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I tried to clear my head of everything that had happened, but so far it wasn't going so well. I decided to take a shower and see if that would help. When I started walking down the hallway I was shocked at what I found.
"Cammie?" I said. She looked at me and blood rushed to her checks. I could tell me being only in a towel made her feel weird.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I –" she started.
"What are you doing here?" I said, and looked at her, knowing the answer but wanting to hear it. She went from embarrassment to hatred in one second it seem; though I don't know why should would hate me for being here.
"Cammie," I said taking a step closer, "Were you looking for me?" I knew she was but I wanted to hear her say it. I mean why else would she be there.
"No. Why would you think –"
"My room," I said pointing to the end of the hall. "Is that why you're here?"
"Uh . . . no." she said; she looked really uncomfortable, like she was trying to be cool , but was failing. I don't know why she wasn't able to be cool; I mean a towel is better than having nothing, right? "Where's Bex?" she asked.
"I don't know." I was shocked at first that she would ask me, and then I remembered that we had gotten fairly close over the summer from looking for Cammie.
"Oh," she said; she looked really hurt, but I couldn't tell why. I guess probably because she and Bex aren't that great of friends anymore, since Bex wasn't really saying a whole lot to her. The silence pulsed between us until I couldn't take it anymore. I'm sure she didn't want to hear this sentence again but I thought it might be different coming from me.
I dropped my voice and said, "Hey, are you okay? Today, that wasn't really you, you know?" She looked a little agitated from me asking but it was building up fast. I could almost see smoke coming out of her ears when she said,
"Oh, and you'd know the real me, wouldn't you? Because I'm pretty sure I've never known the real you."
"Cam –"
"I mean, all this time I thought your parents were dead, Zach. I distinctly remember you telling me your parents were dead."
"No. You remember assuming my parents were dead, and my not correcting you."
"But actually your mom is the women who's been chasing me for over a year," she went on, as if I hadn't said anything. "Which explains how you always knew so much, doesn't it?" she stared at me, angry flowing out of her eyes. "At least that explains something," She said a little softer.
I stepped closer, "What are you doing here, Gallagher Girl? What brought you here, really?"
"Dr. Steve," she said, not sounding too angry anymore. "I came to talk to Dr. Steve."
I turned to Dr. Steve and then back at Cammie. I couldn't help but feel angry; she may have come to talk to him, but I knew she was also kind of lying too. I could tell that's not why she had come this way, but it was more fate that brought her here. I brushed past her clearly angry.
"Well then, don't let me stop you." I whispered in her ear as I walked by. "Believe it or not, Gallagher Girl, I'm all out of secrets."
I focused on being angry so that I wouldn't turn back and look at her. I didn't need to show her just how much this rift between us hurt. I wanted her, correction; I needed her to understand why I didn't tell her. But I guess it was only fair, since I didn't get why she left without back up.
I tried to ignore the horrible feeling inside me when I got to my room. It was a mixture of emotions. I was happy she was back, but at the same time she still felt gone; I was hurt to see her beat up and bruised, yet I was happy she was okay; I felt regret for not being there, but at the same time angry that she didn't take me with her; and lastly, I was heartbroken when I was with her, but it hurt when I wasn't near her in a whole other way. Some may say that it is impossible; for me to feel so sad when I was with her, but yet feel a whole other kind of pain when she was gone. Others would say its love; but Zachary Goode didn't fall in love.
Maybe that's changed?
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