Cammie scoffed. If that's his way of greeting a girl, then She wouldn't mind him falling off the pier again... And not coming back up.
She ignored his outstretched hand and looked into his green eyes. Sure, they were amazingly bright, captivating, and down right gorgeous, but Cammie always looked at personality first. It appears Zach doesn't have one after all.
"And why do you think I would know your name?" She asked with annoyance clear in her voice. Zach smiled one of his award winning smiles and ran a hand through his wet hair, making it stick up in odd places somehow adding to his attractiveness.
"Oh come on. I'm Zach Goode. Everyone's heard of me." Cammie glared at him.
"Wow, someone has a big ego. Let me shrink it for you." Zach gave her a confused look but kept a small smile. That smile was gone the second Cammie's knee came in contact with his very important man part. An old man nodded in pride behind Cammie, happy she knows what a respectful man should look like.
"Just because your famous, doesn't mean everyone adores you. Or even likes you for that matter." Cammie turned around and looked for the old woman that gave her the towel so she could thank her again. She winced, hearing Zach struggle to get up. Okay, so maybe she felt bad. It's not like he knew any better. The kid's been on TV since he was just a child. Being obnoxious was something he's grown up with.
Cammie sighed and turned around.
Don't do it Cam. Leave him. It's not like he has any importance to you. Though that little voice inside her head forbid her to move any closer to the teen sensation, her legs decided to have a mind of their own.
A slight rustle of sand under Cammie's feet could be heard through the sound of crashing waves. Her almost invisible silhouette crossed over the struggling Zach.
"Look. The next time you want to introduce your self to a girl, try being a little more proper... Or at lest respectful." She held out her hand when Zach looked up. Zach seemed to be debating whether to grab her hand or not. Cammie rolled her eyes and taped her foot rapidly loosing patients.
She didn't know what came over her. Any other day, Cammie would have just forgiven the person and run off. Something about Zach just irritated her so much that running off didn't seem to be the correct option. Maybe putting the star in his place for once in his life seemed like the better option.
Zach finally grabbed into her hand, much to Cammie's annoyance. She lifted him up, feeling satisfied at his wince of pain.
"Can I get a name at least, before you slit my throat?" He asked. Cammie looked at him, suddey getting nervous. She avoided his eyes, afraid of seeing some type of mocking glint. Her throat became dry and closed off causing her to breath deeply for air.
"Cammie." Before he could get another word out, Cammie turned and ran away.
"Stupid cocky idiotic boys." Cammie grumbled to herself on her way back to the fire. No doubt her friends are going to ask what happened. And why she was so wet. Cammie shivered s a breeze blowed on her, wishing she had the towels the old lady had given her to dry off.
The glow of the fire reflected off the sand in a light orange color. It disappeared every so often every time someone stepped in front of it. Cammie refused to look up, afraid someone knew what happened between her and the brown haired singer and was going to tease her about it.
"Hey, what happened to you?" A low voice asked. Cammie jumped and swallowed hard before looking at the person. Josh. Of all the people that could disrupt her peace, it had to be, Josh.
"Huh?" She asked. Not only was her voice shaky, but she was sure her knees were wobbling as well.
Josh chuckled and grabbed her hand.
"I was asking what happened to you. You're a little wet." He picked up a lock of her long blond hair that was still dripping to prove his point. Cammie looked down at it before looking back up. Not quite at his eyes, but not quite over his shoulder either.
"Oh, um, I fell." She tried to take her hand from his grasp, but Josh held on tighter.
"Save me a dance Cam." He whispered. Cammie sighed once he was out of view. Her heart was still racing and she was ready to pass out. Best friends tend to know when their friends are in trouble, which is why Liz was next to Cammie only a minute later.
"Are you okay?" She asked. Cammie shook her head, begging her hands to stop shaking.
"I want to go home." She wanted to leave the beach, get away from Josh, get a way from Zach who wa most likely sneaking around the beach, and get away from the party. It was already two in the morning, she mine as well leave now and get some sleep.
