[Hey, hoped you enjoyed my last chapter. I'll not bore you with loads of writing just wanted to say this chapter is going to be a long one hopefully. On with the chapter!]

Sitting in a black van 4 minutes and 16 seconds later I began to wonder whether we really were getting a school trip to town or there was something else, a hidden agenda perhaps, behind what we were doing and with Mr Solomon sitting in the passenger seat, looking completely hot might I add in his white shirt, plain blue jeans and well worn navy blazer, anything was possible. 'Ok girls, first things first,' Mr Solomon turned around in his seat to face us, 'The mission today-'

Moans from my fellow Gallagher sisters rang out threw the van. 'Excuse me sir,' Bex said, full British accent applied, 'but isn't this meant to be a school trip, as in like fun?'

'Always be on your toes Miss Baxter, Always,' I swear he looked right at me when he said that even though he was referring to Bex. 'As I was staying, the object of your mission today is to be aware. Watch your backs and never, ever let your guard down.'

I saw a few heads nod but most of us sat confused. We were spies; we never let our guards down. That was something that could have gone unsaid. The only other options were that either Joe Solomon had no confidence in his teaching (I doubt it) or something big was going to go down.

I looked at Liz who was nodding to Macey, who in turn then turned and smiled to Bex who finally turned and smirked at me, but all I could think of was smirking, Zachary Goode smirking to be specific, Zachary Goode smirking as he turned to me one final time and said 'Now Gallagher Girl, what are the chances of that?' Zachary Goode…

Snap out of it Cammie! God! Do what Mr Solomon said and don't let your guard down which means no one getting distracted about anything, especially not boys. Especially not really cute boys who knew a lot about you, even stuff that was held confidential by the CIA.

Stop!

'Sir,' Tina Walters, the school gossip, perked up 'Why didn't we ever go to Blackthorne?'

Suddenly the full van of Mr Solomon's Cove-ops class were silent as we waited for the answer that we all had been wondering for 3 months and 6 days (12 hours and 24 minutes) since Blackthorne had last been here.

'We're on a need to know basis Miss Walters, you'd do well to remember that,' was the only answer he gave.

The van stopped outside what I had estimated (calculated excatly) was Roseville city centre.

I heard Mr Solomon's door open and shut and then the back door to the van opened, streaming bright rays of light in from the sun outside encasing the darkness of the van in a warm glow.

'Ok ladies,' as we hopped out of the van we were each handed a little black comms unit that resembled a large chocolate chip, 'have fun, stay alert and I'll see you soon.'

None of us asked what time or where though because as we all slipped out comms in out ear we heard a male voice say, 'oh and be safe.'

Mr Solomon would let us know when to come back through comms.

PROS AND CONS OF HAVING A COMMS UNIT WHEN OUT IN ROSEVILLE:

PRO: You could get Macey's opinion on an outfit when she was half a mile away

CON: Your teacher could quiz you on your surroundings

PRO: You could get credit for knowing the answers your teacher asks you about your surroundings

CON: You could accidently hear the whole plot of the movie you wanted to go see

PRO: You could keep in touch with other Gallagher Girls without having to walk around as a large crowd

CON: Other Gallagher Girls could hear private conversations that you wished to keep secret; such as awkward ones with an ex-boyfriend named Josh Abrams and his new girlfriend along with a Blackthorne Boy at your side

That last one, Liz assured me, was very unlikely to happen again because;

1. I wouldn't embarrass myself again or give my fellow sisters any reason to think I caused a code black because I had a safe and friendly conversation all planned out that Macey had wrote for me

2. There was 1/604 chance that I would see Josh among the crowds of Roseville again

3. The was an even smaller chance that I would see both Josh and Dee Dee together

4. And finally there was a 0.00064% chance that I would have a Blackthorne boy by my side even if all of the above failed me

'Come on Cammie let's go get breakfast!' Bex grinned taking me by the elbow with Macey and Liz following, laughing. We went to a small shop that was painted a lime green color with a few tables outside covered with large black sun umbrellas. The sign was plain black wood with the word Zesty painted on in swirly silver letters.

