Authors Note: I know the guys that went to the University of Minnesota, or any of the other guys that went to the same schools didn't exactly all go at the same time, but… my story so it's my way ><, no it's just more convenient to have them all there at the same time around the same age... Oh and in this chapter Buzz, Rammer and Mac, share an apartment… again it's just more convenient.

Together

Chapter Four: Memories

Cam sat in silence looking out onto the ice. She was in one of the rooms her father had converted into a classroom. She sat down her feet up on one of the chairs in front of her, her knees pulled close to her chest and her arms wrapped around them.

She watched as he broke through two guys and headed for net, just then everything slowed down and another man came from nowhere charging at him, sending him flying into the boards.

She heard the crowd yell, some of the people around her upset and yelling obscenities. All she could do was stand there hands over her mouth, praying that he'd get up. She closed her eyes tights mumbled a few words and opened her eyes fighting the tears when she saw a crowd had gathered around him.

Her eyes shot to the other side of the ice as she watched Doc race out onto the ice with some of the medical staff following him. Her heart stopped as she began making her way down to the ice, pushing past people in the crowd.

The rink went deathly silent, but she could hear her heart pounding in her ears and a voice in the back of her mind praying that he be alright.

She was about to step onto the ice when a man stopped her. "Ma'am I'm sorry you can't go down there."

She pulled her pass from under her jacket, showing it to him before pushing past him. She got with a couple of feet from where he was on the ground when Robbie skated up to her.

"Cam you shouldn't go over there." He said hold her back.

"Mac let me go, I have to see if he's okay." She fought against him, only to cause him to hold on tighter.

"Doc's looking at him, they're going to help him, you have to stay calm." He said hold her as she struggled.

Cam looked at him, not having the strength to hold the tears. "How can I stay calm, he hasn't gotten up Mac, just tell me what's going on."

"He got hit pretty hard, knocked him out." He watched as she closed her eyes. He held her as she leaned into him. "He's gonna be fine."

Just then they heard a cheer, she lifted her head from Robbie to see some of the guys help him off the ice. Just then Herb walked up to her.

"I want you to go with him, make sure he's okay, keep him awake." Cam nodded and pulled away from Robbie.

"Thank you." He smiled at her nudged her. "Anytime, now go, he needs you. We'll take care of this guy." She nodded following Doc and the medical team towards the locker room.

She waited outside until Doc came out and told her it was okay for her to go in. She gave him a small smile before walking into the locker room. She rounded the corner and saw him sitting on one of the tables in his street clothes.

Without thinking she rushed towards him, hugging as silent tears rolled down her face. "Hey." He said with a hint of a smile. "Not to be a mood killer but your crushing my bad side."

Terrified she let go. "I'm so sorry Buzzy, I didn't mean to I just…"

"Hey now, it's fine…"

"I was so worried when you didn't get up, I stood there praying that you'd get up, and when you didn't I just felt…"

"Cam, I'm fine…" He said grabbing her and pulling her into a hug. "I just blacked out. No big deal. He came out of nowhere huh?" He asked chuckling into her hair.

She whimpered and buried her face deeper into his neck. "That's not funny Buzz, it could have been much worse."

"I know Cam, but I wasn't, I'm fine, you have nothing to worry about. Nothing is gonna keep me from you." He whispered to her kissing her temple.

Cam wiped away the tears that had began to fall. She'd been so terrified that day. That's when she'd realized she'd fallen in love with him.

She watched as he walked towards her, she couldn't help but smile when he glanced around before kissing her quickly. She blushed and watched as he sat down next to her at the picnic table, resting his knee against hers as some from of affection.

"How was practice?"

"The same as usual... we play the Denver Pioneers, next week."

Cam looked at him and sighed. "You guys aren't planning on doing anything are you. Look I know Landon scored a cheap shot but Buzzy let it go, please."

Buzzy laughed and looked at her. "I know, I won't, but I know he's gonna try something. I can feel it. That guy would do anything to get his hands on you."

Cam looked at him confused. "What do you mean, get his hands on me?"

"I know we're not together… yet, but he knows something is going on. He scored that shot to try and impress you. Mac said he kept looking up at you in the stands. That's why the guys and I didn't want you on the bench that night." He looked at slightly rubbing his knee against hers. "I just I don't wanna lose to some other guy because our little situation. Especially someone like that jackass."

She smiled and looked down at the table, repeating the motion he'd just done with his knee. "He is a jackass…" she turned slightly towards Buzz and rested her head in her palm. "You don't have to worry about it, you won't lose me, especially to someone like Landon, even in our little situation."

They sat there just staring at each other talking softly about their plans for the future.

Still sitting in the same spot Cam continued to think about the past.

Cam walked around the crowded living room, hold her cup slightly above her head. The music was so loud she could barely hear the people around her. She caught sight of Robbie and squeezed her way to him.

"Hey Mac, have you seen Buzzy?"

"Yeah he was outside, um… Pat came and got him. Said he had something to show him." Cam nodded made her way out the front door. She looked around seeing small groups of people here and there but no Buzz.

