"What an idiot! I hope you told him to go away and never to come back. Who does he think he is coming here looking for you like you should be waiting for him! I just want to punch him in the face until my hand bleeds." That line of rant continue for a couple of minutes and Cam was hypnotized by the constant pacing Andie was doing around her apartment while calling Moose several names and making scenarios where she would always end up punching him.
Cam would never know when the rant ended because without any warning Chase was sitting next to her offering some chips while asking her why was Andie cursing so much. A little startled by the new appearance Andie took a minute to kiss her, fiancé hello and proceed to tell him about the little encounter Cam had with Moose earlier that evening. Chase turned toward Cam and with his best-concerned brother face asked her if she was ok, and Cam really thought about it for the first time since it happened. Is not that she hadn't thought about it since it happened. Honestly, it was the only thing she had been thinking about since the second Moose walked away after dropping the bomb about his breakup with Sophie. However, her mind was center in how her body had reacted to be near him again, that moment when he had stepped closer to her to the point that she could feel his breath on her face made her weak in the knees.
Chase clear his throat bringing her back to the moment, and she noticed how one of his eyebrows was a little higher than the other one like he was able to read her mind and was having a blast seeing her shaken by her encounter. Andie on the other hand, looked less than happy about the entire situation apparently both of them were able to read her mind now, and that was making her extremely uncomfortable. Chase motion for her to say something which helped her move on off the awkward situation and answered the question with what she assumed was a truthful answer at this point she wasn't sure what she was feeling at all.
"It took me by surprise, and I'm not sure about what is going to happen when we talk, but it does give me a sense of calm to know that he is not looking for me while being in a relationship." Andie took that opportunity to start her ranting again, and it seemed like she was not going to stop anytime soon. Chase was quick to cut her off telling her that Cam needed to go back to her apartment because she was going to work tomorrow, Andie didn't look pleased but accepted the excuse and kissed Cam goodnight. Cam stood up and walk to her apartment with Chase, they both got in, and the boy went to her sofa and sat making it clear that he was staying so they could talk a little more. Cam sighed and went to her room to change into her pj's and have a moment of her own to clear her mind.
After changing in her room, she walked out to find Chase still on the sofa but now eating a sandwich and drinking some beer, and that made her smile. Between bites, he patted the spot next to him and soon enough Cam was sitting there an opening about all the mix feelings she was having about Moose's confession. The next hour was spent with Chase talking just enough for Cam to feel comfortable continuously sharing her feelings. Exhaustion took over, and Chase told Cam to go to bed and to think about what her next step would be "Don't hurry your decision. If he wants to have any kind of relationship with you that being in a friendship or romantic level he needs for you to be ready and you should learn to take your time too."
With that final thought, he was out, and Cam found herself laying on her bed thinking about that statement over and over again until she felt asleep. A couple of weeks pass by, and with the weather going crazy she found herself more busy that she used to be that time of the year, still in the back of her mind Moose would appear trying to call for her attention but she would push him behind. However, on a Sunday afternoon when she was binge watching a show she noticed that she needed to go out for some food and so she stood and put some warmer clothes on and venture outside. Cam didn't make it even a block away when the amount of the snow that was coming down make her feel like she was being pushed against the sidewalk.
Cam "race" to her apartment and wished that Chase and Andie weren't visiting friends out of town because she would ask Chase to go get her some food. She looked for something to eat, and she realized that she had food but no will to cook, maybe some restaurants would still deliver but turning on her computer she realized that many were closed already. The next day schools were closed because of the snow, and Cam decided that no matter what happened she needed to cook something and later on she would go looking for some ready to eat things. At three pm she dressed again ready to venture outside and wonder if there was a possibility for a store to deliver, if she didn't make it this time she was going to try Amazon. Let's hope one of their famous drones or whatever they used for extra quick deliveries would bring her some delicious candy or chips.
