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Chapter 6:
Tanner POV
"I'm going to kill him." I turned from Cameron to my best friend. Joey's face held something I'd only seen a couple of times on him: rage. "I'm going to make him wish he-"
I cut him off, "He never flirted with your sister? I got to give it to him though. Goode sure did a number on her. Now the whole school knows she's his territory."
His eyes widened. "Yeah. He should have never flirted with her, especially 'cause she can do so much better."
I chuckled, "Yeah, I heard she beat the crap out of him this morning. The money I would have paid to be a fly on the wall for that."
His frown twisted into a smile, "Not as much as I would have paid."
Cammie POV
As soon as I got out of the dining hall and into the corridors, I started to run. There was no one around except for me. It didn't matter that I was full on sprinting beside signs that said, "No running unless in code red." The only sounds were the thumps of my shoes against the flat ground. As I ran so did my mind.
Why would he say those things? Why wouldn't he just act normal? What had happened before winter break? Who was going to die if I didn't play my part? Should I have told the truth? Should I just get Joey and go?
When I stopped it wasn't because I was tired. I had to back up a little to keep it in view. A secret passageway. I'd already found one. This was perfect I could hide out from everyone. I quickly pushed aside the book case and started to make my way through the cobwebs.
I heard the book case slide back into place behind me, as I walked around the pitch black corner. I used my hands to navigate myself around. My mind wandered.
I'm the chameleon. I'm supposed to disappear, but ever since I've got here it seems that I've been forced on center stage. Maybe I should change my codename.
When the bell rang I quickly made my way out into the corridors and to my next class. I tried to get off most of the cobwebs. The whole way there the dread of seeing him, was causing my shoulders to stiffen.
Zach POV
When I first arrived to class after lunch, I got the feeling I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Cam was already sitting down. She had cobwebs in her hair and tainting her white shirt. As my eyes trailed down I noticed the black marks along her legs and hands.
I'd been there; I'd had almost identical cobwebs stuck to me like that. She'd found a passageway that had been untouched. She'd found a passageway neither I nor Joey or Mr. S had found having been here for years.
As I sat down beside her with a smirk the size of a banana, I couldn't help but think this was going to be a lot harder than I had first thought.
Her head snaps over to me. Her eyes are pleading for freedom. Bex and Liz haven't arrived yet. They're probably still finding their way here with Grant.
"I never took you for a dirty girl," my voice is laced with so many emotions but seduction is the most prominent. "But here we are, and it does seem you've been busy."
She's taken back. She doesn't know how to respond to such a statement. Instead of relevant she whispers to me, so that only I can hear, "Why are you doing this?"
My voice takes the same fashion, as I lean in closer so tht our noses are about an inch apart, "What do you been Cammie?"
"I mean this. I mean sitting beside me. I mean embarrassing me on purpose. I mean making us the hot gossip. I mean that." Her eyes look down to my hand; it's rested on her thigh. I hadn't noticed it myself. It had made the journey on its own accord.
My hand retracts slowly; my eyes are locked with hers the whole time. There's something too deliberate about how my hand slides down over her knee and then falls to my side. I'm sure I'm not smiling, I'm sure I look sad as I look into this girl's eyes. This girl who I've endangered, with my sloppy skills of evasion. This girl whose brother was beat to a pulp because I couldn't notice he was behind me.
I lie to her because that's what spies do, "You're the one that started it with this morning."
Her eyes close and she turns away. Her friends and mine are just entering the room when she says, "That might be true, but I'll also be the one to end it."
Joey POV
I had changed my route to trail them. I should have taken my last left, but instead I followed the four figures about twenty meters in front of me. They were headed for the Cove Ops classes. Unlike Gallagher our classes where at the top of the school. They were in spaces thought to be attics. My dad had thought up the idea with Joe. They needed to change the location because of all the traitors in Blackthorne's past.
It would my sister and Bex's first time visiting, but Grant and Zach had made the trip a thousand times. Sensing that the crowd was thinning out and that my presence would soon be found out, I quickened my pace and came up behind my sister. "Hey Cammie!"
She turned around to see me and smiled. A genuine smiled, "Hey Joey."
The three others turned to look at me. I ignored the looks Zach was giving me. As she walked backwards, I walked forwards keeping pace with the three. My hand came up to her hair to pull of one of the few cobwebs, "I see you've been busy."
She nodded. "Well, you know me. No secret entrance unturned."
We both laughed as Bex rolled her eyes. She chimed in with, "Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't already boarded up all of the exits here. I guess they must have too much faith in their securities." Bex's eyes trained on me, "Have you ever left campus before?" My only response was a devious smile. She pounced on this, "Woah! You Morgans are really bad at following rules."
Cam's face went pink. I'd been filled in about what happened last semester with the boy referred to as Josh. I was going to retort that life was more fun that way, but Zach was the one to respond.
