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Camila doesn't know when it starts, honestly she doesn't.
She's always been a rather... flirty, touchy person - that's what she thinks she can blame it on.
Her mother makes jokes about how she should've known Camila is gay because of how close she is with all her girl friends. Always cuddled up and giggling together, apparently in a lesbian seeming manner (?), but that's not really a good point to Camila.
Sure, she's touchy with Normani possibly in a little bit of a flirty way, but that's Mani so who could refuse that girl? And yeah Camila is touchy with Dinah and Ally too. All four of them are really touchy though so it doesn't matter that Camila likes girls because that isn't why they're touchy, it's just comforting in a friendship that has lasted so long.
Besides, for the most part her overly touchiness and excessive flirting are in different areas.
Camila is yet to actually date anyone, which is what she blames her careless flirting on. She's never really thought of flirting as something to do to get romantic attention just something to be friendly. Guys take it the wrong way sometimes, but by this point she only really talks to the guys that know and respect that she isn't interested. Or the gay guys, they flirt back just as hard and twice as funny.
Besides, her school has a population of one whole lesbian, herself, so flirting with girls? It isn't really hurting anyone.
She doesn't have too many friends.
Normani and Dinah are her best, Ally being a year older isn't as close but still hangs out with them a lot. Sometimes when Camila isn't in the mood to third wheel with Normani and Dinah she'll hang out with Troye, but he just talks about Shawn the whole entire time so it's almost the exact same as third wheeling.
Because of this, Camila has more time to focus on what's important, school and soccer.
She's been playing soccer since she can remember, and because of how good she is, she doesn't play for her school, instead a club team.
Fortunately the team uses her school's field and locker rooms for practices so she doesn't need to waste time commuting, but that's about the only perk. Practices are three times as long, twice as often, and one hundred times more draining than the school's team, and don't get Camila wrong she loves soccer, but she also loves reading.
Camila's never been very good in school. Math specifically just ever made any sense to her and it seemed like most of the sciences revolved around similar things. In eighth grade Camila's parents had told her to keep playing soccer she had to do better in at least two classes. Art was an easy A so sh just started trying a little more to do extra credit, but when it came to the other class she was kind of at a loss.
She contemplated where to focus most of her attention on for a while, but after a few weeks of this, Dinah kindly (not really) pointed out that henver Camila isn't kicking a ball around or working out in order to be better when kicking a ball around, she is buried in a book.
So reading led to english class being her best shot.
Now here she was beginning her senior year and taking two English Arts electives along with AP Lit, and looking for a teaching assistant position in the english department for her study hall. That's four out of nine periods gone to english and she's quite pleased to say that. Especially since she can also say she's on the line for major soccer scholarships at her top D1 schools.
Students get their schedules a week before the year starts online with a brief course list and room numbers listed but no teacher assignment just in case classes get bumped around., but Camila had the same room number for all four english periods and can only hope this teacher isn't a bitch.
"Walz! Get your ass to homeroom there's a new teacher and he's actually taking attendance on time this year so you can't keep being late every day." Dinah hammers over the speaker as soon as Camila hits accept, cringing and pulling the phone away from her ear slightly when the booming voice comes over, prying her locker open and wedges her phone between her ear and shoulder.
"Dinah I'm at my locker I'll be a minute I was last in the line for schedule checks," Camila replies, loading her locker with spare notebooks for her creative writing and poetry classes, "Look DJ it's the first day of school. I don't care if some asshole takes attendance earlier than he should, I'm not moving any faster."
Dinah opens her mouth to yap something back to Camila but the Cuban is taken off guard by a throat being cleared next to her and she looks up to meet the greenest eyes she has ever seen and her jaw may be dropped at the perfection in front of her and "Dinah I'll call you later." she says into the speaker and hangs up without waiting for a reply, still looking into the other girl's eyes.
Why is she just staring at me with an expectant look on her face? Is her locker the bottom one too mine? Fuck id I go to the wrong locker again? No I double checked the number so that wouldn't happen. I don't recognize her, maybe she's new and lost? I mean, I am the only one still in the hallway since I'm supposed to be in homeroom.
Camila is broken out of her inner debate with herself when she notices the red lips quirking into a smirk and she can't help the blush that rises to her face when she realizes she's been caught staring
"Umm sorry I umm- Can I help you or...?" Camila says shyly at first, but quirks an eyebrow and tries to act not blown away by the stranger.
"Aren't you supposed to be in class right now?" The raven haired girl replies with a glint of something in her eyes, still smiling, not so much a smirk anymore but still teasing.
"Well, I won't deny that I should be in class, but I also notice you are not in class either," Camila quips in her usual flirty tone, deciding she'd like to be friends with the gorgeous girl in front of her, "So maybe if you don't turn me in I can do you a favor and keep you company in the hall, what do you say pretty green eyes?" and now Camila is the one smiling in a teasing way, not smirking though, because the mysterious girl's smirk has dropped completely and now she's just smiling shyly with a small blush. Except then the smirk is back in full and she's about to reply when the bell for first period.
"Well, as much as I would hate to not turn you in, I'm going to get to class. Nice meeting you..." the girl pauses and looks to Camila for help as the halls begin to flood with people.
"Camila, but pretty girls like you can call me whatever they'd like." And Camila like, totally hadn't meant to say that out loud. Really she hadn't. It's just she reads too much fanfiction and sometimes her flirty alter ego thinks it's okay to be like, more than friendly flirting and more gross boy flirting.
The girl actually giggles lightly at that, before nodding in recognition.
