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"And what exactly is that reason?" Bex placed her hands on her hips and waited for Abby's response.

Abby shook her head, a hint of a smile playing at her lips. "You girls will have to talk to Rachel Morgan for that."

We all groaned and looked to Mr. Solomon. "I'm sorry, kids. Abby's right. Cammie's mother will have to tell you. I'm going to bring in all the other students now."

Abby smiled. "Come on, Dee Dee. I already told James and had your stuff sent over. (A/N: James is Dee Dee's dad. I'm not sure if it's mentioned in the previous chapter so just an FYI). He knows you're going to Gallagher now, but you'll have to keep the cover of it being a fancy prep school that you got a scholarship to, okay, honey?" Abby said, looking at Dee Dee.

Dee Dee nodded.

"Okay, great. Come on, kiddos. We'll meet Joe at the helicopter." Abby turned and walked towards the Cove Ops helicopter with Dee Dee in tow.

Macey huffed and stomped after Abby and Dee Dee, and the rest of us followed, shooting reproachful glances at Solomon's retreating figure.

I spent most of the ride back in silence, which was interrupted only by Tina.

"Oh my gosh, Cammie! What did you do this time?" Tina asked in a conspiratorial whisper. "Do you know why Solomon had to cut the class short?"

"Oh, Tina, I don't know. Maybe the civilian sitting three seats behind you explains it?" I rolled my eyes at Tina.

"But Cammie! Why did Solomon just randomly decide to pick up a civilian girl? And how coincidental is it that you happen to know her?" Tina raised her eyebrows.

"It's very coincidental, Tina. What's even more coincidental is that…" I paused and leaned closer to her, as it I was going to tell her something very important. "We both dated Josh."

Tina gasped. "I knew it! Josh is part of the Circle, isn't he?"

"What? No, Tina, he's just an ordinary civilian."

"OMG, Cammie! I heard that you fought the civilian girl over Josh. Is that true?" Eva butted in, wiggling her eyebrows.

I sighed. "Who told you that?"

"I have my sources," Eva said, sounding suspiciously like Tina.

"I did not fight her over Josh," I said firmly. Bex laughed. "And besides, I'm completely over him." I turned away from both Eva and Tina, and leaned back in my seat, closing my eyes. According to Macey, I ended up sleeping through the remainder of the ride back to Gallagher and the game of twenty questions.

…

"Okay, here's the plan," I said, motioning for Bex and Jonas to scoot closer. "We're going to figure out the real reason Blackthorne came."

Macey scoffed. "Right, Cammie. And how are we going to do that?"

"We sneak into my mother's office," I said simply.

Bex gasped. "Oh my God, Cammie! I never thought you'd be so devious! I love it," she said happily.

"Yeah, Cammie. Normally it's me or Bex who suggest something like this. I'm proud," Macey said and hugged me.

"Okay, so my mom has a meeting with Joe and Abby during our free period, and she has, like, this huge closet, and I was thinking we could hide in there and listen to them."

"Okay," Nick and Grant agreed.

Macey shrugged. "It's not your best idea, but it'll do."

I stared at her incredulously. "Do you have anything better?"

"Nah," Macey said, winking.

"Okay, I guess we're going with this then."

…

"Shut up, Grant," Bex whisper - yelled. "You're going to get us caught."

"It's not my fault!" Grant hissed. "Nick's stepping on my toes!"

"Get off his toes, Nick," Bex shoved Grant and Nick away.

"Owww!" Macey glared at Jonas. "My nail broke! And my stylist is going to be out of town until Thursday!"

"Cammie!" Zach pulled my sleeve. "I can't sit in a closet with Rebecca."

"Everyone, shut up!" I clapped my hands. "We're going to get caught if you guys keep talking. Now sit still so we can listen."

Everyone shut up. We could hear footsteps coming closer, and then the door creaked open.

"Oh, Joe!" Abby's voice rang out loud and clear. We heard the sound of the door being shut.

"Joe, no," Abby giggled. "Stop." Abby giggled some more. "Not here!"

I froze and exchanged glances with Macey, who was holding back her giggles.

"What if Rachel hears?"

Liz leaned close to me. "Are they…" She trailed off and looked repulsed.

I nodded, feeling like I was going to puke.

"How do we get out?" Nick looked to Jonas and Liz for help. "You guys are smart, do something!"

"What? Open the door and yell 'Stop, there are children present'?" Liz asked, incredulously.

"Anything!" Grant said. "Just make it stop."

"Joe, I think we should stop," Abby said. "There might be children present."

