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Chapter 8: Maybe we can be friends


Cam's POV

Before I knew what was happening Halloween came to Gallagher. I'd been so busy with my captain duties, my own training and keeping up with lessons that I barely noticed the time passing until Saturday came.

Another load on my plate was that in two weeks we had the annual indoor athletics meet with Blackthorne Academy. They were our bitter rivals and the only school in the country which could match us in sporting excellence.

Zach was in his element though, unlike me he thrived under pressure, he kept everyone pumped in training and gave brilliant motivating speeches to everyone while I drilled people fiercely on scare tactics to freak out the Blackthorne competitors.

But truth be told, I was more freaked out about my date with Josh. I'd never been on a date before, never been kissed, never held hands in that way. Everything was new and I was freaking out. My stomach filled with butterflies every time I thought about it, but I kept reminding myself that I'd spent tonnes of time with Josh already as it was, this was nothing different.

I knew I was miles behind every other girl my age, they all seemed to understand what to do, they must have secret signals and shared glances and they just knew. I had no idea what the expectations of me would be. Would Josh expect me to kiss him? Did I want to kiss him? Would we go further?

All the girls laughed when I revealed these fears, saying they knew I'd be fine, that I was smart and funny, but that was them, not me. Jaz as always was super comforting and reassuring but still I stand here in the bathroom staring at myself in the mirror, not feeling ready in the slightest.

I'd tried to point out to the girls that I was just going to Roseville, not to prom, but still Macey insisted on doing my make-up and Bex did my hair. I managed to get them to keep it simple, just natural make-up but Mace had emphasized the eyes, and Bex did a cute half up – half down do in my hair. My hands ran down my sides straightening out my lilac top with lace detailing over my tight skinny jeans.

I could hear the girls stomping around outside and leaving, I knew they had wanted to use the bathroom but had left me to it, I had to leave this sanctity. I quickly stepped out and put on the low heeled boots and picked up my bag and cardigan that Macey had laid out for me. I grabbed one of Jaz's cute flower slides that was laying around in our room and clipped back my fringe gently, patting it down smoothly. I was done.


I walked into the common room and was met by a chorus of wolf-whistles and cat-calls. I smiled flattered at my friends' support. Macey skipped up to me grinning.

"Wow, I'm going to have to hand over the princess crown today Cam, you look freaking hot!" At this I blushed pink and laughed at Macey telling her to stop being ridiculous. Sure I can put in effort to look nice, but somehow my friends just seem to look naturally good in school uniform every day.

Zach was laughing at my obvious discomfort and I turned to glare at him. We have been getting on a bit better recently, now I can say whatever I want to him again there seems to be less tension. He smirked and winked at me.

"No need to look so uncomfortable Cammie, you heard what Macey said, you're looking hot, it's sparking people's interest. You know if you weren't so bloody annoying whenever you open your mouth to me I might even be jealous of this Casanova Jimmy." He grinned teasing me.

I laughed, happy that we were able to tease each other again, but my mouth feel open at his next comment.

"And Cam, stop worrying about the Blackthorne meet. You're the best at athletics in this whole school, there's no way they're going to beat you. We got this." And then he smiled at me, the most sincere smile I think I've ever seen him shot at anyone.

I wasn't the only one reeling in shock, all around me my friends were gaping gob-smacked.

Grant raised an eyebrow, "Who are you and what have you done with Zachary Goode?"

"Oh sod off Grant." Zach muttered, I think he was blushing.

"Did you drink a weird science experiment from the lab?"

"Have you been knocked over the head or fallen and banged it?"

"Did you finally find the right side of the bed to get out of?"

Now Zach was definitely blushing, "Well you're always telling me to be nicer to Cam, and now I do and you bite my head off, would you rather I kept upsetting her?" He asked incredulously.

"Look Zach," Jaz said going over to him and smiling broadly. "It's you and Cam, you can't blame us for teasing you, besides you tease us plenty."

Macey smirked at Zach and linked her arm in his pulling him towards the door, "Karma's a bitch."

Zach sighed allowing himself to be taken away and shaking his head defeated.


After breakfast I stood up from my seat next to Jaz and Bex. "You go have fun now honey!" Bex teased me, I rolled my eyes at her.

"But seriously Cam, you look really good, go knock his socks right off!" Jaz said in her sincere, sweet way.

"You better not knock his socks off, his socks must stay firmly on like every other article of clothing on his body and yours for that matter." Grant said harshly. He was opposite me and I had been wondering why he'd been looking pissed over breakfast. Bex and Jaz laughed at him loudly and I smiled thinking of how sweet he was.

"I mean it Cam!" He protested looking very conflicted. "You're too honest and trusting that you expect everyone else to be as well. You've never been on a date before but I swear to God if he does anything he's going to an early grave."

