-To Hide

"Grant?" I asked.

"Yea?" He asked from the living room.

"Please, do not tell me you called Zach."

"Why would I?"

I couldn't believe it, because out the window a block away I could see Zach walking towards the house. Macey, Bex, and Liz weren't with him, but Zach might be able to catch me if I ran and Grant wouldn't be any help. Grant may have helped me here but he'd choose to help his best friend over me. I walked through the hall back to Grant.

"Grant, you have to help me. Stall Zach, make him leave, do something!" I pleaded.

"What are you talking about?

"Zach is walking to your house as we speak!" I yelled.

"Okay, well why don't you hide? Zach and your friends would catch you easy, so running is out of the question." Wow, thanks Grant.

"GRANT!" I yelled, "Zach is coming, I need to get out of here NOW!"

"Why don't you just use the back door?"

"Well first of all it's raining," I said. "Second it's not going to be noticeable, at all, if I were seen climbing your fence." Note the sarcasm.

Then Grant's phone rang.

And the caller ID said Zach.

And Grant picked up.

Why would Grant pick up? Something is wrong with that boy.

"Hello?" I could hear Zach on the line. Grant put him on speaker so I could hear.

"Hey dude, what's up? We haven't talked in a while." Grant replied.

"Actually, I'm right in front of your house, mind letting me?" Zach asked.

My eye immediately widened. What was I going to do?

Then I looked up at Grant.

"Hello?" Zach asked confused on why his friend wasn't answering.

"Dude, I can't believe you're there. I'm at Blackthorne," Grant lied. "Jonas talked me into volunteering with him. You know him, always with the teachers."

I almost sighed with relief but realized we were still on the phone.

"Well when do you get home? I'll hang around for a while and wait. We lost Cammie and we have no lead. Wait you have no clue what happened well-"

"Actually," Grant interrupted, "Bex filled me in. She called me before you guys left Gallagher." I rolled my eyes. Grant really did not want to hear the story again.

"Hold on," Grant said on the phone. He set the phone down, took it off speaker, and came up to me. "Cam," He said. "I don't know what to do."

I sighed. "Let him in, find me a hiding spot, and when he gets distracted or has to use the bathroom I need to make my escape."

"How do you know he'll need to use the bathroom?"

"He just came from West Virginia, on a train. Trust me those bathrooms aren't as nice as you'd think."

Afterwards Grant showed me to a closet in the hall, near the front door. I ran back to the couch, grabbed my bag, and rushed into the closet.

And then Grant opened the front door.

"So," Zach stated, "You are home."

And I knew this was going to be a long wait.

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