This past week has been very difficult for not only Dinah but Lauren as well. It's was difficult for Dinah because she was getting nothing but hate for the mere fact that she happened to fall in love with Lauren and it's been hard for Lauren because she not only had to deal with her girlfriend getting hate but she had to deal with her own hate from fans for the simple fact that she wasn't dating Camila. The fans (mainly Camren shippers) completely hated the fact that she was dating someone who was Camila. All of this unnecessary hate and drama was making her anxiety go crazy. She hasn't had a good night sleep in three days because the nightmares she was having were keeping her up. Lauren just wishes she could go back in time and stop Camila from outing their relationship, because if she never said anything Dinah wouldn't be getting hated on for falling in love and she wouldn't be getting hated on for dating someone who wasn't Camila. She just wants this all to be over.
"Baby girl come here. I hate seeing you like this." Lauren calls out to Dinah who was curled up in a bad on the hotel bed.
Dinah doesn't say anything she just rolls over and buried her face into Lauren's neck as silent tears fell from her eyes. The Cuban sighs as she holds her upset girlfriend. She hates this. Lauren hates that her girlfriend is going through this, she doesn't deserve this. She doesn't deserve any of this.
"Babe talk to me. Tell me what happened." Lauren asked gently.
Dinah sniffles as she snuggles closer to the Latina, "they hate me Lauren. They all hate me." She mumbles "they thinks I'm the reason why you and Camila broke up. They blame me for ruining Camren." She spoke quietly as more tears ran down her red puffy cheeks.
Lauren said nothing as she took out her phone and decided to tweet something to all the fans.
@laurenjauregui: I find it absolutely disgusting that you so called "fans" will go as far as to hate on someone just because they're with me. The fact that you're harassing my girlfriend over the mere fact that she's with me is beyond disgusting. You guys are so caught up in your fantasy that you can't see that all your bullying is breaking an innocent girl's heart. If you can't accept the fact that I'm not dating who YOU want me to then feel free to unfollow. Because whether or not you like it I'm still going to date Dinah.
With her tweet sent Lauren went back to holding her crying girlfriend. Lauren was going to find away to get everyone to stop hating on Dinah if it was the last thing she does. She wasn't going to let this continue. Not on her watch.
***
"This is fucking bullshit!" Lauren snarls.
LA just looks at her "I'm sorry Lauren but the fans don't like the fact that you and Dinah are dating. I'm sorry but you have to break up, I'll make the fans happy." He said.
"So if the fans wanted me to dye my fucking hair red should I do that to because it'll make them happy?" She challenged back sarcastically.
LA sighs "Lauren I'm not going to argue with you. Just break up with Dinah. End of discussion." He said sternly.
Lauren scowled at his words "I'm not a fucking dog you can't command me to do something just because you say so." She snaps, "I am my own person and whether you like it or not I'm still going to date Dinah." She stated fiercely.
Camila was growing angry with Lauren's stubbornness "for God sake Lauren stop being selfish and break up with her," she huffs "because if you didn't notice you're in a group and your actions affect ALL of us, not just you. So you're going to have to break up with her if you want to group to last." She said.
Both Ally and Normani were scowling at this situation. They didn't understand why Lauren and Dinah had to break up in order for them to continue as a group.
"With all due respect LA this isn't fair." Ally stated "Moni and I have been dating for two years and have been out for over a year now and you never made us break up." She says.
"Yeah so why are you making them?" Normani asked.
LA was growing annoyed with everyone "because their relationship is making the group look bad. Their relationship is not one that fans approve of."
Normani scuffed "so because the fans don't approve they need to break up?" She questioned "I'm sorry but that's complete bullshit. The fans shouldn't have a say in who we date. We're really people not puppets." She states.
LA just shrugs "that maybe so but don't forget the fans made you big so you owe it to them to make them happy." He said before leaving the hotel room.
After LA left Lauren just wanted to scream because of how frustrating and ridiculous this whole thing was. She didn't understand why LA was giving so much control to the fans over who she dates. Her and Dinah aren't hurting anyone so she didn't understand why they couldn't just date.
"Lauren it's honestly just easier to listen to LA. He knows what's best for the group." Camila said before walking out of the room.
"Lo please tell me that you're not considering what Camila just said?" Normani asked worriedly.
