A/N: I know this took forever, and I apologize so very much. My life is a bit messy at the moment and finding the time to write was not easy at all. Thank you so much for waiting this out with me. This is the penultimate chapter guys, one more after this...the big battle. And then a small epilogue. I hope you guys enjoy this. Love to you all.


Chapter 29: A Closed Circuit & An Open Door

Camille PoV

The light was bright against my eyelids causing a red glow to seep through the thin layer of skin. Opening them slowly, I immediately found the light source, as the rays of bright morning sun crept in through the long white curtains. It took a few minutes for my brain to remember where I was, and then there was no stopping my smile.

Moose's arms unconsciously wrapped a little tighter around me as I shifted. I winced slightly at the sore feeling I felt between my legs, yet still I was smiling. Memories from the night before flooded my mind, and my grin grew even wider.

The heat from the memories coursed through my body and I couldn't help the slight twinge of abashment, however the joy and wonder I felt was greater. Moose had been so incredible. Just the fact that he planned such an amazing trip for me was enough to make me swoon, but he went above and beyond.

I moved once more, and he pulled me tighter against his sleeping form. Sighing happily I let my mind wander to the perfection that was our first time. The way he took his time, and made sure I felt comfortable. The way Moose held me, and made me feel loved. The way he was so gentle and reverent with every touch. The way he made sure I was enjoying it and actually taking the time to please me first. I was reeling, my boyfriend was perfect.

As I lay still in his arms the warmth of his body pressed against my back I thought how the experience was nothing like I expected, but still everything I dreamed. I was scared but so sure about taking this step with him, and Moose understood that perfectly.

I won't lie and say that the experience was completely painless, because I did feel some minor discomfort. However it was no where near how bad I was thinking it was going to be, and I am pretty sure it was all due to how relaxed and loved Moose made me feel. He was showing me how strong his feelings were for me with every fiber of his being, every part of his body.

To top it off Moose made me orgasm a second time during sex, which I was told by the girls is nearly unheard of for a girl her first time. It was a shock to say the least but it made me smirk. I'll never tell him this but in that moment I thought my boyfriend was a sex god.

Just then I felt Moose's lips press lightly against my shoulder blade immediately snapping me out of my reverie.

"Good morning, beautiful", his voice rasped breaking the silence of the day.

"Good morning my Moose", I whispered in answer.

"Mmmmm. This is nice", he kissed my shoulder again.

"Mmmmhmmm, it is".

His arms wrapped around me even tighter and I felt his smile against my warm skin. Sighing happily I pressed myself closer so that his full body was spooning mine. I grimaced at the movement and he caught the sound as I sucked in a breath.

Leaning forward he brought his lips to kiss my cheek and his eyes up to view my face clearly.

"You okay, baby", his voice was full of concern.

"Yes, Moose. Just a little sore", I tried to control my blush.

"I'm sorry", he whispered as he kissed my jaw.

"Don't be. It was to be expected".

"Still kinda makes me feel bad", his voice was sweet and full of worry.

Turning in his arms I wrapped mine around his neck and wound my fingers into his curls the way he loved so much. As I pecked his lips gently I smiled.

"I'm okay Moose, believe me. I wouldn't lie to you".

"I know you wouldn't baby, I didn't mean it that way".

Taking a deep breath for bravery so I could tell him how I felt without my skin flushing so often I continued.

"Besides you made me feel so good last night, Moose. You treated me with such love and care, I loved every moment and wouldn't change a thing. The minor ache is worth the experience. I love you so much, please understand, I wouldn't trade it for anything"

His answering grin told me all I needed to know as he nuzzed his face into my neck and began placing soft kisses along my collarbones. I giggled as his lips brushed a particular ticklish area and he nipped it lightly before pulling away.

"So what would my lovely, beautiful, and amazing girlfriend like to do today after breakfast?", he asked with a playful look in his eye. "We can relax and watch movies all day, just veg out on the couch with snacks and stuff. Or if you want we can go check out the ski lodge. There are lots of indoor activities as well as skiing and snowboarding, they have a van service that can pick us up. Or we can stay here and have some fun in the indoor pool and hot tub, or the game room".

