Disclaimer: I am only posting this once…so read up… I am in no way, shape or form, affiliated with anyone, that has something to do with this film. As sad as it is… except Cam… I do however own her. Situations and excerpts taken from the film belong to the respected owners.

Author's Note: This story is based on the film "Miracle", and is Rated PG-13. Though some of the content might not reflex that. If the rating should go up, you'll be getting a notice at the beginning of that chapter. Well in few words I'm covering my ass. Oh, heads up, I'm a fan of long chapters… so yeah.

Together

Chapter One: Long Time Coming

Buzz glanced around the room and noticed that someone was missing, he excused himself from the crowd in the lobby and walked outside to see the one person he'd been looking for sitting on top of her father's car.

She'd been there for what seemed hours staring up at the sky. Hearing footsteps behind her she glanced to see Buzzy slowly walking towards her. She gave a small smile and turned her attention back to the sky.

"What are you doing out here alone Cam?" He asked sitting down next to her.

"Just thinking." she replied quietly.

"About?"

"You and me."

He looked at her confused. "What about you and me?" She glanced at him before looking down at her hands, avoiding his gaze. "Cam?"

Sighing Cam got off the car and walked in circles before stopping in front of him, slowly her gaze met his. "I can't do it anymore." She said quietly.

"Can't do what?" He asked her confused.

"I can't do this… pretending anymore." She said getting louder. "I can't act like you don't mean anything to me. Nothing more than just friends. I can't."

"Cam we talked about this, we agreed we'd wait until I wasn't playing for your dad anymore…"

"No you talked about it and assumed I agreed… I just… what can I say… I want to be with you… but." She went quiet and looked away.

Buzzy got off the car and turned her head, forcing her to look at him. "But what?"

"I can't wait any longer for you Buzzy." His hands fell from her face, to his side. "I've been waiting for three years and finally everything seems to be coming together and now I have to keep on waiting…it's killing me."

"Cam this is the Olympics… my dream… you want me to give that all up?"

"No of course not, but I don't want you to push us aside like you have. I want to be with you not just stolen kisses here and there, I mean we're not even sneaking around… we're not dating… it's just me waiting. I don't care if we hide it or if my dad knows, I wanna be with you and I need you to want to be with me too."

"Cam… I do wanna be with you, but I can't risk it." Cam took a step back. "If your dad found out, it could ruin everything."

"Is that all you care about? Three years I've waited and all you can say is that." Cam gave a slight laugh and looked around before her eyes met his again. "You know what Buzzy forget about it… just forget it."

Cam started walking towards the building when Buzz caught her arm. "Cam what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to want to be with me. I want you to prove to me that you want this as much as I want it."

"Prove to you? Have you proved it to me?" He questioned his voice getting louder.

Cam looked as if she'd been slapped. She spoke softly at first, getting louder with each word she spoke. "Have I proved it to you? What do you think I've been doing for the past three years, waiting for, taking a back seat to hockey." She said pushing him.

Buzz looked at her and sighed. "I can't do it Cam. I can't do it right now."

He watched as the tears slid down her face, she nodded as she wiped them away. "I can't wait anymore… We never even got a chance." Cam crossed her arms at her chest and walked back towards the building. She glanced back and saw Buzz sit on the car with his head in his hands.

Cam walked into the coaches box and sat down next to her dad. She watched as the tryouts went on. Sitting back, she put her feet up on the desk in front of her. Just as she was about to say something Coach Patrick walked in and sat on the other side of Herb.

"So Doc cleared him. Says it's just a sprain."

"Good." Herb said taking a piece of paper and putting it in one of his folders.

"Who's got a sprain?" Cam asked taking a sip of her drink.

"No one." Herb said looking at her, his gaze shifting down to her feet on the desk. "You mind? Get your feet down." Cam smirked and sat up.

Craig laughed and looked over at Herb "Hey Herb I just want to let you know how much I'm looking forward to being able to coach with you."

"You were a hell of a player Craig, and you're gonna make a hell of a coach."

"Thanks."

"I'm gonna need you two to stick tight with these kids, if there's any big problems you'll let me know, otherwise you two take care of it, okay?"

