Whyyyyy? Why did things like this happen to him? After he had promised Cam that he would join her in class today, he had overslept which made him late for his lab time and now he found himself having to stay extra time to made up for the time he had lost. Later he decided to go to the vault but she wasn't there, actually, nobody was there which he found particularly strange in the time he knew the pirates the vault had only been empty when a battle was taking place.
He walked towards a couch that was usually litter by clothes and shoes from all of them and took a nap. The first scene in front of his eyes was the first time he saw Kirsten but this time, he could see himself following the girl and he was glad he never mention that to anybody because boy did he look creepy walking behind the girl for several blocks. Once she went to the cafeteria, he saw himself watching her from outside and living but this was a dream so he decided to go in and see what would have happened if had done that the first time he lay eyes on her.
Walking straight to the counter he went and asked her for a small cup of coffee and she smiled at him asking him if he wanted anything else. Again with the assurance, this was just a dream, he decided to turn on the charm so he started to flirt with her and even though she didn't particularly seemed to be open to something she did appear to find him charming. While talking to her she told him that he should drink his coffee before it got cold he reluctantly did and fight the urge to spit it out, it tasted awful. The conversation came to a lol but he managed to get her to tell him her name and even joke about how the next step would be for her to give him her number, she chuckle at that comment but Moose saw that the girl didn't exactly deny the possibility.
Happy with the outcome and seeing that she needed to get back to work he made his way out the coffee shop just to found himself walking in the same place but in what he remember was the scene he saw the next day so he changed what he'd done in reality and went in greeting Cam, who smiled at him with such warm that he actually felt something warm on his chest. Even though she was busy, he decided to wait to try to talk to her, maybe, this time, he could establish an early friendship with her that would give him some inside about Kirsten. The brunette finished serving her clients and turned to look at him with a confused look asking him if he needed something else and he noticed that the entire time he had been staring at her and he felt himself blushing.
Cam smiled at him and asked him if this was the first time he came into the coffee shop because she was good with faces and she didn't remember seeing him there before. With that, they started a long and comfortable conversation that was only interrupted when she needed to attend to other customers, he used each opportunity to see how everyone seemed to know her and were kind to her. There was this guy that he remember seeing when he used to visit the coffee shop every day that even flirt a little with her making the brunette blush and he found himself thinking that he didn't trust that guy he definitely looked like someone that had nothing good to offer Cam.
When she came back to continue their conversation she asked him why was he looking at that guy with that grim expression and Moose dismiss the question telling her that he just seemed familiar. Cam nodded once and asked him if he wanted another cup of coffee, it was then that he noticed that for the first time in his life he had finished a cup coffee. Even in a dream that had never happened but then he noticed that he was shaking a little after a while it stopped just to happen again and again until he woke up.
Once awake he didn't have time to think about his dreams because his cell was vibrating non-stop he lazily pick it up and noticed then that he had many missed calls and text from the pirates wondering where he was, and then it hit him. They had a battle on the other side of the city, he had completely forgotten about that and there was no way he was going to make before the end but still he grab his things and run all the way to the train once inside he texted them that he was on his way.
By the time he arrived only Luke was there waiting for him, the rest of pirates had gone back to the vault to celebrate. "I know your cell doesn't have the best signal so I knew that you were not going to get all the text that we send telling you to go back to the vault."
Moose took his phone from his pocket and noticed the texts and pics that were shared on their chat and sighed. "I'm sorry that you had to stay and I'm really sorry I forgot about the battle it won't happened again. I promise to be here for the next one."
Luke stood up and walked toward his friend with a calm expression. "No need to apologize, we know Uni is a priority for you as it should be. Now come on, I promised the rest of the guys that we would pick some food and Hair must be waiting for us at the station."
"I didn't see him when I came." Moose found it weird that if his friend had stayed at the station for him, he missed him so easily but then Luke explained what he meant. Hair had taken Cam home and was going to come back to this station so they could all go for food together. Once at the station, they saw Hair getting out of the train and together they waited for one to go back while the guys told Moose about the great battle he missed.
He tried to stay focus on what they were telling him but his mind was going back to Hair walking Cam home maybe Luke exaggerated and he just stayed on the train like he did. "Did you actually walk Cam to her apartment?"
Both boys that had been in the middle of a very elaborate description of the other crews moves stop talking and look at Moose smirking and after exchanging looks, Hair answered him. "Yes, I walked her right to her apartment. And I have to say is a very nice place."
Without missing a bit, Hair went on to describe back the moves of the other crew giving Moose no chance to asked more question except that he once again cut them off and so he did. "So you actually saw her apartment? You didn't just say goodbye to her on the train and she went alone the rest of the way?."
Hair tried without success to maintained a serious demeanor. "We got out of the train together we walked together to her apartment, and then I asked for a glass of water. After that, we said our goodbyes and I came to meet you guys. Any other questions?"
