Following the girls was easy-or hard- however you want to look at it. If I looked for Bex, it was a walk in the park (especially when we went through a park). When I tried to follow Cammie, well- she was good, and I always found myself going back to Bex.
At about twenty minutes till six, we knew that they would be heading to their redevous with Solomon soon. We watched them carefully, if we lost them now, well… what do I say- FAIL.
The girls made a quick sidestep and merged into a group of teens wearing the exact same outfit, well almost. Their skirts were a different color.
"Can you see them? I can't see them." Grant exclaimed
"Dude, calm down, They're right there." I nodded in their direction, cause pointing would have been a bit obvious.
Suddenly, a few girls turned to look at us, and started giggling. Bex elbowed Cammie and they turned to look at us too.
"The think we're normal guys" I muttered
"Yeah, looks like they do. Hey, they're splitting up." Grant said.
I looked back, sure enough Bex was going up the escalator and Cammie was heading to the escalator.
"Okay, lets go." Grant and I split up, and I strolled over to the elevator, keeping an eye on my Gallagher Girl.
Cammie was reaching out to hit the button, and being the gentleman I am (we can dream, right?) I reached out to hit it first. (It's like winning the elevator game all over again).
"Hey." I said, nodding my head.
"Hi." She pushed the button again. ( I thought that, being a genious and all, she would know, how ever many times you hit the button, won't make it come any faster).
She stood there for a minute staring into space, and I figured she was thinking about something. The elevator doors slid open, snapping her out of it. I stepped in after her, and she looked disappointed, quickly hidind it, though.
I knew I should say something. "So, the Guggenhiem Academy?" Wow, I sounded smart.
"Gallagher Academy" She corrected, almost smiling…almost
"I've never heard of it." Lie. BIG lie.
"Well, it's my school." She really didn't want me here, I could tell. All the more reason to stay.
The elevator was REALLY slow, but I didn't mind. Cammie, on the other hand, was fidgeting a lot. Really bad for a spy, kind of cute though…
"You in a hurry or something?" I asked.
"Actually, I'm supposed to meet my teacher at the ruby slipper exibit. I've only got twenty minutes, and if I'm late, he'll kill me."
Haha, that's funny. Solomon probably would kill her. WAIT! DID SHE JUST TELL ME WHERE THE RENDEVOUS IS!?!? I wasn't supposed to know that, but it makes it easier. If I lose her, I can meet her there. There was no way I could fail now, so I might as well have some fun.
"How do you know?" I asked. She looked at me like I was stupid for a second and said "because he said 'meet me at the ruby slipper exibit."
"No," I laughed, trying to bite back a grin. "How do you know you only have twenty minutes? You're not wearing a watch." Maybe I could catch her with a mistake.
"My friend just told me." She covered. Wow, nice lie, I wanted to say. Instead I pointed out her other mistake.
"You fidget a lot." Haha, cover that one.
"I'm sorry." Sure she was…(sarcasm intended)."I have low blood sugar." If I didn't know she was a spy, I would have believed her, but I did, and she was a LIAR. Good for her she's got the lying when spying gene. "I need to eat something."
Well, they had been out here all day, and I hadn't seen them eat anything. I felt bad for her, so I pulled a half eaten bag of M&M's from my pocket and held them out to her. "Here, I ate most of them already."
"Oh…umm…That's okay. Thanks though." Oh so the Gallagher girl doesn't take candy from strangers. That would make me sleep better at night.
"Oh. Okay" I said, shoving the candy back in my pocket.
The doors to the elevator finally slid open. "thanks for the candy." She said as she darted out.
I just followed her.
"Where are you going?" She snapped, spinning on me.
"I thought we were going to meet your techer at the wonderful wizard of OZ." I love my brain…
"We?" She asked.
"Sure. I'm going with you." You had to admit, I was going whether she knew it or not.
"No you're not." She snapped. Ouch, Gallagher Girl, that hurts. She was glaring, and I know, way off topic, but she was cute when she was mad.
"Look." I said confidently." It's dark. You're by yourself. And this is D.C." I sounded old. "And you've only got fifteen minutes to meet your teacher" I was off by ninety seconds, but that would have probably given me away.
"Fine." She muttered, Like I was the most annoying thing in the world, even thought the world knew, THAT thing was Grant.
She was walking REALLY fast, and I had to fake a struggle to keep up with her.
"You can walk really fast." I caught up to her. "So, do you have a name?" I asked innocently.
"Sure, lots of them." Wow, that was pretty honest. I smirked, she thought I didn't see the double meaning behind that sentence. She thought I was a normal guy. Cammie thought a lot of things. Cammie, was wrong.
The silence was starting to kill me, so I said the first thing that popped into my mind. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Did I know she had been forced to break up with Josh-yes, but I wanted her answer, not the file's.
"Look, thanks for the chivalry and all, but it really isn't neccasarry." She mumbled.
It probably wasn't, but I wasn't being chivalrous, I was tailing her, and she didn't notice.
"It's just up here." She pointed, "And there's a cop over there."
"What?" I asked, sounding hurt, "You think that guy can do a better job protecting you than I could?"
"No, I think that if you don't leave me alone, I can scream and that cop will come and arrest you."
Well, that hurt. I'm pretty sure she was kidding- but getting arrested would really hurt my mission objectives, so I smiled at her and stepped away.
She smiled and said "hey, thanks anyway."
I nodded, little did she know, this wouldn't be goodbye, and I was thankful.