"Okay." Herb looked at Cam who was looking down at the ice.

"Cam?"

"Yeah, okay dad."

Herb nodded and handed Craig a piece of paper. "Take a look at that."

"What's this? Is this the final roster?" Herb stood up and glanced onto the ice. "You're kidding me right?" Craig watched Herb as he moved around. "This is our first day of this Herb. I mean we got a week of this." When Herb failed to answer he continued. "What about the advisory staff? Aren't they supposed to have a say in this?"

"Dad likes to piss them off." Cam looked at her dad who was giving her a stern look. "Shutting up now."

"Technically, I guess, I don't know." Herb said as he continued working.

"Well you're missing some of the best players."

"I'm not looking for the best players, Craig. I'm looking for the right ones."

Craig stood up and walked towards Herb holding the roster. "You have Jimmy Craig to back up Janaszak?"

"Other way around."

Craig looked stunned. "Other way around? I'm sorry didn't Janaszak just win you a notional championship?"

Cam opened her mouth to say something but quickly shut it when he dad looked at her. "Jannie is a solid goaltender, but we're not playing for the notional championship here Craig." Herb said looking slightly at him.

"You know people I speak to say Craig's games been off since his mom died."

"Did they ever see him when his games on?" Cam smiled as she watch Jim Craig walk off the ice.

About an hour later Cam, Doc and Craig stood by the boards in front of hundreds of guys. "Baker, Harrington, Schneider…" Cam looked up at Buzz who smiled at her, she gave him a small smile and shifted her gaze around the rink.

She watched as the guys congratulated each other, while the rest left in silence. She gave a weak smile to the ones that made eye contact with her. She watched as Robbie turned to shake Buzz and Johnson's hands.

"Take a good look gentlemen, cause they're the ones getting off easy. We're putting a few of you on reserve in case somebody gets hurt or their game goes to hell. Final roster will have 20 names on it in 7 months, so more of you will be going home. You give 99 you'll make my job very, very easy. I'll be you're coach, I won't be your friend if you need one of those take it up with Doc, Coach Patrick or my daughter Cam." Herb said walking away.

"Alright gentlemen, Congratulations, to all of you. That's it for today, on the way out pick up one of these from Cam. You've got a little homework to do before you celebrate…Thank you."

"So you gonna tell me what's been bothering you?" Robbie asked as they walked to a local bar.

Cam looked at him and laughed. "What makes you think something's wrong with me?"

"Cam I know you to well and I know something's wrong."

Sighing she took a quick look at him. "Fine I…well me and Buzzy had it out. I told him I couldn't wait for him anymore and he said he couldn't risk it. Said he couldn't be with me. So I told him to forget about it. It's over." She gave a slight snort "Over, and it never even started."

"Cam I'm sure it'll work out. All this was just as hard on him as it was on you. He was torn between hockey and you. Every minute on the ice was a minute he spent away from you, it wasn't easy."

"Apparently he wasn't that torn. Waiting on the sidelines wasn't a picnic. At times when I really think about it, I feel foolish for not waiting just a couple more months, but then I think about sophomore year and how it was just for a couple months until we worked everything out and he made the team, and that turned into three years, I just don't want to have to wait a couple months for it to be another three years. I don't want to wake up 50 years down the line alone and with 20 cats wondering what could have happened had I just had the strength to say enough was enough. Now I'm sacred I'll be that 71 year old woman alone, wondering what could have happened had I just held on."

Robbie stopped walking and looked at her. "Don't you hate cats?"

Cam smirked and rolled her eyes at him "You know what I mean. I'm scared I made the wrong choice. But I had to Mac, I had to let him know that I wasn't going to take a backseat to hockey for the rest of my life. I mean I love him and I love hockey, I just don't wanna be like my mother fighting with her husband because of it. I want it to be something we can share and it be something he loves, just not more then he loves me. I guess it's silly being jealous of a game. I want him to do this, and I want him to have his chance, I want to see him up there winning the gold, but I just want him to let me be apart of it with him. I don't want it be Herb's daughter, I want it to be the girl who loves and is loved by Buzz Schneider. I don't even care if we have to hide it, keep it a secret from my dad but he… he can't risk it."

