Chapter 25

Zach POV

And there you have it folks. I do Goode work. Fooling the director is a piece of cake- I've done it too many times to count now. Insert evil laughter here.

The best part? Cammie thinks she owes me big time- she thinks I've done this solely for her benefit. In reality, my actions were purely selfish. I want her around just as much as she wants me around- if not more.

I pulled on my leather jacket as I exited the debriefing room, flipping over the paper that held my cover until the next mission.

Agent Zachery Goode, Los Angeles California, Physical Education Teacher

Seriously? A teacher? That's what the masterminds that work for our government came up with? A teacher. Well, it could be worse I guess… maybe.

I ran into Cammie on the way out, too preoccupied with staring at my cover information. "Oh! Sor- oh, wait it's just you." She exclaimed, looking flustered.

I smirked at her. "Just me Gallagher Girl? You really know how to make a guy feel special, you know that?"

She smiled and rolled her eyes. "You know what I mean, Zach." She kissed me quickly on the cheek, and I couldn't help but feel a little bit cheated. So I, you know, kind of wrapped my arms back around her and gently tilted her chin back towards me so I could kiss her properly. She giggled and tried to duck out of the kiss and escape from my grasp. I wasn't having any of that.

"Nu-uh, you still owe me one sweetheart." I reminded her, trapping her with my arms.

"So what, you're going to make me your sex slave?" She teased.

Actually, not a half-bad idea. "I don't know… maybe more like sex indentured servant. Slavery implies that you don't want to be… and let's be honest…" I trailed off suggestively, smirking and winking at her.

She smirked right back, but even she couldn't hide the slight blush that grew up her cheeks. "How about we keep the public affection on the down low for now… you know, at least in the Langley Building right after you lied to the director and made him believe that we are not dating, hm?" Oh, right. Yeah… my bad.

"What can I say; I just can't keep my hands off of you." I said, releasing her.

And then I was attacked. By Nick and Grant, to be exact. "Dude! What the hell was that? Leads? California?" Nick hissed as McHenry and Bex seemed to be doing the same exact thing to Cammie.

I rolled my eyes. "There are no leads. Chill out."

A look seemed to dawn on Nick's face and he grew a devious look, one that scarily resembled McHenry's. "You did it so you could stay with Cammie." He whispered accusingly.

I tried to feign nonchalance, shrugging my shoulders indifferently. "I mean, no… That's not why. I just… wanted to stay in LA for a while." They weren't buying it.

"That's bull and we both know it." Grant said. "Just be nice to Cammie… she's not like your other conquests, okay?"

"You don't think I know that! I'm not going to hurt her."

Grant shook his head. "No, I know you man. You screw with people. It's what you do. You can't pull that crap with her." He warned.

"I wouldn't do that to Cammie."

"Do what to me?" Cammie said, curiously, coming up from behind Grant.

"Oh, nothing. Grant just suggested that Zach show you pictures of him as a baby." Nick said before I could come up with a quick excuse.

"Aww, baby Zach? I'm sure you were just a little terror." Cammie cooed as everyone else cracked up at my expense.

"Alright, alright. We got it. Nick is hilarious. Moving on." I said, only somewhat bitterly.

"What are your covers?" Bex asked.

"Ugh, I'm a bartender. I can't tell you how many times I've been reassigned to that. Boring." McHenry sang.

"But you forgot to tell them the best part." Nick said.

"Oh yeah. And to top it all off, I have to work with this idiot. We've been assigned to the same casino." She responded with a dry voice. Well lucky them. They didn't even have to create fake information to be stationed in the same city.

"Well my British Bombshell and I are going on another mission already. I got put in charge, and I get to choose one female agent to accompany me… so…" Grant said. Grant is in charge of a mission? Lord, help us all. "What about you, Zachy? What are you and Cammie up to?"

"I'm a gym teacher." I barely got the words out before everyone started laughing at me. Great friends.

"Oh my god! Zach and children? That's a recipe for disaster right there." Bex said, unable to contain herself. "I feel so bad for those kids!"

"Well mine is better than any of yours!" Cammie exclaimed, holding up her file triumphantly. "I'm the receptionist for a music industry." She said with a grin on her face. "I'm going to be meeting bands and stuff all day." Her grin widened even more, if that was possible.

There was a whole chorus of 'no fair'. I have to admit, I was a little jealous.

"I expect some autographs, Gallagher Girl." I told her after we had all said our goodbyes and gone our separate ways.

"Autographs! Would that be in addition to my eternal future as your servant?" She asked, sliding into the taxi cab seat next to me.

"No, that would be one of the expected duties of your servitude." She was joking, I could tell… but I was pretty serious about it. Cam had no idea what was coming to her.

"Come on sweetheart. We've got a flight to LA in about four hours. Get some sleep, yeah? I know you didn't sleep at all last night." I leaned over to kiss her on the forehead as she rested her head on my shoulder, in the perfectly-Cammie-shaped spot in the crook of my neck.

"I couldn't… too worried." She punctuated this with a yawn. "You know, my insomnia could have been easily remedied if someone had just told me their ingenious little plan to solve all my problems." She teased bitterly.

I hid my smile in her hair. "Is my servant sassing me? I really don't think she wants to be doing that."

"Your servant is rebelling…" She mumbled almost incoherently before finally drifting off.

A/N: Yeahhh… not a whole lot happening this chapter. I have a couple ideas for one or two chapters after this, but then… nothin. Anything you guys would like to see, in particular? And what POV do you prefer? Thanks for the reviews and favorites and stuff! Love you guys :)