Their second date had been really amazing, Moose had taken her to a little club where a singer was performing a mix of songs while the customers talked and have drinks. Cam had never gone to a place like this, her dates would usually involve going to eat something in a typical restaurant or a movie but Moose had asked her if she liked to tried something different and then brought her to this little place. Moose joke to Cam about how he was happy she was already twenty-one because that mean that he didn't need to get her a fake ID.
That night they had talked about different topics of their past, Cam opened out about being raise but her grandmother and his brother after her parents died when she was three years old. Moose´s heart broke for the girl in front of him, he had a close relationship with his parents and even though he now lived away he still talked to them at least twice a week. The fact that she didn't have her parents for support make him understand better why she rely so much on Ty and Chase, the boys now were her entire support system.
Moose felt awkward talking about his parents but Cam pushed the subject used to the way people usually clamp up after she opens up about her parent's death. So finally, Moose started telling her about his father obsession with cooking and how he would usually make a big deal about buying the right ingredients according to what he saw that week on food network. On the other hand, his mom would just buy whatever was on sale because she was the one that was in charge of the budget of the house.
There was one time his dad purposely went to the store and bought all these fancy ingredients to prepared this particular dinner for their anniversary but the second his mom noticed how much his father spent all hell broke loose. The way Moose talked about his parent's relationship made Cam smiled, she had long ago deal with her past but it would always make her happy to hear about couples and how they manage to stay together. Her grandparents had taken care of Ty and her since the accident but just two years after her grandpa had died and even though her grandma was really hurt she move on because she had her and Ty to take care off.
Before that they were married for 50 years, her grandmother would always tell them stories about how they met and dated and how she would always love him. When Ty met Nora years later at his dance school, he finally understood what her grandmother talked about. After their grandma had died Cam and Ty were left alone with no more family than each other. Ty tried to distance himself for Nora trying to focus all of himself on Cam, he didn't want her to feel like he was going anywhere.
It took them a while to get over that lost but that only made them come closer and thanks to people like Chase they understood that they weren't really alone, Chase was family and his family was also their family now. After that Ty and Nora decided to rekindle their romance and Cam found herself happy to have a sister now that would help her with some issues that only women understand, that is not to say that Ty and Chase didn't try. They even went to the store and buy her necessities from when her monthly friend came to visit and to say that it was nothing like a scene from the sitcom was an understatement.
Both boys would take things very seriously they would walk into the store straight to the aisle and examine the products after previously asked Cam about her preferences and looking for online reviews. If at any point someone made a joke or looked at them weirdly because of it, they would ignore the person or tell them to back off because they were busy doing something important. And that word is what describe their feeling for Cam, she was so important to them that they would refuse to go out of town for tournaments if she needed help for a project or had to go on a field trip. While Cam reminiscent she didn't notice how Moose was looking at her, the boy was afraid that she remembered her parents and that he had actually ruined their date because he had talked about his.
"Hey, are you ok?" His voice broke the memory train she was in and finally looked at him and notice how he seemed concerned and smile understanding he was worried about her. Cam told him she was ok and smile sincerely at him trying to convey how she was really ok, everytime she remembered everything Ty and Chase did for her a sense of happiness fill her . Apparently it worked because he saw him relax in front of her and smile at her talking about what could they do next.
After eating, Moose walked Cam to a nearby park where street performers make the environment like a never ending party, in a little circle two people were doing stand up and then a girl would interrupt them by singing something. They listen to the trio for a while enjoying the music and the jokes and then decided to walk towards the end of the park where there was a dancing battle going on and Cam could see how Moose's face morphed from content to pure happiness.
Again the memory of her brother assault her and she found herself shaking her head and laughing just for Moose to turned and look at her to see why she was laughing. She dismissed his question before he could finish it and told him that he should try to join the battle, at first, he said no. They were on a date and he knew that he would get to immerse in the battle and he would probably ignore her until it was over.
Cam knowing the possibility, hello Ty was her brother, still encourage him to join in and when one of the dancers was declared the loser she gave Moose a little push and he suddenly found himself in front of the winner. The challenge started and he still tried to keep his mind partly on the little brunette that was rooting for him and the dance, until finally his instincts take over and he was lost dancing. Moose saw the other guy moves and his brain was working on his response and what else he could throw at the guy but there was something different about his process this time. Even though he was focused on the battle, he would always turn at some point of his move to see Cam, and each time he caught sight of her Moose found himself trying to be better.
