~I'm more than just an option, hey, hey, hey
Refuse to be forgotten, hey, hey, hey
I took a chance with my heart, hey, hey, hey
And I feel it takin' over
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I bet if I give all my lovin', nothin's gonna tear us apart~
Camila's P.O.V.
~BANG-BANG-BANG~
"Open up! We know you assholes are in there! Open Up!" I watched a little shocked as my best friend slammed her fist against the cabin door completely engulfed in anger.
"Ally! Calm down, we're NOT even sure if it was them." I said as I stood by her and faced the side of her head.
"Oh it was them, year after year, it's them Camila!" The shorter girl said to me as she continued to hit the door. "I know this is your first year HERE Mila, but these East-Siders think they own this place! A whole bunch of entitled, spoiled kids!"
It had been five days since I had arrived at Camp Quest, one of the most prestigious summer camps in the country. You either had to be filthy rich to afford it or you had to be like me, on scholarship. I was one of three students chosen from my high school, the other two, Ally and Dinah. I've known both of them for three years now and this was my and Dinah's first year being invited to Camp Quest. Ally however, had been invited for the last two summers and this was her third summer here.
She had warned Dinah and I about the East-Siders, basically what WE, the West-Siders call the rich kids from the East Coast. The East-Siders tend to get away with things such as pranks, pranks that tend to go too far. She warned us about THE THREE. Cece, Normani and Lauren, The Three, as Ally referred to them, were the ringleaders of the rich kids at camp; what they say goes and everyone fell in line, if not you got pranked, or worse.
~BANG-BANG-BANG~
I did what any good best friend would do; I stood there behind Ally, in case she needed my support since there was no stopping her.
~BANG-BANG-BANG~
I see the door being pulled back and a blonde haired girl step right outside of it in front of Ally, in front of us.
"What the hell is YOUR problem?" She said in a stern voice in Ally's face.
Cece was pretty, that anyone could see. The fierceness in her eyes was terrifying and for a second I seriously thought about making a run for it.
"You know what you did Cece and it's not funny! Dinah hit her head and she's at the main cabin getting stitches!" Ally yelled at the taller girl.
"I don't like what you're implying." She said as she extended her right arm to push Ally's shoulders, "unless you have proof or are going to do something about it, don't come knocking on MY door, do you understand what I'm saying or do they not teach English in public school."
I saw Ally's body tense up; this is NOT good. She grabbed Cece by the shoulders and pulled the taller girl down the steps and they both stumbled down the steps, past me, and fell to the ground as they wrestled. Before I could even comprehend what was happening I see another body run past me to pull Cece off of Ally.
I quickly run to grab both of Ally's arms holding her back as best I can; she's pretty strong for a tiny girl. I guess anger will do that to anyone.
"Ally stop, please!" She kept trying to break my hold to have another go at it with Cece.
Cece was trying to do the same. That must be Normani holding her back, Ally described The Three pretty well.
"That's enough!" I heard a raspy voice yell from atop the steps near the door.
Lauren Jauregui. THE Lauren Jauregui.
"You two need to calm down or we'll ALL be punished, do you two understand." She said firmly as she stepped between, narrowed green eyes glaring from Cece to Ally.
Lauren was beautiful to say the least. She has porcelain skin, long, dark, wavy locks that flowed past her shoulders, dark eyebrows that really defined her face and a gorgeous set of plump lips. I was really taken aback by her green eyes; they were the kind of green you only see when looking at the ocean at a perfect angle as the sun touched on it. She was stunning.
"Camila, Camila…Mila!"
"Yeah! What?" I yelled a little loudly as I see Lauren's head snap towards me.
"You can let go of me now." Ally's body had stopped fighting my hold so I let her go.
I see her walk towards us, "Hey Ally, you guys better head towards your cabin; Cece is pretty livid and I can only contain her for a certain amount of time." Lauren said as she perked up her eyebrows as she looked at Ally, then at me.
Ally walked past me as she headed towards our cabin, my eyes remaining locked with green ones. Lauren opened her mouth to say something, but she was suddenly cut off.
"Lauren lets go!" Normani called.
She gave me an apologetic look and turned to run towards Normani and Cece.
"You better stay on your side! You guys don't belong here!" I could hear Cece yelling from a distance as I turned to follow Ally.
Lauren's P.O.V.
Late at night whenever I can't sleep, which was often, I lay up here, on the rooftop of our cabin and look up at the stars. No one's caught me yet and even if they did, I'd still come up here. It was peaceful and the stars shined so bright, it was beautiful.
