Burning Desire (Camren) (GxG)

Chapter 4

I was on my way to the library. Jennel and I had joined a small group of students who met there on a regular basis to go through the stuff we needed to know for our exams and today was our first meeting with them. As usual, I was late. Jennel knew me already, so she wouldn't be surprised about me being tardy, but I hoped the other girls wouldn't be mad at me. I barely knew them, we met them once and that was when they told us about the meetings, so I couldn't say how they were going to react. But they seemed nice, so I just hoped for the best. As I finally arrived 10 minutes late, I found them at a table next to the windows. They were chatting and laughing, so I anticipated them not to bother about my delay. "Hey guys, I'm so sorry for being late" I said as I reached their table with a friendly smile sitting next to Jennel. "Hey Camila, no problem, we didn't start yet. We were just getting to know each other before we go on with the annoying part of our meeting" Ally said with a chuckle. She was the one who had told us about the whole group studying thing. "You already know Normani and Dinah, right?" She asked, pointing at the girls to her left. I looked at them recognizing the girls who were always sitting next to Ally in classes and nodded. Next to them there were two boys I had never seen before, but I assumed that they were psychology students as well. One of them noticed the confused expression on my face and stood up to introduce himself putting out his right hand. "Hi. I guess we haven't met yet. My name's Liam and this is Alex." I shook his hand giving him a beaming smile. I didn't know why, but even though I just had gotten there, I felt really comfortable with those people, especially with two guys being part of the group. Since it had become a curiosity to meet boys in classes, I really appreciated some testosterone around me. "Hey, I'm Camila. So, how come that I haven't seen none of you guys so far? We've been in college for almost 2 month now and I thought I had seen every fellow student out there?" Actually I already knew why, to be honest I didn't spent a lot of time looking at random classmates but at a specific one. Of course that was none of their business, so I kept the answer to myself. "You know, sometimes I have to work at the restaurant of my uncle for extra money, so I miss a lot of courses. That's why I meet you guys here, so I can still keep pace with you," he responded winking at the rest of the group. He seemed to be a very charming guy and I kind of liked that. Anyway, shortly after our little chat we took out our books and began to discuss the main tests of statistics. Urgh, how I hated that subject, but going through the stuff in a group made it way easier and funnier. We were totally focused, but my bladder didn't care about me studying, so I excused myself and stood up to go to the bathroom. I was washing my hands when the door opened and two girls walked in, one of them being very familiar to me. As soon as I realized that the green-eyed girl was just a few steps away from me, my body froze. I wanted to look at her so badly, but I felt my checks blushing so I decided to keep my eyes on my hands to avoid her seeing me flush. They were having a conversation that caught my attention.
"Have you heard of the college party this weekend?"
"Sure, Alexa told me about it. Sounds promising. You're coming with us, aren't you?"
"How is this even a question, Lauren? Of course I am, you know how much I love to party with you girls and I totally miss my free time since I'm stuck in this library almost every day."
"Yay, I knew you wouldn't disappoint us. We definitely deserve some fun after this study sessions. But remember, you owe me at least 4 tequila shots, each for every hour I spent trying to explain to you how the t-test works."
With that said I left, otherwise they would have wondered why I washed my hands for almost a minute. But before I got out of the bathroom I mustered the courage to risk a short look at her, I just couldn't help myself. I looked back and raised my head and at the moment I saw her face I realized that she was staring at me with a smirk. She softly bit her bottom lip before she turned around continuing the talk with her friend and I finally left.
Thousands of thoughts crossed my mind, but there were two in particular that mattered the most. First of all, there would be a party and I got the way she looked at me as a masked invitation. And second, the green-eyed girl was Lauren, her name was Lauren. That little detail meant the world to me. I felt like I had discovered a new planet, a new universe ... and it went by the name of Lauren!
Walking back to my group, I thought about how I was going to convince Jennel to join me to that party, but I was pleasantly surprised as I reached our table and Liam told me what I had missed. "Camila, we were just talking about going out this weekend to spend some time together without any books or notes around us. Just relax and forget about the stress, you know?! And guess what? There's a college party this Saturday, a friend of mine will deejay that night. I already convinced the whole group to go there, now the only one left is you. So, what do you think?" I nodded accepting, trying to hide the excitement I felt. That was it, that was my chance. When I was in college I felt too nervous to even say hi, but a party was a totally different scenario. That was my thing. Loudly music, soft colored lights and a few drinks. That was everything I needed to calm my nerves and to finally have the courage to walk over to her and get to know her. Maybe that would help me understand why she had such an effect on me. Maybe getting to know her would help me understand myself better. That was all I wanted, to get off this weird feelings and finally see her as a normal girl, not as a burning desire. I didn't want to feel mesmerized anymore and behave like I weirdo when she was around. I was excited for all this questions to be answered, but the most important thing was that I would get to see her beautiful eyes again, no matter what. Somehow I guess there was a part of me wanting the obsession to continue, though. But I couldn't think of these things, there were way more important things to be cleared, like 'WHAT THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO WEAR?'