In Another Life
Disclaimer: I own a computer.
I own a copy of the entire Gallagher Girls series.
BUT I do NOT own Gallagher Girls!
I simply use Ally Carter's characters and change them to do my bidding! I play with them but I did not make them! All rights to Ally Carter!
A/N: Hey here's the next chapter! Thank yous at the bottom.
Cammie's POV:
**Previously**
It's kind of like if you have already jumped off a cliff multiple times and now your following you friends jumping off a cliff so they don't die.
'Yeah that sounds like a pretty good analogy.' I think to myself as I finish lightly curling my hair into waves and putting in my black dangling earrings. Perfect. My smoky eye shadow and black outfit give me just the image I'm hoping for. The 'I'm sexy but badass, so stay away'. I know it won't work completely but hopefully it will help.
Now off to club.
Why does it have to be a club?
I strut out of my bedroom and am met with Bex and Zach standing around waiting for the others. I walk up to Bex and sigh she looks over raises her eyebrows. "I didn't know if you were going to show up." She states "You look hot." I roll my eyes.
"Thanks and this is still a bad idea." I mutter.
"Okay." I pause.
"You got your weapons?"
"Do I ever leave them?" Bex replies.
"Just asking." I mutter still tense.
Suddenly I feel hands wrap around my waist. "Relax." Zach whispers into my ear and I sigh and burrow farther into him. For a second Bex looks guilty but then Macey, Nick, Liz and Jonas walk in and as fast as it came it was gone.
Macey was dressed in a short, red, one shoulder skin tight dress, Bex was in a dark blue strapless cocktail dress, and Liz was standing uncomfortably in a short strapless pink and white cocktail dress that she pulled off amazingly well.
"Ready to head out?" Macey asks as she sashays to the door carrying a black clutch "I already called the Limo company we're going to a club called Dregger's Star." I feel myself stiffen in Zach's arms and my breath start coming out in short pants. The memories from there are tearing at the seams and are threatening to consume me.
"Babe?" Zach says as he stares at me concerned but I'm to lost even notice. My knees feel weak and if not for Zach's arms I would be on the ground.
"Not. There." I hiss out clenching my fists and clawing at his arms. By now everyone is gathered around me. "Not. There." I repeat.
"Okay okay we can go to Eternal Light." Compromises Macey but that didn't help.
No, in fact that made it a thousand times worse.
I couldn't help it, even with Zach's arms around me I slid to the floor wrapping my arms around my knees and rocking slightly. Slowly the outside world fades away. It's only me and my memories. I think I'm still trying to tell them no but I honestly can't tell.
I guess this is what happens after you kill twenty four people by the time your seventeen. This sucks.
But I can't help it. The memories swallow me.
**Flashback**
"Bravo Cameron, bravo. Your first mission was a success. Now your second is a little closer to home… Eternal Light at ten o'clock. The rest will come in time." I nod to Ms. Goode hop off the chair where my feet barley hit the floor and walk out of the office.
**Memory change years later**
I wade through the crowds of the Eternal Light towards the room I was told to meet Ms. Goode. I sigh but comply in handing over my phone and other electronics before heading in and sitting down. For I minute I continue to stare at the closed door in which you could still hear the booming music of the club before I let my gaze wonder up to Ms. Goode's face as she glares at me. "How could you?" She hissed "You nearly blew the whole mission!"
"But I didn't" I replied calmly "We all got out, mission completed and the boy was fine."
"The boy didn't matter! You put us at risk-."
"We made it." She continues to glare before giving me a vicious smirk.
"I'm sorry to say Georgie didn't."
**Memory change months later**
The people part for me as I strut through the club. You would be amazed what make up and high heels can do for an eight year old. I walk up to one of the many circle guards in the place. Well this ones different.
Average height. Average looks. Average Name (Rob Johnson). But one not so average thing. A big mouth.
"Rob." I say as I sit down at the bar. He looks shocked as he turns to me.
"Cammie." I snort.
"You know I've been doing a lot of asking around, Rob." I say as I grab his drink twirling it around. "Seeing who told Ms. Goode about the boy." He laughs nervously.
"Really? Yeah, well I wouldn't know."
"Is that so?" I say cocking my head "You wouldn't know who told Ms. Goode about the close call that made her take my brother away from me?"
"Nope." He says popping the 'P'.
"Well that stinks. Luckily I do." With that I grab a poison out of my purse and inject it into him without saying a word. I get up and start to head out before I hear the thud of his dead body hitting the table.
**End of memories**
I finally resurface to the real world and find everyone standing over me. "Not. The. Eternal Light." I say and Grant snorts.
"Yeah we figured that out. Care to explain why?"
"No." I say before turing to the girls "If you guys want to go anywhere head to the Ultimate or the Roxy."
"You still coming?" Macey asks. I should say no. I need to say no. It's mandatory for survival I must say no.
"Yes." I mutter.
"Cool we'll go to the Ultimate." I nod my head and we all walk out the door with me and Zach following last.
"Why the heck is everyone acting so calm about this?" I ask as we walk out of the room. Zach shakes his head.
"You should have seen the room when you were down. It was chaos. Everyone was yelling and fighting to get to you pushing each other out of the way and finally it all just stopped. I mean you were still muttering no but other than that everything was silent. We all just stared and hoped. Then when you started to resurface Liz said to act normal" He shrugged and smirked "So we did."
