seemed I was a natural at this and that made me happy as I pictured my parents would be proud if they saw me now.
Zach and I became great friends, sure he was arrogant and cocky at time, but he always looked out for me and was my biggest competitor in every subject. Every afternoon we would train together on the oval.
We were practice fighting today, it was hard but we could go on forever if one of us didn't play dirty, well we always played dirty. I flipped backwards as Zach tried to punch me and as I landed, he did a roundhouse kick which I caught and spun him around when he tripped me. To any onlooker, we would have looked like to dancers executing a dance perfectly and in sync when in fact we were at each-others' throats.
I was on the ground but tripped his foot with my arm, pulling him down next to me. I rolled over Zach, straddling him with my legs and leaned my face down to his. The tension between us was palpable before I pulled my head back, got off him at the same time he stood up and we walked silently towards the change rooms.
That's right. In the last few weeks I had grown used to half naked boys, weird I know but when you live with them, you have to grow accustomed.
We cleaned off in the showers, me in a separate shower with a fully closing door. I walked out in a towel and said goodbye to Zach, ignoring his lustful look as his eyes trailed over my body. I grabbed my clothes and walked to my room.
Unfortunately, I had to bump into Ethan and one of his friends on the way, of course that would happen to me.
"Hey Ethan and… Friend"
"It's Jake"
They both look uncomfortable at me showing so much skin and they tried not to look away from my face, but I caught them staring.
"Look boys, I'll see you later, I'm kinda not wearing any clothes"
I just walk straight passed them, enough awkward encounters for one day. The weird thing was that this was the first time I had bumped into anyone on the way back to my room. Usually everyone was in their rooms doing homework.
I made it to my room without any more interruptions and got changed into camo skinny jeans, black combat boot and tight black strap top. I did my hair in a braid and drunk some water before heading out to dinner. I had a feeling that tonight we would be doing something and I had learnt over these past months that my instincts were usually always right, and it didn't hurt, did it?
I walked down that hallway to the Great Hall and grabbed tonight's hot Indian curry, as spies we could withstand the most spicy food easily. I smiled as I sat down with the boys which included of Ethan, Jake, Grant, Jonas and of course Zach.
"Hey"
"Nice Dress"
"Lookin' Good"
I was used to the boys messing around, it was always like this when you were the only girl like I was. We had all become such good friends and I never wanted to change that.
Zach looked curiously at me. "Something's happening tonight, isn't it"
That boy was very perceptive.
"Maybe, I just had a feeling…"
It was at that moment that the Headmaster, Dr Steve greeted us.
"Good evening boys. Oh and girls. Woops. Anyway, tonight we are playing a whole school game. Everyone will get into groups of no more than six and must together try to take over the school. Once in your groups you will have five minutes before the game starts to prepare. The only rules are no leaving the grounds, and no serious injuries, good luck".
Jake, Ethan, Zac, Grant and Jonas all looked at eachother and nodded, they then looked at me. I smiled, but this time it was more of an evil smirk,
"Whose ready to win".
We all got up from the table and raced out the door, being the first ones out as everyone else was still organising their groups. We ran to the boys rooms where Jonas got out a comms unit and we all put one on.
"So how about we split inot groups of two, with someone here protecting Jonas as he hacks into the system".
Jonas interupted Zach,
"Yeah, I could follow you all around with camera's and if you put in in-the-dark contacts I could turn off all the lights".
The plan was coming along nicely.
"Cool, I'll stay here and protect Jonas" Grant was just the right person for that job.
Zach and Ethan both turned to me, "We should go together", the declared in sync and then zach glared at Ethan while he looked at me with the adorbale big brown eyes.
"Actually I was thinking we all hide until all the other groups have tired themselves out fighting and then we begin the mission". I got to admit, it was a brilliant idea if I may say so myself.
They all looked at me with adoration, considering the brilliance of my plan.
"That's… brilliant"
"What are we waiting for, I know a secret passage that would be perfect. And with that I strutted out of the room, looking like a badass and leaving them to follow me.
Ethan caught up to me as we walked, "That was a pretty cool idea, you are really intelligent".
'Thank you?", I didn't really know what to say when people complimented me so wholeheartedly.