I listened to him ramble and raised my brows in surprise at his last suggestion.

"Natalie's family has an indoor pool, hot tub and a game room in this place?", I asked astounded.

"Yup".

"Wow".

"Indeed, so what will it be Miss Gage?", he ran his long fingers gently up and down my sides.

I thought about it for a moment, my face screwed up in concentration. Moose just watched me and smiled fondly, waiting for my reply.

"How about", I kissed his cheek, "I go make us breakfast", I kissed his other cheek, "and then we can enjoy the pool together", I kissed his nose, "before we relax in the hot tub", I kissed his lips lightly, "and make out".

Bringing my face back slightly so I could see his reaction, I giggled as his eyes lit up in absolute excitement at my suggestion.

"You got it baby", he jumped out of the bed immediately. "I'll go turn on the pool heater".

Blushing a bit at his naked form he then realized he needed to put something on and grabbed for his boxers before running from the room with the sound of my giggles trailing after him.

He is so cute, and all mine, I thought with a grin.

Moose and I enjoyed a quiet but delicious breakfast of blueberry pancakes and fruit salad. Both of us seeming a little shy about what happened between us the night before, we didn't talk much and opted to just smile at each other like the dorks we are. Still the silences remained but we kept them comfortable by filling them with soft kisses, nuzzles into each other's neck and meaningful glances.

If anyone were to see us right now they would probably vomit over how ridiculously sweet and cheesy we were being but we both knew it didn't matter. It was just us together enjoying each other's company. No one to judge, no one to tease, just two nerdy love-birds making googly eyes at each other.


"Moose" I gasped, my face buried in his neck.

The heat from the hot tub was rising up and aiding the fire Moose's kisses were causing in making my entire body flush.

"Camille", he whispered back.

His lips trailed over my bare shoulders as his long fingers ran slowly up my back and began to untie the strings of my bikini before removing it and throwing it over his head as it landed with a splat on the tile behind us.

We'd just spend a good hour and a half in the pool together. Doing laps, having swim races, throwing each other around, splashing, and playing a version of Marco Polo that ended with kisses and hugs when you got caught. We were having so much fun just being stress free and away from everything except each other.

It was all light, sweet fun but both of us could feel the intensity between us. Of course we knew that finally having sex would cause a shift in our relationship, but we didn't realize how extreme the urge to constantly touch each other was going to grow once we did.

We were bad enough as it is, the crew and our friends always teasing, but now after only one time our connection had gotten so much deeper. I could hardly stand to keep more than an inch from Moose's touch, and it seemed he was feeling the same way.

The past twenty minutes in the hot tub were proof of this. Our heated touches and kisses just grew more frenzied and passionate with every passing second. I wanted to touch him everywhere, wanted to have him touch me everywhere, wanted to be closer to him.

Something in me just snapped. It was like the fire I kept locked inside of my sweet innocent self finally clawed its way out after my body had finally discovered how good Moose could make it feel. And then there was nothing I could do to keep myself from attacking him.

My lips caught his hungrily as I pressed myself into his touch wherever he placed it. If he had his hands on my breasts I arched into it, if he was squeezing my booty I pushed back further. The moans and grunts of surprise coming from Moose told me that I was shocking him with this side of me, still he wasn't complaining.

Smiling against his lips I placed my fingers in his curls and tugged a little as I rocked my hips against his lap. I could feel what I was doing to him through his swim trunks and my small bikini bottoms.

"Camille, baby", Moose rasped as I kissed a trail over his neck and nipped lightly. "Cam baby. P-please, stop for a second", he whined.

His protests didn't sound too convincing so I just kept nibbling and letting my hands run through his curls and down his chest. Moose grabbed hold of my upper arms a little tighter in his hands and gently pushed me away. I huffed a little in disappointment, and gave him a slightly annoyed look, but he just gave me his full Moose grin.

