Cam POV

Zach was in deep conversation with both Abby and Townsend. I tried not to look over at him, I can't believe that he took my phone and talked to Karis.

'You're overthinking it' Bex commented, standing next to me.

'What am I meant to do, Bex? He's keeping secrets'

'Aren't we all' Bex whispered, taking a sip of her drink.

'I'm not hiding anything'

'Yes you are' Bex turned to me 'You miss mission work, don't you?'

'I don't!'

'Come on Cammie, face the facts. You hate that Zach's doing mission work without you and when you went looking for answers, you didn't call any of us, you went to the CIA and you inputted your own login just to get information. There was a different way that you could have gone about it...and it could have involved us'

'I know, I know, I'm just trying to be grown up about it all'

'I know' She sighed 'Growing up is hard. Please tell Sean not to grow up'

'Oh trust me, I want him to stay as young as possible' I laughed. Bex and I looked over at Sean sitting proudly on Joe's lap, both of them eating cake and chatting away.

'I admire you so much Cammie' She said, our eyes remained on Sean 'He is such a lucky boy and he doesn't even realise it' A thought dawned on both of us

'He will never be prepared for this life' I whispered 'How am I meant to tell him about all of this? I mean, me and you were born into this life and it was just always there...Liz and Macey found out for themselves...I just...I can't raise him oblivious to our world'

'He's not oblivious Cam, don't be so hard on yourself' She placed her hand on my arm 'Sean has family traits of both you and Zach, there's no denying it. It's just that he doesn't realise that he's different until he's at the age that he could understand'

'You're right. I'm just scared'

'You're a mom, you have every right to be worried about your kids'

'As well as that, I'm worried about my husband' I snuck a glance at Zach who was still talking to Abby and Townsend. There was a crease in his forehead, that always meant that he was frustrated.

'You need to talk to him'

'I have talked to him! But he's hiding something and I'm done'

'Kiddo' My mom planted a smile on her face as she approached 'Did you take my advice?'

'We talked, I listened, we made up' I reeled off

'That's good'

'Then Karis phoned me and wanted to speak to Zach'

'Ah'

'Yep' I rolled my eyes

'Is that why my darling sister looks like she wants to rip his head off?' My mom raised her eyebrow. I shrugged refusing to look over. Bex looked for me.

'They all look murderous' She said.

'What does that mean?' I jumped out of my skin as Sean stood at my feet looking up at Bex.

'What sweetie?' Bex tried to play it off

'That word you said beginning with m'

'It's just one of Auntie Bexy's silly words' I reassured him. Sean giggled.

'Auntie Bexy says bad words a lot'

'I do not!' Bex gasped

'Yes, you do' Rachel smiled at her. She turned to Sean. 'Now, mister, what haven't you done?'

'Um…' Sean twisted from side to side thinking carefully. He bit his lip, concentrating as hard as he could. I knelt down slightly.

'Did you say hello to Grandma?' I whispered. Sean looked up at he, his eyes wide and his lips parted slightly. He shook his head quickly. 'Why don't you give her a big, big hug?' I smiled at him. Sean's face transformed into a smile, he spun around and practically leapt into Rachel's arms.

'Hello Grandma!' He exclaimed, then he wound his arms tightly around her neck.

'That's better' She kissed his cheek.

'I lost a tooth!' Sean proceeded to open his mouth wide and shove his finger into the little gap. 'It fell out when I had an apple, and then I put it under my pillow and then the tooth fairy came! She gave me two dollars!'

'Really?' She teased

'Mommy and Daddy put it in my money box. My money box is a race car!'

'That's amazing Kiddo!

'Hey Sean' Bex began 'Do you think your going to have a brother or a sister?'

'Bex…' I warned. She stuck her tongue out at me

'Um…' Sean was thinking extremely hard again

'You don't have to answer sweetie' I said.

'I want a-'

Before Sean could finish, the alarms began to ring, the power cut out.

'Lockdown' I muttered to myself. Sean covered his ears and started screaming. My mom handed him back to me.

'What's going on?' Bex asked

'Someone's trying to gain access to the school' Rachel replied, her mind already seeming to be focused on other things.

'Rachel, what's going on?' Abby came to join us. In fact, everyone was joining us.

'Someone's tripped one of the alarms on the grounds. We have about 5 minutes until they reach the building'

'So what do we do?'

Rachel looked at Joe. He nodded, taking over.

'Cammie, you and Zach take Sean down to the sublevels. It's the most secure part of the building' I nodded, clutching Sean closer. 'Liz, set yourself up in the science labs, if anything goes wrong you've got a hell of a lot of chemicals as amo. Jonas, go to the computer lab, try and get access to all the cameras. The rest of us will divide. Macey and Nick remain in the east wing, that way if something happens, you can get to both Liz and Jonas. Got it?' They nodded.

'Grant and Abby on me. Townsend and Bex with Rachel' Joe looked at his watch 'Three minutes and counting. Let's move'

'Mommy, I'm scared' Sean said to me.

'I know baby' I kissed his forehead, trying to stop the tears from falling.

'Cam, we need to go' Zach took Sean off of me and grabbed my hand in the process. We made our way out of the ballroom and towards the staircase. I stood in front of the picture.

'Come on, come on' I muttered waiting for it to register me. The painting turned green and slid open.