I can't believe that happened this morning, this whole East vs. West Siders thing is getting out of hand. Ally had every right to be angry because Dinah did get hurt, but she had no proof. What was I supposed to do? I know Cece can be a bitch sometimes, but she's still my best friend, we've known each other since we were in diapers and at the end of the day, she has my back and I have hers. Wht is that noise, twigs cracking? Someone must be up and about walking, but it's 2am, way past curfew. I turn on my stomach and crawl towards the edge of the roof to take a peek.
"New girl?" I whisper to myself.
What the heck is she doing out at 2am, she could get in a lot of trouble. Where is she going? What is she carrying? I was too curios for my own good, so I decided to follow her.
I stayed a good distance behind her so she wouldn't know anyone was following her. I gotta give it to her, she has balls coming out here at this time. I stayed hidden behind a big tree as she finally reached the lake. She settled her backpack by a rock as she turned around to take off her jacket. I see her pull out a journal and a pen; she placed both on the rock. I see her bend down to pick up a pebble as she attempted to skip it on the water; she wasn't successful.
"You know, if you were a private investigator, you would fail miserably." I hear her say not once peeking behind her.
I walk out from behind the tree and began to approach the brunette, "You knew the whole time?"
"Yup." She said as she turned to face me, we were no more than two, three feet apart at the most.
"I'm sorry, I didn't get your name." I said to her staring into shiny brown eyes as I took another step towards her, "I'm Lauren Jauregui."
"Camila Cabello."
Fitting. She was breathtaking, I don't know if it's the way the moonlight is shining down on her, but her features are even better tonight than they were this morning. She has long dark brown hair that dangled to just about her waistline and nicely shaped eyebrows that complemented her captivating brown eyes that showed so brightly under this moon. My eyes quickly drifted to her lips, her full lips, back up to her eyes; there's something about this girl.
~I'm more than just a number, hey, hey, hey
I doubt you'll find another, hey, hey, hey
So every single summer, hey, hey, hey
I be the one that you remember
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I bet if I give all my lovin', nothin's gonna tear us apart~
"Now that you've successfully stalked me," She let out a sarcastically, "what do you want? Am I breaking the rules?" She used air quotes when she said rules, "Is this an East-Sider territory?" her tone normal as she waited for my reply.
Wow, her eyes are just so beautiful; why is she making me nervous? I'm Lauren Jauregui for crying out loud!
I swallow the nervousness that formed in my throat, "Actually, I figured you REALLY needed help with the whole skipping rocks thing," I said to her with a smile as I walked a little past her to pick up a few pebbles, "let me show you how it's done."
She smiled and turned her eyes towards me as she extended her arm gesturing to go for it.
I threw a pebble and it skipped six to seven time before sinking.
"It's all in the wrist." I said as I handed her a pebble.
"All in the wrist huh?"
"Yeah, try it."
Camila threw the pebble, this time with a little more wrist action and she got it to skip about four times.
"Oh yay!" She jumped excitedly lunging towards me for a hug, I caught her in my arms, but she quickly took a step back.
"So sorry, didn't mean to invade your space there," Her face a little embarrassed.
I let out a chuckle, "I don't mind it at all."
Not from her anyways. She was nerdy, corky, a little over the top, but I liked it and I want to get to know her.
She threw another pebble and got it to skip again.
"You know Camila, about the whole territory thing and all that, not all of US feel that way; at least I don't. I want you to know that." I said looking at the pebble I just threw into the lake.
I could see her head tilt to the side, somewhat analyzing me, as her brown eyes stared at the side of my head. I turn to face her, her eyes still scanning my body.
"You're a lot different than I thought you'd be," her lips pulled to her eyes into a wide smile as her face softened.
"Thanks, I'm hoping that's a good thing."
"It is." Her eyes glistening, "we should probably head back before someone catches us." She said breaking eye contact as she squirmed a little bit placing her hands in her pockets.
"Yeah," I threw another pebble into the lake, "lets go."
We walked back towards the cabins in silence.
I'm trying to figure this brown-eyed girl next to me, she makes me feel a little...funny, for lack of a better word.
"Isn't your cabin that way," she tilted her head to the right giving me a confused look, her brown shiny orbs locking with mine.
"I wanna walk you to your cabin, is that crime?" I shot back sarcastically as I smirked.
"Oh, no, not at all..." She trailed off breaking eye contact and squirming again, "I'd like that."