I raised my eyebrows in surprise, I knew Grant had been pissed when Jaz went on her first date and that the guys in our group were generally very protective of us girls but I was surprised this extended to me on just a simple date. But what shocked me big time was Zach's agreement of "Here, here!"

We all turned to stare at him in surprise, "What! I can't have some sleaze ball messing with my Co-Captain two weeks before the biggest meet of the season!"

I laughed knowing there must have been some kind of personal gain behind his show of support.

"…so if he does anything to hurt you I'll break his face, alright?" Zach was saying earnestly from the other side of the table.

I nodded stiffly towards him, "Okay Zach. Thanks I guess."


Today had been great, we'd walked into Roseville, had a fun lunch in a dinner, seen a movie and now we were sat in a milkshake bar chatting.

I'd been explaining my family and 'extended' family of all my friends and their parents. He seemed interested, he said all he was ever used to was the picket fence style, two parents and a younger sister. Grandma's visiting occasionally and aunts and uncles only being good for sending Christmas and birthday money.

My family was slightly more dysfunctional in that we weren't traditional I guess. We were families of close friends supporting one another constantly. I don't think there has been a day in my life when I haven't seen Grant since I went on a camp for a week when I was 9 and came back 4 days early crying that I hadn't seen him.

We've always been to the same school, had the same sports interests. Our families are constantly having meals, the dad and the mums separately getting together, going on holiday together, everything.

I was talking about how Jonas was the smarty pants of our family when Josh surprised me, "You really love your brother huh?" He asked smiling sweetly. I grinned back. "Yeah of course."

I was shocked, surely everyone could see what a great person Jonas was. "He's so incredibly smart yet he has the most sarcastic sense of humour and just manages to keep up with the sporting level at our school. Sure he's my brother but ever since he came to Gallagher he hasn't let that define him."

"I'm not saying anything bad against him," Josh hurried to add, worried he'd offended me. "You know I'm rubbish at insulting." He laughed and I joined in remember when he'd tried to slag of Zach. "But, it's just, my sister and I don't really see eye to eye. She's 14 now, she's not such a sporty person so she doesn't go to Gallagher, I think she kind of wishes she could. Now she just rebels because she can, you know she dresses inappropriately, talks back and doesn't listen. I try not to get involved when I'm home, I don't want her to think I'm trying to tell her what to do, but I don't want to lose her either." He sighed.

I listened to his admission and tried to channel my inner Chloe, she was always good at giving advice and understanding how other people must feel.

"Maybe, you should try and get to know the new her. Don't be an 'older brother' and try to protect her, try and be her friend. If you understand and respect each other, then she's probably more likely to follow your examples and listen to you."

Josh was gazing, "Wow, that's just… I so lucky, you're so smart and sensitive Cam, it's like you get it, you understand my situation from just one rant!" I smiled back to him my heart feeling golden and with each beat it projected a gold glow from me.

"I think just listening to you talk about your family has reaffirmed my faith in family values." He said sincerely. I was so close to him now, we'd sub-consciously moved closer to each other on the bench. I let his words wash over me as I shone with happiness and I knew.

I closed my eyes and leaned in and felt his lips against mine. We kissed softly, it was heartfelt, special and just perfect.

When it was over we just kept talking, it felt so natural to have kissed Josh and my smile was permanently stuck to my face.


We walked out of the milkshake bar to crash into Zach. "Ahhh Cam, Josh, how's your date going?" He asked smirking at us like we were 13 and he knew it all.

"It's going fine thanks Goode," Josh said, I was surprised at his slightly sharp tone. We started to edge past him.

"I hope your more relaxed now Cam, just like we chatted about earlier." Zach said ignoring Josh. I looked at him slightly confused at his weird behaviour.

"Umm yeah, I'm fine. No mention of athletics yet to freak me out." I said trying to reintroduce a bit of normality to the conversation.

"Excellent, well make sure you keep her distracted and happy Jimmy." Zach said looking at our entwined hands.

"I will and have been, I don't need your advice to keep my date happy Goode. And my names Josh, you know that." Josh said in a jokey voice but his face told a different story.

"Right, so I'll see you tonight at the party alright Zach, Bye!" I called dragging Josh away as the two boys seemed to be staring at each other having some kind of boy communication through glares and scowls.

"Yeah, ok, bye Cam!" Zach said, it didn't go unnoticed by me how he ignored Josh. We walked away and Josh led me over to fit on a bench by a green square in central Roseville.

"Cam, look I just need to ask you one thing real quick so you can put my mind at ease alright." I looked anxiously at Josh, what was he on about? "Cam, should I be in any way threatened by Zach?"

My mouth feel open into an O. I looked at him and just started laughing. Me, going out with Zach. Zachary Goode! He has to be having a joke. I stopped laughing to look at his face. Oh God, he was serious.

I pulled myself together enough to answer, "Josh, the day I even look at Zach to contemplate going out with him, is the day pigs fly." I saw Josh nod looking relieved, I laughed a bit again, "Seriously Josh you have nothing to worry about, I promise."

