Trials and Tribulations

Chapter 61

A/N: Umm....so, it's late here and I've not proof read this which means it could potentially be an interesting read x

Camila and Lauren walked through the mall slowly, their arms linked together and their hands entwined, Camila casting quick, interested looks through some of the store windows as they passed. "Do you want to have a look around?" Lauren asked noticing Camila's glances. "We don't have to go straight to the movies if you'd rather shop." Camila looked up to meet Lauren's eyes and squeezed her hand lightly in her own. "No, that's alright." Camila answered. "I don't really need anything." Lauren took a moment to contemplate Camila's tattered and torn, blue converse trainers, a disbelieving look on her face. "You don't need anything?" she asked, her lips curving up in to a smile as she lifted her eyes to take in Camila's features again. "Not one, single, thing?" Camila shook her head and Lauren laughed as she made a mental note to buy her girlfriend some new shoes when she got her next allowance. "I was just trying to figure out where the music store is in here but I can't seem to remember." Camila said, twisting her body on the spot to look first in one direction and then the other, seemingly puzzled. Camila screwed up her face, her nose and forehead creasing thoughtfully as she continued to scan the mall around her. "It's up the other end by Barnes and Noble," Lauren informed

her helpfully, a similarly mystified expression appearing on her own face. "Why?" "What up here?" Camila asked pointing in completely the wrong direction. "No the other end of the mall," Lauren corrected, turning around and pointing the right way. "Down here opposite Forever 21." "Really?" Camila asked, her eyes following Lauren's hand. She seemed surprised by the information and Lauren couldn't help but find her confusion adorable. "Yeah babe," Lauren laughed. "When was the last time that you came here?" "It was at the weekend," Camila told her a little irritated. "My parents bought me here to buy my new guitar." "I can't believe that you broke your other one," Lauren chuckled remembering Camila's video from earlier. "You're such a dork." Camila grinned brightly at the sound of the word and Lauren nudged her playfully in response, her own smile matching that of her girlfriend's. "It was your fault," Camila moaned spiritedly, remembering Lauren's fractured ribs just in time to stop herself from bumping the other girl back. "If you hadn't left your Fall Out Boy album at my house I wouldn't have done." "I wish you'd recorded your impromptu rock concert," Lauren chuckled heartily. "I can only imagine what you and Dinah were getting up to. I'm pretty sure that the pair of you shouldn't be left together unattended." "Right," Camila said simply, her mood turning gloomy at the mention of her best

friend in view of everything that had happened earlier. Lauren smiled at Camila sadly and rubbed the back of her hand with her thumb. "Sorry," she apologised and Camila placed her free hand on top of Lauren's in acknowledgement. "Did you want to go there?" Lauren asked her, redirecting the conversation back to the original topic. "You know, to the store?" "I was thinking of buying some new sheet music," Camila thought out loud, biting her bottom lip. "I've been really trying to practice more and I thought maybe having some new songs to learn would help. It can wait though...." "No, it can't," Lauren said, pleased at the thought of Camila getting back in to her music and pulling on her arm to lead her down the mall and towards the store. Camila lagged behind her for a moment but soon picked up her pace so that she was beside her girlfriend again. "If you want to buy some sheet music then we'll go and get some." "It's really not important," Camila told her. "It'll take five minutes," Lauren said simply, preventing any further argument from Camila. "I can't believe I couldn't remember where the store was," Camila complained after they'd continued a few minutes in silence. "That's so stupid. What the hell is wrong with me?" "Nothing is wrong with you," Lauren responded giving Camila a meaningful look. "I used to go to this store all the time," Camila mused reflectively. "I mean, I practically lived in the place before the accident and now I can't even find it." "Camz," Lauren said eyeing her girlfriend carefully. "It's not a big deal. You know what your memory is like..." "I