Authors Note: Sorry getting this chapter up took so much time, but I had the next chapter planned out, I just wanted to fill in the story with some more of the background between Rammer and Cam, and keeping in with the theme lately of games in Miracle stories… I added one.
Together
Chapter Five: Little Buddy
It was a Saturday night, and the boys were sitting around Rammers room doing absolutely… nothing. Rammer was sitting on his bed, his back against the head board, he glanced around the room and noticed that the guys were just glancing around at each other.
Strobel and Wells both stood up from their spots on the floor. "Well we're gonna head back to our room, get some sleep or something."
Rammer nodded and waved to them as they left the room. Silk looked over at a sleeping Buzz. He was sitting on the floor, his back against the wall, and his arms crossed at his chest.
"How can he sleep like that?" Pav asked looking at Buzz.
"No idea, but if we have to be bored, so does he." Silk got up and walked over towards Buzz and nudged him with his foot. "Hey Buzzy, get the hell up."
Buzz woke up and looked up at Silk. "Was there something you wanted?"
Silk looked thoughtful for a second before shaking his head. "Nope not really."
The guys laughed when Buzz mumbled something and rubbed his eyes. "So what are we gonna do besides kick me?"
"Want to head out to Mario's?" Verchota asked looking over at the guys.
A chorus of no's sounded through the room just as Cam walked in. "No what?"
"Hey Cam." Rammer said giving her a small wave, followed by unenthusiastic hello's from the guys.
"Well I feel the love. What are you guys doing anyway?"
"Just what you see… absolutely nothing." Robbie said tossing another card into Rammers helmet.
She shrugged. "Cool." Taking off her Jacket she sat next to Rammer on his bed and crossed her feet at the ankles and joined the guys as they looked around, Verchota was picking at his jeans, Pav was reading some magazine she didn't recognize. Buzz looked half asleep, while Silk looked somewhat spaced out, Jack just sat looking out of the window. The only sound that could be heard were the cards Robbie was tossing. After what seemed hours to Cam, which were only mere seconds, she spoke up. "Okay boys seriously… this sucks."
"Well there isn't much else to do." Pav said tossing aside the magazine he's been glancing at.
She sat biting her lip for a couple seconds, before jumping up and standing on the bed. Which caused all the guys too look up at her. Rammer who was on the bed with Cam was now sitting in the bed next to it looking up at her confused.
"We can play tag."
"What are we like 5?"
"Oh, come one Jack, we can use water guns or water balloons." She said animatedly, throw her hands up in the air.
"I don't know, seems like a lot of work. We're all kinda tired." Silk replied. "I mean… look at Buzzy, he can't even stay awake."
"I'm awake." Buzz shot Silk an annoyed look. "…Now."
"Cam we haven't played since what… 3rd grade."
"I know Mac, but look we've got the whole campus, not to mention the whole team. We can even let some of the students join in if they want… oh! And I can call some of my friends."
"Sounds fun." Pav said stretching his legs out.
Verchota stood up and walked over to Cam resting on her shoulder. "Yeah this could be cool."
"Cam remember when were in the 5th grade and that Jeremy kid hit you in the face with a water balloon. You remember what you did to him?"
She pouted and shifted her weight. "No."
"No?" Rammer stood beside Verchota and laughed. "You shoved snow down the front of his pants… he almost lost his little buddy to frost bite."
"I did no such thing." She crossed her arms and looked away from him as the guy stifled their laughs.
"Cam… the kid moved to Florida to get away from you." Mac said causing to finally laugh out loud.
She rolled her eyes at them. "He deserved it… but that besides the point." She said staring Rammer down before continuing. "Come on I promise I won't do that you guys. I mean there's not even snow yet."
"What group of sick kids would throw water balloons at each other in the middle of winter?" Jack questioned.
Rammer, Robbie and Cam slowly raised their hands. "It was a rhetorical question, but thanks for clearing that up."
Cam winked at Jack. "Anytime Boston boy. So… come on boys, what'd ya say?"
"Sure why not."
Cam squealed and hugged Silk. "Hey we agreed before him and we didn't get hugs." Verchota said point to him and Pav.
