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Recap:
I knock on the door and a few seconds later the door is opened by a smirking Zach, "Hello Gallagher Girl."
Cammie POV:
"Hello Gallagher Girl."
I smile trying not to blush especially since my mom is standing behind me, but wow Zach looked hot. His hair was still wet from having taken a shower, and he had khakis and a light blue button down shirt on. Now the shirt was a tight fitting shirt, let me just say Zach's got some nice abs.
He sees me looking and he smiles, then he grabs my hand and starts leading me into his house. When we get into the next room (also out of earshot from my mom) he whispers to me, "Did you see something you like?"
I nod blushing then look down at the brownies smiling, "Ya, it's just that these brownies look so nice."
He laughs and we keep walking until we get to their kitchen.
"Hello dear you must be Cammie, Zach has told me so much about you," says a lady that must be Zach's mom.
I blush a little and Zach gives her a glare.
She laughs, "I'm Zach's mom, but you can call me Catherine."
I smile, "It's nice to meet you."
"You too, why don't both of you go have a seat at the table; dinner will be ready in about ten or so minutes."
I nod, set down the brownies I was carrying and follow Zach into their dining room.
When we walk in there is a little girl sitting down, and a man walking out of the room into the kitchen, and I think that is probably Zach's dad. The both look up at me though and the girl's eyes get really big, "Sit next to me, sit next to me!"
I smile and go sit next to her, Zach looks slightly disappointed that I'm going to sit next to him and goes and sits across the table from me.
I quickly give him a look saying "sorry" then turn to the little girl sitting beside me, "What's your name?"
"I'm Sarah and I'm almost seven."
"Wow you're so old," I say smirking.
Sarah looks at me funny, "You look like my brother when you do that, he smirks all the time."
I laugh, "I'm stealing his signature smirk."
As I say that Zach gets up unexpectly and walks up behind me and picks me up bridal style and in between laughing says to me, "Gallagher Girl no one is allowed to steal my smirk."
He carries me outside, and over by their pool while I yell at him to put me down.
He laughs, "If you say so."
He then lets go of me and I fall in the pool. When I come up he is on the ground laughing so I take this as an opportunity and I grab his arm and he falls into the pool, now it is my turn to laugh.
We stay in the pool for about another five minutes laughing before we finally stop. We both sit on the edge of the pool and watch the sunset. Then we both look at each other and he looks like he is about to kiss me.
Zach's POV:
No one is allowed to steal my smirk! So I picked her up bridal style and carried her outside. She kept yelling at me to put her down so when I got to the end of our pool I said, "Okay if you say so." and then I let go of her and she fell in the pool.
I was too busy laughing to notice she was sneaking up from the pool until it was too late. She grabbed me and pushed me into the pool.
We both laughed for awhile before we stopped. She climbed out of the pool and sat on the edge so I did the same.
We watched the sunset and then we both looked at each other. I wanted to kiss her so bad so I leaned in about to kiss her.
"ZACHARY GOODE!" "CAMERON MORGAN!" Oh shit.
Both of our parents yelled from the patio door.
We both looked and they looked mad but then they both looked at each other and started laughing.
My mom looked at Mrs. Morgan, "What are we to do with them?"
They both laughed, "Zach dear go upstairs and put some dry clothes on, and lend some to Cammie too."
I nod and they both turn to go inside but Mrs. Morgan turns around again, "And please do hurry dinner is just about ready."
So I look at Cammie who looks confused about her mother probably just what I look like too from what just happened and tell her, "Follow me."
She gets up and starts following me. I wait a second for her to catch up and then I grab her hand and pull her along with me.
She smirks and I just keep pulling her along up the stairs and into my room. She looks around at it while I find us some dry clothes.
"This is not what I thought you room would look like."
I laugh, "How is it supposed to look?"
She just shrugs and walks out onto my balcony and smiles, "I have a balcony too."
I walk outside and about ten feet away on her house there is a balcony.
I hand her a shirt and some sweatpants and walk back into my room to find myself some dry clothes too after laying my wet shirt outside to dry.
When I turn around Cammie is standing there in just her bra and underwear, and she looks extremely hot.
She walks over to me and whispers in my ear, "See something you like?"
I nod my head, "Ya Gallagher Girl I do."
Then I walk a little closer to her and I kiss her."
