Disclaimer: Who me? Own the Gallagher Series? Yeah, and Cammie's mom can cook.
A/N: Okay. I'm so happy you guys love the story that it's ridiculous! I want to thank all of you that are reviewing (and reading) because I would have stopped writing a long time ago without your wonderful reviews. Just thought you should know that I appreciate it. Enough rambling, back to the story.
Cammie POV
I woke up to the sound of a blazing alarm clock beside my bed. I swung my arm to hit it and it just fell on the floor and continued to go off.
"Great." I got out of bed and picked up the clock. I knew something was off. Someone set my clock and took all the buttons out of it so that I couldn't turn it off. I held the clock in front of me. "Shut up." I instructed but it kept ringing. I opened my window and accidently knocked the clock out of the window. (Or that was what I was going to tell mom anyway.) "I warned you." I whispered to the clock.
After my crazy talking to a clock moment, I got dressed and went down stairs to wait for the girls. As I walked down the stairs, I got a whiff of Pancakes, eggs, bacon, and everything else you eat for breakfast. I ran into the kitchen and the girls were already sitting at the table.
"Hey little Morgan. I fixed you and your friends breakfast but it looks like these three are the only ones who will get to eat anything. They really like my cooking or they eat a lot." He laughed and the girls slowly stopped eating. Realizing he just made three beautiful girls feel self conscious he continued, "But I must say: I like a girl with a big appetite." He winked at the girls and they automatically started cramming food in their mouths.
I sat down by Bex and Jeff brought me a plate. I started eating when the boys came into the kitchen. Grant and Kevin came to the table automatically and started eating what Jeff had sat down. Zach and Jonas grabbed some food that just got off the stove.
"This is so much better than what Cammie's mom cooked yesterday." Grant shared like no one noticed that this wasn't my mom's cooking.
"Yeah, I don't think its Mr. Solomon's either. His food is harder than his CoveOps assignments." Jonas said. We all laughed and Zach sat down by me.
"Hey, who's the chef?" Kevin asked.
"Glad you like my cooking," Jeff answered and got three dangers shot at him. "Hey, I didn't ask you to eat it. And you're the ones who said you like it." Jeff argued, counting off his points on his fingers.
"Leave him alone Grant." Liz ordered him. "It's not his fault he can cook. Isn't that right Mace?" she looked at Macey.
"Yep," Macey said using Jeff's way of agreeing. Wow, he had these kids around his fingers.
"Hey, that's my new line." Bex snapped
"No, it isn't. It's mine." Liz argued.
"It's neither of you guys new line. Its mine. I just used it didn't I?" Macey voiced. I looked at Jeff and he simply smirked his smirk. Zach was laughing at the stupidness of the argument. (His thoughts, not mine.) Grant, Jonas, and Kevin all looked like they wanted to strangle Jeff.
"Guys, why don't you all use the line?" I asked trying to calm them down with a compromise.
"Why don't you but out, little Morgan?" Macey snapped. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought she was jealous because Jeff had a nickname for me. That's not my fault. The only reason he even calls me that is because he called my dad big Morgan and I'm big Morgan's daughter.
I looked at Jeff. "Could you do something?"I snapped. He threw his hands in the air, surrendering.
"Bex, Liz, Mace," Jeff started and the three stopped arguing. "Why don't you all come up with a new line? Yep, is kind of mine and I like originality." The girls pondered this for a second. "Best new line gets a trip to the ice cream pallor down the block. My treat." he added and the girls grin and welcomed the challenge.
Jeff walked over to me and whispered "Good luck."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, who, out of everyone here they know, knows me and knows what I like?"
"Me. What's that got to do with anything?"
"Well, I'll put it like this. I'm judging who has the best line. You know what I like so," he said and drugged out the word so, "don't you think they're going to test out their lines on you?" Oh God, he was right.
"No, no, no. you can't do this to me. That's not fair." I begged. This would be torture.
"Life isn't fair" he sung and walked out of the house and started whistling. Zach walked up to me and put his arms around my shoulder.
