A/N: OHMYGOSH THNK U FOR ALL OF THE AMAZING COMMENTS! I 3 YOU GUYS! Because you all reviewed SOOO much I made this chapter EXTRA long and super dramatic and you will love it (i hope)! Also, I hope u r all excited for SUMMER. AND DON'T JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER COMES OUT TMRW!!! AHHHH! So that is the other reason I updated. I mean wat culd get u more excited for Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover than Cammie in Westchester?! lol. plus, this chapter has lots of ZACH! yayy! haha. ENJOY::
Disclaimer: Ally Carter and Lisi Harrison own it. =].
Massie's POV:
I woke up in the middle of the night to find Cammie's bed empty. I checked the clock. It read 12:24.
"Cammie," I whisper-shouted. I didn't want to wake my parents or anyone else up by shouting at the top of my lungs. There was no response.
I looked around Cammie's bed, where her sheets were thrown all over the place. The shoes that used to be in front of her dresser were now gone, along with her Juicy jacket and purse. Cammie had definitely gone out. But to where? And why hadn't she asked me to come with? I'm always up for sneaking out.
All of the sudden my eyes zoned in on a piece of paper that was next to Cammie's bed. It read "Hungry for a midnight snack? Meet me at the entrance to this shack". HUH? It made no sense. Maybe she was in the kitchen eating food, but that would be impossible because the house is silent and no one can eat without making a little noise. And what was the deal with the "shack"? This is NAWT a beach party.
I re-read the note over and over again. Ohmygawd, "meet me"! It said "meet me"! Did Cammie leave that for ME and want me to meet her? Or did someone write that to HER? Was she meeting a guy?! But, she has a boyfriend who is far away from Westchester, so that couldn't be it… right? I was going to find out what was going on, and whether the note was meant for me or not wouldn't stop me the slightest bit. Because no one excludes Massie Block. No one.
I slipped on a pair of black Converse, a light blue PINK by Victoria's Secret sweatshirt, grabbed my phone, and headed out the door to my bedroom. I went to turn off the security system to our house to find that someone had already done it. Was it Cammie? But how did she know our security code…?
Confused and scared, I hurried out the door to the house and sprinted into the darkness.
"Why hadn't I thought to bring a flashlight?" I wondered silently. It would have made searching for Cammie SO much easier. I used the dim light from my phone to guide my way, and the minimal amount of lights that were around the Estate. I would definitely need to complain to my parents about that.
I stepped in a big pile of mud. Or was it dog poop? AHHH! My shoes were covered in the goopy brown mystery substance.
"Whatever, they're just Converse," I thought to myself. I mean honestly, I had others and I barely even wore them since they weren't nearly as cute as my designer heels and sandals. Thank goodness I hadn't worn my brand new Stilettos.
Once I had calmed down about my shoes, I continued to look for Cammie. She was nowhere in sight. But she had to be close. That's when I saw a faint light in the distance. It was on for a minute, and then it went off again. That had to be her. I quietly ran to where the light had flashed. I could hear someone breathing. No, it was more than one person. I slowly pulled out my phone, turned the flash on and took a picture so that I could see who the people were. And… E .
There was Cammie. And Zach. M. A. K. I. N. G. O. U. T.
Cammie's POV:
At 11:56 I crept out of bed, slipped on shoes, a jacket, and rushed down the stairs, careful not to wake Massie up in the process. I went to the security alarm so that I could turn it off, but of course, Zach had already gotten there first and done it. Darn, I was really looking forward to using the fingerprint kit my mom got me for my birthday to see what numbers were most commonly pressed. And I think you know what to do from there.
I walked out the front door of the Block Estate and there was Zach, leaning against the wall of the house with that smirk on his face. At first I was excited to see him. Then I remembered what he'd done earlier that day, and my smile faded. I was mad at him for a few reasons. One, he had asked ALICIA to the dance! Two, he hid a bug in my room (which I found in like two seconds. I mean seriously, under Massie's bed is such an obvious hiding spot). And third, that smirk of his was driving me crazy.
"Hey Gallagher Girl," he said.
"Shhhh!" I reminded him, "Someone might hear you."
"Everyone's asleep, but we can walk farther away if it makes you feel better."
"Whatever."
We walked more and more away from the house in silence, until Zach finally realized that maybe I wasn't talking to him for a REASON.
"Are you mad at me?" he asked.
"Mad? More like FURIOUS!" I exclaimed.
"Why?"
"Are you kidding me?! You're going to the dance with Alicia!"
"Last time I checked you're going to the dance with Josh."
"So what?! That's totally different. I'm not allowed to go dateless; it's a Pretty Committee rule."
"How do you know that the boys I'm friendly with won't allow me to go dateless either?"
That one stumped me. I guess I had just assumed that he COULD go alone. I mean typically guys don't care about that kind of stuff. Then again, back at Gallagher it was never a problem with the girls either, considering we have only had one school dance in the entire time I've been there (when the Blackthorne boys came). And besides, we had more important things to deal with than whether we had a date or not (such as keeping the school safe, and not to mention the fact that we were given different identities and supposed to act like those people).
"Oh. Sorry. I didn't know that you had to ask someone too…" I apologized.
"No need, we don't," Zach smirked.
"UGH! YOU JUST DON'T GET IT DO YOU?! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO OBNOXIOUS?! YOU JUST ASKED ALICIA BECAUSE I ASKED JOSH WHICH IS A HORRIBLE REASON! AND WHY DID YOU BUG MY ROOM?! I DESERVE SOME PRIVACY! IT'S NOT LIKE I'D BE TALKING ABOUT YOU ANWAY!" I exploded, and then I noticed that Zach was just standing there smiling. Yes, he was SMILING while I was screaming at him. What the heck was that about?
