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Zach Annoys Cammie
"So, Gallagher Girl, what have you been doing while I wasn't around? I'm kinda disappointed, why didn't you sneak out to see me?"
"Why would I sneak out to see you, Zach?"
"I thought it was some sort of ritual you have with your boyfriends."
"Just shut up and keep tailing the guy."
"Just asking, no need to get all touchy."
Seriously, this guy was driving me insane. Remind me what I ever saw in him? Right, that wavy brown hair, and…those brown hair…and those arms.
'Ahem, well, um, we should try and get closer," I said, my face burning up.
I immediately started blending into the crowd. There was a lot of pedestrian traffic, today, it was good for the tailing, bad for catching the brush pass. I saw the man stop, and pretended to look in a boutique that I would never enter. On the glass reflection, I saw him casually glancing around, and heading into Bloomingdale's. I slinked in after him, keeping an eye on Zach to see that he followed. He did, but he was searching frantically for something. I frowned, what was he doing? I crept up behind him and hissed in his ear,
"What are you DOING? You'll give us away!"
Zach whirled around and his face looked relieved. He ran a hand through his perfect hair.
"Man, they weren't kidding when they said you're a pavement artist. I couldn't find you for a moment."
The girl in me might have heard that as an insult, but the spy in me heard that as a compliment. So, naturally, I blushed and muttered,
"Come on, we'll lose him."
Zach followed me without a word, for once. We followed the man through the store, stopping at times to appear like normal teenagers on a…date??
At one point, we were pretending to look at headbands, when the man turned our way. Zach immediately put a navy blue headband on my head.
"Looks goode, Gallagher Girl," he told me, his green eyes twinkling.
"I like it," I said back, smiling.
Shoot, he's getting away. I hurried after the guy we were tailing, abandoning Zach. A few seconds later, he came sprinting after me, back out onto the street.
"Hey, wait for me," he said, in a playful tone.
"Shh. I think he's brush passing."
I was right. Zach and I watched as "the guy" and another dude in a blue jacket came from opposite directions. Their hands brushed for a split second, and I saw a shiny object being exchanged. Without telling me, Zach slinked up to the guy in blue and bumped into him, knocking the object out of his hand. I hurried after him, and picked up the object. It was a gold pin, with the letter 'S' on it.
"I'm sorry, he can be SO clumsy," I said in a sweet tone, handing the man his pin.
"It's fine," he said, and walked off.
Zach put a hand on his heart.
"Me, clumsy? I'm hurt," he said, in mock sadness.
I rolled my eyes and told him,
"The mission's not over yet, Blackthorne Boy. Let's get to the Empire State Building."
***
"It's THAT way."
"No, it's THIS way."
"You are SO annoying, Zach!"
"Why, thank you!"
"Argh!"
I stormed off, pissed. How did he manage to be SO annoying, yet make my heart beat like this? He wasn't healthy.
Yet, I needed him, like a drug.
***
Zach and I performed numerous counter-surveillanve techniques, and we made it to the Empire State Building with 2 minutes left. But I couldn't be sure. We all know what had happened the last time I had tried to get rid of a tail. I glanced at Zach. He was leaning against the wall in his black jacket, jeans and white T-shirt, radiating pure smugness.
At exactly 5:30 PM, Solomon stepped out of the shadows and into our sight.
"Congratulation, Mr. Goode, Ms. Morgan. I'm…not pleased to say that you are the only pair to have accomplished the mission…if you know what the object is."
"A gold pin of the letter S," Zach and I said simultaneously.
Solomon's mouth twitched
"I see you are well coordinated."
I glared at him.
"What about the others?" Zach spoke up.
"All being tailed. Well, Grant is lying down, Bex knocked him out, And Macey…she's probably still shopping."
I snickered. Then I stopped myself. But I caught Zach's eye and we ended up bursting into laughter. Maybe Zach wasn't that annoying.
"So, all thanks to me, huh, Gallagher Girl?"
I take that back.
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