Start of New Friendships: Zach, Grant, and Jonas

The Boys Sleepover

The next night, I couldn't quite fall asleep. Maybe it's due to this new feeling Zach has given me. But I didn't want to think about it any much longer. So, I got up at dawn to walk outside. I was down the side, when I heard some guys laughing. I looked to see who they were. There were 3 of them and one of them looked familiar. One of them was Zach! And he was with his friends. He seemed to be having a good time with them. I hid in a bush to spy on them. Then, one of them said something and that's what got me bursting out laughing. I covered my mouth to keep them from hearing me, but I guess they already did 'cause one of them asked, "Did you guys hear that?"

"What?" Another said.

"It sounded like somebody. You think someone's watching us?"

"I think that's what happens when you laugh like crazy," Zach jokes. "There's nothing to worry about."

I panicked a bit there, so I tried to escape, running out of the bushes and that's when I tripped on a rock. Clumsy me. The boys saw me, guess that's 'cause I fell to the side of the bush. I tried to cover my face in shame and run away, but I found out I sprained my ankle a bit when I fell. Ughh. Could things get any better?

"Cammie, is that you?" Zach asks as the boys laugh.

"So you're the one who's been spying on us?" One of them said. "You're lucky you're a girl, 'cause if it was a guy, I would've chased them out!"

Zach makes a face at them and I tell them, "First of all, I wasn't spying on you. Second

of all, I was just taking a walk when I was wondering who you guys were. Thought I could make some friends here, you know" I didn't have much defense there, but it was worth a shot.

Zach walks toward me when he says, "Are you alright?" He pulls me up but I squirm from the pain of my sprained ankle.

"Oww!" It was painful. "I think I sprained my ankle."

"Let me see," Zach tells me and looks at my ankle. "It's a good thing it isn't so bad." Zach takes me into his arms and starts walking down.

"Where are you taking me?" I ask him.

"Look, your leg isn't working so well, so I'm taking you someplace else where I can help you mend it," Zach explains. "If it's ok, I'd like to take you back to your house and do it there."

"Um..um… Sure." This got me wondering. Wondering what my sisters will think if they saw us together.

"Is it fine if my friends tag along with us?" He looks into my eyes and that's what immediately got me saying, "Yes."

When we get to the house, Zach introduces me to his friends. Grant and Jonas. "I see, so you're the new girl. So, are you guys together or something?" Grant asks.

I immediately say, "No! We're not! We just met a few days ago." Zach smirked at that. Then, Grant glanced at both of us.

"Okkaayy…" says Grant, looking so hesitant about what I said. "So do you live here alone?"

"No, I live here with my 3 sisters." Funny 'cause Grant and Jonas' faces lit up when they heard that.

Zach helps get my ankle better. He puts on some kind of medicine on my ankle and I stare at him while he's doing it. Can he get any more perfect? He looks so adorable. I just want to touch his hair. He looks up to see me staring, but he doesn't look away. Instead, he looks on, staring at me deeply again like he always does with those green eyes of his when he has the chance. I feel hypnotized. He makes it even worse by soothing my ankle. Oh that feeling he gives me while he's staring at me. It's almost like he's torturing me. Ughh. He disturbs my thoughts when he says, "I think you're all better now. Shall I stay here with you?"

Before I even get to answer, my sisters walk right through the door. Uh oh. That's what what I thought 'til Macey said, "Well look who we have here."

Bex and Liz laugh when they both say, "Boys."

"Macey, Bex, Liz. This is Zach, Grant, and Jonas." I say, as I point to each one of them. " Zach and his friends came. They spotted me outside and I tripped and I sprained my ankle, so now Zach's helping me get better."

"Actually, you spotted us." Jonas says, with an emphasis on "us".

"Oh I see. Are you alright, Cammie?" Liz asks.

"Yea, I'm fine. Zach can handle it."

"I think you guys should stay for dinner." Says Bex. "I mean since you guys are already here, you just might as well stay for dinner."

"That sounds good to me." Says Grant, who I think has set his eyes on Bex. I think Bex has set her eyes on Grant too 'cause the next thing I know, they're havin' a really good time exchanging glances at the dinner table.

"So how long have you guys known each other?" Macey asks, the question out for me and Zach.

"It hasn't been that long. We're just friends, that's all." Zach smirks.

Macey, being a person who likes to heat things up, invites the boys to sleep over at our house. "Why don't you guys stay through the night? Zach? I mean since you've helped Cammie out. You guys are after all our guests, special guests, right?" Macey asks, with emphasis on "special", while Bex and Liz nod in agreement.

Zach takes a look at me, then smiles and says, "I don't see why there should be a problem with that."

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