Ya'll are so nice! Here's another chapter.
~Cammie's POV~
Zach takes a deep breath and looks at each of us in turn.
"I was partnered with Jennifer on our mission to Monoco, right? Well we were partnered as a couple, and we both were just in our roles. What you saw, everything you think happened, it was all just an act." He turns and faces me. I make my expression really dull. "Then you show up right when we're together, Cammie, and it's like one of those right place wrong time situations. I'm really sorry, Cam. Please believe me." His deep eyes are pleading with me, and I want to believe him, I really do, but I just can't. I swallow and lock my emotions deep down.
Instead, I decide to turn his words back on him. I lean closer to him, a sarcastic lilt to my voice.
"If there's nothing going on, and your missions over, then you could tell me why you were here in Virginia being all kissy face with her when you were supposed to be meeting me instead?" My voice is incredibly calm. Panic is practically catching fire in his eyes
"Well, maybe she thought our covers were a little too real? Listen, I really mean it: I'm sorry. And Jennifer is-" Bex cuts him off by effectively slapping him in the face.
"Hey I was going to do that!" I complain to her.
"Sorry, should have been faster, then." She says very self-sufficiently.
"Why do you guys want to hurt me?" Zach asks curiously. I roll my eyes.
"You cheated, broke my heart, and now you're even denying it! You do the math!" I say sarcastically. But by the end I'm yelling. I take a swipe at him, but he grabs my wrist to stop me. How did he do that? I didn't even notice him removing them, which is either very impressive on his part or very sloppy on mine. He tosses away my arm.
"I'm denying it because I didn't do anything! So we kissed some, big whoop. I had to. Like you wouldn't have done the same thing on a mission! Everything in our lives is lies and covers! Aren't we all just living like that constantly?" Zach yells back.
"No! But I guess you just admitted you're under a cover right now! I'll bet our whole relationship has been a total lie, is that it? What was I? A joke? And a sick one at that!" I'm disgusted with him, can't understand how unbelievable he is. I realize I'm shaking.
"How about I take you back to my place, and Bex and Liz can deal with the two-timer here." Macey tells me calmly, shooting him a look.
"Fine." I say coldly.
"Oh, so your going to let your friends do all the dirty work for you, is that it Morgan? Fine by me, walk away with your pretty little self and cry your eyes out. Bring plenty of Kleenex, you're the trainwreck type." Zach says, sounding like a flipping smart-eleck.
"Ugh I hate you!" I yell and run out of the apartment with Macey close by my side.
I hate this. I hate all of it. I loved Zach, so much I couldn't even believe it was real sometimes. Never once did I imagine it coming to this. As much as the vengeful part of me wants to see him hurt like I'm hurting, another part wants to curl into him, say that it's okay and I'm not mad, and have him be mine again.
But I can't. That is childish, illogical thinking. If he cheats once, who knows if he would do it again? He can't be trusted. Besides, someone like him doesn't deserve my sympathies. I allow myself reassurance that Bex and Liz will handle it.
The last thing I hear while leaving the complex is the rip of duct tape, a good sized boom, and a lethal yell. God, I love my friends.
Please review, for me? I smile when I get a review. Next chapter might be a different POV, so it ought to be interesting…
~Alli