I'll Wait (Camren)

The Hurting

- Flashback to 2 months ago -

Camila is coming to my show tonight and I can't wait to see her. We have been fighting a lot lately and it is mainly my fault. It's just that Camila has changed a lot. During Fifth Harmony she was shy and more of a loner. She didn't have many other friends so she'd show me a lot of attention. She was so cute and innocent back then.

Now Camila's a huge superstar. She's so busy and has friends other than me. Sometimes I feel like she's too busy for me. We haven't gotten to talk much because she has a party to go to or a show... I just miss having all of her attention on me. I'm proud of her success and I guess I'm just jealous that she's spending her time with other people rather than with me. I've been blaming her for not giving me as much attention as she used to.

I know that's unfair of me which is why I'm going to make it up to her tonight! Last time Camila visited me didn't go so well. Camila got angry with how much I'd been drinking or smoking. It was kind of second nature for me to be buzzed and I didn't see why Camila was so angry but I understand she was just worried about me. I'm not going to make the same mistake again this time.

I have a perfectly romantic night planned for us. I even planned a little something for her during my show. I'm nervous and excited but mainly just impatient! I miss Camila so much.

It's about 10 am now and I have a couple hours to kill before my meet and greet at 3 pm. Camila said she wouldn't be here until 5 because she had an interview during the day. I spent my free time decorating the hotel I was staying in. We had spent a few nights together in the same bed but nothing... sexual has happened. I'm not in a rush to take our relationship to the next step in that way but I still want to make tonight special.

I placed candles around the room and spread rose petals around. It all looked very cheesy and I didn't want to give Camila the wrong idea about spending the night together. I made a mental note to make sure Camila knows I don't expect us to do anything tonight if she doesn't want to do anything more than sleep.

I left the room satisfied and stopped to get lunch with a few friends who were on the tour with me. During lunch I was getting more and more nervous to see Camila. I couldn't stop thinking about her so I decided to call her. After a couple rings she picked up.

"Camz?" I could hear some noise but Camila wasn't saying anything. I guess she picked up on accident.

I was about to hang up when I heard Camila's voice. I lifted the device backup to my ear trying to understand what was being said.

"It's too risky. Lauren could find out and that can't happen!"

"Don't worry." I heard a man's voice but I couldn't recognize it. "No one will find out. I'll make sure of it."

I heard some ruffling around before the call ended. I called Camila again immediately. I was starting to get afraid of what was going on. Who was that man? What was going on?

"Lauren, hey." Camila answered sounding upset. "I was just about to call you."

"What's up?" I asked trying to sound casual.

"This is taking longer than I thought so I'm going to be a little late tonight. I promise I'll be there as soon as I can." Camila sounded apologetic but was being very vague.

"Anything I can do to help?" I tried to elicit more information without sounding suspicious.

"No I um..." Camila responded sounding unsure. "Just don't worry about it. I'm sorry I'm going to be late."

"No worries.. See you tonight. I love you." I didn't know what is happening but I want to remind her that I'm here for her.

"Okay, me too. Bye." Camila spoke hurriedly before hanging up.