Nine Lives of Gallagher Girls Chapter 3

Cammie's POV

Bex, Macey, Liz, and I woke up around the same time on Sunday and walked out to the main room of the apartment. Jasmine, and Alek were already sitting at the kitchen island

eating breakfast. "Morning. Cereal okay?" "Yeah." We sat down and Jasmine pushed bowls, spoons, and cereal boxes towards us. We all poured some and started eating breakfast.

While we were eating, Zach, Grant and Jonas walked out of their room (A/N the guys r staying w/ them too, just 2 clear that up). "Morning Gallagher Girl." "Morning

Blackthorne Boy." When I noticed the guy's hair I started snickering. Macey looked like she couldn't decide whether she should be horrified by their appearances or amused by it. Bex

and Liz were snickering right along with me, and Bex even started taking a few pictures. Alek ignored our reactions to the guys and their appearances and started talking about

school. "So, Chloe will have classes with at least 2 of you at all times. We will have to leave earlier than usual tomorrow to get your schedules. All of you are already registered for

school. Got it?" We all nodded. "So what's a typical school day like?" Typical Liz. "7 classes. You have each class every day. You are allowed to go off campus for lunch, but you have

to sign out at the front office. You can eat in the lunchroom or, when the weather permits, the courtyard. Freshman and sophomores have lunch one period, juniors and seniors have

lunch another period. Phones are allowed during lunch and before and after school. Not during class. Study Hall is pretty much a free period, as long as you stay in the classroom and

stay fairly quiet. School is from 7:30 to 2:30. Got it?" We nodded again. Just then, Chloe, Amy, and Paul walked through the door. "What's up?" Chloe asked. "Nothing much. Giving

them the school rundown." Macey leaned forward, "So, what's the info on cliques and stuff?" Alek just looked confused. Chloe, Jasmine, and Amy sighed and beckoned us to the

couches. The boys looked a bit annoyed about having to stop their breakfast to get a clique rundown. Amy started talking, "So, you got your basic cliques, the jocks, the

cheerleaders, otherwise known as the populars, the braniacs, the drama geeks and the band geeks, etc. Got it?" Macey answered for us, "Yeah, so who's in what group?" Chloe

answered, "Well, Alek is in the jock group, or as Amy and I like to call it, jocko's, but Amy, Paul, Jasmine and I don't really belong to any cliques, but Jasmine is sometimes included

in the popular, jock, cheerleader clique scene because she and Alek are cousins. I occasionally talk to Alek in school, but not too much, because people get a bit weirded out by it,

moving away from your respective clique is not something people in our school do a lot. And if you girls do talk to Alek in school, expect to get nasty looks from the cheerleaders and

other female populars, because half of them are madly in love with them and consider him their private property." Alek got an annoyed, shocked look on his face. "Chloe, I think your

exaggerating a tad bit." Jasmine and Chloe both shook their heads. Jasmine smirked at him, "I've heard what some of those girls say when they see you talking to Chloe." "And I've

felt some of their emotions. Empath, remember?" "Point taken." Alek turned to the guys. "Any of you play basketball?" Zach and Grant nodded. "Good. A couple of guys just got

kicked off the team, and coach is looking for some new players." Zach and Grant nodded. Amy sighed, "So that's settled, let's go shopping. You should see the vintage store Chloe

works at. The cutest clothes." Macey smiled, "You had me at shopping. Let's get ready. I have 15 credit cards begging to be used and some parents to piss off." After Macey dragged

us into our room and got us dressed and primped, we grabbed our bags and jackets and walked out. All of us walked to the store where Chloe worked, and the guys went to the

coffee shop attached to it. An hour and a half and $500 later, we were finished. We went to the coffee shop and plopped down at the guys' table. "Wow McHenry, only an hour and a

half, you're losing your touch." "Shut up, Zachary." The bell over the door rang and I caught a strong whiff of a bunch of perfume. I practically gagged on my coffee. I heard footsteps

and the perfume cloud got closer. I turned around and saw a bunch of girls in tight jeans, uggs, and tight low cut sweaters heading our way. The girl that looked like the leader

walked up to Alek, angling herself in a way so the guys had ample view of her cleavage. "Hey Alek. Who are your friends?" "Hey Gabi, this is Zach, Grant, Jonas, Liz, Cammie, Bex,

