It was that time of the year again. My favorite time actually, it was time for hide-and-seek. Everyone had, I'm sure, gotten together and plotted against me. But, I don't know if it was confidence in my hiding skills, or confidence in myself, I had a feeling that no one would be able to find me this year.

As I sat down at the table with all my sisters I saw Cheshire grins left and right. My mother walked up to the podium and every girl's head snapped in her direction simultaneously. "Ladies and staff members, this years' hide-and-seek tournament is going to be a little different from our previous ones," she started. Someone over at the freshman's table yelled, "Yeah, this year Cammie won't win." People laughed at that, even the staff members. My mom even cracked a smile before remembering that this was all business. She cleared he throat and continued. "This year we will be taking this to the streets." That sure did sober everyone up. "And, instead of hiding away from everyone else, you will be hiding from me." I looked over at Bex; the gears in her head were spinning like crazy. Mr. Solomon looked as if he suddenly didn't want to play anymore. But me? I was thinking up the perfect plan to escape my mother's eagle eye. And Josh's line of sight. If he wasn't there then there would be no chance of someone blowing my cover for me.

Crazy enough, I think I made a perfect plan. But I was just missing one thing, a civilian willing to do me a big favor that may seem strange and incomprehensible. I needed Dee Dee. Yes Dee Dee as in Josh's Dee Dee. As in the girl that Macey once wanted to give a dozen parking tickets just because her and Josh had moved to the next level.

"Cammie!" Bex whispered/yelled. "Wanna be partner?" As much as I'd love to have Bex be my partner I had to do this solo. Kind of.

"Sorry, Bex no can do," I said with a shrug. "I'll fill you in later." I pointedly looked at Tina. We all thought that my mom's announcement was finished. In the chaos of the news we totally forgot she was still up at the podium, not the greatest thing to do when you're a spy.

"One more thing ladies," the entire cafeteria was silent. "The Blackthorne Boys will also be involved in this." The doors to the cafeteria burst open it wasn't the small group that came last time. No, it was hundreds of guys. Tina and Anna Fettermen squealed. Mick Morrison chocked on her orange juice. Bex grinned devilishly in my direction. Liz gasped pulled a notebook and pencil from practically nowhere and started taking notes. And Macey groaned. She probably knew that a good portion of the guys would be worshiping the ground she walked on. I tried to play it cool, when in fact I was screaming on the inside. If the Blackthorne Boys were here then that meant Zach. The boy that kissed me in front of my entire school. The boy who had tipped off that The Circle of Cavan that they were after me. And if I were seeking out Dee Dee my ex-boyfriends current girlfriend, how would he take that? Wait-what was there to take. It's just Dee Dee, not like its Josh or anything. Even if it was Josh, why would he care?

Right now, I would ask Macey but I hadn't told her my plan. And Tina was still in listening range. And Zach was walking toward our table. Wait!! Zach? Was walking toward our table? Now? In my direction? Does life hate me?

"..And I hope you enjoy yourselves," my mom finished. Oops, forgot that she was there talking. My bad. When Zach saw that I was looking at him he smirked. I noticed that he wasn't alone. He had Grant and Jonas on his flanks. Grant's gaze was zeroed on Bex. And from the corner I saw Bex lift her chin in the air. And match his stare. If they were going to have a staring match, Bex would win. One time she challenged ….and won. It was pretty impressive. Jonas was looking at Liz and the color was slowly rising to Liz's cheeks. It was actually really cute. I looked up again and Zach and the guys were already 10 feet away. I had no idea what to do. One part of me wanted to run over to him and slap him so hard his jaw dislocated and then another part wanted to run over to him and jump into his arms. The last part of me wanted to get Bex hog-tie him to a chair and let Liz execute the all the terrible tortures she knew and make him answer my questions. And with Liz being the genius she is the possible tortures she knows are endless.

Macey randomly picked up her notebook and a black marker and turned it sideways to write something. I looked at her curiously. She held it up for me read. It said: Carpe Diem? Seize the day? I winked at her and she grinned. I took a deep breath and walked over to Zach. All the students were holding their breath, Zach looked curious. The only one who really knew what was going on was Macey. I walked right up to him and grabbed him by his collar and dragged his head down to meet mine. I kissed him hard on the lips. Zach was surprised but he didn't pull back. But he was unresponsive. I started counting…1…2…3…4…5...6…when I got to seven he caught on to what I was doing. He grabbed my waist and pulled me towards him. People cheered, clapped, and some guys wolf-whistled. My mother was, to say the least, astonished. Then she realized that the girl making-out in the middle of the dining hall was her daughter. And that she was still a headmistress and her domain was in chaos. She gathered herself and yelled "Cameron!"

I smiled against Zach's lips and pulled away, most girls would be breathless, not this one. My record for holding my breath was 20 minutes and 45 seconds. The cafeteria turned quiet at the sound of Rachel Morgan being angry.

"Yes, mother?" I asked innocently.

