Chapter 8

Cammie POV

I woke up with a start. There was a piercing light in front of me. I rolled over to my side. Pain shot through my arm I was lying on. Shit! I moaned quietly. I blinked a couple of times. The light went away. I was lying on a bed. I tried to sit up, but pain was shooting everywhere in my body. I sat up in bed and observed my surroundings.

I looked for the clock. It read 7:00 am. I saw my uniform lying next to my bed. I quietly hopped out of bed. I went into the bathroom and took a nice steaming hot shower. Once I got out I looked in the mirror! I almost screamed. There were bruises covering every single inch of my body. I changed into my uniform with some difficulty. I went back into the room. I realized that there were seven beds in the room. Liz, Macey, and Bex. Who else? Then I saw Zach, Grant, and Jonas sleeping on their beds.

Oh! This must be their room. I silently went over to Zach. His expression was calm and peaceful. He looked like an angel. I had an urge to run my hands across his well- defined muscles. I stopped myself. He's just a heart breaker, I reminded myself. I heard Liz wake. She yawned loudly. I went over to her.

"Hey Liz,"

"Cammie! Where are we?"

"At Blackthorne in Zach, Grant, and Jonas's room."

"What?"

"Yeah. Here you go."

I handed her, her uniform. She went into the bathroom. After 20 minutes she came back out.

"Ugh! I have horrible bruises everywhere." She exclaimed. She pointed to her arms. I laughed at her. I showed her my legs. She giggled. She went over to Jonas's bed and sat down. She caressed his brown locks.

I looked over at Bex. My heart nearly stopped. Bex was hooked up to several machines. I beckoned Liz over.

"Look!" I pointed to Bex's bed.

"Oh my God!" said Liz, gasping

By then, Macey had just about woken up. She came over and hugged us really hard. We hugged her back. After another 30 minutes Macey came out of the shower. It was 8:32 am. We all piled on to Bex's bed, hoping she'll wake.

It was 9:00 am when the boys stirred. One by one they woke up. They were really surprised to see us awake and walking. Zach barely looked at me. Jonas was all over Liz. Grant was checking on Bex every minute. I was at Bex's side every minute or Macey's.

At 9:45, we headed down to the smell of bacon and eggs. Mmm, delicious! It reminded me, I didn't have any food since one day ago. When we entered the dining hall, everyone was still staring at us. They kept staring at our legs and arms. I felt so self-conscious. I looked around the room, we were still the only girls her, for now. I grabbed some eggs and bacon. They tasted really good, since I didn't have food for the past two days.

It was a bit awkward when we sat down. There was only the clink of china and chewing.

"So," said Jonas, finally breaking the silence

"So," I said

"How are you guys feeling?" he asked

"What do you think? We have bruises all over our body!" said Liz

"Oh," replied Jonas, looking away

This wasn't going so well, "What happened exactly?" I asked

"Huh? Oh, the day you guys came?"

"Yeah,"

"Let's say we all thought you guys were drugged," said Grant, smiling a bit.

"Well, everyone was a bit freaked out when you guys burst through the doors, especially when you guys went unconscious," said Jonas, looking directly at Liz.

She blushed. This is so cute! Jonas likes Liz a lot. I noticed Zach hasn't even said anything at all. Something must be wrong if he hasn't said a thing. He usually smirks or smiled his, I-know-something-you-don't-know. His expression hasn't changed, emotionless.

At that moment, I saw a flicker of color to my left. I turned my head slightly. It was Bex! She saw me and held a finger up to her lips. She smiled. I grinned back.

"Why are you smiling?" asked Grant

"Oh, nothing." I replied back.

Bex came up and covered Grant's eyes.

"What in the wor--" said Grant

"Hey," said Bex

"Bex!" shouted Grant

He pulled her into a gentle hug. She sat down and took a strip of bacon off of my plate.

"So, what have you birds been doing without me?"

"Nothing much," I replied, glad she was okay

"What are we going to do exactly?" asked Liz

"We're about to find out," said Zach, nodding towards Dr. Steve

Dr. Steve walked up to the podium. He leaned into the microphone and said,

"May I have your attention please, students. I have some news to tell you. Gallagher

Academy is okay but there will be another exchange. Juniors up to seniors will be going on a mission this year. Please pack your belongings and report here in 2 hours. Thank you!"