Disclaimer: I sadly don't own the Gallagher Girl series. Ally Carter does.
Cammie POV
Everyone in the pool stood unmoving, watching as the two figures slowly made their way to the lit area of the pool. No one dared say a word until the bigger figure yelled in a familiar voice, "Are we interrupting something?" That's when we all jumped out of the pool and ran, yelling happily, to greet the two visitors. Who were they? Grant and Jonas. Yep, Zach's two best friends.
Grant laughed as we gave him hugs all at one time. He yelled, "Well, I guess you guys missed me!" We laughed at Grant. Seems like he hasn't changed much. Still the handsome, ego maniac he was when he left. No one noticed Jonas until Liz yelled, "Hey Jonas!", and tackled him with a hug. Yes, you read that right. Liz tackled somebody other than her best friends. Amazing right? Who knew our little Lizzie would tackle a boy?
"Hey Jonas," everybody chorused. He gave everyone a smile in return. "Sooo…." Grant said. "What exactly were we interrupting?" He wiggled his eyebrows in a suggestive gesture. I blushed lightly (thankfully I could somewhat control it this time), and quickly replied, "Nothing.", at the same time Zach said, "We're dating now." with a huge smile on his face.
Grant had a surprised look on his face. "Really? You finally got the guts to ask her? REALLY?" He asked, turning to look at me for confirmation. I nodded and smiled a small grin to assure him that, yes, we are going out. And I couldn't be happier.
"Wait, why are you guys even here? Not that I don't want you to be though. Just asking." Liz asked. Good question…
"Zach called us about thirty minutes ago, and asked if he we wanted to come over, since the girls were already here." Grant winked at Bex, who gave him a smile and motioned for him to continue. "He said he'd already called Mrs. Morgan, and she was fine with it. Jonas and I were already near here, just traveling the country on summer break, we decided to come hang out here! As long as that's okay with you, Cammie."
"Sure! We'd love to have you guys stay! But, you have to stay in Zach's room. The girls already claimed the other ones." I replied. I looked around and noticed that everybody except Grant and Jonas were wearing bathing suits. "Do you guys want to put on swimsuits and come join us?" I asked them. "Sure," Jonas replied.
"Zach, could you please go show them to your room and help them with their bags…speaking of which, where are your bags?" I questioned Grant. He pointed and I looked towards the place they emerged from, and saw two black lumps in the distance. "Oh…" I trailed off. Grant started jogging to get them, when he, in all spy likeness, tripped on a rock. This caused an immediate response from everybody watching. We busted out into laughter, and laughed even harder when we saw the wounded expression on Grant's face. He slowly got up and walked the rest of the way to get the bags.
When he finally returned, we were still laughing at his fall. "Shut up," he said, blushing lightly. Zach slowly stopped laughing, and led a still laughing Jonas and a blushing Grant into my grandparent's house.
Zach's POV (Yep, a surprise from mee! :D SURPRISE!)
As we walked up the stairs, heading to our bedroom, Jonas gradually stopped laughing until he was quiet. It was completely silent, seeing as Cammie's grandparents were asleep, well it was until Grant exclaimed, "I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST HUMILIATED MYSELF INFRONT OF MY BRITISH BOMBSHELL!" He yelled so loudly that I was afraid he would wake up the whole state, not mentioning Cammie's family. "Shhhh!" Jonas and I said at the same time. We were quiet once again, until we finally entered the room we were sharing. That's when the questions started.
"When did you get the guts to ask out the girl of your dreams?" Grant asked. I knew the answer right away, but I still hesitated. It'll probably make me sound like a girl…but these guys are my brothers. Not blood related brothers, but still. I knew I could tell them anything and they wouldn't judge me. Well, Grant might. So, I whispered, "Since I felt empty when I left the Gallagher Academy…" Grant and Jonas were silent for a moment, and then they both clapped me on the back. "Congrats man," Jonas said. "Yeah, we know how you've been pining over her since you met her," Grant commented. This earned him a slap, courtesy of me. "Ouch man. Geez, control yourself for once!" Grant complained, which earned him another slap. Of course.
"Whatever guys. At least I asked my girl out. You two are still too scared to." I replied. "Well you KNEW your girl liked you." Jonas retorted. "Yeah," Grant commented. "Jonas and I haven't got a clue whether they like us." I thought about that. "Hmmm… I'll see if Cammie can help. She might know. Girls tell each other everything." I compromised. (AN. It took me FOREVER to remember that specific word. I spent about ten minutes to remember that SPECIFIC word. But I remembered it! :D) Suddenly, I heard what sounded like footsteps coming up the stairs. I looked out into the hallway, and saw Cammie and her friends coming up the stairs. I raised my eyebrows in question, and Cammie answered, "We got tired of waiting." She shrugged like it was no big deal. The girls then all proceeded to go to their assigned rooms.
I shut the door again and saw that Grant and Jonas were about to get into their bathing suits. "Don't bother." I told them. "Cammie and the girls just came up. 'Said they got tired of waiting. Guess we took too long talking." They shrugged, just like Cammie did, and laid down on their sleeping bags they had taken out while I was in the hall. I realized that it just turned midnight. I quickly got into my pajama pants and left my shirt off. Cammie will enjoy that. (And the cocky boy returns. XD) I decided to go over to Cammie's room tonight. I told the guys I'd be in Cammie's room.
Luckily, Cammie's room was right next to mine. I knocked, and when I heard Cammie's reply of, "Come in!" I opened the door to find Cammie lying on her bed, listening to her iPod with only a lamp on her bedside table for light. She was wearing a light blue pajama tank top, with light and dark blue striped pajama shorts which went to a little above mid-thigh. And let me tell you, even though she was wearing pajamas, with no make-up and her hair down, she looked gorgeous. The dim light from the lamp cast shadows on her beautiful face, and I wondered how this goddess could be my girlfriend. Even though she had both ear buds in, she could somehow still hear my knock. She was good; she was the Chameleon of course.
