Holy macaroni (That would be a site to see! Also would be very tasty… I'm hungry now…)! I posted the first chapter, what? 36 hours ago? And I've already got 19 reviews! I swear I was bouncing around the walls (Not really, but you get what I mean). I'm hyped and happy, all thanks to you guys. =)

Review replies:

kittykatkitkat: Thanks so much! I'm really glad you like it. =)

Scarlett.Vampir: Yes, you're right. ;)

oxlifexo: Well, I've never really written first person before, so I wasn't too sure I'd be very good at it. Thanks so much!

isaidlalala: Like I said, I've never written first person. According to the reviews, I did it alright! Thanks so much!

soccergirl121: Really, really, glad you like it. =) I looked at your favorites list a found a few cool books to read. Wow, you have got a lot of favorites though.

goodegirl: Thanks! I like your username. Go Zach! =D

pinkpolkadots821: Thanks! I always thought it would be cool if Zach was the one being trailed, too, and I couldn't find anyone else who had written a book about it. Thanks for reviewing! =)

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bunniez: 'Goode'. Ahh, you have got to love Zach's last name! XD Thanks.

bookworm1256: Thanks! Say, is your username based off Liz's {It is Liz, right?} codename?

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Saaphire: Thanks you! I'm sure you're a great writer too!

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rebell-like-crazy: I know! She's really cool. I wish I was Cammie.

Mariah Williams: Glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing!

Wow, I never knew review replies could take so long. Right, I'll (Finally) get on with the story…

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Zach

I pushed the button on the elevator and waited impatiently for it to appear. I was so close to completely this! There was no one on my tail at the moment, and the only girl we (Grant and I) had seen following us was trailing him, and we knew what she looked like.

Annoyed, I jabbed the button a few more times. Why wouldn't it come already? I leapt in thankfully when it finally arrived. As it moved upwards again, I glanced at my watch.

4:56pm. Great, I only had three minutes and thirty-seven seconds to get there. I paced the elevator as it moved slowly. I bolted out when it stopped and flew down the hallway toward the meeting spot.

I spotted and red ruby slippers and glanced behind me to make sure for the last time that there was no one behind me. I strode into the meeting place and heard my watch beep; telling me it was exactly five o'clock. Right on time, as always.

Some of the boys were already there. I glanced around and made my way over to Jonas.

"Hey."

He looked at and smiled at me. "Hey, Zach. Those girls are good!"

I smirked. "We're better."

He opened his mouth to reply when Grant rushed into the room.

"You're all here then."

They all turned to look at the man walking toward them.

"I'm Mr. Solomon. I teach at Gallagher Academy."

Zach watched the man carefully. He had heard of Joe Solomon.

"Alright then." He crossed his arms. "How many of you saw trackers and what do they look like?"

Everyone quickly told him of the girls who trailed them and what they looked like. Grant and I both described the one who we had seen. After everyone had finished, we stood there waiting.

He gazed at us and raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

Grant and I looked at each other. What could we be forgetting?

"You have given me seven trailers. There were eight girls trailing you."

You could see it dawn on all the other boys faces. If I hadn't just got out smarted by a girl, this would have been quite funny. Everyone seemed to be cursing themselves. How could none of us have not spotted this last girl? It seemed impossible.

"Follow me." He told them, and turned around. "They will follow us to where the transport waits. You have heard what all the other girls that the boys saw looked like; see if you can spot the one none of you have seen."

I smirked slightly. It would be easy. She had to be following our whole group this time, all I had to do was spot her and remember what she looks like.

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Cammie

I strolled along, pretending to be the daughter of a couple in front of me. I was hoping they wouldn't look behind them and think I was stalking them.

No one noticed me. For one second, I risked stepping away and took a proper look at the boys we were trailing. If someone had looked very hard and carefully, they might have spotted me then.

But then I stepped back.

Blended into the crowd.

And went invisible.


THE ESSENTIALS OF BEING A CHAMELEON

1# It's very important at all times to look like you belong. (It should most likely be pointed out that going into 'Chameleon' mode is very hard when wearing your Gallagher uniform in Roseville).

2# Dress in a way that isn't flashy, fashionable, ugly, or something that stands out. (A.K.A., not your Gallagher Academy uniform.)

3# Acquaint yourself with your surroundings as soon as possible. (It's handy to a sneak behind couples and pretend to be their child. Just make sure they don't think you're stalking them.)

4# It helps if you aren't all that special looking. (In either a good or bad way.)

5# When #1 is difficult, trying pointing to imaginary people and walking purposefully toward no one (Unless there really is no one nearby, then you would look strange).

6# Stillness. Stillness is key (Except when you're doing #5) because people notice movement more easily than they see things. So when in doubt, freeze.


