"You see there is going to be a COC masquerade ball. If we need information this is the place." Zach said breaking the silence that hung around the room. You see since I ran away I always have to be with someone to prevent it from happening again. But now Zach is saying we should run away, but for a night. "Zach it's too risky. How are we going to stay undercover?" I asked. "Cam it's a MASQUERADE ball, we are undercover." Bex said emphasising the word masquerade.
"It's still too risky. We could get compromised." I replied even though it sounded fun. "Fine, you don't have to come to the ball, but you have to come to the hotel with us and help Liz." Macey said obviously disappointed that she couldn't take me shopping for a new dress. "Ok fine I will come. But how are we going to sneak out?" I asked thinking of a way to get us out of it. "Easy, Liz takes her van out for testing and takes us there." Zach replied holding up four fancy tickets, then putting them back in the bag. "Now let's get ready we leave tomorrow." Zach said walking out the door.
After three more days of schoolwork and P&E we were packed and ready to go. So we got into Liz's van and went all the way to D.C. where the ball was going to be held. After about 3 hours (A.N sorry I don't live in America so I don't know how long it takes) we arrived at a five star hotel and were taken to our room. "Wow!" I exclaimed as I walked into the very fancy room. "It's alright." Macey said looking around. "Now I need to do Bex's makeup before we leave and we will leave early. Bex get into the shower NOW!"Macey yelled as she pushed Bex into the bathroom.
After about 40 minutes Macey came out. "Cam don't worry, we will make sure Zach doesn't come back married." Bex told me as she came out of the bathroom with. "Thanks Bex I appreciate it." I replied as Zach came out of the room wearing a black suit, white tie and a white mask to match his tie. Bex was wearing a green dress and a green mask and Macey was wearing a hot pink dress with heel s and a mask to match. "Later Gallagher girl" Zach said kissing me on the cheek. "Let's go." Then they walked out the door.
After five minutes of sitting with Liz I went for a walk. I thought about everything and it was quite peaceful until a lady came up to me "do you want to go to that ball?" She asked. "Excuse me." I said back to her quite shocked that she knew what I was thinking. "The masquerade ball you were talking about. I could get you ready I think I have the perfect dress for you." She replied with a smile. "That would be lovely, thank you. But may I ask for your name?" I said. "Sorry, I thought you'd remember me I am Sam. No need to introduce yourself Cammie." So I walked back to her apartment with her.
You are probably wondering why I went home with a complete stranger, well I didn't. I knew her; I knew everyone could trust her, so could I. So when I got to her house I asked no questions, even when she pulled out a beautiful gold silk dress I said nothing. I put the dress on and let her do the rest; she did my hair, gave me some accessories, did my makeup and gave me a gold mask that made my eyes glow. But when I looked in the mirror I didn't expect to see what I saw, I saw a girl who definitely wasn't the chameleon that everyone saw (or tried to see) she was a beautiful girl who wanted to be seen. I had a gold dress that was sparkly down to my waist then came out into a puffy gold skirt with sparkles scattered all around it. My hair was curled and was put into a high, loose ponytail, while I had thick black mascara and plump pink lipstick for makeup. My mask was simple gold and sparkly, so with that I headed off with the ticket Zach left me.
Zach POV:
Bex and Macey were dancing with every cute masked boy they could see, but I just sat there thinking that I knew most of those boys and they weren't very nice or at least not to me. After about the seventh song Bex and Macey came over to me. "Zach it's a ball, you have to dance." Macey said grabbing a drink of a passing tray taking a sip. "I am not the dancing type McHenry. I would have expected you to know that." I snapped back at her. "Zach I dare you to go dance with the princess that just walked in." Bex said looking at a beautiful blonde that just walked into the room. "Fine" I replied walking over to her.
"May I have this dance?" I asked the nervous girl. "You may" she replied taking my out stretched hand as I lead her to the dance floor. I had so much fun twirling her and dipping her, it almost reminded me of the dance at Gallagher when I danced with Cammie except when she ran away. When the song ended we stopped and just looked at each other for a few seconds until she leaned up and kissed me and I didn't care.
Cammie POV:
When I leaned up and kissed Zach it felt so right. But I had to make sure he knew it was me, so I quickly took off my mask and said "Zach it's only me don't worry." I saw him stare and I put on my mask back on. "Hey, you he has a girlfriend." I heard a thick British accent say from behind me. "Hey, you I don't see her, I can do whatever I want. Come on lets go Zach." I said grabbing his arm taking him outside.