"Cam you're not foolish so don't feel that way. You did what you had to do, and if he wants this as much as you do, he'll find a way to make it work."

Cam smiled and nudged him with her arm. "Thanks Mac, I needed this."

He smiled and looked ahead. "One thing, I don't mind dating you in secret, if it means I'll be getting some."

"Rob McClanahan!" She yelled smacking his arm.

He chuckled and held up his hands. "I was just saying, man Buzzy's an idiot."

"Glad you agree." Cam said laughing as Robbie held open the door for her.

As soon as she walked in she noticed that the players were spread around the bar, but the biggest group she knew were the guys from Boston and the ones from Minnesota.

"Hey Rizzo" she glanced to were Robbie was waving at one of the Boston guys. She noticed that the other guys at the table looked somewhat stunned. Giving them a small smile she followed Robbie towards the table with the Minnesota boys. She smiled when they all held up their glasses to them.

"Hey Boys." Cam said placing her hands in her pockets.

"Hey Phillie what number you on?"

"I'm done."

"Jesus!"

"Verchota you're done? I'm on… page four." Harrington whispered looking down at his test, Cam laughed and took a quick look around the table.

"Hey Cam have a seat." Dave Christian said moving over for her.

She shook her head, "Thanks Dave but I'm actually gonna get a drink."

"Here, we have enough to go around." Buzzy said holding out a glass for her.

Her smile faded somewhat and she shook her head. "No thanks I'll get my own. Anyone what something?"

The boys exchanged glances before Rammer spoke up. "No we're good Cam."

"Thanks Though."

"Anytime Pav."

Buzz watched as she walked away and sighed, the rest of the guys glanced at him and then again at one another.

"So um Buzzy, if you don't mind me asking… what happened with you and Cam?" Johnson asked taking a sip of his beer.

"What you makes think something happened?"

"You guys are way to much alike for your own good." Robbie said laughing, but stopped when they rest of the guy were looking at him confused. "Um… I… it's nothing, just me… thinking out load… again."

"Okay… anyway you guys just seem… kinda… well… lets just say you can cut the tension with a knife and it's not sexual tension."

Buzz laughed at Harrington before speaking. "We… just had it out. We're in different places right now is all." The boys nodded not buying any of it.

"Can I get a beer Joe?"

"Sure thing doll." The bartender said grabbing a bottle for her. "You okay?"

Cam leaned on to the counter and sighed. "Yeah I'm good, just a little stressed, you know?"

"Yeah." He replied handing her the beer. "Well, hope it all works out for you."

Cam smiled and pulled a couple bucks from her back pocket. "Me too."

Joe shook his head and pushed her money away. "It's on the house."

She laughed and held up the bottle in salute. "Thanks for the kind words and the booze."

"Anytime doll." He said as he walked away.

Cam began walking back to the table when bumped into someone. "Sorry." She said as she rubbed her arm.

"Yeah…" He said as he was about to walk away. "You're Brooks' daughter right?"

"Yeah what of it?" Jack looked over at the table where the Minnesota boys were and laughed. He glanced back at her before walking away.

"Jackass." Cam whispered to no in particular as she continued to walk to the table.

Once she got there the guys were laughing. Smiling she pulled up a chair between Rammer and Harrington. She leaned into Rammer and asked, "What's so funny?"

"He just telling the story about how he walking in on Miss. Shep and Coach Tracey in his office."

Cam covered her eyes as she laughed. "That was gross."

"You were there?" Pav asked shocked.

"Yeah me and Mac went to get Buzzy after one of the practices. I walked into the locker room but I was planning on staying by the office not to see anything, you know? And um, I got more then I bargained for." The guys were laughing but laughed even harder when she turned red.

"Did you see anything?" Rammer asked as he placed a hand on his stomach.

Cam looked at him. "Hello! I said it was gross."

The table erupted into laughter again. "Just be thankful you did see as much as I did." Robbie said cringing a little.