Chapter 2
It has been two days since finding out that Grant was my brother. Everybody keeps seeing us together and keeps thinking that there's something going on between us, but the truth is were trying to find out the name of the group that kidnapped Grant when he was three. So far we've been having no luck at all. We've searched everywhere, and I mean everywhere, even the library where Grant never goes especially not to read. Each time we go to the library everybody just stares at Grant and I, and why are they doing that? It's not because Grant's all alone with one girl - even though that's part of the reason - it's because Grant is surrounded by books! and he's actually reading them! Right now Macey and I are walking into the library and we see everybody staring at Grant which has happened everytime he's in there, but the weirdest thing is, he's doing his homework, Alone. Grant never ever does homework - let alone all by himself - he usually just asks Jonas, Zach, or the girls! But he never does it all by himself! And he's never doing it like he is now! Usually he is looking around and talking to people but right now he is focused on the book and his homework! I am now staring at him wide-eyed with my mouth touching the floor. After I regained my composer I walked up to Grant.
"Hey, doing homework?" I asked, he nodded.
"You know alot of people are staring at you?" I stated, he nodded.
"Aren't you uncomfortable?" I asked.
"Sort of." He said.
"Need help?" I asked him.
"No, but you can join me if you'd like to." He explained. I sat down.
"What homework do you have left?" I asked, getting out my own homework.
"C.O.W." he stated.
"Me too, Why don't we work on it together?" I asked.
"Sure." We finished the homework and started to pack up.
"So is there a reason you are doing your homework?" I asked.
"I want my grades to get better." He said simply.
"Because?" I asked. He looked up and saw I wasn't going to let go so easily. He sighed and looked down.
"Everybody in the family is smart. You get good grades, mom's the headmistress, and I hear that dad was the smartest and best spy ever and I'm just...not." He said sadly. I softened up a bit.
"Hey you are smart and your funny, sweet, and nice. Everybody here looks up to you." I explained.
"Then maybe I need to be a good example." He stated. I rolled my eyes.
"You already are one. You don't have to change for the family you already belong and fit in perfectly." I said, smiling. He looked up and smiled.
"Thanks Cammie." He said.
"Aww my big brother's growing up!" I said, quiet enough for only him to hear. He rolled his eyes and pushed me.
"Ha ha very funny. You know it's the eldest that get to say that not the youngest." He explained, I smiled.
"It really doesn't matter." I stated, he sighed and we stood up. I could see that more people were gathering around the place and they were all looking at us. Well it's not everyday that you see Grant actually doing his homework and not messing around. I looked towards the door and saw all our friends standing there with confused looks on their faces. I laughed slightly and Grant looked at me. I pointed to the door and he looked at it. I saw that Grant was trying to hold in laughter because their faces were totally priceless. We walked towards the doors and smiled at our friends.
"Hey guys." I said, I could see Grant trying to control his laughter which was trying to pour out of him.
"What were you guys doing over there, and why is everybody staring at you?" Liz asked. I looked at Grant and saw him trying to keep a straight face, I turned back to Liz.
"We were doing homework." I stated. Grant shrugged.
"Well were going to go put our stuff away, see you guys at dinner." Grant said. We walked out of the room and right as we were out of earshot we burst into laughter. We put our stuff away and walked out of the room. We started to head down the the dinning hall when we heard someone whisper our names and we saw Zach and Bex sitting in the library all alone. We listened in.
"What do you mean?" Zach asked her.
"Haven't you noticed how close they have been the past couple of days?" She asked him.
"Yea, there's something going on with them that they're not telling us." Zach said.
"Yea ever since we got back here they've been almost inseparable and whenever we see them they are laughing and messing around and haven't been hanging out with us as much as they used to and have you seen how happy Cammie is now?" Bex said and it looked like she was...jealous? No that can't be, Bex Baxter is never jealous of anyone!
"Yea and Grant changed completely. He's now actually caring about his grades and is more considerate towards others, not that that's a bad thing it's just I think it's because of Cammie that he is being this way. It's as if he wants to be just as good as her." Zach stated and he looked jealous too! Why is he jealous? Maybe he hates that I'm taking away his best friend and changing him. Or maybe it's because...no Cammie's stop hoping that it's because Zach likes you, that's just wishful thinking, I told myself. Suddenly Bex shot up as if a great idea pop into her head. She grinned evilly.
"I think I have a way to get them to hang out with us again all together." She said rubbing her hands together. Zach looked down right terrified, hey me and Grant were too! What is she going to do? We listened closer. She looked at Zach, rolled her eyes, and sighed.
"I'm not going to hurt them so you can calm down." She explained. Zach relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's the plan?" Zach asked.
"We are going to make them jealous." She stated. I looked at Grant and he was just staring at Bex in shock. I looked towards Zach to see what he would say.
"How are we going to do that?" He asked and Bex rolled her eyes.
"If we are this jealous about them hanging out together I wonder how jealous they would be if we started hanging out together alot with other people like girls for you and boys for me, as well." She said, grinning. Zach thought about this for awhile and then he grinned michievously.