After he had won that battle another guy challenge him and then he did lose track of time, there was a point when he was thirsty, someone gave him a bottle of water just as another battle started and so he went on. Moose found himself been half hug by a bunch of guys telling him he was great and that he should come back for a rematch, he congratulate everyone for their impressive moves and smiling said his goodbyes, a couple of guys asked for his number and so he finally was alone. He turned and notice that in fact he was alone, panic took over him.
Where was Cam? He groaned, he had actually ruined their date by battling, why did Cam told him to battle?. Moose knew that if he started doing it, he would completely lose track of time. Sophie hated when he did that because he didn't have an off button, she would usually have to put herself in the middle of the battle so he would stop and was often boo by the bystanders making her even more mad at him. Full of regret he took his phone out ready to text Cam when he hear her laugh, there was no way Moose was wrong he love her laugh so much that he even dream about it.
Frantically, he started looking around until he saw her. Cam was sitting on a bench talking to Kirsten and Jacob and they were laughing about something Jacob was telling him and the boy was moving his arms like he was acting a scene. Moose walked towards them feeling good that she didn't leave but as he got closer he realized that he had no idea when she stop watching him and he felt a little hurt. Sure Mosse wasn't exactly showing off for her at the end but in the beginning, he was, he finally got to them and his expression must have been of a parent ready to have a talked with their children. The first one to notice him was Kirsten and her smile drop in an instant and her eyebrow raised and her lips tight in a line like she was mad at him.
The change in her was sense by her two friends and then the trio was looking at him each face morphing the moment their eyes met his face. Cam stood up and before Moose could stop the words were leaving his mouth "Are you enjoying yourself?"
True the phrase wasn't bad but the way he said it was as if the only person in the wrong was Cam, like she had abandoned him and not like he had forgotten about her while battling. Cam face that was just serious turned into angry and she told him off, starting with telling him not to talked to her on that tone ever again. Followed like how she had waited for him for hours, yes three hours had past, and even went as far as to go buy water for him and he just ignore her. Cam went on about how she was not going to complained because she knew that she had been the one pushing him to battle but for him to come and act the way he was acting was out of line.
Moose was shocked for a second but then he told her that she didn't stay with him, she went for water and then he found her sitting talking with her friends. Cam stomp on his foot hard and he jumped shouting out of pain while she walked away with her friends never looking back to see if he was ok, and of course, he wasn't ok because the pain brought clarity to his mind. Moose had just blown his second date with Cam and he wasn't able to follow her because his foot really hurt, god that girl was strong and her heels were killers. He limp his way to the bench and put his head in his hands and groaned wondering why exactly did he do that.
There was no way he was going to let this night end like this, he stood up and sat down immediately because of the pain. He stood again putting most of his weight on his good foot while he maneuvered his way towards the train station, after climbing the steps and waiting he finally got to Cam's place an hour later ready to knock on her door. Moose had been calling her without success until he realized she had turned off her phone, probably to avoid him, and now he rang her apartment without success. He took a couple of steps back and saw that her apartment had the light turned off and for the first time the idea that maybe she went to Kirsten's place enter his brain.
Defeated he made his way back to the vault and asked his friends to let him stayed, however, the second he asked that they notice his foot and instantly concluded that he had messed up his date with Cam. Even though he tried to avoid the subject they wouldn't stop pushing the issue until he finally opened up to them telling them about his night by the time Moose finished the story he could feel the anger and shock coming from the entire house towards him. Most of the pirates just called him an ass and went back to their beds, Luke, however, went to get the first aid kit and started to help him with his foot.
They remained quiet until Moose asked Luke why he did it?. Honestly, he knew that it was wrong what he said to Cam but at the moment it was like there was a side of him that wanted to shout at her to look at him. Luke shook his head and told him that he didn't know but Moose needed to get it together because Cam was giving him too many chances and there was going to be a point when she was going to be done with him. That was one of the scariest thoughts that were crossing Moose's mind since she stomp on his foot and he told Luke about it, both friends stayed up talking about how he needed to go find Cam and apologize.
He called her again and left a lengthy apology on her cell asking her to please meet him in whatever place and hour she wanted, he promised to be there. Three hours later she sent him a text and told him that she was busy but they could eat lunch tomorrow near her job if he had the time, Moose was completely sure that he was going to be busy but there was no way he was going to miss a chance to apologize face to face. He agreed and thanked her for the opportunity to see her again, to his joy she responded with a smiley face.
