Ok, so my computer decided to be mean and not save the edited version of this chapter which means that everyone has been reading the extremely rough draft of chapter 5. So let me apoligize, i truly am sorry, hopefully the chapter will still make sense but a lot has changes but neverthless enjoy. Italics still means song even though the song is different.

Disclaimer: I own none of the things you see on TV that also happen to be in this story.


Campbell POV

Mrs. Matlin kindly woke me up around 9:00 because she said she had to go to work and didn't want me to wake up all alone in the house. I ended up just sitting around and thinking all day. How am I going to go back to school tomorrow? There's no way I'm staying on the hockey team, I knew that much. But how am I going to face everyone. Plus if I'm not playing hockey, what's keeping me from leaving and going back home? Home, that reminded me of my parents. I should probably call them and let them know I'm okay. Mrs. Matlin said she only told my parents that there was incident involving me but she gave them no details because she really didn't have any. Suddenly, the door opened and I turned around to see Maya coming home from school.

"Hey Cam. How are you feeling?" she asked.

"I'm doing all right, nobody's home so I've been all alone all day."

"Yeah I'm sorry about that."

"Nah, it's alright. So how was school? Are they still talking about me?"

"School was… interesting and as for your problem, well, Taylor took care of it."

"Wait, what do you mean he took care of it?" I asked nervously.

"He told everybody the truth, or at least what he wants people to think is the truth."

"Really, what did he say?"

"Well he came out to the rest of the school and then said that he kissed you and that you had no idea what was going on and that it was all his fault and that he was trying to take responsibility for his actions. So now he's dealing with all the bullying, especially from the hockey team, all alone. On the bright side I think that that means the hockey team believed his story and they might leave you alone." Maya shrugged.

"Yeah, right…" Taylor never ceases to amaze me. It's like he just doesn't have a limit as to how much suffering he can take. His loyalty to us, his friends, and his willingness to take the blame for everything just so I don't have to deal with it. I guess that's probably why I like him so much. Wait. What the heck am I saying? I don't like him any more than friend, I just don't. I have to get these thoughts out of my head.

"So are you going to come to the dance with me, Tori, Taylor, and Zig? We're all going to cheer for Tristan when he sings for the LGBT club's performance."

"There's an LGBT Club? I'm surprised Taylor's not in that."

"He is. Well that's where he is right now anyway. He and Tristan went to a meeting today to assign parts for the performance."

"Wonder what they're up to right now?" I said.


OC POV

"I still don't think this is a good idea." I told Tristan for the umpteenth time.

"Oh come on. Don't be such a nervous Nelly. You'll do fine." He assured me.

"Well it's not like you gave me much of a choice."

"Well how was I supposed to know that I needed a partner to audition with?"

"I don't know but you couldn't have used anyone else?"

"Next up Taylor Garcia and Tristan Milligan." We heard the judges call.

"Alright well it's too late now so let's blow the roof off this place." Tristan said enthusiastically.

"I can only do my best so no promises."


"I can't believe you." Tristan said angrily as we walked into Maya's house.

"How was I supposed to know that was going to happen?" I responded.

"Come on girls, you're both pretty so stop fighting and tell me what happened?" Maya said.

Tristan just huffed and walked right back out the door.

"Wow, he seems really pissed off." Cam said.

"Ok now I really need to know what happened." Maya said,

"Well, I may have gotten the lead role opposite to the one Tristan auditioned for…" I started.

"Oh that's all. Then why is he so mad?" Maya interrupted.

"Well he may not have gotten the role he wanted. They made him an extra in the background so he quit." I admitted.

"Ok then. First off Congrats and give me a hug." We hugged quickly and then released as she continued,"And second don't worry too much about Tristan he'll probably be over it tomorrow." She said as she smiled.

"I'll try not to," I said to Maya before I switched my attention to Campbell, "So how are you holding up?"

"I'm doing alright I guess. I just feel like I should say thank you." He said to me with a knowing smile.

"Thank you for what?" I asked curiously.

"Maya explained to me what you did for me today at school and I just wanted to say thanks, you didn't have to do that you know."

"I know but I wanted to."

We just stared into each other's eyes for a while before Maya interrupted, "Will you two just kiss already?"

"Huh, oh sorry about that I just… I just kind of zoned out." Cam said while blushing furiously.

"Me too. Sorry." I said awkwardly as I started to leave in embarrassment.


Campbell POV

The week had gone by pretty fast actually. I hadn't seen Taylor much outside of class because he was way too busy preparing for his performance. At least our group was back together since Tristan and Taylor made up. I know all of us were proud of Taylor for getting the lead role but he wouldn't talk much about what went down at rehearsals. As for me, I didn't really talk to the hockey team much outside of practice. Most of them treated me exactly the same as before the incident, save for Luke. I couldn't shake this feeling that he knew Taylor lied but I managed to bury my suspicions in the back of my head. Currently, I was getting ready for the dance with Maya.

