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The ride back to Virginia was long and quiet. Zach sat next to me, eyes closed, arm wound tightly around my waist. My head lay on his shoulder my fingers running up and down his huge bicep.
Without thinking, I sighed deeply.
"What's wrong Gallagher Girl?"
I looked up to see his eyes still closed.
"Nothing, I'm just tired I guess."
His fingers drew circles along my arm, making me dizzy and he hummed something.
"Why are you tired Cam?" "I don't know. I just am."
He turned and pressed his lips into my hair.
"Go to sleep then Cammie," he said simply.
"I'm too tired to fall asleep."
He chuckled. "I've heard that one before. It honestly makes no sense to me but okay."
I turned my head into his chest and breathed him in. He smelled so good; it was an extremely comforting smell.
"Go to sleep Cam," he repeated. He was tired though and I noticed his voice getting lower. "You go to sleep Z. I'll follow suit later," I slid my arm around him and curled my knees into my body.
"Okay," he kissed the top of my head and took a deep breath; almost a huff, "try not to get hurt or crash the plane while I'm sleeping."
His voice was even but he was smirking.
"I'll try my best. Now shut up and go to sleep Goode."
He smiled and laid his head on top of mine.
"Yes ma'am."
In seconds he was out.
I closed my eyes and tried to relax.
I was still thinking about the CoveOps exercise earlier. It was executed flawlessly but I felt a little shaken up. It was an open mall. There were plenty of agents and people who knew the entire junior class of Gallagher was there doing an assignment.
They knew I was there.
Catherine had been on my mind all day.
It was silly, the fact that she was out there looking for me when she could have gone after more important people. The thought of putting Zach in danger just to get to me was absurd. No one would have told her that I was there though; there was no way she could have been there.
"The CIA has leaks Cameron," a voice in the back of my head reminded me.
The thought was unnerving.
Knowing full well I wasn't going to sleep, I carefully moved Zach's head and arm (he leaned against the window and mumbled something) and left the cabin. Bex, Grant, Liz, Jonas, Macey, Mick, Eva, and Tina were all sitting around the table playing a game of cards.
Bex said "Hey Cam" without looking up and I said "Hey Rebecca."
She glared and mumbled some not so nice words in French.
Mick and Eva looked up at me and smiled.
I smiled back.
Tina glared at me. I raised my eyebrow but didn't say anything. I knew she was going to say something and I was going to try to ignore her. Key word: try.
"Where's Zachy-poo," Grant teased.
"The little baby was up past his bedtime so he passed out on me," I took a glance at the cards, "I call next hand."
No one said anything but my friends smiled.
"The way you got that guys key prints today were just amazing," Macey smiled. "Thanks, I almost got caught though." "How," Jonas asked, "Liz and I monitored you and Zach the entire time and you guys didn't mess up once."
"He saw me three times. Once when he walked past, once when he turned the corner and saw me in the glass, and once when I ran into him. I'm surprised I got away with it," I said, clearly mystified how I did.
"You're just amazingly good," Bex grinned. Liz nodded.
"I bet you Zach wants to make her Goode soon," Grant laughed.
I blushed.
Suddenly Tina stood up.
"Who do you think you are just butting in here?"
"I'm sorry what?"
"Taking over the table, demanding a spot in our game, and then bragging about you: it makes me sick," she scoffed.
"She wasn't talking about herself Tina," Macey said calmly.
Grant grabbed my wrist, holding me still.
I started to shake.
What was her problem?
"You think you're so special," Tina continued, ignoring Macey, "just because you have the hottest boyfriend and your mom is the headmistress. You bathe in being treated special; especially because your dad is a dead CIA legend."
Liz gasped.
Macey and Bex stood up.
Grant went to grab my waist but I was too fast.
I launched myself across the table, slamming into Tina. We went rolling across the floor. My hands closed around her neck but before I could squeeze someone ripped me back.
I kicked and thrashed trying to get back to Tina when a low voice said "Gallagher Girl stop fighting."
"Put me down Zach," I snapped and squirmed in his grasp.
I found myself getting thrown over his shoulder and carried into the room I left him in.
He put me down in chair roughly and I breathed heavily.
I wanted to run back into the room and finish what Tina started when Zach said "Why did you do it Cam?"
"She provoked me!"
"I don't mean using your body as a projectile; I mean why did you stoop to her level?"
I glared at the ground. No matter how many times Tina said something to me I had never lost it before.
"I don't know."
"When I said don't get hurt or send the plane crashing to Earth I should have included no fighting," he smirked. I curled myself in a ball, ignoring his playful banter.
"Cammie," he lifted my chin up. I held back the forming tears and looked past him.
"Cammie baby look at me," he said quietly.
"Don't let her get to you okay? Be strong. Be strong for me," he pressed his lips softly to mine and then whispered "Be strong for your dad."
And with that he left the room.