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****Note: THIS IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BOOK! MAJOR GG5 SPOILERS!****
Disclaimer: I don't own Gallagher Girls, that would be the amazing genius Ally Carter.
Bex POV
"Well, what are we going to do?" I asked the room at large. Zach, Liz, Macey and I were all in an abandoned classroom that Cam had shown us last year. It was up on the third floor. Its dusty walls were covered in maps and posters, the old chalkboards covered in lists and notes. Lists of how to find Cam, lists of how NOT to. Lists of people that were looking. Lists of people that we could ask to look. Snack lists. Yet another painful reminder of our missing friend. The room and that Cam made lists for everything. "Well?"
Macey was the only one to respond, pointing to herself and simply saying, "Jet".
Liz sighed at this. "Yeah, Mace, we get it, but…" she trailed off.
"But what?" Zach asked. We all looked at him as though we were surprised that he was still there. Naturally, we all expected him to run away just like Cam did, seeing as he was the one who had given her the idea in the first place. "But what?" he repeated, a little more forceful this time.
"But we don't know where she is. We have everyone we can out looking for her. Abby. Townsend. Her mom. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter. How are we going to find her?"
"Like you found me." Macey answered. "We don't know where she is, but we know Cammie. Where would she go?"
I sighed. "Well, Mace, yeah, we know Cam. We also know that she wants answers, that she's good, like really good, and that her dad disappeared in…" I referenced our notes, "Rome. Cam could be anywhere!" Just at that moment, Mrs. Morgan burst in, her face shining.
"Rome. We have people who know she was in Rome."
Less than an hour later, more people than I'd ever, ever seen in Cam's Mom's office were there. Important people. The trustees. Abby. Mum and Dad. Townsend. I exchanged a look with my roommates and Zach. I guess none of us really realized how important Cam was. Well, maybe Zach did, seeing as his mom's in the COC. I guess we all kind of took advantage of her just being there for us. Always. This scared me. A lot. I've always been so sure, even when Macey ran away. As I thought about that, Macey turned to me.
"Was this what it was like when I ran?" Macey asked.
"No. Not at all." Liz answered before I could.
Macey looked confused, like when she was trying to memorize another formula for chemistry. The ones like her life might depend on it. It most cases, it did. Especially knowing Dr. Fibs. It was like she realized how important Cam was and wasn't sure whether she was more or less important.
"This is much worse. No offense, Mace." I responded.
"None taken." Macey looked around.
A few seconds later, Liz asked the question none of us had considered. "How's Zach?"
We all turned to look at him. Hands in his pockets, leaning against the bookshelf. He was in Mr. Solomon's usual place. His dark hair was falling over his eyes, and he looked lost in thought.
"Brooding. Mad. Sad. Lonely. Deserted." Macey rattled these off like a doctor analyzing common symptoms. As though she had read my mind, Macey concluded , "Symptoms of a person who feels they should of done something to change the outcome of something else. More commonly known as a broken heart."
"Why?" Liz asked, looking at Macey.
"Cam left. He gave her the idea. She left without telling him. She didn't take him with. He didn't realize that she left." I answered almost subconsciously. I didn't even realize that I knew the answer.
"Bingo. Give the woman a prize." Macey answered sarcastically.
"But why heartbreak? She still loves him. She does. Doesn't she?" Liz looked like she had never considered that possibility.
In response, Macey and I shrugged in unison. Just then, Mrs. Morgan started the meeting.
"Thank you all for coming today. We have found that…"
"She's been in Rome. We don't know where she is now, but she was in Rome." When her sister shot her a look that clearly read, 'stay out of it', Abby shrugged. "You weren't getting to the point fast enough. They all came here to find out about Cam. Give them that much."
"Well, then, what Abigail said is pretty much it." We know she's been in Rome within the past month. We have no way of tracking her." To my right, I heard Liz gasp. "Thank you all for coming. We'll update you soon." With that, everyone was dismissed. Macey, Liz, Zach, and I lagged behind. Abby turned to us, sighing.
"You guys can leave too. Go get some rest or something. We'll update you soon."
"Thank you very much. We'll go do that right now. See you around!" With that, Liz dragged Macey and I out of the office, hurrying towards our "headquarters". Zach, obviously interested, followed behind. As soon as we were out of the hall that lead to Mrs. Morgan's office, Liz took off running.
"Lizzy! Lizzy! Elizabeth Sutton! Liz!" Macey called, sprinting after Liz. Normally, Liz is the least likely of all of us to win in a footrace, but evidently she knew something we didn't that had her going.
"Lizzy, care to slow down sometime this year?" I called after her, trying to sound nonchalant. Fortunately, she did.
"Cam's mom was wrong." Liz was grinning like a madwoman. "We can track her."
"Lizzy?" Macey sounded concerned, like Cam wasn't the only one who had a bad habit of hitting her head. I didn't blame her.
"I'm right. I'm right.You know I'm right." Liz kept repeating to herself.
"Yeah Lizzy, we know." Macey said, like she was trying to calm her.
"Do you remember the second semester of junior year?" Liz asked.
"Yes…" Macey and I said in unison.
"Remember when Cam went to go see Zach?" Liz said, while digging in a box for something, her voice slightly muffled.
"You mean when you guys and Cam met me in the pavilion in Roseville? Then yes." Zach pointed out.
"Yeah, that." Liz said, turning around. "She still has that hair binder with the tracker in it. She grabbed that one, of all of them. Is that luck or what?" Liz looked excited. Macey and I turned to look at each other, her look mirroring the one I was almost positive I had on my face. It's not luck. It's sloppiness. And forgetfulness. And it's totally not Cammie.
"So… you mean we can track her?" Zach asked.
