Think Again (Camren)

An Announcement

Lauren's PoV

I laughed as Sofi danced up on stage. She was quite the actress and after her first act, she let go of all her nervousness. Camila's hand fit into mine perfectly. I glanced down at the ring that occupied her ring finger and felt a sadness tug at my heart.

"Are you okay?" Austin whispered in my ear.

I nodded and turned to face him. "Just thinking."

He nodded and went back to watching the stage. I glanced over at Camila, who was looking at me curiously. "Everything alright?" She asked me quietly.

"Yea," I smiled and squeezed her hand. I was lying and she knew it. Nothing was alright. My heart was breaking and I knew hers was too.

We both made it very clear that we weren't going to allow the other sacrifice an opportunity that may never present itself again.

"Liar." She whispered and we both shrugged. We didn't have to talk about what was going on, we both knew. We both felt it.

"What are you doing here?" Sofi said up onstage, staring into the tall boy's blue eyes.

"I thought we could start again." He responded and Sofi animatedly shook her head while laughing.

"Oh dear boy, you really don't know what a woman wants, do you?" She flung her hair over her shoulder and sat down on a bench, inspecting her nails. "You think we roll over just like that?"

The audience laughed and Sofi threw them a wink.

"You're the most kindest, beautiful person I've ever met," the guy said his lines and tipped his baseball cap, "but if you insist I leave you be..."

"Leave me be?" Sofi sat up and gasped. "You wouldn't dare leave a woman all alone at night!"

"Surely you were fine here without me before."

"Are you mad?" She poked him in the chest. "You don't just lea-"

"Oh God!" We all turned to Kyla, who shrieked out of nowhere. "I think my water just broke."

"Oh God!" Camila stood up and everyone turned their attention from Baby C to Kyla and Camila. "Oh God."

"Lady having a baby!" Sofi screeched and brushed passed her fellow actor, jumping off the stage towards us.

"Okay Kyla, breathe calmly," Mr. Cabello instructed as we ushered her out of the auditorium.

"Sofi!" Kyla cried as we hit the warm night air outside, "you have to finish your play!"

"No." Sofi frowned and grabbed her hand, "We're family and you come first."

Camila never unlaced her fingers with mine the whole time she held her best friend's hand. She looked at me with excitement and back at her best friend.

"Did you want me to drive?" I asked my girlfriend, who was eagerly dragging me to her vehicle so we could follow the car that held her parents and two best friends.

"Sure." She tossed me her car keys and crawled into the passenger seat as Sofi and Sammy scrambled to get into the back.

We made our way safely to the hospital and Kyla had been just admitted.

Kyla Woods was about to have a baby.

Seventeen years old and she was about to become a mother.

I was seventeen when I proposed to Camila.

We really thought we were ready for an adult world at that age. We really thought that we could find solutions to the big booboo's that we constantly found ourselves faced with.

But the truth of the matter was, we never really did think of every outcome.

At all.

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Camila's Pov

"Oh Jesus fucking heaven!" Kyla screamed, her hand crushing mine painfully as she pushed again. "This is all your fault Mahone! I'm fucking cutting your dick off after this!"

I chuckled and looked at Austin's horrified expression. I guess it really was true that the woman always blamed the man for their pain. Austin's white face was priceless though.

"Okay Kyla, push one more time, I see the head." Dr. Phiney said from between her legs.

"Oh fucking mother fucking..." Kyla let out another painful scream and I winced as her body trembled.

"For a good Catholic girl, you sure as hell swear like a sailor." Austin tried to tease.

"Shut the fuck up!" Kyla panted and her brown eyes looked at me. "Please remind me never to have sex again!"

"Not with a man anyway..." I snickered and Austin shook his head at me. "Okay Ky, just breathe easy," I started breathing in and out with her.

Austin reached out to dampen his girlfriend's head with a cool cloth. He jumped back when Kyla literally growled at him. "Do you not want my help?"

"I want you to fucking sit in the corner and think about how fucking stupid you were for knocking me up!" Kyla said heavily between breaths and then whimpered, "I'm sorry Aus, please come here?"

Austin hesitated and stepped forward, grabbing the girl's small hand. He winced in pain as she squeezed it as hard as she could while pushing with all her might.

"That's it Kyla," the doctor said, "keep pushing, one more push!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Kyla tossed her head back and screamed before the room went silent.

A few beats later we heard the small cries of a healthy baby boy. "Congratulations," Dr. Phiney smiled, holding up the small baby proudly. I felt tears in my eyes as the dark haired boy cried quietly while the nurses wiped him clean and cleared his air passages before handing him to Kyla. "You already knew this, but you have a boy."

"Oh wow," Kyla cried happy tears as she looked down at her son. Her eyes caught Austin's green eyes and she pulled him down for a soft kiss. "Look, here's Daddy." She cooed and the baby stopped crying a little bit.

"Congrats," I whispered and kissed Kyla's temple. "He's beautiful."

"Hey baby boy, say hi to Auntie Camila," Kyla sniffled and beamed a proud smile at me. She handed him to Austin but he shook his head.

"Camila, you hold him," he offered and I tilted my head, "Please, you've been there for us through thick and thin, you deserve to hold him."

Kyla nodded and I took the 6 pound baby into my arms. His eyes were bright and he seemed to be very aware of his surroundings. "Hello baby."

"Did you two pick a name?" Dr. Phiney asked.

Kyla nodded and looked up at me. "Anton Spencer Mahone." I looked back down at the now sleeping baby. "Someone's worn out from all that pushing."

"Yea, tell me about it." Kyla yawned and I finally handed over baby Anton to his father.

"I'm going to go and announce the exciting news." I smiled and pressed a kiss to Austin and Kyla's cheek, before kissing a soft kiss on Anton's soft head.