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Chapter 2--Field Trip

"Good morning boys," Dr. Steve said as we walked into our Covert Operations class.

I raised my eye brows at Grant. "What is he doing here?" he whispered to me questioningly.

"No idea," I whispered back as we took our seats at the steal lab tables. It was kind of weird, but I almost miss the feel of the sublevels of the Gallagher Academy. But what was really weird, was that Mr. Elms wasn't here-the Blackthorne CoveOps teacher.

"I'm sure you're all wondering why I'm here," Dr. Steve said, clapping his hands together as he smiled at all of us. Denis let out a dry cough when no one said anything. "Well, we're going on a field trip," he said.

That caught my attention-and everyone else's for that matter. "Where are we going?" Eric asked after about a minute of silence-Dr. Steve likes to be a little dramatic sometimes.

"Well, meet me on the front lawn in five minutes and you'll find out," he said as he headed for the classroom door. He turned around and stuck his head back in before closing it. "And don't wear your uniforms," he added before closing the door with a click.

We listened as his footsteps faded before starting to talk. "Where do you think we're going?" Grant asked.

"To the front lawn," I answered automatically. Grant just rolled his eyes at me and I grinned. How am I supposed to know?

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"Blindfolds boys," Dr. Steve said as we loaded up into the helicopter. "Your mission," he said exactly one hour and twenty six minutes later. "Is to get from here to The Foot Locker on the third floor by three fifteen. Without a tail," he said.

"And do we have to do this with or without blindfolds?" Gary asked from where he sat three people down from me. We all snickered as Dr. Steve let out a chuckle.

"I'm sorry boys, go ahead and take off the blindfolds," he said with a laugh. I immediately looked around to fine that we were at the helicopter area at the Mall Of America. The biggest mall in the world.

"Who're our tails?" Brendon asked. I almost snorted, Dr. Steve might be a little off but he's not going to tell us.

"That's strictly confidential," he said with a chuckle. "Good luck," he said as he pried the door open. We were all handed the standard comms and immediately scattered throughout the mall. I walked around aimlessly, looking for people I've seen more than once.

"Hey guys," Eric said into his comms unit. "I think…I think I just saw Eva," he said.

I raised my eyebrows. The Gallagher Girls? "Where are you?" Grant asked.

"I'm on the first floor. I think I saw her on an escalator but when I looked back she was gone," he said in a slightly dazed tone.

"I think you're going insane Eric," Jeff said. "No one's here, I've been sitting by the only escalator within your range of sight for the last five minutes and I haven't seen anyone," he said. I almost rolled my eyes. Three minutes is way too long to be staying in one place.

"Maybe you're right," Eric said with a sigh.

"Jeff, you should probably start walking around again," I muttered into the comms unit.

"Oh right," he said. I shook my head and continued down the second floor. You mention girls and everyone losses focus immediately. I walked over to the railing and began scanning the first floor for people I had seen earlier and my classmates. I saw no one. I looked down at the glass at the bottom of the railing to look over the reflections of the people behind me. No one I've seen or anyone I recognized was behind me.

I wonder if that's how Cammie felt when I walked up to her last year-she was so close and then I came along and ruined it for her. I chuckled to myself as I remembered her expression when she found out I was her tail-it probably mirrored mine when I found out she knew about the Blackthorne Academy. I still don't know about that…

"What the…," Grant trailed off quietly.

"You see someone?" I asked instantly, my eyes instinctively darting around for a tail of my own.

"No, I was just imagining things," he said. "Eric's screwing with my mind," he muttered.

"Not my fault," Eric muttered as I rolled my eyes.

Over the next couple of hours no one picked up anything and I was beginning to wonder if there was anyone at all. Soon everyone's comms fuzzed out and I knew they were in the range of Dr. Steve to have tapped out like that. I waited until the last second to walk into the Foot Locker on the second floor where Dr. Steve was waiting with a smile on his face.

"So, how did everyone do?" I asked as I looked around. I didn't see anyone. They're probably back at the helicopter, right?

"Excellent, just excellent!" he said. I grinned but then I realized something. He wasn't talking to me.

I turned around and froze on my spot. "Hey Blackthorne Boy," Cam said with a slightly smug smile as she leaned against a coat rack.

"Nice job," I heard Solomon say from behind me, but I didn't look at him. I was too busy looking at Cammie. It was ridiculous how much she changed over the summer-and how much I noticed. She looked a little taller, a little more toned too and she had a fresh litter of freckles scatter on her nose. She also had some highlights in her hair and was wearing faded jeans, a light jacket and a dark green shirt. She looked…

"Thanks, but it was a lot easier than tailing Mr. Smith," she said with a shrug. I blinked. She was the Gallagher girl Solomon told me about that successfully tailed Smith last year? Mr. Smith the most paranoid man in the world? The girl he told me about over Christmas break who could probably give his old partner a run for his money? I thought he'd been talking about one of the seniors!