Cammie POV:
He walks a little closer to me and kisses me! Yes kisses me! His kiss is amazing and so much better than my old boyfriend's Josh.
Unfortunately right after he kissed me Mr. Goode walked in to a shirtless Zach and me in my bra and underwear.
"Zachary!"
Zach tenses, "Sorry dad, I uh we fell in the pool and uh I was uh getting Cammie some uh dry clothes."
He laughs, "Suurrreeee, now please hurry up we are waiting for you. And no more funny business!"
Zach just nods and he leaves.
We both quickly put some clothes on not saying a word. We walk out of the room and Zach holds my hand and we go downstairs to dinner.
We walk in and everyone looks up at us and I blush and quickly drop Zach's hand. We both take our seats and quietly start eating dinner.
"Hey kiddo how was your swim?"
I glare at her, "Just great mom."
She laughs then turns to Mrs. Goode and they start talking.
I can feel Zach's eyes on me but Mr. Goode starts talking.
"So Cammie where did you guys move from?"
I smile, "We used to live in a small town called Gallagher."
Now he smiles too, "That's so cool I used to live in the town right next to it, Blackthorn."
I nod but start feeling really sad. If he grew up in Blackthorn he must have known my dad.
My mom must have been listening because she starts talking to him about how she got a new job here and moved, trying her best to avoid the subject of Blackthorn and also my dad.
After awhile more of them talking he looks at me, "So Cammie where is you dad? I haven't seen him yet and I was hoping I would get to meet him soon."
I look at my mom and she looks at me, we are both crushed and I can see a tear rolling down her face so I get up and give her a hug.
Mr. Goode can tell he asked a bad question and both Zach and Mrs. Goode are giving him a glare.
My mom looks at Mrs. Goode, "I'm sorry but could you excuse us for a minute?"
She nods and my mom pulls me outside. We both sit on the grass and hug each other while crying.
Inside I can hear Mrs. Goode yelling at Mr. Goode for asking the question.
I look at my mom, "Mom we have to tell them something."
She nods and I give her one more squeeze then I go inside and she follows me.
When we are all seated at the table Mr. Goode looks at me, "I'm sorry I didn't know."
I nod, "It's okay, but about my dad, I don't think you'll meet him, he's not here in Roseville."
They all nod and Zach looks like he wants to know more but knows not now.
We finish dinner quietly and my mom and Mrs. Goode go to get dessert. They bring out brownies and ice cream.
Zach looks at his mom, "Can Cammie and I go eat outside?"
She nods while picking up Sarah to go put her to bed, "Goodnight Sarah."
She makes her mom put her down and runs over to me and gives me a hug, "Goodnight Cammie."
Mrs. Goode smiles and then carries her daughter off to bed while Zach and I go sit outside with our dessert.
We eat quietly until he talks, "I'm so sorry about earlier."
I nod.
"Wanna tell me what happened?"
I can tell I'm on the verge of tears, "I promise I will just not right now."
He nods.
After awhile I ask about his sister, "What is Sarah like?"
He smiles, "I knew you were going to ask me about her. Sarah, she's an amazing girl."
I blush a little, am I that predictable?
"Everyday since you moved in next door she has wanted to meet you and told me I had to meet you first and I had to talk to you."
He smiles to himself.
"She was right about you, you know that?"
I look at him strangely.
"She told me when I was telling her about you that she thought you were a great girl and that me and you would be best friends maybe even more."
I smile and grab his hand and squeeze it, "She sounds like a very smart girl."
He starts smirking again, "Wanna come over tomorrow after school? My parents are going out for the night and I have to babysit her for a couple hours."
I nod, tomorrow is Friday so I didn't have much to do especially since I am still sorta new in town and I know absolutely nothing about the town yet.
We sit in silence for awhile but I can feel him staring at me.
"Why are you staring at me?"
""Because you are beautiful and I like to stare at beautiful people."
I start laughing, "Of course you do Zach."
He starts laughing too.
We go back inside and put our dishes in the sink. Of course our parents are talking and I think my mom probably has or is about to tell them about my dad. I then look at the stairs and I see Sarah creeping down the steps.
I go over to her and pick her up, "What are you doing missy?"
She looks sad like she had a bad dream, "I was looking for Zachy."
I smirk, "Zach's right there." Of course he looks up right when he hears his name and walks over to us.
