If my roommates thought that I would readily forgive them for what they did, then they were wrong. I wanted answers, but no one seemed to want to give them to me. This can be really frustrating, especially for spies like me.

The rest of the week went by really slowly. I had no one to talk to. Well, I had people like Tina and Anna, but I wasn't really in the mood to talk to them because of the situation I was in with my supposed friends. Everyday, at breakfast and in class, they would try to get me to talk to them. I wouldn't even talk to my mom. I had just finished going to P&E and I was walking back to my room to change, silently hoping that my roommates wouldn't be there. When I got to the Hall of Mirrors, I felt someone grab my arm and turn me around. I tried to pull my arm free, but they were strong and wouldn't let me go.

"Gallagher Girl, you have to talk to us eventually.." It was Zach. Why wouldn't he leave me alone?

"Don't call me that." I snapped. I turned to go but he still held onto my arm. "What do you want?"

"Cammie, listen, I'm sorry, okay? It's just, I want to tell you but-"

"But you can't, I know. Trust me, that's the only thing anyone ever says around here." He didn't say anything, he just looked at me like he wanted me to forgive him. This got me even more angry. "Do you really expect me to forgive you for lying to me?"

"Cam, I'm not lying," He protested. He tried to continue, but I cut him off.

"If you are not lying and have nothing to hide then tell me what's really going on." I paused and looked at him before I continued. "Why were you and everyone else wearing comms, Zach?" I didn't even wait for the answer that I knew would never come. I turned away and quickly walked back to my room.

The walk back to my room felt a lot longer than it really was. I had so many questions, and so little answers. When I got back to the room, no one was there. I let out a sigh of relief, one that I didn't realize that I had been holding in.

After I got changed, I walked down to the dining hall for dinner. Unfortunately, I never got to the dining hall because I was stopped at my mom's office.

They were all there, Bex, Liz, Macey, Zach, Grant, Jonas, my mom and Mr. Solomon. I cautiously went in the room and just stood there, waiting for them to speak first. They were all silent, so after a minute I snapped, "What? Are you guys actually going to tell me the truth?"

A look passed between my mom and Mr. Solomon before my mom said, "Actually, sweetie, yes. We decided that we should probably tell you, but it's going to ruin everything."

"Well this should be interesting," I said as I plopped down on the couch in my mom's office.

Mr. Solomon was the first to speak. "Well Ms. Morgan, the reason all of your friends had comms is because, well…" He trailed off and looked at my mom before he continued. "Everyone had comms because, well, your birthday's coming up and we wanted to surprise you with a good gift. Everyone had comms so that we could all talk to each other and make sure you were distracted." After he finished talking, I just looked at my mom to see if it was true. She just nodded and said, "It's true Cam. We were going to surprise you, but here it is." She handed me a really cool necklace and everyone said, "Happy birthday Cam!" I looked at all of their faces, and no one seemed to make eye contact with me. I didn't want to think that they were lying, so I just went along with them. Liz said, "It has a cool laser in it that can shoot things! I helped design it myself." She sounded very proud of herself so I forced myself to smile and I said, "Thanks guys!"

One by one, they all came forward and gave me a hug. Zach was the last one, and he hugged me a little bit longer than the others. Before he pulled away, he squeezed me gently and whispered, "Are we good, Gallagher Girl?" I just nodded at him, I didn't have the energy to say anything else. When he smiled back, it wasn't his usual smirk. It looked like it was forced and like he was trying to hide something.

"Well," my mom said, "I think you guys should probably go to dinner now before everyone leaves. It is getting late!" We all turned to leave and then she said, "Cammie, come here." I went over to her while everyone else waited in the hall. "Happy early birthday! I love you sweetie. And Cam, honey, please be careful."

"Thanks mom, I love you too. And don't worry, I will." I wondered how long they were going to keep lying to me, but I pushed that thought out of my mind and just tried to believe that they were telling me the truth and I found myself slowly starting to believe it. I quickly turned and ran out of her office and I joined my friends who were waiting for me.

We went down to dinner, and everyone looked surprised to see me sitting with my friends. Sure enough, Tina came over to me and whispered, "So Cammie, you guys are all friends again?" I just rolled my eyes and told her that we had always been friends. She gave me a skeptical look but went back to her seat because she could tell that I wasn't going to say anything else.

After dinner, we were walking back to our rooms when Zach pulled me aside and told the others to go on without us. He turned to me and saw that I was still looking at him weirdly.

"Cam, are you still mad at me?" I didn't answer so he continued talking. "It's true, you know. We wanted to surprise you with a good present..but it didn't really work out that way.." I was still silent so he continued talking. "Cam, say something, will you?"

"Okay."

"Okay?"

"Yeah. Like, okay, I believe you." No sooner had I said that then a huge smile spread across his face.

"Forgive me?" He whispered as he leaned in to kiss me. Just as our lips were about to touch, I pulled back and said, "Yeah, I guess," before leaning in to him. Kissing him reminded me of all my memories of him, and slowly all of my doubts about them lying faded away. I believed him, I realized, and it made me happy.