A couple of stores before the coffee shop Moose caught a sight of himself on one of the windows and stop in the middle of his step and did a double take. His hair was all over the place his clothes were looking like he hadn't washed them in a week, which was a lie cause it was only 5 days not 7. He went into the record store that was two stores before the coffee shop everybody knew him there since he spend hours in there looking for some old records so there he knew they would let him used the employee restroom.
So he spent an amount of time that he rather not mention in trying to make his hair behave in a normal way, he understood why people use gel and he wish he would have some to put in his hair right now. Suddenly the infamous scene of the movie."There's something about Mary" came to his mind but he just shook it off a little disgust with himself, once he got out of the bathroom he notice that there were selling some t-shirts of bands so he picked one that looked ok paid for it. Just as he was about to go into the bathroom again, a girl went in but when he turned to look out the store he saw the guy of his dream, the one that usually flirt with Cam, walking towards the coffee shop.
Hell no, he didn't need extra obstacles in this already weird situation he was in with Cam. Moose turned and bang on the door of the bathroom just to be cursed by the girl inside telling him that it was occupied. He back away from there a little freak about the emotion in the response from the girl and was about to walk to the coffee shop but he saw himself in the reflexion of the door and though his hair was better his clothes were not. With a heavy sigh he put his backpack on the floor and proceed to take his jacket and t-shirt off leaving him momentary half naked in the middle of the store, he wasn't exactly shy about his abs because he work out with Shawn daily but he knew that the scene was weird for everybody.
While he was putting his new t-shirt on he heard some girl saying "wow who would've thought he was so ripped."
In any other occasion, he would have turned and try to start a conversation with the girl but now he was focus on moving on and get to Cam as soon as possible. However, once he picked up his backpack, he felt someone grabbing his arm and when he turned a girl with green hair and a pierced eyebrow was checking him out. "Where you going, dude? How about we hang out for a while?"
"I have to go sorry, see you around though" He move away fast and practically run to the coffee shop just in case the girl decided to follow him. Once inside he noticed the guy talking to Cam while she giggled and that sour his mood instantly. Moose fixed his new t-shirt and as he walked to the counter the guy was saying goodbye to Cam making the girl turned his way.
When the guy passed next to him, he told Moose that he love that band signaling to his t-shirt, if Cam wasn't looking his way he would just ignore the guy but he didn't want to look worst in front of her than he already was so, he just nodded. The second he moved away Moose mutter jerk under his breath making the guy stop in his track but then move again so at least he was lucky enough to not be that obvious.
"Hey Cam" He smiled at her but she looked suspicious at him and Moose wonder if she had actually heard him calling the other guy a jerk. Finally, she answered him and asked him if he wanted to drink something, Moose sighed and gave her his card resigned to have to pay for another insane amount of coffee just to talked to a girl.
"Dude coffee is usually 5 bucks why are you giving me your card?. Oh, you don't have $5?" Moose looked confused so she repeated herself and told him to just tell her what he wanted. He didn't know what to say so he just asked for a small coffee and Cam turned around to make it.
Damn he was in trouble because if he throws her coffee out she is going to make It personal. Cam swipe my card on gave a ticket for $5 "Here I made you a latte."
Moose smiled and thank her but noticed that she was looking at him waiting for him to drink it so he internally made a toast to her and took a big gulp and it was awesome. His face looked surprised and Cam wonder what was happening, she was surprised that he actually drink the coffee because time and time again she had seen him leave the coffee to the side or throw it in the trashcan.
"It's amazing. Can I have another one?" He smiled really excited that he had finally found a coffee that he like, Cam explained that it wasn't coffee alone it had milk in it but he was too giddy to pay attention. He told her to give him a bigger one and so she did. After drinking the entire thing he felt full of energy and Cam laughed at how he was acting, it was like watching a kid that had eaten all the candy on Halloween night.
For a while, Moose could only talk about how amazing coffee was and how much he had been missing out until now. After he finally calmed down he apologized for everything that had been going on between them, he felt like he needed to explained what had transpired between him and Kirsten but Cam didn't want to hear that. "It's ok, you don't need to explained yourself ok? Justin told me that it was all a misunderstanding and I rather not talk about it anymore."
