Chapter 3

The plane was silent. All I heard was the smooth rumble of the plane's engine and the tension in the room. We hadn't even been on the plane for ten minutes now. Zach's hand was clasped in mine and his head hung on the headrest. He was really cute when he slept. None of that hostile personality in his face. Alex sat towards the cockpit of the plane by herself. I gently removed my hand from Zach's making sure not to wake him up and made my way up to Alex's seat. As I was about to sit, I saw a gun in her hand and her eyes were glued on the window. I didn't want to scare her for the fear of her taking off my head so I gently whispered.

"You seem lonely up here all by yourself." She turned around slowly with a small smile on her face.
"It's okay, really. After a few years, it gets easier. You can sit." She patted the seat next to her and I gladly sat.
"So, how come you're nice to me but not to Zach? Other than the obvious, course." I asked slowly trying to make her as comfortable as possible. She looked down at her hands and placed the gun underneath her seat. I involuntarily let out a small sigh. She smiled nicely.
"Well, it's not your fault we're like this. I can't trust him with anything anymore."

"How long were you two together?" I glanced back at Zach making sure he wasn't listening.
"Well, in general time it was around about seven months. If you want it in a technical form, it was six months, seven days, twenty-two hours, and five minutes." She casually said. "It doesn't matter anymore. You guys are really adorable." Her last words were silent. "Thanks." I couldn't figure out what else to say.

"Why do you have a gun with you?" I pointed to under her seat. Alex let out a nice long laugh that any girl would die for. She swept her hair to the side and held up three fingers. "One. I don't trust him in the same plane as me. Two. Security measures. Three. I am really scared of heights. A plane is the last place I want to be right now. Especially with him." Another question hung in my mind and I debated with myself if I should ask it. "I have one more question."

"You have a lot of questions don't you?" Alex smiled nicely.
"Did you guy ever…you know? Do anything? With each other?" Her face was blank. "Oh come on, you guys were together for seven months and we aren't children."
"Oh God, Cam! We didn't really do anything like that!" She exclaimed at me. My face was red with embarrassment and her eyes were lit up with shock.
"Besides it wasn't even that good." A deep voice came from above us. Zach must've woken up a long time ago and listened to our conversations.

"Excuse me?" Alex asked Zach. "Even if we did do it, it wasn't that great." Zach repeated.
"Wait, so you did do it?" I questioned looking at Zach intently.
"Cam, it doesn't matter anymore. That was a long time ago anyways. We were young and stupid and we don't even remember anything anymore." He looked at Alex for some support, but she gave absolutely none. "You wouldn't feel anything, Cam." A smirk spread across Alex's face as Zach glared at her.

"Okay I think that's all I needed to know." I held up my hands in defeat. Zach chuckled, quickly kissed me on the cheek and went back to sleep.

"I've never seen this side to him. He was never like this with me. All went on between us was who could be better than the other. We only got together because we had a stronger bond with each other than everyone else and girls and guys can't really stay friends for too long." She whispered lowly as I watched him go back to his seat and give me a wink before going back to his position.

Zach had fallen asleep but I was kept awake by the amazing stories of their previous missions and assignments they had down together. It told me that Zach and I had a lot to do together but he already knew me so well. Her green eyes sparkled with every great memory they shared. Soon the pilot announced over the intercom that we had five hours before we got to London. From there we would meet up with the Baxters and they would give us a hideout. From there we would be on our own for two weeks getting as much information as possible.

"Hey Cam, you should get some sleep before we reach the airport." Alex patted my shoulder as she stood up to head over to the kitchen. She said something about stuffing her stomach before we get off so she didn't have the inconvenience of breakfast.

I dreamt of missions in Turkey looking for lost gems, getting kill codes from a Middle Eastern dictator or waking up and the first thing I see is Zach's bare chest. I don't really know how I feel about the last dream. I felt myself wake up but I was so comfortable I didn't really feel like getting up. Then I heard soft voices come from across the way.

"She asked so I was obliged to answer." Alex's voice defended against.
"Can't believe she actually asked you that. Do girls always say things like that?" Zach questioned. I smelled coffee. They were having breakfast together. Alex laughed.
"Yeah. Girls are kind of open with each other about a lot of things. You do not want to be around when we have sleepovers. Believe me." They both laughed together. A beautiful kind of laugh when mixed together. Soon the laughter died down and it was silent again.

"Look, Alex. I meant to apologize for everything that happened. I just didn't know how-"
"Oh look. Cammie is awake. Come on, Cam got to get ready for the Baxters then I need to go see a friend of mine. He said he'd meet up with us in town. So get up." Alex interrupted. She grabbed my arm and wrenched out of my seat. Zach sighed frustrated at how he wanted to say something but I knew Alex wouldn't hear one word of it. She couldn't take anything he was offering just yet. I was shoved into the bathroom and told to hurry up.

"Cammie! Zach! Good to see you two again. And you must be Alexandra Martin. I knew your parents. Good spies, very good spies. Anyways, here is the key to the villa in Italy. All of the safe houses have the same key so don't lose that copy. Wouldn't want it to be in the wrong hands now would we? I must be getting back. Oh, and Cammie? Tell Rebecca I said hello." With that Mrs. Baxter turned and left.

"That was awfully quick." Alex murmured from the fountain.
"Well they are busy people. It's not like she'd give us a tour of the city or whatever." Zach countered from my side.
"Well I have a friend I have to meet up with. He'll be here in three minutes just to let you guys know." She announced. We all decided to order some more food even though we ate on the plane. As we were talking a tall boy comes up behind Alex and kisses her on the cheek. He intertwines his hands with hers and he smiles nicely at us.

"Oh come on, Alex. I thought you weren't going to take jobs." The boy muttered in his British accent. "I know, but it was Gallagher. You know how much that place means to me Harry." The boy, Harry, put down his hood revealing a nice superman cut, blue eyes and a nice chin. If I didn't have my own superman I would've swooned over this one. Harry nodded and for a surprising second kissed Alex on the lips. Zach and I sat close together not knowing what to do or say. I looked at him and his eyes wandered elsewhere.

"Oh my god. I'm so rude. Harry this is Cammie Morgan," Harry gripped my hand and firmly shook it, "And that is Zach." She pointed to Zach and their eyes met. Harry gave out a huff. "This is the bloke you told me about?" Zach raised his hands "We are okay. We're okay. We're okay, right Alex?" Zach looked at Alex for some help. "It's okay tough guy. We're fine." Alex patted Harry's chest to calm him down.

"Guys this Harry Townsend. Pick pocket extraordinaire and field agent." Alex proudly announced. Zach and I did a double take. "Sorry, I hope you don't mind me asking. Are you related to Edward Townsend?" I asked a bit too loudly. He had a mischievous smirk plastered on his face. Something told me he wasn't just his son but he was pretty close with his dad.

"Yeah he's my dad. Got a problem?"