a/n: thanks for all the lovely reviews you guys have been leaving :) they're all much appreciated and actually motivates me to write and update quicker! fair warning, this chapter is a bit rambly and it's really late where i live, so i kinda didn't edit it, so ignore the grammatical errors for now.

so, here we go:

Being friends with Zach was surprisingly easy. It was easier than being enemies, that was for sure.

When they passed by each other in the halls, they'd greet eachother and even show the smallest smiles. It was kind of nice, though Macey, Bex, and Liz thought it was the beginning of their "beautiful relationship," though Cammie knew a relationship between Zach and her were nonexistent.

"Come on, just admit you kind of have feelings for Zach," Macey accused, plopping herself on Liz's soft bed.

Cammie dropped her bag on the ground and took off her blazer, "Ugh," she groaned with annoyance. Since the day before, when Zach and Cammie agreed on being friends, her own friends wouldn't stop with the assumptions. "Can we please focus on something else? Like maybe Grant and Bex, they're the ones constantly flirting."

Bex looked up from books she was reading, "thanks Cam, I can always count on you for support." She replied sarcastically.

Cammie shrugged, "Oh whatever, you know i'm so pro Bex-Grant." She smiled and kicked off her shoes.

Macey nodded, "I totally agreed, but Bex and Grant aren't that fun." She frowned slightly.

Bex threw a plush pillow at her, "Hey!"

Macey shut her eyes, just as the pillow hit her forehead, once it fell to the ground, she looked up and nodded, "Well, don't get me wrong, I love all these lovers' quarrels, but it's so obvious you and Grant like each other, there's no excitement. Not until, he asks you to be his girlfriend, though." She smiled at Bex, knowingly.

Bex rolled her eyes, "Right, well, I'm going to change and get into bed because you're all crazy and this insanity is exhausting." She sighed dramatically, rising to her feet and walking over to the bathroom.

Cammie bit the bottom of her lip, trying not to laugh at the redness of Bex's flawless face.

Macey stretched her legs and arms, falling back on Liz's purple comforter, "She so wishes Grant asked her out."

Liz shrugged slightly, "You don't know that, maybe she just thinks of him as a friend."

Cammie raised an eyebrow at Liz, "Riiiiight."

Liz shrugged again, "Not everyone wants a boyfriend, I mean, we're spies, we have to lead a life of isolation and deprivation from the world! We don't have time for dating and boys!" She said defiantly.

Macey sat up and said, "Whatever, you so have a crush on the Jonas kid."

Cammie's eyes widened and looked at Liz, who was staring down at her hands, "What? That computer guy?"

Liz looked down, she was literally blushing! Liz, blushing!

Bex came back into the room, dressed in an oversized shirt and pajama bottoms, "Can we please just go to sleep?" She asked, walking over to Macey's bed and laying down on it. She turned off the lamp on the night stand by Macey's bed, the dim room suddenly enveloped in darkness.

Liz crawled into Cammie's bed and yawned.

Cammie looked over to Liz's silhouette, she waited a good ten seconds for her eyes to adjust to the darkness, then she said, "that's my bed!"

Liz didn't reply, but Cammie knew she was awake. Cammie stood up, and fell into Bex's bed. It felt odd sleeping in someone else's bed.

Just when Cammie closed her eyes and was about to fall into deep slumber, Bex sang, "Liz and Jonas sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g."

Cammie covered her mouth and snickered silently into her palm.

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It was exactly 2:04 in the morning, the next time Cammie woke up to a suspicious thump from outside the girls' room's door. She quick;y shot up, looking around to see her roomates still deep in sleep. Cammie quickly slid out of the covers she was under and made her way to the door, careful not to wake her roomates up.

She crept to the door, leaning her ear against the thick, cold wooden door. She heard the faintest of breathing. Camie quickly shut her eyes, wondering who or what could be out there.

She unlocked the door gently, pulling it slightly open. As the door opened, Zach stood there, dressed in dark jeans and a black hoodie. He had his hands stuffed in his pockets and a smirk on his face.

Cammie stared at him, "What are you doing here?" She asked, suddenly realizing she didn't change from her uniform and her hair was probably a disaster.

Zach simply replied, "Well, friend, I couldn't sleep and was wondering if you wanted to follow me on a trip out of campus."

Cammie pushed back a strand of hair from her face, "What? Leave campus? Are you insane?"

Zach shrugged after a moment of thought, "Probably, now get dressed," He smirked at her, "Or go in that, that's cool too." He looked down at her disheveled clothes.

Cammie thought for a moment, sneaking out was not only against school rules, it was also dangerous, insane, etcetera. Cammie looked at Zach for a moment, staring into his eyes, and then after a moment, she closed the door on him.

A few minutes later, she was dressed and walking out of the Gallagher Academy with Zach. She pulled the hood on her jacket over her head, following him. The two glided across the early morning grass, already dewy with moisture. Every now and then, they stopped, crouched down and made sure they weren't being watched.

Once they finally made it over the school's metal gates, they ran quickly towards the nearby town of Roseville. The morning air was thick, rich, and cool. It felt just like a thick shield around Cammie's body. She turned over to Zach, he was walking intently, absorbing in the outdoor scene. It was two in the morning, no one sane was awake, they didn't live near New York, so the streets were dead. The lights were shining brightly under the dark sky, the only buildings lit up where the 24/7 markets.

Cammie looked over at Zach, "we're going to get in so much trouble." She hugged herself as a cool breeze blew by.

Zach shrugged, "Yeah, probably."

"Zach!"