I didn't know what to make of that. Not one bit.
"Okay." I say hesitantly and we walk along in silence. Then just as we reach the limo Macey called I get enough courage to say "Thanks."
"Welcome." Zach smirks and says back and we get in the car. Who knows maybe some clubbing will be good for me.
Yeah fat chance of that.
We ride along chatting about nothing and then we reach the club. The pounding music and strobe lights were enough to catch someone's attention but the long line stretching all the way around the block proved this club was worth waiting for.
I grab Zach's arm and pull at my dress so my cleavage is showing before walking up to the bouncer. I'm not exceedingly pretty but with Bex, Mace, and Liz we should get in just fine.
Once I'm at the bouncer I push Zach and the other guys to the back and bring the girls up front. I wrap my arms around my torso so my cleavage catches his attention before leaning over his clipboard showing off even more. This use to embarrass the hell out of me but now… well let's just say that I've done this trick enough times that I've just stopped worrying about it. "You got any room in there for us?" I ask huskily batting my eyelashes and he gulps looking at us four girls before nodding and letting us in.
Once we're in everyone stares at me. "What? I've done it enough times that I know it works." Zach walks over to me and wraps an arm around my waist possessively.
"Yeah well that's before you had a boyfriend." He says shooting a glare at a guy who was checking me out.
We start walking to the bar when Zach cusses. "What?" I ask as he stares behind us looking completely outraged.
"That bouncer was staring at your ass!" He yelled and I couldn't help it. I laughed.
"Well duh!" I say "If you were a bouncer you'd check people out too!" He frowns still not looking happy. "Come on let's get a drink!" I say taking out a fake id.
"Fine." He mutters and drags me over to the bar.
"Oh come on Zachy don't go all caveman on me! Also you owe me fifty cents!" this gets him to lighten up and he smirks.
"How about I buy you a drink and we call it even?" I smile.
"Sounds good to me." I wish I could be like this all the time but I feel like something is always holding me back. Not this time though. This time I'm goin' all out.
Suddenly Macey and Bex are on either side of me.
"Lets play 'I have never'" Macey says.
"Uh guys? I don't know if I can handle that much alcoholic consumption at one time." I say nervously.
"Bloody hell Cam! Just relax! Come on it will be fun!" I sigh but nod and the girls cheer.
"Come on I got us a table!" We arrive at the table to see Liz and Jonas nervously looking around and Grant and Nick pointing at girls laughing and shoving each other. Macey and Bex share a look and for a second I feel bad for the guys, but if it was Zach I would kill him.
Speaking of Zach… I look behind me to see where he went and see him coming back with the drinks while checking out some girl's ass! I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!
So I marched right over to him and grab the drinks. "Zachary what do you think your doing." He looks down at me and smirks.
"Bringing you drinks, why?"
"Because I have a funny feeling that wasn't all you were doing…"
"Come on Cam let's just go play the game." I huff and stomp back to the table. I'll let it go… for now.
Everyone gathers around the table and sits down. "Did someone order the shots?" Macey asks and Bex nods.
"Um let's only do half shots I really don't want to have a hangover tomorrow." Everyone just shrugs and I sigh. Finally the shot glasses arrive and everyone turns to Macey.
"Okay so the game goes like this you say something you've never done and if another person at the table has done it they have to drink a shot. Oh and the things you haven't done should be things at least one other person at this table has done. Any questions?" we all shake our heads and Macey grins. "I'll go first. I have never worked as a bar tender."
Immediately Bex and I grab our shots and surprisingly so does Jonas. When everyone stares at him he just shrugs "I needed some money for a new computer and wanted to find something a little more normal."
"Jonas? Working as a bartender under age is not a normal way for a kid to get a new computer." I say blankly.
"Well then what about you? Why did you work as a bartender?"
"I've done it a couple of times. Missions and normalcy, I wanted a taste of normalcy so I used to work at Dregger's Star, there we're enough Circle agents there to keep an eye on me so Catherine allowed it." They nod and we move on with game.
"My turn" chimes in Liz "I've never been to a strip club." She says and everyone grabs a shot except Jonas.
"'kay I'll go next" says Nick "I've never jumped off a building." I laugh and grab my shot along with Zach Grant Bex and Macey.
"Dude you don't know what you're missing out." He fumes a little and Bex pipes up that it's her turn.
"I've never worked as a stripper."
"Dam girl" I mutter as I grab a shot "Your missing out." But then surprisingly Nick grabs a shot as well.
"It was a dare." He mutters. Macey licks her lips.
"I bet you totally owned it babe." And the rest of the table groans.
"Perverted couple, get away!" yells Grant and I chuckle.
"I'll go" I say "I've never had a pet." For a second they just stare at me but then everyone grabs a shot except Zach and Jonas.
"My turn" mutters Jonas "I've never been on the field in an actual mission, this is my first one." Everyone grabs a shot even Liz. It continued on like that and everyone getting a little more tipsy after each round. Well except for me, I have a high resistance to alcohol and I started doing half shots after Jonas's turn.
Eventually I decided I wanted to dance so I dragged Liz with me as the boys stared after us with clouded eyes.
Apparently shots cause Liz to lose her innocence. She may have had the least amount of all of us but let me tell you that doesn't stop her from throwing caution to the wind and putting on a show for the people of the club with me. Things got heated pretty quickly but it didn't start becoming personal until the karaoke.
Damn karaoke.
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