Camille's POV :
I cross out another day on my calendar practically jumping with anticipation. Only three more days left to cross off before the big day but thankfully I won't just be sitting waiting in anticipation , my schedule for the next few days pretty jam packed. I still have to finish packing up my things. This week also happens to be the last week of the semester so I have to pack up my things and move out of my dorm seeing as I'm no longer a freshman I can't stay in the freshmen dorms. Me and Moose have decided to stay in New York so we're moving into the vault for the summer until the semester starts back up.
Speaking of Moose he was supposed to be helping me lift this stuff out to the van. I pull out my phone and dial his number , it goes straight to voicemail , great his phone is off. He's been even more distant than usual lately , I know things between us have been a bit rocky since our fight but we're past that now. I can't say anything to him about it because I don't want to start another fight , it'll all be over soon anyway so I'll just have to wait it out and be patient.
Around two hours later I finally arrive at the vault with my things , I text Anala that I've arrived and she comes down to greet me along with some of the crew to help me lift up my boxes. When we get upstairs everyone has left my stuff in an empty room.
"What's going on , I thought I was sharing your room?"
"I know but this room was free and we thought you and Moose would appreciate sharing" Anala says
"You really don't have to do that"
"Cam it's fine like I said the room was free anyways and it's only for the summer so don't feel bad , be glad you have your own space. Well until Moose arrives that is , where is he anyway?"
"I have no idea , I just assumed he was out with the boys or at least with Jason"
"Jason hasn't seen him in days , he hasn't been to dance practice or anything"
"What? Where has he been all week if he hasn't been with any of us?"
I pull out my phone and start frantically dialling his number but it's still off. Instead I text him , I text him about 12 times all frantic sounding and desperate.
"Camille calm down he's probably just freaking out with the battle in three days and all the -"
"What did you just say?" I cut her off
"I said he's probably just freaking out because the battles in three days"
"It's this Saturday ? June 26th?"
"Yeah didn't he tell you?"
"I've got to go"
"Camille wait where are-"
I'm already out the door before she finishes her sentence. As soon as I get outside the vault I start running , I keep going until my feet can't take anymore. I double over a wall , my heart is pounding and my breathing rate is at lightning speed.
His battle is the day of the wedding.
That's why he's been acting so weird and avoiding me.
I lean against the wall and slide down it , I put my head between my knees with my hands on my ears trying to stop all the noise. The pounding , the breathing , the surrounding noises of cars passing by and the muffled voices of people in the distance. I just need things to be quite so I can think. As soon as I start to silence the background noise my phone rings , Moose. I stare at it ringing , I want to pick it up , I want to know why he's been keeping this from me but I just can't bring myself to answer the phone. Not yet at least , not until I figure out exactly what I want to say to him.
I end up getting a taxi out to this park I love that's over an hour away. I spend about two hours there clearing my head before I turn my phone back on.
23 voice messages. The first couple messages are him apologising for forgetting to help me with my boxes , then they continue on to him wondering where I am and at about the 7th voice message he's found out what happened. I hate hearing him like this , he's all panicked and scared and it's down to me. I need to talk to him and sort this out immediately. I quickly hop in a taxi and make my way back to the vault, it's time to face the music.
It's dark by the time I make it back to the vault. When I walk in Moose is standing waiting.
"Why didn't you tell me?" It comes out so quietly I wonder if I even said it at all
"Because I was trying to figure out what to do , I know how much this wedding means to you and we've been planning it for a long time now but I've been working non stop for this battle and I don't think-"
"Wait is this you trying to tell me that you're going to the battle?" I don't mean to sound as harsh as it comes out but I can't help it
"It's just I've worked so hard , it's all I've been doing for months now"
"You don't think I know that Moose? Because trust me I do. I have barely seen you the entire time you've been doing this" My voice is softer this time like I could break at any moment
"I knew you would bring that up , I knew you weren't okay with me doing this , I asked you if you wanted to join that way we could've spent all that time together"
"I'm not like you Moose I can't just do everything I want perfectly , I need to focus on one thing at a time to do it right. You have no idea how badly I wanted to dance with you but it just wasn't an option"
"Well that isn't my fault Cam , I'm trying my best to do everything at once. I've been trying to find the time to squeeze you in whenever I can , can't that be enough?"
I look at him in disbelief
"No Moose it's not enough , you shouldn't have to squeeze the person you love in whenever convenient"
"Stop that you know that's not what I meant, I'm trying to reason with you" his voice is louder now , he's beginning to lose his patience
"You aren't trying to reason with me Moose you're trying to find a way for you to go to the battle , miss the wedding and find a way to erase the fact that you've been ignoring me for days now because you were keeping things from me"
"Dance is everything to me Camille , it's the best thing I have so yeah I want to go to the battle , I thought you supported me"
My eyes start to swell with tears and my whole body begins to shake , I don't recognise this boy in front of me shouting.
