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Song by, The Force Md's, Tender Love... you all may be too young to know this one, but it's worth checking out, I danced to this one many times, awesome song... a classic.

chapter four

The next year time went by like a blur for Camille.

Between classes of all kinds - school, dance, voice, acting, and her vigilant non stop dedication to going on any auditions pertaining to all her various talents, she barely had time to sleep, never mind having any type of social life.

Bouncing back and forth from her home in LA to New York City, for work and other projects she was as ever hyper focused on her career while keeping up with her studies.

Life for Moose however went basically back to being the same as before his work on the previous two step up movies.

He studied hard in school, spent time with his close knit family and friends and of course danced whenever and wherever possible with his crew ACDC, and others that he had befriended through the years and from his acting gigs.

He basically hung out and had fun being a normal teenager, only now he was highly recognizable as the adorable dancer that everyone seemed to love from his exposure from the movies.

That wasn't the only difference from his life before, because now he was completely infatuated with a certain girl that he could just not forget no matter how hard he tried.

With the popularity of the movies Moose now had his pick of girls, a prize that any teenage boy would dream of attaining, but for him there was just one.

It was impossible for him to shake the bond that grew during those months of shooting the movie.

As hard as it is to believe, Moose was indeed outgoing and confident when the music was on and he was able to let go and just dance, but as far as being around crowds where he was forced to talk or sharing his feelings on an intimate level, he was very shy.

It was easy for him to put on the persona of Moose, he could just 'be' that funny, sweet character who used his talent to deflect from being the real person he was inside.

Besides his family and a few close guy friends, Camille was the only person he could be himself around, he told her things that he couldn't tell anyone, and he trusted her like no other.

When they were shooting he found himself wanting to be around her all the time, he knew he never felt this way about a girl before, but he had no idea just how much she had wrapped herself around his heart.

He missed her, in more ways than he could imagine.

He missed their friendship, how happy he felt when he was with her like they were the only two people in the world, he also missed other things.

He found himself dreaming of her, holding her close, kissing her slowly, intensely so much so that he'd wake with his heart pounding, all other girls were just background noise to him now.

At first he tried calling her but with the scope of work she was undertaking he usually never got passed her voicemail.

Camille always wanted to talk to him, but with her jam packed schedule it was nearly impossible.

She always returned his messages but their conversations were always whittled down to a quick five minutes because of time, making matters worse she was usually with a crowd of people running from one appointment to another leaving it hard for them to really talk.

He kept thinking of the last words he said to her on the day they wrapped, he wondered now if he just made a fool of himself.

"I'm falling for you… "

Those words haunted him, he just kept picturing her standing there staring at him as if she were a deer caught in headlights, maybe she was just a girl who was too nice to let a guy down hard.

In fact he now remembered what she did say as she looked out her window in her trailer, she mouthed 'I'm sorry', at first he thought she was apologizing for not having enough time for him, but now he was seriously considering the fact that it was her way of telling him that she didn't feel the same.

Either way he couldn't let her go, so he went on with his life and he stopped calling her, but he could see how an occasional text could hurt, just to make sure they kept in contact with each other.

He'd send her funny little messages to make her laugh, and crazy video's of him and his crew dancing in public places, playing pranks on unsuspecting fans or people just walking down the street, anything that would keep any connection with them going.

But it was never enough for him, he missed her horribly, it was clear his feelings for her were here to stay.

Then came the day that they were going to shoot a promotional video for the DVD release date.

It was mostly the dancers from the movie that came to help out with the video, they had a few people there to help with sound, set design, and hair and makeup, and that's when he met 'her'.

She was the complete opposite of Camille, she was a blonde blue eyed surfer who freelanced as a photographer.

She was there to take still promotional photo's for video stores and billboards, she also turned down the guys advances instantly, making it obvious she wasn't just a fan obsessed with the movies.

Seeing that it made it easier for him to talk to her, so when she politely walked up to him and asked if he could teach her some of his dance moves, it happened so often he thought nothing of it. Her name was Shelley, she was the typical laid back California surfer girl looking for nothing more than to have a good time and hang out basically drifting from one job to another to fund her airfare so she could go where the waves were.

But as laid back with life she was she had no problem making her intentions known to Moose as he innocently was led to a quiet space to soon discover that lessons wasn't what she was looking for.

