***Sigma-PI-Alpha Sorority House 9AM***
Lauren laid on her bed; her head on the opposite side of the headboard, throwing a stress ball up in the air, catching it and throwing it back up again.
-PROVE IT. Prove it, what the hell does that even MEAN?-
"So, she just said 'prove it'?" Cece asked, looking at her friend who continued to toss the stress ball over and over again, as she sat on Lauren's desk, back against the wall.
"Yup, 'PROVE IT'." Lauren reiterated as she sat up, tossing the ball from one hand to the other.
"What are you gonna do Jauregui?" she asked making her way towards the door.
Lauren stared into nothing in particular, "I haven't really figured that part out yet, but I need to do SOMETHING."
"I'm sure you'll come up with something, and if you need help, I got your back." She let out a light chuckle, almost in a disbelief kind of way.
"What?" Lauren shook her head slightly, dumbfounded, looking at her best.
"I just never thought I'd see the day," she continued to chuckle, opening the door.
"What? Never see the day?" her eyebrows scrunched as her green eyes narrowed.
"Jauregui," she paused looking straight into her best bro's eyes. "You're IN LOVE, anyone who REALLY knows you can see that, are you serious?" She asked confused, as a sudden realization spread across Lauren's face.
She abruptly stood up, "No. No. NOOOOOO. I LIKE Camz, I DO, I really do, but I'm not in-in-in-" Lauren released a breath, unable to finish the last part.
"Whatever you say Jauregui, I'll see you in the meeting in a few!" Cece said closing the door behind her.
Lauren sat there going through every moment and memory she's ever had with Camila. From their night together to the first time she laid her eyes on the most beautiful brown eyes she'd ever seen.
-Flashback-
It was Lauren's first day at a new high school, to make things worse; it was in the middle of her freshman year. Her dad had to relocate due to a promotion and she found herself completely out of place. She was opening her locker with her books in hand when a guy had run into her shoulders, knocking her books to the floor.
"Watch where you're going dickhead!" She yelled as the bell for first period rang.
-You have got to be fucking kidding me, gosh that douche was such an asshole! He runs into me and doesn't even help me pick up my books! If this is what it's going to be like for the next four years, I don't know if I can handle it.-
Lauren kneeled down to gather her books when she noticed someone kneel beside her from her peripherals, picking up her books as well.
"Some people can be such jerks." A soft gentle voice let out.
"I know right, thanks." She said reaching for the last book on the ground, as the person kneeling beside her reached for the exact same one, fingers touching on the book.
Lauren slowly looked up, her gaze meeting shimmering brown eyes and for a second, Lauren's world had stopped turning. "WOW."
The brunette in front of her let out the most adorable laugh, while she grabbed hold of the last book on the floor, as they both stood up.
"My name is Camila, not WOW." She joked handing the green-eyed girl her book.
Lauren shook her head a little as her lips pulled into a smirk, "from where I'm standing, I'm pretty sure it's a WOW." She said confidently, eyes locked with Camila's as the younger girl pulled her own book to her chest, visibly blushing.
Lauren continued to admire the now blushing girl in front of her as she extended her hand, "Lauren, my name, its Lauren."
"It's nice to meet you Lauren." She said in the sweetest tone. "We both better get going or we'll end up in detention together." She poked her lips out gesturing towards the hall monitors.
-She's poking her lips out, she needs to NOT do that in front of me, EVER.-
"That wouldn't be such a bad thing now would it? You and me, stuck in detention." Her voice was daring as she closed the little gap between them.
Camila stepped closer as she leaned in, Lauren could feel her breath on her ear as she whispered, "I'm not the kind of girl that gets detention, but if I were, I wouldn't mind being stuck with you."
Lauren's eyes grew wide as Camila pulled back and began to walk down the hall.
"It was nice meeting you Lauren, hopefully I'll see you around!" She said as she continued to walk backwards, eyes locked with green, amused ones.
"Oh you will Camila, I'll make sure you will!" Lauren shot back as Camila disappeared into a classroom.
And she knew at that moment she wanted to know the brown-eyed girl that completely captivated every fiber within her body.
-End of Flashback-
Her heart began to race, her breathing picked up.
-I'M IN LOVE WITH CAMILA.-
***Meeting Hall, School Campus 12PM***
At least four members of each Fraternity and Sorority houses sat around the round table discussing last minute details of the Black and White party that was to happen that night. Lauren sat next to Cece, who sat next to Ally, who sat next to Camila, the rest of the group consisted of other Greek House representatives.
