Moose got an internship with one of his professor that not only would help him with his grades but it would also mean that a possible job offer could be in his future if he plays his cards right.
The only problem with this was that he didn't have time available for much outside of school including seeing Cam. So after that magical morning, he likes to think of it as pure magic, Moose wasn't able to see her. Although he religiously texted her, at least, five times a day and he was very happy to say that it was pretty obvious that she thought of that kiss as magical too.
Cam although very busy with kindergarten duty and Uni was still able to help Natalie once a week and that really didn't leave her time to think much about her situation in concerned of Moose. Yes they had kissed and it was wonderful but from that moment on they hadn't talked or even acknowledge it. He would text her repeatedly during the day but never mention anything regarding the kiss or possibly seeing each other again.
Where they in a relationship or was it, just a moment went two people just wanted to kiss each other. Time and time again she would start a text asking him just that but Cam found herself erasing it and groaning at this situation.
Kirsten was no help the first time Cam told her about the kiss she made an impression of Jimmy Fallon's Ew girl for the rest of their shift together, the next day she changed the ambience music for the theme of the same character and laugh. Jacob was a little more understanding but he still enjoyed the jokes Kirsten would make at her expense.
"You should just ask him. You are torturing yourself trying to guess if you guys are something more than an acquaintance." Kirsten said sighing apparently making fun of her bored her after the first week.
Cam took a moment to gather her thoughts she knew that asking him would be the sane way to go but she wasn't her usual self when Moose was in the equation if anything she wasn't at all herself. Growing up with Tyler and Chase as her primary influence she was usually very secure of herself especially in situations like this but since Moose appeared she changed.
Generally, Cam would talk to Tyler about this, sure he was her brother but sometimes he would take mirror more the role of a single dad. Cam knew though that if she admitted she was losing a sense of self because of her feelings for Moose Tyler would immediately go in over protective mode. She finally turned and told Kirsten that she had considered doing that a while ago but she didn't want to seem needy. Kirsten rolled her eyes at that and told her that she needed to either get over it or go find him to see how he would react towards her once they were face to face.
Before their shift finished one of her regulars, Barry, came into the coffee shop and as usual, he flirted with Cam. The last time Moose crossed path with Barry she could've sworn she heard him calling Barry a jerk after he told him he like his t-shirt of twenty-one pilots. She shook herself out of her thoughts and listen to Barry talking about the latest band concert and how they were going to play on Friday in the city. The love of the band had been one of the reasons why they had become friends at first. After she gave him his coffee Barry told her about the tickets he had bought for both of them and she was equally excited and shock. Cam explained to him that even though the concert sounded amazing, she wouldn't feel right about going out with him because of Moose, yes Barry knew about Moose hell everybody knew about him at this point.
"Cam this isn't a date although I wouldn't be against it being one." He wink at her and laugh at her expression. "We both love the band and we've always talked about going to a concert together so this is our chance to do it only as friends, I promise. Also, if Josh does the jump, I need you to be with me to appreciate it." He finished his statement and sipped some coffee giving her time to think about it.
"I know you are not going to let me pay for my ticket so at least let me take you to eat something after it." Barry agreed and told her that it would probably be more expensive to feed him that it would have been for her to buy the ticket and both laughed. They promised to talked details tomorrow and with that her mind started to think about something other than Moose and it was a relief. Cam got out of worked that day and put her earphones on surrounding herself with twenty-one pilots and letting her mind rest of her love life or lacked of it depending on the point of view.
Moose was waiting at the train station to go do some errands that his professor had asked him while talking on his cell with Luke. Even though his friend was happy for him when he told him about the kiss he also kept telling him to make more of an effort in regards to going out with Cam. " Have you even mention the kiss or what it meant for you?"
