even that morning lauren found herself walking in the central park of new york like every morning. But now knowing the person who answer on that bench was camila, made all more strange, sad, bitter but terribly exciting. 

lauren still remembered how was answered her to the first time at those post-it at high school some years ago. all that anxiety in her stomach, she felt even now in every step towards the bench.
the anxiety to arrive, to see her and not knowing what to say. the anxiety to knowing what she'd answered.

like every morning she made her walk until she get to that place as loved as special it was. none was there so she approached and remained for a few moment standing in front of the wooden bench reading all those messages they've been exchanged.
And then she found it: that quote that made it all start. 

you sat down
next to me and 
i forgot how 

to breathe.

that song. those words. 
they meant everything to her, more than lauren could be able to explain and the fact that were wrote from camila made her heart beating so fast. 

she remembered the little girl might answered so she searched for a new phrase but she found only one. 

lauren, i love you

it wasn't old, the ink was too fresh for not noticed before or forgot. That answer wasn't even of the day before, that phrase was new. too much new. 

"lauren, i love you". a familiar voice repeated those words at her back.

she spun around almost frightened or surprised, she would never expected to see her without even a minimum notice. 

maybe she wasn't ready, maybe she still didn't know what to say or how react but her body did it for her. 
seeing her beautiful dark eyes she forgot how to breathe and remembered that quote once more. that was what camila felt every time they were together? because she was pretty sure she felt that emotion a lot times before, but she almost forgot how it felt like looking her in the eyes. 
the coffee she clutched in her hand fell at the ground spilling on gravel and on her shoes, but she was too absorbed in her eyes to give importance to something so futile. 

lauren tried to say something, but camila smiled and approached to her. "i love you, lauren" wispered again. 
"do you love me?"

lauren remained silent looking how much that girl was neared to her.  suddenly the pictures of shawn kissing camila hit her mind like small flashes and a strange feeling of anger tingled in her fingers. 

camila was so close...
lauren got driving by that feeling and slapped her in the face. the repressed anger was much, too much, all that she would felt in that moment but she didn't run away. she felt now, but didn't make her feel better. 

a feeling of guilty punch her in the stomach, she was staring at camila's lips who was shocked and spechless by her gesture. 

"i love you" camila repeated with a small voice. 

lauren still stared at her lips, every single movement, then she returned to her eyes and in that moment she knew. there would be no one capable of making her feel so, driving her crazy, to be hated and then to be loved more than before. 

and finally she did it. she took her face without premise and kissed her lips as if there was nothing more important at that moment, as if she had been expecting to do it since forever. their lips moved in a fast dance, full of passion, desire, but also all that love that in those two years had not been able to give.
camila's heart burst into a spark of love and hope, beating against the chest of lauren.

camila didn't care, that kiss meant more than every word. but when the kiss ended, the fear grew in her heart. she looked at lauren's red and swollen lips hoping for a sign.

lauren smiled back knowing what was wrong with her baby. she had Always been a open book, she was able to read her soul like camila could read her.

she raised a hand stroking her cheek, took a lock of hair behind her ear and eyes contact that was more intense than ever . then came those words:

"i love you too camz." and a smile as a tear escaped from her eye furrowing the soft cheek of camila. she had dreamed that moment for so long to not consider it true now; she fell back into lauren's arms clasped so hard that she would not run away.

lauren's lips kissed her forehead while camila was hugged her so tight. she didn't want to lose her, not again.

"i haven't stopped thinking about you for even a moment. i've been looking for you in the eyes of someone else, in the lips or body of one who didn't own my heart. and i tried to love without reserve, to really belong to someone. but i could not...i could not because i already belonged to someone, i belonged to you and probably will be so forever, camz."

lauren sighed softly still kissing her head. "i will never love anyone as much as i loved you. no one will never complete me like you do and brighten my life the way you do. we are two different souls that complete each other. you're the sun and i'm the moon."