"Cammie!" I called. Running through the halls of Gallagher, I searched for my sister. Not that she knew that I was her brother.
"What?" She appeared from nowhere.
"Oh jeez!" I fumbled over a table that happened to be next to me.
"Jonas," she said laughing. "You're as clumsy as Liz." Cammie helped me up, and I brushed myself off.
"Well, it helps to be like your girlfriend," I said, a little embarrassed.
"Mind telling that to Zach?"
"Maybe when you and I are done in Headmistress Morgan's office."
"What'd I do this time?" She raised her voice, smirking at me. This should be good. "I haven't snuck out to see Josh in over a week." And as if on cue, Zach came around the corner (don't ask me what he was doing).
"Hey Gallagher Girl." His face held no emotion. "What's new?"
"Just sneaking out. Don't tell on me, babe," Cammie said as she grabbed my hand and took me into her mom's office.
Just before closing the door, you could hear him yell, "Not funny!" We burst out laughing.
"We should so mess with Zach more often," she said once we settled down.
"Well, you'll have the chance. Sit down, Cammie, Jonas," her mother said. "Cammie. Sweetie. When your dad was young he was married to a woman named Karen. They had two kids: twins. After a couple of months, they decided that they weren't right for each other. That was a year before I met him. We got married and he had one of the twins." She looked up at her, and Cammie nodded. "It was you, and Jonas was with your mom, who got remarried to Jonah Anderson."
Cammie looked at me. Really looked at me. I can tell she looked for similarities from the two of us, and maybe from our father. We stayed in a comfortable silence, looking at each other.
"So…" Cammie broke us out of our silent state. "Is the circle after him, too?"
"No, sweetie. They don't know he's your brother, so you can't tell anyone. Especially Zach."
This caught her attention.
"Why can't we tell… our friends?" she asked carefully.
"I want to see how long you two can keep this secret."
Our mouths dropped. "What?" we asked simultaneously.
"Hey! I get bored! But seriously don't tell Zach. His mother can't know under any circumstances."
"Why has this all the sudden come up?" I asked.
"Well…"