"Nice meeting you then Camila. I'll see you in the halls." And with that the girl spins on her heels and heads in the direction Camila is about to go.
She never told Camil her name. And Camila is about to catch up to her since she, as said before is going that way anyways, when she feels an arm wrap around her shoulders and Dinah's presence is all too recognizable.
Dinah has period one with her, AP Lit and spends the whole walk to the class lecturing Camila about how she shouldn't have missed homeroom and how annoying it is to make excuses for her on the first day of school, and how if she makes it a habit she's getting a poly beatdown and luckily Camila is able to drown out Dinah's voice and focus on the floor tiles and patterns they make while walking to class, up until she's in her seat and playing with her pencil, as Dinah talks about a new topic.
The second bell indicating class is starting is what pulls Camila into her right state of mind for english.
"Good morning class," a husky voice starts and Camila feels her whole body freeze when she looks up because no way in fuck is the hot girl from earlier that she shamelessly flirted with in the front of her classroom, and no way in fuck is that hot girl staring at her with that same teasing smile that isn't quite a smirk but damnit right now Camila feels no difference because the only thought going through her head is 'no fucking way'.
"I'm Ms. Jauregui, I'll be your AP Lit teacher this year. I'm new to the school, but I'm excited for all the classes I have lined up and hopefully you guys can help me with transitioning, I'm still new to teaching, but this is AP seniors, I'm assuming you guys are responsible enough to not take advantage of any miscommunications. Now attendance, I'm going to assign seats just to learn your names, by next week you can pick your own."
Camila is still sitting in shock as Ms. Jauregui begins to go up and down the rows to assign seats and individually greet each kid and Camila isn't shocked when she hears her name third, she is a 'C' last name after all.
Front row all the way to the right. Directly in front of Ms. Jauregui's desk.
When Camila lifts her head she's met with a full smirk this time and she can't help but think the teacher is torturing her on purpose.
"Nice to see you again Camila," she says, smirk not leaving her face as she reaches out a hand that the younger girl takes with a shy smile, certain her cheeks are burning brighter than ever. "Hmm.." Ms. Jauregui says as she studies Camila's face and the younger girl is glad nobody is really paying attention because she's blushing so much Dinah's questioning later would've been hell. "I think... I think I'll call you Ms. Cabello, does that work Camila, or should I call you pretty brown eyes?" the teacher says, smirk replaced with another grin before she releases Camila's hand and giggles again at her teasing of the younger girl, which Camila can't deny makes her feel better because the laugh sounds like an angels, before she walks to the next desk and continues reading names.
No way in fuck.
Class goes by slow as the attractive young teacher goes over the syllabus and Camila tries not to cry over embarrassment. She's dreading it but Camila knows the only way to avoid too much awkwardness later in the year is to apologize. Plus Camila doesn't want a teacher she spends about half her day with thinking she's a little flirty fuck girl or something like that.
Period two is her study period usually, but since she just has to be a kiss ass english student, she gets to spend it with Ms. Jauregui organizing.
When the bell rings it only takes a moment for the class to clear out, Camila staying in her seat, smiling slightly at Dinah who ruffles her hair as she walks by, and waiting for Ms. Jauregui who is at the door holding it open for her students.
The teacher turns around to go back to her desk and jumps slightly when she notices Camila shyly looking up at her from her seat. "Ms. Cabello you scared me I thought you had all left, can I help you with anything?"
"Actually Ms. Jauregui, I was assigned to be your TA this period?" Camila clears her throat awkwardly as the older woman approaches her side of the room.
"Camila Cabello? I was wondering which lucky student got me for four periods a day," the teacher says as she sits down at her own desk that is directly in front of Camila's.
"Listen Ms. Jauregui I wanted to umm... I wanted to apologize for my..." She pauses trying to find the right words for how inappropriate that was, "Behavior in the hall this morning. I was one hundred percent out of line, I mean really even if you weren't my teacher it was obnoxious and I'm sorry if I offended you in any way" Camila begins in a shaky vice and once she gets talking she rambles on, "I swear I'm not always like that it's just well - your eyes and you have to admit you look so young and you're so pretty it's distracting and - and that's so not what I'm meaning to say at all so I'm going to cut myself off before I compliment the rest of you." and Camila is pretty sure her face is a thousand times redder and she is about to run to Mexico but she hears Lauren giggling again and who would run away from that, and when she looks up, Lauren's face is red too and perfect still and Camila is fine staying in the States for now.
"Well I won't hold it against you I guess," her teacher replies in a raspy voice still slightly blushing and giggling. "Thank you for apologizing, and for the compliments, it's nice to hear good things every now and then, now how about we put the morning behind us and start moving my stuff in, yeah?"
And Camila's smile is brighter than her face now and she nods almost immediately and from there it goes on.
It's flirty banter for the most part. Nothing bad at all, other than the whole teacher and student part of it. Really though how are they expected to not be close when they spend so much time together.
The flirting and small touches to each other's hands is where it starts.
And like Camila said, she's always been flirty so where's the harm in it right?
They do get pretty friendly in a friend way too though, which still probably shouldn't be allowed in their environment but neither of them care.
Lauren tells Camila about her little brother and sister and a few high school or college stories that maybe students shouldn't know about their teacher, whereas Camila gushes about her own little sister and vents about her other classes.
Vents is putting it lightly and by the end of September Lauren, yes they're on a first name basis since the second week (as long as Camila only calls her that when they're alone), becomes Camila's number one person to rant too about her stressful life.
Lauren gets it too which is the best part. Lauren played softball the way Camila plays soccer, and although the girl never tried to go pro, she did struggle academically for a while in high school because of it.
