Cammie POV
He didn't feel anything. He didn't feel anything. I felt everything. I marched back into the house to stop myself from crying. But of course, when you walk into a room full of highly trained spies...and Preston...they see everything. I walked in and they all suddenly became active doing whatever it was that they did before. Trying to act normal. Not in this family.
'You know spying on me was rude' I snapped
'We only wanted to make sure-' Macey began
'That you didn't kill each other' Bex smiled wickedly.
'Yeah well, you won't have to worry about that' I muttered moving off to go upstairs.
'Why what happened?' Bex asked coming up beside me
'He doesn't remember me Bex' I sighed, biting the inside of my cheeks to stop the tears that I know would spill. 'I thought...for a moment there...he did.' I sighed 'I guess not.' I whispered
'I'm sorry' She said.
'Me too' I whispered making my way upstairs
'2nd door on the right!' She called up for me. I didn't respond but I was grateful for that information. I walked along the corridor and opened the second door. I was sharing with Liz because her books were spread across her bed. I had to chuckle lightly, but as quickly as I laughed I felt sad again. Very sad. When did life have to be so complicated. The circle wanted me for the list of the original members, then they wanted me for the disk, and now they wanted me for revenge...and now I'm fighting for my life. I sigh climbing into bed, dreams escape me tonight, like they do every night. Now I can only think about Charlotte and Eric and how they could easily kill me at any moment. Plotting their next move. I dreamt of Charlotte, the first time I met her at Preston's house, she walked in with her hair straight, a fitted dress and heels. She didn't like that I knew Macey. I think about what Joe always told us to do; to look and see, I think about when I walked around Preston's house, the details around, the marble walls, especially the marble table with a book with a crest I've seen before. Another image flashes into my head, the Gilain Gallagher coat of arms, the key that my dad hid in the safety deposit box in Rome, the one that led us to Ireland. The same place where Catherine dived into the water, the place that I set off the flare gun. Catherine's voice fills my ears, her smirk illuminates the darkness, and I can see her mouthing my name, I can hear her bitterness saying my name. 'Cammie, Cammie, Cammie' Over and over and over again. My arms feel heavy and tight as I'm getting rocked too and frow. It's becoming more aggressive as my name becomes louder and louder. 'CAMMIE' I bolted awake and came face to face with Joe, he had a grip on my arms, tight. I looked around and found that I was in the garden, in my pajamas and bare footed. Right where Zach had kissed me earlier. I looked around and saw my mom and friends by the door, Joe was the only one who came out to get me.
'What happened?' I asked
'I was about to ask you the same thing' He said breathless
'What do you mean?'
'Liz said that you talked about going to Rome and about the Gallagher crest. She wouldn't wake you but then you began to run.'
'Nightmare' I muttered.
'What about the crest?' Joe asked
'Preston' I said. I gripped onto Joe. 'I need to talk to him now' Joe led me back to the house. I was about to go in when I looked back at the garden, listening to the wind in the trees.
'Cam?' Joe called
'Nothing' I said turning back and heading into the warmth of the house. Everyone was still dressed in their pajamas, Liz was shaking slightly.
'I'm sorry Cam, I didn't want to wake you'
'It's okay Liz' I smiled at her. I turned to Preston. 'Do you remember this crest?' I showed him my necklace, the clue my dad left, the last thing he gave me. He looked at it, inspected it and huffed.
'Charlotte had it on her journal'
'Diary?' Macey
'No journal. She made notes occasionally' He said casually
'Where? When you were at a meal? When you told her about your past?' Bex asked
'She carried it everywhere.' He shrugged his shoulders. My heart was racing. This was the worst thing possible.
'Who gave it to her?' Abby asked. Preston shrugged his shoulders again.
'She said her mom did' My heart raced again
'We need to go to Gallagher' I stated staring at the television.
'Why on earth would we go there?' Abby asked
'She might be like Macey' I said
'Excuse me?' Macey snapped
'She might be a descendent of Gillian.' I looked at everyone in the room
'This is bad' my mother said
'Extremely bad' Abby added
'Why?' Liz asked
'If Liz doesn't know then there's no hope' Grant exclaimed. I moved slowly over to the sofa, clutching the edges like I was about to collapse.
'Cammie, please tell us what's going on' Bex pleaded. I took a deep breath and stood up.
'When the school was first established, Gillian wanted to protect her children, and her children's children and every child that bared her blood' I looked over at Macey 'So she wrote a law. A law that every Gallagher girl carries around with her for life; protection. If any of her descendents were in danger, they would be protected by Gallagher girls. Which meant that they couldn't be killed by the sisterhood'
'I'm confused' Grant said. I sighed and looked at my mom, Joe and aunt.
'It means, if Charlotte is a descendent, we can't kill her' I closed my eyes 'We protect her'
'THAT'S FUCKING RIDICULOUS!' Macey shouted
'The same applies to you Macey. Gallagher girls can't kill you. We protect you' I said
'But Catherine...and...and Boston' She said
'We were never the target' Preston said giving her a weak smile
'So what if we tried to kill her?' Grant suggested, gesturing to the boys in the room
'We protect her. Even if it means killing you' Abby chimed in. Grant swallowed.
'Basically she's untouchable' Bex sumarised
'That's if she's a descendent' Joe suggested
'Then we need to see the tapestry' I said, I turned to my friend. 'Macey…' I said sweetly
'Cammie…' She matched my tone
'How fast can your jet get here?' I asked. And the great Macey McHenry smirked like a Cheshire cat.
Author's note: DAILY UPLOADS CONTINUE! Hope you all love this chapter, ANOTHER PLOT TWIST! See you again tomorrow xxx
.hectate: I know! Stupid Zach and his stupid cocky lying-ness. Hope you enjoyed this story so far, I look forward to hearing more from you xxx
Fangirl6301: shhhhhhh don't ruin the surprise! Or have you? We'll have to wait and see! (you're partly right, but I won't tell you what part :D) xxx
AllyCarterFan: I'VE MISSED YOU! I hope everything is going well in your life and I look forward to hearing from you soon! I know that Zammie rule for life, and that love is stronger than gravity (sword and the stone line!) but as we saw with Cammie's memory, it takes a while to come back, if not ever! I hope to hear from you soon xxx
Promiserockstar: aww bless ya! Thank you so much and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well xxx