The Latina scuffs "of course not," she defends "I'm just thinking about how this whole this is completely ridiculous...I'm also thinking I don't give a fuck what people think I'm still going to date Dinah." She stated strongly.
The three other girls cheered as they hugged her tightly. They were all going to fight this. None of them were going to let LA Reid destroy Lauren and Dinah's relationship. Not in a million years.
***
Today was a free day for them so management decided that it would be a good idea to do a meet and greet. Of course all the girls were happy, especially Dinah. She always did love meeting the fans. So she's very excited.
Fifteen minutes in and Dinah already wanted to leave. Fan after fan completely bypassed over her and acted like she wasn't there. The fans took pictures with Lauren, Normani, Ally and Camila but did take any with her. Dinah felt has never felt so under appreciated by the fans before. This hurts.
Since nothing was happening for her and none of the fans seemed to care whether she was there or not Dinah decided to leave and go get some fresh air. Maybe that will help rid her mind of all this stress.
Somehow word got out that Dinah has decided to leave and the moment she stepped outside she was cornered by fans how attacked her. They pulled her hair, scratched her, kicked her and punched her until she was on the fetal position on the ground.
"It's your fault Camren is dead!" One fan yelled.
"If it wasn't for you my ship would still be alive! I fucking hate you!" Another one screams.
"We hope you die Dinah Jane!" Several fans screamed together as the continued to brutally assault Dinah.
"Hey back the fuck up!" Lauren yells as she ran outside.
The fans stopped beating on Dinah and began screaming when the saw the green eyed beauty.
"Oh my god Lauren we love you so much!" They all screamed.
The Latina shook her head as she walked up to her girlfriend who was still on the floor crying in pain. Seeing Dinah's face all bloody and bruised angry tears ran down her face and she turns to the assaulters "you love me?" She questioned angry "if you loved me you wouldn't have assaulted my girlfriend!" She screams. "Because that right there," she points to Dinah who's in tears, "does not show that you love me. It shows the complete opposite." She spoke coldly before helping Dinah up and walking back inside. Lauren held Dinah in her arms as she glared at the fans in front of her "if anyone of you follow me on social media I want all of you to unfollow me because I do not want the people who hurt Dinah to follow me or claim to be a fan. That goes against everything I believe in." She stated coldly before walking back inside.
Looking at her girlfriend Lauren broke down in sobs. She couldn't believe that fans of theirs would do something like this. And for what? Because she's dating Dinah and not Camila. That's complete bullshit if you asked her. They're not getting away with this. Not if she has anything to say about it.
***
Dinah sat in her dressing room trying to cover up the bruises from when she was beat up so that no one would see them. She didn't want the fans that supported her to be disappointed when they see her bruises. They didn't deserve to be disappointed by her. It wasn't their fault.
"Dinah you can't go on tonight." Michelle, their tour manager, said to her.
Dinah groans "why not?" She whines. The older women sighs "because I really don't think it's safe for you to go out there." She argues "after what happened at the meet and greet I just can not risk your safe. I'm sorry but you're not going on." She said sternly.
Dinah wanted to be mad at Michelle for stopping her from preforming on stage but the logically part of her brain was forbidding her too. Guess she's not preforming tonight.
Out on stage the amount of Camren signs Lauren saw was ridiculous but, she tried to push her feelings aside and focus on making tonight's show amazing.
As they decided to slow it down and sit on the steps to sing Lauren was pressured by Ashlee to sit next to Camila which made the fans start to scream that Camren is real, which annoyed and bothered Lauren to no ends.
During BHB Camila sat extremely close to Lauren and ran her hand up her leg before locking with her hand. Lauren was feeling uncomfortable and tried to move away but again she was corned by Ashlee and couldn't move. Lauren didn't like this, she didn't like the fact that Camila was holding her hand. It was making her very uncomfortable and anxious.
Back stage Dinah unfortunately was getting tweets about how Camren is real and seeing the pictures made her sad but she wasn't going to jump to conclusions until she actually talks to Lauren. She trusts her to much not to talk to her.
After the concert ended Lauren made her way backstage as fast as she could but unfortunately she was stopped by Camila. "Tonight was fun don't you think LoLo!" She said sweetly. Lauren scowls at her "Camila tonight was not fun for me! You made me feel completely uncomfortable and I'm pretty sure Dinah's going to be mad at me for what happened on stage tonight. So thanks for that!" She snapped sarcastically before walking away.