"Baby, you're getting carried away", he soothed as he ran his hands up and down my arms. "We need to slow down, or it will be harder to stop".

"Who says I want to stop?", I asked playfully and smirked at him.

Moose gulped and tried not to let his eyes wander to my still bare breasts.

"B-but you said you were sore", he moved to bring me closer to him. "I wanted to be a good boyfriend, and respectful of that. I don't want to hurt you".

"Do you want me, Moose?", I breathed quietly before leaning in to kiss him and then bringing my eyes back to his.

"Cam", he steeled himself against my flirty behavior. "I've wanted you all day. All night even, I wanted you again from the second we finished. I'm - I'm a guy. I knew I'd get addicted to you, but I knew you wouldn't be able to right away again. I didn't want to assume, or make a move to cause you to become uncomfortable with turning me down", he finished looking absolutely adorable and sweet.

"I took some, ibuprofen, and with the down time, exercise and relaxation I feel a lot better now. No more soreness. What do you say to that?", I whispered against his lips staring him straight in the eye.

Once again I caused him to lose his cool as he shuddered against me.

"Is that true?", he asked, his voice cracking. "Or are you just saying that because you think that's what I want to hear?".

Arranging myself so that he could see my full face I let the playfulness drop for a second so he could fully understand that I meant this. I wanted him.

"Moose, I love you. I love that you want to be careful with me. I love that you're worried about hurting me, but I promise I'm telling the truth. I wouldn't lie about this, I feel a lot better. And this may be hard for you to understand because it's a new side of me that we're both going to have to get used to but...", I leaned in to press my bare chest against his and ground my hips into his lap again, " ...I really want you. I want you Moose".

My gorgeous boyfriend was adorably predictable, his beautiful brown eyes lit up at my words, he licked his lips and ran his hands up and down my back excitedly.

"Okay", he breathed against my lips before kissing me softly.

Smiling again, I broke from the kiss. Bringing our bodies ever closer, I ran my lips slowly along his jaw leaving small kisses. Making my voice low I tried to sound seductive as I spoke in between the kisses.

"I'm going to head up to the shower. I need to get this chlorine out of my hair. If you want to join me you're more than welcome"

I felt Moose jolt at my invitation and for a moment my good old nerves and embarrassment kicked in. Hiding my face in the crook of his neck, I knew he felt how hot it was and heard his chuckle. Once I was officially calmed I stood up in the hot tub looking down at Moose's astonished expression as I didn't even bother to cover my chest, winked down at him, and turned to climb out of the tub.

My feet were on about the fourth step when I heard him thundering footfalls rushing to get out of the tub and run after me. Guessing his big brain caught up to his little one I giggled as soon as he came running out of the pool room.

"Catch me", I teased as I ran straight up the stairs knowing he wouldn't be far behind.


The remainder of our week was pure incredible bliss. We spent a few days enjoying the Ski Lodge activities. Moose taught me to snowboard and I wasn't bad at all since I used to be a skater girl when I was younger. I only fell twice, and Moose sweetly kissed my behind both times making me laugh and blush.

Then there were the days we just watched television together, snacking on junk food. That was of course until our tv time turned into make-out time which more times than not ended in sexy times.

We had fun in the pool and hot tub again. We played arcade games, ski-ball, pool and darts in the game room. And most nights we just lay in front of the fire talking, laughing and kissing until we headed up to bed to make love and fall asleep in each other's arms.

It was incredibly romantic, extremely relaxing, absolutely satisfying and so much damn fun. I loved this boy of mine even more with each passing moment with him, and I still couldn't get over how he planned this entire perfect week for me, for us.

As I lay there, on our last night; before we headed back into the insanity of school and the crush of battle rehearsals, I couldn't help but think of how unimaginably perfect my boyfriend is, and of how lucky I am to have him in my life.


"MOOSE! CAM!".