For a moment there he had hope that things were going to go smooth from the moment she talked to him but now he knew that Cam had no interested in something more with him. He tried to make small talk but the shop was getting pretty full and Cam explained to him that she couldn't talk then so after a quick goodbye she turned and started greeting clients and making orders. Moose had two choices, he could wait for things to calm down here or come back another day.
His answer came in the form of green hair girl that was suddenly by his side. "Hey abs, So you were in a hurry to get coffee? That makes you even hotter."
Moose wanted to groan how was it possible that now he had this girl fanning over him when just yesterday he was being ignored by every girl that existed. He was going to answer her when she notice Cam in front of them asking the girl what she wanted but he could also see that she seemed interested in the way the girl was touching him.
For a second there he wondered if she would get jealous but that idea flew out as soon as it entered because again he didn't want to have more trouble with this girl. Green hair girl, sorry but he didn't know her name, told Cam a very elaborate order and then turned to him saying that she hoped Cam or that girl as she called her, get it right because most places didn't.
Cam gave her a cup of coffee and asked her to pay for it and the green girl just told her to wait because she wasn't going to pay for something if she didn't think it was worthy. Moose hated the way the girl was talking to Cam when the green hair girl turned to him and ask him to taste her coffee so he could vote to see if they would pay for it Cam just looked at him and rolled her eyes.
How was he getting in trouble even by standing just near this mess, Cam just turned her back to them and went to take care of another client that arrived while Cam was preparing the order. Green hair girl called Cam rude at that the newcomer turned towards her and told her off calling her on her behavior and even when she tried to talk over him he just told her to pay and leave. The girl took out a bill left it on the counter and after flipping him off turned to leave while trying to take Moose with her.
She had the grip of Dwayne Johnson and it was really difficult for Moose to get out of it but he made it out before they were on the street. The girl just asked him what was he doing, he only managed to say that he was staying before she pushed him and went out. Walking back to the counter he wondered if his life was just going to be a series of weird scenarios from this point on.
"Great friend you have there." The newcomer said to him in the most condescended tone he had ever heard and then said goodbye to Cam telling her to have a great rest of the day and went on his way.
Cam started to talk to a new customer while preparing his order and after two more clients Moose had his opening to explain to her about the green hair girl but again she didn't want to hear it. He was getting frustrated about the situation "You know if we are going to be friends for real at some point you are going to have to hear me."
She sighed and nod "Look my shift will end in twenty minutes and then we can take the train together and talk there ok?"
Moose nod and told her that he would be back for her and went into the record store to make time completely forgetting about the girl that had followed him from there, so went he went in the girl run to him. "I knew you were going to change your mind Abs. However, now you need to make it up to me."
"Ok, I may have some responsibility on this but listen You. I'm not at all interested in whatever this is because I don't even know what this is. And before you even start talking you just went to the coffee shop and insult my friend so you are insane." The girl just stood there and then her eyes began to get blurry and Moose curse under his breath, of course, he had hurt her. He started to apologize and almost immediately the girl calmed down and launch at him kissing him.
The bell of the door announced that someone was coming into the store and Moose panic and push the girl making her fall on her bump while he turned to see a group of guys talking to each other not paying attention to him or the girl sitting on the floor. "What the hell was that?"
"Sorry for pushing you but why did you kiss me? I was apologizing for making you cry but everything that I said was true. Come on what made you think I wanted to kiss you I literally called insane five minutes ago?" He rubbed his face frustrated about the entire situation, he looked at his watch and notice that the twenty minutes had passed.
Again he sighed picking his things and telling the girl not to follow him. He went out and saw Cam crossing the street towards the train he cursed and run after her calling for her to stop. "I waited for you but you didn't show up so I was going to go."
He apologized to her the entire way to the train making Cam laughed at first and then just tell him to stop because it was getting weird. When they were going up the stairs Moose turned and saw the green hair looking at him and running towards the train. He cursed making Cam turned but he just told her that he hit something and help her get up faster. Their train wasn't there, well her train because his was just stopping in front of them but he was not going to admit that. Moose turned to see the green hair girl on the platform just coming at him and so his brain went into panic mode trying to come with a plan.
