Stranded

#2

Every morning, it was the same thing. The students filled the hallway, going about their business as they made their way to their respective classrooms. That was high school for everyone. But for Camila, it was being the popular kid of the bunch. She would enter through the main door of the school, heads turned towards her and her friends, greeting her like the sun that shined out of her ass. People would wave and hug her, smile at her and praise her for being so beautiful. Dinah, Hailee, Shawn and Richard Baker walked besides her, being the cool kids of the group. Everyone wanted to be their friend. But there was only one person who stayed clear of the social circles in the school. And it was Camila's beautiful crush, Lauren Jauregui. Camila always found her cute yet intriguing, full of secrets and always kept to herself. Camila would make it a habit to visit the library every day just to catch a glimpse of the green eyed beauty that she was madly in love with. But what saddened her heart the most, was the fact that Lauren came to classes with bruises or a cut lip. Like she's been punched by someone at home.

But Camila dismissed that, knowing Lauren's parents were such good people, and always hung out with her own parents, going to parties and functions when they stayed home. So Camila followed her around quietly, wanting to catch a glimpse of who was hurting this innocent teenager. And she found the culprit. Shawn and his bunch of buddies had pulled her into the gym room, and placed her down on her knees before they would slap her, push her to the ground like dirt, and on some instances, kick her in the stomach. This had been going on every day for Lauren. The poor girl, threatened so badly that she always came up with an excuse when she got to class, informing the teachers she was learning martial arts, and therefore the bruises. Lauren's parents were fed the same lie, and they only wished that she be more careful with herself. But for Camila, she knew it all too well.

So finally, she got tired of seeing Lauren being hurt, she changed her plans. Instead of following Lauren, she called their gym teacher, and the principal of the school, Marcus Kane, and led them to the locker area. Shawn of course ran like the pussy he was, Lauren on the floor with a broken nose, a broken rib and a swollen eye. Camila was immediately by her side, running her fingers the through her hair, those soft raven locks of hair that she had been dying to touch. The scared little girl she was, Lauren clung to Camila like her lifeline, never letting go until the school nurses had to pry her away and carry her back to the med bay. Camila was forever grateful she helped that girl. Her crush. Her love. Camila knew it wasn't the best time to approach Lauren in the medical bay to be by her side, wanting to take advantage of the situation and be there for Lauren as more of a friend, but because she cared and actually did love the girl so much, she went anyway.

Walking into the med bay, the nurses were talking to Marcus, explaining the details of Lauren's predicament, and a call was made for the ambulance to come pick her up because of the broken rib, Camila stood there awkwardly, waiting for the right time to go and see Lauren. Marcus of course saw Camila standing there, and he approached her with a soft smile. Thank god for a man like him. He cared a lot about the teachers and students in his school.

"Camila Cabello. I can't thank you enough for letting us know about bullying in the school. I spoke to the teachers as well and they said that she had been coming to class banged and bruised. And if it weren't for you catching them in the act, she could have been raped. So thank you. Also, I understand that Shawn is a close friend of yours. I know it must be hard for you to see him as such, but we have no choice but to expel him from school and be taken to the authorities. Will you be okay with that?"

"Yes sir. He deserves it for harming another student. As a friend, I wish he didn't commit such an act but of course, he has done wrong. But sir... I would like a small request."

"Anything for you Camila. You deserve it." He smiled.

"Can I see how Lauren is doing? It's the least I could do since I knew it was happening to her before and I just didn't have the courage to tell anyone sooner." Camila fumbled with her words, nervous that Marcus would actually throw her out since she knew about it before hand.