Chapter 24

Time flew by in a flash and before she knew it, it was graduation. Camila was valedictorian and she gave her speech with confidence, knowing that the people she cared about were there, supporting her. Lauren watched proudly as she sat beside Camila's parents. She filmed the entire speech on Camila's camcorder. Normani and Ally also were there to support her.

After the ceremony, the students of Miami High, class of 2015, threw their graduation cap to the sky and cheered. Everyone stood up and applauded.

Camila smiled shyly when Lauren approached her, holding the camcorder.

"There she is," Lauren announced proudly. Camila did a little twirl before posing. Lauren chuckled as she extended the camcorder out and pointed it towards herself.

"I'm incredibly proud of you," Lauren said as she kissed Camila's cheek. Camila reached out and shut the camcorder off before she grabbed Lauren's face and kissed her lips as a flash went off.

~

10 years later...

"Camz, what are you doing?" Lauren asked as she wrapped her arms around her wife.

"I was cleaning my stuff and I found an SD card to my old camcorder," Camila said.

"Camz, you should be resting. It's not good for the baby," Lauren said.

"Lauren, I'm pregnant, not disabled," Camila said.

"You know what I mean."

"Can we please watch the video?" Camila asked with a pout. Lauren smiled as she rolled her eyes before planting a small kiss on the brunette's temple.

~

The video started off shaky as Camila adjusted the camera. She sat in front of it and smiled.

"Hi. So um, if you're watching this, that either means you've lost everything and you just wanted to remember the good times to ease the pain or you've gotten everything you could have ever asked for and you just want to remember the good times because why not? I'm really hoping for the latter. So, without further ado, let's get on with the video."

The video faded out and when it faded in, the video showed the project video Camila made for Lauren and the video Lauren made for Camila. Afterwards, it showed Lauren on the floor of Camila's room, doing homework.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm making a video," Camila said simply as she zoomed into Lauren's face.

"Why? The project's over," Lauren said.

"Consider it like a video diary of some sort."

"Like a vlog?"

"Yes," Camila said, "But these are only for my eyes and my eyes only. Unless I decide to show my future children," she said.

A smile crept on Lauren's lips, "You want children?"

"Yeah, at least two. Three is my maximum. Is that weird that I'm thinking about that when we just started dating?" Camila asked.

"No, I think it's cute," Lauren said.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I can totally see you being a mom," Lauren said, "You're so good with Sofi. You'd be an amazing mom."

"Not as amazing as you will be," Camila said.

"What do you mean?"

"You're just as good as me with Sofi. I see you," Camila said as Lauren looked away as she blush.

"Aww, look at you blushing," Camila teased as Lauren blushed more. Camila stretched out her hand as she recorded herself giving a flustered Lauren a kiss on the cheek.

"Ew," Lauren said as she looked back to her book.

Camila smiled, "Shut up, you love it," she said as she looked at Camila.

"I love you," Lauren said as she met Camila's gaze. Camila's face softened.

"I love you too," Camila said as her smile grew. She gave Lauren a chaste kiss before she pulled away.

~

"Hey Lauren?"

"Yes, my dear Camila?" Lauren asked as she looked up from her Math book.

"I love you," she said.

Lauren smiled, "I love you too," she said before she looked back at her book.

"Hey Lauren?"

"Yes, Camila?" Lauren looked up again with a smile.

"What do you want most in the world? You never really told me," Camila said.

"I already have everything I could have ever wanted," Lauren said as Camila zoomed up to her face with the camcorder.

"And what's that?"

"Why, it's you, my dear Camzi," Lauren said.

~

"LAUREN!!"

"What?" Lauren turned around and smiled as Camila approached her with the camcorder.

"Stop it," Lauren said as she covered the lens with her hand.

"No," Camila said as she moved away and adjusted her camcorder.

"You're a dork."

"You love me anyways," Camila said.

~

"I'm gonna pick up the pieces and build a lego house..."

