Hold On To Me

Chapter 3

* The next day @ Campus Lecture Hall*

"Thank you for your kind attention." Professor Williams ends his briefing with a megawatt smile.

The massive screen of the lecture theatre is written with the words 'The End' followed by an applause from the audience. Soon, the room is filled with the commotion of students leaving their seats, multiple conversations happening at the same time that Lauren believes is called white noise. While everyone around her is up and about, already sharing thoughts and ideas about the special event excitedly, she searches for her headphone, hoping to plug her ears as she waits for the flow of the enthusiastic crowd to recede.

Due to Matt's surprise visit, she has a hard time sleeping than usual with conversations between him and Louis resurfacing in her slumber. It kept her up all night and if she didn't realise how important this is, she would skip this session without a doubt. She can hardly pay attention during the orientation and wonders if she was wasting her time indeed.

As a result of her late arrival, she could not sit with her girlfriends. Slipping into the back seats half asleep and messaging the British moron who continues to rant about his brother. The rest of her time spent cocking her sarcastic brow at the pretentious pile of humans who seems to be drooling over Jesse the lecturer.

Her mind starts to wander elsewhere as she waits, her world slowly drowned in loud rock music drumming in her ears. A few cackling couples stand in line with arms all over each other. Lauren cringes at the sight and looks away immediately. A long thread of curses plays in her mind, as her eyes drop its gaze on her light up screen of her phone which she constantly put on silent.

"Hey, Ralph, where you at?"

Lauren groans at the nickname and tousles her hair. "Somewhere at the back. Too many people. I can't go anywhere."

"Seriously?!" Dinah shrieks into the speaker, easily curving a smile on Lauren's lips. "Damn, can you at least see me? I'm with my Queen and her short Lady-In-Waiting."

Lauren snorts. "Have you been more insane lately? If they heard you, you may or may not be in trouble."

"Don't give me that sneer! I can see you smirking at me! Give me chills!"

"So much for being tough D-mac," she sneers.

"Shut yo mouth. Which side you at? Is it left? Oh, wait! You can't tell your right from your left. And don't you dare roll your eyes behind my head!"

Lauren bursts into giggles, eventually standing on her toes trying to spot the blond tall girl. During her search, her gaze catches a flip of brown hair that is all too familiar. One hard swallow down her throat, Lauren stares into oblivion, isolating the breath-taking view of the beautiful brunette, queuing up with her clique of friends at the other end of the theatre.

At the far distance, Camila could not have noticed her stare. She is behaving like her usual self, goofing around with her friends that used to be potential victims of Lauren's jealousy. Right now, she accepts them as the company Camila needs. If it is a man who tries to take advantage of this crowd to grope her, Lauren is ready to put on her shades and pulls out her sniper rifle, aiming for the pervert's head.

Damn, what is she doing?

She is quietly hiding behind, checking her ex-flame out.

This is wrong. They had some sort of closure at the party, didn't they?

But looking from afar is not against rules of a breakup, right?

They still live on planet Earth and they have one in a million chances to meet again. Well, not necessarily true though since they are in the same college and would likely to cross path every once in a while even though Camila had switched classes this final year.