Chapter 8
The movie wasn't horrible. It was just seriously tacky. The woman was upset because she didn't recognize a stranger in her wedding photos, and it turned out to be her long lost brother and they lived happily ever after. Never again am I going to a movie at 1PM. The 10 of us left the theatre and decided that we would spend another 2 hours in the city and then meet up back here to head back home. We spent some time in the park and then the mall. After about an hour, we split up and went to find other things to do. Zach and I walked hand in hand towards the city shops. We passed by the pharmacy where Josh worked and I couldn't help but stare in. He was sitting on the step stool restocking the shelves in one of the aisles. He looked like he hadn't changed a bit. Zach and I kept walking towards the other shops in the area. We passed by a bookstore, a clothing store and two coffee shops. The local teens stared at us as we passed. It was obvious we didn't go to their school and many of them had never seen students from Gallagher outside, let alone with boys. I giggled and snuggled into Zach's shoulder and he wrapped his hand around my waist again. He looked down at me and smiled and kissed my forehead. It was like a scene from a movie. Or at least it would have been if I didn't choose that moment to trip and fall. I landed on the ground and Zach reached down to pick me back up. I could tell he was trying to hold back a laugh and when he saw my face, he couldn't hold it in anymore. I brushed off the dirt from my clothes and my hair and gave him a little shove.
"Oh, c'mon Gallagher Girl. Laughing is the medicine to any pain."
"Not the pain my knee is feeling right now." I said with a smirk. He grabbed my face and pulled me in for a kiss. This one was more relaxed than the one in the theatre. It was more protective, like he was afraid of hurting me. I smiled to let him know I was ok and we kept walking. For the next hour, we sat by the birds in the park and talked about our summers, went to the café and had hot chocolates and picked up some books from the bookstore. Around 5PM, we headed back towards the theatre and met up with our friends and went back towards the mansion. As we climbed out of the trap door, we noticed something was wrong. There was no light in the hallway but there were people running past the corridor. We quickly locked up the secret door and followed to see what was happening. It was then that we noticed Olivia Mason on the floor with blood around her. My mom was talking to one of the paramedics who had been flown in from the local emergency base of agents and all the other girls were surrounding them.
"What happened to Olivia?" Liz asked. We all walked closer and everyone turned around to look at us.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Sally whispered while my mom walked towards us.
"Cammie, honey, are you ok? Oh my god I was so worried." She said as she hugged me.
"Yeah mom, were fine. What's wrong?" I asked.
"Sweetie, there was another code black. We thought you guys had been taken. Olivia went to find out where you were and when I didn't hear from her, I came to check on her and found her on the floor unconscious."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My sneaking out had gotten one of my sisters hurt. I looked past my mom to see Professor Williams bent over Olivia, pulling something out of her pocket. And then he moved back to the crowd of people and was gone before I could blink.
