Third
Camila got out of the bus after throwing a last look towards the board of assholes. Lauren did not respond to her calls, so she gave up. It all had happened so quickly, but now they were far too deep into their love as to back it up and forget about it. It seemed worse than anything, when it used to be so easy.
It was only a year ago that they were friends. Normal friends, bandmates, cool friends, close friends... maybe too close. Their chemistry had always been obvious, they clicked, nothing new. Until one day it got out of hand. After a couple of months of hard work when their first EP had been released and they had to properly promote it, they got to go home for three whole weeks. All the girls were flying home, but Camila chose to stay in LA for a couple of parties she had been invited to.
"You could stay and come with me, if you want" Camila said to Lauren in an attempt to fulfil the strange need she had to be with her as much as possible. "Swift's apartment seems inviting, but that many famous people are going to make me too fangirly and I don't want to look like a full. I could really use some help to calm down".
"My flight leaves tomorrow at noon. Do you think we could make it to the airport in time?" Lauren smiled, internally knowing that she couldn't turn down the invitation from those big brown eyes. "Or at least pretend like I tried to catch it?" she drew that naughty smile that turned Camilla's heart to a race of horses and took her hand to guide her to the car waiting to take them to the party.
Camila took Lauren's hand on their way to the rooftop. It looked like the sensible thing to do, since it had been almost two hours since everyone else had stepped out of the building and had left them two to talk.
They stared at the sky, just looking at how the darkness was starting to vanish before their eyes. It felt so natural to have Lauren's hand in hers, as if it had been there forever, made to be there.
"I had a great time, thanks for making me stay, Camz" her voice was engaging. It engaged you into another dimension, it was deep and intense. Lauren smiled and thought of how sexy Camila had looked that night. The dorky side of her personality was only one of the best things she had. Her skin, her soft, long hair... and that hoy that was contagiously perfect.
"Do you ever think" Camila answered to distract herself from the thoughts of Lauren's lips "about what happened to the sun and the moon before they got stuck in the universe?" Lauren giggled in amazement for her bandmate's imagination.
"They are just gigantic rocks, one of which is on fire, Camila" She was on cloud nine right in that moment "But I do think that they are a beautiful metaphor for lovers"
"Think about it" The shorter of the two continued talking as if captured by a fantasy "the sun and his little love, the moon, were in love against the will of the whole universe. Both tried to run away together, but were punished with a curse. A curse that forbid them to touch each other while being neighbors forever. For eternity, when one was up, the other had to be down and vice versa. But they never lost hope" Her voice cracked a little at the though of this tragedy. Lauren couldn't help but sit a little closer to her. Life felt so right right then. As if she needed nothing else, not even air to breathe. She looked to her left and found Camila's cheek so close. So she put her own hair to the other side of her head and kissed the other girl's cheek, out of the blue. Camila smiled in response and blushed a little.
"What was that for?" She was obviously nervous and had loved the turn that little kiss had taken.
"I just felt like I needed to do that, that's all" Lauren shrugged and smiled, joining Camila's red cheeks. The smaller of the two turned her head towards the eyes of the brunette with bright eyes, leaving their lips only a few inches apart.
"Well then I just feel like I need to do this" Camila took Lauren's face gently into her hands and pressed her lips smoothly against the other girl's. They separated for a moment only to look into each other's eyes and agree on their happiness. Lauren smiled and looked for Camila's lips once again, and several times more that same night.