Helpless

Gallagher Girls Series

Zach POV

Cammie. Cammie. Cammie. One thought kept going through my head. One word. One name. Over and over again. What happened to my Gallagher girl? I was heading to my room when I saw her,

"Cammie"

I whispered but she didn't notice me. She was in her own little world. They had told me things like this would happen, that she would hallucinate and would live in her mind. They suspected that she had been tortured. I was useless. I couldn't find her. I couldn't protect her. She pretended like I didn't exist and she couldn't tell how much it killed me inside. Every time I saw her it wasn't her anymore. It was a summer version of her. The one who had seen and gone through so much. Without me. She was dancing to a song I couldn't hear and with a partner I couldn't see. I couldn't do anything except stare at the girl I had fallen head over heels for, the only person who didn't see my dear mother when she looked at me. Then suddenly she dropped to the floor and started screaming. The people treating her had said this would happen too. The trauma of being tortured would come back to her. The memories would bring back pain. I rushed to her trying to help but there was nothing I could do. She let out another tortured scream.

"PLEASE HELP ME" she said.

"Cammie! It's me. Zach. Your Blackthorne boy"

"Help me" she whimpered.

"Don't worry, It's me Zach'

"No. Go away Zach before they catch you. They will hurt you too"

Another scream. Nothing I could do to protect her from her own head. I stood there helpless. Nothing I could say or do would help. She was on the floor curled up in a ball trying to forget and I couldn't help her. I failed her.