The shout came from across the park and we both snapped our heads up to find Tevin running towards us. We grinned at seeing him for the first time since getting back from Spring Break. As he neared us we jumped up from our spot on the grass to catch him in a tight hug.

"Tev, man we missed you", Moose offered as they bumped fists and blew it up.

"So much", I added.

"Sure you did. When you weren't busy rubbing up all over each other", he teased causing Moose to laugh and me to blush hot. "But seriously I missed you guys too". Damn we have so much to talk about".

"We do", I gave him a warm smile knowing some of what he wanted to tell us since he'd texted me a few times during the break.

Moose hoisted our duffle over his shoulder before he pulled my right hand into his. I looped my left arm through Tevin's and the three of us headed to the train station together our first full crew battle rehearsal in a week.

"So, spill Tev", Moose teased as we both turned in our seats on the train to give him our undivided attention.

"Well", he started tentatively wiping his hands on his thighs in a nervous gesture. "As you both know my date with Sam, before the break was pretty cool".

Both of us nodded for him to continue.

"And the second date was actually so much fun. I met and hung out with a lot of his friends, in turn making myself a few more friends in the community as well".

"That's awesome, Tev", I squeezed his hand.

"So, um", he shifted uncomfortably in his seat before he continued, "on the third date we kinda kissed".

Moose and I grinned like dorks at him and Tevin just blushed and rolled his eyes at us.

"But", he paused.

And our smiles fell because his did too.

"We decided to stay friends. Sam and I are attracted to each other, and we get along, but there is just something that isn't there for both of us. I mean, you guys know what's going on with me. I'm still hung up on Julien. I got nervous it was all my fault, but Sam reassured me that he wasn't feeling it either".

"Dang I-I'm sorry". I felt slightly guilty for pushing him to go on the date with Sam in the first place.

"Don't be, Cam, it's cool. Thanks for forcing me out of my shell though. I met a lot of awesome people I wouldn't have if you didn't"

"Well then, you're welcome. As for the Julien thing..yeah we kinda figured it wouldn't be easy", I looked over at Moose who just nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, something about that tall, sexy, blonde, uptight, dancing prick is just so appealing", Moose teased causing us to bust out laughing and get some nasty looks from fellow passengers. "Sorry Cam I may just break up with you and make a play for Julien".

The laughter got louder at that and soon the three of us were just smiling and wiping the tears that escaped from laughing so hard.

"But in all seriousness, we're here for you", Moose added.

"Thanks, guys. Love you".

"We love you too", I hugged both my boys close to me.


Getting back into the routine of classes, study, course work, and battle rehearsal after a week of relaxation and a lot of sex was really freaking rough. Most nights Moose and I would pass out as soon as we hit the bed. There was literally no time for us to just relax together. In fact most our time spent together was filled with studying or perfecting and cleaning up our sections for the upcoming final dance battle.

Of course the adjustment was taking its toll on us as a couple as well as individually. We had this new need to be intimate all the time, but no opportunities to do so. We were ridiculously busy and it was wearing on us both. There were quite a few times when we uncharacteristically snapped on the Pirates when the teasing about us 'doing it' started to annoy us. In the past we just laughed it off, but the stress and our mood at not being able to have time together just made Moose and I grouchy.

Still we pushed through and did our best to focus on our studies and our choreo. Somehow we knew our bond was truly unbreakable now, and we made the best of our stolen moments of kisses, and soft touches.

We were about a week away from the battle when Tevin came flying into the speaker room about an hour early for rehearsal. Moose and I were the only two there warming up, and to be honest making out, as we waited for everyone to join us.

"Guys I gotta talk to you it's important" he whispered but his voice was really high pitched.

He sounded slightly panicked, but also a little excited. Moose jumped to his feet immediately and offered his hand down to help me up.

"Alright, let's go to the room back here for some privacy and we can still hear when the crew show up for practice", Moose ushered us back behind the speaker wall into the room Carlos and Wave's old room.

