Chapter 3!
Authors note: Sorry for the delay but here is the next chapter. Thank you all for the reviews and enjoy!
"Hey - what's wrong?" Cammie asks as Zach walks into the living room of their apartment, noticing immediately that something was wrong with her husband.
"I...uh..I have to go away...on a mission..." Zach starts, scratching the back of his neck.
"No." Cammie says, cutting him off.
"Cammie, I..." Zach says, sighing when she cuts him off again.
"No. You can't."
"I have to." He protests and she shakes her head, rising from the sofa.
"No you don't."
"I do. Cam, you know that. I don't have a choice."
"Yes you do."
"No Cammie. It's the directors orders." Zach says and Cammie crosses her arms over her chest. "Cam, if there was some way for me not to go, don't you think I would do it?" He asks
"Zach..."
"Look, there's nothing either of us can do." Zach says, cutting Cammie off this time. "We both know that. Cam I don't want to fight with you, especially not now." Cammie looks back up at him and notices for the first time that evening how tired and unhappy he looked.
"I'm sorry." She whispers, stepping forward and into his arms, resting her head on his chest and breathing in his scent.
"Don't apologise." He whispers back to her, smoothing her hair down. "This is not your doing." Cammie nods into his chest before asking, "When do you have to leave?"
"Tomorrow morning."
"To- Zach!" Cammie exclaims, pulling back and looking him in the eyes.
"I know." He mutters
"Well...what about Liz and Jonas' wedding? You'll be back in time for that, right?" She asks desperately.
"I don't know Cam."
"But you're Jonas' best man!"
"Cammie, I know, ok?"
"Sorry."
"Cam..." Zach says and they both fall into silence.
"I'm going to miss you." Cammie says after a while.
"I'll miss you too."
"So you don't know how long you'll be gone for?" Zach shakes his head and Cammie nods once. "Oh. So you could be gone for my birthday?" Zach sighs and runs his hand over his face before answering; Cammie's birthday was a little over a week away and he doubted the mission would be over that quickly.
"I don't want to be and I'm going to do everything I can not to be, but I just don't know how long it will be. I don't want to give you a specific date or say, yes I'll be back when I don't know if I will be, I don't want you to get disappointed if I'm not here by them Cam, please." Cammie nods again. "You'll have the girls anyway, even if I'm not here." This time Cammie shakes her head and bites her bottom lip.
"Liz and Jonas are going away too. Bex is going back to England to help her parents and Grant will be busy looking after Lauren. Macey is due any day now, so she's going to be busy with the new baby." Cammie mutters, more to herself than to Zach.
"I'm sorry Cam."
"Not your fault." She mumbles, feeling tears welling up in her eyes. "I'll be right back." She sniffs, gently brushing past Zach and heading upstairs, trying to keep her tears at bay. Zach flopped down on the sofa as soon as she had left, running his hands over his face and leaving them there, elbows resting on his knees. He hated seeing Cammie so upset but knew that there was nothing that either of them could do to stop him from going away.
"Hey, Cammie and I need to know that you're going to be ok." Zach says a few minutes later, walking into their bedroom where Cammie was stood folding their laundry.
"I'll be ok." Cammie says continuing the fold the clothes.
"Cammie..."
"I'm ok Zach. Let's not get into this. I want to not talk about this. Let's just have a nice, relaxing evening together before you have to..." Cammie pauses and takes a deep breath. "Before you have to leave." She finishes. Zach nods and steps forward, pulling Cammie into his arms.
"I love you." He whispers into her hair.
"I love you too."
Zach woke up early the next morning, carefully moving Cammie's arm from around his waist, trying not to wake her, which was of course not possible.
"Zach?" Cammie whispers, turning on to her side.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Zach replies, leaning down and pressing a kiss to her lips.
"You didn't, I wasn't really sleeping."
I know. He says, lifting his bag off the floor to fill with remaining things he needed. Cammie propped herself up with her elbows and watched zach.
"You'll be careful, right?" She asks and Zach nods.
"Always."
"And you'll always watch your back?"
"Of course."
"And check in on time."
"I will."
"And don't do anything stupid."
"Cammie. Stop worrying. I'm going to be fine."
"I know." Cammie whispers. Zach leans down again and kisses Cammie.
"I love you so much Cam." He says, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Be careful while I'm gone and try not to worry about me too much. Don't just stay at home everyday, do normal everyday things. I'm going to be fine, I'll miss you but I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise." Cammie nods her head.
"I love you too. Stay safe. You'd better come back to me alive Zachary." She replies. Zach nods and kisses Cammie again before heading out of the apartment.
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