We continued to walk as we reached the West-Sider cabins, it wasn't far at all, I would say a football field away from our end.
"This is me." She said pointing with her thumb turning to face me.
"Okay, have a good night Camila, maybe we can do this again sometii-"
"Tomorrow night!" She whispered a little loudly as she placed her hand over her mouth, her eyes apologetic.
I just laughed at her, a whisper laugh.
"Tomorrow night it is." I said as I began to walk towards the East-Sider cabins.
I took a quick glance over my shoulder and saw her stepping through the door, our eyes locking "Goodnight Lauren," she mouthed before closing the door, "sweet dreams."
What a good night it was.
I met up with Camila the next night, the night after that...and then the night after that. It was becoming a routine for us; almost like a little getaway we shared with each other. Every night, I enjoyed even more than the last.
Camilla's P.O.V.
Where's Lauren? She's normally here before me. I sat on the rock, writing in my journal when I heard a quiet, raspy voice that sent tingles down my back.
"Hey you," I turned around to see Lauren leaning against a tree with a smile on her face, smoldering green eyes staring at me.
She made her way towards me and she sat next to me on the rock. Both of us stared towards the lake, it was quieter than usual, or it seemed that way.
"I got you something," she reached in her jacket, "I was gonna give it to you earlier, but I, uh, yeah...here."
"I love it." I said as she handed a pen with bows all over it to me.
"It reminded me of you since you're always wearing bows." She said charmingly with a half smile as our gazes locked on each other, her green eyes a little more intense than usual.
The auditorium is the only common place where we would have been in the same area on any given day and that's the only time she'd see me wearing a hair bow. But Lauren was always with her friends, the East-Siders, never once saying hi or even glancing at me; did she notice me?
"I saw you the other day wearing that red bow, it looked really good on you." She said as she tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear.
She DID notice me.
"Thank you."
I'm not really sure when it happened but the distance between our faces seemed to have disappeared. Did I lean in? Did she? It didn't really matter now, all I know
Is I can hear my heart beating faster and faster. I wonder if she can hear it too.
~It's more than just a mission, hey, hey, hey
You hear but you don't listen, hey, hey, hey
You better pay attention, hey, hey, hey
And get what you been missin'
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I better find your lovin', I better find your heart
I bet if I give all my lovin', nothin's gonna tear us apart~
My eyes glanced at her lips and before I knew it I leaned in a little more and I couldn't stop myself. Our lips met for the first time and she didn't pull away. She returned the kiss, her soft plump lips caressed gently onto my own. I reluctantly pulled away as I could feel my lungs beg for air. Glistening green eyes met mine and I was sure she could hear my heart beat. It was loud, at least for me. She cupped my face softly with one hand as she continued to look into my eyes, the other hand was on my leg.
"You know Camila, you're a lot different than I thought you'd be." She said as her lips pulled into a smirk.
"Oh yeah? A good thing I hope." I responded as Lauren closed the gap between us, soft, warm lips finding mine.
That night, just like all the nights before after we met at the lake, she walked me back to my cabin, but this time, it ended with a goodnight kiss.
The next afternoon I was late for activities in the auditorium. I found myself running down the isle around people carrying a box of decorations with my journal on top of it.
"Mila! Slow down!" I heard Ally yell from the stage.
The next thing I knew the box of decorations flew out of my hand and I would have face planted except I grabbed hold of the row of seats to the right of me.
I heard gasps all around and an obnoxious laughter, it sounded familiar. I stood up, straightened my outfit and made sure my bow was still in place.
MY JOURNAL! Where is it? Where is it?
"Looking for this?" Cece said in a sassy tone as she held my journal in her right hand.
I swallowed hard as I looked at the girl just a few feet down the isle from me.
The auditorium was silent; all eyes were on us.
"Yeah, give it back it's mine." I mustered up as much confidence as I could and stepped towards the older girl.
She poked out her lips as she perked an eyebrow.
This can't be good.
"Not so fast newbie," I see her flip to a random page as she tapped on her lip with a finger.
"DON'T!" I yelled angrily.
"Who's going to stop me? YOU? I didn't think so."
I see her open her mouth, as I stood there terrified.
SHIT!
"What's going on here?" I hear a raspy voice call out loudly as the silence around us was broken.
I see Lauren jog between the seats towards Cece, her green eyes worried, glancing at me, then back to her friend.
"Lauren, you're right on time, I'm just about to read everyone a story." She said with an evil smile as she waved my journal around.