Lauren manages to make time after school every tuesday and thursday for the hour she has between school and soccer to help Camila work on calculus homework and the younger girl couldn't be more grateful when her teacher offers that.
Somewhere in the middle of October Camila learns Lauren is single and bisexual and that's definitely when things go downhill.
Lauren seems to agree that that was too much by the way she acts the following week, but Camila wins her comfort again with coffee in the mornings before anyone is in classes and jokes in the TA hour.
That's when things actually go down hill.
One of those tutoring sessions, that they sit a little too close and talk a little too much about things other than math, Camila thinks up the great idea of asking Lauren to come watch her practice. The soccer player has come to terms with her small crush on her teacher (huge crush) and although she expects nothing of it, she does feel like getting as close as possible.
Lauren agrees of course because how could she deny her favorite student and said students huge cheesy smile?
Definitely a bad call in hindsight.
On thursdays they scrimmage, due to the heat wave though, they don't do pennies, they do shirts and skins. Camila being the advanced thinker and captain she is offers to be skins, (totally not to show her hot teacher her abs, no way that would be completely inappropriate), and takes no shame in showing off her soccer skills as well.
That's the first time she notices Lauren checking her out. She doesn't point it out though. It happens after practice, Camila with her tank top around her neck in her black nike shorts and sports bra. She's taking a drink as the younger players pack up the bags and notices her teacher waiting on the sidelines, most likely to say goodbye but before her teacher notices her looking, she sees her favorite green eyes taking her in from head to toe. Before Lauren can meet her eyes though Camila is quick to close hers again and finish her drink before snapping back to meet green eyes on her own now, oblivious to having been caught. Camila grins as she wipes the back of her hand over her forehead for sweat before raising it in a wave before grabbing her bag and jogging over to the older girl.
"Hey, enjoy the show?" she smirks and Lauren flushes slightly before realizing Camila meant soccer.
"Yeah you're pretty good, not quite as good as I would be, but good nonetheless." Lauren teases as they take off for the parking lot together.
Camila would deny it if anybody asks but parking near Lauren's car has kind of become a thing now. Lauren doesn't exactly know that either, Camila makes sure not to park too close, just a few spaces over, but it allows for more time to talk on their ways out.
"Well, this is me, I'll see you in the morning?" Camila says as they slow down at her silver toyota.
"Yeah, make sure the coffee is actually iced this time, I don't like room temperature." Lauren jokes with a laugh that makes Camila smile as she opens the door to her car throwing her bag in.
"And Camila," Lauren says turning mid step to address her student again. "Maybe I'll have to start coming to more of these, just to make sure my extra time at school is worth your soccer skill?" she suggest once she had the younger girl's attention who beamed at the offer.
"Yeah, I'd like that a lot." Camila replies before Lauren gives another nod and is off, the younger girl's eyes obviously dropping to her ass. "Damnit".
So the inappropriate teacher student bonding continues. For a while actually.
"So her actually tried to ask you out during the appointment?" Camila asks through giggles while Lauren laughs across the desk from her.
"Oh yeah, apparently dental hygiene was a turn on for him or something," Lauren giggles, foot innocently brushing up Camila's calf as she crosses her leg under the shared space below the desk. "I had to let him down easy with his hand in my mouth and I switched my dentist the next time I needed to go".
"Oh god, that's probably the worst one I've heard." Camila continues to giggle.
"Yeah for me it is, what about you though, any weird boys trying to pick you up these days?" Lauren asks as she leans forward on her hands, elbows propped up on the desk.
"No way, everybody at school mainly knows I'm gay so I haven't had anyone ask me out since seventh grade at a school dance, which was actually pretty cute. He told me he "like liked" me and wanted to dance with me all night." Camila elaborated with a chuckle.
"Pause time out you're gay?" Lauren asks and her face flushes immediately after seemingly realizing she shouldn't be so focused on her students sexuality.
"Umm yeah I am, nobody else at our school really is gay - or bi - I mean besides you but - no the point is that nobody that attends our school is available." she finally gets out blushing when she mentioned her teacher's sexuality. Both of them sit for a minute flushed at the topic before Lauren decides to move t on.
"That's probably better. I mean not dating anyone with a schedule as busy as yours." Lauren explains.
"Really all I do is play soccer and hang out in your classroom so why would I need to date?" Camila replies and flushes again when she notices the implication she may have just made without meaning too. Luckily Lauren doesn't seem to notice, or maybe she just doesn't care, because she just smiles back.
It's the week after Halloween when things get noticeably shady between them.
There had been a huge Halloween party that Saturday, the type every senior goes to and every senior gets trashed at. Every senior besides Camila, Dinah, and Normani. Camila couldn't go out because of a game the following morning, so her friends had offered up their night to horror movies, junk food, and gossip.
"Camila you've been awfully flakey lately ever since you started skipping lunch to study, what's got you so occupied?" Normani questions through a mouthful of brownies.
Also Camila started spending lunches in Ms. Jauregui's room to talk about stuff they didn't get to talk about when they actually focused on school.
"Oh you know, the usual soccer practices and homework and-" Camila starts but is cut off by Dinah who's lying with her head in Normani's lap laughing.
"She's just hung up on Ms. Jauregui, remember that teacher I told you about babe? Camila's got the hots for her, and she spends like 24/7 getting 'tutored'" she teases with quotes and a suggestive voice and wink.
"Shut up Dinah I do not have the hots for my teacher, that's so inappropriate, she just tutors me." Camila argues only to meet laughter from her friends.
