Hey everyone! I'm incredibly sorry that I haven't updated in almost a week. Unfortunately a family emergency came up and long story short, tomorrow I'm flying back East for a week to attend a funeral. :( So sadly, I probably won't update for the next week or so. I promise I'll keep writing though so when I get back I'll have like 3 chapters to post. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews I got on the last chapter, you guys are awesome. I hope you enjoy Ch. 12!

Chapter Twelve

I sorted through the clothes that were spread out all over my room, trying to make sense of everything. Next door, Zach was doing the same.

Who was after us? What did we know? How did they find us? Questions raced through my mind. For every article of clothing I folded, new challenges came to my head.

Where were we supposed to go? Sighing I stopped my organizing and sat down on the bed. I was a spy, maybe a confused one, but this was what I had been training to do my whole life.

Pulling my knees up to my chest I considered everything. Never had a mission been so personal…this wouldn't just effect my spotless record, but my friend's life depended on me to succeed.

Lost in thought, I didn't see Zach come in until I felt someone sit down on the bed next to me.

"Have we been that sloppy?" I asked him.

"Course not, Gallagher Girl, they haven't beat us yet," he responded.

Suddenly I was sick of being vulnerable, on the defense. I didn't want to be scared or upset or read like an open book. So I did what all good spies do; I hid my emotions. I refused to allow myself to open up to Zach.

I stood up and started tossing stuff in my bag, not caring if it was neat or not. Zach watched me with a slightly amused expression, as if he knew what I was thinking.

"So what's our plan? We obviously can't stay here, where do we go?" I asked.

Zach thought, "I think we have a few options. We could get a safe house from the CIA, or we could switch hotels, or we could go on the run…"

"Um, definitely no to the last option. I say we switch hotels. But we also need to switch vehicles. And I think we should get two, so we can split up if necessary. I told him.

"We're going to have to risk getting tailed by going to the airport and I agree about the two vehicle thing. That will come in handy for surveillance too." I could see Zach playing out scenarios in his head.

"Well then," I zipped up my suitcase. "Let's go." Zach smirked at me.

"What?" I demanded.

"You're just cute when you're all determined," he laughed at me.

I crossed my arms and tried not to blush. "Zach this is serious, it's no time for your…antics." I struggled.

The smirk grew wider, "My antics?"

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever Zach. Just get your stuff."

Zach walked over to his room and I grit my teeth. Why did I let him get to me.? I promised myself not to let that happen again. Of course, I knew that was pointless.

We wasted no time checking out of the hotel. As soon as we got to the car I jumped int eh driver's seat. Zach glared but I just shrugged.

I pulled out of the garage and quickly took the most direct route to the airport. We were probably being tailed, but we didn't have time to waste losing them.

I'll admit, I drove pretty well. Weaving through the streets of Dublin at a high velocity may unnerve some people, but not me. I was a Gallagher Girl on a mission. And I've driven with Bex before, which changes the way you view crazy driving.

We made it out of the city and I accelerated. I could feel Zach watching me, so to distract him I pulled out my cell phone and tossed it to him.

"Call Liz, she should know what's going on." I explained.

"It's like 4 am over there."

"She won't care," I snapped. I don't know why, but I could feel stress getting to me. I clenched the steering wheel.

Zach dialed the number and after a few seconds he began to talk.

"Liz, it's Zach. Cammie and I are driving to the airport to switch cars. Someone tailed us after our meeting this morning and our rooms were ransacked when we got back.

As soon as Zach stopped speaking I could hear Liz's high pitched voice yelling into the phone. Zach pulled it away from his ear and gave me a look. When the yelling ceased he tried to calm Liz down.

"Liz, we're fine. We're going to find another place to stay – Yes Cammie is here, she's driving.

Zach held the phone over to me and rolled his eyes. "She wants to talk to you." I took the phone and gingerly put it to my ear.

"Liz-" Before I could say more Liz started.

"Cammie! Oh my gosh are you okay? You've got to be okay! Are you in danger? Well, of course you're in danger, you're a spy…"

"I'm fine Liz," I stopped her. "Now don't make me regret calling you. Zach and I are switching locations. I'll let you know when we get to our new hotel. But please monitor our travel through the GPS in this phone, and send me a list of hotels on the south side of Dublin."

Giving Liz something to do seemed to calm her.

"Okay Cam, just stay safe."

"You know I will." I reassured her. "Now I've got to go."

"Okay bye." Liz's voice was quiet.

"Bye," I snapped the phone shut..

Zach looked at me. "You really know all the right things to tell her," he noted.

I kept my eyes on the road, but nodded. "When you know someone as long as I've known Liz, you really understand what they're thinking." I explained.

Zach didn't answer. We were nearing the ever-crowded airport and I knew I had to stay focused. Finding the rental car company was easy enough. I pulled up to the door.

"I'll let you rent a car from here and then I'll get one from somewhere else." Zach informed me. I agreed.

We walked inside together and got in the line. Zach and I tried to appear not to be together, and didn't speak at all.

The woman at the counter easily bought Zach's fake passport and ID and soon enough the car was returned. Zach walked out of the building as if he was going to catch a bus to the main terminal.

The lady behind the desk cleared her throat, making me realize I was next. As I stepped up to the counter and handed her my identification, she smiled.

"He's quite the cutie," she nodded to Zach, who you could still see through the glass windows in the front.

Slightly taken aback, I just smiled and nodded.

After a few minutes, I had my car. The key I was given had a parking space number on it. Walking outside and searching the lot, I found it and got in. It was a white car, one that was bigger than I sedan and smaller than an SUV. Before starting the engine, I looked around. Zach was still nowhere in sight.

Yet, as soon as I turned the car on, the passenger door opened and Zach slipped inside.

"So Gallagher Girl, you think I'm a 'cutie'?" Zach smirked.

"Suuurrre, of course I do." I shook my head.

"Thought so," Zach leaned back with a smug look on his face.

Ignoring him, I drove the short distance to another rental place.

"Out," I said as we pulled up.

Zach feigned a pout, "That hurts Cammie." I just rolled my eyes.

While waiting I drove around and looked to see if anyone was following me. Surprisingly, there weren't any cars I recognized and I seemed to be clear.

I saw Zach walk out and get in a black suburban. As soon as the engine turned on, I pulled out my phone and dialed his number.

He picked up almost instantly. "Yes Gallagher Girl?"

"Follow me, Liz sent me an address of a hotel." I clicked the end-call button before he could say anything more.

We made our way back through Dublin, both of us taking slightly different routes to make sure we weren't being tailed. We didn't need our location to be revealed to whoever was after us.

Our new hotel was semi-close to the old one, but in a slightly more new part of the city.

Once we arrived, Zach and I got out and walked into the hotel. The man working behind the desk flashed us a smile as we walked in.

"We need two rooms for the next week." Zach said.

The man nodded and clicked through the computer. Then a frown came over his face.

"Ah, I'm afraid we only have one vacancy, but it has two beds," he informed us apologetically.

Zach nodded, "We'll take it."

I internally groaned. This was going to be a long week.

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This chapter is a little short, and I tried not to make the characters OOC. Let me know if you thought they were okay or not. Also, I love love love hearing your ideas and thoughts...they are super duper helpful!

Hope you all had a great first week of 2012!