It wasn't long before she had him up against the wall with her hands beneath his shirt smiling up at him with her big blue eyes that told him all she wanted him to know.

She was available, and she wanted him, now.

Staring down at her shocked he became suddenly very nervous.

He didn't know this girl at all, this was far from the innocent friendship that he had shared with Cam.

Laughing uncomfortably he gently held her hands in place preventing them from going any further as he struggled for something to say.

Confused the pretty blonde rose up on her toes and moved close until she was just barely a breath from his mouth.

"Is there a problem? Do you have a girlfriend."

Her voice was surgery sweet, slow and drawn out, again the total opposite of Camille's fast talking type A personality.

He thought about it as Shelley slipped her hands through his dark curls twisting them around her fingers as a sly smile edged along her pink lips.

His silence was all she needed, taking that as a no to her question.

Before he knew it she was kissing him, and he wasn't pushing her away.

In the back of his mind he knew he wasn't doing anything wrong, Camille never officially answered him when he told her how he felt, not only that she barely had time to even text him anymore.

All the same it didn't seem to matter to him, there was nothing wrong with Shelley, in fact she was hot and cool as hell at the same time, not all like the snobby girls he was used to running into that just wanted to talk to him because he knew the lead actors or the older dancers.

She was also an amazing kisser, and she was beautiful, besides he was young and unattached and there was no reason why this shouldn't be happening.

No reason at all, no reason except for the fact that all he could think of was Cam, and even if they weren't exclusive or even considered dating it didn't seem to matter.

Letting her down easy as only someone as sweet as he could, Moose explained that he had feelings for someone else and as pretty and cool as she was he just, couldn't.

Shelley just smiled and kissed him on the cheek, "For some reason you just made me like you more."

Taking his phone from his back pocket she placed her name and number in his contacts before handing it back to him.

"Listen if these 'feelings' should ever change call me, I'll give you… surfing… lessons."

It was blatantly obvious what she meant by 'lessons' as she gave him one last quick kiss before brushing her lips to his ear.

"I really like you Moose, I hope I get to see you again real soon."

Frustrated and confused Moose rushed home after a long day of shooting the video and ran into his room.

After jumping into the shower he got into bed still damp from the cold water he used to rid his mind of thoughts of Camille but it didn't work, nothing seem to.

Just then he got a call from director Jon Chu.

Moose had become very close with him over the past few movies, he was one of the few people that he confided in about his feeling for Camille.

Jon had heard through the grapevine that a bunch of actors were stuck at LAX after getting bumped off an overbooked flight, and she was one of them.

"Listen Moose, I know it's been impossible with her schedule for you two to hook up but this is your chance, go there, surprise her, I'm sure she'll love it, and who knows, maybe something will come out of it."

After thanking him a million times Moose immediately started rummaging through his drawers looking for the perfect song, the one he remembered her talking about one late night after rehearsals, it was old, but she loved it, and in that moment he knew he loved her. For some reason this time it wasn't scary, it was right, and he wasn't going to let her slip through his fingers.

After a short call to his good friend Rob, someone he had been close to for years, he was sure he had come up with something that would sweep her off her feet.

cMc

After getting everything ready, changing, and the one hour long trek to the airport, Moose ran through the huge building searching for her gate.

A group of his friends were busy outside blocking off a small area with their cars in an empty parking lot so they could set everything up for him.

Knowing he was short on time he found himself jumping over chairs, rushing by people accidentally bumping into them until he arrived at her gate which was more crowded than he expected.

But then threw a small group of kids closely talking flipping over pages that appeared to be a script he saw her.

She was lit up, so happy smiling like he'd never seen her before, she was dressed in skinny jeans with a red hoodie with her hair long and wavy all around her face, he felt as if he couldn't breathe.

Looking up at the time on the wall he quickly snapped out of it and yelled out her name.

"CAM!"

It took a few seconds but suddenly she heard him and frantically searched through the crowd until she found him.

"Moose!"

Waving her over he felt as if his heart would explode.

After saying a few words to the people she was with she ran passed everyone giving the same apologies he did until she reached him.

Practically throwing herself into his arms they hugged attracting tons of attention from everyone around them.

Taking her hand he quickly led her out of the building to the surprise he had waiting for her outside.

Out of breath they reached the small private circle blocked off from prying eyes thanks to his friends who made themselves scarce.

