Oh my gosh, I am soo sorry! I promised I would update, but I didn't..I feel terrible! Its been months since my last update, and I hope I still have the same readers I had before..I keep getting reviews randomly, and it makes me feel bad because I haven't been updating. I'll try to change that. My best friend and I both said we would update our stories today and have at least 1,500 words in the chapter. So here goes, and sorry for the cliffy at the end of the last chapter!

Cammie's POV

"Mom?" I asked and walked towards the living room. I saw my mom sitting on the couch with the phone in her hand, crying.

"Mom! What's wrong?" I ran over to her and sat down on the ground in front of her.

"It's your father." She sniffled.

"What about dad? What happened?" I asked, feeling tears coming into my eyes.

"He…he died this afternoon in a car accident.""What? Dad died..? Please tell me your joking!" I was sobbing now.

My mom took a deep breath and then said, "He was coming home from the cabin. He was crossing an intersection when a drunk driver ran the red light and crashed into his car, right where he was sitting. The police say he died instantly. I just can't believe my husband is gone..." She started crying harder. I held my mother and we cried together on the couch.

He's gone...my dad is gone...

After almost a half and hour of crying with my mom, I wiped my eyes and told her I needed some alone time in my room. I walked up the stairs, closed the door, and sat on my bed and cried. I cried and cried and cried.

Twenty minutes later, I heard a something hit my window. I looked up through my blurry eyes to see Zachary Goode throwing pebbles at my closed window from his window. I got up and opened my window.

"What do you want Zach?" I said, my voice cracking from all of my crying.

"What's wrong? I looked out my window and I see you crying on your bed. Do you want to talk about it?" Zach asked me.

I nodded and then he motioned towards the ground and I got what he meant. He wanted me to go meet him outside, in between our houses. I closed me window and walked downstairs, not even bothering to tell my mom where I was going. When I got to where Zach and I were supposed to meet, he was already there. Practically ran over to him and gave him a huge hug. I buried my head in his chest and cried. Zach wrapped his arms around me and gently stroked my hair with his fingers. We stayed like this for several minutes before he spoke.

"What happened Cammie?" Zach asked, using my first name, which he doesn't do very often.

I took a breathe and then said, "My dad was killed today in a car accident. A drunk driver hit him when he was crossing an intersection, and my dad died instantly. He's gone. Gone forever. He will never come back." My voice sounded so hoarse. I looked up and Zach was looking at me with sadness in his eyes.

"I am so sorry Cammie..." He whispered. He leaned down and kissed me softly on the lips. I kissed back, just as soft. After a few seconds, he broke the kiss and looked at me. "I am here for you Cammie. You are not alone. Whenever you need someone to talk to, let me know, okay? I'll be there for you no matter what happens."

"What do you mean? Will something else happen that's really bad too?" I looked at him, feeling kind of confused now.

He hesitated a second before saying, "No, nothing more will happen. I'm just saying, I will be here for you, no matter what." He kissed my cheek and then took a step back, breaking the hug.

"I should go...I'll see you tomorrow at school Zach." I turned around and walked back into my house. My mom looked up at me but didn't say anything. He makeup was running down her face, and I figured mine was too. I went up to my bedroom, closed the curtain and sat down on my bed.

Wait. Zach just kissed me. Zachary Goode kissed me again! How did I not realize this until now? Does this mean we're together now? This moment would be so much better if everything else in my life wasn't falling apart...

I laid back on my bed and before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

**morning**

I sat up in bed when my alarm clock went off at six a.m. I groaned, rubbed my eyes, and got out of bed. I walked into the bathroom and took a twenty minute shower before going downstairs for breakfast. When I was done with my shower and done with eating breakfast, I put a little makeup on, barely any, put on a t-shirt and sweat pants, put my hair up in a ponytail, and grabbed my backpack. Crap, I didn't do any homework last night. Oh well, my teachers will understand.

At seven o'clock, I walked out of the door, after giving my mom a hug good bye, and went over to Zach's car. I got in the passenger side and buckled my seatbelt and waited for Zach to come out. Zach walked outside five minutes later and gets in the car and drives to school. The whole car ride there is silent.

When we get to school, I got out of the car and walked inside of the school to my locker. Bex was at her locker and was eager to greet me.

"Cammie, Grant asked me out and I said yes!" Bex gushed, which was very unusual for her. She is usually the tough one, not the girly one.

I half-smiled. "That's great Bex." I tried getting my locker open, but I kept failing at it. I asked Bex to help me, which she did, and she got it open for me.

"You seem kind of out of it today Cammie...is something wrong?" Bex asked me.

I nodded, and refused to make eye contact with her. If I did, I might burst out crying.

"My father died last night in a car accident." I said, my voice already sounding hoarse.

"What? Oh my gosh!" Bex said. Liz walked up and asked, "What's wrong?" bex turned to her and whispered what I had just told her. Liz instantly got an expression filled with sadness and hugged me tight. I hugged back and then stepped away and grabbed my things from my locker.

"I need to get to homeroom and tell all of my teachers why I didn't finish any of my homework." I shut my locker and walked to homeroom. I accidentally bumped into Macey on the way there.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" Macey exclaimed.

"I'm sorry. My mistake." I mumbled and continued to walk to homeroom, but then Macey stepped in my path.

"Macey, please let me through. I'm having a horrible day and you're making it worse." I said to her, starting to get upset.

"What's wrong? Zach hurt you just like I said he was going to? I warned you about him. He never has actual feelings for someone. He enjoys breaking girls' hearts." Macey said, crossing her arms across her chest.

"I do not enjoy breaking girls' hearts, and I do have feelings for people, unlike you, Macey." Zach said, coming out of nowhere.

"Bull crap Zach. Stop with the lies." Macey snaps. She sends him a glare and then storms off to homeroom.

"Thanks for making her go away." I said to Zach, not making eye contact.

"Anytime, Gallagher girl." Zach wraps his arms around me in a hug. I hug him back for a few seconds and then step back.

"We have to get to class." I said and then started walking to homeroom. Zach followed behind me.

We walked into the classroom a second before the bell rang. I sat down in the back right corner of the room and rested my head on my desk. I could be doing my homework right now that I forgot to do last night, but I didn't feel like thinking about school right now. Even though thinking about math problems and such would distract my mind from thinking about my dad or Zach and the kiss we shared last night...

I opened up my Advanced Calculus book and started working on last night's homework.

When the bell rang for the end of first period, I had finished all of my homework from last night. I stood up, satisfied, and walked out of the classroom. I went to my locker, grabbed a few things, and then headed off for my second period class.

**Lunch**

As I was walking into the cafeteria, my shoelace decided to be stupid and come apart, so I tripped and fell in front of everyone. Great. Could my day become any worse? I quickly recovered and grabbed a hot lunch and sat down at the usual table.

"Cammie, I heard about your dad...and I'm sorry." Josh said.

I looked up at him and half smiled. "Thanks Josh." I stared down at my food, not feeling hungry.

Zach walked over and sat down next to me. He took my hand underneath the table and gently held it. I looked at him and gave him a questioning look and he looked at me, smiled, and then started eating.

When lunch was over, Zach walked me to my next class. And then after that class, he walked me to my next one. When school was done, we met out by his car. He drove me home and when we got to my house he took my hands into his.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Cammie, I really like you...you're an amazing girl. You're funny, smart, cute, and I was wondering...will you go out with me?"

Chapter is complete! And if y'all were wondering, its 1,600 words long, exactly, not counting author note :)

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