All of us girls waited as Mr. Solomon talked to the boys. We were all wondering who they had spotted. Well, Bex and I were. Ana, Kim Lee, Tina, Courtney, Mick and Eva were wondering why Mr. Solomon was talking to the boys as he would to us (A.K.A., spies-in training).

"How many of you saw trackers and what do they look like?"

We all perked up after hearing this. (I was secretly hoping the boy I followed hadn't seen me once, but I'm not sure there was a good chance of that. They were good, very good.

One by one, we listened to the boys described my sisters. Each time, I could hear them sigh as they cursed themselves for being spotted. Two of them described what Bex looked like, and I heard her grumble about how she could have sworn she blended in well. I decided not to tell her that normal girls didn't go whirling around and looking at boys like they were puppies. Though, I'm not really normal, either, so what can I say?

Then there was silence.

Complete and utter silence. (Unless you were counting the mumblings of a cleaner nearby.

What about me? Had they truly not spotted me?

"Nice work, Chameleon." Bex whispered to me through my comms unit.

I peeked a look at the boys and my CoveOps teacher. He raised an eyebrow at them.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Mr. Solomon asked.

All the 'Blackthorne' boys looked unsure. I saw a few glance at each other.

"You have given me seven trailers. There were eight girls trailing you."

The looks on the boys' faces were priceless when they realised what they were missing. I heard Tina giggling over the comms.

"Anyone got a cell phone or something to take a picture with?" She asked us.

I couldn't help smiling something; I would have loved to take a picture, too.

"Follow me." Mr. Solomon turned and started walking toward me. I froze slightly, and told myself to keep looking at the notice in front of me like nothing was happening.

"They will follow us to where the transport waits. You have heard what all the other girls that the boys saw looked like; see if you can spot the one none of you have seen." Joe Solomon told them as he walked past me. All the boys were trailing along behind. I saw the one I was trailing was smirking slightly, and I smiled. If he didn't spot me trailing him through the Mall, did he really think he would be able to see me now?


I was hungry. It would be nearly dinner at Gallagher.

And I tired.

And really, really just wanting to get back to the Academy. But I was stuck, trailing behind some boy spy-to-be.

And they had yet to spot me.

Maybe the fact it was slightly dark out helped me, but I'm hoping it was really just my skill.

I think it was the fact that I had only had a hotdog a couple hours ago and was really hungry and not in the best mood (Though I was very proud about being the only girl not caught yet) was why I just couldn't be bothered to make a big scene when some idiot grabbed me and spun me around (Though, I think he only spotted me because he walked right into me).

A big drunk guy grinned down at me. "Come on Shhugar, come have some fun." His words slurred. His two friends watched from a few meters away.

I recoiled slightly in disgust. Who wants a drunken idiot breathing all over them?

"Let go of my arm." I hissed quietly at him.

"Scared, are ya sweetie?" He grinned at me.

Scared? Far from it. I could kill this guy with even the lid of the rubbish bin right beside me. "I'll warn you one last time." I told him coldly. "Let go of my arm."

"Or what?" He tugged at me. "You'll start to cry?" He tugged on my arm again.

Well, I had warned him. I took a step forward as he tugged again, to make him feel overconfident (Though I think he couldn't have felt any more confident if he tried), when really I was getting my weight balanced.

Then I flipped him over my shoulder.

He hit his head on the path and was out cold.

"Hey!" His other drunken friends were coming toward me. I sighed. I really, really, didn't have the tie for this. The quicker I got out of D.C., the quicker I got to eat.

One tried to swing a punch at me, but I ducked and elbowed his belly. He bent over, wincing in pain, and I punched his jaw.

He joined his friend on the ground (After he fell into the rubbish bin)

The other guy was preparing to hit me, but I had seen movement moments before and a voice in my earpiece. I watched one second tick and waited.

Then the last poor guy slammed down on the ground and was out. Bex grinned up at me.

"They won't be feeling good anytime soon." She grinned at me.

I grinned back. I wouldn't want to be them in the morning.

Both Bex and I turned to face Mr. Solomon. There was no way he could have missed that.

He was watching us with one eyebrow raised. "Very good, Ms. Morgan, Ms. Baxter."

Bex and I glanced at each other and smiled.

"I did lose my cover, though." I pointed out.

Joe Solomon shrugged. "None of the boys here had seen you until now."

Some of them smiled at us. I heard a couple boys say 'Hi', and someone even said; 'Hey, Gallagher Girl.'

Bex and I shared one glance and looked back at our CoveOps teacher and asked; "You mean the Blackthorne Boys, right?"

I swear, all the boys' jaws fell to the ground.

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So? Did you like it? I've trying to find out a way Zach can start calling Cammie 'Gallagher Girl', because in the book he started it after the elevator ride.

Anyway, what do you think? Tell me in a review? Please?

The Gallagher Girl