Cam P.O.V
It was graduation and I never really thought that I would love to see graduation but here I am sitting in my room with Macey doing my makeup and Liz doing my hair. Even though the school had burned down the ceremony would take place outside in the I was done I looked at my best friends or my sisters. They looked beautiful in their own way. Liz was wearing a knee length pink dress. Bex was wearing a black knee length dress with little diamonds. Macey was wearing a red knee length dress and me I was wearing a one shoulder knee length sapphire dress. Each one of us looking perfect in our own ways. We put on our graduation gowns and hats and Walked into the Barn. When we walked in the whole Gallagher Academy and Blackthorne senior class looked at us. (You might be thinking 'Blackthorne'. Yeah the blackthorne senior class was here for graduation too so Zach could graduate with his friends too.) My mom just came up to me and hugged me and said " I'm proud of you kiddo".
"Thanks Mom" I replied. I walked over to Zach and stood in front of him.
"Well?" I said.
"You don't look hideous" Was his reply. And guess what I said to that.
"Ditto" Remembering the Ball that year.
He put his arms around my waist and pulled me against him. I put my arms around his neck and he tilted his head pressing his soft lips onto mine.
After 4 minutes I pulled away with a slight smile on my face. And looked at him, well his horrible tie tying skills.
"Come here and let me fix your tie. What spy can't tie a necktie, eh Zach?"
"We never had to wear ties before and when I was younger Joe would always tie it for me." Ohh I didn't think about that.
"It's ok just let me tie it properly"
And I quickly ties his tie and gave him a quick peck on the lips. Before walking towards the others. Whom I guess were having the same problem.
We sat at the table with the other girls that we had go through almost everything together with. They were all wearing different length and style dresses. The boys were all wearing tuxedos/suits with all different colour ties. Grant was wearing a black tie. Jonas was wearing a light pinky colour tie. Preston a red one and Zach a sapphire colour all the same as our dresses. After breakfast we all made our way outside and took our seats so the ceremony could begin.
"Courtney Elaine Bauer," Madame Dabney said.
Applause filled the stands. Someone whistled. And Courtney looked like an angel as she walked across the stage to take her diploma and shake my mother's hand.
"Rebecca Grace Baxter," Madame Dabney said, and this time Bex climbed onto the stage.
I glanced at her parents, who sat in the front row of folding chairs. Her dad had a video recorder out, documenting the entire thing. Her mother smiled and clapped and waved, and I remembered that for a truly exceptional school, graduation at the Gallagher Academy is pretty much like graduations everywhere. There are smiling parents and gushing girls, shapeless black gowns and new graduates standing on the verge of a brave new world.
The only difference is that our worlds are slightly braver than average.
One by one we crossed the stage and shook my mother's hand. Gilly's sword had been shielded in its protective case and had come through the fire without a scratch, and like all Gallagher graduates before us, we stopped and kissed its blade. We held our diplomas and moved our tassels.
"Cameron Ann Morgan" it was my turn. As I stood on the stage I froze for a moment, and looked back over the crowd.
There were Mr. Solomon and Zach and Agent Townsend, who held tightly to Aunt Abby's hand. My teachers smiled back at me. The underclassmen looked up at the senior class in awe. And I squinted against the sun, looking across the grounds at the scaffolding that rose in the distance. I saw the mansion growing, stretching up from the ashes. I saw our fresh start.
"And now a few words from our valedictorian, Ms. Elizabeth Sutton."
Liz looked especially short as she stood behind the podium. Macey had forced her to wear heels, and she shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot as she adjusted the microphone and started to speak.
"What is a Gallagher Girl?" Liz asked.
She looked nervously down at the papers in her hand even though I knew for a fact she had memorized every word.
"When I was eleven I thought I knew the answer to that question. That was when the recruiters came to see me. They showed me brochures and told me they were impressed by my test scores and asked if I was ready to be challenged. And I said yes. Because that was what a Gallagher Girl was to me then, a student at the toughest school in the world."
She took a deep breath and talked on.
"What is a Gallagher Girl?" Liz asked again. "When I was thirteen I thought I knew the answer to that question. That was when Dr. Fibs allowed me to start doing my own experiments in the lab. I could go anywhere—make anything. Do anything my mind could dream up. Because I was a Gallagher Girl. And, to me, that meant I was the future."
