Under the moonlight (Camren)

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Laurens POV

I was washing the slushie mix out of my hair, when the bathroom door opened. "Omg Lauren, are you alright?" I heard Dinah say. "I'm fine DJ, don't worry it's normal for me." "I'm going to get you some clothes don't go anywhere." As if I would leave like this. A while later, Dinah came back and handed me a towel and a new shirt. "Thanks Dj, what would I do without you." She laughed and we walked to the class. 

"Ladies, you're late!" Mr. Styles said. "Lauren why is your hair wet?" The whole class laughed, knowing it was probably a slushie again. But mr. Styles didn't. "Why are you all laughing? This is plain bullshit. A student is late with wet hair, tints of purple in it. I'm not stupid, she was slushied. Now who did it?" No one spoke. "It's fine mr. Styles. I'm used to it." I just wanted him to continue the lesson. Sensing my akward mood, he dismissed me to my seat and continued. 

"Lauren can I have a word?" I looked at Dinah. "Go, I'll wait" she mouthed. I smiled and walked to him. "Hello sir, why did you want to talk?" He looked up en motioned for me to sit. "Lauren I need you to be honest with me. How long has this been going on?" "It's nothing, I just slipped and the slushie fell in my hair." He looked at me funny but said: "Lauren, I can't help you if you don't talk to me." "Sir, I swear it's nothing." I just wanted to get awat from there. "Alright, you can go. If you ever need to talk you can come to me." I smiled and walked out of the classroom. 

"Hey what did he want?" Dinah asked. "Don't worry DJ, It's taken care of. I just want to go home." Not wanting to push me Dinah took my arm en pulled me to her car. "Get in, I'm taking you to starbucks." 

Ten minutes later we walked into the store. "Go find some seats, I'll order." "Sure, thanks Dinah. I'll buy next time." "We'll see." she smirked. I went to a booth and sad down. I pulled my phone and opened instagram. Scrolling through some posts, someone sat in front of me. I didn't look up, since I thought it was Dinah. "Don't stare Dinah, your scaring me." I finally looked up when a voice spoke that didn't belong to Dinah. "Uhm, I can go, I just wanted to return your book, and well uh.." Camila stammerd. "NO!" I screamed a bit too loud. "Uhh, I mean uhh, you can stay, uhh, if you want." 

She giggled and it honestly sounded like angels singing. I realised that I was staring when she shifted uncomfortable and started to walk away. "Wait, uhh, you still have my book." "Oh yeah, sorry again." She put the book on the table and walked away without a word. Dinah came back two seconds later. "Did I just saw that right. Was that Camila?" I sighed and took my drink without a word. "I don't want to talk, can we just enjoy the iced coffee and go?" Dinah nodded. We sat in a comfortable silence for another five minutes and then we went back to the car. "Do you want to sleepover?" Dinah asked. "Yeah sure, my parents wouldn't know since they're gone again."

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I was early at school again. Dinah needed to see Normani again so she went and dropped me off at school. Mrs. Grande, my physics teacher, wasn't there yet so I just sat at my usual spot and grapped my book. The door opened and who else than Austin Mahone walked in. 

"Hey loser. What are you doing here alone. Studying? Is that all you do?" He smirked. "No, Dinah needed to go somewhere and I didn't have to be anywhere else." I said, a bit scared since I'm alone and he didn't find me yesterday. "I missed you yesterday when you ran away again. Are you scared?" He asked, coming closer. "'Cause you better be. I saw you yesterday." He was really near now. "I don't want my girlfriend anywhere near a dyke like you." I backed away, really scared now. I saw his fist go up. I clenged my eyes shut but it never hit me. 

"What the hell Austin!" I heard Camila scream. I opened my eyes and saw her holding his wrist. I didn't remember much more, because everything went black and my head hit the table. 

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"Look, she's waking up."  I heard Dinah's voice. But there was someone more. It couldn't be my parents, so I have no idea. "Where am I?" I heard my hoarse voice say. My eyes are still shut. "Hi Lauren, you're in the nurses office. I'm nurse Swift, can you open your eyes?" She asked sweetly. I slowly opened hem, my eyes adjusting the light. 

I looked around the room and saw Dinah sitting on the chair next to my bed. In the dooropening stood a person. "Camila?" I asked. She looked up. "I'll give you two a moment." Dinah stood up and walked out of the room. "Call me if you need anything." 

"Soooo, what are you doing here? And why am I here?" I asked Camila, who seemed deep in thought. She looked up, here eyes glossy. "I'm so sorry, Lauren. I had no...no i-idea." She started to cry soft. "Hey, hey calm down, calm down. Come here." I said soft. "I don't want to hurt you."  "You won't hurt me Camz-Camila. I fainted I didn't break my bones." I tried to joke. She giggled softly in between sobs. 

"Scoot." I smiled of my victory. I put my arms around her and her soft cries became hard sobs. "Shht, shht." After a while her breathing was back to normal. She turned to look in my eyes. I looked in her chocolate ones and the rest of the room became blurry. The staring contest was interupted when the door openend en Mr. Styles stood in the dooropening. 

"Ladies." He greeted. He then turned to Camila. "Can I have a moment with Lauren please? You can have her back later." She stood up without a word, still with a light shade of pink on her cheeks. "Lauren." He looked sternly at me. "I thought you said you were fine, and now you're here." I looked away. I felt embarrassed. "He didn't even touch me en yet I'm here. Everyone is right, I'm just a weak loser." I said softly, fighting tears who threathened to spill. 

Noticing my state, Mr. Styles walked over to me and spoke softly: "Look, I don't know you very well, but I know you are not weak Lauren. You don't have to listen to the people who tell you that." I became irritated now. "How can I not listen to my fucking parents?! And what about my siblings? AND EVERYONE IN THIS FUCKING WORLD!" I screamed, tears streaming down my face.

"Sorry sir, I think you need to go." I heard Camila say. When did she even got back into the room? I don't know, and to be honest I don't even care. I had my back turned to the both of them and closed my eyes. Maybe she would just let it go. "I don't think you're weak Lauren." I heard her softly say. I didn't say anything. I got nothing more to say. "Please talk to me." She touched my shoulder. Fireworks erupt my body, but I gave it no attention. I turned to her.

"You want me to talk? Ain't happening. I never talked and when I finally did, they shut me out. They told me I'm not worth it. So go, live your perfect life, and don't mind me." Maybe all those words hit her hard, or I just freaked her out. Anyway, she looked at me stunned and walked away. 

I turned away again and let myself drift into sleep. Maybe I finally won't wake up again. I don't want to listen to the words. But maybe it affected me more than I was willing to admit.