and Macey. They're from a private boarding school back east and they're staying with us while part of a program through their school to experience public school." "Nice to meet

you." She said that to all of us, but her gaze was focused on Zach and Grant. Macey and I had to grab on to Bex's arms to keep her from jumping on Gabi. Jasmine, Amy, and Chloe

just made faces at her, since she couldn't see him. If I wasn't a spy and trying to keep Bex from killing a civilian I would have cracked up laughing. "So, will I be seeing all of you at

school tomorrow?" We nodded. She looked at Zach and Grant, "So, if you two ever want a tour guide or something call me." Zach gave her a half smile, "That's kind of you to offer,

but we're good." Her smile faltered a bit. "Oh, right. But, you know, if you ever want to hang out or something, call me." Zach nodded, "Maybe. But we're really trying to focus on

getting used to San Francisco right now." "Okay." She turned to all of us, "See you all later." She turned back to her friends and left. I leaned in, "Okay. Who was that? What was

that?" I noticed Chloe's eyes change to cat eyes for a split second, but they changed back. "That was Gabi Montgomery. Head cheerleader, super popular, super annoying, super in

like with every hot, buff looking junior and senior in school." Alek smirked at Chloe, "You just said I'm hot." I banged my head on the table. "This is just great. Before, there was 1

Zach. Now, we have Zach and Zach's Mai, British, west coast counterpart. And I have to live and go to school with both of them." Alek and Zach both look insulted. Zach feigned a

hurt look. "I'm heart Gallagher Girl. Truly." "Zach, you have an amazing amount of self-control when it comes to my ex-boyfriends, but you have got to be the cockiest person on the

planet, and you smirk way too much." Chloe smiled, "I have a nickname that will work for Zach. CB. Short for Cocky Bastard." "Chloe, while that nickname is awesome and I think

Mimi is awesome for coming up with that nickname, wouldn't that get confusing having 2 CB's in the apartment?" "Good point. Never mind." We finished our coffee and picked up our

bags and headed back to the apartment to drop off our bags. After that we headed back out to go school supply shopping. 2 hours later we arrived back at the apartment with

backpacks, pencil cases, notebooks, pens, pencils, etc. The next day Macey woke us up at 6 to get ready for school. She put me in dark wash skinny jeans, chocolate brown uggs,

and a short-sleeved navy blue top with ruffled sleeves. Bex was wearing a cowl neck gray sweater, black skinny jeans, and gray toms with a bright turquoise scarf. Liz was in a red

sweater and light wash blue jeans with a pair of sparkly converse, and Macey was in a gray sweater dress and black boots. After Macey did our hair and make up we were ready to

go. When we got to school we got our schedules. (A/N too lazy 2 make up schedules sorry). When we exited the office, it was clear a lot of people were curious about us, and a

bunch of girls were checking the guys out, and a bunch of guys were checking us out. On our way to our lockers, Gabi and the girls we saw her with yesterday showed up. "Hey. So

how our you liking the school?" Bex answered, "It's good, just a bit different from what we're used to." "Oh cool." It was evident she was hoping that Bex, Liz, Chloe, Jasmine, Amy,

Paul, Jonas, Macey and I would magically disappear. Jasmine checked her watch, "We better get going guys. You don't want to be late." We waved and scurried away. "Thank God.

That girl is worse than Preston." I rolled my eyes and smirked at her and Zach. "Yeah Mace, we all know how much you hate Preston." Zach said in a sarcastic tone. "Shut up." Zach

pouted. After we got to our lockers and headed to our classes, Zach and I discovered we had first period with Gabi and 2 of her cronies. After we talked to the teacher, Zach and I sat

down next to each other, with Chloe sitting behind us and Alek sitting next to Chloe. Zach turned around in his seat and started talking to Alek about basketball tryouts. I turned in

my seat to talk to Chloe. "So, you like Alek." I whispered. She turned red. "I do not." "Yes you do. "No." "Don't try and argue. I lived with Macey McHenry for 3 years. I know enough

to tell when someone has a crush on someone." "Fine. I like him happy?" "Yes." I smelled perfume and tossed a paperclip at Alek and Zach. They turned around. "What?" "Incoming."

