PRINCESS (H.S) - ON PAUSE

6. What do you want to know?

"Cause the more people you let into your life, the more they can walk out of it"

PRINCESS POV:

Waking up the next morning was weird. I didn't have a nightmare so I guess it was pretty good. It was also weird because things changed between me and Harry.

We kissed. Like actually kissed. I haven't done anything so intimate with someone since him. It was out of my comfort zone and I can't help but feel scared. Scared that he will leave me too. Scared that he won't want me.

With his arm draped over my stomach hugging me tight. This is strange. I haven't felt like this in a long time.

"Good morning" Harry says in his morning voice but I can't help but be weirdly attracted to it.

"Morning" I smile back. He pulls me closer and kisses me again.

Now I'm definitely not used to this. I honestly don't understand how someone so perfect can like me.

I accidentally moan into the kiss which causes me to blush. "Okay okay I'm getting hungry, so you want to go get breakfast" I break off the kiss

"Yeah" I reply back breathlessly.

We quickly get dressed and make our way to the cafe. I can't help but feel happy. Like really happy.

"So Spongebob or Patrick?" I randomly ask while stuffing my face with pancakes

"Random but I'll have to say Spongebob" he laughs

"Mmm I like Gary" I can't help but laugh

We continue like this for the rest of the morning just laughing and talking about random stuff.

I liked this. It was nice to spend time with someone other than my brother and his friends who I would consider my brothers as well.

He makes me genuinely laugh and smile.

"Okay can I asks you something serious?" Harry says. We are now back at his house in his living room.

"O-Okay" I wasn't too sure about this. I hated people asking me questions because they always wanted to know more and more.

"We almost been great friends for a year now. And you know a lot about me but I don't know anything about you" he looks up at me.

I hate talking about myself but I have to try. "What do you want to know?"

"Who's Cameron?" What! Shit! Fuck! How does he know that name.

"How do you know that name" tears are starting to fill me eyes.

"That day you had your night mare. You screamed out the name Cameron" stop saying his name. It hurts so much. Please.

"H-he was my best friend in a way"

"In a way? I don't mean to push but what does that mean" he questions

"I don't know how to explain it. I can't" I really can't. I can't sit there and tell Harry how much I loved him. I can't break his heart.

"What happened to him?" He asks noticing how sad I've become.

"I can't, I can't repeat it" I sob.

"Can you please try I just want to understand you" I know he just wants to help me but it's just so fucking hard.

But I like Harry a lot. I want to be open with him like he is with me. He tells me everything while I don't tell him anything. So I will try

I will tell him what happened as best as I can.

Flash back:

It was December so obviously Cameron and I were skating. It was our favourite thing to do even though I was horrible at it. We were both 15, he was just a few months older than me. His birthday was in January while mine was in May. In our neighborhood it wasn't safe. I wasn't aloud to walk alone in the streets I always had to have someone with me. It was either Cameron, my grandfather, king or one of his friends that he trust. So after skating we were walking home. He lived a few houses down from home so it didn't really make him go out of his way. We were almost home. We were so close we just had to walk three more blocks when we heard a loud bang. He quickly hugged me to his chest to protect me. When we looked to see where the sound came from we saw two guys with a gun each. "I'm just going to go see if I can calm them down" Cameron said. "No! Stop what if you get hurt?"  "I won't, look it's just Lou and Chris they probably took something and  just arguing for no reason"
Everyone knew everyone in this small community but everyone just stayed In their own little groups. Everyone obviously knew me because I was the sister of " The Famous King" and everyone knew Cameron because he just loved to make new friends. "Yo, why are you guys making a scene? Cmon there are kids around" Cameron says while walking towards them. He looked like he wasn't affected by their guns at all. "Cam mind yo business, this doesn't involve you" Lou says. "Go take Princess home before King kills all of us"  Chris says. He was always so stubborn never knew when to stop. "King will kill you if you hurt someone innocent with that gun" he shoots back. "Listen kid stop, we don't want you to get hurt" for some reason Cam thought it would be a good idea to go in the middle of them. "Cameron lets go! This doesn't involve us" I scream at him. He gives me a look that says he isn't going until he does the right thing. "Let's just talk it out" he says putting his hands out. Before I can even blink they all start arguing. I quickly go to grab Cameron but he pushes me away on the ground as soon as we hear a gun go off. "Shit! Fuck! Princess we didn't mean it!" Lou screams. When I get up and open my eyes I see him. Cameron. He's on the floor with a pool of blood around him. Lou and Chris run off. "No! No!" I scream and run to him. My whole body is shaking. I put his head on my lap not bothering to care about his blood on me. "Please! Please someone help me" I scream. But no one came. That's what I hate about this city. Everyone fends for them selves. " No,no,no please don't leave me Cameron, please I need you" I sob touching his head. From the distance I can hear police sirens. "Please you c-can't go. You can't leave me too. I love you" I cry and cry. "Help! Please someone help!" My voice is cracking. I'm crying to the point I can't breathe. I'm crying to the point that I'm screaming. I  rip off my scarf and tie it around his chest to stop the bleeding. It's not working. He's not breathing. No. This can't be happening. He can't leave me. He can't. by the time the police finally arrive Cameron wasn't breathing. I was crying so hard it hurt. It hurt so much. How could this happen? Why did this happen? Why can I never be happy? They took him away from me and gave me a blanket. They said to sit in the ambulance truck and wait for them to call my Grandfather. When they arrived I was just staring off in space. I wasn't crying anymore but I wasn't numb. It still hurt a lot. I heard a nurse tell my grandfather and king that I was probably in shock. They looked at me like I was broken. Like I was some fragile piece of glass. I hated it. The police tried to ask me questions but I couldn't talk. The words wouldn't come out. Later that night I didn't eat anything. I didn't even talk all I did was nod. Before I went to sleep my grandfather came into my room. "Layna are you okay" I was sitting on my bed and all I did was nod. "It's okay if you aren't" he sits next to me. I didn't know how to tell him that I was in so much pain. That I needed it to stop. I wanted to leave too. Instead of telling him I put my head in his lap while he played with my hair. That's when I lost it. I choked out a sob. It's sound painful. I cried so hard I couldn't breathe. "Shhh calm down, it's going to be alright" he calmed me. But it didn't work. I couldn't breathe. It was like my brain finally realized what actually happened. "Papa.. please make it stop...it hurts so much" I didn't know what was happening. I was curled up in the fetus position with my hands on my ears slightly pulling my hair. My whole body was shaking. "please make it stop" I was in so much emotional pain that it started to physically hurt. I started to scream and cry so hard my throat started to hurt. King came into my room at some point to try and calm m down but it was no use. After a while I finally fell asleep from crying. It was horrible.My grandfather and brother fell asleep too while hugging me. I'm pretty sure my grandfather shed a few tears too but he did his best to hide them.

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So we finally know what happened to Cameron, but do you think there's more to her past?

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