"Dude you crazy. You know that 's hard for me to talked about this type of things and it was evident that it was important for me." Moose continue to speak to him while absentmindedly looking at the board with the times of the incoming trains and he noticed that the train that Cam took from the coffee shop to her Uni was the one that had arrived a minute ago. A big smile appeared on his face thinking how the brunette would probably use this train later today to go to her classes until he saw the time and a shock expression took over his big smile. This was the time Cam would be on the train he turned just as the doors closed and right in front of him stood Cam looking at what seemed her Ipod and slightly banging her head to the rhythm and mouthing something, probably the words to the song. He took a step toward the train shouting her name but it started to move and he didn't get a chance to try to get her attention and cursing he felt like tossing his phone at the train. The voice of Luke came from his cell making Moose take notice of it and so he start to tell him about what just happened and the other boy tried to hide his laugh at the absurd of the situation. "Just go to her Uni or call her dude what is wrong with seeing her."
There was nothing more than Moose wanted that to follow Cam but he knew that to he needed to do the errands. He couldn't fail his professor on this, so he just finish his call with Luke and planned his week so he could finally get a chance to see Cam. Then the idea struck him like lightning he would visit her just like he did las time, it would be better than last time because he already knew that he would be able to kiss her and the prospect just made his day go faster. That night, however, he felt asleep and didn't wake up until eight he barely made it to class and his plans to looked for Cam evaporated when he saw the amount of worked he had to do for his classes. Moose made a promised to himself that he would go find her on the weekend but continue to text her daily although with fewer than before due to his job.
Friday night came and he was anxious to see Cam so he text her but for the first time since they started to write to each other she didn't reply. He kept writing to her but nothing came back so to pass the time he began to read old conversation they had he went back to the day after the kiss and suddenly noticed that neither of them had actually mentioned anything about it. He has a rehearsal in the vault so he is finally free to go look for her after midnight but she doesn't answer when he calls or when he tries her apartment and nothing. Moose even tried Chase and Andie´s place but they didn't answer either so maybe Cam was with them, he decided to wait for her sitting on the steps and without even noticing it he felt asleep. In the middle of his dreams, he felt a hand on his shoulder shaking him and he woke up to see Chase and Andie asking him if he was ok, it was freezing outside and he struggle to speak. Chase helped him in and Andie gave him a blanket and cup of hot tea, once he was able to talk again, he asked where Cam was and Chase told him that she was out at a concert.
"With who?" Chase told him about Barry and when Moose asked who he was Chase continue to describe him and then things click in Moose's brain. Cam was out with the guy that kept flirting with her at the bar, and he was angry he started to said that she was cheating on him and how what happened with the kiss meant something. What exactly was wrong with being faithful? And by the time he finished his rant he saw Andie literally pushing Chase into their bedroom telling him to calmed down and finally closing the door behind her. After a couple of minutes where Moose wonder if he should go and why exactly that scene happened Andie got out of the room while telling Chase to just sit there, she then closed the door and walked towards him with a look on her face that made him wish not to be there.
"Are you stupid?. Sorry, that came as a question but it was a statement because You Are Stupid! I can't understand what would make you think that it would be ok to talk about Cam that way in front of Chase or me. She isn't cheating on you for so many reasons that your little brain can't understand, but let me just tell you the first one YOU TWO ARE NOT DATING!. You have barely seen each other since the time that you used to ignore her at the coffee shop because you like her friend!. We know you two kiss Moose but you have yet to discuss what meant for your relationship and still you come here two weeks later and when you learn that she went out with someone you started talking bad about her. Oh and the cherry on top the only reason you were in this place is because we let you in, we Cam's friends so you wouldn't freeze outside…" Andie's rant continue and Moose felt horrible she was right he didn't have the right to be upset about Cam going out with someone else. But which really matter about all the things Andie said was that she called the guy that Cam went out with a friend so Barry was a friend and that made his day.
He noticed Andie with her arms crossed over her chest looking at him and he just knew that he was yet in more problems because she knew that he wasn't paying attention to her. Andie sighed and sat on the couch next to him, she told him that he needed to either move on with the relationship or move on from it but this was not ok. They heard a noise outside and then a male voice a Cam laughter Moose shot up from his seat just for Andie to push him back and told him to stayed there or she would let Chase have "a talk" with him. A couple of minutes went by and Andie walked to her door and looked through her peephole.
She then walked to her room and Moose saw this as his opportunity to get out of there but the second his hand was on the door he felt a strong hand on his shoulder making him let go of it. "You wait here until she is alone because you are not going to ruin her night ok? Go sit down."