I see Lauren grab the journal abruptly out of Cece's hand, "Lauren! What the fuck!"
Lauren ignored her and walked the few feet towards me and handed me the journal.
"Are you okay?" She searched my eyes.
"Yeah, thank you." I said only loud enough for her to hear.
Lauren's never spoken a word to me aside from our nightly meetings; this would be the first.
I see her face softened and give me a small smile before turning towards Cece.
"What the fuck is your problem?" Cece yelled and it echoed throughout out the auditorium.
"Who cares about a stupid journal? You were supposed to meet me and Normani like 10 minutes ago, remember?" Lauren's voice remained calm and shot her best friend a look. "You know I don't like to wait."
Cece's glare came down a level as she furrowed her brows glancing to the left in my direction.
"If I didn't know any better, I would think you actually cared about that girl with the stupid bow." She said in a questioning tone as she pointed towards me.
My bows are NOT stupid.
Lauren chuckled, "I just don't wanna keep Mani waiting any longer, she's worse than me with waiting, lets go." She said as Cece continued to give her a questioning look.
"I'm not arguing with you anymore; I'm pulling rank, you can either meet us in five minutes at the field or not at all." Lauren's voice was stern as she walked past the blonde.
For the first time I see Cece's face soften, "Lauren! Wait up!" She ran to catch up to the brunette and threw her arm around her. "You got lucky newbie!"
Lauren glanced over her shoulder as both girls walked towards the exit, and for a second our eyes met.
"Mila, are you okay?" Dinah asked as she and Ally both rubbed my arms.
"Yeah." I said a little shocked as I shook my head.
"I've never seen THAT before and I've never seen Lauren EVER pull rank." Ally said as she continued to look towards the exit.
I turned towards Ally, "pull rank?"
"Well there's always a leader and believe it or not it's actually Lauren, not Cece. Lauren's RANKED the highest out of all the East-Side girls; ultimately what SHE says goes, if she pulls rank. Like I said, I've NEVER seen Lauren pull rank, but she did," Ally turned towards me with confusion written all over her face, "for YOU."
Lauren's P.O.V.
~Too many times, I've been wrong
I guess bein' right takes too long
I'm done waitin', there's nothin' left to do
But give all I have to you~
You've been standing outside her cabin door for the last 15 minutes, just knock, just KNOCK! Why am I so nervous?
~Knock-Knock-Knock~
"Lauren?" Ally said to me looking surprised
"Hey Ally, is Camila here?" I said to the shorter girl who opened the door.
"Mila! You have a visitor."
"Thanks" I said to Ally as she turned to walk back inside.
"Hi." She said as her brown eyes lit up.
"Hi. Do you want to maybe take a walk with me?"
"Now? There are people out." She said as she scrunched her eyebrows with her lips poked out.
She's SOcute.
"Yes right now," I said as I extended my hand for her to take.
Her full lips curved into a smile as she took my hand. I intertwined our fingers as we walked away from eyes that stared at us, into the woods, towards the lake. We finally reached the lake and I let go of her hand as I approached the water. I finally turned my attention to her. I was a little squeamish; I hope she doesn't notice.
"Lauren, are you okay?" she said penetrating me with her shiny brown eyes.
"Cece knows about us," I said as I put my hands in my pockets. "She knew something was up when I pulled rank on her in front of everyone."
She slowly made her way towards me, grabbing my left hand.
"Are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, I'm more than okay. She's my best friend, she just wants me to be happy."
"And what would make you happy?" she asked as she reached for my other and laced our fingers.
"I want to talk to you whenever I want and in front of whoever I want. I want to be able to hug and kiss you without having to worry about what other people think. I want to hold your hand, like ALL the time," her lips curved into a full-blown smile, "and I would really like to take you out on a date Camila." I said as I looked into brown eyes that seemed to be a little bright than before.
"Yes."
"Yes?" My eyes widened as I could feel my lips pull from ear to ear.
"I would love to go on a date with you Lauren."
I felt her arms wrap around my neck as she drew me down and crashed our lips together. My hands slid up from her waist until I felt warm flesh on my hands, she was warm. Our lips continued to dance along one another as I pulled her body closer to mine. She slowly pulled her lips away and I was met with beautiful brown eyes.
"We should really save some of that until after our date." She said with a smile.
"Okay," I couldn't help but steal one more kiss.
~I better find your lovin'
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin'
I bet if I give all my lovin', nothin's gonna tear us apart
I bet if I give all my lovin', nothin's gonna tear us apart~
