The next week went almost without change for Cam, she would go to work and her days, she now only worked three times a week which was fine with her because it gave her more time to study and help Natalie with her program. However for Jacob and Kirsten things started to change, everything started the next Monday. As usual, Jacob opened the coffee shop with Bruce, the days for each helper change each week, and they were chatting about a basketball game when the door from the coffee shop announced the arrival of their first customers of the day.
To Jacob´s surprise, their first customer was Moose. He did a double take when the tall boy appeared a little cleaner than usual which wasn't exactly hard to do because honestly he usually looked very unclean when he used to come this early before. Did Kirsten lie to him about her schedule? He didn't understand what other reason would bring the boy back to the coffee shop at this hour apparently trying to look more presentable. "Hey man, what's up?"
Moose looked at Jacob and walked his way but he could see that the boy was scanning the coffee shop for someone else, yeah Kirsten must have lied to him about her schedule, poor sucker. The boy told him that he was just passing by which already told Jacob that he was an awful liar, nobody just passes by a coffee shop at 6 am which is way out of their normal root. While Moose kept scanning the coffee shop looking for someone, Kirsten, he started rambling about needing coffee and asking Jacob if he had a good time on Saturday. Taking pity on him, Jacob decided to sell him a small coffee and tell him that he indeed had a great time and was planning to come back someday with some friends.
Of course, at the mention of friends Moose attention focus on him entirely. "That's great. We really survive because of people that tell their friends about the place, we don't have much publicity aside of that and some facebooks posts. So feel free to come with as many friends as you want. Oh, and talking about friends where are the girls?"
Jacob wanted to chuckle that guy was not smooth at all but at least, he had the decency to asked for both his friends and not just say, Kirsten. Last Saturday Jacob had decided that he will talk to Cam about her obvious infatuation with an afro dude, she needed to move on because honestly a guy that couldn't see how amazing she was doesn't deserve to have her affection. The hardest thing about this conversation was going to be having Cam admit that he like Moose first but he was ready to spend as much time as needed on this subject. His train of thought got interrupted when the bell at the door started sounding announcing more people getting into the cafeteria he told Moose that everyone was ok but to excuse him because Bruce needed help with the clients.
Moose tried unsuccessfully to get some more information from Jacob but the guy just ignored him, defeated the boy went out of the coffee shop, at least, this time, it only cost him a coffee to have information. He took a tentative sip and shook his head while walking to a trash can and dumping the cup there, he definitely didn't like coffee.
Later that day Cam went to the vault and had a great time helping Natalie, the girl told her that in two weeks she was going to go out of town to visit her family and ask Cam if she was up to taking charge of the program for that week. Cam hesitate to accept not because she didn't like the idea but because she needed to clear with Jacob that she could take another week of shifts off. Sure they still owe her some time for the amount of extra time she had put in but she didn't like to take this decision without asking her boss first. She told Natalie about her doubts and the girl assured her that it would be ok if she couldn't take the time off, they would close the program for the week but things would go back to normal the next one.
After a quick lunch with Natalie and some of the pirates Hair, the pirate that usually walked her to the train, asked Cam if she wanted to practice with them and she accepted. An hour later she was laughing laying on the floor of the rehearsal room while some of the guys goof around with some moves, she really felt like she was just hanging out with Ty. The end of the rehearsal came and she finally changed into her regular clothes and while walking out of the vault she heard voices coming from the kitchen. Cam was going to walk in to say her goodbyes but then she heard HIS voice and stopped.
Luke and Moose were in the kitchen talking when the first one asked the other why did he look so tired. " I went to the coffee shop earlier today but only Jacob was there. I tried to ask her about the others but he was busy, I thought she had a shift today."
Cam didn't stay to hear more, of course, Moose had gone to looked for Kirsten she had to give it to her friend she was sending clear signals that she didn't want anything to do with him. Everyone knew their schedule for the next week on Friday so the girl lied to him and he had proof yet again how interested he was in trying to be with her. She moved to open the door of the vault and found herself admitting what everyone else kept telling her or, at least, hinting at her, she like Moose.
With a heavy sighed she went on her way to class and spend the rest of her day trying to map a strategy to make her mind stop thinking about a guy who obviously had his in someone else. Agh if only the girl he liked was annoying but hey Kirsten was awesome so at least he had good taste.
Back at the vault, Luke notice how his friend wasn't mentioning Kirsten by name but he seemed to be talking about someone who worked at the coffee shop so he can only assume one thing. Moose was finally starting to pay attention to Cam and that brought a huge smile on his face, he knew those two were going to be the cutest couple ever!. Yes, Natalie made fun of him when he told what he thought of his friends but he couldn't contain his excitement however he needed to play it cool. "So Kirsten wasn't at work today, maybe tomorrow then."
