Just a Normal Girl

Chapter 8

After we finished cleaning up my room, we went into all the other rooms in the house to see if anything was messed up. Fortunately, nothing else was. Finally we were done, so I went to my room and started to grab some clothes.

"Guys, you didn't happen to grab one of my bras, did you?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

"Why the hell would we take one of your bras, Cammie?" asked Macey.

"Well one of my bras is missing." I said cautiously, knowing their reaction.

"WHAT?" Macey yelled.

"It has to have been the boys." said Bex.

"Oh great. I don't even want to think about what they are going to do with it." I said, sighing.

"I just want to know how they got in here. You locked the door, right Cammie?" asked Liz.

"Yeah, I locked the door after Zach and I…" I stopped there, knowing full well that they could finish the sentence.

"But then he walked out." said Liz.

"Yeah. I locked it after he went, Liz. I locked it after you guys went upstairs after you got done screaming your heads off." I said.

"Then how the bloody hell could they have gotten in?" asked Bex.

"I don't know. The window was open, but they couldn't have gotten in the bedroom by the window, because this is the second story." I said.

"Could there be, like, a passageway leading his house to yours? These are old houses, maybe there's a really old secret passageway." said Bex. I think she's been reading too many Nancy Drew books.

"Macey, what do you think?" I asked.

"I don't know. Who do I look like, Nancy Drew?" she asked.

"Well I thought maybe you might have an idea." I snapped.

"Okay, let's look for a passageway." said Bex.

"I doubt there's a passageway. This isn't a Nancy Drew book, Bex." I said.

"Well aren't these houses from like the 1800's?" she asked.

"Um yeah, this house, anyway." I said.

"Well, I still think that there might be a secret passageway." said Bex.

"Anyone have any other ideas?" I asked.

"Spare key? Did you give you give your old neighbors a spare key to the house?" asked Liz.

"No, we didn't really talk much to the Raymond's." I said.

"Oh well. Guess we'll never know." said Liz.

"Maybe we could trick it out of them." said Bex.

"How?" asked Liz.

"I don't know, use our super girl charm on them and see if they 'remember'." said Bex, raising her eyebrows up and down.

"Bex, I don't think that would work. Zach would probably kill them if they said anything." said Bex.

"Exactly. That's why we're going to trick Zach." said Bex, like it was obvious.

"And how would we trick Zach?" I asked.

"Not we, Cammie. You." said Bex.

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"Okay, Cammie. Look in the mirror." commanded Macey.

It had been a week since the T.P. incident, and we were working on our plan. After my failed attempts at begging Zach to tell me how he got into my house, I tried threats. I told him I would call the police, but he knew I wouldn't. So I let Macey and Bex do their plan, which apparently they had been planning ever since the sleepover.

The plan had been in action since my plan failed; a day after the incident. The plan was for me to not go near Zach, go out with him, look great, and just as he was about to kiss me (Macey had told us that Zach would), I would pull away and not let him touch me until he told me. I honestly didn't think it would work, but Bex and Macey kept saying "He's a boy. He will think he needs to touch you."

Macey, Bex, and Liz came over to put the final piece of the plan in action. I was wearing a sleeveless white and purple striped shirt and a denim mini skirt. I had big hoop earrings, a white purse, a long silver necklace with a key attached to it, and a big purple plastic bracelet.

Zach was supposed to come pick me up at 7:30. Macey, Liz, and Bex were also going out, but, unlike me, they were following Zach and I, and if caught, were just going to say they were having a Girls Night Out and didn't know that I would be here with Zach.

"Now, remember, keep the cell phone on at ALL times, so we can hear you. We need to hear EVERYTHING you both say. If you need to talk to us, say you need to go to the bathroom or something. Got all that, Cam?" Macey asked.

I nodded my head. I was going to the movies with Zach.

The doorbell went off. Macey and Bex shoved me toward the door. I opened it, and there was Zach. God, he looked good. He was wearing khaki shorts and a black t-shirt from a Boys Like Girls concert.

"Hey Gallagher Girl." he said, smirking.

"Hey, Zach." I said.

"Ready to go?" he asked.

"Yeah" I said. I went outside and closed the door behind me, and made sure to lock it.

"You look nice." said Zach, while we were walking.

"Wow Zach, did you just compliment me?" I asked, saying it sounding falsely impressed.

"Yeah, I guess so." he said laughing. I was calming down now.

We talked a lot while we were walking, and I forgot about the plan. When we got to the movies, Zach asked me what I wanted to see.

"Umm, Transformers?" I asked, making it sound like a question.

"You sure you won't get scared or fall asleep, like the last movie, Gallagher Girl?" he asked.

"Shut up, Zach." I said.

"Two tickets to Transformers, please." Zach said, stepping up to the ticket counter.

"That will be $15.00." the girl at the counter said. I looked up and recognized her as Anna Feterman (A/N: I don't know if that's her last name, but I think it is, but if it isn't, forgive me), from our grade. She looked like her eyes were going to come out of their sockets.

I started to get out the money from my purse, but Zach nodded his head no and handed Anna a $20.00 bill. She gave him back a $5.00 bill and two tickets.

"Zach, here." I said, handing him $7.50.

"Nope, I'm not taking your money, Gallagher Girl." he said, pushing my hand back.

"Zach, I won't let you pay for me." I said.

"Yes you will. You want any snacks?" he asked.

"No, not unless I'm paying." I said.

"Fine, you can pay for yours." he said. I sighed.

I grabbed a small popcorn, a root beer, and a box of Reese's Pieces. We went to the movie, and went up to the front row.

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I jumped a lot during the movie. Zach put his arm around me, and every time I jumped, he would rub my arm, and I would smile at him.

We walked back to my house, talking the whole way. When we got to my house, Zach said, "I'm going to kiss you again, Gallagher Girl."

He leaned closer, about two inches from me, and then grabbed my purse. He took out the cell phone, and said, "Bye Macey and Bex." smirking.

"How did you…?" I asked, but Zach got closer. His eyes were closed, so again, I closed mine.

CRASH! I looked over to where the sound came from and saw Bex, Macey, and Liz were lying on the ground surrounded by garbage.

"Umm, hey guys. What's up?" asked Liz, trying to get off of Macey.

Zach looked over at them, then at me. He gave me a peck on the cheek, and then walked over to his house.

Macey, Bex, and Liz got up and started to try to get the garbage out of their hair and off their clothes. I just looked at them, silent. Bex was the first to clean herself off and come over to me.

"What happened to the plan?" she said in a soft voice. I expected them to be mad that I didn't listen to them, but I actually forgot about the plan.

"I forgot. I'm sorry." I said quietly.

"It's okay. Do you really like him?" she asked, putting her hand around my shoulders.

"I think I do." I said.

"I'm so sorry. We got confused when we heard Zach talking to us, then when he hung up, Macey got mad and confused, and we were sort of leaning against the garbage, then it fell." she explained.

"It's okay, Bex. Besides, if he did kiss me, I'm sure that Macey would have tried to strangle me for not listening to her." I said, smiling.

We walked into my house, turned on the light, and went to my room. My mom had another meeting, so I was the only one in my house. I had just gotten in bed when I heard a thud coming from somewhere inside the house.

A/N: I just realized I haven't been doing the disclaimer, so this one counts for all the past ones I forgot, and all the future chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gallagher Girls, any of the characters, or anything. I only own my plot. Ally Carter owns Gallagher Girls, and I am obviously not her.