The inside was a blackberry purple with a bright yellow wall were the staff stood behind a set of blenders, a mini fridge containing cold drinks, an ice cream bar and a till on in a row. From the large menu hung on the wall I ordered a stack of pancakes with chocolate chips that resembled the comms unit in my ear and a Strawberry smoothie. Bex ordered a stack of pancakes with extra syrup and a lime smoothie, Macey got a simple fruit salad with an iced water and Liz bought a rack of toast and an iced tea. Choosing a table outside near the pavement we sat and chatted listening to the comms unit occasionally to hear thinks such as, 'Miss Walters, The man in the red hat 3 rows back from you has bought his wife what type of coat?' which was replied by Tina saying, without a hint of hesitation, 'Burberry and its for his girlfriend not his wife.' Which was fine until she finished, 'Though he bought his wife a gold bangle.' Which resulted in Bex screeching, 'That Sleez!'

'Look, it's not your fault the ref didn't see that foul, ok?' I said loud enough for the boys walking past to stop staring at Bex as if she was crazy (which was what I wanted) but instead walk over with flirty smiles on their face (not what wanted). Whoops! I had just wanted them to walk on and stop staring not... this.

'Cammie, I'm so proud,' Macey beamed. 'I can't believe I didn't think of that!'

'What? I didn't mean to do tha-'I whispered but was interrupted by 5 very cutes boys who were standing behind my chair looking at us all with that dopey smile.

'Hi there, I'm Jason,' the guy, who was obviously the leader of the pack, was a good looking boy with light brown hair that curled just above his ear, light blue eyes and a friendly smile, 'these are my mates, Chris, George, Ben and Barry.' He was wearing a black t-shirt with a light blue shirt hanging open over the top of it and black khakis. He motioned to each of his friends in turn. Chris was a good looking guy who looked older than he probably was. His hair was a dark brown that matched his eyes and his chin had a bit of stubble. He was wearing a simple red t-shirt with dark jeans. George had dark curly hair and kind of resembled Harry Styles but instead had dark blue eyes. He was wearing a navy and white striped shirt and white three quarter lengths. Ben had long blonde hair that hung over his eyes hiding silver colored eyes and wore a red shirt with a black waist coat and dark jeans. Barry had short cropped hair with darks eyes and wore a brown t-shirt with white writing about California and light brown combat trousers.

Jason continued, 'We were just wondering if you girls would like to go to the arcades with us?' He looked directly at me even though he was suggesting for all of us to go.

'Actually we were just about t-'I started but was interrupted by an eager looking Bex.

'Well of course we would,' she said, full British accent.

'Umm… yeah,' Liz whispered blushing. Yes, Liz, the shiest girl I knew. He southern drawl seemed to attract the attention of the guy named Barry because he looked at her and smiled. Liz looked away quickly as a deep shade of red started to crawl up her cheeks.

Macey sat there looking up through her eyelashes at them.

'I thought we were going to see a movie?' I perked up hoping to wiggle my way out of this.

'Oh Cammie,' Macey leaned against the table and set her fingers on my arm 'don't want to beat these guys at Pac man?' I laughed and when I turned back round to face the boys Jason was smiling at me.

'Sure why not?' I smiled back.

The guys pulled up a chair to our table and waited on us finishing. Jason sat to my left and Chris to my right. Barry sat beside Chris, then Liz, Macey, George, Bex, Ben and back to Jason and me. That meant there were two boys to my left and two to my right. I felt isolated from my friends so I quickly sipped my drinks and swallowed my pancakes. 'Let's go,' I announced standing up.

'Eager?' Jason stood up beside me.

'Too beat you yeah.' I pushed in my chair and felt Jason put his hand on my back to guide me to the arcades. I was just about to remove his hand from my back when I heard through my comms unit. 'Stick to your covers girls.'

Bex had introduced us back at the Breakfast place as Bex being Cody, Macy was Chloe, Liz was Sally and I was Alyssa. They were all walking behind us now chatting away to the others, even Liz.

'So Jason, where do you go to school?' The sun was shining hard so when I looked at him all I could make out was his outline.

'Actually we all live in Georgetown in Northern Ireland so we go to the local high school. Our families are all up here for vacation, staying at the cottages a few miles from here. What about you?' He hadn't moved his hand.

'Gallagher Academy, not too far from here actually.' And I was genuinely grateful that he didn't live within 10 miles of here because I didn't receive a classic Gallagher Glare instead he just continued smiling at me so I smiled back.