"What?" Bex mouthed in confusion. And then the closet door was flung open to reveal my mother and Abby, both grinning.

"Hi there," Abby said, smirking.

"Where's Joe?" Grant asked, looking around.

"What? Oh, you mean, 'Oh, Joe, not here'," Abby smirked and let out an airy giggle, similar to the one she had done a minute ago. "You children are so gullible." She shook her head in amazement.

"How did you know we were here?" Zach asked, genuinely interested in how she found out.

"Spy," Abby said, smirking and pointing to herself.

There was a moment of silence and then I burst out laughing. "She - she stole your line." I doubled over in laughter, grabbing Zach's arm.

When we had all settled down, my mother spoke. "Care to tell me why you eight were hiding in my closet?"

"Well, we wanted to know the real reason Blackthorne was coming because Abby said you'd tell us. And we heard you had a meeting today." Bex smiled sheepishly.

"So you girls broke into my office?"

"Actually, Cammie had a key," Liz offered.

My mother laughed. "Okay, kiddos. We'll tell you before you actually walk in on a private meeting." She closed her eyes for a few seconds, and then reopened them. "Actually, I think Dee Dee should be here too. Cammie, can you get her, please? She's in the dorm next to yours - with Katarina, Anna, and Mick. And afterwards you girls can give her a tour. Okay?"

We nodded, and I left to get Dee Dee. I found her dorm room door wide open. Katarina was painting her nails inside.

"Hey Kat," I said, tapping on the door and smiling.

"Hi, Cammie!" Katarina said. "I guess you're here for your cousin?"

"Yeah. My mom wants to speak to her. Where's Anna and Mick?"

"They're getting a snack," Kat said, grinning. "Dee Dee's in the bathroom, setting up her stuff."

"Can I come in?"

"Of course!" Kat smiled. "She's just in there."

I entered the adjoining bathroom where Dee Dee was arranging her makeup and hair products into a drawer under the sink. "Hey," I said.

"Hi!" Dee Dee said, smiling back. "Look, I'm sorry about being so mean about your school before."

"Oh," I said,leaning against the doorframe. "No, I'm sorry for going all spy - like on you. I shouldn't have. You know, normally it's Bex who goes crazy."

Dee Dee giggled. "It's okay." She put a hair curler into a cabinet under the sink.

"Maybelline?" I pointed to her mascara.

"Oh, yeah," Dee Dee said.

"I love that brand."

"Me too, it's the only one I use."

"Macey wouldn't approve. She personally hates it," I grinned. "Well, you're wanted at my mother's office. She's briefing us on Blackthorne's real reason to visit and it involves you somehow."

"Okay." Dee Dee followed me out, and we walked in a sort of awkward silence until Dee Dee broke it. "The boys here are sooo hot. What school did you say they were from?"

"Blackthorne."

"Oh my gosh, that's great! Are they all dating Gallagher Girls?"

"Let's see, so there's me and Zach, Liz and Jonas, Macey and Nick, Bex and Grant, Tina and Brendan are sort of a thing, and so are Eva and Rohan. The other juniors are single, I think. You'll have to ask Macey or Tina for proper details."

Dee Dee giggled.

"Here we are, this is my mom's office."

"Wait, if she's your mom, that makes her my aunt," Dee Dee said. "My aunt is headmistress. Woah."

"Yup," I said, popping the 'p' and opening the door.

"Hi," Dee Dee said, breathlessly when she saw my mom.

"Have a seat, kiddo," my mom said to Dee Dee, gesturing towards an empty armchair next to mine. "The last time I saw you, you were so little. It's amazing to see how much you've grown."

Dee Dee smiled awkwardly.

"Okay," Abby said. "I guess we should get on with the explanation for why Blackthorne came."

"Right. So we've had news surface that two missing agents have been traced to one of the Circle's holding facilities," my mom said. "These agents were believed to be dead, but have been tracked down to a town very close to Roseville."

"Hostages?" Nick asked.

"Yes. Abby said, sharing a glance with my mother. "We were advised by the director of the CIA to invite Blackthorne to spend a semester with us to help investigate and possibly retrieve the agents."

"That's great!" Zach said. "When do we get to do this?"

"Within the next couple of weeks. We have to let the rest of the junior and the senior classes know, but until then, do not breathe a word of what you are about to learn," Abby looked at each of us. "It's absolutely confidential."

We nodded solemnly.

"Do we know who the agents are?" I asked.

"We believe we know their identities."

"Well, who are they?" Bex asked.

"The agents are believed to be," Abby paused and glanced at all of us. "Matthew Morgan and Natalie Cameron."

Dee Dee gasped and fainted.

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