(CAMREN) Falling For You

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Amelia was still crying in the back seat so Camila thought it was best to pull over and calm her down. She parked the car then unbuckled herself. She didn't want to chance getting out in case crystal decided to follow so she kept the doors locked then climbed to the back seat even with the pain in her back.

"Amelia baby it's okay now. She's gone baby." Camila said running her hand over her head in a soothing manner.

"I wan.. I wan mommy.. call mommy pleaz.." Amelia cried out.

"Okay baby I'll call her." Camila reached to the front passenger seat and grabbed her phone.

"Hey beautiful! How's the..."

"MOMMY...." Amelia cried out loud.

"Baby! What's wrong?! What happen? Where's mama?"

"I'm right here babe.. som.."

"MOMMY..... we need you... mean lady yelled at mama.. come home mommy.. we need you.."

"It's ok Amelia calm down we're okay.. nobody's here anymore.. it's just us baby.." Amelia's crying calmed down some and she nodded.

"What is she talking about Camila? What happened?"

"Crystal came..."

"CRYSTAL!?!"

"Yes.. she came to the park and started yelling and threatening me."

"Threatening you?! What the fuck? For what? Where are you now?"

"Yeah. We're about 15 minutes away from the house. I pulled over to calm Amelia down."

"Ok I'll be home as soon as I can I'm getting into the car now. I'll call Mani or someone to go over. Till I get there."

"Laur we're fine it's ok."

"No Camz. Your still not well. And on top of this you have her finding you and threatening
you. She knows where we live Camz she can come by and you know that."

"You're right. Lo.. Are you upset that we went to the park?"

Lauren sighs. "Camila of course I'm not upset. I know you were going crazy in the house and I know you just wanted to spend sometime with Amelia outside, we already agreed it was fine Camz. What I'm upset about is that bitter bitch showing up and threatening you that's what I'm upset about and honestly I'm fed up with her and her fucking parents. They don't want to lose their daughter well they've officially lost their granddaughter. Because I can't do this anymore you can only be nice for so long. We have court next week. I know they won't get anything so that's when I'll tell them I'm done with them and that's that."

Camila closes her eyes and lays her head back she takes a deep breath and when she finally breathes out, she opens her eyes and sees Amelia looking at her with sad puffy eyes.

"I hate to say this but I think that's for the best babe. For you and especially for Amelia it's not right for her to see all of this. She doesn't deserve that."

"I know babe. Neither do you."

"I'm gonna start getting ready to drive home now babe. I'll see you when you get home."

"Okay be safe. I'm already driving home. I'll be there as soon as I can. I'll call Mani as soon as we hang up."

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too mommy.." Amelia says in a sad voice.

"I love you both too very very very much." Lauren gives 6 kisses through the phone. "2 for your eyes, 2 for your cheeks. 1 for your head and 1 for your nose. Oh and Camila." Lauren sends one more kiss. "An extra one for the nugget."

Both girls smile at each other when Lauren finishes the call. Camila knew Amelia needed to talk to Lauren but she didn't know how much she needed to, too. Because once she hung up she felt 10x's better. Now she knew why Amelia loved Lauren's 6 kisses at the end of the phone call because it makes you feel loved and special. And that's exactly what both of them needed in that moment.

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8 minutes after Camila and Amelia arrive home there was a knock at the door. Camila walked to the door to see who it was and it was Normani.

"Hey!" Camila says as she opens the door.

"Oh god mila are you okay?" Normani says as she give Camila a hug.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"Where's melly?" Normani asks as she walks through the door.

"In the living room she's watching Coco."

"Okay good. So what happened?"

Camila recaps what happened as they make their way to the kitchen because she didn't want Amelia to hear their conversation.

"Wow. Fucking crystal she's a psycho. I have no clue why she's so obsessed with Lauren."

"I wish I knew too. So where's Dinah? I haven't spoken to her in awhile."

"Uhh well I don't know I haven't spoken to her for almost 3 weeks."

"Wait what? What do you mean? How?"

"Well you know she started going to therapy and stuff and she was getting better but I don't know one day she came home said she needed a break. She needed time to think. And she packed up her stuff and left. I tried calling her for the first 4 days but she wouldn't answer. She texted me on the fourth day and told me to please leave her alone she needs time to herself and to think and me calling isn't helping. When she's ready to talk she'll talk. And when I responded back my text wouldn't go through then I tried calling and it went straight to voicemail so I'm assuming she blocked me. So.. yeah.."

"Oh my god Mani I'm sooo sorry. What the hell that's crazy."

Normani shrugs. "Honestly I don't know what's crazy anymore. I mean she pretty much confessed to being in love with Lauren for years but chose me. And that's probably because she knew Lauren was in love with Elizabeth and would choose Elizabeth even with her constantly being sick. So it's kinda like she settled for me. She never cheated on me but inside she was pinning over someone else the whole time. What's worse is that person is my best friend and I can't even be angry at Lauren because she didn't do anything wrong. She didn't even know herself. And now she's in therapy and she was doing better she was spending more time with me showing extra affection then all of a sudden one day she comes home completely different and on a mission to get out and soul search. So I don't know anything anymore about what's in her head."

"I don't even know what to say Mani. I'm sorry this is happening though. You and Dinah have been together for so long. I just hope she comes to her senses and you guys can work it out."

"Honestly I don't even think I want to work it out. I mean she was with me but day dreaming about my best friend that's just hard for me to accept."

Camila sighs. "You know I've never had this happen to me before. Like people literally being in love with the person I'm with to the point were it makes them crazy and I'm not talking about Dinah I was talking about Crystal being crazy just so you know. But anyway like I mean even with Austin girls would look at him and flirt but nothing more. even when I found out about that girl he was dating like they dated for what almost 2 years and she dropped him like nothing she didn't even try to fight me, she showed me her proof I showed her mine, we confronted him and she was just like eh dueces. But not with Lauren. And the sad thing is Austin gave other girl his attention and time and Lauren doesn't. she doesn't even notice other girls or even acknowledge them flirting with her. So it really baffles me how they are so in love with her."

Normani laughs. "I have no clue. Maybe she has super powers or something."

Before Camila could respond Lauren walks in announcing that she was home. Then they hear Amelia squeal from the living room right before hearing the pitter patter of her feet running toward the front door while she yells mommy.