Chapter 20:

"Happy birthday, Cammie!" Liz said, jumping on my bed.

"Liz! It's a long weekend! Why did you get me up?" I groaned and rolled over.

"Come on, Cam. Bex is already off for a run and its 9:30 in the morning." Macey said, dabbing on some make up under her eyes.

I groaned, but sat up. I quickly got in the shower before Macey or Liz could make a big deal out of my birthday.

After I finally gave in to the fact that my birthday wasn't going to go away for the next 15 hours, I got out of the shower and got dressed. Liz was gone, probably to check on some experiment in the lab, and Macey was waiting on my bed.

"Happy 18th Cam!" Macey said, grinning and hugging me, despite the fact that my hair was still dripping wet.

"Thanks Macey." I said, smiling sweetly at her.

"So when do you want your presents?" She asked as we walked down to the dinning hall.

"No, seriously Macey, I told younot to get me anything!"

"Fine. After lunch, then."

I rolled my eyes, but didn't protest.

Not many people were up early, it was a long week end after all, so Macey and I sat alone to eat out breakfast.

After we finished, Macey gave me another hug and ran off the help Liz with her boy to english translator. She was getting stuck on some phrases that Macey was going to help her with.

I walked around the mansion, looking for Bex. It was one of our traditions. We would always hang out together on our birthdays, and we would spar for a while. Bex always wanted to win, because it got to her that I was several months older than her.

Liz and Macey had said she was off on a run, so I just walked around the campus for a while. I walked through the P&E barn, the library, the dinning hall (again), and finally I just wandered through the hall of history. I walked around a corridor that lead to a few old classrooms that were barely used anymore, when I found two people kissing.

I was about to turn away when I realized that every boy who went to this school was dating one of my roommates, and that girl was defiantly not Bex, Liz, or Macey.

He was also to small to be one of the teachers, so I squinted to get a better look at him.

It was Preston. And the girl was not Macey.

I quickly backtracked around the corner, wanting to forget what I saw. But my teachers trained me to well. I could never forget what I just saw, even if I tried.

I was about to turn the corner when the girl pulled back a little, and giggled. It was Alison Last, a junior.

I cleared the corner quickly and sprinted away as soon as I was out of sight.

I ran right back to the room, and luckily Macey wasn't there. I'm not sure what I would have told her if she was. I couldn't handle telling her right now, I was to shocked.

I shut the door and locked it behind me, leaned against it, and breathed deeply.

"Cammie?"

I jumped. I thought I was alone, so I shot up in surprise.

"Bex? Sorry, you scared me."

"Ya, I tried to find you but I wasn't sure where you were so I came back here to shower. Whats wrong?" She asked, taking in my expression.

I had to tell Bex. She was my best friend and I needed to tell someone before I told Macey.

I went and sat down on my bed, and Bex followed and sat beside me.

I sighed. "I just caught Preston making out with Alison Last."

"WHAT?" Bex whisper yelled, her eyes practically popping out of her head.

"You heard me." I mumbled.

"What are we going to do?"

"We have to tell Macey. What would you want her to do if she caught Grant making out with some easy junior?"

Bex nodded.

"Your right."

After a while, we finally agreed we would tell her during lunch. It was only 11, so we went and sat in the dinning hall, waiting for Macey and Liz. Grant and Zach came in, and they came to sit with us.

"Happy birthday, Cam." Zach said, kissing the top of my head.

"Thanks." I said, distractedly watching the door.

"Whats up with her?" Grant asked Bex.

But she didn't reply. She just watched the door along with me.

Finally, after a while, Preston walked in alone. He came to sit with us, but Bex and I both gave him a death glare, and he sat a few seats down.

After a few more minutes, Alison and her friend came in, giggling. I watched Preston carefully. He glanced up blushed and looked down.

Alison giggled too, and I glared at both of them.

Grant and Zach were having a quiet discussion off the my right, but when Macey, Liz, and Jonas came in, Bex and I both shot to out feet and quickly walked over to them.

"Sorry, Jonas. You need to go sit with the other guys. We need to talk to Macey and Liz alone." I said, looking him directly in the eyes.

Liz and Macey both shot me questioning looks, but Jonas just said, "Sure. Oh, and happy birthday, Cammie!"

I smiled at him, but dragged Macey and Liz out of the room as soon as walked a few feet away.

"Whats going on Cammie? Are you PMSing or something?" Macey asked as I pulled her to the secret passageway that Mr. Solomon had left his code on last year.

We all sat down, but Liz and Macey still look confused.

We sat in silence for several minutes before Liz's stomach grumbled.

"Sorry!" She whispered.

"Its okay. Macey, I have something hard that I need to tell you. I don't want you to hate me for telling you this, but if I was in your position, I would want to know."

She looks concerned, but nodded, telling me to continue.

I shut my eyes and let out a breath. "I was walking in the halls and caught Preston making out with Alison Last."

I opened my eyes to see Liz looking shocked and Macey looking dazed.

"What? Are your sure?"

I nodded, and Bex squeezed her hand.

"But… I'm Macey McHenrey. This isn't supposed to happen to me. I know boys… And I know Preston. Why would he do that? We saved him. He wouldn't even be alive if it wasn't for us!" Macey said, tears gathering in her eyes.

"Aww, Macey!" We all said, hugging her and trying to comfort her.

"No. This isn't something to cry over. Preston's made his choices. I'm not going to be a weak minded girl that jus lets him do that." Macey said, standing up.

We nodded and she left. I think she was going to find Preston.

"We should go back to lunch." I murmured after 34 seconds.

Bex and Liz nodded, and we walked out.

By the time we got to the dinning hall, Grant, Zach, and Jonas were all sitting there looking confused. We sat down next to them and I turned to Zach.

"Wheres Preston?"

"Macey came in a dragged him out by the tie." He said, looking puzzled.

I glanced over at Alison, and she was smirking, starring at the place that Preston had been sitting.

"So whats up with them?" Zach asked.

"Umm, I'm not quite sure yet. We should wait and ask Macey about that." I said.

"So do you want your birthday presents now?" Grant asked with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Do I?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"Maybe we should wait for Macey?" Liz asked. "She is the one who bought most of them."

Grant deflated, but we all cleared our plates and went to lay outside in the grass while we waited for Macey.

OHMYGOSH I AM SO SORRY THAT I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SO LONG!

THIS IS REVIEW WEEK AND NEXT WEEK I HAVE FINALS AND LAST WEEK WAS MY 16TH BDAY SO I'VE BEEN SOOOOOO BUSY! BUT HERE IT IS! I'LL TRY AND UPDATE SOON BUT I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING!

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