Chapter 11

Macey, Bex and Liz all ended up staying at my house for the night, for two reasons. One, my mom wasn't home, so I was lonely, and two, the strong gust of fridge air that blew me into Macey, turned into a full blown blizzard. School was canceled, for the next day, and was predicted to be canceled all week, leading to winter break, which started next week. ( A/N in other words, they got an extra week added to their winter break!) We were all in our pajamas (well they were in my extra ones) when the door bell rang. We all looked at each other, wondering who would be crazy enough to be out in a storm like this one. I got up from my comfortable position on my bed, and went downstairs to open the door. I opened it, and sure enough, there was a smirking Goode.

"Yes Zachary?" Zach rolled his eyes, and became serious.

"Do you have power?"

"Um yes, why? Do you not?" Zach nodded his head. My eyes became wide.

"Stay here. Get Sarah and JC." Zach gave a grateful smile.

"Thank you so much Cammie. It really means a lot to us." I smiled.

"You welcome Goode!" Zach turned around, going against the wind, towards his house.

"Someone seemed eager to let Mr. Goode stay here, hmm, do you agree Liz?" Macey asked. Liz vigorously nodded her head.

"They have a kid in that house. JC could easily get sick."

"Sure," Macey dragged out, as she walked back up the stairs to my room.


It was strange, having Zach stay at my house. Sarah was making dinner ready, JC was watching T.V. and Zach looked like he had nothing to do, just sitting there staring out in space. The four of us however were in the living room playing the card game spoon.

"Hey, Zach looks dead right now!" Macey whispered.

"We should get back at him for the pig comment!" Bex said excitedly.

"Guys, violence and vengeance are no way to solve a problem." I said.

"Said the girl who's madly in love." Macey sang.

"That's not true." I said stubbornly.

"Denial." All three said at the same time. I looked at Liz shocked. Liz never said things like that.

"Hey, Macey and Bex hooked Jonas and I up, they're usually right about these things." Liz said defending herself. I sighed.

"Zachy!" JC said. Zach jerked out of his day dream state.

"Hu?"

"Look it's a pillow pet! That's what I want for Christmas!" JC exclaimed. Zach grinned.

"You make my life a whole lot easier!" Zach said, leaning back onto the chair. I smiled at Zach's kindness towards JC. He would've been such a good(e) brother.

"Hey Cam, can we look at your picture albums?"

"Sure!" Bex pulled out a really old one, one that looked like it hadn't been opened in a while. She opened the book and screamed dropping the book the book on the floor. One of the pictures fluttered out, and landed at Zach's feet. He bent down and picked it up. His eyes became wide as he stared at the picture. I picked up the book and looked inside. The first page had one word.

Goode

I flipped to the next page and saw a picture of me hugging a really cute boy. I felt Zach sit by me and look at the picture. I put the book in between our lap. I turned the page and saw a younger version of my parents, and what looked to be Zach's parents. I could defiantly see where Zach's good(e) looks came from. Zach reached out and touched his parents. On the same page, there was a picture of Zach and I playing in a puddle of mud. Everyone had left the room, even JC, this had probably been Liz, Macey, and Bex's doing.

"My house caught on fire. Everything was destroyed, including all of our pictures. 3 weeks later my parents passed away." Zach seemed to have been speaking to himself.

"And I always clean the house, because my Uncle would hit me if it was dirty. I guess my habit of cleaning stuck to me. Of course this isn't something to speak over the phone, is it, Zinico?" I was too shocked to speak.

"But I guess your girls were on the bull's eye, because C-Cammie, I-"

"Dinners ready!" Sarah called from the kitchen. Zach and I both got startled. Zach stood up and offered his hand. I took it and he pulled me up.

"So, what do you think Mr. Goode was going to say?" Macey whispered.

"What! You were there?"

"Yes?"

"Did you hear everything Zach said?"

"No, only the end." Oh good(e), I don't think Zach wants everyone to know about his history, I thought to myself.

"You know Cammie. From where we were standing, it looked like Mr. Goode was going to ask you out!" Bex said. I stopped in my tracks. Zach was going to ask me out?


I hope you guys liked this chapter!

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A Runner At Heart

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