A/N Yes, yes I know I'm a horrible person, and I deserve to be locked up and thrown in the dungeon with reinforced binding glass and a titanium door three feet thick. But..well last week I was at my friends' house all day on Sunday and we had A LOT of projects this past week. So today I update twice. Yes, twice, oh dear Gallagher Girls.
P.S. Since UWS is out everywhere and people think it's okay to post spoilers, there are still some people out there who haven't read it, so please don't post spoilers and ruin it for them. I've already read it so it doesn't really matter…but…yeah try to be respectful.
~Alex
Bex POV
"Hey, Bex!" called a slurred voice from behind me. I turn around to see Tina Walters arm in arm with Marc Johnson, possible drunk since even from a four foot radius Tina stinks.
"What do you want now, Tina? If it's about the incident with Josie and Austin in the janitor's closet, I'm not spilling," I tell her, rolling my eyes.
Tina rolled her big blue eyes right back at me. "Well, I heard Zachary Goode spray painted the principal's car with Jordan Alder. According to my sources, it's because he's still mad about his and Cammie's break-up."
"Crap!" I say, then proceed to curse worse words under my breath, looking around to make sure Madame Dabney isn't anywhere nearby.
I turn, and run as fast as possible to Zach's house. Yes, Zach's house. We happen to live nearby.
When I got to his house, I didn't bother knocking. "ZACHARY ANDREW GOODE!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I sounded like a pissed-off girlfriend. But I wasn't. I was a girl that he'd known since our mom's took parenting classes together. So yeah, I had every right to scream at him.
I thundered up the stairs and up into Zach's room. He was with Anahi Boden, Tina Walters' best friend, and a girl who took advantage of guys who had just broken up.
"What. The. Hell. Are. You. DOING?!" I yelled at him. If he was so "depressed" about his and Cam's break-up, then why was he dating Tina Walters' best friend? Who was just as bad as Tina herself!
"If you could leave, Rebecca, it'd be greatly appreciated," snapped Zach.
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Hell to the no. I'm not leaving because A) I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOURE DOING WITH HER!"—I pointed to Anahi—" IF YOURE SO DEPRESSED ABOUT CAMMIE!?"
"We broke up. I can date whoever the hell I want," snapped Zach. I narrowed my eyes at him, then pinned his arm behind his back, which is what they taught me in the karate classes that I take on Sundays. Let's just say he was in excruciating pain.
"You do realize Cam has spent the past two weeks crying non-stop? Yesterday the only reason she didn't cry AT ALL was because we forced her to go out," I shot at him. I paused, took a deep breath, and told him what I had caught Cammie doing one day in her bathroom.
*Flashback*
"Cammie!" I called, going upstairs to her room. She wasn't in there so I tried again. "Macey says she's going to force you into high heels so we can go to Austin's party!"
Still no answer. That was weird. Her room was empty, so I ran to her private bathroom. I threw open the door and saw Cammie with a razor in her trembling hands, wearing just underwear and a tank top. I saw trails of blood running from her thigh where she was cutting. Her stomach had bruises all over it.
Oh. My. Gosh.
I couldn't speak. I was in too much shock. "Cammie," I whispered softly, looking into her eyes.
She didn't answer, but gently put the razor down. Finally she looked down at her feet, scuffing them on the white tile floor. "I'm sorry," she whispered.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked, my voice cracking. But deep down I knew why she was doing this.
"Zach" was her answer.
*Flashback over*
"So you see," I started, hand on hip, "you're the reason the poor girl is CUTTING HERSELF!"
This time I really lost my temper. I punched him in the face, and I heard a sickening crack as I broke his nose. Another punch in the gut, making him double over. A knee in the place where no guy ever wants to be hit.
His nose was bleeding. He was on the floor in pain. And Anahi just stood there, looking at him.
"Wow. I never thought the "Zachary Goode" that dated most of the juniors and half the sophomores would lose to a girl. See ya around," she said, taking her coat off a chair, and leaving without a trace she'd been there.
But all I noticed was the blond haired girl with the hazel eyes that had entered when Anahi left. "Most of the juniors?"—her voice cracked—"half the sophomores?" she said, tears forming in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry Cammie," I whispered. "I'm so sorry."
A/N Well that was…depressing. So yeah, we discover a bit on how the break-up affected both Cam and Zach, and this chapter was a bit to depressing for younger Gallagher Girls out there… Speaking of younger, anyone here under the age of ten? Cause I've always wanted to know if there are younger Gallagher Girls. So review your age if you're 13 or under (like meeeee!) Three youngest Gallagher Girls get a shout-out!
~Alex
