"What are you talking about, Zach?" I asked snidely.
"You know what! Going with that Jimmy guy to the dance!" Zach nearly yelled. It looked like steam was about to start coming out of his ears.
"His name is Josh and that is none of your business. I can't believe you were listening to my private conversation!" I said, getting mad.
"It's kind of hard not to when you came over near me!" People around us were starting to stare
"That's because we thought no one would be listening to our private conversation! But apparently I was wrong." I said, my voice rising with every word.
"You were!" he said.
"Wow, nice comeback." I said sarcastically, clapping my hands.
"Ugh." he said, walking away.
Bex gave me a high five, but I instantly felt a tiny bit bad. The rest of me was happy that he got what he deserved.
"I can't wait for Friday, we're going to make you look fabulous!" cried Bex.
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Classes went by quickly for the rest of the day. So did the next few days, until it was Friday night before I knew it. Bex, Macey, and Liz were all coming over at after school to get ready together and help me. Macey bought everyone a whole new outfit for the dance, which we all told her it was unnecessary, but she told us she got them free from a friend she had. (A/N: Sorry I never put this in, but I figured you guys would know it already, so if you already do, sorry to repeat it. Macey's dad is still the Governor, but she doesn't do all those covers on magazines and stuff, she just has a lot of famous friends. Oh, and all the dances are casual unless I say anything different.)
It was 3:30 when I heard the doorbell ring. I ran to get it, and opened the door to see Macey holding 4 garment bags.
"Hey Macey. Thanks again for getting our outfits for us. You want me to take them for you?" I asked.
"Not a chance. I am not giving anyone a chance to look at them until its time." she said, seeming to read my mind.
"Awwww, fine. But when can we see them?" I asked, pretending to pout.
"When I say so." she said sternly. After a second we both burst out laughing
Bex, Liz, and I were sitting on my bed while Macey hung the bags in my closet until it was time.
After we were done laughing, we went upstairs. Macey had us all sit down on the bed. We sat down, but couldn't keep still.
"Okay, so are you guys ready?" asked Macey.
"YES!" we all replied at the same time.
"Okay, okay, calm down before you all have a spaz attack and miss the dance!" said Macey.
Oh, did I forget to mention Bex was going with Grant, Macey with Will, Liz with Jonas, and…Zach with Tina. All the guys (except Zach, who I have no idea what's going on with him these days) asked my friends yesterday.
"Cammie? Cammie, Earth to Cammie?" asked Macey, snapping her fingers in front of my face.
"What? Oh, yeah, sorry. Guess I was just daydreaming." I said.
"About a certain boy that lives next door?" asked Bex, smiling.
"No, it wasn't about him; it was about…cookie dough ice cream." I said, defending myself poorly.
"Whatever Cam." sighed Bex. I guess they were getting sick of me daydreaming about Zach.
"Okay! Back to the important stuff people! Don't you guys want to see the outfits?" asked Macey, instantly getting our attention.
"Come on, Macey, you know we do!" said Liz, bouncing up and down.
"Okay. First is…Bex's outfit. Now, you have to go in the bathroom and change so that no one sees it." instructed Macey, holding out a garment bag to Bex. Bex jumped up, grabbed the bag, and ran out to the bathroom attached to my room.
"Next is…Liz." said Macey, holding another bag out for Liz to snatch. She ran out the room, but not before tripping on the end of the bag.
"Liz, if you rip that outfit God help me I will-" began Macey as we both ran to help Liz up. Macey checked the bag to make sure nothing was ripped and then handed the bag back to Liz.
"Whoopsy Daisy! Sorry Macey, I'm such a klutz!" said Liz, getting up and brushing herself off.
"It's okay. As long as you don't ruin it." said Macey, smiling at Liz.
Macey and I walked back to my room while Liz carefully walked to the bathroom, holding the garment bag up high in front of her.
"And here's yours, Cammie. Your going to look fabulous and make every guy at the dance jealous." said Macey, smiling at me.
"Thanks, Macey." I said, giving her a quick hug.
"No prob." she said, hugging me back.
"Here, I'm going to change in the closet." I said, walking over to my walk in closet.
"Okay. I guess I'll wait for Bex to get out of the bathroom." said Macey, plopping down on the bed.
I walked into my closet and closed the door behind me. I hung up the bag and unzipped it and gasped. The outfit was a light blue tank top with black peace signs all over it, a black mini skirt, and a short black leather jacket. It looked nothing like something I would wear. I sighed and put it on anyway, expecting the worst.
I walked out of the closet to an empty bedroom.
"Damn." I thought I heard someone say.
I looked around, but didn't see anyone and that definitely didn't sound like any of my friends. I looked out the window and saw a curtain twitch, but that was it. Maybe I'm hearing things.
Just then, Bex ran in the room squealing. What is with her and squealing? She knows we all hate it, because it is so high pitched.
"What is it, Bex?" I asked, turning to her. She looked amazing, wearing the same thing as me, except her tank top was purple. Only she could pull it off. Then Liz came running in, wearing again, the same thing, except a white tank top. Then Macey came out of the bathroom, smirking, wearing a hot pink tank top and the same outfit.