Chase open his door and went to Cam's apartment and told her about what had happened with Moose, Andie had already seen Barry leave. Cam was shocked that Moose was there, part of her was happy that he had look for her but the way he acted calling her a cheater infuriated her. Other people may think that Chase shouldn't have told her about Moose outburst but that wasn't the way they behave with each other she may have some boundaries with Ty but there were none with Chase, he would listen to her and offer an opinion but would never shame her if her decision backfire.
"So he is waiting in my apartment to come here. You ok?" She nod she was ok, right? Sure there were a lot of things that were going fast and slow with her relationship with Moose but she still like him and that was starting to freak her out. Chase walked toward her and hug her sensing that she needed a little extra support. "You know is ok to still like him. Don't tell Andie but she freaks me out too sometimes but hey I wouldn't change that feeling for anything."
"I would ask you how you knew but you just always know don't you?" Chase chuckle and nod, he finally let go of her telling her that the only thing that should stop her from having that weirdo in her life was if she wasn't happy.
She went into her room to change sure that when she came out Moose would be there and so Cam took extra time changing not because she wanted to look a certain way but because she wanted to really think about what she wanted to tell him. So she change and sat on her bed collecting her thoughts and then she walked to her living room/kitchen and he was there. Cam didn't need to ask him if Chase had told him anything because she knew him enough to know that he would tell Moose about it because he would think it was unfair for Moose to walked into a situation like that one without knowing his current context.
"Are you mad at me?" The fact that he, at least, acknowledged that the situation would mandate that she could be mad at him for the way he acted gave her hope for the rest of the conversation. Cam told him to sit and then proceed to tell him that she was mad but above of that, she was disappointed that things had gone that way. That night both of them open up about how they saw the relationship from there stand, they discussed for a long time if it was actually a relationship or was it just the wish for one and that the hopes that they had them confuse of what was going on.
By the next morning, they both were exhausted and Cam told him just to go home and that they would talk about it more on another day but Moose didn't want that because but that point Cam had been open about the doubts she had of the way she changed his feelings for Kirsten so quickly. "Please, can I stay here and then we can talk some more."
Cam wanted to say no but the way he looked at her and the way he spoke almost broke her heart she felt like he was pleading for a chance on them and she wanted that chance too so she nodded and went into her room. Moose laid on her couch wondering how exactly would he explained something that he could only feel but never described it even to himself, Cam came back bringing a pillow and a blanket. Moose looked up and stood up walking towards her taking the things and tossing them over the couch he then took her hands and just look into her eyes. "I don't like her anymore. I'm not even sure that I ever like her but I think I'm proving possibly in the worst way possible that I like you and maybe with time, you would like me or maybe we even love each other. So can we please just start with that now?"
It sounded so dumb that it was exactly the best proof that he was telling her the truth so she said ok and he started twirling her around but the apartment wasn't very big so she knock a lamp in the first round and told him to stop. Moose apologize and promise to buy her another one even though Cam kept telling him that it was ok. With all the excitement of her answer and the mess of the lamp they felt energize so they decided to go and get some breakfast. Cam went into her room and put some jeans and coat then they made their way to the closest dinner.
The streets were almost empty giving them a sense of privacy even in the middle of NY. Moose took Cam's hand and started to tell her about his internship and when he wanted to make a bigger point about something he would let go of her hand and gesture making her laugh. Finally, they made it to the dinner and he open the door for her and then asked her where she wanted to seat after that the waitress gave them the menu and told them that she would be back in a couple of minutes. "Order whatever you want this is on me."
Cam shook her head. "No, that's not right. I'll pay for my food don't worry." Now Moose was the one to shake his head and told her that he was a gentleman and he always pay for his date, he instantly noticed Cam's shock at his phrasing so he just declare that this was their first date and he was not going to take no for an answer.
"Technically the other night should count but it is too late for that so this is our first date and I'm looking forward to taking you to our next date tonight if you don't have plans. I heard what you said how you wouldn't consider getting into a relationship before having three dates and we are going to have them as soon as possible trust me because Cam let me tell you this. I can't wait to call you my girlfriend." With that, he started to read the menu and missed the blush that invaded Cam's face and the smile that acompany it.