So, hi.
These are assorted one-shots I had previously posted on GA for the blog wars. I'm publishing them here now, one per chapter.
Rating will stay a T, and there will be OTGSY spoilers.
Review and tell me what you think. (:
Invisible
Macey McHenry. God, she's so perfect. Sometimes Cammie forgets about a time when they were teenagers, when battle scars weren't slathered in make-up and smiles. Sometimes she just sees the unattainable, killer blue-eyed beauty her best friend is today. That's all Zach sees, too, and it seems like he's forgotten all about a time when he and Cammie were teenagers and when dips in the Great Hall meant something to his stuttering heart.
Now all he can notice is how Macey's grown up so fine with that make-up and smile.
It doesn't matter, though - because they're best friends, right? A little ache in the Chameleon's heart doesn't mean much in the long run, especially when she catches him (her him) staring at said BFF again and again and again, so much she can't take it. They're not best friends; if they were Miss-I'm-So-Perfectly-Unreachable would back off.
See, that's the thing: Macey's not doing anything wrong. She's not doing anything, really, but cocking that hip and raising that eyebrow at him. It's not her fault that Zach's suddenly tripping over both feet to follow her around like a puppy dog.
It's not Macey's fault. It's Cammie's.
She knows it, too. The invisible best friend with those doe eyes knows she's been overlooked by the guy she thought she was in love with. But give her some credit. Cameron Ann Morgan is not going to run away because of some guy (even if he understands her better then anyone, even if he's got the brightest eyes she's ever seen) because she's stronger then that.
Then she's called in for last minute back-up.
She never makes it, she sits in the lab with Liz and listens to the comms as her best friend and ex-lover count the moments to their death (what a mission gone wrong) and she can't help the tears when they kiss. They're cut off by explosions.
Static.
She cries.