Cammie POV
After I left Zach in the hallway, I changed out of my bikini into some of my comfier pajamas, washed my face, and brushed my teeth, then my hair. I Picked up my phone, turned off all the lights except for a lamp, and called my mom to ask about the website. I dialed my mom's number on my untraceable iPhone, and waited for her to pick up. Except she didn't. That's what made me start to worry a little. Even when it was almost midnight, she always picks up when I call. I took a few deep breaths, and tried to forget about it for tonight. I went back to my desk, and picked up my iPod along with some headphones. I sat on my bed, hit shuffle and blasted the volume. The song that came on was Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood.
I've never been the kind that you'd call lucky Some hearts Now who'd have thought someone like you could love me Some hearts Even hearts like mine Even hearts like mine Some hearts, Some hearts
Always stumbling' around in circles
But I must have stumbled into something
Look at me
Am I really alone with you
I wake up feeling like my life's worth living
Can't recall when I last felt that way
Guess it must be all this love you're giving
Never knew never knew it could be like this
But I guess
They just get all the right breaks
Some hearts have the stars on their side
Some hearts,
They just have it so easy
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes
Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes
You're the last thing my heart expected
Who'd have thought I'd ever find somebody
Someone who someone who makes me feel like this
Well I guess
They just get all the right breaks
Some hearts have the stars on their side, yes
Some hearts,
They just have it so easy
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes
Ohhhhhh
Get lucky, lucky sometimes
Ohhhhhhhh
They just get all the right breaks
Some hearts have the stars on their side
Some hearts,
They just have it so easy
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes
They just get all the right breaks
Some hearts have the stars on their side, yes
Some hearts,
They just have it so easy
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes
(AN. I actually reallyyyy like this song. I was just listening to it actually…)
During the song, I realized that Zach and I haven't actually said that I love you to each other. I mean, we both know it, but we've never said it out loud…Just as the next song came on, I heard a knock at my door. Even with the music blasted. Come on people, I'm a SPY for crying out loud. "Come in!" I yelled. What didn't surprise me was that it was Zach. What DID surprise me was that he was shirtless. He was wearing black pajama pants, but NO shirt. None. Nada. Not at all. And there was that sexy eight pack again…
I forced myself to look away before I started drooling. I just kept my eyes on my iPod. I could feel his eyes on me, though. I could tell he was taking everything in, from my head, to my toes. I just kept my eyes on the screen. Once the song ended, I plucked the ear buds out of my ears, and set my iPod back on my desk. When I turned around, I suddenly felt arms around my waist. I looked up and saw Zach's face an inch away from mine. "What are you doing?" I whispered, my eyes gazing into his. "About to kiss my…" he trailed off, his face slowly coming nearer to mine. "Girlfriend." He finished, and then kissed me with a passion that I knew was inside both of us.
I eagerly kissed him back, letting all my feelings for him pour into the kiss. Annoyance, because of his constant smirking and cryptic remarks, disbelief, because how could Zach Goode be MY boyfriend, and then love. Because, well, I love him. I broke away for a minute to breathe, but Zach just moved his lips to my neck, trailing kisses wherever his lips touched. All of a sudden I found myself saying my thoughts. "I love you." I gasped at myself for saying it, and tried to pull away to hide my embarrassment. But Zach just tightened his grip on my waist and forced me to look up at him. His eyes were shining with love as he spoke. "I love you too, Cammie. I love how beautiful you are, you don't even notice it which makes you even more gorgeous. I love how nice you are to everyone you meet, and everybody can't help but like you for it. I love how you're so loving and caring to your family, not just your mom, but Bex, Liz, and Macey too. I love how you always put the people you love before yourself, without giving it a second thought. I love how you can put up with all my crap, and not run away from it. But most of all, I love you for just being you Cammie." As he was saying all of us, tears of joy were building up, and I couldn't stop myself from jumping up and kissing him as hard as I could. We continued for a few minutes, but even spies have to breathe sometime.
When we finally did break away, both of eyes reflected our happiness. We had finally said those three words to each other. I love Zach, and amazingly, Zach loves me back just as much. Maybe even more. "I love you." Zach said. "I love you too." I replied, before giving him a quick peck on the lips. I yawned, I was really tired. It was now 12:40 am. I was about to tell Zach to go back to his room, because he looked tired too, but I realized that I didn't want him to go. So I stretched out my arms In a 'carry me' gesture, and Zach laughed. "The bed's like three feet away, I think you can make it, Cammie. " He said. I shook my head, still holding my arms out, so he sighed, picked me up, and put me on the bed. When he tried to let go though, I held onto his neck and mumbled, "Stay with me." He had no choice but to oblige, although I'm pretty sure he didn't mind. So he climbed under the covers with me and turned the lamp off. Once we were plunged into darkness, he wound his arm around my waist, and pulled me to him. I snuggled as close as I could into him, and whispered, "I love you." His reply of "I love you too" was the last thing I heard before I quickly fell asleep.
So, how did you like it? I knew it took a long time to update, I'm sorry. I'm finally out of school! :D And I went on a trip to New Jersey with my best friend for a week and a half and it was AMAZING! :D I've been really busy ever since. I had to go stay at my cousin's house for a couple of days, because my dad was in DC. And the last couple days, I've been cleaning out my room, because we're getting it repainted. And let me tell you, that was NOT an easy task. I had a bunch of crap everywhere. XD I JUST finished today, and I started on it Friday, I think. So yeah, busy. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Let's try to get 41 before I update! Please? It's only five reviews! Review please! :D
~Sammi