"I guess I'll have to train the two of them to listen better," his smirk only grew with Cam and mine stares. He asses Cam with his eyes; I almost punched him in the face (with my good arm.) "With the time we'll be spending together, I think there will be more than enough time for some retraining."
Bex and Grant laughed. Apparently the true meaning of his words had escaped them. They though he was joking. They thought he was flirting. What they didn't realize was that he was treating her like a poorly trained dog.
I was going to retort. I really was, but all I could do as he hooked his arm around Cam's waist and quickly twisted her forward and around the corner, was stop walking. He kept his hand firmly on her hip the whole way. By the way his knuckles tensed and the clothe around his hand stretched, I could tell it was a gentle touch.
Just before they all went around the corner, Cam's head turned. Our eyes locked. Her voice sounded meek as she said her farewell, "See you later, Joey."
I only stood there in the hall like a statue for a couple seconds before I bolted for my next class. As my legs bounded forward something became clear to me.
Zachary Goode is trying to steal my sister.
Cam POV
Sitting in Blackthorne's version of Sublevel two, which they called Cloud 9, I wasn't feeling any of my best friend's excitement. Bex was almost jumping up and down in her seat while I was just trying not to look behind mine. Zach and Grant had taken the seat directly behind us. I didn't have to turn around to know Zach was staring.
I'd only just figured out his motives in the hall. Joey had been obviously checking up on us, when it smacked me like a sack of potatoes. Zach was playing the flirty fool so that he'd have excuses. He'd have an excuse for always being by my side; he just couldn't stay away. He'd have an excuse for talking to Joey; he needed information to help his quest for romance. He'd have an excuse to be in my room; he left something behind last night. He'd have an excuse for sneaking out; he had to see me. He'd have an excuse to talk to my friends; he needed all the help he could get. He had an excuse for always being close enough to cover my mouth and snap my neck; he was in love.
I didn't have much time to mull all this over before Joe walked in. That was my first clue today would be a special class; he had come in right on time.
As he walked to the front of the simple class he asked us all the main question of the day, "When is okay for a spy to lie?"
I could feel Zach's gaze on me harden as a boy in the back answered, "When the mission calls for it."
My god father retorted, "Too broad." He turned to another boy in the front, "Examples please."
The boy was like a fountain. Different scenarios with civilians spouted out of his mouth like water. I was positive this lesson was for Zach and I. This was a kind of interrogation.
My mind snapped out of my thoughts when my teacher asked us all another question, "When is it okay to lie to your team?"
Tina quickly chirped in, "Never. You're only putting them in danger if you do." My shoulder suddenly felt even heavier.
A boy, whose name I didn't know, retorted, "Not always. If you're protecting your team then I think it's okay to lie in the short term."
Mick added, "Yeah, but you can't lie about stuff for your own gain. If you're sick you can't say you're fine. You'll only put everyone in danger."
Joe turned to me. I hadn't realized how he'd walked up the aisle. He was only feet away. "To what extent is it okay to lie to civilians?" Josh's laugh rang through my head.
My voice was that of a robot, "Enough to maintain your cover."
He pivoted with his feet so that he faced Bex. "Ms. Baxter, to what extent is it okay to lie to your teachers?"
Bex smiled and nudged me with her elbow. "Only when your friend's love life demands it." My face went pink, but I laughed. I noticed a lot of the boys looked confused, while the girls looked almost ion the verge of laughter as well.
Grant was the next to be questioned, "A real answer please."
"Never?" His supposed answer sounded more like a question.
Mr. S was soon leaning on the front of his desk. "Does anyone want to attempt to give me a real answer?" His eyes lingered on me. I could tell that they then traveled to Zach. "Come on people, I'm asking you all a serious question. When would it be alright for you to lie to your superiors?"
I started to talk at almost the same time as Zach. All eyes landed on us. He looked calm; I tried to mirror him as I gestured for him to go first.
He looked right at our teacher when he said, "It's only okay to lie to your boss when it keeps them or someone else out of danger."
Joe turned to me. His eyes asked for my answer. My voice sounded confident when I said, "I agree with Zach. It's okay if it keeps good people out of danger."
"You both are correct." He started for the door. On his way past me our eyes locked. This was a message. He knew we were lying. He knew there was more to the story, but he silently trusted us to have lied for good reasons.
He paused when his hand landed on the door handle. "Class is dismissed. Also get a good sleep tonight guys. Tomorrow is going to be your first field day together."
Once he'd left I almost immediately felt a hand on my shoulder. When I turned around Zach was looking at me like a love struck teenage boy. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed that Grant and Bex had already gotten half way to the door. No one would hear what he said. But from his mannerisms and smile they wouldn't give it a second though.
"You and Joey can meet me tonight at the tombs." Something softened in his eyes before he said, "Please don't do anything stupid before then."
