A/N: Camila has a son that she gave up for adoption. Read over chapter 13 before this one if you forgot.
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Things were not the same. Camila could admit that after Lauren had returned to school their relationship dynamic had changed. At first it was very subtle and Camila had been far too distracted with what was happening with her son to notice, but the signs slowly became more evident in the following weeks as Lauren began to retreat into herself.
Jade was also becoming increasingly intolerable and especially antagonistic toward Camila, so much so that in their group project Camila had virtually taken it upon herself to do the entire thing, just to avoid her.
With Camila so distracted with the compiling worries filling her mind, it was no surprise when Dinah finally cornered her before school asking, "What's going on with you and Lauren?"
Camila sighed, rubbing at her temples tiredly. "I don't know, Cheech. We're just not...the same."
Dinah shot her a sassy look while responding, "Yeah, well no wonder why."
Camila's eyebrow quirked, and she frowned heavily. "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that while you've been distracted texting away to your new BFF or fuckbuddy or whatever, your girlfriend has been trying to get by. You know, a little bit of support might go a long way?"
"This is none of your business, Dinah. And I'll have you know that I would never cheat on Lauren, EVER, so stop going around accusing people based on stupid assumptions! Lauren is the one shutting me out, not the other way around. I have stuff going on just like you, Dinah, and you don't see me calling you out on lying to Normani, or the rest of the world for that matter."
"How do you know about that?" Dinah responded quickly.
"You told me yourself...you were drunk." Camila shrugged nonchalantly, trying to make it seem as if Dinah's hulking figure wasn't intimidating her in the slightest.
"Damn..." She let out a heavy sigh and deflated her intimidating presence slightly, allowing Camila some air to breathe. "You can't tell anyone," Dinah commanded, her eyes seeming somewhat defeated in an almost pleading expression.
"Not unless you want me to. Cross my heart."
She nodded stiffly before continuing a bit more calmly, "Besides, my situation is different. You can't use that as an excuse, Mila."
"It's easy to say that if you don't know what mine is. My situation is just as difficult as yours," Camila sighed in an almost painful manner, "plus I have Jade to worry about and she's like one hundred scary ex girlfriends in one," Camila spoke as she reflected on the most recent development in the Jade saga.
"Yeah, I'm really sorry, Mila. Most people know she's full of it anyway." Dinah sympathized.
This week Jade had been trying to attempt to spread the rumour that Camila had contracted an STD from her old school.. The previous week she had claimed that Camila was preying on Lauren because she was an easy target and that Camila had admitted that she wanted to "get into the mute girl's pants" as part of her multiple conquests. The two previous weeks before that she had been spreading evidence throughout the school that Camila was secretly a "slut" that had slept with almost her entire previous high school, including some of the teachers.
Many of the guys believed Jade's first rumour and Camila had soon become either the object of their elaborate fantasies (which they often described to her in grotesque detail) or the subject of their humiliating ridicules and sexist jokes. It was exhausting having to ignore most of the student body, to swat away wandering hands and to burn holes into the constant lascivious gazes that stripped her naked. To make matters even worse, Lauren was especially distant lately and Camila had no idea why.
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Fanfiction"Hey," an attractive brunette said with a small smile. Lauren felt her heart speed up. She had never, ever wished she was able to speak so badly. Trigger warning.
