Hello everyone!,

First off all, I'm sorry for not updating in a while. I was having serious issues with my computer, yeah I lost everything. It sucked so hard that I just gave up. But I couldn't just leave this like this, so I'm back. :D
The situation it's not perfect and far from ideak, but it's kind of working for this time being

I'll be uploading the following chapters, hopefully, in a couple of days.

Thank you so much to all who take time in reading my work.

It means a lot.

The meeting with the TAP OUT crew went better than expected, they talk about the shoot; witch was pretty decent and no nudity, Camila was more than happy about it, the idea of posing in a little bikini exasperated her, she wasn't self-conscious about her body, -Nah- she didn't mind being naked half of the time, but she wanted to be recognize for her skills not her body. Both of them were pretty cool about it and the three grand that came along with it.

Frank Campana was still going on the details and preparing the contracts for them with the lawyers while Camila and Tommy were getting ready to head home, it was a pretty late night and Tommy was the first out from the dressing room, looking decent. Camila quickly follow feeling fresh and ready to hit the mattress back in her apartment.

"Cami," Tommy called her out from the bench where he was sitting watching her almost get dressed. Tommy wondered when they become this comfortable with each other?, she looked at him while putting her hair into a messy bum and waited until he speak again. "You live far?."

"A few blocks up, why?" She quickly responded him and put her backpack and started to walk towards him and Tommy just get up and walk ahead of her.

"It's late, I'll walk you home."

Tommy was expecting the witty come back that she didn't need nobody to walk her home but she simply muttered an okay and shrugged walking along with Tommy. "I didn't expect that reaction," Tommy smiled looking at her. Camila snort and shrugged again and both of them welcomed the cold air of winter.

"I don't mind you walking me home," Camila said as simple as it sounded, she didn't mind spending time with Tommy. Then she laugh and quickly added. "You were expecting the I don't need anybody to walk me home?" Tommy groaned and nod a few times looking straight a head with his hands on his pockets. Camila looked a head too and stared talking with a spot on valley girl accent. "I don't need anyone to walk me home, Tommy Conlon." Tommy looked at her with a growing smile. "I'm a strong independent woman who need no men to walk," Camila scoffed after the sentence making Tommy let out a laugh at her.

"You know you're fucking crazy?, don't you?"

Camila smiled at him and took it as a compliment, she knew that she was a weird behaved woman since she was a little girl, her mother used to think that she was actually insane and got her tested and everything, she was just like that. She did have problems controlling her rage and authority figures but fighting always helped and her father always keep her on her toes. She had issues, baggage that was heavy on her shoulders, family mostly... in the past three years she have lost everything, she lost them.

She haven't even told Frank about her father's death yet, he had been pushing but she didn't want to talk about it. He was a good friend but Camila felt that they were things that she couldn't talk about, she liked to maintain a certain distance between her coach and she, as an athlete, getting to personal would be not beneficial for her and neither for Frank. He understand, but he had to know what's going on with her at some point.

Then there was Tommy, witch she knew all about... at least what the press were spreading around and some things that Frank casually dropped in some conversations, she didn't push, she didn't particularly like gossip about other people and if he wanted to talk she will be there and listen. She looked up at him and Tommy was looking at her and both of them smile at the same time.

Tommy was almost thinking the same things about her, somehow he was thankful of having Camila in the gym besides proving that days were less stressful when she was around and mostly to the fact that she didn't asked nothing about his pop, about Brendan about the fucking war. She didn't ask and push him to tell her stuff, to talk and deal with the shit he knew he had to deal someday.

She was just there, and Tommy was grateful for having someone there, just to be. You know...

Camila was grateful for Tommy being there too, to train and joke around with her. No pressure, no nothing just... there.

Brendan was looking at the clock thinking that Tommy had to be here almost twenty minutes ago, dinner was served and Susan was patiently waiting on him. They all had agree -Tommy included- on have this dinner a couple of days ago.

"He's not usually this late," Tess said looking at her husband. "Why don't you give him a call?."

"Alright," Brendan agreed, and dial up Tommy and went straight to voice mail, he tried a couple more times and it was the same, so he texted him asking and quoting 'where the fuck are you?, Susy is here waiting on your ass.'

Literally two minutes later, there was Tommy kind of sporting a micro smile and all about good mood for once.