Walking into her dressing room Lauren was meet by a sad Dinah. Feeling guilty Lauren slowly walked over to her and sat down. "I'm really didn't mean for what happened tonight to happened," she started "I tried to move away but Ashlee cornered me." She explains "I didn't mean for anything to happen."
Dinah sighed as she wraps her arms around Lauren and just held her. The Polynesian knew that Lauren wouldn't lie but with everything that's been happening lately she couldn't help but feel insecure about Lauren wanting to be with her. It was probably just her insecurities speaking but she was scared that Lauren would leave her for Camila and that was the last thing she wanted. Why can't this have to happen?
The look on Dinah's face spoke a million words to Lauren. She knew Dinah was insecure about this whole thing. She knew Dinah was worried about her leaving her for Camila and she knew she was tired. Lauren knew that Dinah was tired of all of this and wanted it to be over because she wanted the same thing.
Cupping her face Lauren kissed Dinah passionately letting her know that she had nothing to worry about. Lauren, no matter what people said, was not going to leave her. Dinah has her heart and she's not giving that up. Not for anything in the world.
***
Three weeks. Three weeks of nothing but complete hate towards Dinah and honestly she's sick of it. She has decided to uninstall both Instagram and Twitter because the hate was none stop and that was the only way she could escape from it. Even though things have been hard Lauren, along with Normani and Ally, have been doing everything in their power to make her happy and stop the hate. Dinah is truly so grateful to have the three of them as her best friends and girlfriend of course. At least she knows that she has a few people who don't hate her.
"Babe are we still going to Skype your parents?" Lauren asked, flopping down next to her on the bed.
The blonde nods as she pulls out her laptop but before she could even open it the door to their room opened. "Girls it's time for the meet and greet." LA said as he walks inside uninvited. Dinah and Lauren furrowed their brows as they looked at each other "uh I thought today was our free day?" Dinah asked confusedly. LA rolls his eyes at her "it was but Camila wanted to do a meet and greet so I set it up." Dinah rolls her eyes. Of course Camila gets whatever she wants when she wants it, this is so unfair. "Do we really have to do one today because Dinah and I were going to Skype her family-"
"That's an unimportant issue. It can wait until later." LA dismissed rudely before leaving the room.
Both girls frowned at his action but got up and got ready for this meet and greet. Here goes nothing. Again.
All through the meet and greet Dinah was shoved to the side and out of pictures by fans, while Lauren was shoved towards Camila and forcefully pressed up against her so it looked like they were together. Both girls did not like how they were being treated and neither did Normani and Ally. Seeing how their friends were being treated really angered them.
"Ok I have something to say," Normani started "if you continue to kick Dinah out of pictures and make Lauren feel uncomfortable then we're going to end this early. Please be respectful." She says.
Some groans were heard and some of the fans left but a lot of them stayed and were very respectful of both Dinah and Lauren. This however annoyed Camila and she had Roger go find some to do something that she knows would upset and possibly break Dinah. This should be fun.
A small girl with glasses as big as her head stepped forward and was nervously playing with her fingers as she looks at the group "hi I was wondering if I could take two pictures with you guys?" She asked quietly "one with the group and one with just Laurinah, if that's ok." She said shyly. The girls (well four of them) smiled at her and agreed to the picture. The girl stood between Lauren and Ally but frowned when she saw how far away Camila was standing. "Um Camila can you please stand closer?" She asked shyly but her question fell on deaf ears as Camila ignored her. The girl frowns but smiles slightly when Lauren kissed her cheek as the picture was taken. For her second picture both Dinah and Lauren kissed her cheek as their picture was taken. The girl thanks all of them before walking away.
They were all growing annoyed with Camila because picture after picture she stood at least an inch away from the rest of the girls and it was starting to get under their skin. They all tried to push their feelings to the side as the last fan stepped forward. "Hi I have a request." She says with a smirk as she eyes Camila for a quick second before focusing on the group. "Ok what's your request?" Lauren asked. The girl's smirk deepens "I want a Camren kiss." She said. Lauren's face paled "uh I'm not really comfortable doing that." She stated nervously. The fan scuffs "why are you ok with that one girl making request but not with me? That's unfair Lauren." She said. Lauren was growing anxious and she couldn't breath because she was feeling all this pressure. She didn't want to let the girl down but she also didn't want to do something that made her feel uncomfortable. She was confused.