"I really like him." He laughed. "He kinda reminds me of someone but I can't put my finger on whom." We got our book bags and headed out of the door, leaving the others at the house.
"So, what were you and Jeff whispering about?" Zach asked. He had a look I couldn't place on his face.
"He was letting me know that the girls were more than likely going to ask me about what line will impress him. He's evil." I said and kicked a rock in front of me.
"He's genius." I punched him on the arm. "What? On the outside looking in, it's really funny. Glad I don't have to worry about you falling over him." Zach pulled me closer to him and kissed me on the head.
"Yeah yeah." I muttered and we walked the rest of the way to school in silence.
Bex and Grant made it to first period just before the bell rang. Bex sat next to me and whispered, "So have Macey or Liz told you any of their lines yet?" I shook my head.
"You guys really shouldn't be fighting over Jeff. He's 26-years-old." I whispered/yelled.
"Really Cammie? You don't think we know that? We know we can never be with him but we made a deal with him." Bex whispered lower so Zach and Grant couldn't hear.
"What deal?" I asked.
Bex sighed. "Okay, the deal is as long as we make Jeff laugh, the longer we can use him to make the guys jealous. You don't have to use Jeff because you have Steve and Connor to make Zach jealous. We're working on what we got." We laughed and got a frown from the teacher.
As we got quiet, the intercom came on. "Will all students and faculty report to the auditorium?" We all stood and filed out of the class. We walked into the auditorium and sat next to the rest of our group. Steve walked up and sat with us, much to Zach dismay.
"Hey Cammie," Steve said like I was the only one there.
"Hi." I responded. "What's going on in here?" I might as well get some answers from this talk.
"Nothing really. A talent contest." He answered. "You know, you should join. You were the best singer here before you moved and I'm sure nothings changed."
"You can sing?" Bex asked. "I've never heard you before."
"Yeah, Cammie's a great singer. She use to sing all the time until" I shot a look at Steve.
"Until what, Stu?" Zach asked.
"It's Steve." Steve corrected.
"You say tomato," Zach started but left the rest of the quote in the air.
"Whatever, why did you stop sing Cammie?" Liz asked.
"I don't really want to talk about it." I didn't even want to think about it but I did. My father loved to hear me sing. After he went missing, so did my love to sing. I think Zach caught on because he gave me a rub on the back.
"Well, I think you should join, Cam" Bex said. "We all should. It'll be fun."
"We don't have time. We have after school projects." Kevin disagreed.
"The talent show is during school. Takes up the whole day." Steve interrupted.
"Well its settled. We joining." Macey spoke.
"No way. I'm not getting up there." Kevin added.
"Me neither." Was all that Jonas said.
"I'm with Kevin. Not joining a talent show" Grant agreed.
"That's good cause you have no talent." Zach chuckled. "But I agree with you guys. I'm not joining but I'll root for you from the crowd."
"How about you root for me instead." Brittany spoke, jumping into the conversation.
"I'm sorry. I missed when someone asked for you input. Oops, no one did." Macey sneered. Brittany scoffed and turned her attention back to Zach.
"Like I was saying, are you rooting for me, Zachy?" Brittany pouted. Zach raised a eyebrow at the nickname.
"Brit, leave." I stated.
"What? He might as well cheer for me. You haven't song since your father died and I'm sure you won't just start now." How dare she mention my father? I stood up and walked up to her.
"Watch me." I walked up to the front of the stage. The principal was asking if anyone wanted to audition for the contest so I grabbed a mic. The band behind me started to play so I took a deep breath and opened my mouth.
Zach POV
Tell
me
Just what you want me to be
One kiss
And boom you're the
only one for me
Wow, I never knew Cammie could sing. She sounded wonderful. I couldn't think of the name of the song she was singing but her voice matched it perfectly, like she wrote it.
It
just takes a little bit of this, a little bit of that
It started
with a kiss now we're up to bat
"What's the name of the song she's singing?" Grant asked. Trust him to be the one who would ask your questions. He always did for me.
"You don't know?" I asked hoping one of the girls would answer him before he asked me the name of the song.