"Did she know that you were planning to walk her to the apartment or did you asked her first?"
Now Luke understood a little more about the fixation of his friend with Hair walking Cam back to her apartment, probably at some point he had tried to walk Cam to her apartment and she told him no. However, he couldn't fault the girl from that, for what he could see Cam was trying to move on from her crush with Moose. He tuned back in the conversation just to hear Hair telling Moose that he was not going to tell him Cam's address if he wanted to know that he should ask her instead of him."Honestly, this questioning is annoying, to say the least, so quit it."
They arrived at their station and Luke told Moose to go on to the vault while he and Hair went to buy some food for the rest. Once he was gone the other two walked towards a Chinese restaurant that they knew was cheap and made an order for all of them and while waiting they discuss the way their friend was behaving. "So now he likes Cam? Because yesterday, he was still obsessed with Kirsten and today he wanted to dissect the way I walk Cam home. I'm just saying Luke, sorry I know he is your best friend but he is losing it."
The way Hair express his thought completely honest with no filter was one of the reasons why you either like the guy or you didn't like him, there was no middle ground with him and Luke like him more for that. "Look I think you are right, he is not really handling things the right way. However, I know for a fact that he hasn't let go of the idea of Kirsten and I swear at some point that girl is going to hit him or something. However, you have to admit that once you get to know Cam you like her because she has such an amazing personality and she is also pretty. So now Moose is looking at her for the first time and he is noticing that there is this pretty amazing girl here that actually share his interests."
"Fine I get it, the moron is opening his eyes but are you not worry about her, though. We all know she likes him, even I know that and I've only seen them interact once. So if he is going to be acting this way he'll probably get her hopes up and that's just not right, she doesn't deserve that from him." The door from the kitchen open and a dude came bringing them their food so they made their way back to the vault chatting about if they should do something to help their friends.
Moose wasn't able to go to the vault at all the rest of the week but he did manage to go to the coffee shop to talked to Kirsten, after his dream he was sure that he knew what went wrong between them and was ready to fix it. The girl, on the other hand, didn't seem to be ok with him trying to flirt with her and destroy any attempt at making a move on her. The next Monday he went to the vault again and tried to talk to Nat about his dreams but the girl just told him that he needed to open his eyes and move on.
He followed her inside and saw that Cam was saying goodbyes to the kids already Nat walked to her and they shared a hug and started to talk while the kids run to Moose cheering for him to dance with them. He agreed and began to dance and have mini battles with the kids by the time he stopped even Natalie was gone, so he once again walk the kids outside and waited for them to be picked up. The next time he saw Cam was at the coffee shop, he went to talk to Kirsten yet again and saw the brunette sitting at one table talking to the blonde girl. Moose walked to the table and said hello to both girls making them realize his presence Kirsten said a quick hello and told him that he would be back with his coffees and he sighed.
"She keeps making me buy an insane amount of coffee." Cam nod but she seemed uncomfortable with the direction the conversation was taking, of course, Kirsten overcharge him with the coffees but he really was getting annoying with the poor girl. Moose continue his rant about the coffee and how he was afraid to say something to her because their relationship was in a very rocky state, he was so focused in his speech that he missed Cam rolling her eyes.
Kirsten appeared with Jacob with two trays full of coffees, Cam did a quick count and it seemed that she was selling him twenty coffees now. Cam shook her head while Moose tried to explain that he didn't order that amount of coffee but stopped the second Kirsten looked at him daring him to say something and he just gave her his card and the girl walked away triumphally. He turned to said something to Cam but found her packing her stuff. "Are you leaving already? I thought we could talk for a while, the coffee is on me."
She smiled at his joke but told him that she needed to go to class and wish him a good day. He resigned himself to drink alone and then he notice that nineteen of the twenty cups were empty, of course, they stopped serving him coffee when they noticed he never drink any. Moose found the one that was full and read the message that told him that if he wanted they could refill that cup nineteen times for him, one sip later he was dumping the coffee and the cup in the trash can and leaving the coffee shop.
Fine he would move on, his dream was trash he walked to the train found a seat and close his eyes, he took out his phone and earphones and began to search for a song that could numb his mind. Without even noticing he fall asleep and he found himself at the coffee shop again but again he was looking at a scene he was already in however, this time, he didn't recognize it. His other self-was talking with Kirsten and he seemed happy and they were even joking suddenly the door open and Cam came in and when his dream self saw her, he smile and went to hug her and gave her a quick peck making the girl blush.
He felt himself fall to the ground and suddenly he was awake and realize he had fallen out of his seat and the people around him were looking at him chuckling, he stood up and went to sit again but this time, he couldn't sleep. What was going on with him and the petite brunette?