"Go to the battle I don't care" I turn to walk away from him but before he opens his mouth to reply I say
"And don't you ever tell me I don't support you because that is all I've ever done" I don't recognise my voice or myself the way I'm talking , my voice is dripping with anger but it's shaky from the crying.
Moose stands there speechless so I take the opportunity and do the only thing I can.
I leave.
Moose's POV:
I've been in my room at the vault for the past two days. Jason comes in every couple of hours to check on me , all he does is sit down for a few minutes and tries asking if I'm okay , since I don't know if I am in fact okay I stay silent.
I've been playing back me and Camille's fight in my head on a loop since it happened , dissecting every little thing trying to make sense of it all.
I roll over on the bed and look at my alarm clock , it's 7:30am June 26th. The day of the battle and the wedding.
It's about time I got up and got ready for the day. I'm not going to let what happened last night get the best of me. I spend the next few hours preparing for the battle with the Pirates.
After a while I go into my room and sit on the bed checking my messages , I've heard nothing from Camille.
"Hey Moose we're all gonna head over now because the battle starts in an hour , you wanna ride?" Jason says peering his head through the door
"Nah man I'm good, I've gotta find my lucky hat anyways"
Jason just nods and turns around and walks out.
When he leaves I look back at my phone and then start looking for my hat. I practically pull the room apart looking for it. Camille would know where it was, she's always looking after me.
What am I doing?
I should be at that wedding.
I quickly pull out my phone and check the time , 3:30pm, it takes 3 and a half hours to get to Baltimore. The ceremony starts at 5pm so I'll miss that but I could make it in time for the reception if I leave now. I quickly grab the bag that Camille had packed for me for the wedding and run out of the vault.
I get to the bus station just in time for the next bus to Baltimore. I text Jason while I'm on the bus to tell him what I'm doing, he replies almost instantly with 3 words
Go get her
I get to Baltimore at 7pm and quickly change into my suit and make my way to the wedding reception. I try ringing Camille on my way there but her phone is off.
The taxi driver had barely stopped the car when I throw my money his way and jump out of the car. I practically sprint into the hotel in search of the wedding reception. I finally halt when I see double doors that have a sign in front of them saying "Tyler and Nora's wedding". I gingerly open the door and walk into what already seems like a party in full swing , everybody is up and dancing and having a great time, well almost everybody. I notice Camille sitting at a corner table completely alone and miserable looking. I take a deep breath before making my way over to her. I stand behind her and ask her
"Will you dance with me?"
Camille looks like she's seen a ghost when she turns around
"Moose what are you doing here?" She says her voice still painfully distant
"I'm sorry Camille , I can't believe the way I acted with you. I should've been her with you from the start , I should've told you when I found out about the dates colliding instead of freaking out and ignoring you but I was so scared of disappointing you I just tried to avoid it and then you found out and I freaked and told you I'd rather dance than be here with you which is a lie"
"Moose-"
"No Camille let me finish"
She just gently nods
"I've realised that anywhere you are is where I want to be from now on. I love dance you know I do , it makes me feel on top of the world but that's nothing to how I feel when I'm with you Camille. Im never going to put dance before you again , in fact I'm never going to put anything before you because you are everything in this world that matters to me. So please Camille can we go back to how we were because I miss you like crazy and Id really like to dance with you if that's okay"
Camille looks at me with her tear filled eyes and smiles. It's not a face breaking smile but it's enough to know we're going to be okay.
I grab her hand and lead her out to the dance floor where we dance. We slow dance through 6 songs before we finally start to break into the party spirit and dance to the beat of the songs.
After a night of somewhat wild dancing and socialising with the other guests me and Camille end our night with a slow dance along with every other couple at the wedding.
"They're so happy together it's amazing" she says while looking at the bride and groom
I turn my head and look at the glowing couple, Nora looks beautiful laying her head on her husbands shoulder while Tyler is looking down at his new wife smiling like no moment will ever be as good as this one right now.
I then look down at the beautiful girl on my shoulder and make myself a promise.
I promise that one day I'm going to marry this girl.
It took me so long to write this chapter because I kept changing my mind on what I wanted to write but I'm happy with what ive settled on thank goodness. It's been almost a year since ive started writing this story which is crazy , I never imagined I would be writing it this long and that people would actually read it so this has all been amazing. I've decided to make a Twitter account to keep you all up to date with when I'll be uploading a new chapter or where you can talk to me about the stories and make suggestions on where you would like to see the story go so please follow me and talk to me because Id love to hear from you's. My username is vi0letharmon. I hope you enjoy the chapter , until next time!