"Cammie, sweetheart. What's the last thing you remember?" My mother's voice drew me out of my slight daydream. A daydream that felt more like a memory, a warm sunny day is what I had visioned. Dr. Steve had left a couple minutes earlier, insisting of giving my mother and I some alone time. But Mr. Solomon stayed behind, and I knew he was watching me.
"The helicopter ride." I quietly told her, not looking at her in the eye.
"That's all?" She squeezed my hand, most likely hoping I wouldn't remember our conversation over the phone. But I did.
I nodded as she let out a sigh. She then stood up and walked towards the door and with that my mother left, the headmistress part of her taking over.
"Well, I have to finish some work." Her eyes were different than the last time, "Nice to have you back, bye."
She didn't wait for me to say bye as I sat there with needles in my arm. I wanted to be alone right now, but Mr. Solomon was still in the room. We sat together quietly for a very long time, and I just knew that he knew.
He knows.
"You're lying Ms. Morgan." Mr. Solomon stared at me.
"And?" I groaned while laying back down. "Don't we all lie."
It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"'And?' I noticed, that's why." Mr. Solomon walked out, leaving me to feel...stupid. I'm a spy for god's sake, how could I slip up, in front of the teacher who trained me? If he noticed then someone else must have noticed too during the summer.
Dr. Steve walked soon after, clipboard in hand. He checked the monitors to read my stats and asked me simple questions that I didn't want to answer. My back was feeling much better after he gave some pills to ease the pain a bit.
"Ms. Morgan, it seems that you have improved." He finished writing down some numbers on the clipboard.
I paid little to no attention at what he was saying to me-bad I know but right now I could care less. Instead, I was looking at the door.
Staring.
Waiting.
Just hoping for someone to burst through the doors and take me away from here. To take me back in time and maybe I wouldn't have left...
"Ms. Morgan?" Dr. Steve nudged my shoulder. "Are you listening?
"Yes." I replied looking straight at him.
"Then repeat what I had just told you 30 seconds ago." A ghostly smile spread over his face. It was a challenge he was giving me.
"You told me the only way I could get through my slight memory loss was to write down anything I could remember in a journal." I recited back, holding in a smirk.
"Correct." Dr. Steve grumbled out. He then proceeded to hand me a brown leather journal from his black bag. This book seemed different thought...familiar.
"Dr. Steve, when may I be let out?" I asked. I'm hoping summer me kept a journal, I just need to remember where I had left it.
"Your mother has requested that you'll eat with the rest of the students for dinner, what did she call it again?" He began packing up his papers, "Ah yes. A 'Welcome Back Dinner'."
Of course my mother would.
I was soon let out but since I wasn't technically enrolled back in Gallagher, I had no dorm nor uniform for this year. Which reminds me, I have to make some arrangements about that with my mother, unless she herself already has. I walked around the empty hallways since classes were still in session. Gillian's painting caught my eye, something about her.
"I'll leave it here, it'll be safe." I spoke quietly to him. "Trust me."
"I do." His words brought comfort to me despite how risky it is as I...
I walked towards Gilly, my memory quickly fading away. She's the key to something I can't remember. I turned towards her sword instead but not before arms wrapped around me from the back.
"Cammie." I heard the voice of the person whispered into my hair.
"Cammie, you know I love you right?" He asked.
I couldn't help but laugh, "Of course I do. And I love you."
He tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, smiling at me. "I'm just worried you'll get hurt...again."
We never talked about what would happen if one of us did get hurt or worse.
"I know, aren't all of you?" I rolled my eyes trying to lighten up the conversation and mood. All of them were concerned for my safety ever since I came to them.
"Morgan?" Another voice called out. I moved my head to the side since the person was still hugging me, and looked at the other Blackthorne Boy.
"Grant!" A smile plastered on my face as I slipped out of the person's hug and into Grant's opened arms.
"Grant do you still have a thing for Bex?" I asked when we were sitting for dinner. Jonas didn't feel well so I was only us two.
"No." He said through a mouthful of whatever this is...isn't even consider food? No.
"Why?" I took a bite and quickly spat it in a napkin.
"Because I have you." He winked, soon laughing at my reaction.
"Grant you freaking idiot!" I laughed along with him, earning some questions looks from the other boys.
"You're alive." He breathed into my hair. Grant held me close to him and I knew if he didn't let go anytime soon then he would never let me go.
"Grant let her go." The voice from earlier was slightly annoyed. I turned around and saw the geeky boy from the first Blackthorne exchange.
"Jonas?"
"The one and only." He smiled at me. "So are you going to stand there or give me a hug like the one you gave to Grant?"
I smiled at him but before I could give Jonas a hug walked in.
"Ms. Morgan, quickly change into these and meet us here. I assume that I don't need to explain since you remember the boys." Dr. Steve chucked some clothes at me and turned around to talk to the rest of the Blackthorne Boys on how to behave.
"This uniform is way better than Gallagher's." I told them as I stepped out of the bathroom. The uniform earned me some whistles from the guys.
"Cammie you are fucking smoking." Grant winked at me, his way of flirting.
The uniform consisted of a white short sleeved buttoned uniform top with black suspenders. Along with a pleated twill shorts that were just the perfect size.
"Hold on just a bit." Jonas unhooked my suspender as he grabbed an iron from the closet. Within no time I had it back on but with the Blackthorne crest ironed on to the left strap.
"Thank you guys! Really." I smiled at them.
"As to welcome you into our little family Cam," Nick pulled a box from behind him, "here."
He handed me the box and I opened it, "You shouldn't have."
"Nonsense Cam, it'd be stupid of us to let you walk around with those ridiculous penny loafers out in the middle of the woods." He chuckled at me and insisted that I take them. I complied and put on the black combat boots that matched with the rest of them.
"Perfect." Jonas smiled and held his hand out form to take.
I walked out of the bathroom, once again wearing my uniform with a sense of nostalgia. And once again I gained some whistles from the boys when I came into their line of vision.
"Boys! Behave, what the hell did I just tell you earlier!?" I laughed as Dr. Steve scolded them.
A murmurs of 'Sorry's were heard throughout the hallway. All twenty-five boys formed two lines with me in the middle next to Nick. Grant stood in front of me while Jonas stood behind me.
"For that little fiasco, you all earned five extra laps. Now smile." Dr. Steve quickly ushered us, ignoring our groans, and into the opened doors of the dining hall.
So sorry it took me such a long time. I needed to look up some info from the book just to make sure it's correct. Thanks for still reading y'all :).
BookkWorm - "Hey this is super great I really like it! Just please tell me the guy/person she was with all summer wasn't Zach? Please! I can't stand another "Zach found her that summer" story!"
- lol me too. So no, Zach is not the guy/person she was with during the summer. I an't that cheesy.