"Zachy will you tuck me back into bed?"
He nods and I follow him upstairs while carrying Sarah.
We go up to her room and its right next to Zach's room. He opens the door and I walk in and lay her on the bed.
Zach starts tucking her in and I look at her room. There is a picture of her and a souvenir from almost everywhere in the world.
"Wow Sarah this is amazing, you've been to all these places?"
She smiles at me, "My dad took me and Zach to all of those places."
"That's cool does he have a job where he travels a lot?"
Both Zach and Sarah nod.
"Every summer though he takes us traveling with him and this year our plane was slightly delayed if you're wondering why I missed the first day of school. I nod then Sarah asks, "Cammie what about your dad, what does he do?"
Zach looks at me saying "You don't have to tell her."
I smile sadly and nod at him telling him its okay, "MY dad used to be a teach with his best friend Joe. They were special teachers though and they got to travel all over the world teaching languages, sports, and history to kids."
I told her about half the truth, my dad was a teach but he was a spy. He taught at different spy schools all over the world. He spoke tons of languages, the sports were fighting, and the history was telling the kids about good and evil people. Joe Solomon was his best friend and partner.
Sarah nodded but Zach looked at me, "What was his job title?"
I look at him dead in the eyes, "A teach, and a spy."
Sarah looks happy, "He's a spy! Can I meet him?"
"I'm sorry Sarah, but you cannot do that."
"Why not?"
He's dead."
Both Sarah and Zach look at me in shock. Sarah gets up and gives me a hug.
I smile a sad smile and stand up, "Goodnight Sarah, I'll see you tomorrow."
She waves as I walk out of her room leaving Zach to say goodnight. Then I walk into his room and go sit on the balcony and cry.
Zach POV:
"He's dead."
I looked at her in shock, her dad is dead. No wonder why she and her mom freaked out on us at dinner when my dad mentioned her dad.
I quickly said goodnight to Sarah and told her not to worry about Cammie. Then I tucked her in and went tot look for Cammie.
When I closed Sarah's door I heard crying coming from my room. I walked in and she was sitting out on my balcony so I went and sat next to her.
She looked up at me, "My dad was one of the best. They don't know what happened to him, he's MIA which basically just means he's missing and most likely dead.
I nodded and she continued, "It all happened about six years ago when I was ten. He had to go on a mission and after three months he didn't come home. My mom started getting really sad and my Aunt came to visit us. Two months later Joe came over. Joe had always been my dad's partner so when he came back alone I knew my dad was gone and there was no hope of him returning. After that everything fell apart. I still went to school but my mom and aunt were a mess, the only person there for me was Joe. I went to live with him till last year when he moved here and I went back to live with my mom. She's been doing a lot better especially now that she and Joe are dating. It's just hard, and I really miss him."
When she finishes I don't know what to say so I just stick my arm around her waist and pull her closer. She was still crying but I could tell she was trying hard not too.
Then she looked at me, "Joe promised my dad he would take care of me. He's all I have left Zach." And then she started crying harder.
I kept holding her while she cried and started thinking. Joe must really love her, he probably thinks of her as his own daughter. I'm guessing when Cammie's dad died he retired and became a teacher. If she has only been living with her mom for about a year something must have happened for her to move to Roseville. I think Cammie's mom is trying to be kind to her daughter but just misses her husband too much. Joe is probably the only one looking out for her.
When she stops crying I look at her. She looks sad so I just keep holding her. Then she whispers to me, "Thank you Zach."
"For what?"
"For listening and not thinking I'm crazy."
I laugh, "What are friends for?"
She smiles but looks uneasy I can tell she's thinking about her mom.
"It'll be okay, I promise."
She just nods her head.
"Listen if you need anything just call me, I'm right next door."
She nods and stands up. She kisses me on the cheek, "Goodnight Zach."
"Night Gallagher Girl." And then she walks out of my room grabbing her wet clothes and goes downstairs.
All I can think of is two things. One I will help her through this and make it better and two I love her.
Cammie POV:
After saying goodnight to Zach I walked downstairs. I cannot believe I just told him that, I have never told anyone about my dad before.
When my mom sees me she can tell I want to go so she quickly says goodbye.
"Thank you for having us over for dinner."
Mrs. Goode smiles, "You are welcome over here anytime."
I nod and we walk out.
"Aren't they nice?"
I nod.
My mom looks sad, "Listen Cammie I'm sorry he brought up your dad but trust me it hurt you just as much as it hurt me, and I told them what really happened."
I nodded it probably actually hurt her a lot more than me. When we got inside I hugged my mom, "Goodnight Mom."
"Night kiddo."
Then I ran upstairs to my room and checked my phone, all the girls had texted me wanting to know how dinner went. I texted them back that it went good and decided to read.
I have always loved to read so I had a giant book shelf when I lived with Joe, and an even bigger one when I lived with my mom. Now sitting in my room I have at least ten giant boxes packed full of books, so I go over to the first one I see and I pull a book out. It's "The Outsiders" one of my favorite books. I walk out on my balcony, turn on the outside light and sit down on my bean bag that I brought out there and start to read.
When I'm almost done with the book (About three hours later) I hear a car start up that sounds like my mothers.
I run downstairs and see it was my mom's car and see her zooming off. I look around in the kitchen and find a note.
"I'm sorry kiddo but I have to go on a business trip for awhile. I already talked to Mrs. Goode last night and if you need anything ask her. Joe will also stop by once a day. Again I'm sorry you'll understand one day. I love you!
-Mom"
I didn't know what to think so I ran back upstairs into my room and onto my balcony. I sit back down on my bean bag and start crying. I knew she wasn't coming back for a long, long time. She probably went to Abby's house. I thought she was better, but I guess not.
Zach POV:
I woke up in the middle of the night and heard crying. I saw a light on next door and figured something must have happened to Cammie. I was about to get up when the light turned off but I knew something was wrong.
When I woke up in the morning and went jogging I was hoping to see Cammie but I didn't. So I ran back home and looked for my mom.
She and my dad were whispering in the kitchen but stopped when they saw me.
"Morning Zach."
"Morning Mom and Dad."
They both smiled but I knew something was wrong, maybe it had to do something with Cammie?
"Mom is something wrong?"
They both looked at each other before my mom answered, "Zach has Cammie told you about her dad."
I nod, "She told me last night."
"Well after he went missing her mom sort of lost it and went into a mental asylum with her sister(A/N Abby was also devastated when Matt went missing and after seeing Rachael such a mess she lost it too) for a couple of years. Cammie thinks she went to visit her sister, but they both went crazy."
I nod, "So what is wrong?"
"Well her mom told us last night what had happened with Cammie's dad, so after they left we did some research about the mental asylum that they stayed at and were released from because they thought they were better. But last night I saw her mom through my window drinking and I knew something was wrong so I went to go talk to her. She was acting crazy, but before she fully lost it she told me to look after Cammie and that she was going to visit her sister. She left Cammie a note but I don't know if she was still sane when she wrote it."
It took me awhile to register what she said. Finally I just looked and them and said I was going to go and get ready. They nodded and I ran upstairs, got dressed and when I was done I grabbed my backpack and keys, said goodbye and went to go and check on Cammie.
I knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I looked around and saw a spare key under the door mat so I opened up the door. Her house looked quite similar to mine.
I walked into other kitchen and saw her sitting there eating a bowl of cereal. She looked fine after last night just a little tired.
"Hey Cammie."
She turned around not very surprised I was there, "Hey, want a bowl of cereal?"
I shook my head and she just shrugged and finished her cereal.
When she was done she looked up at me and I asked her, "Want a ride to school?"
She nodded, "Let me go grab my backpack." And then she ran upstairs.
When she came back down her bag looked pretty full, "I thought we didn't have much homework last night."
She blushed and opened up her bag. Inside were about eight of my favorite books, "What are you doing with those?"
She smiled, "Lending the to a friend to read."
I nodded, "Common we are going to be late."
Cammie POV:
We drove in silence to school which was just fine for me.
When we got to school Zach looked at me, "Can I walk you to class?"
"Sorry Zach but I have to go meet someone real quickly."
We both walked into school but he turned going to class and waved bye to me so I waved back to him and kept walking straight.
I kept walking until I got to Joe's classroom. I knocked and he opened the door and when he saw me he smile and gave me a big hug. I knew he didn't have any classes till after lunch so I knew I would be fine. I walked in and sat at a desk and looked at Joe, "We need to talk."
So sorry cliff hanger again. Well like I said at the top five reviews or a week and I'll update! Hope you enjoyed it!