I settled myself onto one bed, Tevin took the other, and Moose opted to lean in the doorway to better make sure no one would show up and hear anything Tevin didn't want them to hear. Sensing our urge to hear what he had to say, Tevin blurted it out quickly.

"Julien heard about me seeing Sam, he showed up at my dorm room".

"Oh shit", Moose sputtered.

"Language", I teased trying to lighten the instant tension that hung in the air

He just smirked at me and turned his attention back to our friend.

"Did he flip his shiz?", Moose gave me a pointed look as he avoided cursing.

"Sorta, but not really", came Tev's strange answer.

"Wait, what?", I asked while Moose scratched his head in confusion.

"Well he kinda was upset for about two seconds and then he went into how he completely understood why I didn't want to wait around for him. And then he tried to sound like he was happy for me, but his tone suggested he was really jealous. He kept calling Sam names and then apologizing. When he finally let me speak I told him that Sam and I are only friends and I wasn't interested in dating him. And just like that his tone changed. Julien was flirting with me again, just like before he went into treatment. We ended the conversation with him telling me he was still really worried about how the Pirates and the Samurai would react if we started dating, but he didn't want to risk losing our connection".

I was practically bouncing on the bed in excitement as Tevin spoke, and Moose's grin just kept growing wider across his face.

"Aaaaand?", I prodded wanting to know if anything else happened.

"Well", Tevin blushed and smiled, "He asked me out. Like on a real date, finally".

"OH MY GOD !", I jumped up and grabbed him and we bounced around excitedly for a few minutes while Moose just watched us laughing and smiling.

"That is awesome, Tev", Moose gave him a fist bump.

"Can we still keep this quiet? The Pirates really don't need to know just yet. Except Nat of course".

Of course we both agreed to keep his secret, it wasn't even a question he had to ask.

"MOOSEY BOY? YO! HERMOSA CAMILLA?", the loud voices of Marcos and Martin came echoing through the room.

"We're here", Moose yelled back as the three of us walked back into the rehearsal space.

"Tevin, my boy"

They greeted the three of us and soon the girls were running into the room to attack me. It seemed they couldn't get enough of their teasing me about my new found sex life since we got back. Although they drove me bonkers sometimes, Anala, Stix, and Kido always made me feel welcome. I knew they did it out of sisterly love so I let them have their fun.

"You know if Tevin wasn't with you guys I'd have thought you were sneaking in a quickie", Stix jibed as she poked me in the side.

Anala and Kido wiggled their brows at that and giggled.

Just go with it Cam, I told myself.

"Nothing quick about my Moose's stamina sooooo", I smirked at the shock on their faces.

"Ooohhhhhh Cam, damn girl you slick", Anala smiled.

Just then Jacob and Jason walked into the room and I noticed the crew was all here and ready to work.

"Let's get this started guys", Jason hyped us up with his eager tone.

And with that our minds and bodies were all focused on one thing; killing these dance routines.


"You ready for this?", Moose asked sweetly, his arms wrapped around the small of my back as we swayed lightly in the speaker room.

It was the night before the final battle, and Moose remembered how nervous and freaked out I was last time. He'd taken extra care all day to make sure I didn't feel let those feeling take over me this time.

The Pirates had spent the day just running through every single routine and section we could one more time as Luke and Natalie watched on in awe of what we came up with. Of course Luke was filming every single step with great joy on his face. He was proud of us.

"I'm so ready", I wound my fingers into Moose's curls as he hummed happily. "I'm a lot more confident in my dance thanks to a certain amazing guy I know".

"It better be me", he joked in his best Moose way.

"Of course it's you my Moose. It's always been you".

Noticing my serious and loving tone Moose dropped all the playfulness in his manner and held me closer before leaning down to kiss me breathless. Once we parted lips his pecked my nose and smiled.

"And it will always be you, for me, my Camille".

"Forever?"

"Forever, now let's get some sleep so we can become the Kings of New York tomorrow",

He smiled his best Moose smile down at me and I was completely content, even more so because he was too.