About 5.2 seconds later Gabi and her cronies came up. "Hey Alek, hey Zack." She said, with a curt nod to Chloe and I. Alek looked pained, while Zach had an unreadable expression

on his face. "So, -" she started to say, but she was interrupted by the bell. The teacher got up and started the introduction and passed out the syllabus. When I looked it over I had to

hold in a

. All the learning goals were things you learn in math in 7th grade at Gallagher. After the teacher passed out the syllabus she told us since today was the first day of

school she wouldn't do anything else today. I leaned in towards Zach. "So, Blackthorne Boy, how do you like public school so far?" "It's okay. I'm fine as long as we don't see Jimmy."

"Josh." Chloe looked a bit confused, "Who's Josh?" I sighed. "My ex. Zach isn't really that, fond, of him." "Totally get it." She said, with a pointed look at Alek. Before we could

continue our conversation, Gabi walked over again. "So, Zach, Alek, there's a party at my house Saturday night, because it's the beginning of the year and all, and I was wondering if

you wanted to come." I gave her a fake smile "Sorry Gabi, they'd love to, but we already have plans on Saturday night." Gabi wheeled on me, "Uh, how do you know his schedule?"

"Well, for 1. I'm his girlfriend." Gabi got a shocked look on her face, and then she got a confident, menacing smile. "Honey, you're not pretty enough to get a guy like him, and you're

delusional. So do yourself a favor and quit lying." I started seeing red. "Okay, the looks comment, I don't give a shit about. You're just lucky my friends weren't around to hear th

at, but call me a loon and a liar, that's where I get pissed. So shut up, go away, and get some help. Because you're delusional if you think all that clown makeup makes you look

good." Her mouth dropped open and she just huffed and walked away. Chloe started smiling, "Oh my god. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been waiting for someone to tell

her off for years." "Eh, no biggie, it was fun." "I know, but she was pissed. And she's totally not done yet." "I can take her, worst comes to worst, I eventually bitch slap her." A light

bulb

went off in my head, "Plus, we could always become cheerleaders. Some showing off would never hurt, and we can always keep an eye on her. Not to mention cheerleading is great

exercise. Agility, flexibility, strength, reflexes, perfect way to practice kicking people." Chloe shrugged, "Why the hell not?" I whipped out my phone & texted the girls.

Cammie: Cheerleading tryouts anyone?

Bex: why?

Cammie: keep an eye on Gabi, annoy her, great exercise, could b fun

Bex: count me in

Macey: sure

Liz: no thanks, , I'm thinking AV club ;)

Macey: should've seen that coming

"They're in, minus Liz. When are tryouts?" "They usually announce them today, and tryouts are usually within the next couple days."

TIME SKIP TO LUNCH

We got to lunch and went to the lunch counter. The special today was french bread pizza. We picked that up and each got diet sodas and cookies. When we sat down and started

eating I tried not to make a face. It was okay but I prefer Chef Louis's gourmet pizza. I swallowed, "Not too bad." Gabi sauntered up to us. "Hey." She looked at our food, then turned

her steely gaze on me. "You sure you don't want some salad Cammie? All that food will go straight to your hips, and you don't need that, now do you?" Bex and Macey let out a yelp.

Bex stood up with an angry look on her face. Not good. Bex leaned towards Gabi. "Now listen hear you little beeyatch, stop insulting us. We're sick of it. Now, we get it, you're

jealous, because we can get hot boyfriends, and you can't. And we get you have such low self-esteem, the only way you can feel good is by tearing other people down. But it's not

working on us, because unlike you, we can have high self esteem and still be nice. But I guess your parents never taught you any manners, so shut the hell up and get out of our

faces. Because we will make your life a living hell. Because, princess, we don't give a shit about power and popularity, but if you keep this up, there will be some new queen bees in

school, and that will be us. So quit it, or I will tear that pretty little face of yours off. Capeesh?" Unlike in first period, Gabi had a response to this. Albeit, not a good one, but she still

had one. "I'm not scared of you." Bex growled, "Really? 'Cause you should be. You should be very scared; you have no idea what I'm capable of. None." "Oh really, like what?" Bex

raised her fist. Lucky for us and our mission, Chloe grabbed Bex's fist before she could do any serious damage. "Bex, trust me, she's not worth it, if she was, I would have put her in

the hospital long ago." Bex glared, "Fine." She sat down. Gabi gave us a look that said, "HA!" Macey just gave Gabi her patented, "If Dr. Fibs finished his looks-can-kill machine, you'd

be dead," glare. Gabi squeaked, and ran away,