Musically In Love

Chapter 8

*Camila*

Waking up this morning is really weird. I open my eyes and the first thing is I notice is that Dinah isn't next to me anymore. I turn on my back and stare at the ceiling, replaying last night's events and contemplating whether it was real or just a crazy dream. Just then Dinah bursts through the door and jumps on the bed next to me.

D: "Yay!! You're finally awake, Ellen DeGeneres! So I was thinking, we should go down and eat some of those blueberry pancakes I just helped your mom make and then you should definitely text Lauren and ask her what her plans are for today?!"

I couldn't help but laugh at her reference to Ellen.

C: "Okay, first of all, rude!! Secondly, how do you have so much energy right now? And thirdly.. that's actually a really good idea.."

D: "Great!" Dinah leaves the room, skipping excitedly.

I smile and shake my head before I sit up, stretch and get out of bed. Our clothes from last night are sprawled all over the floor so I attempt to search for my jeans that I wore last night to get Lauren's number out of my pocket. I pick up my top that I wore and hold it up in front of me and begin to fold it neatly when something pricks my finger.

Ow!! What the..

Turning my top around, I notice that there's a dainty bracelet caught on the back of my top. I hold it closer to me so I can carefully untangle it from the thread of my top and when I get it loose, I notice that it is a really cute bracelet. It's brassy colour gives it that old timely feel, it has a green pendent and in the center of the pendent there's a moon. A gold crescent moon shape. It must be Dinah's. I shrug and clip it onto my wrist before I pick my jeans up and pull the crumpled up napkin out of the pocket. I open it carefully.

"Thought I'd be 'Miss Confidence' - 442 4980 8761"

My heart instantly starts bouncing rapidly in my rib cage, butterflies fill my stomach and I can't help but smile the biggest smile. She's so charming! And so cute! I can't wait to text her to meet us today.

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*Lauren*

Packing up the last of my stuff felt weirdly odd today. I'm usually really excited to get back home into my usual routine, because let's face it, New York can get a little overwhelming after a while. But today it felt different. I keep replaying last nights events in my head and I can't believe just how lucky I was to have seen Camila again. I never thought I'd ever see her again after we met in the park, let alone get to kiss her soft lips.

I keep checking my phone, just in case she texts or calls me. And oddly enough, a part of me wants to stay here in New York just for the chance to get to see her gorgeous smile again. I can still see it so clearly in my head.

Wow, Lauren. You're absolutely sprung!

I am completely distracted. I think I folded the same sweater 10 times over. One thing's for sure is that no one has ever made me feel this way before.

I make my way downstairs with my bags and Abuela is waiting at the door with what looks like enough food to feed the whole of Kenya with. Well, is she really my grandmother if she doesn't over feed me? Absolutely not. Without complaining, I take all the delicious smelling food and pack it neatly into my bag before thanking her for everything, giving her the biggest hug and kiss and then heading out the door to my Uber that was already waiting outside for me.

The ride to the airport went quickly and I got there with some time to spare. So after I check my luggage in, I pop into the book store to pick up something to read on the flight. I'd gotten really accustomed to the 3 hour flights back and forth from New York to Miami and it didn't feel as long anymore because I fly out quite often, but I still need something to read to pass the time with. I'm reading the blurb of a vampire romance novel when my phone buzzes in my pocket. I take it out and read the text that came in from an unknown number.

"Hi 'Miss Confidence', it's me- Miss Awkwardness lol. I was wondering if you had plans today?"

My heart fell through my rib cage and a literal pain stung my chest. Fuck. She doesn't know that I'm leaving New York today. I hesitate regrettably, before I reply.

"Hi babe. Im so sorry, I'm leaving New York today. Going back to Miami. I'm at the airport right now."

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*Camila*

These pancakes taste a lot better than I expected them to. Dinah doesn't have the best cooking track record. She once attempted to bake chocolate chip cookies and burnt them to a crisp, leaving the entire kitchen in smoke! That was the last time I allowed Dinah to do anything in the kitchen alone.

My phone buzzes on the kitchen counter next to me and the name "Lo" appears on the screen. I instantly jump and drop my fork on my plate causing it to make a loud 'clank' sound and both my mom and Dinah look up at me in shock.

"Hi babe. I'm so sorry, I'm leaving New York today. Going back to Miami :( I'm at the airport right now."

My heart drops to my stomach and an overwhelming feeling of anxiety comes over me. This feeling is devouring me from the inside- it feels like I've lost something very important to me, but I can't remember what it is that I've lost. It feels like panic.

This can't be true..

NO.
How can this be happening??

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