Hello everyone, I was very happy with all the reviews I'd gotten from parts 1 and 2! So without further ado... chapter 21 my lovelies...
Cammie's POV:
Dear whoever this may concern,
By the time you have read this I will be gone. Don't think of this as running away because I'm going to tell you where I am, I'm not pulling a Cammie on you guys! I'm in Italy at Preston's holiday home, that's where they've taken him...to Italy not his home! Liz and I installed trackers inside him and thank god we did. I have a bad feeling about Preston, what on earth will the circle be telling him? You all need to come here, to Italy, I now have the secure location of where the circle is keeping him and if we act fast we can save him.
Cammie: I know. I overhead him before you're little honey-potting mission. I'm not mad at you Cams, I'm sad that you couldn't of told me but I understand.
Bex: I'm still not proud of what you did! You see we have this amazing thing called, erm, SKYPE were you can talk to people all over the world. Yeah, why don't you try that?!
Liz: you are the sweetest thing and I've got to thank-you for being there for me!
Zach: Preston needs to take a page out of your book on how to protect and love his girl. You need Cammie, and she needs you!
Mrs Morgan: before you go on about what a bad spy I am, I wanted to be found. There's been too much drama, too many important things going on for me to run away. Trust me; I remember when I first did!
Preston: for some strange, annoying and pathetic reason, I think I still love you. And when I bust you out of The Circle, you're gonna seriously wish you were back there!
Come get me soon,
Macey McHenry xxx
We'd read the note many times before deciding what to do. We knew that we had to get Macey but there were loads of other things to think about as well. My mother Zach, Liz and Bex all said I was too frail and weak to go on a mission and all offered to keep me company while they went.
"What?! No way, no way, no way! I will not be staying here while you all get to go to Italy!" I shouted. We were all in my mother office, making plans and arranging how to get there.
"Honey, I'll admit you look better but you've still not recovered fully" said my mom, taping her temples symbolising my short term memory loss. I hung my head in defeat. She was right of course, I'd almost forgotten who she was, who my friends were and mostly... who I was. I only remembered Zach, I think the necklace he got me had some special kind of powers or something, because every time I touch it Zach smiles, like he can feel my skin on his.
"I know!" cried Liz, standing up walking over to my mom. "Cam can help me! We'll be at the safe house guiding you guys while you carry out the mission. I know that Cammie's a field agent but it could be useful if she ever changed career path?" I smiled at Liz before turning toward my mother, wishing, hoping, praying for the okay that I can go to Italy. My mother thought for a minute, all of us on the edge of our seats. My mother looked at our desperate faces, and then she finally agreed! We all jumped and rejoiced before she ushered us out her office, but she kept Zach back for a few moments. She was probably talking about birthday stuff. (A/N: sorry, but I don't know what her birthday is so let's just says it's around September/October time!) I can't believe that in a few days I'm going to be nineteen! I also can't believe that Zach's already nineteen and he never told me! When I mentioned the fact that I might be older than him he just laughed and then informed me that his birthday was the week that had just gone! I was gobsmacked, shocked and also felt very guilty. Zach told me not to worry though; he said he had the greatest day anyway... because he spent the whole day with me!
I waited for Zach to come out of my mom's office. The bell rang and I saw a couple of familiar faces while I was waiting. I saw Mick and Eva walking to the Grand Hall for lunch, I saw Tine interrogating some first years and I saw Courtney talking to her little sister Daisy who had just been accepted into Gallagher. Zach finally came out after twenty minutes. He opened the door and closed it stealthily, obviously not noticing I was right behind him!
"BOO!" I shouted, I saw Zach flinch a little but to this very day he denies it!
"Ha, nice try Gallagher Girl, but it's going to take a lot more to scare me!" he smirked before taking my hands and leading me away from the office.
"What did my mom want? I hope she wasn't being too hard on you" I teased, remembering the first time I'd told her the whole 'Zach and Cammie' thing or as Tine likes to call us 'Zammie'.
"Don't worry babe, it's all fine" he smiled at me, the smile he seems to be giving me lately instead of smirks. I hate to say this, but I kind of miss one of the good old Zachary smirks!