"I am so sorry sir." Cam batted her eyelashes at him before giving him and Pav hugs.
"Well now that that's taken care of, lets get started." Buzz stood up and headed for the door with the rest of the guys.
"Stop!" Buzz stopped suddenly causing Robbie to run into him.
"Buzzy!"
"What? She said stop." Robbie shook his head and looked over at Cam.
"You guys go get the water balloons and stuff ready. Me, Rammer and…" She looked at all the guys before pointing at Pav. "Pav, will go get the other guys."
They nodded and walked towards the stairs while the rest headed towards the other guys rooms. "Should I feel bad that she didn't pick me?" Jack asked looking back at the other three.
Robbie patted his shoulder. "Look at this way, you can always get her with a water balloon later."
Jack looked down at himself before looking back at Robbie with a serious face. "Hey, I happen to be very fond of my little buddy… we've had some great times."
The guys stopped and looked back at Jack.
"I'm sure you have O.C." Buzz said sending Jack an amused look.
Rammer ducked behind one of the brick walls, he turned and put a finger to his lips. Telling Cam who was in a fit of giggles to shut up. She nodded and covered her mouth with her hands as he took a quick look. Their game of tag quickly turned into a full on water balloon war. They had just drenched Jimmy and now were on the run from him and his "Boston Boys" as they dubbed themselves.
"Okay on my mark, follow me. We're gonna run straight ahead, hide behind the statue for a couple, then continue towards the math building." She nodded her mouth still covered. "Good. Stay close."
He counted to three before taking off, followed by Cam. They were half way to the statue when a balloon hit Rammer in the leg causing him to almost loose his footing. "Oh shit."
"Rammer!" Cam yelled running up to him, she grabbed his arm and continued to run towards the math building. They narrowly missed running down a group of students as they ran into the building. They received strange looks as they walked through the halls, with backpacks strapped to their chests and breathing hard.
"You okay?" She asked looking back at him.
"Yeah, that was close, but my pants are sticking to me now." Rammer said shaking is leg.
Cam looked down at his pant leg and laughed. "I think it's because that one was filled with orange juice."
The look on his face was one sheer horror. "Oh someone is gonna die tonight!"
Cam laughed and carefully opened one of the doors leading back outside. She glanced around and didn't see anyone. She motioned Rammer to follow her as she opened the door wider. Just as she stepped out a storm of water balloons began hitting her and Rammer. She screamed and tried to hide behind Rammer who was trying to use her as a shield. Once it stopped she and Rammer stood soaked from head to toe.
Wiping her hair out of her face she looked up to see the "Boston Boys" standing in front of them laughing and cheering.
"Hey Cam the drowned rat look, works well on you."
"Yeah you just want me to take off my backpack so you can see my wet top Silky."
Silk shrugged and winked at Cam. "I try." They laughed and began running away.
"You know Cam… we need some better planning." Rammer said shaking the water out of his ear.
She briefly closed her eyes before looking over at him. "You think."
Just as she was about to go down the four steps she saw. Buzz, Harrington, Pav, Dave, Mark and Robbie walking towards them.
"Oh shit!" She said grabbing Rammer and pulling him behind some tress as the other guys hid behind one of the concrete fence once they caught sight of her. She watched as they peeked over the fence, looking directly at her and Rammer. "Should we join up with them?" Cam asked looking back at Rammer.
"I think we should, we have a better chance against the Boston Boys if we do." Rammer said making quotation marks with his fingers when he said Boston Boys.
"Okay…" Cam walked out from behind the tree with her hands up. "We just wanna talk. And I swear if one of you hits me…" She heard Rammer cough and rolled her eyes. "Or Rammer, and there will be hell to pay… even if I have to wait until winter to get you guys back!"
She watched as they disappeared back behind the fence, for a couple seconds before reappearing. "You've got yourself a deal." Harrington said as they came out from behind the wall.
"Rammer you can come out." Cam yelled back towards the tree, where Rammers head peeked out from. He gave a small laugh as he walked towards the guys.
"What happen to you guys?" Pav asked looking at the two.
