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Zach POV

I jumped out of the van into the pouring rain and slung my backpack over my shoulder. Grant, Jonas, and I ran toward the private school looming in the distance. It was only us and Dr. Steve from Blackthorne that

came to Gallagher. That's right, I know. I'm excited too but I'm not about to admit that even if everyone can see straight through me. We're only staying for one night, hence the backpack. We stashed them in our

temporary rooms and Dr. Steve gave us our schedules.

First period was already over and I had exactly 2 min and 27 seconds left to not be late. I left Grant and Jonas to go find the secret passageway/ shortcut that Cammie showed me last year. An old tapestry hung with

the Gallagher family "tree" on it in a dark hallway. The lightning flashed every 37 seconds as I ducked behind it and entered the old stuffy corridor between the walls. I knew Cammie would probably be in here but I

didn't quiet my steps. I wanted her to hear me coming. I felt the presence of someone and heard Cammie breathing, hidden in the dark.

"Gallagher girl" I said, looking at where I guessed she was standing. She stepped out of the shadows. A dozen emotions flashed across her face as she looked up at me and asked,

"How did you know where I was?" She seemed like she already knew what I was going to say but I wanted to say it anyway.

"Spy" I said as I pointed to myself in my signature move and smirked. She didn't seem at all surprised to see me but we're spies. We're good at hiding everything.

"Why now?" Cammie asked curiously, "You already missed a semester..." If only she knew. I smirked.

"I can't tell you but you'll know soon enough." She stared at me like she was trying to see into my brain and figure it out. I laughed at her puzzled expression.

"Come on Gallagher girl, Mr. Solomon wouldn't want us to be late." I grabbed her hand and pulled her forward. We only had 26 seconds left and no matter how fast we were we wouldn't make it. There was no way.

We couldn't speed up the elevator as it slowly brought us down to sublevel 2 for CoveOps. I braced myself for the disappointment from Mr. Solomon as I opened the metal door but found an empty classroom instead.

"Zach?" Cammie asked sounding very confused, "Are we early or extremely late?"

"I don't know Ca-"I cut myself off when I saw the evapopaper on Mr. Solomon's empty desk. Cammie started for it but I ran past her and grabbed it first. I smirked as I read and memorized it.

Z & C-

We've gone on a mission to Roseville Stadium. You'll need to put bugs on 5 suspicious people. Figure out the code and complete one pass.

JS

"Well I guess I've got my first CoveOps mission." I said as I looked up at her. She glanced at the note and said,

"Let me see it" as she reached for it in my hand. I snapped it out of her reach and smirked. Was that all she's got? Nope, I know Cammie better than that. She put her hand on her hip and said,

"Bad move Blackthorne boy." Oh crap. She's gonna nail me. She jumped on me knocking me into the desk that was then slammed into the wall. She kicked me in the back of my knee and pinned me to the floor. I

stared up at Cammie. She is awesome.

"Now, are you going to let me see the note or am I gonna get P&E extra credit?" she asked tilting her head to the side. I had the strongest urge to kiss her right then staring into her dark chocolate eyes.

"Neither" I murmured. Then I kissed her.

Cammie POV

Oh. My. God. ZACH KISSED ME! Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god! It was exactly 7 seconds long. Wait till Bex, Liz, and Macey find out! I smiled down at him and laughed.

"You're a pretty good kisser, but even better at changing the subject" I said. He stared back up at me and smirked. That's his 5th smirk so far in a total of 2 minutes and 18 seconds.

"So...we gonna chill out right here all day?" Zach asked. He gets on my nerves sometimes ya know?

"I don't know Zach? What are we supposed to be doing right know?" I asked while gesturing to the yellow evapopaper still in his hand.

"Oh this? You'll just have to wait and see" he laughed. Zach pulled me up off the floor with him and walked out of the class room. He came back to the door way and asked with another smirk,

"You coming Gallagher girl?"

A/N: cliffy! Sorry I took so long to update but I was studying a lot. Like majorly. I had so many regents and finals guys. I know you know what I'm talkin about. R&R!