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lost in translation

c a m i l a

the day after i got the news about my dad i was hoping it wouldn't effect me horribly but it did and ever since i've been having nightmares, except the day i slept over at joeys place, which is weird.

reoccurring nightmares equals a sleepy, tired and all in all drained person, i didn't even want to get out of bed this morning but now i'm at school thinking in the blur of whispers and conversation in the halls.

wait, whispers? what the fuck happened this time?

t h i r d p e r s o n

as camila dragged herself to the classroom
her fellow students continued to spread the word of what they had heard moments before, and somehow in time it would reach camila and joey, the truth would get lost in translation and turned into something sinister.

joey took a seat at his desk as guys from the football team came up to him and congratulated him for his achievement that he knew nothing of.

'what did i do?' he thought to himself, that's when he noticed all the guys who had previously congratulated him making faces in camila's direction, his face grew pale as an idea of what was happening rushed over him, he felt like he was going to hurl.

>>

c a m i l a

when i got to the lunch room today i noticed hailey with a scared look on her face as she waited for me at the table with my other 'friends'

"what's wrong hails?" i ask, her expression turns into an even more shocked, look if possible. "is it true?" she asks.

"is what true?" i reply oblivious to what she was talking about. "did you 'sleep' with joey?" amy, the girl sitting next to me, asks making quotes over sleep.

"did i what?! no, where did you hear that?"

"everyone's talking about it, some say they heard it from the halls and some say they heard it from joey himself." a sick thought runs through my head as i ask the next question.

"w-whats the story they're telling?"

"that you were upset about your dad and he slept with you because he felt bad." my heart drops at the mention of my dad, how could people turn something innocent on my behalf into something so desperate and sad?

"that's complete bullshit, we didn't sleep together and i di-" i stop myself

"you didn't what?"

"i was going to say i didn't even go to his house but that's a lie. i have to go." i get up slinging my backpack over my shoulder and walking in the direction of joeys table where he's sitting with jaeden and the rest of the football team.

"can i talk to you?" i say walking up to the table, everyone's eyes fall on me looking at me as if they didn't know who i was talking to.

"joey, now please."

he gets up and we walk out of the cafeteria by the lockers.

"are you telling people you slept with me because you felt bad for me?" his looks at me as if he was hurt by what i was saying.

"no, i would never. i didn't even know what was happening until now."

t h i r d p e r s o n

as joey explains his confusion on the subject the thought of who started these rumors roams his head, it had to be amanda, he fought for a second before pulling camila into a tight hug.

"don't worry i'll fix this." with that he walked back into the crowd and took a seat at his table, camila wondered what he was going to do but let it slip as she walked to the nurses office to take a little break from the schools students.

a joey thought about a way to clear the rumors he also thought about how it affected camila, he cared for her and now that he had admitted it he couldn't help but feel his heart beat at high speed each time he thought about her.

the only thing that didn't cross his mind is no matter how much he cared for camila, a familiar and comfortable routine couldn't be changed.

i'm time he'd find that out.

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and THE END

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