"Yes." Liz looked offended.
"That's generally what the term 'tracking device' means." Macey added, a resounding 'duh' in her tone.
"So where is she?" Zach looked as ready as any of us to up and get Cammie.
"It's not that simple. These trackers have been out for a long time. I mean, I used them last semester. We've had summer! I can't just up and start them again, can I? It takes work. Work, I tell you!" Liz was nearly shrieking by now.
"OK, Liz, How long is it gonna take you?" Zach asked. Liz paused for a minute before responding.
"About 10 minutes, give or take." Liz said.
"Austria. The Alps." Eight minutes and 43 seconds later, Liz had Cam's location pinpointed.
"Great. When do we leave?" Zach asked. We all looked at him like he was nuts.
"You mean how do we leave." Liz corrected him.
Rolling his eyes, Zach said "Fine. How do we leave? Better, Liz?"
"Yes." She answered. "And I'm actually not sure." At this, Macey pointed to herself.
"Jet."
"True…" Liz said, "but how are we going to leave without people noticing? We don't have Cam to show us the passageways."
"And me again!" Macey said with a flourish. "Cam showed me one we used to escape the first semester of sophomore year, when I ran away."
"OK. We got the how figured out. When do we leave?" Zach asked.
"We don't. Not yet." I was surprised to hear my own voice, and even more so to realize that I was absolutely correct. "We need to tell her mom. And Abby, and Townsend, and my parents. We can't leave yet. Plus," my voice gained power as I continued, "we don't know what's waiting. It could be…" I trailed off.
"My mother." Zach spat out the two words darkly.
"Your who?" Macey choked out.
"Yeah Zach, who?" I echoed, worried.
"His mom's the Circle. You didn't know that?" Liz said, looking genuinely concerned.
"No, how did you know, Liz?" Macey looked as worried as I felt.
"The CoveOps report she left on Gilly's case. She met Zach's mom in the tombs. She's…" Liz hesitated.
"The woman from the rooftop." Macey said slowly. "Of course. So the same people that want her… "
"Probably want me. Yeah, I know." Zach said.
I couldn't handle this. This… this was far too much for one girl to process, even if she is a Gallagher Girl. The semester hadn't even started yet, and already we were learning.
"You mean to tell me that you had trackers on her and did not see fit to tell her mother and aunt this?" Mrs. Morgan's voice was shaking with barely suppressed anger. On that note, Abby didn't look real happy either.
"Yes ma'am." Liz replied meekly. "But I swear, we only just realized it today. In your office at the meeting, actually. You said we had no way of tracking her, and I remembered." Liz looked terrified of the two women sitting in front of her.
Abby sighed, looking up at the ceiling, towards her sister, then to Liz. "Well… how'd you get the tracking device on her?"
Liz looked overjoyed we weren't being yelled at. "Well," she paused, realizing that this wasn't one of Cam's greatest moments to tell her mother about. "Well… it was last semester. We put a tracking device on her hair binder… and that was the one she took." Liz looked upset again, as though she realized how terrible of an excuse it was. Judging by the looks on their faces, Mrs. Morgan and Abby realized it too.
Abby rolled her eyes and then asked, "So, where is she?"
"The section of the Alps in Austria." She said excitedly "I have the exact location in the other room. Should I go… oopsie Daisy!" As she turned while still talking to them, she tripped over her untied shoelace and nearly fell flat on her face. Fortunately for her, Zach caught her by one arm and hauled her to her feet. "Thanks, Zach. Should I go get it?"
"No, but thanks, Liz." Abby responded, looking worried that Liz might hurt herself.
"When do we leave?" Zach and I asked at the same time.
"We don't. Remember…" Mrs. Morgan said, though I could tell it nearly killed her. I suddenly realized that we all missed Cam like crazy and would do anything to get her back.
"The Circle." Zach sighed.
"Exactly." Mrs. Morgan said. "We can't go get her until we know it's safe."
"But… she might not be safe." Liz said.
"It's Cam." Macey said. Then a look of understanding crossed her face.
"So… she is safe or she isn't safe. Which is it?" Zach responded.
"It's a toss-up, honestly." Macey said. "Knowing Cam, she managed to get herself into trouble. But, knowing Cam, she wouldn't go down without a fight and wouldn't get caught. So…"
"Yeah, it's a toss-up." I finished.
"Actually, after analyzing her past behavior and the behavior of the Circle, she has a 49% chance of getting caught and a 51% chance of being safe." Liz said. Seeing the look on Mrs. Morgan and Abby's faces she hurriedly added, "But that's if she's alone. If she has someone trained with her…"
"Liz!" Abby and Mrs. Morgan exchanged a glance. "Um… thanks, Liz. How about you girls go and finish up your homework." Abby said.
"But…" Liz started.
"C'mon, Lizzy." I said, dragging her out of the room. Obviously, they had something to talk about that didn't include us.
"Liz!" Macey blew up as soon as we reached our suite. "What were you thinking? Telling them that Cam probably isn't going to survive her summer to see her senior year, that she was last seen where her father was last seen, that Cam and her dad were a lot alike, that she might die the same way her father might have…" Macey trailed off suddenly. We all turned toward the door, where Zach was leaning against the doorframe. "You really shouldn't be up here." Macey said.
"How'd he get here?" Liz asked, then turned to him. How'd you get here?"
"Um… I walked." Zach replied.
"No, really?" I replied sarcastically.
Zach shrugged and pointed to himself. "Spy." He then pointed to Macey. "Jet." He pointed to Liz. "Genius." He pointed to me."Spy." Then he made a circular motion, including all of us. "Cammie's friends." He concluded with, "We're getting her."
OH! Cliffhanger... I think...
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