"Does anyone else have anything to add?" Ally asked the group as everyone shook their heads as if to say no. "Okay, meeting adjourned! Lets have a good time tonight."
Everyone got up from their seats. They either began to chitchat to one another or left the meeting hall. Camila and Lauren continued to steal little glances at one another; the older brunette seemed to always break eye contact every time they would lock eyes. Lauren was a little more fidgety than usual; Camila could tell.
-Why is Lauren being really awkward, normally whenever we make eye contact she'd wink, but she's being really…shy? Nervous? No way, not Lauren.-
Cece and Ally began to converse regarding décor details as Lauren approached the younger brunette.
"Hey Camz." She smiled adoringly at her.
"Hey Lo." She shot her the exact same smile.
Lauren was nervous and it was weird because Lauren's NEVER nervous, "So listen," she began to sway back and forth, unable to stay still, "I was wondering, um, if you'd maybe want to go with me to the par-"
"Hey Lauren! I heard you're going stag tonight, save me a dance okay." A stunning girl part of the Zeta House said to Lauren before heading out the door.
Camila rolled her eyes and began to walk away, out the door.
"I'll see you two later. Mila! Wait up!" Ally yelled jogging out the door to follow her cousin.
Lauren turned to Cece, who couldn't hold her laughter in. "Why Ce? Why does this always happen to me whenever I'm with Camila?" she said frustrated.
"Well, lets face it Jauregui, you're irresistible." She said sarcastically as Lauren made a sad face. "Oh come on, cheer up, I was just joking."
"I'm gonna need your help at the party tonight!" she said running out the door.
"You got it bro!"
***Greek Black and White Party***
The last performer finished as everyone turned their attention to the front.
"Did everyone enjoy that performance?" Ally yelled into the mic as cheers echoed throughout the room.
Lauren noticed Camila against the wall for most of the night, watching the performers and dancing here and there. She wore a white dress that was fitted on her torso then flared out slightly the rest of the way, stopping mid thigh showing off her beautiful bronze legs, the lace on it was so intricate; she paired it with a somewhat off-white pair of high heeled shoes and topped her outfit off with a white hair bow. She was beyond stunning and whether she knew it or not, she had Lauren's undivided attention, even though she was hanging around Darren for most of the night.
"Okay well that'll do it for the House performances, DJ play that music!" Ally finished before she walked off the stage making her way towards Camila, Dinah and Normani who were situated towards the back dancing with some Frat boys.
The music began to play as everyone danced along to the music.
Camila had noticed Lauren at the bar, mostly by herself or with Cece. She wasn't by herself by chance, the younger brunette could tell; the green-eyed beauty was approached by at least, AT LEAST, eight girls and a couple guys by now, asking her to dance, gesturing to the bartender to buy the bombshell a drink, but she always turned them down. No matter who it was and what they wanted from her, she turned them down and kept to herself, bopping her head to the music and taking shots with Cece.
"Are you sure you wanna do this Laur?" Cece looked her straight in the eyes.
Lauren turned her attention to the shots poured in front of them. "Never been more sure in my life." She smiled picking up a shot glass full of tequila; Cece did the same.
"CHEERS! Here's to having the balls to lay everything on the line! So to speak." Cece said clanking her shot glass against Lauren's.
Both girls threw their shots back and gave each other a high five.
++TAP-TAP-TAP++
"Can I have everyone's attention please," Cece spoke into the mic as the DJ killed the music. "We do have one more performance for the night."
"What the heck is she talking about, there's no one left on the list for tonight." Ally said to Camila, Dinah and Normani, confusion written all over her face.
Camila's eyes narrowed as she noticed Lauren, who wore black, somewhat shiny leggings that caressed every inch of her fit legs, a black tight fitting top that hugged her upper body, a black and white leather jacket and finished it off with black high heels, make her way towards the stage. Lauren didn't get on the stage, she just stood right in front of it as she tossed her leather jacket to the side, revealing her full figure and toned arms; Camila had to tell her brain to tell her mouth to shut itself. She was drop dead gorgeous.
"This is more of a solo act." Cece continued as she handed Lauren the mic, making her way through the dance floor, to the DJ booth.
"Lauren can sing?" Normani asked loud enough for the other three girls to hear.
"I've never seen Lauren sing, EVER." Dinah added.
"Mila, do you know anything about this?" All the girls turned to her.
"No, not at all." Her eyes glancing from the DJ booth, then back to the older brunette as she took the mic grabbing everyone's attention.