"Why are you smiling?" I questioned irritated.
"I don't know, you just look really cute when you're angry," he admitted.
Ugh. Zach made things SO confusing. First he was rude and then he was all romantic. And he thinks I'm the one PMSing?! I mean what kind of person does that?
"Are you trying to make me fall in love with you?" I asked, because it seemed to me like he was trying to sweet talk me back into liking him. It wasn't going to work.
"Why, is it working?" he said raising his eyebrows in a questioning way. It wasn't going to work, it wasn't going to work, it was DEFINITELY NOT going to work. I repeated this over and over and over in my mind, but as I looked intently into his eyes I found myself realizing that it WAS working. I was falling head over heels for Zach, and there was nothing I could do to stop myself now.
"How did you know?" I teased.
"Spy," he replied and we both broke into a fit of laughter over his typical response.
Then I felt Zach's lips brush against mine as we broke into a kiss. He put his hands around my waist and pulled me closer. I took in his wonderful scent, feeling like the luckiest girl alive.
"EHMAGAWD EWW! WHAT THE HECK?!" a voice screamed as a bright flash blinded my eyes, totally ruining the moment. Zach and I broke apart, turning to see who was there. Squinting in the darkness I saw Massie Block with an appalled look on her face.
Oh no, she had seen me and Zach together. KISSING. You don't just go around kissing your BROTHER. Unless you're a freak, and I'm positive that freak's aren't accepted in the Pretty Committee. I was screwed. No, I was BEYOND screwed. I would have to give up the mission, there was no other way. I couldn't tell Massie the truth, and I very well couldn't have her think that I enjoy making out with my brother.
It's a good thing Zach is a phenomenal spy, because if he wasn't then he wouldn't have thought as fast as he just did right then. He wouldn't have thought to slip a Napotine patch onto Massie's arm so that she would pass out before she had time to think or say anything else.
"The Napotine patch is good for now, but when she wakes up she's going to remember seeing us. We need to convince her it was something else," Zach explained as he saw me looking appreciatively at Massie being out cold in the grass.
"I don't think she's the only one we're going to have to convince," I gulped, picking up Massie's cell phone. There was one message in her Outbox. One PICTURE message. Of me and Zach KISSING. And it was sent to all the girls in the Pretty Committee, with instant replies from every single one of them already in her Inbox.
"There's got to be some way to explain the picture without telling the truth or making us look bad," Zach pondered.
"Truth or Dare."
"Cammie, this is not a good time for stupid games! This is a serious situation!"
"NO! We can say we were playing Truth or Dare and that Massie dared us to kiss."
"Is that really believable?"
"UH, YEAH! Do you like never play Truth or Dare or something?"
"It's a little girly, no offence."
"Are we using the idea? We need to decide right now or else the girls are going to get suspicious about why Massie isn't replying!"
"Fine, do it, but just be sure it's going to work. We only get one chance."
I sent a message to the Pretty Committee saying:
It's not wat u thnk.
We were playing T or D & I dared them to do it.
Haha. Did I scare u wit the pic?
I wasn't sure how everyone would react to it, but it was the best I could do. If I were them I would have totally believed it. Or maybe I was just saying that to make myself feel better. Within seconds the girls responded. I opened Claire's first.
OMG! I TTLY FREAKED! Haha. You got me =].
I let out a huge sigh of relief. One down, three to go. I opened Kristen's next.
I feel so bad for Cammie! I mean EWW! LOL!
I couldn't help but laugh at this one. If Kristen only knew how much I had been ENJOYING it. But then again, she still thought he was my brother. There's a major difference there. I clicked on Dylan's text to view it.
AHHH! NVR SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN! ROFL!
So far I had fooled them all, but I wasn't sure if I would be able to fool Alicia. I mean she had been semi-crushing on Zach, and I don't think a picture of him kissing me would make the whole relationship between me and Alicia any better. But since I had no choice but to open it, I did.
WOWW. Nice dare. Nxt time do Kuh-laire and Todd. Haha.
"Told you it would work!" I bragged to Zach, showing him the text messages I, well Massie, had received.
"Yeah," Zach agreed.
Zach leaned in to kiss me, but I pushed him away.
"What was that for?" He asked.
"We can't do this anymore! I mean look what happened! We almost blew our cover and the entire mission!" I exclaimed.
"Well next time we will just have to be more secretive about it."
"What if next time we get caught and they don't buy our excuse? Kissing your 'brother' once can be handled, but TWICE is unexplainable."
"So you're just going to give up? I guess you aren't the Gallagher girl I thought you were. You know the one who snuck out of school to see a guy?!"
"That was different…"
"No, just the guy."
Zach picked up Massie and began to walk back to the house. I ran after him and tapped him on the shoulder.
"She should be out for over another hour…" I whispered, and it wouldn't have taken a spy to figure out what I meant. He placed Massie gently on the ground and grabbed my hand. I leaned up and kissed him, glad to be back in his arms once again.
A/N: OHEMGEE! Wat did u thnk of it? PLZ REVIEW TONS! I need at LEAST 12 b4 I update again, but no promises I will be super quick cuz its gna be summer and I'm busy (just like I'm sure most of u r). Plz tell me what u wuld like to c happen. Shuld Massie find out about Cammie's true identity or shuld she b fooled also? Is Cammie a good enuf spy to fool and ALPHA? REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!