The next day couldn't come soon enough, that morning he went to his classes and then to check with his professor to asked him to let him have an hour of lunch, he usually only got thirty minutes, and promised him to make extra hours on Wednesday. His professor agreed but told him that he needed to finish some errands that couldn't wait and after that he was excused for the rest of the day and he would see him tomorrow at class. Moose rush to finish his errands and run to buy Cam some flowers he didn't have a lot of money but it was important to him to give her something else as a thank you for giving him a chance to explained himself. He ran all the way to Cam´s job and made it just in time to see her getting out of the pre-school he called her name successfully making her turned and see him run the last couple of steps toward her.
Cam smile when he said hello and show her the flowers that now look a little disheveled because of the race they endure but still made her happy which was the main point of buying them. They walked towards a small deli and bought a couple of sandwiches which Moose try to pay but Cam insisted on paying for her own. Moose felt a little defeated knowing that he was going to have to earn dating her again and probably start counting their dates from zero and that one hurt the most because he was more than ready to asked her to be his girlfriend.
The second they sat down Moose started apologizing profusely about what happened on Saturday and was very open about how he didn't understand what poses him to do something like that. Cam listen to his explanation nodding at some parts and keeping quiet which only made him more nervous, finally when he couldn't think of any more ways to apologize he stop. When he was finally quiet, Cam turned slightly towards him and he notice that she was looking at his foot and wonder if maybe she was worried about the state it was after she basically impale it with her heel.
Moose moved his foot and told Cam that it was okay, he had deserved what she did. For the first time since they sat, Cam looked at him and started to talk. She apologized for what she did to his foot and also told him that she had been in the wrong to push him to dance in the battle when she knew he was going to get lost in it. It was just that she wanted him to have a good time and dancing usually did the trick for him so what better idea than let him battle, in reality, it had been a bad idea because it made them fight but before that Cam had enjoyed watching him dance.
The boy smiled and felt himself blush when Cam continued to talk about how she had admired the way he would outsmart the dancer on the park. Moose smiled and decided to take a chance asking Cam what battle did she enjoy the most and then feel full of pride as the girl talked about several moments of various battles, she had been looking at him for most of the night. He finally, conclude that Cam only missed his last battle when she had finally gone to talked to her friends while she waited for him which only made him feel worst because she had been waiting for him.
Tha alarmed of Cam´s cell alert them that she needed to get back inside and Moose walked her back making small conversation about his day before he came to meet her and she smiled knowing that he didn't usually like asking for free time. Once at the door, Cam turned and Moose wasn't sure what to do so he offer her his hand telling her that he would be texting her so they could see each other again. For a second, Moose thought she was waiting for something because Cam just stood looking at him but before he could ask her what was going on, she sighed and said goodbye walking into the building.
Moose took the train back to his uni thinking what exactly he was missing about the last part of their interaction, not been able to let it go he took his cell and type a quick message to Cam asking her what happened. Two stations later he felt his phone vibrate and took it out and almost faint after reading her response, he waited next to the door for the next station and got out of the train as soon as humanly possible. Moose ran to the other side of the platform and took the next train that would make him go back to Cam´s, once the train stopped he run his way back to the pre-school and yank the door open not entirely sure which way to go to get to her class.
He spent the next couple of minutes speed walking and searching for her class until he finally saw her helping some kids while they finger painted, he knocked on the little window successfully startling her and the shocked look on her face made him rethink his plan. Cam went to talk to the other girl inside the room and then walked out of the classroom closing the door behind her and immediately asking him what was he doing there.
Moose smiled at her and taking her hands he leaned in and gave her a sweet kiss on the lips, making her smile immediately. "What do you think I'm doing here. You text me telling me that you count our lunch as a date so that means we already had three dates, did you honestly think I was going to wait to see you again?"
Cam blush and Moose couldn't think of anything aside of how beautiful she look right then and how lucky he was to be his boyfriend. Then he realized that he hadn't actually asked her so he kneeled down making her look at him like he was crazy and proceed to asked her to be his girlfriend and then she laughed and he joined her. They both calmed down when the face of the other teacher appeared on the window telling Cam to come back in, she nodded and Moose stood up quickly not wanting to get her in trouble. She went in and Moose went on his way with a huge smile on his face, again on the train he replay the scene and notice that she didn't answer him so he took his cellphone out ready to text her just to found a message from Cam saying yes with a heart.