-l know Lauren can sing, I walked in her once back in high school, no one else does. She NEVER sings public; she has some sort of phobia about it. Yea, she's the most charismatic person I know, but singing in front of people, FORGET IT! Then what the heck is she DOING?-
"How's everyone doing tonight?" The green-eyed girl asked the crowd, all eyes on her.
Cheers, whistles and applauds was the response she got.
Lauren took a deep breath as she scanned the room, her lips pulling to her eyes as they met brown, glistening eyes and she knew she had the younger girl's full attention; she spoke to the crowd. "I don't usually do this, but here goes." She shot Cece a look and the music began to play; Lauren began to sing…
~Oh-oh, just as sure as the stars in the sky
I need you to show me the light
Not just for the meanwhile, for a long long time, better believe it
Oh-oh, whenever you're not in my presence
It feels like I'm missing my blessings, yeah
So I sleep through the daylight, stay awake all night
Till you back again, yeah, yeah~
Lauren walked around the room, commanding attention, all eyes on her. She was slick, smooth, some might even say swaggy. She approached the brunette as she sang the lyrics, one hand holding the mic, the other in a fist, against her heart.
~You think I'm biased
To my significant other
You hit it right on the head
Only been missing my lover~
Her finger bopped up and down pointing to Camila when she sang, 'Only been missing my lover.' Looking the brown-eyed girl up and down, making sure everyone knew who she was singing to and who she was singing about.
~Got a whole lot of texts in my phone and I don't reply
But the next eight bars tell you why.~
She shook her head to the beat, conveying how she felt through her lyrics. Camila was blushing and absolutely smitten as her back hit against the wall as Lauren kept singing , closing the gap between them, not breaking eye contact, right in front of her, in front of everyone.
~You're all that matters to me
Yeah yeah, ain't worry about nobody else
If it ain't you, I ain't myself
You make me complete
You're all that matters to me
Yeah, yeah, what's a king bed without a queen
There ain't no "I" in team
To make me complete
You're all that matters to me
Take the gas out the car it won't drive
That's how I feel when you're not by my side
When I wake up in the morning up under you, and only you
Uh-oh, I'm grateful for your existence
Faithful no matter the distance
You're the only girl I see
From the bottom of my heart please believe~
Lauren grabbed hold of Camila's hand with her free hand; intertwining their fingers, green eyes lovingly looked into a defenseless pair of brown eyes. Yes, Camila's walls had completely dissipated with ever note the green-eyed beauty let out, her heart completely softening as she sang the next few words echoed in her ears and through the room, 'You're the only girl I see, From the bottom of my heart please believe.'
~You're all that matters to me
Yeah yeah, ain't worry about nobody else
If it ain't you, I'm not myself
You make me complete You're all that matters to me
Yeah, yeah, what's a king bed without a queen
There ain't no "I" in team
To make me complete
You're all that matters to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You're all that matters to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You're all that matters to me~
Lauren lowered her mic to her side as she scrunched her nose, brushing it against the younger brunette's nose while the crowd began to clap and whistle. She waved with her mic in hand while the other remained laced with Camila's fingers, as she mouthed a thank you as she looked around at everyone cheering.
She turned her attention back to the girl in front of her, eyes locking as she waited for a response. She was about to say something, but before she knew it the younger brunette had thrown both arms around her neck and pulled her in for a kiss. Lips crashing together, eagerly, smoothly, sensually, and lovingly as Lauren wrapped her arms around the brown-eyed girls' waist, deepening the lip lock and it didn't even matter that all eyes remained on them; they didn't have a care in the world.
"Yeah Jauregui!" Cece yelled into the mic from the DJ booth causing the crowd to cheer even louder, "Alright lets give 'em a little privacy." She began to play some music as people made their way onto the dance floor.
They slowly pulled apart as Lauren kept laying kisses on the younger girl's lips, "You win." the younger girl exhaled onto her lips.
"I win?" her green eyes glistening, asking for further explanation.
Camila shook her head, almost unable to process what just happened. "I can't believe you just sang to me and in front of everyone!" She said as she continued to look into green eyes. "You're kind of amazing Lauren; the way you make me feel, you kind of scare me." She confessed.
Lauren's lips pulled to her eyes as she pulled Camila closer to her body placing a soft lingering kiss on the younger brunette's full lips before reluctantly pulling away, "Well, I've never felt like this before and you absolutely terrify me, so I guess we're even," she said with a smile. "You know Camz, I sang in front of everyone because I wanted them to know who my heart belonged to." Camila leaned in for a quick kiss as her lips pulled from ear to ear. "You're worth it." Lauren whispered, "and I needed you to know that."