Chapter 4

ZPOV

"Is there a reason why you guys decided to barge in and interrupt us?" I asked them, annoyed at their intrusion, just as things were getting good too. Running my fingers through my hair, I attempted to fix the knots that Cammie's fingers had made when they were tangled in it. It probably looked as if I had just had some nice, rough sex…I wish.

"Yeah, we figured half an hour would've been enough for you guys to…ahem…get it out of your system, but obviously not," Grant answered, smirking. In reply, I gave him the finger, that idiot, he's just jealous.

"Well we only have until the end of the week, so we're going to enjoy it while it lasts," Cammie said, her face still an adorable shade of red, as she continued fixing her clothes. Inwardly, I groaned as she discreetly reached under the blankets to redo the button on her jeans. Those fucking cock-blockers.

The girls gave her a questioning look, to which she just shrugged. "Well, obviously Cammie has some explaining to do so why don't you guys go and play football with the rest of the Blackthorne Boys?" Bex suggested, though it came out as more of an order.

"But—," Grant started to whine, but Bex stopped him with a glare, "That sounds like a great idea! Let's go you guys." With that, Grant gave Bex a quick kiss on the cheek and ran for it.

"Whipped," the rest of us guys snickered, but then Cammie, Macey, and even Liz gave us the same look.

"What was that?" Macey asked slowly and precisely in her "you-better-not-have-said-what-I-think-I-heard" voice.

"Nothing Mace, we were just leaving actually," Nick stammered out before running out of the room, Jonas quickly followed, but I lingered, leaning down to give Cammie a deep kiss. She moaned into my mouth, and the sound went straight to the problem in my pants.

Behind us, someone cleared their throat, and I pulled away so that there was tiny bit of space between our lips. "Don't go," Cammie murmured against my lips, clutching my shirt tightly. I groaned, and with great effort, pulled away from her after giving her one last, chaste kiss.

"Good luck Gallagher Girl, try not to miss me too much," I winked and walked out of the room.

MPOV

Cammie stared after Zach as he left, a dreamy expression coming over her face. Once the door slammed shut, she turned back to us and turned a brilliant shade of red as she realized we were still there. I raised my eyebrow at her, "So…"

"Don't say it," Cammie groaned, covering her face with a pillow. The three of us laughed at her reaction, we've caught her and Zach making out a lot, and it never fails to make her want to die of embarrassment. "You guys suck," Cammie said as she threw pillows at each of us, which we dodged, thank you very much.

"Hey, we didn't say anything," Liz pointed out between giggles. Cammie shot us another look and buried her face in another pillow as we sobered up, remembering why we had kicked our boyfriends out of the room.

"So what were you talking about earlier, when you said you only had until the end of the week? Are the boys leaving?" Bex frowned at the thought because the guys hadn't said anything about leaving, and they were supposed to come to my beach house with us at the end of next week.

"No, it's not that…it's just, I may have just made a bet with Zach." Those were never good words to hear.

"Uh oh, what's the bet and what are the stakes?" I questioned her.

"Well the bet is to see who can last longer without touching or kissing the other. If he loses, he has to cook me breakfast for a month, and if I lose he gets to…" the rest of her sentence was mumbled in a nearly unintelligible voice. I think she said that he gets to sleep in her bed.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" I asked, shocked.

"I said that Zach gets to stay in my bed while we're at your beach house," she confessed, her face reddening even farther. "But we're not gonna have sex or anything like that, he just wants to hold me and be near me," she quickly added, easing my worries. Wow, who would've thought that the arrogant and cocky Zach could be that sweet.

"So basically, it's a win/win for you huh?" Bex teases.

"I guess?" Cammie replied, unsure. "If I lose though, Zach is never gonna let me live it down."

"Then we just have to make sure that you win," Liz shrugged.

"And how do you suggest we do that?"

"Well Cam, as of now Zach can't keep his hands off you, all we have to do is lessen your clothing a bit and you'll have him in the palm of your hand. Plus it's summer, so it won't be so weird that Mr. Solomon or your mom would notice anything wrong," Liz answered. Bex and I gave each other a look, this was going to be fun.