This time she made it a couple of blocks away, but with great effort, Cam kept her head down most of the way trying to avoid the snow hitting her face until she noticed that she had almost run into a guy without looking up Cam apologize and tried to move. "Cam, I was just going to see you. Are you ok? You look cold?"
Cam raised her head and found herself incredibly close to Moose yet again, why did she keep finding herself so close to this guy. In an instant, his smell brought memories of the times when they would walk together, and he embraced her making her feel like there were one and things were simpler or at least she thought they were. "Moose, hey. What are you doing here?"
He looked at her funny and then she realized that he had already answered the question before she asked it, he repeated himself quickly and added that he was hoping to have that talk she promised him. "I know that schools were close so I guessed that there was a chance for me to find you at your apartment, I don't mean that you don't have other places to be. I mean I don't want to presume that you have no plans. I just wanted to talk and if it's not today is fine, but I do hope that maybe we could set a time for it?"
She nodded once and wished that the weather wasn't so bad because even trying to raise her head to talk to him was hurting her face now that he had move a little to the side to give her some space. However, in a moment he was again in front of her apologizing for not realizing that she was having a hard time standing on the street. "I have to go shopping for some things so maybe you can walk with me and we can have that talk."
His expression confused her a little because even though he seemed pleased that Cam had invited him to come along with her to the store the moment she mentioned the talk he frown but soon he explained his reaction. "How about we walked together and had the talk later on? I think we need to seat for that one, but please let me walk with you and let's just talk about whatever you are watching or whatever you want."
Moose was looking at her with such a hopeful expression that she just smiled and nodded. "Fine but can you walked a little ahead of me so that you are shielding me?"
He laughed at that and made a motion to take her hand but stopped when he was just about to hold it not sure if Cam was ok with it. When he looked at her asking for her permission, she told him to walk fast before the store closed, with a defeated look Moose agree, and they went on. Moose was a great shield Cam even noticed that he was dragging his feet a little making her a pathway which she appreciated and if she wasn't trying to save her energy for the walk back she would tell him that it wasn't necessary.
Once at the store, Moose was ready to go back to the routine they used to have when they went shopping together, Moose went looking for chips, but he was surprised when Cam joined and seemed to be looking for something salty. "Hey, what you doing? I'm always in charge of the junk food, and you are the one that chooses the healthy products."
Cam smiled when she found the pretzel she was looking for and turned to see Moose waiting for her to answer his question and she lazily started looking for another thing to buy while telling him that she was feeling lazy and didn't want to cook. "I just want to binge watch something while eating something easy. I don't feel like cooking, and yes I'll probably regret this later when I get sick from all the junk food, but I'll have to live with that."
That last part of her statement was made while looking for some gummy bears to add to her already big pile of unhealthy food. Moose went away telling her that he would be right back and while Cam ponders about if buying gummy worms would be an overkill the time flew by, her phone beep announcing a text from Moose. Cam noticed that she had arrived at the store almost an hour ago and aside from chips, pretzels, pop tarts, and gummy bears, she decided against the gummy worms; she didn't have anything else in her car. Moose's text told her to meet him at the cash registers so they could walk to her apartment before it was late, Cam was about to look for some water, but then she noticed that it seemed that it was getting darker by the minute and decided to go joined Moose.
She paid for everything and saw Moose standing near the door talking to one of the bag boys and laughing; Cam had always admired the easiness Moose had to make friends. To think back to the time, she first met him she would have never thought that guy that used to ignore her and mistreat her would have such an engaging personality. Grabbing her bag Cam was glad that it was light although she was sure that Moose would help her carry her bag she felt glad that she could carry it alone instead Cam wanted an easy out if she decided that it was to uncomfortable to have her walk her home. Finally, coming next to the boy he turned and smiled at her asking if that was the only thing she had bought and after she nod, he looked confused. "You were in there for over an hour Cam. You honestly didn't buy anything else?"