"Okay, I'll take Macey's keys and drive you." Liz left, ready to leave her self, and looked for Macey. Cam say down on the side if a sand dune, thinking about te event with Josh.
Gosh cam he's just a boy. Why can't you talk to him like you spoke to Zach? Just tell him to back off.
"Awe, you guys threw a party for me? You shouldn't have." A voice said. Cammie payed no attention to the voice and continued to scold herself until a scream filled the air. She jumped, nearly falling off the sand dune she was sitting on.
"It's Grant Newman!" Cammie's head shot up, turning to see a glimps of the second lead guitar player of 35 Seconds. Not because she liked him, but because, if Grant was there, Zach was close behind.
Everyone cheered his name, asking for autographs and selfies. She even heard one girl ask him if he wanted to spend the night at her place. Awkward.
"Well, because I know you're not gonna like it when someone finds the other three, we better leave." Liz grabbed Cammie's hand from out of no where and they ran for Macey's car.
Their feet slammed against the pavement. An old car trudged along sounding like it would brake down any second. Street lights lined up along the side walks, giving insects a place to fly to. They swarmed around the lights like a big thick cloud, buzzing wildly. Cammie slowed down, gasping for air. The warm, moist air wrapped around her, creating a layer of sticky sweat.
"I can't believe they actually came. All four of them." Cammie complained with disbelief.
"Well, we can ways hope that the excitement blows over. Although..." Liz trailed of, blushing slightly. Cammie gave her a puzzled look.
"What?" She asked slowly. Liz brushed a lock of think blond hair behind her ear.
"I mean, it wouldn't so bad if we at least meet Jonas." Cammie stared at her, her eyes looked like a fish's, big, wide, and worried.
"What!?" Cammie screeched. "Liz, you're supposed to be on my side. What's so special about Jonas? I thought you couldn't stand 35 Seconds!" The short blond shrugged.
"I hear he's a total sweetheart. And smart." Liz's eyes lit up. "Did you know, before he joined 35 Seconds, Jonas was the top of his class? He even won the science fair three years in a row. Eighth grade to tenth."
Cammie looked at her best friend since fifth grade. The first of three who somehow was able to sneak into her life and bring out the Cammie hidden inside. The first girl that tries to show Cammie it's okay to talk with people and make new friends, no matter how many times Cammie ignores her. The least Cammie could do was let Liz dream about getting to know Jonas Andrews.
"Fine." She sighed. "I guess it wouldn't be so bad getting to know Jonas. If we ever meet him." Liz gasped and jumped in the hair.
"Oh Cammie, I can't wait to meet him!" She squealed. Cammie refused to let the vomit crawl up her throat. Even though Liz is slowly becoming insane, she didn't want to ruin the little southern bell's fun.
"Liz, we need to leave. I can't stand being in the same area as Zach and his friends." Liz calmed down and unlocked Macey's car.
The cool air blew out of the vents making the girls sigh in content.
"Man, I really need to get my license." Cammie said.
"I wouldn't really mind if I had it or not. I like to walk and this is such a small town." Liz explained. "So what happened back there?" Cammie focused on the sound of the tires rolling on the road. A few benches were placed at corners and intersections with metal trash cans next to them. She thought about Josh, how he grabbed her hand and kept speaking to her. Cammie's eyes teared up from the memory.
"I don't know. Josh was talking to me. He touched my hand and wouldn't let go. Just the usual stuff I guess." Liz sighed.
"Cam, he's just a boy. You have to at least try and talk to people. You talk to Macey, Bex, and me just fine." Cammie unbuckled her seatbelt as Liz turned on her road.
"That's because you guys are different." She stepped out of the car, her sandals hit the stone driveway making a loud crunching sound. "Thanks for the ride. Tell the girls I'll talk to them tomorrow."
"K. See you later then." Cammie closed the door and fumbled for her house key. Once the door opened, Cammie burst into tears, letting out all the fear and from Zach's surprise attack out.
"So what exactly happened?" Bex asked for a second time that morning.
