weak ➸ camren

chapter 23 ➸ moving on

"Lauren, stop moping around and get your ass out here," Dinah's voice rang out from the other side of the bathroom door. Lauren grimaced, looking at herself in the mirror one last time before unlocking the door and pushing it open.

"That's the problem," she tugged at the ends of the skin tight dress. "There's too much of my ass out here." Dinah rolled her eyes and motioned with her finger for Lauren to turn around. Sighing heavily, Lauren spun in a circle and rolled her eyes.

"C'mon, don't be such a party pooper," the Polynesian girl elbowed Lauren in the side and raised an eyebrow. "Who knows, you might meet someone special tonight."

They were two weeks into the Summer Reflection Tour. Camila had willingly agreed to go, despite Lauren's attempts to get the tour rescheduled. Camila argued that she was better, and that she needed something to do. Lauren couldn't help but worry, though.

Hell, she was always worrying. If something were to happen to Camila again, she didn't know how she would handle it. Which is why at the beginning of the tour, Lauren was always by the smaller girl's side.

Camila never brought up anything that had happened between them. Lauren assumed she was over it. Then, the smaller girl began dropping hints that Lauren was overcrowding her. Trying to be considerate, Lauren backed off.

Now, it was as if the weeks they spent at the house had never happened. Camila never talked to Lauren, unless it was something trivial like asking her to pass the salt. It wasn't that she was outright ignoring her, but their relationship definitely wasn't in the place Lauren thought it would be in.

But she didn't want to annoy Camila. After Camila confessed to Ally that Lauren was being too protective of her, and Lauren overheard, the green eyed girl had forced herself to stay out of Camila's way.

Moving on from whatever she had with Camila was harder than Lauren thought it would be. Not only did she have romantic feelings for the girl, but she also felt responsible for her. It took all the willpower in her not to make sure Camila took her medicine every morning, or check the trash can to make sure Camila had eaten.

But the younger girl swore that she was better. It confused Lauren, though. She hadn't expected Camila to hop from 0 to 100% after spending 4 weeks in rehab. But from what she'd seen, Camila was more energetic than ever. She just hoped it would last.

Dinah had caught on to the lack of interaction between Lauren and Camila, and knowing how attached Lauren had been, she was now trying to help her bandmate move on. Which is why she'd dragged Lauren out of her bunk and made her try on a dress, telling her they were going clubbing.

"Go put on a pair of heels and do your makeup or something, we're leaving in fifteen minutes," Dinah said, turning and walking away before Lauren could argue. She groaned, circling their hotel room and sitting on the edge of the bed once Dinah was gone.

She pulled out her phone, going immediately to Camila's twitter to see what she was up to. They had the weekend off, and most of the girls had gone out to do their own thing. She scrolled past a few pictures of Camila with fans, wondering how the girl seemed to have infinite amounts of energy.

That's how Lauren and Camila differed. Lauren could only handle so much social interaction at once. She was a private person, and needed her time by herself to be independent. Camila, on the other hand, thrived around groups of people. That had changed at the end of their last tour, but now she seemed to be gaining some of her old spirit back.

Sighing, Lauren knew there was no way she could talk her way out of that night with Dinah. She pushed herself off of the bed and disappeared into the bathroom to apply a small amount of makeup on her face.