A/N: First ever please be nice. :)

Chapter 1: Without You

"Please, Cammie. Come on Gallagher Girl, we can do this. We've spent our entire lives training for this. I know we can do it. I'll protect you. I promise." He searched my face pleadingly.

"No," I whispered. "I can't."

"Yes, you can. We can."

I squeezed my eyes shut, took a deep breath. "Tell me why. Oh, wait you can't tell anyone can you?" I waited for him to say something, anything.

"I'm sorry Cammie. But I can't say anything. The less you know the harder it will be for the Circle to find you. Cam, you've got to trust me."

"No." I shook my head. "I'm sorry, but I'm not dropping my entire life to run away with you to hide form you mother."

"Please…" he whispered. He tried one last time. "Please do it for me." But my patience was gone and I snapped.

"Why? Why leave with you? Why is my life and safety so important to you, yet you can't tell me anything? Why keep me alive when I can't even protect myself?" I was mad and I needed to vent. "Oh! I know, your mom wants me alive, right?" I was yelling now. He flinched and I willed myself not to cry. Until then, I hadn't realized how close he was to me. And suddenly his hands were in mine and he wrapped my arms around his waist. He let go of my hands but I left them around him. He moved our hands to around his neck. Then he let go and cupped my face with one hand and the other under my chin forcing me to look up at him. His eyes looked like fire burning into mine.

"Why, Gallagher Girl?" He asked, his voice unintentionally seductive. His breath tickled y ear. His voice softened but his eyes still burned. "Because if I left you here I wouldn't know when I'd see you again of if I ever would. The Circle is dangerous and inhumanly smart. If I had to live not knowing what happened, or if you were even ok, I don't know what I'd do."

Both his hands cupped my face now. His forehead touched mine and he kissed the tear that had trickled down my cheek. "Why, Cammie?" He kissed my other cheek. "Because I love you." My arms wrapped tightly around his neck and my hands tangled in his hair. One of his hands wecured my face to his as the other found the small of my back. I broke the kiss, gasping for air. I expected him to pull away and give a smirk but instead his mouth kissed my collarbone and then he lifted his mouth to my ear and whispered, "Let's get out of here."

I started to protest, I just told him I wouldn't leave with him. "Zach, I just said-" His mouth silenced mine, and I understood what he was talking about. Sensing my comprehension he swept me off my feet just like in princess movies and I grasped his neck, never wanting to let go.

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