"You guys like your outfits?" asked Macey.
"Yeah!" yelled Bex and at the same time.
"Cam? Liz?" asked Macey.
"Hmmm?" I asked, feeling guilty for not liking my outfit. Well, I liked it; I just didn't like it on me.
"You don't like yours." said Macey slowly. It wasn't a question.
"I'm sorry Macey. I do like it, just not on me. I would never wear something like this; it just doesn't look good on me." I explained.
"Hmmm…" was all she said, circling me.
"No, it doesn't look like you." she said. Then looked at Liz.
"You either." she said, looking at Liz. Liz looked guilty like me, so she probably felt the same way.
"What are we going to do?" asked Bex, panicking.
"We're going to go shopping. After all, we have 3 and a half hours." said Macey, with an evil smirk on her face.
We all looked at each other, all afraid. Shopping with Macey was torture. She drags you to every store twice, and yells at you when you complain. Her record for shortest shopping trip was 3 hours! If you can't picture it, picture shopping with Alice Cullen from Twilight.
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We were at the mall, all in our normal clothes, standing in front of Deb's. It was our third store, after Aeropostale and Hollister. We walked in and split up. We all had our cell phones, so if one of us found something, we would call all the others and come see, so we could "cover more ground" as Macey had said.
After about 10 minutes my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller ID, which said Bex. The ringtone was I'm Only Me When I'm With You by Taylor Swift. I answered it.
"You find something?" I asked her.
"Yeah. Come quick, I'm in the juniors fashion tops." she said, and hung up. I speed walked over there to see Macey and Liz crowded around a display. I looked up and saw a really cute top. It was yellow and black. Most of the front was yellow, but where it hung low there was black material and on the bottom there was a black waist band. (If you can't picture it, go to .?productId=3619024&cp=3371579.3364603.3369394). It was perfect for all of us. I looked down to where the tops were on the hangers, and saw three more colors, green, hot pink, and blue, all neon. After getting the top approved by Macey, Liz grabbed yellow, I grabbed blue, Bex grabbed orange, and Macey grabbed hot pink. Next we started looking for bottoms. After Macey threw a fit about paying for all of our outfits, we split up again, and not 5 minutes later my cell phone rang, this time Liz. Her ringtone was How to Save a Life by the Frey. I answered and walked over to Y.M.I. Jeans to see what she found.
When I got there, Bex was already there, but not Macey. I turned to see her run in the store with 4 bags in her hands. She ran over to us, saw the jeans, nodded her head, and told us all to pick our size. The jeans were simple black skinny jeans. We all picked our size and walked to the cash register. Macey got out her credit card and paid for them. We walked out of the store and went to Claire's. Macey bought us all neon nail polish (each matching our tops), lip gloss, and neon earrings, each matching our shirts. Once we were done, we went to the food quart and got pizza that I bought. It was 6:00 when we went back to my house.
We got right to work when we got back to my house. After we got in our outfits, we all decided to straighten our hair, so we took turns using the straightener. After we were done, we all used our own makeup. Macey said she had to do mine because she wanted to make me look "fabulous, not like a clown. No offense.", so I sat down at the vanity while she applied mascara, blush, eye shadow, eyeliner, and the lip gloss she bought me. When I looked in the mirror, I didn't recognize myself. The girl in the mirror was beautiful, with only subtle makeup, except for the bold neon blue eye shadow, which wasn't too much.
"Macey I look amazing! Thank you sooooo much! I would hug you, but, you know." I said, motioning to my outfit.
"Oh, I'm so proud!" she replied, jumping up and down. We both laughed. Then Bex realized we didn't have shoes and started panicking again. Macey got her to relax and took out her bags. She took out four pairs of strappy high heels, with about 3 inch heels. We each put on our shoes, thanked Macey, and started fidgeting.
"Now, for the finishing touches." said Macey.
"What are you talking about? I thought we were done already?" asked Liz.
"Nope. One more surprise." said Macey, walking over to her bags and taking out a little pink think that I didn't recognize.
"Time to die your hair!" she squealed. One by one Macey came up to us and put streaks in our hair to match our shirts, popping a new color in every time. When we were done, we looked amazing.
After a few minutes, we heard the door ring. Wow, it was 6:45 already. I opened the door to see Jonas standing there, fidgeting, clearly uncomfortable.
"Hey, is Liz here?" he asked.
"Yup, one minute. Come on in while I go tear her away from Macey." I said, motioning to the couch.
I ran upstairs. "Liz, your date is here." I called. She ran downstairs. After they left, Bex, then Macey left. At 7:00 the doorbell rang. I sprang up from the couch and opened the door. There was Josh, smiling.
"Hey Cammie, you look great. Ready to go?" he asked.
"Thanks, and yeah, I'm ready. Let's go." I said, stepping out and closing and locking the door behind me.