"Oh, Hi," He said with an awkward smile at Susan, he totally forgot that Brendan told him about she coming over today. They said their hellos and he quickly join them on the table even though he wasn't hungry at all, because Camila had insisted and he had agreed more easily that he shouldn't have, to share an small portion of Macdonald's fries, he eat most of them with the excuse that Camila had a weight in, in two days. So eating even a small portion of the smoky home made lasagna sitting in the middle of the table was like eat the forbidden fruit, his diet will be fucked.

"I can't possibly eat that."

"Come on, dude. A small portion, Frank wouldn't mind." Brendan insisted him and Tommy shake his head. Not after the French fries incident earlier, he can't.

"I- no, I can't. I already cheat today and- uhm, no." He grumble and put the plate aside and grabbed a small portions of veggies and put it in his plate.

"You cheated?," Susan asked and Tommy nodded.

"I eat a small portion of fries a little earlier."

"You kidding?, you're not even the biggest fan of fast food." Brendan said, he was right is Tommy had to choose he will cheat with a plate full of that lasagna but when the opportunity arouse of eating fries and besides it were more funny and he enjoyed it more cheating with Camila than then, he snorted remembering her face while pushing the fries on her mouth. "That's why you were late?, because you were eating French fries?" Brendan asked and the two woman looked at him. .

"I had the TAP OUT meeting and then I walked Camila home and we detour in McDonald's" He said shrugging and eat the last piece of broccoli on his plate.

"How the meeting go?" His brother asked.

"Good, I guess. We had a shoot tomorrow night." Tommy said and Tess quickly asked.

"And who's Camila?"

Tommy didn't like the tone she used, witch make him internally groan at his brother's wife and looked at empty plate don't really wanting to explain who she was.

"We train together, she's my friend-"

"Wait," Brendan interrupted him and Tommy looked up at his brother with a annoyed look. "Isn't that crazy foreigner chick with the messed up face that crashed our meeting?." He said and keep talking trying to fill Susan and Tess in the conversation. "Man, she's crazy... I wonder why Frank really have her there."

"And what the fuck do you mean with that?" Tommy asked frowning fighting back the urge of punching his brother on the mouth. Brendan laugh at his little bother out burst.

"Come on, bro. Frank had to have there for eye candy in the scene, maybe something more..." He said with innuendo of something sexual between Camila and Frank.

What the fuck?, Tommy though.

"Don't talk about her like that again," Tommy told his brother in that cold demeanor that he had when he was incredibly angry. "She's my friend, don't talk shit about my friend." He said and stare at his big brother trying to make a point. Tommy sigh and thanked Tess for the food and leave the table and went outside for a quick walk to cool off and don't do anything stupid.

The first thought that was going on in his head was that he needed to leave his place behind him, get his own place before things go out of hand with Brendan. His patience was running thin week after week and Brendan didn't seem to notice that, he keep pushing the money issue and wanting to take care of Tommy in all aspects.

Tommy wanted things to work out, he honestly wanted to be okay with his older brother but good God, Brendan was an asshole and the Camila comment was just the last drop in his already full glass.

"Tommy," He heard a soft voice called him out, he turned around and it was Susan, he gave her a quick nod and looked a head again. She sigh and closed the door behind her, hugging herself trying to battle the cold. "I'm sorry about that," She apologize.

"You didn't said anything." He muttered back at her.

"No, but I understand," Susan softly said. "And Bren didn't know you two were friends, still. He was a bit of an asshole."

"He doesn't know her." Tommy muttered and fold his arms in front of his chest. Susan looked at him with her big blue eyes and wondered if those two were something because because she was here interested in Tommy, but she wasn't going to pursue anything if he was already with someone else.

"Uhm, so..." She said shifting her weight from one feet to another, Tommy looked at her noticing the nervousness on her face. "So, you and... you know. Camila, do you like her? Or are like-are like... dating?" Susan asked and keep looking forward feeling her cheeks burn.

"With Cami?"

"Cami-yes,"

It's not like Tommy didn't actually have thoughts about 'hitting that' as Manny would said, Camila seem like a girl that knows a thing -or two- about having fun and he was all about that to be honest, but they work, train and spend all day together and actually she was the only buddy that he had to fuck around with, not literally fuck, but you know, they grow close and he was sure that she was thankful that he haven't make any attempt to engage in other activities. It's not that Camila haven't think about fucking Tommy, because every woman that was attracted to the opposite sex would definitely think about fucking Tommy Conlon. But she was under Frank's rules and the fact that Tommy didn't make any attempt or even suggest rolling in the mats the sexy way.

She shut up, and he shut up.

They're good friends.

That's it. Right?

"No, Cami is my friend, we're friends, that's it." He finally said and Susan's smile couldn't grow bigger in her face.