopelessly and stare at the ground. "I know you were hoping for a tour of your own Camila, and I promise you'll get that soon. Just be patient, and trust us." He says with a somewhat uncomfortable smile. "I know, but I really can't. A lot of things happened that you know nothing about, and I promise I wouldn't ask you to do something like this if it wasn't completely serious. I'm begging you." I plead biting my lip. "We already signed a contract, there's nothing I can do. I'm sorry." He says apologetically and sits back down. I walk out of his office with a mixture of anger, sadness and fear I can't put to words. Immersed in my thoughts, I suddenly bump into someone. "Just the person I was looking for." Austin says with an annoying grin. "Fuck." I mumble under my breath and stare away from his face. "Where were you? I passed by your apartment yesterday to talk about out tour and you weren't there." He asks me putting his arm around my shoulder. "Why do you care? You got what you wanted, didn't you? Just please stay the hell away from me or I'll tell everyone about the texts you sent me and Lauren." I say taking his arm away from me. I can't believe I just confronted him about his past behavior. He gives me a death glare tightening his jaw. I had never seen Austin this angry before. I guess his little perfect plan wasn't as infallible as he thought. "Come on, lets take a ride." He says grabbing my arm and pulls me down the hallway. "Austin let go of me, we're not going anywhere." I say trying to escape his grip, but I can't. "Shut up and walk if you don't want me to hurt your mom. Did I forget to mention she looked lovely yesterday?" He says whispering and my blood turns cold. My mom is alone in the apartment right now, but he wouldn't really hurt her, would he? At this point I can't really risk it, so I keep walking next to Austin until we get to his car. "Get in." He tells me opening his door. I stand frozen and I can literally feel my heart on my throat. "Get in, didn't you hear me?" He screams now and after I couple of seconds I do as he told. He starts driving somewhere unknown, his hands tightly clasping the steering wheel and his eyes violently set on the road. "Where are we going?" I ask softly. "Shut the fuck up." He snaps at me and turns on the radio. "Are you okay?" I ask again hoping for some kind of reaction. "Fuck Camila, keep your mouth shut, I'm serious." He repeats angrily. His phone starts vibrating on the car's dashboard and from the corner of my eye I read Cole's name in the caller ID. Fuck, I'm screwed. Austin glances quickly at it and mumbles something to his self. He's taking me to Cole, isn't he? They're going to kill me. I should've seen this one coming. I can't die without saying goodbye to Lauren. At least I got to tell her how much I love her, but I can't go like this. Especially without any solid answers. "Why did you do it Austin?" I ask him confidently. "Because I love you Camila, and I need you to love me back." He answers surprisingly. "You ruined my life. You don't ruin the life of those you love." I shoot back at him. "You wouldn't get it." He mumbles again taking another look at his phone. "You don't love me, and you never did. It just hurt your enormous ego that I picked her over you." I say matter of factly. "Shut up." He says setting his eyes back on the road. "Just admit it Austin, we both know that's the truth." I keep on pressing his buttons. "Shut the fuck up." He screams this time losing his temper. "She's the love of my life, and I will always love her." I add leaning against the leather car seat. "She's a slut, and you deserve someone better. Someone like me. Not her, not a bitch like her." He says staring deeply into my eyes and that's the last thing I heard.

Lauren's POV:

"Look who decided to come back after disappearing without letting anyone know where she went." I say when Sarah walks into our door room. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to bother you and Camila." She answers leaving her bag on her bed. "Oh, you're a bitch by the way, thank you about that." I say trying to hide my anger. I can't stay mad at her forever, but just remembering about the way she treated Camila makes me want to punch her in the face. "I already said I was sorry, gee." She complains sitting down on her bed. "You were still a bitch." I repeat once more. "I know, I don't know what I was thinking, would you please forgive me?" Sarah says half-teasingly and lays down. "Alright, just because you're my roommate and thing would be awkward if I'm pissed at you, but again, you were a bitch." I say and hear her groan. "I get it, I was a bitch and Camila is fucking perfect. You're really lucky to have her by the way. I can't believe she came all the way from L.A. just to see you." She says making me smile. "I know, she's amazing." I answer with the smile still plastered on my face. "And she's really hot too." She adds giggling and I throw I pillow at her. "Hey she's off limits." I say seriously and see her roll her eyes. "Trying to come between you guys is the last thing I want to do, trust me." She says picking up the control remote and turns on the T.V. Suddenly a reporter's voice catches my attention completely. "Pop star Austin Mahone found dead after a massive car crush. His companion, singer Camila Cabello, was taken urgently to the hospital."