The bonfire was still going and the whole team of 35 Seconds decided to show up. Girls screamed their names while guys told them fake and over exaggerated stories to seem more cool and worthy of attention. Although Macey and Bex were huge fans, they decided not to get mauled by crazy drunk teens. The boys will come to them soon enough anyway.
"I already told you. Cammie almost had a panic attack. I could see it in her eyes." Liz was getting stressed out and annoyed that Bex wasn't understanding what was going on. That usually happens when Bex drinks more than two alcoholic beverages. "I don't know why we though it was a good idea for her to come here. It must have been so overwhelming for her." Macey pulled out a nail file from her purse and crossed her legs.
"I don't know. I didn't even see her. She might have walked off or something." Liz thought about what Macey said.
"She was wet when I came up to her, but I didn't think anything of it at the time." Maybe Cam did walk off to go for a quick swim.
"All right guys!" Zach yelled over the crowed of yelling people. "Give us a little space. We stars need to breathe you know."
Liz glared at Zach.
Wow. You're a real catch aren't ya? She thought bitterly.
"Don't you think Nick is so freaking hot?" Macey asked dreamily. Bex shook her head.
"He's okay, but Grant's my kind of guy. I mean look at him! He's so... Perfect!" Not a second after she said that, Grant looked their way. A slow smile crawled up his face as his eyes looked over Bex. The boy said something to Nick, Zach, and Jonas and they all looked up.
"Oh. My. Gosh. They're looking over here!" Bex whisper-shouted. Macey stopped filling her nails to look up.
"Well, why keep them standing?" She stood up and waved at the four boys. "Hey handsome! Why don't you guys come over here so we get to know each other better?" Nick and Grant looked at each other before crawling through the sea of hormonal teenagers. Zach and Jonas took a more slow advance to the girls, showing no interest in meeting them.
"Hey baby. What's your name?" Nick asked Macey. She smiled and ran her hands along his toned arm.
"Wouldn't you like to know." She giggled. Bex made a gagging sound from behind making Liz giggle.
"Get a room." She told Macey. A shadow engulfed Bex who slowly turned around.
"Ooh, british. I like it." Grant purred. Bex rolled her eyes.
"Cool dude." Her voice was nonchalant, but Liz and Macey knew Bex was only playing hard to get. Her eyes showed that happy glint of being noticed, but the dark swooped over, masking her real emotions into fake ones. "Now, if you don't mind moving. The heat radiating off the fire felt nice." Grant grinned and threw his arms up in surrender.
"Sorry my little British-bomshell." Bex's eyes widened. Her feet moved off the table and slammed on the sandy floor before she stood up.
"What did you just call me?" She seethed. Grant chuckled.
"I like your little hard-to-get game, but, it's not gonna work on me sweetheart." The tip of Bex's ears became red and her eyes glared with anger.
"Don't ever call me either of those thing again!" She shouted.
"Awe Grant. What did you do now?" Zach asked as he and Jonas came into view. Liz blushed and looked down, avoiding any temptation to look at the cute black haired boy with thick nerd glasses.
"I'm just getting to know this goddess right here, but she seems to be a pice of work."
Grant was known as a ladies man. He wasn't a player, but every girl wanted him. He was tall, at least 6'4 and had a body that was built for football. His skin was a golden tan, not fake, but well worked as if he sat in the sun all day. His hair was shaggy and blond, catching the eye of any girl that walked by and causing them to want torun their hands through it.
"Well, let the poor human be." Jonas muttered. His eyes glanced towards Liz who was quietly reading her chemistry text book so she could get every pice of information for her summer project.
"You like chemistry?" He asked. Liz payed no attention, too occupied with reading. Bex kicked her chair causing Liz to squeal and look up.
"I'm sorry, what?" She asked Bex. She rolled her eyes.
"I wasn't saying anything. Jonas was." The tall slightly muscular boy walked up to Liz and held out his hand. "I'm Jonas. I saw you reading you text book and was wondering if you liked chemistry."JZ reached out and shook his hand.