'What level should we go to?' Zach asked

'Well, the bottom level is still full of the explosives that the girls and I put down there so…'

'We don't want to end up in the tombs so that rules out level 4'

'Level 3 has spare rooms' I told him 'Let's go there' Both of us reached for the button at the same time, our hands touching. I withdrew mine quickly, and stepped away. Zach cursed under his breath in farsi.

'I don't know what daddy said, but I'm sure it's bad' Sean whispered. Zach and I both looked at each other and burst out laughing.

'What?' Sean asked, his head whipping from side to side.

'Don't worry buddy' Zach chuckled. 'You'll find out later'

I stopped laughing after that. It was going back to the conversation that I had with Bex earlier; Sean should be protected from all of this. And once again he was in the firing line.

Zach raised his eyebrow at me, obviously knowing something was wrong.

The doors slid open. The emergency lighting was on, it casted an eerie green light along the hallway. Zach and I stepped out of the elevator and were readying ourselves encase anything was lurking around the corners.

We made our way further into the sublevels. I remember every brick and every scratch on the floor without having to see anything. Gallagher was and will always be my home. I opened one of the doors, and as expected there was two small bed,s a television and a tiny kitchenette.

'Can we watch cartoons?' Sean asked as Zach put him down.

'Sure sweetie, why don't you turn the tv on?' I suggested. He nodded and ran across the room. His fears of earlier seemed to have been forgotten.

'What is this place?' Zach asked

'My mom and Joe set up more precautions. There are 14 rooms on this level all equipt in the same way. A family could live in this room for a month without needed to step outside' I ran my hand along the bed frame 'They're thinking about using this for survival training for the students'

'Impressive' Zach nodded.

'Mommy, daddy, this television is old' Sean sighed.

'It's not old' Zach said

'It's not flat!'

'Well neither is the Earth but we still make life work' I quipped. Sean tilted his head to one side and looked at me baffled.

'What's the Earth?' He asked

'It's the place we live on'

'But we live in our house'

'Our house is on Earth sweetie, just like Grandpa Ed's, Grandpa Joe and Grandma's'

'If that's true then….then…' He scrunched up his face in frustration 'I need time to think' He said dramatically. Zach and I laughed again. My son amazes me sometimes.

Zach POV

So far we've been in this room for 30 minutes, Sean went from being excited and adventurous to presently being downright bored and about to have a tantrum.

'I want to leave!' He exclaimed

'We can't sweetie' Cam tried to calm him down, I could see the stress of the day catching up on her.

'Why don't we try and go to sleep?' I suggested. Sean folded his arms in protest.

'No'

'Sean please, mommy's tired' Cam sank down on the bed.

'NO' He shouted 'And you can't put me on the naughty step because there is no step in here' He added smugly. Definitely my son.

'Sean…' Cammie sighed.

'I've got this' I whispered to Cammie. I crouched down in front of Sean. 'Hey, buddy, you know what mommy has in her tummy?

Sean nodded 'She has my baby brother or sister in her tummy'

'Well, the baby can hear you, and do you think you're acting like a good big brother?'

Sean's hands dropped to his side.

'No' He said sadly

'So how about we get into bed and have a little sleep like a good boy, hm?'

Sean nodded.

'But...but I don't have my Pjs'

'How about you wear these clothes, just for tonight?' I suggested

'Just like you on the sofa!' He giggled. I smiled.

'Exactly like me'

'Mommy did you hear that?' Sean bounced over to Cam. 'I'm going to be just like daddy!'

'That's amazing sweetheart!' Cammie mustered as much enthusiasm as possible, however I could see that she was incredibly tired.

'Come on buddy, let's get sorted'

Author's note: Quite a long chapter today, but a lot of drama occured. Someone is trying to get into the school...and Zammie have put their differences aside to protect each other and Sean. Then to ease the tension, Sean was just being himself with the 'old' TV. Zach also realised the strain of the pregnancy on Cammie and decided to take action. Now that they're in a small room, there's no avoiding the conversation that they're sure to have. Again, do you think it's a boy or girl? xxx

AaGallagherGirl: All of your questions will be answered soon! You'll have to wait a little bit to find out about the baby..xxx

GirafeRosie: Thank you so much! Macey's secret will be coming out soon, I already have a few chapters written and waiting xxx

flash 2.0: Cammie and Zach will have an intense conversation next chapter xxx

Guest: Thank you! I bloody hate Karis as well. To be honest, it was a similar situation with Tina. She could tell that Zach and Cam were happy but decided to rip them apart. I'm British as well! So I understand what you mean; I just write 'mom' because it's more in keep with Cammie's character xxx

Smiles 180: Abby is by far becoming one of my favourite characters in this story xxx

4EverAGallagherGirl: I agree, I do wish that there were some more Zach and Townsend moments, I think that they've built a relationship based purely on lies and secrets from Catherine. I'm so glad that I've written a positive relationship. Zammie will be talking soon xxx

Miss. L 2002: I hate the lying as well, it's just not good for the baby. I loved Zach's sarcasm in that bit as well. I enjoy when there are serious moments or when Cammie is angry at him and Zach always finds a way to break the tension some way. Abby is wise; I agree that the job has changed her for the better. Cookies and tissues will be needed on Thursday xxx

BritishBombshell007: I've missed hearing from you! I feel like we need to have a good old catch up in our PMs. Aww thank you. I have a lot of freetime recently so it's given me a grand opportunity to write. Ohhh, I've planning something BIG for the baby and the baby's arrival *insert evil laugh* xxx