A Change Of Directions (Camren)

Chapter 31: Bromance

"Now that's some shit."

Well, Shawn got straight to the point.

I had just told him about what had happened between Lauren and I, and about the whole Jack deal, trying to keep my voice low as we were in Chemistry class.

"But I think that Lauren's right." Shawn muttered, glancing at the teacher's back before he continued, "Jack's never been a good liar. He wouldn't make up anything to break you two up, he's not clever enough for that."

I frowned. "You think so?"

Shawn nodded and added, "You're just being paranoid. I guess it's normal, since you snatched his girlfriend away and all."

I slowly nodded my head, thinking that he had a point. Jack had every reason to talk to Lauren, to sort things out and maybe make amends about their broken relationship. Just because they had a conversation didn't mean that Lauren was going to leave me for him, not after all that she had gone through to be with me.

"But I still want to know what's got her acting so strange." I mumbled.

"Define 'strange'."

"Well, I -" I stopped in my sentence to pause, searching for words. "First, when I greeted her, she wouldn't let me kiss her properly in the school canteen. And when she saw me getting upset, she almost pounced on me. I don't know, she tried to hide her strange behaviour by acting even more strange."

Shawn thoughtfully ran a hand through his hair, shortly ruffling it a bit. "You gotta think from Lauren's position. Maybe she's not completely comfortable about being out yet, you know, so she didn't want to make a show by swapping spit with you in front of everybody."

I grimaced and almost forgot to hold my voice down as I hissed back, "Gosh, we were in the canteen. Trust me to have enough decency to not stick my tongue down her throat."

Shawn's smirk told me that he did just the opposite. I groaned.

"Okay, okay." He quickly said in a hushed voice when the teacher turned around to give us a warning look.

"It's not okay," I grumbled back, mindlessly flinging a pellet of paper at a random student out of frustration. He didn't even notice the piece of paper getting stuck in his hair.

"Look, bro." Shawn whispered to get my attention again. "Either way, she's not the kind of girl for PDA."

"PDA?"

"Public display of affection, duh. From what century are you, girl."

I warily looked at him and he defensively shrugged his shoulders. "What I'm trying to say is, that Lauren's more a private persion, No making out in public places I guess."

I raised one eyebrow. "We kissed in a coffee sh -"

"Where nobody's looking 'cause the lighting is so dark."

" - and we kiss in the hallways -"

"Where only a small crowd of people linger around between classes."

Frustrated, I tried to recall every time we kissed, trying to figure out if there was a pattern like Shawn was hinting on. If she really only kissed me when few people were around or when no one was looking.

My shoulders slumped down, I felt myself deflating in my seat. He was right. "You're one smart bro."

"I know, right?"

I bet Shawn was tempted to high-five himself if his big cocky smirk was any indication.

"Then please explain why she decided to make me forget about the topic by kissing me? In front of everyone?"