ymms drafts

double vision

Camila moves to Miami and meets identical twin sisters, Lauren and Michelle Jauregui.

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"You must be the new student. Karla Cabello, right?"

Camila almost scoffs when her new teacher uses her first name, but she reminds herself that he doesn't know any better and refrains from it. "Yeah. I prefer to use my middle name, Camila, though."

He sends her a warm smile. "Of course, Camila. Take a seat over there next to Dinah."

Camila looks to where he's pointing and nods, walking to the middle of the room and sitting down next to a blonde girl who is looking her up and down sceptically. The girl looks like a runway model, aside from the wary look on her face, and it's a little intimidating, but Camila pushes past that. She figures that if they're going to be partners for the rest of the year, she might as well introduce herself.

She tries to brush off the way the other girl is looking at her and smiles. "Hey. I'm Camila, although I don't know why I'm telling you that because you probably heard the teacher call me it."

Apparently the girl senses she's not a threat – probably from her awkward rambling – and the sceptical look is replaced by a welcoming grin. "Dinah Jane Hansen. Nice to meet you. You good at history?"

Camila shrugs as Dinah pushes her textbook to the centre of the table so they can share it. "Kind of? It's not my favourite subject, but it's not like I'm bad at it."

Dinah raises an eyebrow. "What is your favourite subject?"

"I'm a big music nerd, but I hate doing it for a grade, so my favourite class would probably be literature." Camila replies. "I don't know, I love reading and the fact that there's a million different interpretations for just one line in a book is fascinating."

Dinah laughs. "You know, you sound like a friend of mine. She always has her nose in a book."

"In that case, I think your friend and I would get along well." Camila responds with a smile, proud of herself for not accidentally scaring Dinah off. "Do you like to read?"

"Nah," Dinah scoffs, "It takes too long. I just watch the movies."

Holding back whatever snarky comment is hanging off the tip of her tongue, Camila just hums. "Well... I guess everyone has different opinions."

It's silent for a few moments, and Dinah scribbles something down in her notebook, before looking back up to Camila with a smile. "You got any lunch plans?"

"No," Camila shakes her head, "I was just planning on sitting in the library, which probably sounds super nerdy and weird and I'm really digging myself into a hole right now so please forget that I said that."

"Perfect," Dinah smiles, "you're coming to sit with me and my friends."

Camila blinks in surprise. "Wait, really? You're inviting me to sit with you?"

"Yeah," Dinah laughs, "You seem cool, Camila. I'm always down to hang with cool people."

"Oh, thank you," Camila composes herself and smiles, half-grateful that she'd been called cool, "maybe your friend who likes books and I will hit it off."

"Actually, she doesn't go here." Dinah tells her. "Her sister does, though. They're twins. Identical. Unfortunately for you, only one of them is into your dorky reading. The other one is kind of a fuckboy."

Camila hums in thought. "Twins, huh? That must be frustrating when you're trying to tell them apart."

Dinah shrugs. "Not really. They both have completely different styles. Plus Lauren has some piercings."