"Okay and Mani tutors me all the time, right Mani?" Dinah says through her laughter and Camila pouts, changing the subject to which her friends unwillingly abide.
Camila does have the hots for her teacher, because who wouldn't it's Lauren Jauregui, but it's more than that. Sure she's only known her for a few months but Lauren is the most likeable, sweet, funny, caring person Camila has ever had the chance to talk to. So she doesn't just want to hook up with her or something, she wants to actually know her and be someone in her life. The fact that she's her teacher kind of kills the thought when she actually takes a second to think about it, but their relationship so far is enough for Camila.
She doesn't really know for certain but she likes to think Lauren likes her the same way. Like, Camila hasn't seen Lauren flirt with any other students at all, and sometimes Lauren will hold her hand for a minute over the desk as she explains a reading problem, and her other teachers don't do that.
She doesn't want to get her hopes up, but with no reason to have them low she's almost hgh as a kite.
So a few things happen that week.
On monday morning Lauren comes to class with a hickey on her collarbone and Camila's heart shatters into a billion pieces. It's not too noticeable, Lauren wore a high neckline shirt and maybe forgot make up because she thought it was covered. Camila doesn't know if she would have preferred to be oblivious or not (the feeling in her stomach says she would but the voice in her head says she wouldn't).
She sees it as she's handing Lauren her coffee before homeroom and immediately knows she has to get out of there, hopping in her car and driving home. Her parents are at work and school hadn't started yet so nobody stopped her from leaving the building. Looking back she knew she would regret losing her perfect attendance over that but she didn't care, she couldn't be in that classroom for another second.
She does go to soccer practice after school and pretends not to see Lauren when the teacher waves to her in the parking lot. She takes out her feelings on the ball, feeling sorry for her goalies and their hands.
Dinah comes over that night with the homework she missed in math and when she asks if the other girl is okay she breaks like a damn.
Call Camila dramatic but that hickey hurts more than one can easily understand. It means that somebody else got to kiss, touch, feel her Lauren while she was denying her feelings for her to her high school best friends. It hurts more to think that whatever Camila made up in her head between them was completely not true. It was a silly school girl crush which let's face it, half the school has on Ms. Jauregui and Camila thought that just because she dubbed the "favorite student" title she was different.
Dinah tries to console her, telling her that she knows it hurts but with their situation nothing could have come of it anyways. She also says she's seen Lauren staring at her ass in class and maybe the teacher just did body shots at some frisky party.
The younger girl doesn't know how to help because there aren't any handbooks "What to do when your best friends falls for her Advanced Placement Lit and Poetry and Creative Writing teacher".
She ends up getting her ice cream and watching The Notebook because she doesn't know how to handle the situation, but she knows how to handle Camila.
The next day she still brings Lauren her coffee. She didn't really want to, afraid that Lauren would have another hickey maybe on her jaw this time, but she also knew Lauren needed coffee to get through the first half of the day, then another cup at lunch, which Camila usually got for her in the teacher's lounge while Lauren cleaned up so they could sit somewhere in her room.
"Hey Camz, where'd you go yesterday, one minute you were here and the next not?" Lauren asks with a small smile as she takes the iced coffee out of the student's hand.
"Umm right that, I didn't feel to well after I left your room, migraine. I wasn't going to come to school but I thought I could make it, but by homeroom I still felt pretty shitty so I went home sick." the younger girl explains slowly, not wanting to seem suspicious.
"Oh, that's too bad, I know you hadn't missed a day in years." Lauren replies taking a sip of her iced coffee and closing her eyes, letting out a moan of contentment at the taste which Camila has to stop herself from passing out at. "You're feeling fine now right?" The teacher asks, pressing her hand to Camila's forehead to feel for a temperature before cupping her cheek and looking at her with a questioning look.
Camila struggles to answer with Lauren's soft hand cupping her face but does after a moment, "Umm, yeah I'm fine actually, just a headache, gone overnight..." she trails off, blushing when Lauren gives a soft squeeze to her cheek before pulling her hand away.
Period one, AP Lit goes through with not much occurence, but Camila realizes in the teaching assistant hour that she can make out uneven coloring on Lauren's neck obviously due to make up and can't help but stare at it for a moment feeling her stomach drop.
"Camila? You there?" Lauren asks, waving her hand in her student's face who has zoned out.
"What? Yeah sorry I'm umm - actually I forgot I need to make up a quiz I missed yesterday for calculus, could I have a pass for that?" Camila asks, still staring at her teacher's neck but desperate to get out.
"Yeah umm, I'll write one now." Lauren says confusedly, using scrap paper to scribble one down before turning to hand it to Camila, who takes it from her, eyes still on Lauren as she stands up. She traces Camila's gaze to her neck and freezes when she realizes why the girl is like that.
"Wait Camz I can-"
"I'll see you in poetry, have a good free period yeah?" Camila says before Lauren can question her, averting her eyes to the door and spinning, leaving before her teacher can get a word out.
Camila avoids direct confrontation with Ms. Jauregui for as long as she possibly can. She skips their lunch study to hangout outside on one of the benches hidden around a corner, planning to say she was caught up with Dinah, she leaves as soon as the bell rings for poetry and comes a minute late to creative writing, then tells Ms. Jauregui she has to makeup something for Physics after school. Wednesday Camila still rings Lauren her iced coffee, but makes all excuses again, clinging to Normani in the halls just in case she bumps into the teacher.