He turned to Cam and told her that he just saw a friend of his inside the train, so he was going to step in to say hi and be right out she tried to tell him something but he got in just as the other girl arrive. As he suspected, she followed him inside so he started to walk trying to get to the next door without her getting to him first. He made it out of the train as the doors were closing and when the girl tried to get out he gently push her in so the doors trap her inside.
"Did you just push that girl in?" from behind him he could hear Cam's voice and he knew that this was a defining moment in the relationship so with a quick check he realized that the only way to get out of this was lying. He turned and told Cam that the girl was making some awful comment about her so he just push her lightly so she would go away and Cam wouldn't have to deal with her.
For a moment there he saw how she doubt him but at the end, she sighed and told him that even though it was a nice gesture, he shouldn't have pushed the girl because he could have gotten in trouble for that. A couple of minutes later Cam's train came and both walked in but this time, there was only one seat so Moose helped Cam get to it and stood in front of her. They made small talk for a while and then he told her about green hair girl and how crazy she was at the coffee shop, however, he didn't mention that she kissed him on the record store later or the real reason why he pushed her.
"So why did you changed in the middle of the record store?" He then realized that he had actually admitted to more than he wanted to but Moose was going to take advantage of this.
Moose went on to explained that when Justin told him that she was open to being his friend he couldn't contain his excitement so after shouting yes he had to leave class and run all the way to the train. Before going into the coffee shop he caught sight of himself and didn't want her to see like that so he cleaned up and bought a t-shirt by the time he finished his story Cam was blushing and it was so beautiful that he made a promise to himself to make her do it more often.
They got to Cam's station and he helped her up and they walked out of the train together and proceed to walked to her house. He talked about his Uni and she told him about hers and also how happy she was since she joined Nataly's program, in a month Cam was going to help in a kinder garden so she was excited about that too.
A block before her building was a little garden with benches and Moose asked her to sit with him. Moose started to tell her about his past infatuation with Kirsten and Cam tried to stop him but he said no, they needed to address this subject if they ever wanted to be really open with each other. In his mind, he also thought that Cam needed to get past that so they could have a chance to go out together eventually, eventually hopefully been really soon because with each second he spent with her he founded her more cute.
After he explained that he was just lying to himself and that he actually realize that when Kirsten told him that there was no way they would ever be something he felt sad but only for a sec and then he was more preoccupied with how Cam knew Justin. To his joy, he saw how she was positively blushing and hope grew in him. Of course, he didn't comment on that because he still felt like he was on thin ice with her but Moose was getting there, he was going to get her trust.
Moose finally walked Cam to her building and when she was going to get in he clear his throat making her turned to him. "I know I didn't have the best luck last time but I would love to have your number, what do you say? Can I have it pleaseeeeeeeee?"
That made her laugh and she agree, she gave him her phone so he could put his number in hers and she put her in his. When she was ready to give him his phone back, she noticed he was taking a selfie for her contacts, he finally gave her phone back and check his. "Hey, you didn't take a picture. No fair. Come one just one please?"
"Fine just take it." He took a picture of her and then before she could turn around he took a selfie of both of them making her laugh again. Moose favorited her photographs and put his phone away while backing up saying goodbye watching her go into her building.
On his way back to the train he text her hello but the second he was inside the train, he felt someone looking at him and he was so scared that if he looked the way he felt someone was looking he was going to find himself tackle by the green hair girl. "Hey, Moose! come here dude."
The second he saw Hair and Luke all tension disappear and he happily walked towards his friends and before they could ask him anything he told them about this couple of days. When he finished, he noticed that Hair was looking at something and follow his eyes the worst possible scenario materialize. The green hair girl was looking at him from the other car and was making her way towards them but with the amount of people that got in the last station it was proving to be difficult for her. "Is that the crazy girl? Dude, she looks mad."
Just 5 people before she reached them the train stop making her fall and the doors open, the three friends made a run for it and didn't stop until they were safely inside the vault. Hair and Luke nervously laugh and the second one went to clap Moose on the back. "Well is going to be a challenge to go see Cam when that psycho is looking for you."
The afro dude nod and then took his phone out and saw that Cam had texted him back with a smiley face. "Cam is worth it."
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Hi! Thanks for reading this chapter, the last couple of days I've been really inspire about this two and I'm happy because they are the cutest OTP ever.