Around the circle were tiny white candles, and coming from the cars was a song that he grew up listening to from his older brother.

Taking her hand he led her out to the middle of the circle and spun her around until she was face to face securely within his arms.

For the first time he didn't feel nervous or awkward, he was sure of his feelings for her and by the look she gave him when she first saw him there was no doubt she felt the same.

Laughing completely stunned by what was happening Cam raised her arms around his neck and smiled.

"I don't understand, how did you know about my flight? How did you make all this happen so fast?"

Smiling seeing how happy he had made her he pressed his forehead to hers.

"Oh my god, is this tender love, by the Force MD's? I love this old song! How did you know that?"

Giving one of his classic toothy sweet grins he shrugged his shoulders, "You told me, just as you were falling asleep during our Monday movie night."

Her eyes widened shaking her head back and forth in disbelief, "You remembered that?"

Lowering his voice brushed his mouth just barely along her lips, "Of course I did, you're my chameleon, I know you better than anyone, don't you know that?"

Rising up on her toes she could really see him, still shocked that all this was happening she whispered softly sending him reeling.

"You're crazy, you know that right?"

Everything grew quiet except for the soft music playing in the background.

Here I lay all alone, tossin', turning

Longing for some of your tender Love

I'm waiting for the right moment to come

So I can thank you for all the tender love you've given to me

"If crazy means I get to be close to you, then I'll be completely insane, I don't mind."

Tender love, love so tender

Pulling me close to you, baby, I surrender

Looking around she couldn't believe that he had done all of this for her, she was at a loss for words, and so obviously so caught up in seeing him again.

Sighing he moved in closer brushing his lips against her cheek whispering how beautiful she was, and how much he had missed her.

Candles they light the dark

Now I see how lovely the feelings are

All the tender love you've given to me

Pulling back slowly he felt her shiver in his arms, everything was perfect, it was so worth all the heartache of missing her, all the months spent alone wondering if she felt the same, because now he knew.

I want you more and more, can't resist you

Ooh and then I feel your touch, tender love

Loving me straight from the heart, hold me nearer

Please let me be a part of the tender love you're giving to me

"Cam, I've missed you so much."

"I've missed you too Moose, I don't think I realized just how much until just now."

Slowly he moved in, he had to kiss her again, this moment was magic and he wasn't going to waste one minute.

Parting her lips she hesitated for a moment before giving in.

The kiss began slowly, but soon deepened as he moaned pulling her closer gliding his hands beneath her red sweatshirt needing so much to feel her skin.

Tender love, love so tender

Holding me close to you, baby, I surrender

Ooh yeah, surrender baby

She became breathless in his arms, melting into him, gasping softly as she felt his body respond to her.

She felt dizzy, lost, dancing, as he kissed her, touched her, she wanted more, she wanted this moment to never end.

Tender love

Please let me be a part

Tender love

Cradling her face with his hands he pulled away gasping for air.

"Cam, I know you're busy, and I know it's not going to be easy but I want to be - "

"Cam? Camille? Are you out here? Babe, our flight is boarding, we have to get going."

Hidden by the cars Moose stood speechless as her face fell, her eyes looking away from him down at her feet.

"Moose I had no idea you were going to be here, that this was going to happen, you totally caught me off guard."

"Camille? We gotta go!"

Sighing she raised her voice yelling over the music that was beginning to fade. "I'll be right there Jason, I'm just saying goodbye to a friend."

Closing his eyes Moose let his hands fall from her as he stepped back.

"Jason… so I take it he's your boyfriend."

Shaking her head she seemed rattled, confused.

"We've only been dating a few months, we met on set - "

Holding up his hand Moose turned to walk away, "Please, no details, besides I think I heard this one before."

"No, please, let me explain!" she tried to stop him but it was too late.

Turning away from her Moose took off passed the cars and running right into the chest of a six foot, dark haired guy with a buzz cut that looked as if he was in the marine's and could kick Moose's ass six ways till Sunday.

As if aware of everything Moose's friends were by his side but he took off with no idea where he was going.

Off in the distance he could hear her calling for him but he was too humiliated to stop, all he knew is that he would never ever put himself in that position again.

Once he was home he pulled out his phone and stared at Shelley's number, tomorrow he would call her, tomorrow everything would change.