Lauren for her part puts on a smile and tells Camila it's fine, but Camila can see her face drop every time their eyes connect and the younger girl almost stops and takes back whatever bullshit is coming out of her mouth, but she can't forget that damn hickey on the girl's neck and can't help but feel like maybe Lauren's just sad that nobody will help her unpack books or neaten folders. Camila still stays back to help put all the chairs up though because as she said the second week of school, "pretty girls shouldn't have to pick up after gross high schoolers".
Thursday though, Camila knows she can't skip out on. She's planning to but there's new development before first period starts.
Camila had basically given her coffee without a word and she feels her heart clench when the coffee is halfway drained when she gets in her seat in Lit, knowing Lauren drinks it faster when she is stressed out. She suddenly feels bad that she missed three days of talking. Even if it is only three days, surely with a hickey and possible new partner there is lots more drama and Camila wants to be there for Lauren, knowing she doesn't have a lot of friends since she moved to Miami and knowing her family is distant lately.
"Camila can I talk to you in the hall for a moment?" Lauren asks as the bell rings, earning 'ohhs' from the guys in class which Ms. Jauregui immediately shushes, "Nothing bad honey." Lauren assures and Camila nods before getting up, catching Dinah's eye who gives her a nod as she follows Lauren outside.
Lauren is silent at first but she notices her teacher checking the hallway for students or staff and as soon as the door shuts she's pulled into a tight hug that's the best hug she's ever experienced.
It takes her a moment to wrap her arms around Lauren's neck in turn, the older girl burying her face into Camila's neck momentarily and hugging her waist.
They're silent for a moment before Lauren pulls away and looks around once more before facing Camila. "Sorry I just - I missed you Camz, and I really hope you aren't busy today again because I don't want to go to your practice if you're mad at me?"
Update: Lauren had been coming to every thursday practice since the first, and update: Camila has been showing off just as much as the first.
At those words Camila's face drops and she feels more guilty than she thought she would. She instantly grabs hold of the hand Lauren has wrapped lightly around her wrist before speaking, "Fuck Lo I'm sorry I haven't been around. I'm not mad at you I promise, I just picked a bad day to be out and I've been swamped this week with make up stuff, and my best friends were fighting so I had to be there so lunch wasn't tense." Camila makes up on the spot and is happy for the white lie when Lauren's face lights up.
"Okay umm good, sorry about being emotional or whatever I just - actually I'll wait until study to talk but you'll be there today?" Lauren asks and her eyes make Camila regret ever taking a second to not be looking in them.
"And every day to follow, now let's go get Lit!" Camila jokes and Lauren barks out a laugh that Camila has missed greatly.
"Camz no matter how many times you make that pun it still isn't funny."
"Yeah yeah Jauregui get to class." Camila replies rolling her eyes jokingly, unable to keep the grin off of her face when they re enter the classroom.
Camila didn't think much about whatever it was Lauren needed to talk about. At least not until the last ten minutes of period one, that's when she started panicking. Maybe Lauren caught on to why Camila was ignoring her and wanted to confront her about her feelings.
"So I have to ask you something..." Lauren starts as she pulls her chair in front of Camila's desk, making eye contact for a moment before continuing. "I know I'm your teacher, so normally you wouldn't tell me an honest answer to this question, but I think we're a little past normal teacher student relationships don't you think?" Lauren asks and Camila flushes with nerves but nods as she swallows anxiously.
"I heard about that party that got busted this weekend, I know a lot of kids got busted or hurt and I wanted to make sure you were okay?" Lauren asks and oh okay that is not at all what Camila thought was going to happen and she can't hold in a giggle at the question, which only makes Lauren arch her eyebrows in confusion.
"Lo, you do know besides you I only hang out with like two people right?" Camila says through her giggles.
"Well I know you don't hangout with a lot of people but that's by choice Camila, everyone loves you and it's not like you don't talk to them all," Lauren argues in an unsure voice, "So you didn't go to that?"
"No I did not, I had soccer in the morning so my friends and I just watched movies." Camila explains and Lauren visibly relaxes in her seat, reaching to hold one of Camila's hands, taking the younger girl by surprise but hey she's not complaining.
"Look I know maybe you don't go out ever and drink, but I also know that most high schoolers do, and you don't have to give me any explanation but take this," Lauren says, handing Camila a piece of paper with some numbers jotted down, "It's my cell number and I won't ask questions, but if you ever need to get out of somewhere don't hesitate to call me okay? I don't want anything to happen to you if I can easily just pick you up." Lauren says, squeezing Camila's hand around the small paper.
And all Camila can think as she smiles back at Lauren is No. Fucking. Way.
So she texts Lauren later that day, after Lauren tells her to (so she can recognize Camila's number in emergencies) and that's how the occasional texting that really shouldn't be happening happens.
Dinah knows about the phone number thing and it's nice to have someone to talk to about it especially knowing her best friend would never tell a soul, not even Normani - well maybe, scratch that she probably will tell Normani but Camila doesn't really mind cause Normani is even better at keeping secrets than Dinah is so there's no real problem with how often those two share secrets.
By Thanksgiving break Lauren and Camila are back to being as close as they can without getting caught. Yes caught. Neither of them address it but they're not stupid. Camila notices the way Lauren checks for people in hallways before initiating touches or calling her nicknames, and Lauren definitely notices Camila's excuses on the phone with her mom for where she is after school on thursdays and tuesdays.
They're not dating obviously but they are hiding their friendship, but Lauren isn't stopping it so Camila doesn't care.
December is when the tension finally snaps. Camila is over the hickey thing, learning that it was from Lauren's old highschool friend Lucy who the girl had spent Halloween partying with. Well Lauren hadn't straight out told her, but she had been answering the question and Camila couldn't help but wonder if Lauren had the intentions to ease Camila's worries when she explained that her best friend had gone a little too far with the body shots (which oh my god if anyone knew that Camila and her english teacher talked about this all hell would break loose).