Seeing the panicked look on her girlfriend's face Dinah quickly walks over to her and tried to calm her down but unfortunately Lauren was too caught up in her thoughts that she didn't hear Dinah's voice. Dinah tried everything but unfortunately she got no response from the girl. Lauren's breathing quickened as her lungs became tight and before she knows it everything went black.
***
Lauren's eyes fluttered opened and she looked around and noticed that she was in the hospital. With a sigh she ran her hand through her hair. She was feeling like such a failure right now because she couldn't give that fan what she wanted. She felt so bad.
"LoLo your up." Dinah said softly as she walked towards her.
Lauren just nods as she played with her fingers "is everyone mad at me for messing up the meet and greet?" She asked sadly. Dinah shakes her head "we Normally and me aren't mad at you but Camila is throwing a fit." She said with an eye roll. Lauren frowns "I'm really sorry for letting you all down." Her voice cracks as tears formed in her eyes "I didn't mean for that to happen." She cried.
Dinah pulls Lauren in for a loving hug and ran her fingers through her hair "baby you don't have to apologize, it's not your fault. That fan shouldn't have put you in an uncomfortable position." She said "we're not mad at you Lo, we understand." She says. Lauren nods as she just held onto Dinah, feeling safe in her arms. Things really need to change. Lauren can't keep going through this. It's too stressful.
***
"Ugh I was so close!" Camila screams "so fucking close to getting my kiss but stupid Lauren had to go and have a fucking panic attack. Fucking bullshit!" She yells.
Roger sighed but a small smirk forms on his face as he got a text. "Lauren hates cheaters right?" He asked Camila which she nods yes to. "Well I just got in touch with one of Hansen's exs and look what they sent me," he showed Camila a picture of Dinah and Nela kissing "it's not recent but we can make it look like it was taken recently." He tells her. Camila smiles as she sat down next him and began making the picture look more recent.
"Damn that looks great! Your photoshop skills are amazing!" Camila praises.
Roger smiles at her as he handed Camila her phone "do the honors Camila and expose Dinah as a cheater." He says. The Latina smiles as she began typing.
@camilacabello97: *insert picture* it's honestly sad how people will cheat when they have the most wonderful girl in the world as their own #pathetic
***
"I'm going to fucking kill her!"
"Lauren violence isn't the answer!"
"Ally no fuck that she went too far this time!"
Storming down the hallway of the hotel they were staying at Lauren quickly walked into Camila's room. "Who the fuck do you think you are?!" She growled angrily.
Camila smirks "I don't know what you're talking about Lauren." She states dumbly as she bats her eyelashes at the Cuban girl.
Lauren wants to strangle her "don't play dumb Cabello! I fucking saw your tweet!" She snaps "and it's so pathetic how you would try and use a PHOTOSHOPPED picture to try and ruin my relationship! You're fucking pathetic Camila!" She spat.
Camila clenched her jaw in anger "I'm pathetic?" She questions "at least I'm not the one using a fake relationship to claim that I'm over somebody," she chuckles darkly "Lauren we all know that the only reason you're even dating Dinah is to try and get under my skin. You don't love her and you know. Just admit that you're still in love with me." She said cockily.
Lauren laughed humorlessly as she stared at Camila "my love for you disappeared the moment you kissed Austin right in front of me to prove that you didn't love me," she steps towards her "you call me pathetic but you're the one still stuck in 2014. Camila just accept the fact that I'm happy with Dinah and there is nothing you can do to change that. Move on Camila." She says softly before turning to walk away.
Camila was so angry with Lauren that she blurts out the first thing she could think of. "I'm pathetic? I least my best guy friend didn't get me drunk and fuck me while I was drugged up! If anything you're the pathetic one Jauregui!" She screams.
Lauren turned to her with tears in her eyes. She could not believe that the girl she once called her best friend would use something like that against her, now that hurts. Seeing her tears immediately made Camila feel bad "Lauren I'm-"
"Save it Camila!" She snapped as she cut her off "Camila I will keep things cordial with you but that's it because as of now you're dead to me Camila. Have a nice life Karla Camila Cabello." She said before leaving Camila's room. After this Camila's is no longer her friend she is merely just her colleague and that's it. Lauren refuses to be friends with someone who throws a sexual assault incident in somebody's face. She's not ok with that. In her book Camila is dead in her eyes.