~

"Hi I'm Lauren," Lauren said as she waved at the camera.

"What you just watched was our cover of Lego House by the musical genius that is Ed Sheeran. Let me introduce you to my friends," she said as she pointed the camera towards the rest. They were all sitting on the floor of the living room, watching a movie.

"Ally, guys," Lauren said as the oldest girl turned around.

"What?"

"Introduce yourself."

"Hi I'm Ally," the petite girl said. Lauren turned it to Normani and Dinah.

"Hey it's Normani!"

"Wassup it's Dinah Jane," Dinah said as she gave them a peace sign.

Lauren took the camera away and pointed it to herself, "We are missing a person. Where's Camz?" she asked the others.

"Kitchen," Ally said.

~

Lauren walked towards the kitchen to find Camila eating cereal. She took a seat beside her and pointed the camera at her.

"Hey beautiful," Lauren said.

"Shut up," Camila said. One hand was hovering over her mouth since she was eating and talking while the other reached out to move the camera away. Lauren let out a giggle as she repositioned the camera.

"Introduce yourself," Lauren said.

"Hi, I'm Camila," she said with a wave after she had swallowed her food.

"You're so cute," Lauren commented.

"Stop!" Camila said as she pushed the camera away.

Lauren point the camera towards herself, "Alright. I'm done now. Bye!" Lauren said as she covered the lens with her hand before she shut the camera off.

~

The next clip, was Lauren and Camila. It was in Lauren's room and from the looks of the video, it didn't seem like they knew that the camera was recording. Lauren wrapped her arms around Camila's waist as she kissed her bare shoulders before resting her chin on it.

~

"I remember this... It was after prom," Lauren said as she paused the video.

"It was probably the best thing that has ever happened," Camila said.

Lauren smiled as she kissed Camila's cheek before she resumed the video.

~

The rest of the video was just sleepovers, random covers, Camila distracting Lauren from her homework, prom after-party, then Camila's graduation. There was a gigantic gap before the video came back. It showed Camila adjusting the camera before she sat back.

"Hey. Um, I haven't done this in a while..."

~

"Maybe we should stop-"

"No, I want to see this," Lauren said.

~

"So anyways, I'm making this video in the hopes that Lauren would see it, somehow."

"Lauren's been gone for a while and I miss her so much but I feel like she's pulling away from me."

"Am I not good enough? Who am I kidding? I'm never good enough for her. I mean, look at me! God, this is depressing," Camila said as she shut the camera off.

~

"So, almost a month have passed by and I haven't heard from Lauren. I guess I should just accept that we're done."

"So Lauren, if you're watching this, I just want to say.. Fuck you! You made me fall head over heels for you and then you don't call or text me back? Fuck you! I hate you! I hate that I love you so much that it literally kills me to not have you around. So screw you! I'm done!"

The video ended with a lot of static. Just before any of them could say anything the video came back up.

"Camz, stop!"

"No!"

"Not until you say you love me," she heard herself say.

"You know I do," Lauren said as she looked into the camera.

"I want to hear you say it."

"Fine. I love you, my Camzi. You're my princess, my dragon to my unicorn, my... My Camz to my Lolo," Lauren said.

"You're a dork."

"But you love me anyways," Lauren said as she reached over.

Camila watched as Lauren brought Camila onto her lap and the camera was faced them as they kissed before the video was cut off.

~

After a moment of silence, Camila spoke up.

"I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

"I shouldn't have said those things. I was mad and upset-"

Lauren took her hands, "No, you had every right to be. I'm the one that should be apologizing. I'm so sorry I caused you a lot of pain."

"I already forgave you when you came back."

"Still..."

"Lauren, why don't we just move pass this, okay? We're together now, happily married and expecting our first baby. Shouldn't that count for something?"

"I love you, Camz," Lauren said. Camila leaned in and kissed her lips, "I love you too, Lolo," she said.