Chapter 4: Love Like Woe [The Ready Set: I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming]

Zach never came to the library. I'm certain Abby had a watchful eye on him, making sure he stayed in the East Wing. After a few hours, I decided I couldn't sit here all night, so I headed to dinner. I walked to the Grand Hall and prepared for my roommates to yell at me for disappearing after they met my aunt. I sat next to Bex, across from Liz, and diagonally from Macey. Bex was about to ask where I had been all day, when suddenly the doors flew open, revealing quite a few, well dressed, cute guys, who walked the room full of stunned girls like they owned the place.

My roommates seemed to have forgotten how to speak. I scanned the boys, looking for the one who had been with me since the beginning- the one who had kidnapped me, saved me, killed for me, and loved me. I saw him, green eyes shining as they met mine. He leaned against the head of the table and winked at me. I smiled, feeling my face getting hot. I quickly looked away, knowing Zach was laughing at my flushed face. Macey, Liz, and Bex (along with almost every other girl) were still frozen, stunned. I couldn't help but laugh a little. They call themselves spies…


Zach watched Cammie laugh at the stunned girls. Bex seemed to snap out of her trance as Cammie laughed. She turned to her and said something, but Zach couldn't tell what she said. Cammie nodded, causing all the girls to get very angry. Bex punched Cammie in the arm. Zach's fists clenched, and a hand landed on his shoulder. He turned to see Grant standing behind him.

"Dude, Zach" Grant said, "What's got you so mad?" He followed Zach's gaze toward Bex and Cammie. "You can have her, but Bex is mine." He smiled and hit Zach on the back. Zach smirked. "Hey man, what ever happened to that girl from the Blackthorne Ball? The one you were practically in llllooovvveee with." Grant emphasized the word love. Zach smiled, thinking about how amazing Cammie looked that night. He sighed and turned back to Grant.

"I don't know man, I don't know." He turned back to Cammie, and realized what he said wasn't a total lie.


This is crazy. Why am I doing this? This is insane. Maybe I should think this through some more. Maybe I shouldn't do this.

Those were my thoughts as I climbed out from behind the painting in the east wing. I was on my way to find my Blackthorne Boy, Zach. I know it's totally crazy, but I missed him a lot and I needed to talk to him. I mean, are we going to tell everyone we're dating? If we did, it would compromise our mission. And then I would have to tell them the whole story, and I'm not allowed to do that. So that's why I'm climbing through a passage in the east wing. Let's see, I overheard Bex and Macey say that Zach was in room 23. I found the room no problem, and as I knocked on the door, I could only hope he didn't have any roommates. I looked everywhere but at the door, nervousness overcoming me. I knocked again when no one answered. Again, I looked everywhere but at the door, slightly afraid of Zach. Not in like a "he scares me and is going to punch me in the nose when he opens the door" way but in a "he might not be happy that I came in the East Wing and embarrassed him by coming here" kind of way. A movement out of the corner of my eye made me turn back to the door. There, standing in the doorway, was the boy I came to see. The boy who left me two weeks ago, the boy who was mysterious and kind, the boy who I loved with all my heart, and the boy who currently stood in the doorway of his room without a shirt.

Zach.

He looked tired, as if my knocking had awoken him. His hair was messy, but it fell so perfectly that it made him look gorgeous. He had on nothing but pajama pants and his well-defined chest was distracting me… a lot. I looked into his eyes, and saw smugness in his emerald eyes. His lips were upturned into a smirk. I would have rolled my eyes, but I was hypnotized, his amazing eyes keeping me in a trance.

"Hey Gallagher Girl," he said lightly, "I don't recall your room being in the east wing. What are you doing here?" I didn't respond immediately, pondering my response. He continued to watch me, looking for a reaction. Worry manifested itself in his eyes, and his cocky exterior turned to complete worry. He reached up and held my face in his hands. "Cammie, what's wrong? What do you need?" You, I thought, keeping it to myself to be sure not to inflate his already enormous ego. I sighed.

"We need to talk, Zach," I replied, "About us." His worry turned to suspicion, probably thinking I was going to break up with him. I smiled, making his suspicion grow. "Zach," I said, laughing lightly, "I'm not breaking up with you. We have to talk about how we are going to explain 'us' to the rest of the Gallagher Girls and Blackthorne Boys." I reached up to touch his cheek, which made him smile. He smirked down at me.

"I'd rather do something else," he whispered. His hands still held my face, and I smiled as he leaned down and gently touched his lips to mine. My hands wrapped around his neck, and his fell to my waist, pulling me closer to him. I pulled away after a few minutes.

"Zach," I choked out, still dazed from kissing him, "We really do need to talk." I pressed my lips to his for a second, and then pulled away gently. "I missed kissing you." He smiled and gently kissed me again.

"I missed kissing you, too," he said after pulling away, "But you didn't come here to kiss, you came here to talk. So, why don't you come inside, and we'll talk."


I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm officially the worst updater ever! I'm so sorry. There are reasons I didn't update. I had school and finals and then a boy came along and caused me nothing but heartache. So I threw myself into writing, but wrote many one-shots and never updated this story. So for that, I apologize wholeheartedly and hope you all will forgive me.

And because of my lack of update, I give you a preview of what's to come in this story. And I probably will upload all those one-shots at one point, but I can't make any promises on when.

"I could hear the rhythmic beating of his heart, and focused on that as I searched for my courage. I braced myself for what I was going to say, knowing I wasn't the only one who would be hurt by this."

Also, the next chapter's title is "See U In the Dark" by Honor Society. Feel free to listen to that song and try to guess what happens in the next chapter.

I will update as soon as I can. Rate&Review! I love you guys!
~Katie