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Right… That was really, really long. On with the best bit (At least, I'm hoping it's the best bit. It would be that, or my author note, and I really don't want to be known as the girl-who-writes-the-best-author-notes), the story!
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Zach
Alight, so we might have known there was a school for girl spies for at least half a day.
We might have seen all but one of them trailing us today in the Mall.
But that's a whole lot different than turning around because I heard some noise, and seeing a girl flipping a full-grown, heavy, drunk man over her shoulders which left him out cold. It's a whole lot different when you see two teenage girls take out two big guys with a couple hits.
Note to self, do not get on the bad side of any of the girls.
Mr. Solomon nodded slightly. "Very good, Ms. Morgan, Ms. Baxter." He praised them.
"I did lose my cover, though." The girl pointed out. Ms. Morgan, I think.
But I hadn't seen her once until that moment. Not once. Actually… Now that I think about it, I have seen her. While her friend was whirling around at the Mall, I could tell now that I had seen her off to one side. And when I wandered around the museum, I had seen her wandering behind a couple and I had thought she was their daughter.
So, I have seen her. I've just never seen her. I never once noticed her, but I knew that she was there. She's good. Very good.
Joe Solomon shrugged. "None of the boys here had seen you until now."
Yeah. Rub it in, why don't you? I couldn't help smiling girl though.
A few of the boys around me murmured hello, looking at the girl that none of us had seen. Grant beside me muttered hi, and I couldn't help but say; "Hey, Gallagher Girl."
'Gallagher Girl' and her dancing friend shared a glanced, then looked at their CoveOps teacher and spoke at the same time.
"You mean the Blackthorne Boys, right?"
I know my eyes widened, and I gaped (And from the corner of my eye, I could see all the other Blackthorne boys doing the same thing).
That wasn't fair! They weren't supposed to know who we were.
"We were told they didn't know!" I accused Joe Solomon.
He raised an eyebrow and turned his attention back to the two girls in front of us.
"They shouldn't know." He said wryly. "We never told them."
Dancing girl opened her mouth to say something, when another voice cut them off.
"What's Blackthorne?"
Another Gallagher hurried toward them. I couldn't see what she looked like so far, but she looked about 5'2" and had long black hair.
"Ms. Alvarez, I do not believe I said the mission was over."
The girl shrugged, and I could see more people moving toward us.
"But Cammie and Bex got in trouble, right? Well, Cammie did. So they know who we are and everything, why don't we just stop now?" 'Ms. Alvarez' told him.
I wasn't listening past the second sentence. I was thinking about something else. (Which is most likely not a very good habit at all for a spy.) The invisible girl had a name. Cammie. Huh, it suited her.
Mr. Solomon rolled his eyes. "If you were on a really mission, and two agents blew their cover, would you blow yours?"
The black haired girl ducked her head. "No." She mumbled.
"Then back you go." He told her.
She slunk back, shoulders slumped. Bex and Cammie slipped back from us too.
"Right. Now you know what they all look like." He told us. "See if you can spot them now."
I thought that would be easy. But I glanced back only a few seconds later and I couldn't see her anywhere.
How does she do that? Just, vanish.
It was then I realized that Mr. Solomon had only told us that they hadn't told Cammie and Bex about Blackthorne before we were distracted. It was true what they said, Joe Solomon was good.
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Cammie
Nothing really happened too much after that. We finally got to where the helicopters where waiting and the Blackthorne boys left. Then we left.
Then finally I got dinner.
And then a shower.
And a whole lot of questions from Liz and Macey.
"You really saw some?" She asked us after I got dressed. "They really… exist?"
"Liz," I rolled my eyes. "They're not unicorns."
"No," Said Bex flatly. "They're boys. And they're… good. They spotted every single one of us. Apart from Cammie. But Cammie doesn't really count, no one sees Cam."
It is nice to be known as 'The Chameleon', but sometimes a girl just wants to be seen. But then again, sometimes you don't want to be seen. Like, when you've just flipped a drunken idiot over your shoulder and punched one of his friends out cold, and have got a lot of boys just staring at you.
"So," Macey said, bringing me out of my thoughts. "How hot were they?"
Oh. My. Gosh.
"Macey," I moaned. "Does that really matter?"
She shrugged. "Well, we'll most likely be seeing them again. I just want to know if any of them are hot."
"It's all fun and games, until someone gets their memory erased." I muttered.
They all stared at me.
"Wow," Bex watched me. "You're really…"
"Really what?" I demanded.
Liz looked away.
Bex frowned.
Macey looked back at her book.
None of them said anything. They almost looked scared. We're talking about three girls who could kill a man with a drink bottle, and only after about half a minute did Bex dare whisper; "Not over Josh."
Josh. Josh saw me. Josh always saw me, even when I didn't want to be seen.
"Of course I'm over him." I shrugged. "I broke up with him. Remember? It wasn't a big deal.
Bex walked over to stand beside me. She almost sounded timid when she said; "You don't have to pretend, Cam."
But that's what spies do-pretend. We have aliases and disguises and go to great lengths to not be ourselves. So I said, "Of course I'm over him." And clung to my cover until the end.
But truthfully?
I'm not over him.
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PROS AND CONS TO BEING A SPY WITH A BROKEN HEART:
PRO: Whenever you feel like punching someone, you can. As hard as you want. For credit.
CON: The person you punch may very well punch you back. Harder. (Especially if that person is Bex.)
PRO: High stone walls and state-of-the-art security greatly reduce the chance of seeing ex-boyfriend and his friends in town.
CON: Advance training means that your photographic memory is now so reliable that you'll never be able to forget the sight of his face when he turns around and leaves your school after drinking tea that will make him forget.
PRO: You're perfectly capable of putting all your old love letters and ticket stubs into a bur bag and hiding it really, really well.
CON: Realizing that, despite everything, you can't set the bag to fire. Not yet.
PRO: Knowing that, not matter what the operation, you can always count on your friends.
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Zach
"Jonas," I started to say as we got to the place we were staying.
"Already on it." He started up his computer, and started to hack into the Gallagher Academy files.
"What's happening?" Grant asked as he walked into the room. He spotted what Jonas was doing and nodded. "Hacking into their system?"
Jonas muttered a few things in reply.
I smirked. What else would we do? Isn't the point of a spy to know things you shouldn't?
"Tell me when you're in." I told Jonas. "I'm going to rest for a bit."
I relaxed on a couch and shut my eyes.
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"Hey, Zach. Wake up bro; you've got to check this out."
I opened my eyes to see Grant talking to me. "He's in?"
Grant nodded.
I pushed myself to my feet and walked over to the computer.
Jonas was looking at all the people who attended the school. I looked carefully at the names.
"Who do you want to know about first?" Jonas asked me.
I saw the name 'Cameron, Morgan.' Cammie had to be a nickname for Cameron, right? And Mr. Solomon had called one of them Ms. Morgan.
I pointed at the name and Jonas clicked on the file.
"Whoa." Grant muttered as he joined us. "She's good."
I couldn't help but agree. How many little girls or boys hacked into the when the NSA's Sapphire Series when they were four? How many boys or girls at the age of 9 could successfully trail their father through a shopping mall to find out what he was getting them for Christmas?
Her codename was perfect for her. 'Chameleon'. I hadn't seen her once, and she'd have to have been a chameleon for that.
I smirked.
Watch out, Gallagher Girl, you haven't seen what the Blackthorne boys can do quite yet.
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