Moose turned to looked at him with a confused look in his eyes and then his demeanor changed and he seemed to be blushing a little. "I.. I was actually talking about Cam. I know Kirsten schedule I asked her on Saturday before well before everything went to hell."
Luke knew that something had happened on Saturday when the blonde girl had fled the vault without her friends choosing to wait outside in the rain rather than inside with his friend. He decided that this was his opening to know what had happened that day and so he ask Moose. His friend hit his head on the table a couple of times before answering him. Apparently, he had tried to show Kirsten how amazing he thought she was attending to her every need but as the night run its course it was clear that she just wasn't interested in him at all.
After he tried to show off his moves the girl ask him for a drink and promptly disappear he finally found her talking to some guy who he thought she was flirting with. So he basically, storm where they were and proceed to make an ass out of himself because it was ok if she wasn't interested in him, well it wasn't but he could get over it. However, it was another thing that she actually took the opportunity to flirt with some random guy, she should, at least, try to be pleasant and wait until another day to try to go out with someone.
Now after he made a speech about this to Kirsten in front of everybody that surrounded them the guy she was talking to proceed to introduce himself as her cousin and with a sardonic smile he shook Moose's hand and then give Kirsten a peck and told her he would see her soon. Moose turned alarmed and ashamed to looked at Kirsten but she just held her hand up telling him to stop and move pass him.
Luke sat in front of Moose looking shocked for what his friend just told him, of course, the girl was mad at his friend and, to be honest, he was dense if he ever thought that he could sway Kirsten to like him. Of course, he value his friend and knew that the right girl would realize his value, cof cof Cam, but Kirsten had been very frontal about her feelings about his friend and she couldn't fault her for Moose choosing to ignore what she did and said to him.
"So I went there trying to apologize. I know she is not going to listen to me but I was wondering if Cam could help me." At this Luke raise his eyebrow in annoyment, he wish his friend was kidding but knowing him she was sure that it wasn't the case.
"You meant to tell me that you are going to ask Cam, the girl that you don't even say hello too, to help you with a situation that I'm sure is going to be tough." Moose looked, at least, a little ashamed but Luke was certain that it wouldn't stop him from trying to go ahead with his plan. He told his friend that he should really understand that this situation with Kirsten wasn't anything more than infatuation.
With that last thought, he left his friend to think and went on his way to look for his girlfriend, he was really glad that he was able to found someone as wonderful as Nat and he hope his friend didn't miss the chance to have his own happy ending.
The rest of the week Moose would go into the cafeteria when he knew Kirsten wasn't there to look for Cam and Jacob noticed and told Kirsten about. The girl share with him what had happened and both of them wonder if maybe the afro dude would now understand that Cam was the right choice for him, although they really hope for something better for their friend. However, when Moose finally got the chance to speak to Cam Jacob overhead the boy telling her that he needed her help to win Kirsten back, which proof that he was delusional, and it pained him to see the expression on his friends face.
Cam agree to talk to Kirsten which earned her a hug from the boy but the moment he let go, Jacob, notice that Moose seemed a little out of place and was he maybe blushing? On the other hand, Cam's demeanor didn't change at all which Jacob found weird so the moment Moose was out of the coffee shop he corned Cam and asked her if she was ok.
The girl told him that she preferred to talk later and when they close the coffee shop that day both friends went to a little dinner and settle down. Jacob listened to his friend telling him how she finally realize that she like afro dude but she was not going to feed her wishes because time and time again she was proof that Moose wasn't interested in her. Jacob and Cam talked for a while and he told her that she didn't need to speak to Kirsten about him, let the dumb one ask for forgiveness alone and especially let Kirsten destroy him.
Even though Jacob had to work early the next day he went with Cam to her apartment and spent the rest of the night watching movies and pigging out. The next day Kirsten and Jacob talked about what would they need to do to help Cam, so Kirsten waited for her friend to mention Moose and when she did she told her flat out that she was not interested in him at all. As a favor to Cam though she would not hold against him the way he acted at the party as much as she wish to insult him. With that settled Cam sent a text to Natalie asking her to tell Moose she already had talked to Kirsten and he was clear to look for her.
Moose came that day and apologize to a non-interested Kirsten and thank Cam for her help only to be dismissed by her. That really stir a nerve on the boy that started to wonder what exactly was going on with the girl, sure he wasn't dumb enough not notice that she, at least, seemed always ready to have a conversation with him but today the spark or desire wasn't there. When he tune in again, he noticed that the door of the coffee shop was closing and Cam was nowhere to be found Moose turned to look at Kirsten, who was talking to some clients and if she noticed that he was looking at her she made no motion to acknowledge the situation.
