Summary: "That doesn't sound like the Cammie I know." "That's just it, Zach." She looked at him, pain deeply embedded in her once-lively blue eyes, her once-brown-now-blonde hair falling in front of her face. He knew the truth before the words even left her mouth. "I'm not that girl anymore."

Zach was in love with Cammie...but he loved fighting for his country more. That's why he left her.

Two years later, he returns home to find she's completely changed, and he quickly learns the reason she's acting so strangely is because something happened while he was gone—something that had turned Cammie's world upside down.

Although Cammie refuses to let him in on her dark secret, Zach refuses to give up on the girl he used to know.


Give Me The Girl I Knew


If there was one thing that was more torturous than anything Zach had ever endured during his two-year deployment over in Afghanistan, it was Macroeconomics with Dr. Smith.

As if the class itself wasn't challenging enough, the monotonous voice that his professor spoke with during the two and a half hour lecture only made him want to take a nap—not learn about the Keynesian Theory.

Finally, Dr. Smith dismissed the class, and as quickly as he could, Zach packed up his stuff and headed towards the exit. He barely had a foot out the door when he heard someone call his name.

"Zach!"

A big smile stretched across his lips when he found who the voice belonged to.

"Grant," Zach answered, surprised and thrilled to see his old high school pal.

"I thought that was you," Grant Newman exclaimed as he approached, an equally huge grin on his face as well. "Hey, man!"

It may not have been the cool thing to do, but Zach hadn't seen the guy in over two years and he was Zach's best friend, so he didn't care when he reached out and hugged him. Immediately, Grant wrapped his arms around Zach in response.

"I can't believe you're in this class," Zach told him once they released each other.

"What's even more amazing is that you're in this class. Or at GU at all," Grant corrected, pleasantly shocked. "What are you doing here, man?"

"My deployment's over. At least for the time being," Zach explained. He didn't add that he had no idea when he'd be positioned overseas again. That always seemed to ruin the moment.

"Well, now that you're back, we can get into all sorts of trouble like the good old days," Grant laughed.

Zach quickly reminisced on all the havoc he and his best friend used to cause as minors—back when their biggest worry was who they were taking to the dance and who was making out with who under the bleachers at the football games. "Grant, we're in college now. We can't do all the things we used to back in high school. We're more mature than that," Zach said.

Both men erupted into hysterics. It felt good, like no time had passed and Zach had never left.

"Aw, man, I've missed you," Grant told him, slapping Zach's back. "Hey, you should swing by my place later. The whole gang is gonna be there. I'm sure they'll all be happy to hear you're back."

Zach smiled. "Yeah, that sounds awesome." And he meant it. It had been so long since he talked to anyone from home, and he figured it'd be a nice change after the rough two years in Afghanistan.

"Great!" Grant exclaimed enthusiastically. "I've got another class to get to, but I'll send you the address and I'll see you tonight. Still have the same number?"

Zach nodded.

"Then I'll text you later. See ya, Zach!" Grant shouted as he crossed the busy street and headed in the opposite direction.

Zach couldn't believe it. Grant Newman, his best friend all those years ago, and the rest of the gang were all there at Gallagher University. Suddenly, he couldn't wait for the day to be over so he could see his old friends again. He wondered how they changed since high school, if they'd changed at all.

Were Grant and Bex still together? Did Liz get that internship at NASA she had been applying for? Had Macey moved to Rome with her family after the election? Did Jonas ever get a girlfriend? Hours later, he was finally going to get some answers to the curious questions that had been popping up in his mind all day.

"Hey, you made it!" Grant exclaimed excitedly as he opened the door to his cozy townhouse on the edge of campus.

"Wouldn't miss it," Zach answered, growing eager himself for the reunion he never imagined would happen, especially after all those close calls while overseas.

"Come on in. Let me show you the place." Grant stepped aside to let Zach through, shutting the door behind them both before leading them through the house.

Zach liked the place. It was obvious a woman lived there as well, and he could only hope it was the British beauty that was Bex Baxter and not someone new.

After being shown the kitchen, dining room, and the downstairs bathroom, Zach was finally escorted to the living room where the constant hum of conversation had been coming from since he stepped through the front door.

"Surprise!" Grant cried as he revealed all of their close friends to Zach, and vice versa.

Zach assumed they weren't expecting him, considering he could see genuine surprise and joy work their way across everyone's face as they took in his presence.

"Look who I ran into today," Grant added with a triumphant grin, obviously pretty pleased with the whole orchestration.

Suddenly, as if Grant's words were a confirmation of what they were seeing, everyone jumped up to greet him.

It didn't take long for Zach to notice that there was one particular person who wasn't entirely thrilled upon his return, and he couldn't help the hitch in his breath as his eyes landed on the last person he expected to see.

She may have looked different with her curly blonde strands where there used to be beautiful brown ones, but he would recognize her anywhere.

There, sitting at the end of the couch next to Bex, fitting in perfectly with the rest of the group as if she had always belonged, was Cammie Morgan…

His ex-girlfriend.


Hey, everyone! It's been forever since I've published anything to this site, much less a new story! But alas, here we are.

This story is loosely based on Lee Brice's song, "That Don't Sound Like You"...and I do mean loosely lol. Originally, it was going to be like a song-fic, but as I was writing, I decided to go in a different direction although I kept the main idea the same (i.e. Cammie's different than she was back when Zach was dating her). Anyway, if you like the song, here's hoping you'll like my spin on it, too!

Also, I don't think this story is going to be as dramatic as the summary above makes it sound...sorry.

Thanks so much to everyone who still reads Gallagher Girl fanfic and decided to give my story a shot! It's boring right now, but it'll get there. Let me know your comments/thoughts. Stay awesome (: