"So Gallagher Girl, we meet again."

I just about died when he said that, because I felt like my old self again. The way he looked mixed with his strong scent hypnotized me, sending me away on a mystical journey to somewhere I didn't know. I liked it there though. I didn't want to leave. It was safe, and it wasn't confusing. God, I was really sick of everything being confusing.

I snapped back into reality, focusing on the task at hand.

"That isn't the main focus right now Zach, or should I call you Leo?"

He didn't show any emotions what-so-ever to my attempt at a so called "shock". It started to make me think that he wasn't phased by what I thought had stunned him earlier that day, because it sure looked like it did. I decided to call him out on it.

"Did you know it was me all along? Did you ever have the slightest idea that I

was actually living the life if Meg Morris?"

I took hard steps closer to him, hoping to grow a little tension in the room so he would crack.

"You know," he sighed, "that's the thing with love...it's blind."

I didn't have a response to that. I didn't really know what he meant. He noticed my confusion so he continued.

"I have always felt something for you Cammie, but I am not one to wear my heart on my sleeve, and neither are you, but when you left and practically died, I knew I loved you. I would never have admitted it though. Then 'Leo' was made and he liked a girl named Meg, who was American, just like him, hot by the way, and he knew she liked him back, because she opened up to him. That right there reminded me, ME, of you Cam. And Leo might have liked Meg, but Zach has never forgotten about Cameron Ann Morgan. And that apparently wasn't enough to bring you back."

He was angry now, ignoring my attempt to be stronger than him. I was crumbling and crumbling with every passing second, and I watched as my cover disappeared. I also watched his movements. Yes they were the same as Leo's, but they were definitely not as self-assured. His hair was back to normal, but shorter than it was five years ago, and he was more defined, but his eyes were the same. I also saw a few freckles on his nose and cheeks, revealing that he had been in the sun quite a bit. Who would have known that Zach Goode got freckles?

His rant really made me think, but we didn't have the time for that at the moment. Macey and Tina were our biggest worries. I had to remind him of that, no matter how much I wanted to talk about us.

I closed my eyes to tried and block out what I wanted so badly to say.

"Not now Zach," I said through gritted teeth. "Macey and Tina need us."

When I opened them he was turned away, rubbing his eyes in frustration. He sighed and turned back to me again, with car keys and a red folder in his hand.

"Let's go," he swiftly passed me, stopping at the door, motioning for me to go first.

As I walked ahead of him I could feel his eyes on me and could smell his familiar scent. I hate what he does to me. Hate it.
...

I sat in the passenger's seat of the black BMW Zach had led me to in an alleyway in Roseville. Lord only knows where he got it.

"So…" I tried to ease the awkwardness. Neither of us had said anything, and since Zach was a guy, he didn't bring up his little speech in my mother's office. But being a woman, I wasn't going to bring it up either.

"So you saw Bex and Liz?" he asked, keeping his eyes on the road. We were going north, I knew that, but he wouldn't tell me where up north.

"Ya I did," I left it there. He didn't need, or deserve, the details. It was personal, only between me, Liz and Bex. It would be the same with my meeting with Macey.

"Did Bex tell you what she is going to name it?" he asked while changing lanes, going a little slower than before.

"Name what?" I glanced at him, not sure of what he was asking.

"Her kid?" he answered like I was four, but still refusing to look me in the eyes.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," I told him stubbornly.

"Bex didn't tell you that she was pregnant?"
...

"Bex?" I yelled. How could she have a baby?

He just nodded yes.

"Pregnant?" I kept yelling.

"Yes! Bex and Grant are going to be parents!" he yelled back, suddenly annoyed with me. Geez he was getting under my skin.

"Sorry…sheesh. My best friend is now married and starting a family. Sue me," I threw my hands up in innocence and aggravation.

He simply rolled his eyes. What a guy.

"Is that why he proposed?" I asked more quietly and calmly this time.

He considered the question for 21 seconds or so.

"Not really. He had wanted to for a while, but I guess he thought it was the right time….you really missed a lot you know."

"Don't remind me."

I still couldn't shake the thought of Bex having a human inside of her. Pregnant, I muttered under my breath and sighed. No wonder her stomach was a little bigger than the last time.

"I don't know why women freak out when they are going to have a baby," Zach said suddenly. He obviously didn't get it.

"Because it is an actual human being inside of them," I told him with defiance.

"So?" he chuckled. Did he seriously think this was a laughing matter?

"Well it's hard for you to understand since you don't have to carry it for nine months then push it out of your body," I spat. He was annoying me big time.

"You know," I continued, "Guys can just walk away from a child, but the girl has to live with it for the rest of their life. I mean, they have it with them 24/7 for what seems like forever to them, when the guy doesn't have to do anything. That shows character on Grant's behalf. I applaud him."

Zach did look at me then, probably thinking all those years had made me nuts, and they most likely did. But hey, I wasn't complaining. I had gotten my best friends back. They were part of my life again.

He didn't say anything else, acting like he was interested in the road when I knew he wasn't. I could read him like a book, just like I read Jo Solomon's diary early that same day.

My mind seemed to heavy to hold up then, so I laid it against the window and watched the trees and bushes on the side of the road come and go with ease, wishing my life was that easy. My thoughts Zach's confession that he still loves me, a little clone of Bex and Grant running around and Macey being in trouble slowly flew away as I finally got some sleep.

So Bex and Grant going to have a baby! Oh lord help us all! Love you guys!