"Like you do." he snapped.
"Well, it's pretty obvious." I shrugged.
"It's Game of Love by Michelle Branch now shush your mouths so that I can hear." Bex snapped. Grant and I shared a look but chose not to say a peep. I listened to Cammie.
So
please tell me why
Don't you come around no more?
'Cause right
now I'm dyin'
Outside the door
Of your lovin' store
"Okay, total wardrobe shopping as soon as school's finished. We can ask Jeff to drive us around so we don't have to carry anything." Macey told the girls.
Cammie finished the song and the crowd clapped. She bowed and walked back over to us and smile.
Cammie POV
Singing on the stage was a rush and it felt good to sing again. I never want to sing professionally but it was fun.
"Wow, Cam. You sounded great!" The girls chorused and Zach nodded his head in agreement. I was so happy at that one moment that nothing could bring me down.
The bell rung to let us out of our 4th period and I left Bex in the room. Steve walked up beside me and asked to talk to me in private. I agreed and he walked me over into the computer lab. I sat down o the table while Steve remained standing.
"Cammie. I'm going to be completely honest with you. I think I love you." My eye went wide and I was taken back. He couldn't love me. "You're probably thinking that I'm crazy and I am. I'm crazy for you. I can't stand seeing you with Zach."
"Steve," I started but he cut me off.
"No, Cammie. I'm not taking that for an answer. We were meant to be." I got up and started for the door. He jumped in front of me and blocked it. "Just listen, okay?" He begged.
"We are not meant to be. I'm with Zach, Steve. You have to accept that. I don't like hurting you but you and me can never be." I talked slowly so that he could understand. Before he could respond, I pushed him aside and walked out of the door.
I went into the cafeteria and everyone stared at me. I had no idea why until I saw Brittnay in Zach's lap. They were kissing. One of Brittany's friends tapped Zach and He looked at me for a second before Brittany grabbed his chin and pulled him back to her for another kiss and he didn't even try to pull way. My heart broke. The girls walked in after me and pulled me out of the cafeteria.
I pulled away from them and ran off campus.
"Cammie wait!" Bex screamed but I didn't stop. I couldn't stay there. I couldn't believe this was happening to me. My heart crumbled and I fell to my knees. Tears finally escaped from my eyes and I couldn't stop them. I heard a horn blow and I noticed that I was in the middle of the road.
"Little Morgan?" I heard and I ran into his arms. He didn't say anything else and picked me up. Any other time I would have protested but I was still in shock. He put me in the car and we went back to the house in silence.
Bex POV
I caught up with Macey and Liz and we walked into the cafeteria to see Cammie standing there staring at Zach and Brittany kissing. I knew it wouldn't be long until anger replaced her hurt so I grabbed her and took her outside.
Once outside, Cammie took off and I called after her. I was about to run into Macey grabbed my arm.
"Let her go. I'm sure she wants to be alone right now." Macey looked pissed beyond belief and soon my face mirrored her.
"Plus we have fish to fry." Liz added and it shocked me to see her response. I liked it. We went back inside and everyone watched as we went toward the new couple. Liz grabbed the back of Brittany's shirt and threw her off of Zach's lap.
I grabbed Zach's collar and Macey led the way out of the building.
"Before you guys say anything," Zach started. I pushed him on the ground.
"Stay away from Cammie." I ordered. "This is the only warning you will get."
"And don't even try to sneak and see her either because if we don't hurt you, she will." Macey finished.
"Don't try us Zachary Goode." Liz added. "Next time won't be so nice." And with that we left him outside to think about our promise. Wait maybe he thought this was a threat.
"Oh and Zach?" I turned to face him. He looked at me. "This is no threat. This is a promise." I walked into the school and sat down, waiting for lunch to be over.
A/N: You know I couldn't just let Zach get away with what he did without the girls' reaction. I'm a Zammie fan but they can't be together forever right now. If they do, it ruins the story. Soooo,
What is Zach's problem? What will Jeff do to Zach? Will Cammie still compete in the talent show? Answers in the next chapter of Blast from the Past!!!
