Soooo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUARDIAN-EQUAL!!! YOU ARE NOW TWO MONTHS AND ONE DAY OLD!!! Ok, I was a little late, give me a break! I just found out that if the NEW problem with my knee gets any worse, I will need surgery! Hooray... Yeah not really. But I figured I would post SOMETHING to celebrate the fact that I wrote GuardianEqual on August 29th. So, I hope you enjoy! Even if it is another short one.

Cammie's POV

As opposed to going home after the fight that night, everyone just stayed with us at the "Miller" house. And when I say "stayed with us," I don't mean slept on the couches. I mean that we ALL grabbed blankets and pillows and a comfy spot on the living room floor (YES! Even Mom and Solomon slept with us!) When we woke up, Mom and Solomon were sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee in their pajamas reading the newspaper, both looking very tired, as if they had just woken up.

"Why haven't we started looking for Anna yet?!" I asked/screamed really, really loudly. They were sitting there serene and they didn't look like they had care in the world. "We need to find her!"

Looking annoyed at the tone with which I was talking to them, they replied, "They won't start doing anything to her for another forty-eight hours, so we're good time-wise. If they torture her or kill her too quickly, they know they'll never get information out of her, and they'll also know that they can NEVER get to us. We also have an idea of where she is being held, but we can't go looking for her yet. If you don't remember, we have covers to uphold, and if you and Zach miss your appearance tonight, then our covers won't do us much good, now will they?" WHAT?! Oh. My. Good Gracious.

I completely forgot about the Talent Show being moved to tonight, thus proving how awesome I am at being a spy. You might have forgotten too (please tell me you did, because that little tidbit of information will make me feel a little less self conscious), even if you won't admit it. PLEASE TELL ME YOU FORGOT TOO! Oh well. But, Zach and I hadn't practiced in almost three weeks, and I don't think we ever actually picked a song to do at the talent show… Oh boy!

Zach's POV

"Cammie," bang. Bang. Bang. "Cammie, you have to come out at some point!" Ugh. Cammie locked herself in her room after realizing that we had to perform tonight. "Cammie, please?" I tried to make myself beg, which wasn't easy because Blackthorne Boys do NOT beg. Under any circumstance.

It must have worked, though, because she finally came out. "Ok, fine. What song did you have in mind?"

"Thank God you're being reasonable. Well, because it's always better to have four or fivesongs prepared, I was thinking we could do Roots Before Branches by Room for Two and Lucky by Jason Mraz." They were my two favorites so far.

"Ok, well, here's what I think." Oh boy, here we go. "I don't care which ones we're gonna perform, but we should have these ready: Roots Before Branches, Lucky – don't smirk at me! What do you think I was thinking about in there? Ducks? – Anyway! We should also have on hand I'm Yours by Jason Mraz, Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel and Total Eclipse of the Heart by-"

"By Bonnie Tyler. Yeah, I know." She just looked at me. She reminded me of a psychic because she had that "You have something to say, so say it" look. Creepy. "Ok, well, Total Eclipse of the Heart needs piano and the arrangement we have is piano, guitar, girl, guy."

"Fuck. We're not doing that one! No piano for me, and I remember you saying something about you not wanting to sing." She smiled and tried to get back into her room.

"Come on, it'll be fine. Here, let's… go… practice!" I had to drag her out of the room, and if she doesn't want to go, she WON'T go. This is Cammie Morgan we're talking about.

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After about an hour, we had done all of the songs and come up with this plan: For our set we were going to do Roots Before Branches, Lucky, and Sounds of Silence. We decided not to have Total Eclipse of the Heart in the actual set, because she didn't really want to play the piano, but she would if she needed to. And I'm Yours was just plan c. We'll just see how well it goes over, after all we have to perform in 6 hours…

Cammie's POV

I was in my room with Macey as she tried to pick out what I would be wearing on stage. "Cam, you have to! Everyone is counting on you, and you're awesome, so you have absolutely nothing to worry about." She was clearly trying to make myself feel better about my singing ability, but right now, I just wanted to forget all about it. "You know Cam, I haven't heard Zach sing yet." She smiled devilishly, "I can't wait to hear that duet you have to do!" Oh, crap. Thanks for reminding me, Macey!

"Mace, please? Can we just do this later, I need to take a nap." She huffed a huff that could have only come from practice as a politician's daughter.

"Fine. I will go get Zach ready, then I will come back, and you will have no option but to let me dress you."

"FINE! Just. Get. Out." I ushered her through the door, closed and locked it behind her. That wouldn't stop anyone in the house, considering we learned how to pick locks before we even STARTED CoveOps.

I laid down on my bed and heard a knock at the door. I was considering being completely obnoxious, but decided against it. "Who is it?" I asked in the nicest tone I could muster at that moment in time.

"Hey, Cammie. It's Grant. Can I come in or is this a bad time?" Grant? Anything for that boy. He was like my brother for crying out loud!

"Oh, yeah sure! What's up Grant?"

He took my hand, and led me over to my bed. He sat down with me, put a hand on my shoulder, looked me right in the eye (still holding my hand, I may add) and said, "Cammie, I think I'm in love."

Sooooooo? How was it? Please, everyone who reviews, I need feedback. Right now I have 54 reviews, and I'm not really feeling as motivated as I could..... GuardianEqual will be worked on, but I have decided that until I get 70 reviews, I will NOT be updating. I know you probably hate me for that those of you who DO review, but I need just a LITTLE more lovin. I promise I will check every day to see how many reviews there are, and as soon as I see the number 70, I will post the new chapter the MILISECOND I finish it. :) Just please review, and don't hate me! Please read once I feel properly motivated, with YOUR help, I could update sooner than you think..

Happily and quite painfully, the godsister