"So how do I look?" asked Maya as she entered my room behind me.

"I'm sure you look… whoa." I said as I turned around shocked at what I saw, "You look beautiful."

"Aww you're so nice. Don't look so surprised, though. Sheesh, I know I'm not the prettiest but you don't have to act like I just transformed into a super model."

I blushed as I finally looked away.

"So are we going or what? Tori, Zig, and Tristan are waiting for us at the entrance." Maya stated.

"Oh right, then we better get going."


When we arrived, Tori, Zig, and Tristan were indeed waiting for us.

"Finally! Now let's get this show on the road." Said Tori as we headed inside.

We just hung out for most of the night. We danced and had a lot of fun. After a while, Maya and Zig left saying that they needed to get ready to perform with their band Whisperhug after the LGBT performance. So that left me with Tori and Tristan.

"Hey we should get closer to the stage so we can see our friends better." I suggested.

"Yeah you're probably right." Said Tori and Tristan.

As soon as we got in front of the stage Fiona Coyne walked onto the stage.

OC POV

"Alright so how is everybody doing tonight?" Fiona asked the crowd who just cheered in response.

"That's great. So we have two amazing performances tonight and we are going to start with our LGBT club's performance so give them a round of applause for their performance."

"All right here we go." I whispered to myself and my co-star, Alex, as I got into my position and he began playing the piano I was sitting on:

Ohh

yeah, yeah

The situations turns around enough to figure out
That someone else has let you down
So many times I don't know why
But I know we can make it as long as you say it

So tell me that you love me yeah
And tell me that I take your breath away
And maybe if you take one more than I would know for sure
There's nothing left to say
Tell me that you love me anyway

Tell me that you love me anyway
Ohhh

Waking up beside yourself and what you feel inside
Is being shared with someone else
Nowhere to hide I don't know why
But I know we can make it
As long as you say it

So tell me that you love me yeah
And tell me that I take your breath away
And maybe if you take one more than I would know for sure
There's nothing left to say
Tell me that you love me anyway

Show me look what we found turn it around every day
I can hear what you say
Know I know why know we can make it
If tell me that you love me yeah
And tell me that I take your breath away
And maybe if you take one more

So tell me that you love me yeah
And tell me that I take your breath away
Maybe if you take one more then I would know for sure
There's nothing left to say
Just tell me that you love me anyway

The crowd started cheering for us. Wow, that was intense. I couldn't help but feel weird though. Throughout the song things really heated up between me and Alex, especially because we finished the song right in front of each other, staring into each other's eyes. I mean I don't have any feelings for him but we must have been pretty convincing because the crowd kept cheering: "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" and Alex whispered to me, "For the fans?" and I responded, "For the fans." And we kissed. It was pretty quick, a lot like a stage kiss, but it was good enough for the crowds. I looked toward where I had seen Tori, Tristan, and Cam earlier but when I found them I noticed Cam was missing. I mouthed to Tori, "Where is Cam?" she looked around and gave me a shrug meaning that she didn't know. We were finally allowed off the stage and Maya's band started playing. I quickly changed into the clothes I had brought for the dance and when I walked out of my dressing room I ran into someone.

"Oh I'm so sorry, I was in a rush and didn't see you there, wait… Cam is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me. Sorry about that."

"It's fine. I was just going to go look for you. Tori said she didn't notice you leave and I was worried that something happened."

"Oh believe me, something happened. Can we talk in private?" he said motioning to the stage hands that were wandering about.

"Umm yeah. Here come in my dressing room." I asked.

"So… what did you want to talk about?" I asked Cam while i motioned for him to sit down next to me.

"I wanted to ask you a question." He started.

"Well, ask away."

"Well it was kind of about your song. When you were singing it felt kind of like you were saying it to me and i just wanted to know if that was true."

"Look, I know I got kind of in too my song," I began, " but I didn't mean for it to sound like i was trying to get a response out of you." I lied horribly.

"You know, you're a horrible liar."

"Only when i try." I joked.

"Ok well moving on to what happened. When i saw you up there performing with that Alex guy. I don't know something felt... weird inside me. I felt jealous that he could be up there with you and i couldn't."

"Wait, what are you trying to say?" I said hopefully.

"I'm trying to say that now i know what i have to do." He placed his hand on the back of my head and with that he pulled me in and kissed me passionately. He pulled away after a while, out of breath and continued, "Taylor, I love you. I love you more than anyone I have ever met, but I couldn't accept it until now and I was just so worried what everyone else would think and..."