Moose nod once and went outside before the girl in question decided to charge him for some insane amount of coffees he knew he would pay without hesitation. At the street he looked both ways trying to figure out where the petite brunette could have gone but he couldn't see it anywhere and that made him laughed. Of course, he couldn't see her she was tiny and she could get lost in a city like this and then suddenly a thought invaded his mind, what if the reason he didn't see her was because something happened to her.
He started to walk towards the train station hoping to find her and then he found himself walking faster and then he looked up and thought he saw her and run the rest of the way there. Moose went up the stairs to the train two at the time and went he was there he looked at the girl he thought was Cam but she wasn't and he felt sad. The train arrived and he got in wondering why exactly he felt like that, he shook his head put his headphones on and look at the window hoping to understand himself.
By the end of the week, Jacob was freaking out Moose kept coming every single day looking for either Cam or for Kirsten. He tried to make conversation with both of them but both of the girls were acting pretty similar towards him although Cam was still nicer than Kirsten she was now distant and she rather clean tables and chairs that continue a conversation with him, he didn't quite understand why would that be until one night. On Sunday while Moose ponder where did he exactly went wrong with his choices that he felt so out of touch with reality now, sure he had blown things out with Kirsten on Saturday although now he wondered if maybe he had done it earlier.
Natalie came into the room and saw her friend looking lost and she sighed even though he love Moose with all her heart sometimes he just wish to strangle him. "Hey, what are you doing?"
"Nothing. Just thinking you know" He put his head on her shoulder and she stroke his hair encouraging him to tell her what was in his mind and so he did. For the next half hour he poor his mind and heart out to her and she listen closely nodding and making small comments to prompt him to tell her more. By the end of the conversation, the girl looked at Moose and told him that he honestly was acting like a moron he was so fixated on Kirsten or rather an idea of Kirsten that he was acting unlike himself.
"You are messing with other peoples life Moose, Kirsten has been very direct in telling you that she doesn't want anything to do with you at least not in a romantic way. Now this idea that Cam is acting weird with you without any reason at all is entirely wrong, you have been ignoring her this entire time. She is a great girl Moose and your longest conversation with her have been you asking her to help you out with Kirsten so how about you give the girl a break and let her ignore the moron that only talks to her to ask favors." With that last thought, she stood and went on her way leaving a humiliated Moose that wished to get back in time and, at least, be decent to the little brunette.
He stopped going to the cafeteria for two weeks after that and to his surprise the only girl that he really miss seeing was Cam, he would walk on campus and found himself wondering what was Cam doing, he knew for the rest of the pirates that she had been helping Natalie with her program. Everyone kept saying how amazing she was not only dancing but with the kids, he also noticed that some of the pirates joked about that more than one of them were falling for her. On the week that Natalie went to visit her parents he found himself walking into the vault and listening to her laugh, he remembered it from the time she was telling Luke about her trip.
Not sure if he was welcome he went into the little area where Natalie usually had her classes and saw the brunette teaching some moves to the kids while smiling. He couldn't stop himself and walk in the little studio and when the kids notice his presence they run to hug him, he too used to help Natalie sometimes. Moose raise his head to say hi to Cam and notice that the girl even though didn't look mad didn't particularly look happy to see him either however when the kids ask her if Moose could stay to practice with them she smile and told them that if he was ok with it she was too. An hour later he found himself dancing with the petite brunette as requested by the entire class and having a great time, when the time to finish the class came all the kids pick their stuff up and he walked them to the door leaving Cam to change. When the last kid was picked up he turned to go back to see Cam when he saw her walking towards the door with Hair laughing at something he was saying, with a quick way she said goodbye to him giving him no chance to talk before walking out with his friend towards the train station.
He run back to get his things and then double time it to the train station and found them going up the stairs while talking animatedly about a movie they went to see together, moose wonder when exactly that had happened but decided to let it go. He clear his throat getting their attention and telling Hair that he was going to walk Cam the rest of the way which was two more steps and the train, his friend looked at him funny but shrug at the end and said his goodbyes to Cam. The girl swapped her card and went into the station first but he caught up easily inside the train she just went in, at this hour there were plenty of seats available so he just followed her and they both sat in silence.
Cam turned to him and told him that she was surprised to see that he was taking the same train she was and then he noticed that it was the wrong train for him but he was not going to tell her that, he would later walk the five blocks he needed to get to his place. The conversation was awkward at best but he made a point of apologizing to her for the way he had acted in the past and saw the look of uncertainty she was giving him. Of course, she wasn't sure to believe each time he had apologized was either because Nat force him to or he wanted something from her.
By the time she got out of the train, he had offered to walk her home but she said no, they were in better terms and she told him that if he went by the vault, tomorrow, she would be glad to welcome him to her class again. He promised to be there and she went away he really wanted to ask for her number just so he would know that she got home safely but it things were ok now and he didn't want to ruin that. Hey who knows maybe tomorro he would ask her for her number and maybe she would actually give it to him.