"That my friend; tells me nothing!" I huffed, crossing my arms over my chest. Zach stood looking at me for a very long time before saying, "Come on beautiful, we've got to pack."
Zach's POV:
Mrs Morgan found it. She found the ring I was going to give Cammie. She found the engagement ring. At first I wasn't sure how she was going to take it:
She could be overjoyed:
'Oh Zach, I'm sorry I ever doubted you! You can have all my money and everything you've ever needed!"
She could be pissed:
'What?! You want to marry my daughter? You?! How dare you...!"
Or she could've given me the response I wanted...which luckily she did.
"Oh Zach, I'm overjoyed, and really happy about it! I must admit, I've had my doubts as you know but you have shown true loyalty, warmth, love and compassion to my daughter and you have my blessing!" Mrs Morgan had tears in her eyes. She stood up and did something I would have never expected, she gave me a hug! I'm not saying that I don't like Mrs Morgan because I do like her, she's amazing but her action caught me by surprise. It's not like she's wooden towards me, she'll give the odd squeeze of the shoulder or ruffle of the hair but receiving a hug off her was totally unexpected.
"Don't worry Mrs M; I'll take care of Cammie while we're in Italy. I'll be her personally bodyguard" I said, meaning every single word. I'd make sure that instead of Cammie feeling stuck I'll make her feel like it's a vacation for both of us. While they're busy planning we'd be dining out, while they're cracking codes we'll be sightseeing and while they're busting Preston out in the early hours of the morning, we'll be tucked up in bed. Now, I'm not the romantic type but from how much it's making me want to vomit, I'm sure it sounds romantic, right? I take the ring back from Mrs Morgan and tuck it into my back pocket and slip through the door. "BOO!" shouts Cammie; obviously trying to scare me. I just reply by telling her that it was a nice try but better look next time which causes her to rolls her eyes. I'd normally smirk after all this, just to annoy her but lately I've been... smiling! I honestly don't know what Cammie's done to me! When I found out my dad had died I never smiled once after it. Mum always tried to get me smiling but it never worked, I don't know what it was about her, she just never made me feel happy. My dad and I used to play basketball, baseball and every kind of ball game there was. He taught me how to read, write and speak. My dad was there, unlike her! While she was off killing innocent people I was enjoying time with him. Until that night, until the night when everything went horribly wrong. My father knew of course, he knew about my mother job... he knew because he was a part of it. My dad wasn't in the field so he didn't do any of the killings; he tracked agents for his job. It was nine o'clock and my dad had just tucked me into bed when I heard them arguing. My mother screaming at him about how I should attend Blackthorne and follow in the footsteps of them while my father said he had already taught me most things about being a normal boy and wanted me to have that kind of life. They're voices rose higher and higher until the whole neighbourhood could hear them! I jumped out of bed and crept down stairs; my excuse if they found me was that I was thirsty.
"Oh no. Don't make me do this Michael! You do not want to make an enemy of me!" she shouted her eyes pools of fire that could probably burn holes through the walls.
"'Make an enemy of you'? You're my wife! And Zach is our son! Not just yours Catherine! I don't want him living a life likes yours when he grows up. I want him to love and protect his lover and not be telling his children he's on a business trip when he's really off to murder someone!" my father's eyes were now blazing, he was full on angry. She however said nothing, she just watched him and them smirked. I now know why she smirked; she smirked because she knew the next day he would be dead. He would be found in his office dead; with absolutely no cut, bruises or scraps, just a note from her.
When I found out she had killed my dad it was quick and fast. Like a band aid being ripped off. It was over Sunday dinner, me on one end and my mother the opposite. My fork was half way to my mouth before she blurted it out. "I killed your father." Most children would look at their mother like she was crazy, but I knew she was being serious. My mother never joked around. And I knew that I was serious that when she packed all my stuff and dumped me off at Blackthorne, that I would make my father proud. I'm going to protect and love Cammie until the end. Until our time is over.
Wowza, that's a lot to sink your teeth into isn't it! I apologise if there are any mistakes and I just really want to know what you think of Zach's background and what his parents were like and if I've captured the real Zachary Goode! Review please?
-cammieXzachxx