Luckily we had arrived. I brushed around the stones and pulled the right one. A door opened and I jumped in, looking back at the boys whose faced were caked with amazement. "Come on, it's going to close". They jumped in faster than lightning.
We sat down around the exit so we could hear what was going on outside, unfortunately because we could hear them so well, they could hear us so we had to be really quiet.
Zach shuffled over to me, "Nice idea Gallagher Girl"
I grinned at him, "Well I gotta keep up with you guys, don't want you to think I'm weak".
I said this in a joking manner, even though I was voicing my real worries.
"You don't need to try, you are better than half of us anyway" Oh my gosh he is so sweet!
Of course I had to ruin it, "Only half?"
"Fine, 3 quarters"
"I can live with that, for now…"
He smirked at me and I positioned myself so I was sitting against the wall and he came to sit next to me, and I mean really close, like the sides of our bodies were touching and I was fully aware of this. We had been here for 40 minutes already heard nothing, I felt really tired and I tried to lean my body against the wall further.
'If you're tired, you can lean on my shoulder"
"Thanks ok, no thanks"
But even as I said this, my body was just sooo tired
"Actually, thanks"
I twisted my body so I was curled up facing him and I put my head on the dip between his neck and shoulder. I could hear his heart beat and feel his warm skin. I felt really safe. And started to drift off. I was nearly asleep when I heard the boys talking and started listening while dozing.
"She looks really beautiful" That sounded like Ethan.
"Yeah" ZACH THINKS I LOOK BEAUTIFUL!
I felt a body shuffle to the other side of me.
"Come on man, let her lie on my shoulder for a bit, you look tired"
"I'm very comfortable here" Zach tensed up as he said this.
"Mmmmmmm" I said, slowly waking up.
All conversation stopped and I heard voices on the other side of the wall.
"They've got to be around here somewhere, we've gotten everyone else"
The footstep passed and I sat up suddenly and then clutched my head as the room spun.
Zach spoke, "There must be only one group left, we should go out now"
"We can follow the passageways and jump out at them unexpectedly", that right, I was still useful.
"Guys, put your contact lenses in so you can see in the dark and when we get there ill make everything pitch black". Jonas started packing up his equipment to move.
We all got up and started to move further into the passage ways, being silent and listening for noises. It was eight minutes and thirteen seconds later that we heard them.
"Where are they, they are only Juniors and one of them is the girl, we HAVE to beat them"
"Shut man and keep looking"
I turned around to tell Jonas to get working but he was already typing away.
He talked without looking up, "get ready to go, light will be off in 3, 2,1 NOW"
I put my lenses in and opened the passage way exit and we all slipped through, except Jonas of course. The boys were freaking out.
"WHAT HAPPENED, I CAN'T UMMPHH"
We disabled and slapped patches on them instantaneously, making them fall unconscious.
The boys started dragging them to a corner so I dashed back into the secret passage way to grab the bonds. We tied them up real good…
Through our comms we heard Jonas say, "I'm turning the lights back on so I can check the camera's to see if anybody is left". We wait, silent and on guard as the lights flashed on and Jonas exclaimed "It's all clear guys, we've won".
Yay! I'm super proud our group one out of everybody in the school and Jonas came out and we all started celebrating until a voice broke over the loud speaker:
"Congratulations Jake, Zach, Ethan, Jonas, Grant and Cammie for winning the first challenge of the night"
Wait, there were more challenges?
"The second challenge will involve everybody we got tied up, so basically everybody trying to capture the winning group. We will come around and untie you and as soon as you are free you may begin, time starts… NOW"
Well that changed things fast. Now a civilian would freak out but we are spies so we calmly re-grouped and were about the hop back into the secret passage when the loudspeaker came on again:
"Oh and no use of secret passageways or you are disqualified"
Damn it!
"Right guys, we need to find a secure location to hide and target groups individually, otherwise they will eventually find us" Ethan wasn't too bad at this.
"Oh, how about my room, no one will think to look there and we can hide in my ginormous closet" It was the perfect idea!
I looked around to see nodding heads and we wasted no time sprinting to my room. I flung open the door and everyone piled in, eyes memorising everything. I guess they don't go into many girl's rooms.
"No fair, you wardrobes way bigger than ours"
"Your bathroom's amazing"
"Wow"
We all hid in various places around my room and I ended up in the wardrobe with Ethan and Zach. Oh O….