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When we got to the school, riding in Josh's fathers truck (he had already gotten is permit) it was barely dark outside, but was getting cold. When we got inside and into the cafeteria, the lights were off and the really cool lights flashing everywhere. It was amazing! After looking around for a while (Josh went to go see his friends and left me to find mine) I decided to go get a drink. I walked over to the table where the teachers were selling sodas and bought a root beer.
I turned around with my drink in hand, and nearly ran into none other than Zach. When he saw me, his eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head. Even though I was still mad at him, I loved it when that happened; because I knew I was the one that made them do that.
"H-hey Cammie." he said, his eyes back in his head.
"Zach. So where's Tina?" I asked, looking around.
"I don't know. Somewhere with her friends or something. Where's Jimmy?" he asked.
"Josh is over with his friends. Now if you will excuse me, I need to go find him." I said, brushing past Zach.
I walked around a little and found my friends.
"Hey Cam! Come on, let's dance. You never dance at the dances. Oh, is that root beer?" she yelled over the music, grabbing my can and chugging the whole thing.
"Hey Bex. Um, how many sodas did you have?" I yelled back, knowing I don't want to know.
"Oh, not many. I think maybe 3…?" she yelled.
"Did Liz or Macey know? You know you weren't supposed to have soda." I yelled, while she just jumped up and down to the music.
"Don't be such a party pooper. Come on, dance!" she yelled, grabbing my hands and starting to dance with me. I danced with her for a while, until I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Josh.
"Would you like to dance?" he asked, holding a hand out.
"Sure." I replied, grabbing his hand. We danced, but then I felt another tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Zach smirking at me.
"Hey Galla-Cammie. You want to dance?" he asked, holding his hand out to me, just like Josh had. I looked back at Josh, who nodded his head at Zach, and begrudgingly took his hand.
But of course, fate hates me, so the second our hands touched a slow song came on. I recognized the song as She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5. Zach put his hands on my waist and I put mine around his neck.
"So Gallagher Girl, why did you say yes to Jimmy?" he asked.
"That's none of your business." I snapped, which made him smirk even more.
"You look nice tonight." he said, his eyes raking up and down my body.
"Oh my God. Was that a compliment from Zach Goode? Wow, I wish I had this recorded." I said sarcastically.
"Oh, but I think you have enough things taped. I still haven't gotten all the feathers out of my bed." I giggled.
"That was kind of the point." I said.
"Next time, please don't die my hair pink. I had to shower five times and still hadn't completely gotten that stuff out of my hair." he said, looking at me pointedly, which caused me to laugh again.
We danced silently for a while. When the song was done, I felt three pairs of hands grab my arm and drag me to the middle of the dance floor. If you can't guess who they were, than you really should pay more attention. Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls was on, one of our favorite songs. We all joined hands and started dancing and singing along, horribly. Then Untouched by The Veronicas came on, and we danced some more.
"Hey Cammie. You want to get out of here? It's pretty loud." said Josh, who came up behind me.
"Sure." I said, following him out of the cafeteria. We continued walking until we were in the lobby in the front of the school. We sat down on one of the benches.
"Have I told you that you look beautiful tonight?" he asked, his eyes raking up and down me.
"Um, yes, I believe you have." I said, blushing.
"Well, you do." he said, moving closer. He closed his eyes and continued getting closer.
We were kissing, and then he forced my mouth open. I turned my head, but he grabbed it and turned it back towards him, without breaking the kiss. I tried pushing his chest, but he didn't seem to feel it. Then, his lips were gone.
I saw Zach standing behind him, holding him by the back of the shirt. Zach pushed him over to the benches.
"If she wanted you to stop, stop!" he yelled at Josh.
Josh got up and went to punch Zach in the face, but he ducked. Zach punched Josh in the stomach, actually getting him this time.
"STOP! Both of you!" I yelled.
"Cammie…" said Zach, walking towards me. I ran the opposite direction. I ran to the back of the school, through the doors, to the park, and sat down on the steps of the gazebo. I sat there and cried. I didn't exactly know why I was crying, but I just let the tears come.
After about 10 minutes, I saw a figure walking towards the gazebo. As the person got closer I saw that it was Zach. I ignored him while he sat next to me. I ignored him while he put his jacket around my shoulders.
"Cammie, I'm sorry. He was…and you wanted him to stop and he wouldn't…he shouldn't take advantage of you like that." he said.
"I can take care of myself Zach." I said softly, drying the left over tears on the back of my hand. I noticed my mascara hadn't ran, maybe Macey knew that I would need waterproof.
"Well it didn't look like you were. I'm sorry if you didn't want me to help you, but I couldn't stand to see him doing that to you." said Zach softly.
"It's okay. I just wished you guys hadn't started fighting." I said to him. By now I was facing Zach and looking at him.
"Well Jimmy isn't really a great fighter, so I wouldn't call that fighting…more like playing dodge ball with those weak balls that they have us use. Only attached to his arms." he said. We both laughed, and then looked at each other.
Both of our faces got closer, and then our lips met, and it was like fireworks.
A/N: That's your reward for giving me 100 reviews! Now, I want you guys to review and tell me if I should continue the story or stop it. I also think that I'm going to write this story again in Zach's POV. What do you think? Review and tell me please!