"Hey Cam."

"I seriously don't need this right now." She thought as she stopped . "Hey Chase, how are things?" She asked, trying not to be rude.

"Good, Hey you were great at the track meet yesterday. What'd you set a new record?"

"Yeah, something like that. Hey I don't wanna be rude, but I'm kinda looking for someone. But I'll uh… talk to you later." He nodded as she turned and made her way around the house to the back.

Taking a sip of her drink she was two people standing on the dock over the lake. She glanced around and noticed no one else seemed to notice them. Getting closer she saw it was a guy and a girl. Smiling at the fortune to be able to be together. She made her way over to some of her friends from the track team.

"Cam." She smiled and turned her attention to the people on the deck and noticed they were looking at her. Suddenly a light went off and she recognized one of the people, and she had a feeling that person knew her too.

"I just came to say goodnight guys, I'll… uh see you guys at practice." The watched her leave confused at her sudden change in mood.

Cam made her way through the house looking for one of her two best friends. She spotted Rammer getting kinda cozy with some girl. She was about to walk away, when he spotted her and called out to her.

"Cam, hey…" Seeing her, he got concerned and turned to the girl beside him. "Hey sorry to do this but I gotta go, my friend needs me." She looked shock and upset mumbling something under her breath as she watch Rammer leave with Cam.

"Let's go Rammer, quick." Not stopping to ask any questions he got in the car, starting up and head back home.

He'd made it through the house and back outside in enough time to see Rammer drive off. He'd gotten Robbie to drive him back. Now they both walked into the apartment to see Cam sitting on the couch staring at the floor, while Rammer sat in a recliner leaning forward on his elbows.

"Cam, can we talk please…" She quietly got up and walked towards his room without even looking at him

He sighed looking at Rammer and Robbie who both mouthed 'Good luck' to him before following her. She was sitting in his bed, the same way she'd sat on the couch.

"Cam it wasn't what you think. I was talking with Robbie and some of the other guys when Pat came and got me, said he had something to show me. He took me outside on to the deck, and there was this girl… I don't even remember her name. He introduced us and then left I didn't want to be rude and leave her, so I stayed for a second and she just started talking and talking and she'd get closer I didn't know what to do, but Cam you have to believe me nothing happened." He watched her waiting for her to answer him. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.

"Sure didn't look like you were just being nice."

"Cam."

"You could have told her, that you had someone, waiting for you. A girlfriend someone you were interested in and just wasn't interested in her at the moment. Anything." She said looking up at him.

"She would have told Pat, he would have asked, it would have brought up too many questions, Cam."

"Then maybe we should just, get it over with. Tell everyone what going on between us, or at least what we want to go on. I mean Rammer and Mac know, so do half the guys on the team. So what if the rest of the world knows."

He kneeled down in front of her taking her hands into his. "I just don't think it's the right time yet…"

She stood up paced around. "When's the right time, Buzzy! Twenty years down the line! How long do you expect me to wait Buzzy. You can go around and talk and flirt with all these girls and I have to sit by and watch, stay quiet and wait for you to feel like you wanna be with me. "

"Cam it's not like that, I've never flirted or done anything with any girl. You know that. So I talked to one girl tonight because I didn't want to be rude!"

"Well you know what Buzzy once sometimes is enough!" Cam shouted, got up pushing past Buzz and walked out the room.

Rammer and Robbie sat in the living room both in the same position Rammer had been in earlier. Buzz walked out and looked at them knowing they had heard everything.

"I'll um take her home." Rammer said grabbing his keys off the coffee table.

He was right it had only been that one time, she couldn't think of any other time she'd seen him talking to another girl that wasn't her, one of her friends, or someone she'd knew. Even then he kept the conversations short, always making sure Cam knew it meant nothing. She began feeling bad about it, told him he was free to be friends with anyone one he wanted regardless of her. He'd told her he did it because he want to, and would continued to.

Buzz walked into to see Cam sitting down knees pulled up to her chest staring out onto the ice through one of the windows. He made his way closer and sat down beside her. They sat in silence for a couple minutes before Buzzy broke the silence.

"I saw Landon outside."

"Worried he came to take what's yours."

Buzz looked at her. "I didn't know you were still mine."

"I'm not, Why are you so worried about Landon anyway?"

He tore his gaze away from her and looked out the same window she was. "You know why."

Cam turned and looked at him, for some reason he didn't look like the same Buzz she's always known. There was something about him, he looked sad. She couldn't help but feel guilty about it all, knowing she had something to do with it. She could see he was in deep thought about something.

"He came by to find out why he didn't make the team and all of you guys did. Asked if I had something to do with it. I told him it was all you guys, that you guys had heart and love for the game that he couldn't understand."

She was still looking at him when he turned to look at her. "You know… we love more then just hockey."

She smiled and nodded. "I know you do."

She bit her lip and looked back out of the window. He watched her for a couple seconds before following her lead. They sat there in silence each thinking about the other.