Merry Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanza (whichever one you celebrate)
Always in Shock
"Hey, I've missed you Gallagher Girl." Zach said and slipped his arm around me and his face was dangerously close.
I was so shocked when Zach dipped me back and pressed his lips against mine. I couldn't breathe and I was starting to get dizzy. Zach ended the kiss. We were both breathing hard and Zach had a little smirk on his face. I smiled and then started giggling. He bent and kissed my nose and that made me blush.
"You two are going to be late for dinner, so I suggest that you stop making outand get a move on." Oh damn it! I turned around only to stare face to face with Solomon. (A/N: Solomon would probably never say that but I thought it was funny) I blushed a deeper shade of red and played with my sleeve. Mr. Solomon was looking at Zach and he raised his eyebrows.
"Dating the headmistress's daughter? Nice." Then Solomon added, "You really should get going." and turned in the opposite direction of the dining hall. I looked at Zach and he was looking down at me. I waited for Mr. Solomon's retreating figure to turn the corner before I spoke.
"That was really embarrassing." I said. He nodded in agreement and took my hand.
"Yeah, it was. Did you see the look he gave me? Jeez." He said. I looked at his gorgeous face and I mentally slapped myself for ever thinking that he was a bad person. How could he be? He was Goode. Literally. I laughed at my own joke.
I was very shocked when Zach slipped his arm around me as we entered the dining hall. Everybody looked up at the late comers. I didn't meet anybody's eyes except for my mom's. She gave me a stern look and then smiled as her gaze fixed on Zach's protective arm. I smiled in return and headed to the girl's table. Zach however stayed with me and took the seat next to me.
I could almost feel Tina's excitement as she looked between me and Zach. I knew she was probably going to start some silly rumor. Liz, Macey and Bex looked at me with strained expressions. I was in for it alright.
"Where the bloody hell were you?" Bex asked in today's language. It was French. "We thought the CoC had gotten hold of you. You can't just go missing like that." She said angrily. Liz nodded in agreement. Macey didn't seem to care about that. She was busy dissecting Zach's every movement. At the moment he was playing with a piece of my hair.
"I know, I know. I just ran into Zach in the hallway, and we…um…got talking." I said. They could hear the obvious lie in my story and I knew that they would want more details later.
"Yeah, right." Macey said. "We all know that you guys were probably kissing in some secret passageway." I blushed. Zut! Ca va tre mal! "Ha, knew it!" Macey said happily as she observed my face. What was I going to do with Macey? I didn't get a chance to retort because my mom stood up and began her welcome speech.
"Welcome back ladies." My mom said and then she added. "And our one gentleman." Zach smiled. "I am glad to see everybody's smiling faces back at Gallagher Academy. I'm sure our wonderful staff does too." All the teachers walked in with Solomon in the lead. Solomon nodded his head in my direction and I looked at Zach. This was going to be a long year. Everybody clapped as the line up entered the hall. After the applause had died down my mom continued.
"This semester is going to be different yet again. Our school and our society are still under a threat and too ensure that the Gallagher Academy and all its students are safe, we have an exchange program with Blackthorne." I stared up at my mom shocked. Was this why Zach was here? Gallagher was doing an exchange program? This was bloody awesome!!! Jeez, Bex was totally rubbing off on me.
"Unfortunately due to the size of Blackthorne and its availability, only four selected girls will be spending the entire rest of the year there." I smiled. I knew exactly which four girls that was going to be. Bex, Liz, Macey, and myself. All the other girls groaned in disappointment. I tried to look sad but I was elated and happy. This meant that I would get to spend the whole semester with Zach. Ahhhh!! I could so totally scream right now!!!
The rest of the dinner went by so fast that I barely realized that it was time to head back to our dorms. Zach stayed with me the whole time. We got up to our dorms. I went to the bathroom and when I came out Zach grabbed me by the hand and dragged me down three flights of stairs and seventeen hallways. It took us ten minutes and forty-nine seconds to reach our destination. I was surprised when he pulled me into a secret room that I knew I had never shown him. It looked like a mini version of the library.
The room was painted a dark red. Romantic even. There were candles on the four tables around the room and there was a picture of Gilly Gallagher. The fireplace had a roaring fire in it and it cast dark shadows against the ruby walls. I looked back at Zach and he was closer that I thought he was.
"So, how was your winter break?" I asked. I knew that my attempt at small talk was pretty lame but I didn't know what else to say.
Zach chuckled and looked me in the eyes. "It was pretty dull, especially because you weren't with me." I blushed. I was blushing quite a bit lately.
"Really, mine was exciting. I felt so care free in England with Bex." I saw the hurt in his eyes and I added something to my sentence. "But you know" I said pausing. "Nothing compares to the way that I feel when I'm in your arms." I suddenly had a confidence boost and I took his face in my hands and crushed my lips to his.
I relished the feeling of his lips moving familiar patterns against mine. My hands wove their way into his hair. I felt his hands on my waist and then they slowly made their way under my shirt. I didn't mind one bit what Zach's hands were doing. Suddenly I noticed that my sweater that I had been wearing was now slung across one of the chairs.
I moaned as our tongues explored each other's mouths. My hands made their way down to his waist and then I lifted up his t-shirt and threw it across the room. My heart was pounding and I was filled with the scent and feel of nothing but Zach. It was one-hundred percent Zachary Goode and I liked it. We stood their kissing for exactly seventeen seconds longer until the door was burst open by an intruder. I gasped as Zach and I jumped away from each other.
"Hey, squirt. Nice room you got here. Sorry I had to interrupt your little…um…meeting." I gasped standing in front of me was the one lady that I thought I wouldn't see so soon.
She cocked her hip and said, "Well are you coming? Oh, and you might want to put your shirt back on, Zach."
Wow. Aunt Abby was back…
Muwahahahahah!!!!!!! A little bit of a cliffy. I am totally evil aren't I? Did you like it? Love it? Hate it? Did you see it coming? I didn't think so. Even though I didn't get as many reviews as I hoped for you guys did a pretty good job. I got 7 and that's not that bad, but it's not that good either. So, because it's Christmas and I feel all happy and stuff, I might go easy on you and update later today. Now, I'll make a compromise. If I get 5,325 reviews today then I'll update. Fair enough? Hehehehehehehehe!!! Okay fine. If you guys give me 12 reviews I'll post. I won't go easy on you!!!!!! You guys got lucky this time. I might write in Zach's POV next but I'm not sure. Always remember to be nice and give me lots of reviews. I except flames and anonymous reviews!!!!!!!!!!
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-MC 12
