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Chapter 14:

Cammie's POV

I finally turned around to see who it was as I realised that the voice didn't belong to Zach… It was Josh. Just who I wanted to see... not.

"Josh, please not now" I pleaded him.

"Just give me a chance, please." He pleaded with me as he looked me directly in the eyes. I didn't know if I should after what he had done to me. I debated in my head whether I should allow him to speak but instead of waiting for an answer, he just continued anyway in his typical jock way.

"I would never do what Zach just did." That was the final straw, I was not in the mood to be bothered by Josh or to even hear Zach's name. And how he even knew about what I used to feel for Zach or what he did was beyond me. I knew news spread fast around the school but this was as if someone had set alight to petrol or something!

"Josh, I don't care about Zach or what he did and I will most certainly NOT go on a date with you." I said quite fiercely as I felt the blood rush to my head.

I watched his smile fall but I didn't stick around any longer to see anything else. The final lunch bell went off shortly after my little outburst and I made my way briskly to my locker to collect my books. I had maths next (the bane of my life) and the day just got better as I realised both Tina and Zach were in that lesson. Great. I sighed and guessed that I would have to just stick very close to Liz before I did something I could regret.

I was the second person in the classroom or third if you included the teacher, the only other person being Liz. She normally liked to sit at the front of the room but she reserved a seat at the back for us, I smiled at the thought. We sat in silence as we both arranged our books and equipment in our special manner. Liz had her equipment in uniform whilst mine were just in a position that made them actually fit onto the small desk. It was oddly comfortable and would have been completely serene if the other students didn't go out of their way to make their classroom entrance the most disruptive.

I was seated at the back of the room and my head was down but I knew exactly where Zach was sitting. The leech, Tina didn't make it any less obvious either as she was sharing a desk with him. I mean, she was practically sitting on his lap! A fond memory of the sleepover and myself in Zach's lap came to mind but I pushed it away and instantly became really interested in my maths book.

I cursed under my breath, the teacher was apparently teaching us something for once and was writing something on the board for us to copy down. There was a slight problem though. Liz and I weren't known for our supermodel height, which made us being at the back of the room quite a nuisance. Plus, it didn't help that there was a tall, broad, dark-haired god in front of us.

Wait! DOG, not god. Dog not god, dog not god, dog not god...

Anyway, Zach and Tina were in the way. I reached for my pencil, contemplating whether I should throw it at them or not. The majority of me wanted to, but the other part of me didn't want to interact or ask Zach for any favours. In conclusion, I spent the rest of the lesson craning my neck to get a look at the board or at other people's notes and I left the lesson with a hurt neck and muddled up work.

With the clock marking 3:30 I left the classroom with Liz and we both went to our lockers, Macey and Bex were going to meet us there. I heard Zach call after me but I ignored him. I was tired and all I wanted to do was go home and sleep it all off. But of course things didn't go how I wanted them.

"Cammie." I heard. I looked across my locker at Liz next to me and her eyes confirmed my suspicions, Zach was behind me.

He repeated himself, but I willed myself to not turn around and I just continued peacefully packing my books and homework in my bag to take home. Not like I was going to do any of it today though.

"Gallagher Girl." He pleaded and if we were in a different situation I might have laughed because I know Zach doesn't beg for anything.

"Don't call me that." I shook out. I had started looking forward to when Zach called me Gallagher Girl but now it just felt fake.

"Please let me explain." By now I noticed Bex and Macey with us, an enquiring look in their eyes. Bex mouthed "Do you want me to beat him?" and I couldn't help but smile whilst shaking my head at her. I ended up turning around to face him instead.

I wanted to say that he looked like shit. That he was completely messed up or distraught. But he wasn't. He still looked as good as the first morning we met: piercing green eyes, dark thick hair, kissable taunting lips and a figure that made you want him to hold you and never let you go.

Shame it was all wasted on some arrogant prick.

"Frankly Zach, there is nothing to say." I said forcing the weakness out of my voice as I tried to persuade him and myself that he had absolutely no effect on me. I was so wrong... I turned away from him with the meaning of not continuing but he grabbed me by the bicep and spun me towards him. His grip was firm but it wasn't hurting, I shook it off anyway.

"Yes there is! I don't want you going out with Josh." He said in a serious tone, one in which he rarely used. Wait, how did he know about that? Did news really travel that fast? He seemed so stern that I laughed at his outburst, I even let out an unattractive snort at the end.

"Who I go out with is none of your concern. And I really don't care whether you want me going out with him or not! I didn't interfere with your relationship with Tina so you have no right to do the same with mine!" I finished, my heart pounding.

"Cammie, it wasn't like that…" he said looking me directly in the eye with that same serious tone in his voice.

"Zach, I don't need this… I've got to go. Do what you want and I'll do the same." I turned to grab my bag and walked down the corridor, willing myself not to look back and give him the satisfaction that he wanted. After a couple of seconds, I heard the footsteps of the girls walking behind me. We walked the rest of the way out of the school corridor in a chatty huddle, trying to forget what had just happened. Bex and Macey especially were trying to distract me. I went along with it because I appreciated their efforts. As usual we stopped outside of the school entrance, but we were still in its premises if that makes sense...

I had no idea why we did this but everyday after school we would just stop and talk for a bit before heading our separate ways. And as usual Bex was leading the conversation.

"So shall we do something today? We could all go out." She suggested

I groaned internally, I loved my friends. But I was just going to ruin their night if I went with them today. Liz had a plausible excuse though.

"It's a school night." She said and I nodded my head in agreement. Bex was about to go on but Macey sent her a look that stopped her. Wow. Someone silenced Bex... I sent Liz a sneaky smile and she returned it. I love my partner in crime!

We finally went our separate ways, I walked to the left with Bex whilst Liz and Macey went to the right. We walked together with ease and I was reminded with how much I liked Bex. She was confident, fun, extravagant and loyal. She was as Grant calls her, a British Bombshell.

I walked the rest of the way home without Bex and I spent sadly, most of the time thinking about Zach and how much he angered me. He had no right to kiss someone else, but he did have the right, I just didn't want him to. I assumed too much of our relationship and I came out of it severely disappointed. I shook my head as I walked, there was never a relationship between Zach and I. To the naked, oblivious eye of someone passing by I must have looked quite possessed as I frequently shook my head or clenched my fists.

I finally reached my house, I opened the door with the keys I found at the bottom of my bag and threw my bag on the sofa. I sat down contemplating my decision before searching for my phone and calling a number I never thought I would use.

"Hey Josh, is the offer for a date still on?"