"The Boston Boys?" Dave asked tugging at his shirt.
"Yep… let me guess they got you guys too?" Cam questioned looked at them. They nodded uncomfortable tugging at their clothes. "I say we get them back!" Cam said sternly as she hit the palm of her hand with her fist.
"How?" Robbie questioned looking at her oddly.
"I have no idea!" She said with same enthusiasm. "But we'll do it!" She turned around and began walking towards the dorms.
The Boston Boys walked around campus looking around as they went. They ducked into one of the dorms, standing around the lobby.
"So what do you think they'll do now?" Rizzo asked looking around the lobby.
"If I know Cam and I think I just might have her figured out a bit… she's gonna kill us." Silk replied looking over at Jack. "Say goodbye to little buddy."
"What?"
"Long story Jimmy."
"Well what do we do now? Hide all night?" Jimmy asked looking at his watch.
"Well it's already 2am. We've been out here running around for about 3 hours."
"That's long ass time Silky... I say we head to the dorms."
They all agreed and headed back to the dorms. Once in the hallway they all said their goodbyes. Jack and Rizzo laughed about the nights events as they opened the door to their room only to be soaked. They stood stunned until they heard yells coming from down the hall. They ran down the hallway to see Silk and Jimmy standing at their room doors just as soaked.
"She just had to put ice in the buckets." Silk mumbled as he shook and walked into his room.
Cam and Rammer laughed when they heard the screams. She was heading for the door when Rammer stopped her.
"Where you going?"
"Home." She said looking at him confused.
"No you're not, your staying here. It's late, the boys and your dad would have my ass if I let you go and something happened to you." He said tossing her some of his clothes.
"Blah, Blah, blah, and what do you think my parents are gonna say when I don't come home?"
"Nothing, they know there's nothing between us." He said taking off his shirt.
Cam laughed and shook her head. "Turn around."
"I'll do you one better I have to use the restroom." Rammer said walking towards the door.
Cam waited until he shut the door before changing. She laid her clothes out on the desk to dry. Sighing she pulled down the covers and got in the bed. She closed her eyes but sat up when she heard the door open. Rammer walked in and locked the door behind him.
"I took the left side." Cam said laying down and closing her eyes.
"I see that." Rammer got in bed and turned off the light. He laid there looking up at the ceiling.
"Just say it Rammer."
She heard him chuckle. "What's going on with you and Buzzy? He came in the other night really happy. Now he either got laid, which if he did, I shouldn't have just told you, but I doubt it, because it's Buzzy and he wouldn't do that… or it was because of you."
Smiling she turned onto her back and looked at the ceiling with him. "Well, I was sitting in one of the rooms just thinking about Buzzy and me. He walked in and we just sat in silence."
"What were you thinking of?"
"When Buzzy got hurt…"
"He's been hurt a couple times, you gotta be specific."
"When Landon knocked him out."
"Oh, what made you think of that?"
"Landon."
"What made you think of Landon?"
"The fact that he came by that day."
"I heard about that."
"Yeah well we talked for a couple seconds. Anyway Buzzy saw me talking with him. I know it didn't sit well with him. But I thought about a bunch of stuff, like the fight we had after the party and some other stuff. But he came in and sat beside me. Said he saw Landon. I got kinda sassy with him, and asked him if it was because he was afraid Landon was gonna take what was his. He said he didn't know I was still his."
"You told him you weren't."
She smiled at him and nodded. "Then I told him what I told Landon…"
"And that was?"
"Well he came to find out why you guys made the cut and he didn't. I told him it had to do with heart and love of the game. I told Buzzy and he said that you guys love more then just hockey. I knew what he was implying. I told him I knew and that was it. We sat in silence for a while. Just thinking."
"So he basically said he loved you."
"Yep."
"So you guys getting back together?... When I say that I mean, are you guys talking about being together like before?"
"I know what you meant and no."
Rammer turned onto his elbow to look at her. "He said he loved you."
"Rammer him not loving me was never the problem." She said looking at him. "It was him wanting to be with me."
"You know he does."
"Him saying and actually doing are two different things."
