Always Been You - Shawmila One Shots

Safe Haven, Part 2

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"So, how's NYU?"

Camila turned and threw her empty coffee cup in the trash before replying to her friend, "It's kinda weird being here..." She spoke, holding her phone to her ear as she reached into her bag and tossed a candy wrapper away too, "But it's starting to feel nice, like really nice."

"What do you mean? I'm not there with you, how can it be anything other than awful?" Lucy joked, laughing a little.

Camila rolled her eyes as she began walking down the street towards her dorm, "Like, I miss you a lot, obviously, but being away from my parents and all that is..."

"Yeah I know what you mean," Lucy confirmed, interrupting her, "It feels good to walk out the door without someone telling you to be back by nine."

Camila smiled to herself – at least somebody else understood how she was feeling. "So, how's Ryan?" She asked after a beat, changing the topic.

"He's good," Lucy replied; Camila could practically hear her grinning down the phone at the mention of her boyfriend's name, "How's... oh, wait." And now Camila could practically hear her smirking.

"Bitch," She shot back, though she was more than used to being subjected to her best friend's jokes about her love life. The truth was, ever since her last boyfriend, Camila had been a little apprehensive about looking for anything more than a friendship; her first and only romantic relationship hadn't exactly been idyllic, and had left her feeling a little self-conscious around guys.

"But seriously, has anything been happening for you?"

Camila shook her head as her friend's voice brought her back to reality. "Uh, no," She breathed out, "Just about nothing." She couldn't help but briefly think back to the previous weekend; images of Shawn wrapping his arms around her as she leaned back into his body flashed through her mind, and she silently scolded herself for even going there.

Lucy's voice was noticeably chirpier now, "Just about nothing? So there's something?"

Crap. "No, there's nothing."

"Come on, there must be some cute guys around," Lucy teased.

Camila allowed herself a small smile, which seem to grow as she walked closer to her new home; the tugging at the corner of her lips became harder and harder to resist as more memories of the previous weekend flooded her mind. "Well there is this one guy..."

Lucy knew that she would get it out of her – she could sense that her friend had been a little more perky than usual, even though she was thousands of miles away from her. "Tell me more."

"But I haven't seen him for like a week," Camila spoke quickly, trying to make her little 'run in' with Shawn sound insignificant, "Not even once."

"Why not?" Lucy sounded confused – there was a pause before she spoke again, "Did anything happen between you two?" Camila knew by her even brighter tone of voice that Lucy had thought she'd cracked the code.

"I don't know, I guess we've both just been busy," Camila sighed, "And no, nothing happened." Did anything happen? No, Camila couldn't count what had happened as something, 'anything'. She was drunk off of her head, and she couldn't even recount half of their encounter. Nevertheless, she still couldn't help but feel that she was lying to Lucy a little as she remembered the spark that ignited within her when Shawn flashed her his bright smile for the first time.

"Then how did you meet him?"

"He, uh," Camila spluttered, already beginning to feel herself blushing as she explained herself to Lucy, "He spilled his drink down my dress and took me to my room to change." She bit down on her thumb nail and chewed a little as she awaited her best friend's response.