Disclaimed.
Running.
We were sprinting through the forest him and I. Two spies against the wrath of the COC. And we were gonna make it. We were so close.
Sure they were shooting at us. But we were Zach and Cammie. We couldn't be taken down by mere terrorist with deadly objects. We were strong. We were invincible. And we were gonna make it.
Until a loud gunshot suddenly rang through the air.
"ZACH!"
He screamed out in pain, and fell to the ground. The dried leaves under him began to soak with blood. I ran back to him, even though the COC was catching up.
"Zach, baby, get up," I said, as I protected him with my body, tears pooling in my eyes, "You need to get up."
His face was clenched in pain, and I glanced nervously at the agents who were approaching rapidly, but no longer shooting. They thought they had us. Had me.
"I can't Cammie," he gasped.
Then I understood. I understood the severity of the situation. It finally clicked what happened; where the gun had hit, why Zach wouldn't get up.
He'd been shot in the spine.
He was paralyzed.
And in that moment, I swiftly gave him a kiss and stood up. I swallowed back the tears, and put on an emotionless mask.
"I'm so sorry, Zach."
He smirked, more of a grimace from the pain he was in, but still a sign he was still here. "It's okay Gallagher Girl. Tell everyone I love them."
I nodded, throat too swollen to talk, and then I did what I did best.
I disappeared.
I tried not to think about Zach as I hid. Avoided any thoughts of his winning smirk, or piercing green eyes. I didn't think about the fact he was my first love, my first time. Or the emerald engagment ring he gave me, promising we'd be together forever.
And as I hid in the trees above my dying boyfriend, watching the COC agents surrounded him, I couldn't hold back the tears or the memories we'd had. From the time he almost kissed me in Roseville, to the real first kiss we had with all our friends.
"Where did she go?" One of the terrorists asked.
"Ah, there's no way she could have made it out. Someone else must've caught her. Let's just kill this one, he's as good as dead anyway." Another said.
I put my hand over my mouth and tried to hold back my sobs. I must have made a noise, because, with a gun held to his chest, Zach somehow made eye contact with me.
And, before the gun went off, he mouthed something.
Then his eyes turned empty, and his body slumped.
It was hours before they stopped searching for me. Until it was safe enough to leave the forest. But finally it was safe enough to crawl out of the trees.
I walked over to Zach. I got on my knees and put my lips to his cold, lifeless mouth for a moment.
"I love you too."
Of course I regretted leaving. I wanted to stay and fight for my beloved. But that simply wasn't an option. In this life, you have to make choices. Hard ones. The love of your life dying is just an occupational hazard. A warning.
Be careful with your heart.
That sucked. I just wanted to post something for GG5. But I'm super tired and I wrote this in like 5 min so don't judge. I know I have been MIA but I'll get to that another time. First I want to address my opinions about what I think will happen in book 5 which comes out in an hour.
1. I am convinced that Professor Buckingham is a double agent
2. I think Cammie and Zach will take a break by the end of the book for some weird reason (to dangerous, to complicated, ect.)
3. Cammie saw Josh over her weird summer thing but can't remember this.
4. Those nuns know more than they let on
That's it. I swear this is just an guess, but I hope I get something right. Sorry about the shitty story.
~Sarah