"So what's gonna happen to you guys now?"
"I don't know, we haven't really talked since before tryouts."
"Cam, that's kind of messed up."
She sighed before turning on her side to face him, she tucked her arm under her head as a pillow. "I know but it's just so hard Mike."
Rammer pulled her into a hug. "Seeing how you just called me Mike, and you only do that when you're depressed or angry with me. I think we should get to bed."
"We are in bed…"
"And now you've crossed in to smart-ass." He pulled away and smiled down at her. "Everything's gonna be okay, it'll all work out I promise."
Cam nodded and gave him a small smile. "Thank you."
"Anytime Cam. Get some sleep."
"Good night." Cam said turning back to her other side.
"Good night." Rammer turned on to his back and fell asleep
Cam woke up and stretched her arms out until she hit something.
"Awe, shit Cam. You just couldn't wake me up like a normal person." Rammer said holding his nose.
She chuckled and sat up. "I'm sorry Rammer. I kinda forgot where I was for a sec."
"Keep it down over there."
Cam looked over shocked to see Baker sitting up in his bed. "Hey, Baker, you made it in I see. What time?"
"Sometime after 3, I met this girl, thanks to you and your impromptu water balloon war."
She was leaning on her elbows looking over at him. "Anytime Bakes." She said winking at him.
He laughed and fell back onto the bed. "So Cam can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"What are you doing in Rammer's bed?"
"Sleeping, I wasn't allowed to drive home this morning so I crashed here. You know I could have just taken your bed."
Baker wiggled his eyebrows at her. "I would have loved to come back to that."
"I bet."
Cam looked over at Rammer and laughed. "You did."
Rammer grinned pushing Cam lightly on the shoulder. "Not as much as you."
"I say we get up and go get some breakfast." Cam said getting up.
"Sounds good, might as well get up now." Baker got up, only his boxers on, showing a little more then Cam cared to see peeking through.
"Baker think fast." She said covering her eyes.
He looked confused and then looked down, suddenly covering himself up. "Whoa, got a good look huh?" He said giving a small chuckle.
"Baker!"
He laughed and put on a pair of pants before walking up to her and patting her on the back. "I'm decent now."
She shook her head and glanced to see Rammer still on his bed. "Come on! I'm hungry."
"Where do you wanna go?"
"Mario's. I want pancakes, bacon, sausage, with hash brown and cheese. Um… oh a fruit salad. With orange juice… yeah that sounds good."
Rammer laughed and got up grabbing a bag and her arm. "Come on, I forgot how much you can eat."
"Where are we going?" Cam asked as Rammer pulled her down the hallway.
"To get cleaned up so we can go."
"But I don't have…"
"You've always used my deodorant and I have an extra toothbrush."
"You think of everything." Cam said taking the toothbrush he handed her.
"Here's some toothpaste, oh and we use the girls restroom, since it's just the team on this floor. So um, you might see more then just Baker today." Rammer said laughing as they walked into the bathrooms.
"Shut up." She placed her toothbrush on the sink counters and walked into the stalls. "Hey these are pretty clean. Who cleans them?"
"We do." He heard her flush the toilet and step out as Robbie walked in.
"Hey Cam." He said walking into one of the stalls. She washed her hands and smiled at Rammer. Who gave her a toothpaste filled smile. She was about to start brushing her teeth when Robbie suddenly came back out of the stall. "Cam, what are you doing here?"
"I stayed with Rammer last night."
"Oh…" Robbie yawned and walked back into the stall.
She laughed and started brushing her teeth. Her and Rammer stood brushing their teeth and lightly pushing each other for a about a minute, until Robbie came out. She washed her face and was about to say something when Rammer cut her off.
"I got a plain white undershirt in my suitcase and a pair of sweats, you can use those until you go home."
"Thanks Rammer. Mac, you wanna go to breakfast with us?"
"Sure. Mario's?"
"Yep." He nodded and she walked towards the door.
"I'll go back and change, let you guys do, your guy stuff." She laughed when rammer threw a towel at her.
Meadow567 – Thanks, I'm trying to stay on a updating schedule lol.
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