The blush that invaded her face make him realize that Cam hadn't noticed the amount of time she had spent looking at junk food, there was a reason why he was always in charge of buying it. Cam did enjoy the eventual junk food, but she was used to reading every label before buying things, so she always takes a lot of time when picking things she didn't always buy. "Come on give me the bag and walk behind me, the weather is worst than before, and we should leave now."
He was about to put his hoodie on when she noticed that his hair seemed wet, Cam was about to ask him why was that but he was already out the door. The way back was worst that she had imagined at one point Moose told her to hold onto his waist, so there was no space between them, Cam wasn't sure about it but she did it and it proof to be the right idea. Moose stop and she wonder if maybe he needed a minute but then he turned and they were face to face, he motion with his head to the left and she noticed they were in front of her building, she went up and open the door for them, and they soon were inside.
They climb the stairs to her apartment, and when she finally was on her floor, Cam noticed a lot of bags next to her door. Wondering who left those things there she was about to say something when Moose explained that he had gone back to her apartment and left all those bags there for her while she was busy buying her things. "I knew you were going to regret just buying junk food so I bought some things. Thankfully Mr. Zimmer was home, and he let me in so I could leave the bags here."
Cam hugged him thanking him for doing that for her; she opened the door, and Moose carry the bags inside and together they put everything away. It brought him a sense of hope to see that things in her apartment didn't change in the amount of time he wasn't in her life and also the hug she had giving him had made him smile at the thought that more scenes like that could happen in their future. Moose told Cam that he would cook something for them and maybe if it was ok for her they could have that talk but if she wasn't ready he could stay or go.
After giving it some thought she agreed to the idea but told him that they should cook together, and Moose was more than ok with that. Again the sense of familiarity on the scene made him smile, and he noticed that Cam seemed relax and enjoying their time together like the ones they used to have before he ruined everything by going crazy about Sophie's return. They cook, they ate, and after watching an episode of a program they had discussed at dinner it was finally time to have their famous talk. At first, Moose struggle to find the words he needed to say to her, he had thought about all the things he needed to tell her.
He spent the next hour explaining himself to her and apologizing for all the hurt he had caused her; Cam was sincere about what she had been living those months ago and even when they had decided to be friends he had mistreated her. Like Cam told him, this wasn't the first time he had apologize to her for mistreating her during their relationship; she had forgiven him for that. Cam brought to his attention the way he had acted later when he seemed to missed her but was still in a relationship with Sophie; Cam didn't appreciate him trying to make her the reason for his break up. Moose nodded and also talked to her about that, and it was more than inside full for both of them, and Cam was glad to see that the boy had actually spent some time thinking about his actions.
"I know that asking you to give me a chance is not fair for you, but I do think that you bring the best in me and I'm hoping that I can do that for you too." Cam knew that he was sincere with her, and she wished that she could give him that chance, but she wasn't ready at least not yet.
And that's what she told him, Cam was surprised when he smiled at her and asked him why was he smiling. It wasn't like she had agreed to start something with him and then Moose told her that she had said: "not yet." "The fact that you can even consider a future for us is more than I thought it was possible. So I'm happy, and I'll hope that we can at least start hanging up as friends."
Cam was blushing, and she wished she could control it but that smiled he had plaster on his face was making it difficult. "Stop smiling like that, or you are not allowed to come visit me anytime soon, ok?"
Moose smiled grew bigger for a second and then a forced frown appeared on his face although Cam could see in his eyes that he was trying not to smile and shook her head at his goofiness. "I promised to behave but can we see another episode? I promised to leave as soon as we finish and tomorrow we can watch another thing."
When Cam looked at him funny, he put his best pout and promised to cook something awesome and she cave. That boy was going to destroyed all the defenses she had build for him and she was excited about it, Cam just hope her friends were not going to ruined her excitement.
Notes
Is late again, I'm sorry for any mistakes I'll re-read this soon and fix them. So what do you think? Comments? Reviews?