Chapter 4

"Hi, Mr. Solomon," I replied. He just looked at me. "Um, how long have you been standing there?"

Solomon answered, "Too long."

"I'm sorry if that was weird," I apologized.

He just shrugged. "It was. So, you're dating Zachary Goode now? I suppose that's better than the civilian."

I blushed. "No actually."

Joe raised an eyebrow. "Whatever you say."

"Also, please don't bring this up in front of anyone. No one knows," I mumbled.

Solomon chuckled. "Rest assured, Ms. Morgan, I can keep a secret." I quick walked out the passageway and went to shower. I put on a pair of leggings and a cute tank top. While I was putting some makeup on, I noticed something. I had a hickey on my neck! That's why Zach was so smirky when he left. It fell under my tank top strap and my hair for the most part, but I still coated it in makeup. I walked to Jake's, praying he wouldn't notice it.

I knocked and he answered. "Hey, Cam." He sat on his bed and motioned for me to sit next to him. I awkwardly walked over. We just kind of sat there for a little.

After the silence got too weird, I asked, "So, how do you like Gallagher?"

"Way better than Blackthorne. The food and teachers are amazing, plus it's way more interesting to have girls around for a change," He answered.

I nodded. "I get what you're saying. I love my sisters, but sometimes it's nice to be around guys besides the teachers."

Jake laughed. "True." We sat talking for another hour about just random things. Jake was so nice, but he was more friend material than boyfriend material.

"I should probably get going," I said after a little.

Jake nodded. "This was fun. We should hangout again soon."

"Definitely," I replied. I really enjoyed talking to him so I'm glad we were friends. As I walked out into the hallway, I saw Zach chatting with Tina. She kept giggling and flipping her hair. I just rolled my eyes. It was pathetic if he was going to stoop low enough that he was flirting with Tina to try and bother me. I smiled and winked at Jake. "I'll see you later."

"Ooh, Cammie, who's room is that?" Tina asked.

I answered, "Jake's."

"Isn't he a junior?" Tina questioned. I nodded and we grinned. "Nice work! Maybe we can go on a double date sometime!"

I smirked at Zach as he ran his hands through his hair and I said, "Definitely. Next town day, perhaps?"

"Yes!" Tina answered. "You know all the best places to go thanks to Josh." Zach looked ready to punch a wall. "But now you have a new boy to move on with!"

Zach nodded. "Yeah, it's good you have a new guy."

"Isn't he so sweet?" Tina added. I saw Zach smirk from behind her.

I knew nothing about Zach was sweet, but I smiled and said, "So sweet. I should probably go down and get Bex, Liz, and Macey for dinner."

"I'll come with you. The boys are all there," Zach added.

Tina smiled. "See you later, Zachy." She walked the opposite direction.

"Zachy?" I mumbled, chuckling at him.

He glared. "It's not funny."

I smirked. "It's kind of funny."

"So, how was your date with Jake?" Zach asked, trying to act nonchalant.

I smiled. "Good. How was your date with Tina?"

"She called me Zachy," he stated. Yup. That summed up how well that went. We both started cracking up. "Shut up."

I couldn't stop laughing. "I'm always going to call you that now, Zachy." He smiled the first real smile I'd ever seen him make. It was dazzling and I don't get why he didn't do it more often. "Not to kill the fun laughter, but I figured you should know. We can't go to that secret passageway again."

"Why not?" He asked, smile falling from his face.

I rolled my eyes. "Someone saw your little show."

"Who?" Zach wondered.

I looked at the ground. "Um, Mr. Solomon."

"What?" Zach practically shouted.

I said, "Quiet down! We don't need anyone else finding out!"

"What did he say?" Zach asked.

I shrugged. "He asked if we were dating. I said no. He kind of rolled his eyes at me. I begged him not to tell anyone and he said he could keep a secret."

"Good. He's going to hate me now," Zach groaned.

I laughed. "Why?"

Zach raised an eyebrow. "He's always watching out for you. I can tell that already."

"You'll be fine," I promised. "I won't let him freak out at you."

"Cameron Morgan," Zach said clutching his heart. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you care about me?"

I laughed again and so did he. "Enough to hope you don't face the wrath of Joe Solomon." We both laughed and got back to my room.

"Oh my goodness," Bex said. "Was that laughing we heard?"

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up, Bex. You're starting to sound like Macey."

"Bex, take that as a compliment," Macey added. "You two were fighting last time we saw you and now you won't stop laughing. What did we miss?"

"I'm a reasonable person and I accept apologies," I replied with a shrug.

Grant looked shocked. "Ok, now I'm shocked."

"Why?" Zach asked.

Grant chuckled and asked, "Zachary Goode apologized?" All his friends laughed.

"Shut up," Zach mumbled.

I shook my head. "I guess he didn't technically apologize. He just now has Tina all over him so you have to pity the boy."

"So true," Bex added. "Good luck getting her to go away."

Zach groaned. "How do I get her away from me?"

"You could pretend you and Cammie were together and Tina would probably leave you alone," Liz answered.

Zach smirked at me. "What do you say, Gallagher Girl? Want to be my girlfriend tomorrow?" I glared. "For show, of course."

"I don't know," I began.

Macey rolled her eyes. "She accepts. Now let's go to dinner." We started our walk and got a table for all of us. As Macey and I sat at the table, she said, "You're going to look so hot tomorrow."

I shrugged. "I don't want to look hot tomorrow."

"Why not?" Macey whined. "You have a date with a cute boy!"

"A fake date and we have work to be done," I answered. They all sat down.

"What are we talking about?" Liz asked.

I said, "Macey wants to dress nice tomorrow but it's not a day for that."

"And why's that?" Nick asked.

Liz answered, "Cam's a pavement artist. Dressing nice makes it easier for people to notice you."

"I'm a pavement artist, too," Zach replied.

I laughed. "No way." Before I even thought about it, words were stumbling out of my mouth. "You're too cute to be a pavement artist." Why did I say that? I don't know why I loved embarrassing myself.

Zach smirked. "Excuse me?" They all laughed at me.

I blushed and mumbled, "It's just too easy to get noticed if you're not average."

"And here's Cammie in her natural habitat, with her foot in her mouth," Bex said. I rolled my eyes at her.

"Well, thanks but I'm pretty good at it," Zach replied with a shrug.

I shrugged. "I guess we'll see tomorrow."

"Someone's pretty confident," Grant teased.

I laughed. "I know what I'm good at."

"It's on tomorrow," Zach said with a smirk.

"Because of your little pavement artist contest or your date?" Macey asked with a wink. Everyone burst out laughing. Little did they know, it was definitely on because of both. I couldn't believe that Zach and I had gotten to this point and I hadn't told any of my friends.

I got up. "On that lovely note, I'm off to go finish some reading for class and then go to bed so I will see you all tomorrow." Everyone else got up to leave, too, and prepare for tomorrow.

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