"I'm Liz, and yeah, I like Chemistry. How did you know?" The tip of Liz's nose became pink before spreading across her whole face an down her neck. One of the reasons she hated her light skin. Jonas smiled with a shrug.
"Normally, people don't bring big text books to a summer party." Liz smiled and looked down at their still linked hands. Both teens blushed and let go.
"So, what's the most interesting thing about chemistry to you?" She asked.
"Ah nerd love." Bex whispered proudly with a smirk as Jonas explained his interest on compound-chemicals and what mixes link to what reactions.
"If only we had that." Grant sighed. Bex rolled his eyes and looked around the table and snack shack.
"Hey, where's Macey and Nick?" She asked. Zach decided to join in.
"I saw him and some chick walk away a few minutes ago. He sure moves fast."
Yeah. And so does Macey. She thought.
Nick and Macey were practically the same person in two different bodies. Both players. Both rich. And both obsessed with their looks. Macey was tall, almost reaching up to Nicks 6'5 height. He had dark brown hair and was as built as Grant thanks to all his drumming. The eighteen year old's piercing blue eyes and snake bites have always captured Macey's attention.
"Hey," Zach scratched the back of his neck, "do you, by any chance, know a shortish blond girl? Her name's Cammie and I-"
"How do you know her?!" Bex shrieked in surprise. He and Grant jumped back.
"I met her about a half hour ago. We," he paused to clear his throat, " we kinda feel in the water together. She's got a pretty good knee kick." Zach winced at the memory.
"What happened when you were talking to her. Was she okay? She didn't freak out did she?" Even though Bex was talking about Cammie's panic attacks, Zach assumed 'freak out' meant something entirely different.
"No. The opposite actually. She kicked me in the nuts and told me I have to bemore respectful." He glared at Grant who looked like he was going to las out from holding in his laugh. "I say that, not to injure my manhood, but to explain something to her so shut it Newman." Grant ignored him and started cracking up. Bex pushed the guitarist away from her and pulled Zach away from the huge crowed. Jealous eyes fallowed the two but stayed back.
Once Bex and Zach were far enough away, Bex dropped Zach's wrist and turned towards him.
"So she didn't look the slightest bit scared or worried when she was with you?" Zach shook his head slowly.
"Nooo?" Bex was shocked. Although it could have been just a small spark of who she used to be, Cammie didn't panic, or at least didn't show it, when Zach was with her. Another thought came to Bex's mind and she stared at Zach with authority.
"And why do you want to know about my best friend? I know you stars, and all you're after is heart-break." Zach crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.
"Really? How do you know I'm even after her?" He smirked at Bex's moment of hesitation.
"Because." She growled. "She pretty, quiet, naïve, and a girl you can easily take advantage of." A seagull screeched above them, all alone in the night sky.
"That's not the dose I got forty minutes ago." Bex smirked, wishing she was there to see Cam open up.
"Listen. I don't know why you and your band are here, but let me tell you this. We don't play around. I can trust Jonas because he's just like Liz from what I see, but you, Nick, and Grant better watch out if we ever see you again. Cammie is like our sister, and we will do anything we can to protect her." Zach rolled his eyes.
"It's not like I'm going to kidnap her." Zach smirked, hiding the slight fear he felt towards the British girl.
Being out spoken was something Bex was known for. Her coca colored skin and her firey attitude always came threatening to other people. Her tall athletic body didn't help much either.
"Just remember; no mater how famous you and your friends are, your fame and money means nothing to us. Mess up anywhere in your stay here, Mace and I will rip you to shreds."
Zach swallowed hard, watching Bex's retreating figure.
Well, I sure hope this Cammie girl is worth getting to know.
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A/N: I'm gonna put it out there right now. Updates are not going to be everyday. Only when I have inspiration and time. Most likely, one or every week But reviews and PMs and all that good stuff might motivate me to write more and faster for more frequent updates. (No, that is not just so I get more reviews) Thank you to PassShootScore and guest for reviewing and for xoxo . Petite belle . Xoxo for fallowing! (sorry your name is like that. It wouldn't show up other wise.
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