"I like the way you think Bex, when will we start?" He asked. I can't believe he is going along with this! Why is he so jealous? He probably wants his friend back.
"Tonight, right after dinner will be the start of our plan." Bex answered.
"Well, we better head down for dinner now, it's 6:17." Zach said and started to stand up. I looked at Grant and we bolted towards the dinning hall. When we got to the doors we stopped to catch our breath. After our breathing returned to normal we walked into the room together and sat down. We started to eat and 1 minute and 39 seconds later Bex and Zach walked in and sat down. We ate our dinner and talked to everyone.
After dinner I went to the library to take a break and just read a book, but that wasn't the case. As soon as I walked in I saw a bunch of girls crowded around Zach laughing and smiling. Great it looks like the plan is starting! I thought. I went to the bookshelf and picked out my favorite book that always calmed me down and put me to peace but I couldn't concentrate because of all the laughter coming from the group of girls surrounding Zach. I gripped the book tightly, it took all my control not to go over there and pull him out of the crowd of girls. I started to glare at the book. I needed to calm down so I started to take deep breaths. Someone walked up to me and sat on the couch.
"You look like you could take a bull head on and win." Grant commented.
"Do you not see the way those girls are drooling over him!" I said, my voice dripping with anger and jealousy.
"Awww, is little Cammie wammie jealous?" Grant asked in a baby voice. I glared at him.
"Of course I am!" I exclaimed, still glaring at him. Suddenly an idea popped into my head.
"Aren't you jealous of all those guys surrounding Bex?" I asked, pretending to be angry which wasn't hard since I already was. Grant sat up shocked and wide-eyed.
"What! Where is she?" He asked, clearly angry and jealous. I burst out laughing and some people looked over at me, including Zach, because I never laugh this loud. Grant looked at me confused.
"You..should have...seen...your...face!" I exclaimed between laughter, he scowled.
"Ha ha very funny! Now stop." He said but I didn't stop, his face was priceless! I should have taken a photo of it!
"That's it your getting it!" He said angrily. I stopped laughing and stared at him wide-eyed. I remembered what always happened whenever he used to say that and it really scared me.
"You wouldn't." I said hesitantly.
"Yes I will." He said. I stood up and bolted out of the room yelling, "Not if you can't catch me!" I ran out the door and ran down the hallway taking the stairs two at a time. When I reached the bottom of the stairs I saw Grant run down the stairs taking three at a time. I ran around the corner and went down the different hallways. right, right, straight, straight, left, straight, right, right, left, straight, right. I was turning the corner when suddenly someone grabbed me playfully by the waist and started to tickle me. I burst out laughing like crazy. Here's the thing about me that only my family knows, not even my friends know this, I am EXTREMELY ticklish. You could just barely tickle me and I'd burst out laughing. When I was a baby that's what Grant would always do to me when he got mad at me because he knew for me that it was worse than getting beat up by fighting with him so he always did this.
"Okay, Okay, you win, you win!" I yelled between laughs.
"Say it! " Grant yelled while tickling me.
"I'm sorry I said that!" I said breathlessly, laughing hard while he tickled me.
"And?" He asked, tickling me more.
"You are smarter, funnier, hotter, a better spy, and cooler than me and you always have been!" I said, since it is the thing he always made me say when he tickled me. He stopped tickling me.
"Why thank you Cammie!" He said, and started to laugh. I rolled my eyes and turned around to see Zach and Bex standing right in front of us with narrowed eyes filled with jealousy and anger.
"Hi guys! " I said happily. They just kept staring at us like that. Grant finally turned around wiping his eyes, still laughing. He stopped when he saw Bex and Zach's faces.
"Hey guys how it going?" He asked, uncomfortable.
"What were you guys doing?" Bex asked. I realized how close together we were during the tickling and how to other people Grant's arms around my waist during it was a sure sign that there is something going on between us.
"Grant's idea of torture." I said, glaring at him, trying to show them that I had no feelings of love towards him except in a brotherly kind of way.
"Well it's better than fighting you." He said simply even though he knew that I thought tickling was way worse. Zach and Bex stared at us suspiciously and I realized that it was getting late so I walked forward, grabbed Bex's hand, and started to walk towards our room.
"We have to go get ready for bed now boys so see you in the morning." I said, walking away. The whole way to the room Bex was almost exploding with questions that I wasn't going to answer. We walked into the room and I saw Liz and Macey in their pj's on their beds. Liz was reading a book while Macey was reading a magazine. Bex closed the door and I could see how angry she was so I grabbed my pj's and went into the bathroom to change. I came out of the bathroom 5 minutes later to see a raging Bex right next to the door. She bombarded me with questions but I just ignored her, walked past her, and went into my bed. Bex stomped over to her bed and pulled over the covers angrily. Macey and Liz looked at me questionly and confused but I just shook my head, turned around to the wall, and went to sleep.