Disclaimer: I don't own the Gallagher Girls. Ally Carter does. However, I do own the story.

'So, exactly how hot was this guy?' Liz asked Bex.

'He wasn't!', I snapped, embarrassed.

'Woah, Cam, I wasn't asking you, I was asking Bex. And considering that reaction, I'd say very. Am I right?'

Bex grinned, an I nodded unwillingly. I may be a good liar to strangers, but to Bex and Liz, it was just easier to tell the truth.

'Too bad I'll never see him again. That and the fact I don't even know his name.'

I had them there.

'Well, you never know, sometimes love finds you. But it probably wasn't love. But let's be honest here, you'll probably never see him again.' That came from Macey, the resident boy expert, who was currently painting her nails bright purple, which, I may add, is definitely not on the uniform code.

'It wasn't, Macey. He was a cocky guy who thought we fancied him and was using that to try to finish his mission. No matter how hot he is.'

'But you did. Fancy him, I mean.'

'So what if I did? As you yourself said, I'll never see him again. And...'

All three roomates immediately understood.

'… Josh.' Liz finished softly.

I nodded sadly.

Bex shook her head, than happened to glance at her watch.

'Bloody hell, we only have 32 seconds to get to dinner! Oh God, and Cammie's mom did say there was something happening today...'

Macey sat up and suggested something I thought she''d never do.

'Run!', she ordered.

We ran.

We got to the auditorium with six seconds to spare, sweaty, out of breath and hair all over the place. I mentally thanked Gilly, not for the first time, that this was an all girl's school.

After all that, the important message was not important. I say it wasn't important, but actually I couldn't be so sure, seeing as I wasn't listening.

I'd been running through Macey's sentence in my head ' 'Well, you never know, sometimes love finds you. But let's be honest here, you'll probably never see him again.'

And then the fact we'd been introduced to the guys, albeit in a random way. And the fact Mr Solomon was so reluctant to tell me why.

And then I got the same feeling of certainty I had in the mall, when I'd first realised the guys were our tails. And suddenly I had no doubt that Blackthorne was coming to our school.

'Guys', I whispered in English, even though it said 'Chinese-Mandarin' on the board, 'We have to check out the East wing.'

I was met with some seriously strange looks, but everyone nodded. For a chameleon, I'm becoming a bit of an instigator.

Much, much later that night, we were sneaking through the passageway that I'd found in eighth grade, the one that goes from behind Gilly's sword case and comes up through the cupboard in the east wing. But there were voices in the east wing. Boy voices.

Male voices? In the east wing? When we hadn't had a lock down all week?

'You know what this means, don't you, guys?' I muttered through my Comms unit (craftily stolen by Bex.)

'Blackthorne was always going to visit. And they're here already.'

Right at that moment, the panel that holds the hiding place in the cupboard slid open, and a heavy figure landed at my feet.

As I danced back a step,my eyes focused in on who it was.

Oh, God. It was that guy from the mall.

He rolled into a stand, and looked me over.

'Hey, Gallagher Girl,' He said.

'Hello.' I said it defiantly, with my chin in the air. 'I do have a name, you know.'

'Oh, I know,' The boy laughed, with a half smile. My stomach curled painfully as I was forcefully reminded of Josh. 'Hello, Cammie Anne Morgan. How's that?'

'How do you know my name?'

He pointed to himself and said, 'Spy.'

Great.

'Well, you know my name, I think I deserve to know yours.'

'Zach. Zach Goode.' He paused then, as if contemplating something. I'm going to go now, Gallagher girl, before someone else figures out your passage way. By the way, I don't think 'Chameleon' suits you. You stand out too much.'

He then disappeard. Just like that. I stood, for the first time in my life, gobsmacked. And then I realised I was on Comms.

I arrived at our room door at the same time as Liz- she crashed into me- and when we got the door open, Bex and Macey were already sitting there.

I couldn't help it, I burst into tears.

All of a sudden, everyone was crowded round me, soothing, until I sat up, desperate.

'Guys? How badly did I screw that up?'

Bex was the first to answer.

'Well- he obviously likes you. That's a good thing, right?'

The next morning, our room was a flurry of makeup, hairspray and other things- I can't begin to list all the getting ready that took place that morning.

When Macey finally deemed us ready, we swung out of the room to get to breakfast, and eat all we could before the boys got there- we were met with a very round eyed Tina Walters.

'Why are you all so dressed up?' She asked, leaping in front of us.

I weighed up my options. If we didn't tell her, she'd think it was all some sort of conspiracy when she found out. And, first rule of the Gallagher Academy- never leave your sisters behind.

So I told her '-But don't tell everyone, okay?'

Within three minutes, the whole dorm knew. Well, I guess that was inevitable.

Then we were in the hall, waiting to pretend to look surprised so that even my mom couldn't see through me. That was going to be hard.