But December there's a new student. A lesbian new student.
This might come as a surprise but when there is only to lesbians in the school people try to set them up thinking it will automatically work.
Camila vents to Lauren about it first, but eventually she can vent about it to Hailee too.
Hailee, also known as the other lesbian is nothing but sweet and funny and not at all Camila's dating type and luckily she's not Hailee's type either. The new girl does play soccer though, for the high school's varsity team so they don't play together but they do get along, even hanging out sometimes whenever Camila isn't playing puppy following her teacher.
And Lauren isn't noticeably like jealous or anything but she is acting different and Camila has seen her looking at her and Hailee in the hall and when Hailee comes to her practices Lauren always glares at the poor girl.
This is all the push it takes.
She's in the hall, the same hall she first flirted with Lauren Jauregui months prior and nobody else is really in the building. She had soccer after school and had to go back to her locker for a textbook but as she's heading out suddenly she's not heading out anymore but being pulled by the wrist by a blur of black hair and vanilla perfume into the copying room and shoved against the door as it slams, and then she's being kissed.
She's being kissed by Lauren Jauregui. The prettiest girl in the world, the sweetest person Camila's ever met, the one with the killed green eyes, the woman a hundred times out of her league, her AP Lit and poetry and creative writing teacher is kissing her. And damn it, she's kissing back the instant she recognizes the scent of Lauren's hair.
The older girls hands are gripping her waist, squeezing occasionally and holding her against the door, so Camila tangles her hands in the raven hair she's been dreaming about tangling her hands in for months now and opens her mouth to Lauren's prying tongue that's pushing against her lips and has been since the younger girl started kissing back.
Unsurprisingly Lauren wins the fight for dominance, moving one hand to grip lower on Camila's hip as her tongue licks along the roof of her students mouth then slides deliciously against the other girls, earning a low moan from one of them as they struggle for air against each other.
Camila's fingers tug almost painfully at Lauren's hair and the teacher takes that as a good sign and pulls apart from Camila's lips to then attach her lips to Camila's jaw line.
"Fuck Lo," Camila moans out as the girl bites her neck gently before soothing the sting with a swipe of her tongue before moving back up to claim Camila's lips again who happily obliges and slips her tongue between Lauren's lips as they pant into each other.
Lauren sucks as Camila's bottom lip, biting it gently and tugging it with her as she pulls away, licking gently at the skin after to soothe it then pulling away completely and panting for air as she looks at Camila whose eyes are closed and is breathing heavily as well.
"Holy fuck." Camila lets out after a minute, neither girl distancing themselves as they continue to breathe heavily and grip each other.
"Holy fuck indeed Ms. Cabello." Lauren replies, giggling slightly at what they did, Camila soon joining in and soon enough they're laughing and leaning on each other to stay upright.
"That was umm... that was really good?" Camila asks as she bites down on her bottom lip, unsure of Lauren's thoughts at the moment.
"Really good? Camz that was hot as fuck, I swear I've never had anything better than that." the teacher says, leaning in to connect their lips again more gently this time and pulling away before tongue can get involved.
"Should we like talk about it maybe? I don't really know how something like this goes..." Camila trails off, feeling shy suddenly.
"Well I like you a lot," Lauren says making the other girl's stomach flutter and she breaks out into laughter again. "What, what's funny?" Lauren asks the girl leaning into her neck giggling.
"Nothing, nothing I just - God I've liked you all year, I just thought it was all in my head." She explains with a huge grin on her face that Lauren returns.
"Well the feeling has been mutual babygirl," Lauren says connecting their lips again because now that she finally has she can't seem to stop. "I wish I said something sooner but I couldn't miss my shot with you."
And the only thing in Camila's mind that actually properly explains what she's feeling is no fucking way.
So that happens.
Not happens as in once, happens as in multiple times. As in they kind of are dating now. It's funny to both of them because nothing changes. Camila still brings Lauren coffee every morning, and she still spends all her free time in her classroom, and Lauren goes to her practices on Tuesdays too now. Except now they make out. A lot.
Camila had known their relationship was never really appropriate, but it was never so clear to her how domestic they had been until they were actually dating and the same things happened.
The next day they had set some guidelines.
Lauren had immediately locked the door and turned around to see Camila sitting on her desk and all but pounced on the girl.
"Mmm, Lo lips please." Camila says as she wraps her legs tighter around Lauren's waist from where she's seated on the desk with her teacher between her legs.
Lauren follows orders and slips her mouth from where it had been sucking way at Camila's collarbone to the younger girl's pouty lips, meeting her tongue halfway and sliding her hands higher up Camila's legs, squeezing the thick skin and lifting slightly to grip the younger girl's ass, palming it for a moment and enjoying the moans coming out of her student before lifting by the grip on her ass and carrying Camila back to straddle her in the teacher's chair since it's more stable than one of those cheap student desks.
Lauren's hands continue to palm and squeeze the abundant flesh of Camila's backside over her leggings and Camila latches her lips onto Lauren neck, careful not to leave a noticeable mark but sucking and nipping wherever she could.
Camila's hands had went from being tangled in Lauren's hair to tugging on the collar of her shirt, and abruptly she begins to unbutton the material, moving her mouth lower as she reveals more flesh until shes sucking on the tender flesh peeking out from Lauren's black lacy bra that Camila moans to the sight of, continuing with the buttons until the shirt hangs open and moving her hands to caress Laurens abs.