"I didn't even see you," I finally said.

She smiled at me. "That's the point," she said as she walked over to Solomon and they both headed out the door without a backwards glance.

"My, my. Miss Morgan is most impressive," Dr. Steve said.

I turned toward him. "Did they ride here on a helicopter?" I asked hopefully.

"I believe they parked right next to us actually," he said with a grin.

"Do you think I can walk with Cam?" I asked. Come on, come on.

Dr. Steve's smile got even wider. "Why not," he said.

I didn't need to be told twice. I darted out the door and began weaving quickly through the crowd of people towards the specific two I was looking for. "Cammie!" I called. They both stopped and turned around as I finally caught up to them. I looked at Joe. "Can I talk to her for a minute?" I asked, trying my best not to look too hopeful.

He fought a small smile and I had to resist the urge not to glare at him. "Meet us at the helicopter in five minutes," he said before walking away.

I turned to Cam. "You really are a pavement artist," I said. I had heard about them, I had read about them, and I knew that Cam was said to be one. But I had no idea how good that made her in the field.

"You did walk right past me once, that's when I noticed your comms unit. Did any of the boys find out?" she asked curiously.

"I think I remember Eric saying he thought he saw Eva but everyone thought he mistaking her for someone else. Did he really see Eva?" I asked curiously.

"Where was he when he saw her?" she asked.

"Ground floor. He was sitting on a bench and he thought he saw her on an escalator. He looked away then he looked back and she was gone," I said with a shrug.

"Yep, that was her. I found Eric first so I had to tell her where to go on comms. She probably saw him looking and jumped off," Cam told me.

I laughed and shook my head. Gallagher Girls. "You don't have much time, do you want me to walk with you to your helicopter?" I asked hopefully. Not that I'm not going the exact same place anyway but I really want to know if she'd say yes or not.

"Do you think Dr. Steve would mind?" she asked. I almost rolled my eyes. He doesn't care what we do-as long as it's somewhat legal.

"I think your parked right next to us anyway," I said with a smile-at least that's what Dr. Steve said.

She smiled back and we headed towards the escalator. I glance down at her and then I grabbed her hand. Is she okay with this? She looked up at me and gave me a shy smile before looking away again-but she never released hold of my hand. I grinned triumphantly.

We got off the escalator and walked into the parking lot and helicopter zone where our helicopter and the Gallagher's helicopter were parked right next to each other, filled with all of our classmates who were staring at us with wide eyes. Well, it was more like they were staring at our hands but right now, I could really care less.

"Bye Zach," she said, letting go of my hand and taking a step away. But I wasn't ready to let her go yet. I grabbed her hand again and spun her back around to face me.

"I'm going to kiss you now," I said quietly as she stared up at me with those chocolate brown eyes. I leaned down as she tilted her head up to meet me. I just barely managed to brush my lips against hers when I knew I had to pull away before I forgot where we were-better yet, who was watching. "Bye Cammie," I said.

I watched as Cam turned away from me and without a word or a single glance back she walked back into her helicopter full of Gallagher Girls and an Uncle who was just dieing to say 'I told you so.'

I sighed to myself and climbed back in our helicopter filled with awestruck guys. I let a smug smile creep across my face at their expressions. "Well boys," Dr. Steve said as we took off. "I'm a bit disappointed," he said with a sigh. I could've punched myself right there. I actually forgot about the mission. I forgot about a mission. They're right when they say Gallagher Girls are the most dangerous women in the country. "As confident as you acted last year you seem to be no better than they previously were-and at least one of them completed their mission." Out of the corner of my eye I could see Eric duck his head. He was so humiliated when the school found out Anna Fetterman had locked him in a closet-I would be too.

"On the plus side; you may get a chance to redeem yourselves," he said with a smile. My eyes snapped over to Grant's and I knew he was thinking the same thing as I was; we did move closer to the academy for a reason.

"So," Grant said as everyone began talking. "You and Cam, huh?" he asked. I didn't have to look around to know that every single person in this helicopter's attention was now directed at me. I knew wasn't the only Blackthorne Boy who had a thing for her-I was just the only who really had the guts to make a move.

"I kissed her, didn't I?" I said, a little louder than I needed too. I wanted to make sure everyone in this helicopter knew this. It may not mean we're officially together or anything but it does mean that they pretty much have no chance, what so ever. Ha. "What about you and Bex? You saw her, right?" I asked.

He grinned. "Yeah, I had no idea she was there at all," he said.

"And…?" I trailed off, waiting for him to give me something more.

"I gave her a hug," he offered. I rolled my eyes and he glared at me. "Okay, you've been circling Cam longer than I've been with Bex-give me some time," he said.

I shook my head. "Fine, fine. But who knows when we'll see them again," I said.

"Well, at least we get to talk to them," Grant whispered. I nodded. I'll have to send Cam a message when we get back…

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