A/N: So sorry for the long wait! I had some serious writer's block on this one... Hope you guys like it! It's a bit shorter than most of the other chapter's, but the next chapters will be longer. Anyway, hope you like it!

(Cammie POV)

I nimbly hopped off the couch and stared at Zach. I was unsure of what to say to him. He stood there in front of me, his face an unreadable mask. I heard Kyle walk up behind me. I turned to look at him.

"You want me to go?" He whispered almost silently, staring at Zach skeptically. I nodded my head hesitantly, not wanting to hurt his feelings.

"Will you be ok?" He continued. I could tell that he was unsure about leaving me alone with Zach.

"Yeah, I'm fine. We'll start training tomorrow morning?" He smiled at my response, nodded his head, and walked back through the tunnel. I started to turn around towards Zach, and then paused. I ran back over to the passageway.

"Kyle?" He stopped and turned, raising his eyebrows at me. "Um, Do you know how to get out?" He laughed.

"I'll have to figure it out eventually. I'll find it," He continued on down the tunnel. I turned around once again, reluctantly meeting Zach's eyes. He looked sad, frustrated. I felt my hands twisting together in front of me nervously. We stood there awkwardly for a moment. I waited silently for Zach to say something, my frustration increasing when he didn't. Finally fed up, I took a step toward him, my arms crossed in front of me.

"Zach, will you please just say something?" I whispered. I could almost feel the aggravation radiating from him. I steeled myself for an outburst. I wasn't disappointed.

"How could you do that? Why did you run away without me?!" Zach burst out, clearly trying not to yell in my face. He turned around in frustration. I watched silently as he ran both his hands through his hair, putting all his anger into that one motion. "What made you up and decide to just leave?" He turned back to face me, searching my face for answers.

"I was trying to keep everyone from getting hurt. Everyone was getting hurt because of me," I heard my voice start to rise. "They were all getting hurt because of me! Do you understand that, Zach? Do you know how that feels? Have you ever thought about how you might react if you were the cause of all of it?! This whole situation with the Circle was affecting everyone I know! You, Mr. Solomon, Aunt Abby, Macey! So yeah, I ran away. I was trying to keep you all safe. I was trying to keep YOU safe, Zach!" I paused for a moment, trying to catch my breath. I felt the fight drain out of me. My voice lowered back down to a whisper. "I just wanted to stop hurting everyone."

"Well, it didn't work," Zach's voice had gotten quieter also. "Everyone hurt even more when you left, Cam. Remember when Macey ran away? Remember how helpless you felt when she was gone? That wasn't anywhere near as bad as we felt earlier this summer!" He stepped closer to me, until he was less than a foot away. "I grew up in the Circle Gallagher Girl. That base in Milwaukee that you were caught in? I've been stuck in there before. My mother doesn't exactly have the same rules of discipline that normal parents have. I know exactly how they operate, what they do to agents that they capture. And I went crazy this summer, hoping they didn't have you." He finished closing the space between us, pulling me into his arms. I hugged him as close as I could, just wanting everything to go back to the way it was before I left. We stood there for a long time afterwards. Finally I pulled back to look Zach in the eyes.

"I missed you," I said softly. He smiled.

"I missed you too, Gallagher Girl." He grabbed on to my hand as we turned and walked back through the tunnels, never once letting me go.

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I walked into my room several hours later for the first time since I had left. It was completely empty, with everyone being in classes. I didn't have to go back to classes just yet. Technically, I wasn't even supposed to be out of the infirmary yet. I walked over to my bed and lay down on it. I closed my eyes and willed my body to relax. And I finally felt myself slipping off to sleep.

A/N: I'll try my best to update by Monday... Hope you guys enjoyed it!