Chapter 1

"Yo babe, what's up?"

I looked up from the book I was reading (Mr Solomon gave it to me for my birthday a few weeks ago). Standing in front of me was guy in a black leather jacket and dark-sunglasses and talking in a deep voice that sounds like he's trying to act cool.

"Zac, is that you?" I said trying to hide the smirk in my voice. That's right me, Cammie Morgan was smirking. But I couldn't help it; Zac looked so different, so... funny!

"What are you wearing?" I asked getting over the humour of it and becoming rather shocked.

"Don't hate on my duds" Zac said

"Your duds?" I said finding it funny again.

"Yeah my leather, my clothes, my new look"

"Zac what has happened to you"

"What do you mean bro?"

"Ok Zac" I said starting to get annoyed "what is going on, you look ridiculous."

"Oh" Zac said losing the funny accent and taking off his leather jacket and sunglasses. "It's just that Grant, Jonas and Sam said that-"

"Wait a minute, what have Grant, Jonas and Sam got to do with this?" I said

"Oh well there here, at the academy"

"Why" I said starting to get annoyed of these half answers and wanting him to tell me full story.

"Well Grant kept on going on about how much he missed Bex and Sam was being called away from school a couple of times a week and talking to a secret contact. They were trying to persuade him to join the circle. Oh but he never will" Zac added as he saw the worried look on my face.

"Anyway Jonas also wanted to see Liz and Sam was freaking out about the circle recruiting him, so I said they could stay here. They've been bunking in my room for like the past week."

"Ok that makes sense" I said "but I have to questions for you: first of all what has this got to do with the dorky clothes and the wired ascent and second of all does my mum know the guys are here?"

"To answer your questions your mum does not know they're here and second of all the guys said it would be very cool if I dressed and spoke like that and it would make you like me more. Now I see it was just a prank and I hope they didn't take pictures.

"Why didn't you tell my mum they were here and Zac you silly boy I couldn't like you anymore." I said and lent in and kissed him. It was soft and short but it felt just right. I gave him time to go and get changed and laughed at how silly he was to take Grant an Sam's advice (I don't think Jonas had anything to do with it but laugh and put the photos on the internet).

After a few minutes I heard some sort of fight coming from the other room and then laughter as the boys play wrestled with each other. I heard something smash (I think it was the lamp) and then Zac came in with a smirk on his face and his hair all messed up and sticking up at odd angles. The funny thing is I really like his hair all missed up like that (it makes him look tough).

We sat down on my bed and joked around and laughed for a while and then we lay down on my bed in silence and just enjoyed each other's company.

Suddenly an alarm went off and a siren sounded. Red lights flashed all around us and we sat up right so suddenly, we banged heads.

I got off the bead rubbing my head as Bex, Liz and Macey charged through the door and started yelling over the code black sirens.

Macey grabbed my hand and I grabbed Zac's as she dragged us both through the door. As we got into the hall the door across the hall from us opened and out walked Jonas, Grant and Sam.

Bex rushed into Grants arms and he was about to kiss her when Macey tore them apart and started to run down the hall with us all in tow.

As we ran through the mansion I couldn't think straight. Why had the code black sounded? What did it mean? How could anything go from being so perfect to becoming so horribly wrong?