The arcade we arrived at looked old and worn from the outside with just a red wooden sign and gold letters spelling Phil's Arcade in peeling paint. The inside was completely different, all the machines were slick and new, and the walls were a dark mahogany color which made the flashing lights of the games stand out. It was bigger on the inside than it looked on the outside. I noticed that the coin slots were bigger than a normal coin could fit in and there were little signs on the wall that said TOKENS ONLY. Jason's hand finally left my back.

'We'll go get some tokens, be right back.' Jason and the guys walked over to the small glass window were a bored looking college guy sat reading a magazine. Without looking I knew there were at least five CCTV cameras trained on the door. I turned to my friends, 'Guys are you sure this is a good idea?'

'What's the matter Cammie, you're not thinking about Zach are you?' Liz set a hand on my arm.

'No, I just…'

'Cam, it's only a few arcade games and a bit of fun. That's what we wanted to have today right?' Bex insisted.

'So you're not thinking about Grant,' I looked her in the eye and then turned to Liz, 'Or Jonas?'

'It's Just fun Cam, just fun.' Macey gave me a quick hug.

'Fine!'

The guys came back then.

'Alyssa, why don't you and Jason go play ten pin bowling?' Macey gave me a little shove forwards. Jason raised his eyebrows, his light blue eyes shimmering from one of the very few bright lights. 'Do you want to?'

I glanced at my friends before turning to Jason. 'Ok.' Smiling he lifted a handful of tokens out of the little white tub the boys had brought back, stuffed them in his black khakis, handed the tub to his mate Chris and then gently slipped his hand into mine and started leading me to where the bowling was. On the way there I spotted a TV screen on which flicked through scenes of CCTV. The door, Bex and Ben playing slots, a different angle of the door, the token machine, Macey, George and Chris playing air hockey, another angle of the door, a poker table, Liz and Barry at the Pac man machine and then finally a dark corner were the lights were dimmed to show of the luminosity of yellow and pink bowling balls, green stripes outlining the three alley ways and blue pins at the head. As we arrived there I realized how cornered off it really was from the rest of the arcade. I couldn't see any of my friends from here.

'So Alyssa, have you ever played before?' Jason slotted three tokens into the small flashing box near the bowling balls and I told him one of very few truths I would that night.

'Honestly, no.'

The TV screen overhead flickered to life and Jason entered two names onto the scoreboard, Aly and Jase.

'Well the aim of the game, is to knock all 10 pins down or as many as you can.' He pointed to the pins at the far end of the alley.

'Ok, simple enough,' I shrugged and Jason laughed.

'We'll see.'

I lifted one of the pink balls and tried to place my fingers into the holes. After a few tries Jason came over and placed the right fingers in the right holes. 'Thanks.' He grinned back sheepishly.

'Ok, so you…' I put a confused expression on my face.

'Here, let me help,' He stood behind me placing his left hand on my hip sending shivers up my side. He placed his right hand over mine, helping me to hold the ball and the rest of his arm touched the whole of mine. My back was up against his chest closely packed together. He pulled my arm back and then brought it forward and I released the ball. I was just about to pull away when he stepped back. I watched the yellow ball roll up the lines perfectly straight between the two green lines and hit the pin at the front and they all fell down. The TV screen displayed the word STRIKE in plain capital letters. I was going to pretend to have bad aim the throw it in the gutter because after all I was sticking to my cover, but no, Jason had helped me score a strike. I jumped up and down and clapped my hands smiling like any normal teenage girl would of, before turning round and giving Jason a quick hug. 'I can't believe it! I did it!'

'Congratulations!' he laughed and I realised I hadn't released him from my grip but instead his hands circled my waist holding me in place so even if I had been about to move I would of had to use a move that I had learnt 3 weeks ago in P&E but I didn't.

And then the fire alarm went off.

[A/N hoped you enjoyed this :) I just found out my dad's girlfriend is having a baby and I start school on Tuesday so my sleeping patterns will be put back to normal (yeah, right) and I will have loads of homework so I don't know how often I can update but I will stay loyal so don't worry and I already have the next bit planned out in my head I just need to get it down on paper. I was going to add it onto this one but I thought that was a good place to end :) so thank you to my reviewers ., sailfast32 and DarkStar616 and to everyone else who added me to their favourite story/author or story/author alert it made me do little happy dances haha :) I love you guys. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME HOW IT WAS? and dont worry to all those Zach fans. THIS IS A ZAMMIE STORY! I just wanted to mix it up a bit at the start! Thanks again! :)]