Camille POV
What now?
This question has plagued my mind for the past few hours. After our kiss at the train station I thought I had gotten everything I wanted. Moose had finally shown me he cared for me more than a friend. After saying goodbye to Natalie and Luke we all headed back to the Vault to celebrate our win from the night before. You could feel the excitement pouring off of everyone as we entered the Vault that morning. Moose's face lit up as he gave me a tour of the place. Of course we spent the majority of the tour looking at the wall of shoes thanks to Moose's obsession with them.
"Hey Moose, whose the better dancer?" Moose turned to look at the Santiago twins.
The twins were apparently trying to settle a disagreement. As Moose tried to understand what they were saying, I took this opportunity to sneak away. I needed some time to think about how I was going to talk to Moose about the kiss. I was pretty sure he wanted the same thing I did but I needed to be sure.
I found a couch, sat down, closed my eyes and once again tried to soak in the past few days' events. Dancing has always been one of my loves. Dancing with the Pirates was amazing and I honestly can't wait to do it again. Although, now that Moose is double majoring he might not have time to dance with the crew. It wouldn't be the same if I danced without Moose.
"Camille?" I open my eyes to see Anala smirking at me.
"What are you doing?" Anala asked.
"Oh you know, just replaying in my mind how I will take over the world"
Anala grinned. "Well, in that case count me in!"
We both giggled as she sat down next to me.
After a brief pause she asked the one question that I was still trying to answer. "So you and Moose huh?"
I was about to shoot down her question with an answer like "It's not like that, we're just friends" but I knew how insane that would sound considering she had witnessed the kiss at the train station. I wasn't sure how I felt about talking to her before I got a chance to talk to Moose. Then again, I do need some help figuring this out…..
"We haven't really gotten a chance to talk about it yet" Anala nodded her head and I could tell she was thinking what to say next. Before she had a chance, I decided to go for it and tell her what was really on my mind.
"I have no idea what is going on in his head. It's driving me nuts! Did he kiss me just because he got caught up in the moment from watching Natalie and Luke? Then I wonder why he's been acting a little funny around me ever since the Pirates got back together. Does he regret the kiss? Does he want to pretend it didn't happen? Why hasn't he asked me about it yet? Ugh!" Wow, I think I just said all of that without taking a breath.
Anala turned to face me and with an amused look on her face said "O-kay, Camille, I see the way he looks at you, you are his world. I'm sure you have nothing to worry about. You guys just need to talk, and from the look of it, you should do it quickly before you combust."
"I know, I just don't know how to start that conversation. It's not every day you kiss your best friend and want to ask 'so you want to do it again?' I just need to think it through before I potentially make a fool of myself."
"I'm sure he's just as nervous Camille. I think the guys are getting ready to head downstairs, are you coming?"
"Yeah, let me just go find Moose. We have to get back to campus soon"
Moose POV
"Oh….." The guys and I have been messing around in the speaker room for a while now. I keep thinking I should really go find Camille but I'm sure she is fine. The guys are having a battle between each other and next to go are Jacob and Jason. The Ticks keep saying we should bring the battle downstairs to the club. We all thought that was a good idea and Anala volunteered to go round everyone up.
As Jason and Jacob battled my thoughts drifted back to Cam. I'm surprised none of the guys have brought her up yet. I mean, we did kiss in front of them all just hours ago. They know she is my best friend but I hadn't told any of them about my new feelings for her recently. When Cam left my dorm room that night of the Halloween party, I felt like my heart had been torn in half. She is my best friend and I let her down, big time. I know now I should have just told her I was dancing again. She would have supported me but instead I kept ditching her and made her feel like she wasn't important.
I'm not glad I made her feel that way but if we had not had that time apart, I wouldn't have realized how much I missed her. That day we danced together in the street will be one of my favorite memories together. Cam is my rock and I don't know what I would do without her. Great, I'm sounding like a girl now!
"Moose, you coming?" Jacob's question pulled me out of my thoughts. While strolling down memory lane the crew had started to head downstairs. I was about to answer when I saw Cam walk into the room.
Jacob had left the room, leaving Cam and I alone.
She looked nervous for some reason…. "Hey Cam! All the guys are heading downstairs, let's go!" I started walking towards her and the door.
"Moose, I, uh, "Cam stuttered. Why is she so nervous? I know we haven't talked since the kiss but I'm pretty sure she wanted that to happen. Oh no, is she regretting it? Before I could say anything, the Ticks came back in claiming they left something in the room.
Cam quickly composed herself and said "yeah, let's go. Just remember we have class later so we can't stay long"
With my signature grin I looked at my girl. My girl, I liked the sound of that. "What would I do without you?"
Cam smiled while shrugging her shoulders. "I don't know, I really don't"
Camille POV
It's just Moose Camille. Calm down. He's your best friend. You can do this.
I was giving myself this pep talk as I entered the speaker room. Moose and Jacob were the only ones left. I was slightly relieved. As much as I wanted to talk to Moose I didn't want to do it here. When Jacob left the room leaving Moose and I alone, I started to panic. Thank goodness we were interrupted by the Ticks.
Moose and I headed downstairs to the club for some more celebrating. All I could think of as we joined our friends was, what now?
