A/N: Contrary to what I said before, I decided to go ahead and update this anyway, to fit with book four. Minor changes, won't matter much if you've already read it, so don't waste your time reading it again. But if you didn't read this the first time around, I give you:

10 Things

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own it.

10 Things you didn't know about...

Zachary Goode

1. He still doesn't know exactly what happened to his father.

He was sent to live with his aunt and uncle when he was ten, and told his dad had gone missing. Not dead, his aunt insisted. Missing. He'd come back some day. As for his mother, she could hardly be bothered to take care of her son, since she was always out on business.

But it wasn't so bad. Zach's aunt bought him ice cream, a lot. More than his mother ever had.

2. He was accepted to Blackthorne partly because he was a legacy and partly because of a dare.

Brian Crawley didn't believe that Zach actually had no idea where his aunt worked. His uncle, he knew, was a real estate agent. His aunt never said anything. So Brian dared his best friend to follow his aunt to work. Zach had gotten all the way past FBI security and into his aunt's office before she noticed he was there.

The summer after sixth grade he was told he'd be going to Blackthorne.

Brian still believes Zach's aunt works for a law firm.

3. He decided he liked Melanie Shannon in sixth grade.

It wasn't because she was nice, or sort of pretty (even though she was both those things). There were enough nice girls at his elementary school, and lots of girls who were prettier than she was. No, he liked her because he decided to follow her to the pool after school one day in June. And then she caught him on her tail. She was the only person he had met who had ever caught him.

4. The summer before he started going to Blackthorne in seventh grade, he'd had his first kiss.

Melanie lived two houses down from Zach, and while they hadn't exactly been friends, they were knew each other well enough that he felt obligated to say goodbye before he left for boarding school, and somehow they leaned forward at the same time and their lips touched for a split second. They stood there awkwardly for a few seconds, both blushing, until Zach managed to stammer, "Um...bye."

5. He really did try to have a relationship with Melanie.

The problem was that he was only home for the summers. And that all outside electronic communication at Blackthorne was blocked, so they couldn't call each other. Or even e-mail. And somehow, she knew he was lying when he told her about his school, because he couldn't tell her the truth. Freshman year, they decided to give up. Melanie moved on and had a new boyfriend by the beginning of sophomore year. Zach learned to get over it.

6. He was forever indebted to Grant.

Not that Grant actually cared if he was repaid. He had done it as a friend. But Zach still felt that he owed Grant one - he just needed to find the opportunity.

Zach was used to sneaking out of Blackthorne. Whenever he was stressed, he would follow normal (aka non-spy) people around. It made him feel better about his skills, and honestly, it was also a little bit of a relief to see that there were normal people out there. Getting out wasn't the hard part - anyone smart enough to attend Blackthorne was also smart enough to memorize camera patterns and leave the building through the (bulletproof) window of the second floor bathroom. It wasn't even that far of a jump to solid ground.

Sneaking back in to his top-secret, highly secure school was significantly harder. He'd almost been caught once, in the middle of freshman year. Dr. Steve had to choose that night to decide to finish up some paperwork. And, well, students probably weren't supposed to be climbing out of air vents at three in the morning.

But Grant had been there. "It's my fault, Dr. Steve," he said, appearing from around the corner. "I was going to sneak out. Zach followed me through the vent to try and convince me not to."

Grant even accepted the three weeks of detention he was given as punishment. When Zach had offered to confess to Dr. Steve, Grant shook his head. "We all find a way to deal. Jonas has his formulas. I have music. And you follow people."

"What do you mean?" Zach asked.

But Grant didn't answer, or even bring it up again. Zach still doesn't know what he was talking about.

7. He can't point out the exact moment he realized he was head over heels in love with Cammie Morgan.

Maybe it was in the elevator in the metro station in D.C., when he realized that she was good enough at hiding that he actually had to work to follow her.

Maybe it was when he thought he had beaten her at her own game... only to hear her call him "Blackthorne Boy," a name he detested because of everything it represented.

Maybe it was when she and her friends had gone so far as to plant bugs in his room... and then he had found them.

Maybe it wasn't until he kissed her in the middle of the middle of the grand hall of the Gallagher Academy.

Maybe it was when he realized that she was used to following people, but not being followed. She wasn't used to being the center of attention. She frequently snuck out of her top-secret spy school. And in that sense, she was exactly like him.

8. The second most honest thing he ever said to Cammie was that if she had been the one following him, he never would have seen her.

He knew it would annoy her, because she was a girl and apparently girls wanted to be noticed. But she was also a spy, and it was true, and because of those two things he knew it had to be said. He would openly admit that she was probably just as good at following people as he was.

9. The most honest thing he ever asked her, and the time he was at his most vulnerable, was when he begged her to tell him that she hadn't snuck out of Gallagher Academy to see her ex-boyfriend, Josh.

And in that moment he realized that even though their relationship was complicated, he would do anything short of dying to protect her.

He knew he would even if she had answered that she wanted to see Josh. Or that she liked Josh better.

10. The only time in his life he was ever truly nervous was in the split second before she answered the most important question he'd ever asked.

It only took a split second for Cammie to glance at the ring he had offered to her, glance back at him, and say yes.

A/N: I saw other people had done this and decided to give it a try. I had fun. If you want me to do another character, leave it in the reviews, and if I have enough time maybe I'll get around to writing up another "10 Things" list… Except I decided not to do one of Cammie. We know enough about her already, and I feel like I'd just be retelling the books.

Before people start bothering me, yes, I completely made up Melanie. I just couldn't imagine that Cammie was Zach's first girlfriend. And I liked the idea of a girl he couldn't follow. Because if you notice, he follows people A LOT. Anyway. Reviews make my day :-)