Annabel POV
~Edited~

After we turned off the speaker and left the parking lot Cameron drove me home in silence.

Deafening silence.

When I got out of the car I said bye to him but he just nodded his head at me.

I tried to text him later but that didn't work either.

Are you okay? ~ A
7:01

Yep, fine. ~C
7:05

And that was that.

He didn't talk to me all weekend.

I tried to text him but he would always have short replies or none at all. I knew he was hurting but did he have to shut me out like this?

On Monday morning I texted him asking him if he was still picking me up and he answered with a simple "yep." and the conversation was done.

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He drove us to school and there was still this deafening silence.

We got to school, got things from our lockers, and he walked me to class but he still said nothing.

When lunchtime came I couldn't take it anymore and I had to say something to get him to open up.

"Hey, Cameron? I know you're trying to cope and everything but remember how I said I don't think I'd be able to handle you sad? Yeah, well I'm telling you right now that I was right."

After a short pause he laughed, surprisingly.

I mean, of course he laughed, I'm hilarious but... I was expecting it to take more than that.

With a spark in his eyes that wasn't there before he said, "Do you wanna come over today after school?", and took a big bite out of his sandwich.

Well, that's not what I was expecting.

"You want me to... come to your house? And do what?"

"Calm down BG." He said with a smirk. "You said we were friends yesterday right? Well friends hang out and... I like hanging out with you so we should hang out. Today. After school."

"Actually what I said was that I cared about you, not that we were friends-"

"Same difference." Cameron cut me off with a smirk before taking another big bite out of his lunch.

"Not the same actually but... I'll come over. Not because we're friends but because you seem like you've been sad and you need a good laugh, and since I'm obviously the funniest person you know I'm the best person for the job."

Cameron gave me his signature smile that always seemed to reach his eyes and winked before saying, "You know it."

I rolled my eyes.

"You seriously aren't as hot as you think you are."

He merely shook his head, smirked, and finished his lunch.

Of course he's probably twice as hot as he thinks he is, but I would never tell him that.

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Since Cameron drove me to school every day how we got to his house wasn't a problem.

What was weird for me though, is how fast his mood changed the minute I made an effort to cheer him up. After lunch he was his normal self. He was cracking jokes, being annoying and full of himself without being too cocky. Just being... Cameron. I want to know why and how his mood changed so fast and what was going on with him.

When we got to his house I decided I wasn't going to force him to talk about what was on his mind, so I just asked, "What are we going to do during this... hangout?"

"Eat, talk, drink, watch T.V., play games, whatever you want."

I looked over and saw 'Boy Meets World' reruns playing on the T.V.

"Oh my god! Is that boy meets world?"

I ran over to the couch and plopped down front and center.

Did I mention Boy Meets World is my favorite Disney show?

"T.V. it is," Cameron said with a light chuckle.

"Shut up GB and go get me some snacks." I said, making an emphasis on the "GB" and smirking at him.

"Yes, ma'am!" He saluted me and walked into the kitchen.

I could see him from where I was sitting since they had an open concept living room and kitchen, and he didn't seem like he was sad or covering up any bad emotions, he was even humming slightly.

I knew right now wasn't the best time to say anything so I just patiently waited for him to get the snacks so we could watch the best show ever made together.

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Two hours, four episodes of Boy Meets World, three buckets of popcorn, and one packet of Party size Oreos into the Boy Meets World Marathon I decided I should probably bring up the elephant in the room.

"Hey, Cam?"

"Yeah?" He mumbled, face full of Oreos.

I laughed a little at his contorted face.

"I have to ask you a question."

"Uh oh, this sounds serious."

"It is, so stop messing around." I pushed him a little and he swallowed his Oreos and have me his full attention.

For some reason, I was extremely nervous to ask him and started playing with the rips in my jeans.

"Are you okay? You ignored me the whole weekend and half of today then all of a sudden I make a joke and you're all better. I just want to understand you and make sure you aren't depressed and hiding it or anything."

When I looked up I saw that his eyes were soft and he was giving me this look that I couldn't read, but it gave me a feeling I didn't fully understand either.

"I'm not 'depressed and hiding it' I'm just glad you care. All weekend I was feeling like I had no one that genuinely cared for me anymore, and I know you were texting me but it felt like you were doing it because you felt you had to. When you tried to cheer me up at lunch I realized you were being serious when you said I had you which is why I invited you here today. I wanted to talk to someone and hang out with someone who seemed to genuinely care about me. I'm sorry I shut you out."

After he finished I almost burst into tears. I felt for him. I just wanted to hug him until his pain went away, but I knew that wasn't physically possible so I hugged him for as long as I could.

"Of course I'm here for you Cam, I'm always here for you."

"You're right Anna, you are." He said pulling away.

I honestly didn't want to let go, and I wasn't completely sure if that was because I wanted to comfort him or for another reason.

Before I had the chance to respond though, he said something else.

"You're always there for me, and now I want to be there for you."

"What do you mean?"

"I can tell you went through something. I don't know what it is, but I can tell by how protective the guys are of you, and how tough you make yourself seem. Something tells me you've gone through some shit as well, so to repay you for letting me air out my dirty laundry to you I'm giving you an opportunity to do the same with me. I'm not going to force you to talk, but if you want I'm listening."

For a while I just sat there and stared at him.

Cameron actually wanted to let me talk about my feelings to him? How could he even tell that I had something to tell? I never even alluded to the fact that I had a past. I mean I knew the guys were protective of me for a specific reason, but I thought outsiders thought they were just like that because I was like a sister to them.

I've always listened, but no one's ever let me talk.

"Are you being serious?" I asked after the silence had gone on for a little too long.

He nodded his head at me, smiling a little.

My eyes welled with tears and I basically jumped on him to hug him.

"I have so much bottled up Cameron and I know it seems like a simple gesture but this really means a lot."

"Trust me BG, I know." He whispered in my ear while running his hands in my hair to try and calm me down.

I don't think he did know, It was more than I could express. No one ever cared enough to listen, and the only ones who did experienced it with me and wouldn't be able to listen to me relive it.

'Please don't let me down, Cam.' I thought before I let go and started to tell him my story.

A/N
Hey guys!

Two updates in one day, woah!

I just had a lot of time on my hands so I decided to post this one.

Right Now I have about 17 chapters written and I could see this story being around 30 chapters long.

How's quarantine going for you guys?

Bye loves~
Syd.