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

Chapter 44: On and On

Lauren's POV:

"Where is she? I need to see her." I say storming into the L.A. hospital. "Lauren, she okay, calm down." I get stopped by Sinu's hug. I can't hold back my tears anymore and I collapse into the older woman's arms. "She alright, she woke up a couple of hours ago." Sinu says rubbing my back soothingly and I can finally breathe again once I hear the good news. "Oh my God, I was so scared. I took the first flight I could to come see her." I say running my hand nervously through my hair. "I know you did honey, but everything's going to be okay." She assures wiping the tears from my face. "What happened?" I ask after I calm down a little bit. "We're not sure. The car got hit from Austin's side so he didn't really have a chance to make it, but Camila was really lucky to only break her arm and fracture some ribs. She really wanted to see you actually, but she didn't know if you'd come all the way from New York." Sinu explains with a sympathetic smile. "Can I?" I ask her softly and she nods pointing towards a hospital room. "She's going to be really happy to see you." Sinu says rubbing my arm and I smile at her sweetly. It must've been really hard to her to hear her daughter was in a car accident. I slowly make my way to Camila's room and after taking a deep breath I gather to courage to knock on her door. "Come in." I hear her voice softly behind the wooden door. I open it slowly and walk in with my heart beating out of my chest. I see Camila laying down with her back facing the door, and my hands begin to shake. I could've lost her, and there's nothing I could've done about it because we're not even in the same state. "Someone couldn't wait until Friday to see me." I say walking in and she immediately turns around to face me. "Lauren? Oh my God, what are you doing here?" She says excitedly sitting down. "What do you mean what am I doing here? You were in a car crash, remember?" I say sitting down next to her and she wraps her healthy arm around my neck. "I just didn't think you'd come so soon. But you have no idea how happy I am to see you." Camila says sending shivers down my spine. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that she could've died. I could've lost her in a matter of seconds. "But can you like not do that again? I was worried as hell." I say holding her face and plant a soft kiss on her lips. "I can't lose you Camz." I breathe softly leaning my forehead against hers and she nods as a tear streams down her face. "He died in my arms Lo, I tried to help him, but I couldn't." She says burying her face on my neck. "Don't do that Camila, it's not your fault." I say running my fingers through her hair. "But he got distracted because he as talking to me. I confronted him about the texts and now he's dead." She says and a soft sobs escapes her full lips. "This didn't happen because of you baby, please don't blame yourself." I say planting a quick kiss on her forehead and then wrap my arms around her body. I can't believe after everything Austin put us through, she still blames herself for what happened. She wasn't even the one driving. I hold her in my arms for a while until a doctor walks in and suggests Camila should get some rest so she could actually get out of the hospital today. I follow his orders and walk back to the hospital waiting room where I find Sinu reading a magazine. "Hey." I say softly and sit next to her. "Hey Lauren, how did it go?" She asks me sweetly and rests her hand on my knee. "Okay, she seems to be doing really well." I answer with a smile. "Yeah, she might even go back home today." She adds putting down the magazine. "I was thinking about staying for a couple of days if that's okay with you. I mean, until Camila is completely okay." I say nervously. I'm not sure if she's going to want me sleeping with her daughter now that she knows we're together. Things were different when she thought we were just friends. "Of course honey, we would love that, but can you miss school?" She asks me. "Yeah, that's not a problem at all." I answer politely. "Then I'll arrange the guest room for you today. Thank you for doing this Lauren, she really needs you right now." Sinu says placing her hand on my back. "I would do anything for her." I answer feeling my heart wrench. How have I been able to be away from her for so long? I can't help but feel guilty for leaving her alone. "Lauren? Oh my God, what are you doing here?" I suddenly see Dinah running through the hospital's hallway. I get up and run to hug her as well. I hadn't seen her in a really long time, and I really missed her. "I needed to see Camila." I answer after a while. "I know idiot, I didn't think you'd be able to get here so quickly though." She says with a grin and then pulls me in for a hug again. "I'm sorry, I really missed you." Dinah says giggling. "I missed you too DMac. How have you guys been?" I ask as we walk back to the waiting room. "Everything's cool. Camila really misses you, but she seems to be having a good time making music again. Her album is sounding amazing, but she won't be able to go on tour after the accident." Dinah says sighing. "Well, to be honest, she deserves a headlining tour, not to just open up for mediocre pop stars." I say tightening my jaw. I know that wasn't the most appropriate comment considering he just died, but just because he's dead doesn't mean I don't hate what he did to us. His texts were the reason our band broke up, but now that he's gone and Normani apologized, we might have that problem solved. Cole wasn't the most active member in the team anyway. After catching up with Dinah and Sinu for a while, I decide to walk back to Camila's room to check up how she's doing. Dinah and Sinu walk behind me and we find Camila crying in her bed. "Baby what's wrong?" Sinu says running to Camila's bed and hugs her. Dinah and I stand by the door watching the heart wrenching moment. I want to run up to her and hug her as well, but her mom has preference always. "This is my fault mom, I did this." Camila says wiping her tears with the back of her hands. "This isn't your fault honey, please don't say that." Sinu says holding her face and kisses her forehead lovingly. "She's right Mila, you couldn't have done anything." Dinah says walking towards the hospital bed. I follow her and stand besides the older woman looking at Camila intently. Her eyes suddenly meet mine while a few more tears run down her cheeks. "Could you guys let me talk to Lauren for a second?" She says softly. "Of course honey." Sinu answer grabbing Dinah's arm and walking out of my room. When we're alone again I sit down beside her and hold her hand. "What's on your mind babe?" I ask with a gentle smile. "My twitter feed is blowing up, these stupid Mahomies hate me." She says sighing. "Who gives a fuck what they think? Stop torturing yourself Camz." I say kissing the back of her hand. "You shouldn't even be looking at your phone. Do you want to get out of this hospital today or what?" I add with a smile. "But as soon as I get out you're going to leave again." Camila says with sad eyes. "Actually, about that, I hope you don't mind having a new guest in your apartment." I answer and see Camila grin softly. "Are you for real?" She asks me with an ever bigger smile. "Of course, I decided to take some time off school and keep you company until you're back on track." I say matter of factly. "I love you so much." Camila says pulling me closer to her and kisses my lips passionately. "I love you too Camzi, I'm so happy you're okay." I say giving her one more quick peck and then grab her phone from the table next to her bed. "And I'm taking this away from here." I add giggling. "No, Lauren wait!" She says desperately trying to take it away from my hands. "God chill, I don't want you to keep torturing yourself with what some lame Mahomies have to say." I say and suddenly feel the phone buzz in my hand. Instinctively I look at it and my jaw drops when I read the text.

Unknown Number:

This is not over bitch, I swear it isn't.

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about." Camila says when she sees the worried look on my face. "So this isn't the first text you've gotten?" I ask staring deeply into her eyes and see her shake her head softly. Fuck, where the hell is Cole?