I nodded enthusiastically at Liz's plan, "Cammie I have the perfect idea for your new wardrobe so that we accentuate, your…assets. You have great legs so we should totally show them off, I have the perfect mini skirt—"

"Mace," she winced, "I wanna look sexier, not like a hooker."

"You take all the fun out of everything," I fake whined.

"Whatever," she rolled her eyes. "I'm allowed out of here later today, so we can go shopping then."

"Speaking of which, Cammie, what happened at the mall yesterday?"

CPOV

Oh crap, I was really hoping they forgot. "Well…" I started.

"And don't lie to us Cammie, you've been keeping something from us lately, and we can respect privacy, but we're sisters and we never lie," Bex interrupted, eyes blazing. I didn't deny that I was keeping something from them, I've lied to them enough, and I know it hurts that I've kept secrets from them.

"I saw a Circle member, Zach's mom to be exact, and I went after her," I explained, trying to keep it short as to avoid any details I might have to lie about.

"Alone? Are you crazy?" Liz reprimanded, "We were only a few stores away, you had a Comms unit, why didn't you call for back up?"

I cringed at the hurt in her voice, "I guess I wasn't thinking," I admitted, "I just saw her, the woman who nearly killed me and Mr. Solomon, and…and Zach. I didn't think about the consequences or what would've been smart, I just reacted, I couldn't let her get away, not again. She has to be caught, and she has to pay." I paused, then challenged them, "Tell me that you wouldn't have done the same thing in my shoes, if it had been Grant or Nick or Jonas who had nearly lost her life because of her."

The girls took a moment to let my words sink in, and one by one they nodded in agreement. "Okay, so we understand the reasoning (or lack of) behind your actions, but what happened after? She obviously captured you, how did you get away?"

"She had me tied to a chair, but I still had the blade in the sole of my shoe, so while she was busy gloating and basking in her 'success' I cut the ropes. Then there was a suspicious noise, and they, being the paranoid people they are, ran for it."

"And they just left you there? Why didn't they take you with them? You would've been a perfect bargaining tool," Bex asked doubtfully.

"I don't know, maybe they didn't want to have to lug me around," I shrugged, trying to act clueless. On the inside though, my heart was racing and my stomach grew sicker and sicker with each lie I fed them, I really hoped that they would just let it go after that.

"Yeah I guess, I mean they are criminals so they can't be the brightest or most clever people out there," Liz conceded.

"Plus, that woman is a Goode, with a son like Zach, she can't be all that smart," Macey added. We all laughed at that, though mine was a bit forced. There was a reason I loved them, they knew when to let things go, and I was abusing this gift. Tears started to sting my eyes, I wasn't sure how much longer I'd be able to keep up this deception.

Luckily, the door opened and my mom and Mr. Solomon walked in. "Girls, do you mind if we talk to Cammie alone for a bit?"

"Of course not Mr. Solomon, we were done talking anyways," Bex replied, turning to walk out of the room after giving me a hug.

"Bye Cam, we'll be here when you're discharged and then we'll go and max out my dad's credit card, kay?" Macey said, both her and Liz giving me a hug before leaving.

"The boys are still playing football on the field," my mom told them, "I think they're playing a game of shirts vs. skins." She winked at them, smiling when the three of them ran off like earlier. They were so in love, all you had to do was mention the guys and they would go off running. The thought made me sicker, because I knew that the guys were lying to them about who they really were, and I was helping with that lie.

After the door shut, I burst out in tears, sobbing into my mom's shoulder. "I don't know how much longer I can keep this from them. They trust me and I don't deserve it."

"You won't have to keep it much longer Ms. Morgan," Mr. Solomon said, "I talked to the boys and they're feeling the same guilt as you, they decided to tell the girls the day before you all leave for Macey's beach house in Cancun."

"But what if they hate me?" I whispered through my tears.

"They could never hate you honey," my mom assured me, "they might be upset, but you girls are sisters no matter what, and that's a bond nothing can break."

A/N: Dang…it's been a while since I've updated…sorry about that. I hope this chapter made up for it, I know it was kind of angsty, but I've been feeling kinda like that so yeah. Next chapter I'll try to start writing the part about their bet…unless y'all want a fluff chapter first? And if so, which couple? I know I've been doing a lot of Zach and Cammie, but if you want some other couples, feel free to tell me(: and as always, please leave a review if you love me