"Ok, not Grant either right?" He asked looking sweetly insecure.

"EWWW no, no way, that's gross in a whole different way. Grant's like my brother, God that's disgusting." Josh laughed at my dramatic outburst and I found myself laughing along with him. We smiled widely at each other, I felt so happy that when Josh leaned into me and pressed his lips against mine I timidly opened my mouth to deepen it.

Josh was perfect. He was kind and understanding, sure he felt slightly insecure still, but hey so did I. It was only the first date and that in some ways made him more human, it made us more real.


When I got back to the common room late that afternoon Bex, Macey, Jaz and Chloe all immediately pounced on me wanting details.

"What happened?"

"How was it?"

"Did you have fun?"

They all asked quickly, then Macey asked sneakily, "I hope you jumped his bones Cam!" She giggled happily afterwards and I glared at her.

"Of course she didn't Macey!" Chloe objected, "She's not like you, she's far too much of a virgin to jump the guy on the first date." She too joined in with Macey's laughter and I scowled.

"There's nothing wrong with that, are you suggesting that most other people would jump them on the first date!" I said raising an eyebrow, "Have you 'jumped' Dan yet?" I asked slyly seeking my revenge.

Chloe turned bright red and Jaz laughed taking over, "Alright, alright, what we really want to know is a) did you kiss and b) are you official?" She said anxiously hopeful for me.

I beamed at them, "Yes and I think so!" They all started squealing and hugging me happily. I saw the boys groan at the noise in the background and saw Grant scowl when he heard that I'd kissed him, Zach didn't react at all.

We girls all crowded upstairs to our dorm to get ready for the Halloween ball.


I was so glad that Mr Solomon had allowed my gymnastics coach to organise the Halloween dance. Abby was in her late twenties and still knew how to party, she was always telling us the latest antics with her girls and whichever guy she was dating during training.

The hall looked amazing and the music was great. I danced with Josh who looked great in his vampire outfit with fake blood running down his chin. However our outfits didn't quite fit together as I'd gone with a cute Robin Hood costume, still we danced around the floor for an hour before we stopped for a break.

It was then that Zach came up to us and asked Josh if he could have the next dance with me. I looked at his costume, Zach had come as Gale from the Hunger Games so our costumes matched, and it looked as if we'd planned it.

We walked to the dance floor just as the music slowed, "Oh Zach, maybe we should wait for-"

But surprisingly smoothly Zach spun me into the dance floor amongst the other couples.

"You we're saying?" He said smirking arrogantly, I raised an eyebrow at him. "What, are you too chicken to dance slow with more or are you worried your get carried away and do something you'll regret?" He asked mischievously.

I rolled my eyes but smiled at him, why couldn't Zach be this easy to get on with all the time?

"Come on Cam, relax, I'm an awesome slow dancer." He said arrogantly but I let it go, it was true to be honest, I felt like I was gliding across the floor in Zach's arms.

"It's true Zach," I admitted begrudgingly. "You are a smooth dancer." I laughed as his face lit up.

"I guess it's all part of the charm, the ladies can't resist it. I'm like a suave magnet, they're all attracted to me and they can't do anything about it." I laughed outright at that, tipping my head back happily.

I playfully punched him and in return he spun me and dipped me in the centre of the dance floor as I looked upwards towards the grand chandelier. He lifted me back up confidently and looked at me seriously. "You know Cam, I prefer it when we're getting on, I like talking to you, and it's much nicer when we're not yelling at each other all the time, you know you can be pretty funny when you're not being bitchy."

"Well," I retorted. "You can be pretty witty yourself when you're not being a total jerk."

He smiled ruefully and I smiled back, I liked this.

"So, what do you say," He said. "You think maybe we can be friends?" I smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I think I'd like that." I agreed.

He twisted me once more and I came back to face him, "So, who did you bring to the dance?" I enquired.

"Err, Tina Walters." He said nodding over in her direction. "I met her on the first day of term."

I raised my eyebrows at this, "Before or after you got naked with Eva in a classroom?" I said slyly.

"Before, but we didn't even get naked thanks to you." He said in fake annoyance, well I think it was fake! "You're such a jerk sometimes…" I said.

"Well, Tina's kind of semi-permanent, we've been going out for a month now." He admitted. I nodded, sure I knew Tina was a bit annoying and certainly a bit of a slut, but if Zach was actually going out with her rather than just sleeping with her then that was an improvement.

The dance was coming to an end with a crescendo and Zach raised his eyebrows to me in question, I frowned confused and before I knew it he had picked me and up and spun me before landing me in a low dip, I caught a breath as he pulled me up, let go and bowed to me.

I smiled shaking my head at his theatrics, "Thanks for the dance Zach," I said shyly.

"Believe me, the pleasure was all mine," He said smiling. He walked away towards Tina and I watched him go not quite believing how much he'd changed in the space of a month.


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