"Cam," I interrupted.

"Yes,"

"Shut up." I smiled as I kissed him again.

"Hey Taylor, have you seen… whoa." Maya interrupted as Cam pulled away. Man she had a knack for interrupting me.

"Umm when you guys are done, the dance is over so I'll just be waiting for you guys outside." She said.

"Ok, we'll be outside in a second." I said.

"Man she always seems to be interrupting us."

"Oh my God, I was just thinking the exact same thing." We both burst out laughing.

After we calmed down I asked, "So… what does this make us?"

"Well, I was hoping we could be… you know?" He blushed.

"Actually I don't." I joked.

"Oh come on I know you know."

"Yeah but how do I know your serious if I don't hear you say it."

"Alright then. Taylor Garcia, will you be my boyfriend?"

"Of course I will." I smiled, "We better get going though, don't want to keep Maya waiting too long."

"Yeah, you're right. So is it okay if I come over and hang out at your place tomorrow?"

"Yeah sure i don't see why not." I said as we walked out of the gym.

"Hey guys." Maya said.

"Hey Maya." Cam said.

"Why are those guys staring at us?" I asked as I motioned to some guys standing by the corner.

"They're probably just some homophobes who saw your performance, just ignore them." Maya said.

"Well I say, why don't we give them something to stare at?" Cam said to me as he grabbed my hips and pulled me closer to him.

"Why not?" I said as I put my arms around his neck and kissed him as passionately as I could.

"Alright guys, they left now. You can stop," Maya said, "Hello? Guys? Come on now. You guys seriously need to stop now."

I pulled myself away from Cam at that point. "Sorry Maya." I said.

"It's fine. But friendly tip, don't do that in front of your mom next time."

"What?" I said as I turned around and saw my mom in her car.

"Oh my God." I said.

"You better go, I'll text you later." Cam said finally letting me go.

"Ok. I'll talk to you later." And I got into my mom's car.

"Someone has a lot of explain to do." My mom half said, half sung as I closed the door.

Humph, I said in my mind. And I started telling my mom the whole story.


Campbell POV

"So you and Taylor finally got together?" Maya said.

"Yeah, I just can't believe it took me seeing him kiss another guy to get me to accept the way I feel about him."

"So what now?"

"I don't know but I figure that the worst is over now." I said.

"Oh Cam, Cam, Cam, you're so cute." Maya said while nodding her head.

"What?"

"Nothing. Come on, it's time to head home." Maya said.

"Wait, what did you mean?" I asked as we started walking to Maya's house.

"Look, your relationship with Taylor is just barely starting and just like any normal relationship, you guys are going to have your ups and your downs except with both of you guys being... well guys, that's probably going to make things harder. On top of all that, you guys have to deal with other people putting you guys down because you're both guys." Maya said.

"Wow, I did not think about it like that. Do you think that Taylor and I will be able to get through everything?"

"Well Cam, if you really think about it, it all comes down to one question: Do you love him? If you love him, you'll get through this together, but you have to truly love him, and he has to feel the same way about you."

"Alright well I guess we have to wait and see where me and Taylor go I guess." I said as we finally got back to Maya's house.

"I guess that's just the way life works." Said Maya as we entered her house.

"Campbell?" said a woman sitting in the living room.

"Mom?" What was she doing here? She was the last thing on my mind right now. Oh no, how am I going to explain my relationship with Taylor to her? What if she doesn't understand and disowns me? I don't think I could take that.

"Oh honey it's so good to see you again." She said as she hugged me.

"Yeah, you too mom. Umm, so why did you comeall the way up to Toronto?"

"I came because we heard that you were kicked out of the place you were staying at and that you were staying here. Then we waited here with Mr. and Mrs. Matlin waiting for you and Maya to get back so that we could talk."

"About what?"

"About you moving back home."

Yay! Campbell and Taylor finally got together. So the song I picked first was "Finally Falling" from Victorious but that was because my mind blanked and i couldn't reme,ber this song when i first wrote this chapter. Anyway the song is now "Just Tell Me That You Love Me" because I felt like it kind of fit the situation like how Taylor loves Cam and Cam loves him back except that he didn't want to accept it so he tried to bury it and put it away forever so Taylor sings this to get Cam to accept himself for who he is and to help him get over his sexuality issues. So now we have run into Cam and Taylor's first issue as a couple: Possible Seperation. What will Cam do: will he tell his mom the truth and stand up for his relationship with Taylor? Or will he give in and move back home and away from Taylor? Only time will tell with the next chapter which will hopefully be up later this week. Yeah i suddenly got swamped with a bunch of work, it's going to be my senior year so i'm planning for college and my AP classes so i will try to update but i am making no promises. Until then.