Chapter 3
Cammie looked like she was about to faint. "Nice work, Zach" my uncle complimented.
I winked at Cammie. Three expressions crossed her face in the next 5 seconds. First, she looked embarrassed, then like she couldn't believe what was happening, and last... hurt? Now she was back to normal. "Hi, Blackthorne Boy."
I felt my mouth fall open with surprise and shock and then "Very good, Ms. Morgan." Then he turned to me. "But not good enough."
Her face turned red at that, but when she spoke her voice was controlled and steady. "Your mission was... what? To keep us from achieving our mission?"
"Something like that." I smirked when I saw her face, than continued. "I thought I could just make you late for your meeting. I didn't think you'd actually tell me where it was and walk me halfway there." I heard a chorus of "Ohh's" through my comms unit.
She looked – once again – like she was going to be sick, but then a big group of tourists came in and I saw it as my chance to leave. I went outside, this time using the front entrance, and started looking for the van to take us home. There was a van with all my classmates in it – but it wasn't a Blackthorne van, and this worried me.
The drive on the way home was ful of talk about the girls. They were good, just not as good as us. Eric was the only one that didn't succeed on this mission, and he was just kind of sitting in the corner. He looked so embarrassed, the girl he was tailing had somehow found out he was a spy, and she had locked him in a closet at the top of the Washington Monument. He had gotten out in a matter of minutes, but she was already long gone.
Grant was sitting next to me and, of course, he was jabbering about Bex again. He was wondering if they would ever see her again, and if he did, would she be mad that he had been better than her on this mission? I zoned out after that. Thinking about Cammie, and Cammie only.
When we got to the hotel Jonas was there. We asked him why he was there. Because, this was a CoveOps test, and Jonas was on the Research and Developpement Track. His exact words were "I don't know. They wouldn't tell me anything, they just told me to pack our clothes and go to the Grande Hall in twenty minutes. Then I got on a helicopter and they brought me here."
Okay, this was really getting weird. First we find out that there is a school for girl spies, then we have to tail them on a CoveOps mission, and now Jonas is here with half of my wardrobe. 'Oh well, I guess I will find out soon enough.' I thought after Grant and Jonas were asleep. Then I added 'but I hate not knowing things.'
Today I woke up to find Jonas already ready, and Grant in the shower. We went downstairs with all of our luggage, just as the note that had been slipped under our door had said to. We found that Dr. Steve had rented the dinning room for our breakfast. He went up to the front and said "Boys, this year we have the honor to spend the rest of the semester at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women."
Wow. I was going to see Cammie again. Just then my thoughts were interrupted by Grant yelling out, so all fifteen of the boys in that very loud room "Bex, here I come!"
I felt really bad for Bex at that moment, poor girl. Then Dr. Steve said "We leave in five minutes."
I hurriedly finished my breakfast, and went out into the foyer to wait for the rest of my classmates to get here. Grant came up beside me and said "Wow man, wouldn't it be cool if you ended up getting Cammie as your girlfriend and I got Bex. Then we could double or something. If Cammie is the headmistresses daughter then I doubt her mom would stick her in a room with some one who wasn't her friend."
Then Jonas caught up with us. "when I got here I did a little research on Liz. It turns out, she's on R&D too. She seems really nice. And as for their other roommate, Macey. It is that Mace McHenry. She just started at Gallagher last semester, though apparently she is already almost caught up with the other girls." He finished.
The van was here now so we got on, surprisingly, the ride there was very quiet. When we got there Dr. Steve had a walkie-talkie that he was talking into. I heard him say "Okay Rachel, we're here and we are just about to enter the school."
Then he put the walkie-talkie back in the van and said "Boys, I would like to inform you that the girls have no idea that you are coming today so please, try to be quiet so they don't hear us."
Every one was silent and we entered the school. I could hear Rachel talking to the girls in what, I'm guessing, is the dinning hall "... me, ladies, but I have an announcement to make."
Just then we opened the doors wide and walked through. All eyes were on us, forks dropped to their plates, some of the girls had fork fulls of food or glasses of juice and water halfway to their mouths. Ms. Morgan continued her speech "The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women has a proud history..."
I wasn't really listening – I doubt anyone was. I was looking for Cammie when Grant suddenly whispered "You don't see Bex anywhere. Do you?"
I answered with a small shake of my head signaling no. Dr. Steve was now walking up to the front of the room, shaking hands and waving at girls as he passed. He looked like one of those guys on the game shows. "It's my pleasure to introduce Dr. Steven Sanders. Dr. Sanders..." She trailed off as Dr. Steve said "Dr. Steve."
"Excuse me?" Mrs. Morgan asked looking shocked.
"Call me Dr. Steve." He said simply, punching the air.
Mrs. Morgan recovered quickly. "Of course. Dr. Steve and his students will be spending the remainder of the semester with us."
When she finished speaking, all the girls started whispering. Mrs. Morgan continued, " They will be attending your classes, eating with you at meals. Ladies this is a wonderful opportunity, and I hope you will use this time to forge bonds of friendship that you can carry throughout your lives."
I leaned against the head table. Then, I saw a girl gesture to me and saw Cammie, who was sitting near her, look up. I crossed my arms and smiled at her.