Up until then Lauren had been caught up in the most perfect ass in the world. She had been waiting all year to admire this ass so she did so by slipping her hands into the girl's leggings to grip bare cheeks, running her nails over the skin, kneading it, palming it, even spanking it lightly, but she's broken out of her butt loving frenzy when she felt Camila's hands wandering to her bra clasp.
She knew this was pretty bad timing to stop this, but she also knew Camila was a virgin. So as hot and bothered as they both would be, Lauren refused to deflower the girl on her desk at school. She really really liked the younger girl and even though it would be hard to make this work, she really wanted to at least try. So moving slow was not something Lauren would have a problem with, she just hoped Camila felt the same.
She wanted to give Camila rose petals and candles and maybe a bubble bath and champagne. The girl deserved the world and Lauren could hardly wait to give it to her, but that didn't include a quickie in her study hall with her english teacher.
"Camz, fuckk Camila baby slow down." Lauren says as she pulls her hands out of Camila's pants and tugs lightly at the other girl's arms the reluctantly pulls Camila by the hair away from her breasts that were seconds away from being completely pulled out of the cups without even being unclasped.
"What's wrong, what did I do?" Camila asks nervously through deep breaths as she looks at Lauren.
"Nothing, nothing baby you did nothing wrong, I just think we need to slow down? I know you've never umm you know done any of this before and I just don't want to ruin this because we rush things, you know?" Lauren rambles, nervous that Camila will be mad at her fr deciding for her.
"Aww Lo, that's so sweet," Camila says after a moment of silence as she took in what the teacher had said.
"Yeah?" Lauren asks, relieved that Camila isn't mad.
"Definitely yeah, I mean, as hot as this is I'd probably regret losing my virginity on your desk, not offence it's a nice desk, but that's kind of cliche don't you think?" Camila giggles, turning her attention to button up Lauren's shirt for her as the older girl adjust Camila's leggings and strokes her thighs gently.
So they wait. And it is nice, sometimes they get a little heated like that first official day and leave the classroom hornier than healthy but their relationship is nice, and even if they have to hide it Camila doesn't care because Lauren officially asks her to be her girlfriend on the day before Christmas break and they leave school that day ten times happier with plans to meet up at Lauren's apartment as soon as possible.
Christmas is nice with Family, but Camila knows Lauren is celebrating alone so she manages to tell her mom Dinah is bored and sneaks out to visit Lauren's place for the first time. She hadn't been yet mainly because even though her and Lauren were together now, her schedule was just as busy. Soccer season ended the week before break, it starts again in february but that gives her enough time to spend with Lauren building a better relationship.
They don't sleep together until New Year's Eve.
It's shocking because they had been alone in Lauren's apartment for multiple days this break, Camila even spent the night twice, but nothing more than multiple heated make out sessions and cuddling.
New Year's was different though. Camila knew it would be when Lauren told her to dress nice. So she did dress nice, black lace lingerie and a tight strapless black dress over it that hugged her curves perfectly and left little to the imagination. Still it was sexy not slutty and it was just her and Lauren so who cares?
When Lauren opened the door both girls did a double take, not even flushing but taking time to look over their partner. Lauren wore a maroon dress, tight with a high neckline and three quarter sleeves.
"You look so beautiful Camz," she says as she finally meets her favorite brown eyes.
"Why thank you, you don't look half bad yourself." Camila says with a wink.
Lauren grins at that and tugs Camila in by the hand, shutting the door and pulling the younger girl into a soft kiss, pulling away after a few seconds and smiling. "Let me take your coat, I cooked spaghetti."
And really the night is perfect.
Camila can feel herself falling more and more in love with Lauren by the second and she's no complaining but how is it possible to be so damn perfect?
It continues when Camila has hands over her eyes leading her to Lauren's room. She's not stupid, she knows it's sexy time and she's thrilled. She thought she would be nervous but this is Lauren, she really really likes Lauren, she'd even go as far as to think she might kind of love Lauren a lot.
She hears the door open and Lauren's warmth guiding against her back and then the hands lift and her jaw drops.
The room is lit up with candles scattered around the room in places where it won't risk fire catching. There are rose petals around the bed on the floor and some on the silk sheet as well.
"I know I was the one who said we should go slow, and really it's fine if you aren't ready yet but I just thought that since-" and Lauren's rambling is cut off by Camila's lips and neither girl can stop that.
The kiss is passionate and deep and slow and everything Camila ever dreamed a kiss to be and she feels herself slowly guiding Lauren back towards the bed until her knees hit the edge and she sits, not separating their lips and guiding Lauren to her straddle her lap.
Camila's hands find themselves at the hem of Lauren's dress as their kissing continues and the older girl pulls away for a moment to assist her in pulling it off all the way, revealing the set of red lace panties and a matching bra. Camila is sure her jaw has dropped at the sight of her barely clothed teacher until she feels hands cupping her jaw and pulling her in for another kiss.
Camila's hands now find their way to Lauren's thighs, stroking the soft skin there as her partner separates their lips and trails gentle kisses down her neck, nipping occasionally before separating completely to push Camila down flat on the bed.
"Tell me if you need to stop okay baby girl?" Lauren says with dark, lust filled yet caring eyes and a look Camila thinks is so sweet and loving and sexy and special and hot at the same time and the only appropriate reaction is to wrap her hands in Lauren's hair and pull her down into a more heated kiss, wrapping her legs around Lauren and allowing the older girl to slide her dress up her thighs before tugging it higher until it's over her head.
