Happy Thanksgiving!

Chapter Ten

Joe POV

A week has gone by since Matt had arrived, and ever since then all I hear is Rachel and him having a PDA momments. Everyday I have to hear them during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I'd say that I'm not feeling well, I'll eat in my room. But than everyone will know that I'm just being jealous, and I don't need people thinking that. Especially Rachel. Not only do I hear them laughing and flirting but I can also tell that Cammie and Zach are watching. I'm pretty sure everyone is making bets on when I'll lose it and punch my best friend in the face. But they don't know that Joe Solomon has his temper under control.

Well that was until one breakfest morning I heard Madame Dabeny say "you two should renew your vows."

"That would be lovley," said Buckingham. "I know a great place for you two."

"Yeah, Rachel c'mon. Will do it at the same place we met."

I saw in the corner of my eye Rachel glanced at me. I just looked at something else to make myself calm. Because if I didn't I might hit Dr. Fibs. I picked up my cup of orange juice trying to ignore them. "Yeah, okay will do it." When I heard her agree my mind went blank and my cup slipped out of my hand. When it fell and made a crashing noise, everyone quieted and looked at me.

I looked at Rachel and Matt, Rachel tried not to look at me. Matt on the other hand just said "jeez Joe you need to be more careful." Did I forget to mention that Matt still has not figured out that Rachel and I made out for the last three months.

I smirked just to play along. "Yeah, how stupid of me." I looked away and ended up with making eye contact with couple number two. Cammie and Zach, they looked worried at me. I turned back to the mess on the floor and picked up the glass.

"Joe you don't have to do that, the janitor is coming," Rachel said.

I got up "I'm fine, I can handle little peaces of glass." I got down and picked up the biggest peice "glass isn't going to hurt me." I said when I put it on the table. Rachel looked back at her breakfest. I got up when the janitor came, I picked up my plate. "I'm just going to finish in my room."

Cammie POV

Zach and I were walking to the pigeon room, we havn't been in there since the last year's final. We wanted to get some alone time, you know without having Gallagher girls breathing down your neck. I looked at Zach "is Mr. Solomon okay, I havn't seen him since this morning." Yeah I actually felt bad for him, but man did he look embarassed this morning. I know how it feels to have a whole room full of people watching you, and feel embarassed. Especially when it happens in front of someone you like.

"Not sure, he wouldn't let me into his room after breakfest."

I turned the stone to the pigeon room, the stone wall slid open. The first thing I saw was a two bottles of empty beer and three full bottles of it. I raised an eyebrow "how-" I was interuppted because Zach poked me. He pointed at something, I followed his gaze. Well I found out that Mr. Solomon was alive. Drinking a half bottle of beer, but okay.

"Joe?" Zach asked.

"What?" Mr. Solomon asked coldly.

"How maney bottles have you had?"

"Well there are two empty ones over there, and I'm holding a half a bottle." He turned to Zach "so what does that say." He turned back to the beer, and continued drinking.

Zach lowered his voice to me "Cammie, do me a favor. I'll distract him and you get the rest of the beer." I nodded and Zach moved in front of Mr. Solomon. "Hey, Joe. What's up?"

I picked up the beer while Mr. Solomon answered "Whats up? Whats up? I'll tell you whats up." He took a sip of beer, "my girlfriend's husband comes back after four years of MIA. And they both decide to renew their vows."

"Okay, obviously you had to much to drink," said Zach.

Mr. Solomon continued drinking and said "I have not, when I drink all the beers than I will have enough."

"Yeah you have, thats your third one. You know you get drunk on your third one."

I walked next to the entrance and set the other bottles there. Zach turned to me "Gallagher girl hand me one of those empty bottles."

I looked at drunk Solomon, than at Zach, than at the empty bottles. "Why?" I asked skeptical.

"Nothing, I just want to see it."

"You're not going to-

"Gallagher girl, I can promise you I will not kill him with it."

I sighed "okay." I handed him an empty bottle of beer.

Zach took it, and stood next to Solomon. "Sorry Joe, but this is for you're own good. Just remember you told me to do this if it ever occured." The next second all I saw was Zach crashing the bottle onto Mr. Solomon's head and heard nothing but a crashing sound. Mr. Solomon just fell back againist the wall.

"Zach!"

"Calm down Gallagher girl, all I did was knock him unconcious."

"But you said you wouldn't hit him with it."

"No I said I wouldn't kill him with it, and last time I checked he is still breathing."

I just looked at Mr. Solomon, he was breathing. I looked back at Zach "will he be okay?"

Zach dropped what was left of the bottle. He nodded "yeah, he'll just have a big headache, hangover, whatever you want to call it." He walked over to me and wrapped his arms around me. He kissed me on the cheek.

I just kept staring at Solomon, something about this doesn't seem right. "Uh, Zach maybe we should wait till he wakes up. This seems akward very akward."

He looked back at Solomon "so much for alone time." He pulled me next to the window. "I guess we could wait till he wakes up."

"How did you know he gets drunk after the third bottle?"

He shrugged his shoulders "he told me about how back in college, your dad and him had a contest. Whoever drank the most before getting drunk, wins." Zach started rubbing my arms "at your parents wedding, him and Abby decided to have the same contest and got drunk. He said he got drunk after the third drink. Abby got drunk after her second."

"Did they start a show, at the wedding."

Zach shook his head "well yeah, almost started a big one. But your mom went all bridezilla on them and knocked them with two champaighne bottles, than she hid them in the back."

I started laughing at the thought. I turned to Zach "you said he told you to do that. When did he tell you that."

"Back when he was running from everyone, thats when he told me the story. He was drinking beer the second night after the incident in London." I nodded remembering the memory. "He said 'if I get to my third beer, hit me on the head.' He really meant it too, he actually wanted me to hit him with a empty beer bottle."

"And did you have to."

He smoothed my hair "lets just say this wasn't my first." I heard him sigh "its not his fault he just drinks when he is either stressed or depressed. Really depressed."

"Like making sure I'm safe and taking down the circle."

"And your mom leaving him for your dad."

I looked at the beer, than at Solomon. Does he really love my mom that much? That he would actually get drunk because my dad came back and stole back my mom's heart? Is he really jelous of his own best friend?

"Cammie, if you really want to know how Solomon feels about your dad coming back. Its he is actually happy about your dad being here. He just feels hurt by your mom."

"How did you know I was thinking that?"

He lifted up my chin so I met his gaze. "'Cause I know you Cameron Morgan," he said and kissed me deeply. I just wonder if my mom still loves dad the way I love Zach.