Liz took another deep breath.
"What is a Gallagher Girl?" This time, when Liz asked it, her voice cracked. "When I was seventeen I stood on a dark street in Washington, D.C., and watched one Gallagher Girl literally jump in front of a bullet to save the life of another.I saw a group of women gather around a girl whom they had never met, telling the world that if any harm was to come to their sister, it had to go through them first."
Liz straightened. She no longer had to look down at her paper as she said, "What is a Gallagher Girl? I'm eighteen now, and if I've learned anything, it's that I don't really know the answer to that question. Maybe she is destined to be our first international graduate and take her rightful place among Her Majesty's Secret Service with MI6."
I glanced to my right and, call me crazy, but I could have sworn Rebecca Baxter was crying.
"Maybe she is someone who chooses to give back, to serve her life protecting others just as someone once protected her."
Macey smirked but didn't cry. I got the feeling that Macey McHenry might never cry again.
"Who knows?" Liz asked. "Maybe she's an undercover journalist." I glanced at Tina Walters. "An FBI agent." Eva Alvarez beamed. "A code breaker." Kim Lee smiled. "A queen." I thought of little Amirah and knew somehow that she'd be okay.
"Maybe she's even a college student." Liz looked right at me. "Or maybe she's so much more."
Then Liz went quiet for a moment. She too looked up at the place where the mansion used to stand.
"You know, there was a time when I thought that the Gallagher Academy was made of stone and wood, Grand Halls and high-tech labs. When I thought it was bulletproof, hack-proof, and…yes…fireproof. And I stand before you today happy for the reminder that none of those things are true. Yes, I really am. Because I know now that a Gallagher Girl is not someone who draws her power from that building. I know now with scientific certainty that it is the other way around."
A hushed awe descended over the already quiet crowd as she said this. Maybe it was the gravity of her words and what they meant, but for me personally, I like to think it was Gilly looking down, smiling at us all.
"What is a Gallagher Girl?" Liz asked one final time. "She's a genius, a scientist, a heroine, a spy. And now we are at the end of our time at school, and the one thing I know for certain is this: A Gallagher Girl is whatever she wants to be."
Thunderous, raucous applause filled the student section.
Liz smiled and wiped her eyes. She leaned close to the microphone.
"And, most of all, she is my sister."
I had finally graduated the day I thought I'd never live to see and best of all I finished my father's job I took down the Circle but I couldn't have done it without sisters and my boyfriend. As we walked into the Barn for the after graduation party Tina shouted. " Does anybody else feel really bored."
" yeah but what should we do?" Liz replied.
Then Macey shouted out, "Someone should sing you know just for some fun."
Then Bex said "Yeah but who? Who has a beautiful singing voice and can wow us all."
" Yeah who does?" Eva and Tina ask.I think I know where they are going with this. So just before it got out of hand I said, " No not in a million years." They all had pleading looks in their eyes and the guys just stared confused. But I was gonna try and stand my ground. Key word being try.
"Come on Cam" all the girls said.
Just then Grant started chanting" Cammie, cammie, cammie" And everybody joined in so I did what I had to I said " Fine if it means you all shut your mouths."
And I walked to the front and Macey tossed me the Mic.
As I looked I saw everyone staring at me and one by one the teachers were filing in too. I wasn't scared I had sang in front of the girls before but never in front of boys or th teachers. So I took all the courage I could build up inside of me and then the music started. And I started singing.
"You're the light, you're the night
You're the color of my blood
You're the cure, you're the pain
You're the only thing I wanna touch
Never knew that it could mean so much, so much
You're the fear, I don't care
Cause I've never been so high
Follow me to the dark
Let me take you past our satellites
You can see the world you brought to life, to life
So love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Fading in, fading out
On the edge of paradise
Every inch of your skin is a holy grail I've got to find
Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire
Yeah, I'll let you set the pace
Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head spinning around I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for? (ahhh)
I'll let you set the pace
Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head spinning around I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for? (ahhh)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (ohh, ahh)
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do (ahh)
What are you waiting for? (ahh)"
Once I had finished they were all staring at me. And then it was like someone flipped a switch and they all started cheering. I went and sat down in between Bex and Zach.