Devilish

Chapter 32

Raiza's POV

The sunlight came through the little space between the curtains and landed right on my eyes. I opened them slowly and blinked a few times trying get used to the light.

"Good morning." I heard someone saying.

I looked at the end of my bed and saw a smiling Cam looking at me. "Hi." I managed to say. My voice came out more of a whisper. 

"How are you feeling?" Cam asked he, not even trying to hide the concern in his voice.

"I'm sore and my chest feels kinda heavy." I confessed. "How long have you been here?"

My friend pursed his lips and looked down. "Well-I..." He began saying. "I slept here. Rue left a few minutes after we brought you here and I stayed. I didn't even notice when I feel asleep while I was watching over you." Cam's cheeks had a small blush. I couldn't help but smile. He had been taking care of me all night. 

"Thank you." I said, smiling at him.

The copper haired guy looked at me and smiled widely. I'm glad to have a friend like him. He had defended me when Harry had bothered me at the cafeteria and now he had stayed with me just to make sure nothing happened. I know maybe it's too soon to say it but I guess on college you can really find friends that can last forever.

"So... Do you remember what happened last night?" Cam asked me, scanning my face for anything I might not say.

I bit my lip trying to recall last night's events. But it was useless. "I just remember going to the bonfire with Zayn and then into the woods to see the fireflies. After that everything's blurry." I felt an enormous anguish as I tried to remember. "The laugh." I said.

"What?" He asked confused.

"I-I remember a laugh." I repeated. "It w-wasn't a laugh that makes you laugh along, this one gave you the creeps. It's was sinister and-and..."

"Sh. It's ok, Raiza." Cam reassured me. He hugged me tight and started stroking my back. "Don't push yourself." I buried my face on his chest, wishing this strange and unknown feeling disappeared. "I have an idea! Why don't we go for a walk to catch some fresh air."

That sounded like a great idea to be honest. I wasn't like feeling to stay in bed all day. It would only make it worst. So I told Cam that I would meet him outside my dorm in 15 minutes. 

When he left and I was all by myself I started wondering where Rue might be. She hadn't left a note or anything and Cam didn't know either. Maybe she had texted me? I haven't turned on my phone yet so maybe there was a text from here.

And yes, as soon as turned my phone it started buzzing with the text message alert with her name on it.

'I'm at a library doing some research. And since Cam was with you I didn't want to wake you up. See you at lunchtime? x'

A research? Rue's not of working on Sundays but maybe it's too extensive so she needs all the free time she has. Anyway, I better hurry up on taking a shower and get dressed since Cam's waiting for me.

...

"I'm ready!" I said, jogging towards Cam.

"Where would you like to go?" He said, offering me his arm. 

"Let's just take a walk on the gardens." I smiled at him and he nodded.

The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day in LA. Perfect for a walk and to clear my mind. Cam and I decided to sit under a huge tree that was nearby. He began telling me things about him and I did the same. We kept talking for quite a long time and we discovered we had a lot of things in common. For example, music taste and movie choices, which was something great since we could go out on friend date or date and deciding what do you wouldn't take ages. 'Friend date'... Why it sounds famili- ZAYN! Oh my God! I haven't seen Zayn since what happened last night! I didn't even know if he was ok.

"Shit, Cam I'm so sorry. I forgot to do something." I rushed to say. "I-I need to call someone. I'll be back in a bit."

I walked away a bit from where Cam and I were sitting and took out my phone. I dialled Zayn's number hoping he would answer.

"The number you have dialled, is temporary not available. Please try again later." I heard the recording saying after several rings.

Shit. I really hope he's ok. I'll text him! He'll probably see it when he turns on his phone.

'Hey Zayn! I'm so sorry about last night. Something strange happened and... I don't know what to say really. I just hope you're ok and please don't think I stood you up afterwards. x'

I walked back to where Cam was. He smiled at me as I sat down. "What?" I said laughing.

"Nothing." He laughed. I narrowed my eyes in a playful way and pursed my lips. "I just really like spending time with you."

I couldn't help but smile at his statement. "Me too."

"Time flies when you're having fun, don't you think?" What time was it? I looked at my watch and we've been here for almost 4 hours.

"Wow, yeah it really does." I laughed. "Rue told me to meet her for lunch, are you coming?"

"Sure!" My friend said excited. "Maybe we could grab something out for lunch."

"Sounds good! I'll call Rue and tell her to meet us at the parking lot near the dorms."

After telling Rue what was the plan for lunch, Cam and I headed to the parking to get his car. I remembered when we went to Disneyland and had such an amazing time. Well, until that encounter I had with you know whom. Anyway, it's part of the past and now we're going to have lunch and everything will be amazing.

We waited for a few minutes till Rue arrived. She hugged me and asked how I was feeling. After convincing her I was fine we got on Cam's car and drove off to a restaurant called 'The Honor Bar' on Beverly Hills.

When we finally arrived there everyone was starving so we quickly decided what we wanted to eat and ordered. 

"Rue, after what happened last night... Did you see Zayn?" I asked worried. He still hadn't replied to my text. She shook her head and gave me a small smile. I bit my lip and looked down. 

"Harry didn't give us time to look for him. He insisted we had to take you somewhere safe." My gothic friend said. "For once I agreed with him. The most important thing for us in that moment was helping you." I looked at her confused. Harry? "He was the one who told us you were in danger. I had a strange feeling too but couldn't figure out until he warned us something was wrong."

Oh God. That's right. Harry was there too. He was the one carrying me. 'Just hang on.' 'This shit would be extremely dull without you, Raiza.' The words I heard him whispering echoed in my head.

"I'm sorry but who's Zayn?" Cam suddenly asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh Zayn was Raiza's date for the bonfire." Rue said, poking at him.

"Date?" He said, turning his head to look at me.

"Rue!" I glared at her. "It wasn't a date! He just invited me as an apology!" God, how many times do I have to tell her? And why I'm feeling so bad about Cam?

Thank God the waitress came with our order and no one kept talking about Zayn and I going to the bonfire together. 

I looked over at Cam and he seemed abstracted in his thought. He was frowning, which wasn't a good sign. I just really hope he didn't get mad because of Rue's 'joke'.

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SO GUYS! WE WON AT THE WATTY AWARDS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO VOTED, HELPED ME AND BELIEVED WE COULD WIN THIS! AT FIRST I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I WAS SEEING THE ENTRIES AND EVERYONE KEPT TELLING ME I HAD WON AND OMFG I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT'S AMAZING SERIOUSLY. AND AS I PROMISED IF I WON THERE WOULD BE A DOUBLE OR TRIPLE UPDATE - STILL HAVEN'T DECIDE WHICH ONE IT'LL BE BUT STAY TUNNED BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING :D

Love,

M. x