"Chill Gallagher Girl," Zach smirked, looking at her, "this is dangerous, but hey, we are spies and danger should be our middle names."

"My middle name is Ann," Cammie rolled her eyes, wrapping her arms tighter around her thin frame.

"Oh, I know," Zach smirked. Cammie didn't respond, she honestly didn't know what made her follow Zach out there. Peer pressure?

Zach extended his hand out and touched her lightly, "hey, come on, don't chicken out on me. We're already out. Let's at least make this a good one."

Cammie didn't respond, all she could think about was the terrible outcome to follow up once they got caught.

"We're not going to get caught," Zach told her, as if reading her mind. "So, stop being so antsy about it."

Cammie just shook her head, not responding.

Zach looked over at her, "do you always need to be perfect?"

Cammie looked at him, "what?"

"Perfect, you always need to please everyone? You were mad at me for like... half a month because I beat you at a CoveOps mission, you decided to leave and take this trip with me but now you're worrying about getting in trouble. Do you ever do anything fun?"

Cammie stopped walking, and so did Zach. She glared at him, his face being perfectly framed with the moon's strong light. Suddenly, her face softened realizing that Zach was absolutely right. She did do all those things Zach accused her of.

She bit her bottom lip lightly, then looked at him, "Yeah, well, i'm usually more exciting than this."

Zach smirked at her, "Oh, I believe you, that's for sure." He replied, not sounding the least bit sarcastic.

Cammie just giggled and continued walking, Zach falling into step with her. He didn't look at her, but he said, "This isn't the first night I've snuck out."

"Really?" Cammie asked, for some reason, not surprised. Sneaking out of school just seemed like a Zach Goode thing to do.

Zach nodded, "I... just need some time to think. I like being alone and this is the only time I can truly be alone."

"So, why did you bring me here if you like to be alone?" She asked him.

Zach smirked again, not looking her direction, but straight ahead of the sidewalk they were on. "Well, what if I wanted to be alone with you?"

Cammie blushed, hoping the darkness would shield her red cheeks from Zach's view. "Funny." She said after a moment.

Zach smiled and walked into a small mini-market just around the corner. The small store was desserted of civilians, the only person in there was the cashier who was reading a newspaper. Zach walked down an aisle, Cammie didn't follow, instead she stared at the gum ball machine by the door, except there were no gum balls inside, just plastic rings. Each plastic ring came in a fake-silver band with one plastic diamond of assorted colors.

"Come on," Zach's voice said to her. She looked over to where his voice came from, by the door of the mini-market, he was holding a plastic bag with two cups of vanilla ice cream and he was holding two pink plastic spoons. He pushed the door with his back, his eyes gesturing her to exit out.

She walked over, taking a spoon from his hand. He walked out next to her, the door swinging closed behind him.

"Ice cream at three in the morning?" Cammie asked as Zach handed her a cup of the cold dessert.

Zach shrugged, "You gotta live on the edge, Gallagher Girl." He chuckled a little, pulling off his cup's aluminum lid and sliding his spoon through the frozen cream, taking a bite.

Cammie did the same, enjoying her cup. They quickly started talking, about their favorite classes, their favorite P&E moves, and their most dangerous spy encounters. Then, they quickly shifted the conversation and talked about normal things like their favorite bands (Cammie's was All Time Low and Zach's was A Day To Remember), their favorite books, and the downside of being a spy, never knowing what goes on in pop culture.

They talked, laughed, made fun of each other, and ate their ice cream with pure delight. It wasn't that bad, they actually had a lot in common. They talked until it was almost five-thirty, and a light drizzle fell over them from the sky.

Zach looked up, rain drops falling on his face. Cammie laughed as rain began to hit her gently, Zach pulled over her hoodie and guided her to the nearest shelter, which was at the end of the empty street. They ran fast, just as the rain began falling faster. Droplets crashing on the ground, making the sidewalk wet and slippery.

The rain only came to a near stop, once they were safely under a concrete building's roof edge. They were both drenched, as the rain started to fall in gentle drops. Cammie pulled the hood off her head, the ends of her hair were soaking wet.

"We should head back," Zach said wiping at his face with the sleeve of his hoodie.

Cammie nodded, as they both walked under the light drops of rain. Cammie wiped at her face, as Zach peeled off his hood. He extended his hand out, "Um, here, yeah." He awkwardly gave her his hoodie. Cammie smiled a little, taking it and just casually wrapping it around her shoulders.

"This was fun," Cammie said, coming to a stop. Zach stopped, looking at her, "Yeah, it was."

He looked down at her, differently just as she looked up at him with innocent curiosity. One thing led to another, and suddenly, Zach was leaning forward, Cammie just stood there, but not turning away. His lips, suddenly pressed against hers, his lips on hers and hers on his. His warm lips were gentle on hers, innocent, and perfect as light rain drops fell on them, running down their faces.

Cammie was so lost in the overwhelming feel of his lips on hers, she didn't even have time to think. All she could do was kiss him back and hope her breath didn't reek. But just as quickly it came, it quickly ended with Zach looking at her and saying, "we should head back, the sun's about to rise."

a/n: i apologize that my plot is kinda sloooow. but don't worry, it'll progress, so pleasepleaseplease hang in there :) and agakjdlasjfaskljashfhklj, i hope i didn't just kill you all with the fluff in the end D:

and i literally thought this story only needed like, ten chapters, but i think it'll be longer :D anyway, please hit me with your best shot (that song randomly came across my mind xD) and shoot me a review, if you'd like :)

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