"That's enough. Get back to your meals," she barked at the crowd. I pulled Zach to our table trying hard not to laugh. I saw that Bex and Macey, along with pretty much our whole grade was trying hard to not burst out in laughter. Bex had to scoot over to make room for me and Zach. So that made Liz scoot over, then Tina, Mick, Courtney, and they had scooted over that Anna was pushed off the bench. That did it we erupted in a fit. Even Anna who was splayed across the floor holding her sides. Madame Dabney was livid. Her face was a strange shade of purple. That made us laugh even harder. Until the thought of the hide-and-seek challenge today popped into my mind that sobered me up.

"Cam," Bex giggled. "What's wrong?" I mouthed:' Hide-And-Seek' the other girls luckily saw it and stopped laughing. The guys on the other hand were looking at us like we were clinically insane.

I hopped onto Zach's lap and bent down to whisper into his ear. "To make room for Anna." He rolled his eyes. He leaned in for a kiss but I turned my cheek.

"Cammie," he groaned. I giggled and got up.

"Sorry," I sang running my fingers along his jaw-line. "I'll miss you," I cooed in a baby voice. I heard Grant cough and say "Whipped" while I was walking off. Most of the guys started laughing until I whipped around to glare at them. It was silent, and then Macey burst into a giggle fit, thus causing all the girls to laugh with her. Madame Dabney hung her head in her hands. My mom went MIA; Mr. Solomon was shaking his head apathetically. I went straight for the Sublevels; I gathered three wigs contacts, a few face noses a body suit and I would use some of Macey's clothes. Either that or use her credit cards.

I made my way up to my room, by using a passageway of course. I slipped right under my bed. I crawled out I saw a very shocked Zach. Bex was sitting on her bed. He opened his mouth to ask something when Bex cut him off. "I stopped asking ages ago. Sometimes you just don't want to know." I grinned widely at her.

"Macey!!" I said. She popped her head out of her closet. How she created it into a walk-in, I will never know. "I need a bag. I big one. And clothes."

"That's my cue to leave," Zach announced. I offered to walk him out and he accepted. The second the door closed he pulled me against him with a strong force. His green eyes got darker and he grinned mischievously. I stepped on tip toes but that turned out unnecessary because he grabbed my waist and pulled me up. As it became more heated I wrapped my legs around his waist. He moaned in my mouth and pinned me against the wall.

"Is this a bad time?" I heard a deep voice say. At first I thought it was Grant. So I mumbled:

"Uhh, yeah kind of."

"Miss Morgan!" Crap. It wasn't Grant. It was Mr. Solomon. I pretended like I knew it was him the whole time and sighed exasperated.

"Yes sir?"

"Vans leave in ten" he nodded to me the turned to Zach. "I'd like to speak with you." Zach turned his head to wink at me and I smiled and gave him a kiss good-bye. Mr. Solomon made a disgusted sound in the back of his throat. So I kissed Zach harder biting his lip. I turned to look at Solomon. He looked disappointed, and Zach looked shocked that I would do something like that in front of a teacher. Much less Mr. Solomon.

I sauntered back into my room. I acted like nothing happened. I went over to Macey's closet and started pulling out clothes. I picked out two mini skirts a pair of combat boots, a pair of black pumps. A tight fitting blouse with a very low cut, and a tee that was as thin as skin. I pulled out a push-up bra and filled up the tote-bag Macey lent me. It barley even looked full. (Macey likes really big bags) Then I changed out of my uniform and into the clothes Macey had laid out for me. A green tank top that was lacey at the top and a pair of dark washed skinny jeans and black converse. With my bag it wasn't anything that screamed "LOOK AT ME!" or "IM HIDING STAY AWAY!" It was pain and simple. Just like me.

Before we knew it, it was time to head out. Zach fell into step beside me.

"So, Gallagher Girl? Want to be my partner?" He sounded so sure that I was going to say yes. Too bad for him.

"Can't say I do." I smirked. "I already have a partner," I explained. He opened his mouth to ask who but I cut him off. "She doesn't go here." I whispered. His eyes widened as he figured out who I was talking about. He knew the only other girl my age that I knew that didn't go to Gallagher was Dee Dee.

"Dee Dee?" He asked completely stunned.

"Who else? I mean if I explain it right it'll just seem like some fun game to her." Well a-duh! Dee Dee is too gullible for her own good. He just shook his head and wrapped an arm around me. We had walked all the way to the park in the middle of town. My mom had been leading with all the other teachers and she spun around to look at us.

"You have 45 minutes to get any plan you have into action. Your time starts in five minutes so you have time to get away." She said smiling. Everyone grimaced. Hiding from Rachel Morgan was nearly impossible. "Keep your comms unit on at all times. And don't forget to have fun," she said with a smile at the end. "Your five minutes start now." And that was all it took to move the masses. Liz managed to trip Mr. Mosowitz who fell on top of a helpless 8th grade boy. It was chaos. So I did what I did best. I blended.