Welcome to the World of Boys

Chapter 2 –Swimming with the Sharks- Cammie's POV

I woke up to a light shaking of the shoulder. I opened my eyes to see Bex hovering over me. I sat up and looked around. All the boys were gone minus two that were still sleeping. The only girls up were me, Bex and Liz.

My internal clock told me it was seven thirty.

"Breakfast is open from 8 to 10 and classes start at 10:30. Me and Liz are going to shower. Do you want to come with us?" Bex asked.

I nodded my head yes and got up. I grabbed my bathroom bag and clothes from my trunk and followed Bex and Liz through the door.

The shower stalls were on the right side. The showers were sectioned off by that frosted window glass stuff that went all the way to the ceiling. They all had wooden doors, with cream tile flooring. The doors went up almost to the ceiling so nobody would be able to look in. Half of the left side had stalls with toilets in them, while the other half had sinks. Bex, Liz and I walked down the long row of shower stalls. I got the first open one we found which happened to be between Zach and some freshmen. The freshman slammed his door closed as soon as I grabbed the handle to my door. Zach however stood in the doorway to his shower watching me. I stepped in the shower then proceeded to close and lock the door.

I looked to the left (towards the stall with the freshman) through the frosted glass I could faintly see his silhouette. I took a deep breath 'if I can see him then he could see me' I thought. 'It's only a silhouette' I thought as I slowly slipped off my clothes. I put them over the door with my towel, careful to leave my underwear on this side where no guys could see it.

I quickly took my shower, careful not to look at the right side (where Zach was). After I dried off and changed into my new clothes. I stepped out just in time with Zach. Zach, however, was not wearing a shirt. He had on tan khaki shorts with his towel thrown over his shoulder and his shirt and bathroom bag in his hand.

'Look away Cammie, look away!' I screamed at myself but I only managed to pull my eyes away from his ten 6 pack when he said, "Enjoying the view, Gallagher Girl?"

I looked around to make sure he was talking to me and not one of my sisters but Bex and Liz were still in there stalls and everyone else was still sleeping. I looked up at him (yes, he is taller than me).

"Funny, Blackthorne Boy," I said with a roll of my eye and headed back to our train.

As soon as I got my clothes in my trunk and locked it Zach asked, "Ready, Gallagher Girl?" I looked over at him to see him smirking at me.

"Is that supposed to be a nickname?" I asked.

He smirk, "You go to Gallagher don't you?"

"Well yes,"

"And you're a girl, right?" I gave him a look that screamed 'no dah!' and he put his hands up in mock surrender before saying. "Then what's wrong with Gallagher Girl?" Well since I didn't have anything to say to that I just walked towards the door and said "Let's go."

I heard Zach chuckle and he easily caught up to me. After we left the train and started he heading to Dinner Hall Zach started singing this little song thing.

"Gallagher Girl, Gallagher Girl, Gallagher Girl . . ." The song was him saying Gallagher Girl over and over again. After the 22nd Gallagher Girl I couldn't take it anymore.

"Zach!" I screamed.

"Sweetheart, I know you want to scream my name but save that for the bedroom tonight," he said with a wink.

"Ew! You're such a boy!" I said.

"I'm a big boy too, sweetheart." He said with another wink!

"Gross, you're a disgusting, Butthead!"

"Butthead? I'm sure you can do much better than that for a nickname though not as good as I did for you."

"Someone needs to deflate your ego, you Cocky Ass."

"Cocky Ass? See that is much better. "

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm proud to say that the trusties here at Blackthorne and at Gallagher have decided to give you what is called a bonding day. There will be all sorts of courses here on campus and a few that go off campus. I hope you enjoy the day. Oh and if you're not a sophomore you will just be enjoying a day in the town."

This is going to be one hell of a long day.

"Alright there are ten stations," Mr. Chase the P&E instructor said. "Each pair will go to a different one and you will not leave until you hear the bell. If you finish before hearing the bell, you should play a game of 20 questions. Understand? Alright go find an open station! But don't start until you here the bell."

Me and Zach stalked off to find a station. We were conveniently were at number one with Joe Solomon.

"Alright, to complete this station Zach will need to guide Cammie through this maze and over the obstacles."

'Easy' I said under my breath.

"Did I mention Cammie has to be blind folded?" 'Not so easy . . .' I thought.

Mr. Solomon led Zach to the middle while I stood at the entrance blind folded. In the middle was a raised platform so Zach could see all over the maze.

"Alright, Cammie walk straight forward into the maze. Good, now take a left and walked about 20 feet and take a right. Good. Okay stop. There's an obstacle here. Move to the left without turning your body until your shoulder is hitting the wall." I walked to the left careful to keep my body facing forward until I rammed into the wall. I could hear Zach's laughter through the Comms.

"Okay now walk forward but it's like a balance beam in gymnastics it's about as wide as your foot so be careful or else you're taking a swim."

I thought it over a swim sounded like a good idea if it was easier. "Why don't I just swim it?"

"Have you ever swam blindfolded with sharks?"

"No. Why?"

"Unless you want that answer to change to yes I suggest you walk." I swallowed.

"Okay,"

"Alright you're off the beam and done with that obstacle. Now take a left. Good now another left. Now a quick right . . ." I walked slowly through the maze testing the waters of what is called Zach's trust. But then . . .

Stupid Cliffy . . .

My alternate ending: Zach leads Cammie straight towards him, and he picks her up and spins her around. Then, he tells her he loves her and they ride off into the sunset on a unicorn. As for this whole betanotes thing? LOVE IT! And this story :)

Alright, alright sorry about the cliffhanger. . .okay no I'm not it's there for a reason. *Inset evil laugh here* Well anyway the next chapter the plot actually shows up so you need to know some stuff. First you need to know that Cammie doesn't know what the Circle of Cavan is (well she doesn't know in book two to begin with but) and her dad is still alive and going on missions. Oh and I changed my penname, like it? So yeah, thanks for reading. REVIEW!