Lauren's eyes drink in the sight of the girl underneath hers black lace thong and bra before she connects their lips and starts to slowly grind into the younger girl, not wanting to overwhelm her but not knowing where to start with the touching.
Camila decides where to start though, unclasping Lauren's bra as they kiss and flipping them over so she can straddle Lauren before pulling the garment off to toss to the side, eyes widening and mouth watering as she sees her teachers full breasts for the first time.
She snaps her eyes back up to Lauren's when she feels the older girl unclasping her own bra and when she nods in reassurance and she feels the cool air on her naked chest, suddenly feeling self conscious and bringing her hands up to cover her breasts slightly.
"Lo I know they're not-"
"Shh, don't say that baby they're perfect." Lauren says with a loving smile as she holds Camila's hands in her own before pulling them away and leaning up to kiss Camila softly on the lips.
Camila sinks into the kiss and lets out a soft moan when she feels Lauren's hands cupping her breasts, warm palms gliding against her hardened nipples then fingers stroking them softly.
"Fuck Camila you're so perfect." Lauren moans as she pulls away from the kiss only to lean up and start a trail of kisses from Camila' jaw down to one of her erect nipples, wrapping her lips against it slowly before sucking it into her mouth gently and laving it with her tongue.
The younger girl almost loses it when Lauren becomes more heated and harsh in her sucking, switching over to give the other breasts attention and moaning against the flesh when Camila's hands find their way to her own breasts, pinching gently at Lauren's hard nipples and palming the mounds of flesh in small hands.
Lauren flips them over after a few minutes of this because she can feel Camila's wetness against her stomach where the student is subtly grinding against her and she can't help herself anymore.
Lauren leans in to kiss Camila's lips one more time before kissing her way down the brown eyed girl's body, stopping at her breasts to nip once again quickly and sliding her tongue out along the girl's rock hard ab muscles.
The last stop is her hip bones which Lauren spends an unnecessarily long time sucking on and biting before licking and by the time she's almost done with that Camila has her hands back in Lauren's hair and she's rocking her hips up in search for some sort of friction.
"Fuck Lo, please." Camila moans and Lauren takes that as her cue to move lower, lacing Camila's inner thighs with kisses before looking up to make eye contact before pressing a short kiss to Camila's core over her drenched panties earning a long, loud moan from Camila and moaning herself when she tastes the younger girl.
"You sure Camz?" she says one last time as she hooks her fingers into the small panties that are ruined at this point.
"Please Lo, make love to me, I need to feel you." Camila moans out in a voice so soft and sweet that Lauren can't tease for a second longer and immediately she is pulling the thong down strong thighs and tossing them down the foot of the bed.
She looks up for one last reassurance but Camila's eyes are closed and her eyebrows furrowed and Lauren takes that as permission and leans in to give a long hard lick to Camila's center.
Camila moans in response and her hips chase the touch so Lauren dives in, licking and sucking from the girl's entrance to her clit, stopping to gently suck on the bundle of nerves before licking along her outer lips and going back to tease her entrance.
Her tongue slides in the warmth there and Camila lets out a groan dirtier than the rest and her hands tangle in Lauren's hair pulling her head deeper into her core.
Lauren keeps her tongue moving in and out for a long moment, moving her thumb up to circle Camila's clit gently to build up her orgasm before moving her tongue back up to her clit and moving her middle finger to press gently at her warm tight entrance.
"Mmm Lo inside." Camila moans out and Lauren slides the finger gently until it is fully wrapped in the younger girl's warm heat.
She starts a slow but steady pace all while circling her clit with her tongue and eventually picks up the pace as Camila moves her hips to get more friction.
Lauren slides a second finger in next to the first and quickens her pace slightly as she feels Camila's walls clenching, tell tale sign of her impending orgasm and Camila's moans grow louder with the new addition to stimulation.
"Fuck Lauren I'm so close baby just-" Camila's finger tighten in her hair and Lauren sucks her clit gently into her mouth and presses her tongue against it while she quickens her finger's pace. "Lo I'm gonnna - Lo I'm coming baby." Camila moans out and Lauren feels the younger girl's walls clenching more rapidly around her hand and a warmer heat spreading.
She keeps her fingers moving through the waves of Camila's orgasm and releases the girls sensitive clit after a moment before pulling out and licking up Camila's juices until the hands are back in her hair and Camila is mumbling something about sensitivity so Lauren crawls up her body and is pulled in for a deep kiss.
Camila's tongue enters her mouth and she moans as she tastes herself on Lauren's tongue, but when she tries to slip them over Lauren pulls away and flops down next to her catching her breath.
"This was all about you baby, we can do that later okay? Right now I just want to lie with you." Lauren says as she places a kiss on Camila's bare shoulder and curls into rest her head on Camila's chest, wrapping her arm around the girl's torso.
Camila just smiles at that because cuddling with Lauren has surely become her favorite thing the past week.
"You're so amazing Camila. Not just your body, but you, all of you is just everything I've ever dreamed of having. And even though our situation isn't the best you make me forget about all the bad because you're just so good. I knew from the day you told me to call you whatever I want that you'd be important to me and I just - I can't believe how much you mean to me at this point." Lauren says as she presses a gentle kiss to Camila's collarbone. "I know I study english but I suck with words, my point is I am insanely lucky and insanely grateful that I have you in my life baby."
"I'm so in love with you." Camila lets out before she can stop it and she feels herself freeze and she feels Lauren freeze and no fucking way did she really just ruin this moment and she's about to back track when she feels Lauren hug her more tightly.
"And I am so extraordinarily in love with you my dear."
Okay, that sounds pretty great.