Chapter 2:

Cammie POV

As we walked out of the classroom Macey and I started talking before asking what I had for lunch. When I told her I had some lamingtons and she had to have some, we both burst out laughing. Two weeks ago, it was lunch and all four of us were sitting down talking and eating at our usual spot near the teacher aide staffroom. From there we could see all the really dumb kids in our grade doing incredibly stupid things. Liz forgot her lunch that day and was refusing any of our offers to give her some of our food when Macey grabbed a lamington and literally shoved it in her mouth*. We all started laughing and we all thought it seemed like a very Macey thing to do.

As we were laughing, grade sevens were looking at us like we had lost our minds and Zach, well Zach was looking at me like I were the most beautiful thing on earth. It disconcerted me a bit because I don't even know Zach and Josh would be hysterical if he knew.

After that lunch passed quickly and we all got our books for our next class. Mine was Visual Arts and I loved it in my classroom and in that block because there are paintings on the buildings and one of them is of cats and it's so adorable. Bex and I were walking there together because believe it or not, Bex is an amazing artist! I never knew it myself until our first art lesson two months ago.

Art was a great time for me to clear my head. I didn't consider myself to be a popular person more like that silent bookworm really nice nerdy girl in the back of the class, so to have Josh's attention again was a shocker enough but Bex kept on saying something about how Zach looked interested? Is it just me or are best friends always crazy? Too soon the bell rang and I split off from Bex to find Liz who I had English Extension with.

As we walked off to English Extension Liz told me about how her relief teacher -Dr Fibbs- was giving a lecture about quantum physics instead of IT. At first Liz was a bit bummed but then she was having the time of her life. When we got to English as usual Mr Solomon was getting us to do some silent reading before asking us what was different about the class. Mr Solomon was a teacher like no other. He was always asking us questions about our surroundings, even if they had nothing to do with English.

As usual, the class was stumped so also as usual, Mr Solomon picked on a random student who just happened to be his goddaughter which was me. I started speaking before realising that I was whispering, I never was nor will be good at public speaking. "Three minutes and 38 seconds ago you received a late slip from a student. The new student Zachary Goode."*

Zach's POV

Exactly five minutes and 17 seconds ago I stood right near the entrance to my English Extension classroom. It wasn't anything too flashy, just a wooden demountable classroom with a good view of the oval, but then again, I wasn't particularly interested in the classroom, more like the people inside, people being Cameron Morgan.

After I took one minute and 39 seconds to gather my courage walked in and handed Mr Solomon my late slip. All of the students seemed transfixed on the video playing on the screen at the moment and jotting down notes occasionally. They all seemed to be working and that alone was a miracle.

I quietly stood in the corner of the classroom as I knew Mr Solomon and he liked to test the awareness of his students all the time, so I wasn't surprised in the slightest when Cammie said, "Three minutes and 38 seconds ago you were handed a late slip from a student. The new student Zachary Goode". I took that as my cue to step out of the shadows of the dimly lit classroom and walked to the only spare desk. Next to the one person who was different to everybody else in an extreme way. Now don't get me wrong, Cammie seemed like a nice girl but when you're lined up to go to Blackthorn College when you graduate, you know that everything is not as it seems.

If there was a spare seat next to a more attractive and flirty girl would I have taken it? Probably just to amuse myself, so yes. But when Mr Solomon is your family friend, he expects you to protect and befriend the girl that people are after. Unfortunately, this girl was Cammie Morgan, daughter of Rachel and Matthew Morgan so let's just say that befriending her to protect her is a tough task.

As I sat down, I saw her squirm a bit in her seat for reasons unknown to even the likes of me. To try and make her feel better I made sure to be as helpful and charming as I could so that I would not make her suspicious. Easier said than done.

After a long day at school I walked home slowly using the time to get used and memorise my surroundings. When I finally reached my front door I heard a greeting in my direction. The girl in question who said the greeting was a stunner. I mean, she had the silkiest hair and rose cheeks that you would ever see. She wore a long silver necklace that hung until the bottom of her rib cage, probably to get me to check her out more, but that was also my warning bell. She must be a sick minded person to think that by highlighting her boobs I would therefore like her.

She took me looking at her as an invitation to come over to my door. "Hey there", she repeated yet again very enthusiastically, she was making me sicker by the moment, "my name's Deedee and I'm your new neighbour! Isn't it great? So I was thinking maybe you'd like to study together because even though we're in different classes we still have the same exam. Cause you're not a Germ or a Leaf right?" I guess I was picking up on the relaxed way people talked here, or maybe I just got a feeling that she was talking about mainstream. LEAF was the honours program and GI's rival. Germ I'm guessing was short for German Immersion. The way she said those names though, I just got a bad feeling from her. Even if I was mainstream, I wouldn't study with her.

"Oh I'm from Germany so I did apply to the GI program, it's a lot harder than I expected". That should've made her walk away with a quick goodbye but instead it did quite the opposite. "So you're smart as well as handsome, hmmm I'm having a party on Friday night and I do love all those smarties in GI and LEAF, I'll invite them too! The whole grade is coming, so I'll see you there?" I quickly nodded my head before ducking inside and locking the door. Honestly, a guy can't get a break from girls throwing themselves at him, can he? My thoughts became distracted as I found a note that was slipped underneath the door. 'So, you've met the famous Chameleon? We'll be coming for her and thanks to you we know how to get her. The only way to keep her safe is to go to that party on Friday night, I'll be waiting for my time to strike if you don't meet me there. – Deedee'.

Hey Guys, sorry if this was out later than you expected, I've been camping and I've just got back. Did you guys like the cliff-hanger? What about Deedee? What do you want to happen? Also, funnily enough, the lamington story is based on a true event that happened with my friends. I thought it would be funny to include it in this story. You guys are lucky I didn't end it when Cammie mentioned Zach, I nearly did but I realised it would probably be a while before I updated again so yeah. I will be updating when I get three reviews on this chapter or in a month, whatever comes first. Also, I want to say a huge thank you to the following people:

Fairy095: Thanks, and it'll get better soon! I'll also be updating when I get three reviews on this chapter cause get it? Third post three reviews? I think it's a good idea anyways.

Amber: Thanks for your enthusiasm! When I was writing the prologue I put in the stuff about Queensland cause that's the state I live in. Canberra is great, I went there six years ago and had a great time. I've never been to Sydney though but I'd like to in the near future!