hey guys sorry i havb't updated my life has been crazy. i have softball practice three days a week and then tournements every weekend, and when i'm not at softball i'm at the gym to get in better shape and i just havn't had the time to update so i am really sorry i now you must hate me. but here chapter 8 and i will try to add another chapter after i go to practice today so hope you like it!


I could tell that all the boys were staring at me; there are some things that you just know. They were probably seeing if I knew what I was doing: which I don't but I won't let them know that. I just put the bottom of the gun on the inside of my right shoulder, my left hand on the barrel and my right finger on the trigger. I put my feet outside my shoulders so that my knees line up with my shoulders and tilted my head toward the gun. Finally I aimed for the middle of the target and pulled the trigger; sending the bullet flying through the air. The gun had some kick to it that I wasn't expecting and I started to fall backward. I almost hit the ground but then a pair of strong arms wrapped around me; the same arms that dipped my in the hall just days before.

"Didn't know about the kick ha?" he asked.

"Maybe I didn't or maybe it was just a test to see if I could trust you." I say trying to make it less embarrassing.

"Yeah I'm going to go with the you didn't know because of the high pitched scream." He said. I hadn't even realized I screamed.

"Can you just help me up, this is kind of awkward." I said. he was still holding me a foot from the ground and the boys were starting to stare again.

"I don't know it kind of reminds me of our last goodbye." He said with the biggest smirk on his face. Without saying another word he pulled me back up so I was standing up straight. Once I was standing I looked at the target. I almost got the middle, it hit just above the middle.

"Nice shot Gallagher Girl. Just need to fix you stance a little bit." He said I hadn't realized that his arms were still wrapped around me. But then he let me go and pick up the gun that was now on the ground. Then he gave it to me, after I had it for a couple seconds he looked at me funny. "Are you going to crank it?" he asked.

"I don't know how." I whispered. He didn't say anything. He just walked over to me. He stood in front of me and moved my hands so that they were in the right place. My left hand was behind the loop for the trigger and my right hand was on a rectangle attached to the barrel.

"This is called the crank." Zach said motioning toward my right hand. "And you pull it down to crank the gun." I did as he said and I heard a loud click. "Now take you stance." He said and I did as I was told. Knees lined up with my shoulders, bottom of the gun on the inside of my shoulder and head tilted in. "Good just a few things." He said and started to walk around me stopping at the back. "Your feet should be lined up with your shoulders not you knees." He said using his feet to push my feet closer together. "And you need to relax your shoulders, the bullet could go anywhere if you tense." He said and put his hand on top of my shoulders to get them to relax. "Good." He said. "Now it's time to shoot." He put his hand on mine from behind me. He was pressed up against my back; I could feel his chest moving up and down when he breathed. All put together it felt and probably looked like a scene from a movie. He put his finger around mine and pulled the trigger. I felt the kick but I didn't fall this time because Zach was holding me in place. The bullet went flying through the air and landed just below my first one landing in dead center of the target. I turned around and jumped on Zach giving him a hug. Know this really must look like a scene from a movie. Zach was a little shocked and I could tell I hurt his ribs; I could feel him wince a little. I have no idea what came over me but I could let go. Then I felt Zach wrap his arms around my waist and I knew that he was ok with it. He put me down and we locked eyes. But then I heard a whistle being blown and somebody yell.

"Goode. Morgan. Split up." we did as we were told and got on our separate lanes.

The rest of class went by quick. The class was twice as long as the other classes so by the time it was over it was time for lunch. I put my gun back and walked outside the shed to see the guys had waited for me. We ran back to the school with everybody else so we wouldn't be late. We got to the eating area and I followed the guys to the same table we ate breakfast at. We sat down and started to talk about random stuff.

"Well I'm starving. I'm going to go get some food." I said and got up

"We'll come with you." Grant and Zach said getting up to.

"No I am perfectly capable of getting my own food. I don't you guys to get hurt and I don't think anybody will mess with me after what happened this morning." I say

"Yeah but just to be sure." Grant says

"There's no way I'm getting out of this is there?" I asked looking between them.

"Nope." Zach says popping the P. I don't say anything else I just started to walk toward the food with Grant on one side of me and Zach on the other. Everybody was done getting food so there was nobody around and all the fruit and stuff was gone. All that was left was the hot food. I chose a brown colored stew type thing that looked like gravy. Grant got the same thing and Zach got a whitish colored type that looked like mashed potatoes. This food did not smell very good, hopefully it tastes better than I smells. We got back to the table and sat back down. I grabbed my spoon and took some of the gravy looking stuff. I put it in my mouth and swallowed it.

"So what to you think?" Jonas asked

"I've had worse." I say remembering Sunday dinner with my mom.

"Really how is that even possibly?" Jonas asks.

"My mom can't cook to save her life." I simply state. They just give me a look that says they don't get it so I go on. "She is a top CIA agent, they don't exactly teach you to use a microwave in a none lethal way." Once I say that they nod their head and then there is a awkward silence around.


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