I couldn't help but stare at her picture a little longer. She was beautiful, in subtle way. "Hello? Zach come on our ten minutes are up, we gotta go." I snapped out of my trance, and said "Huh? Oh Yeah, let's go." We were leaving the van when we realized we stepped out into the mall. No not that kind of mall, I mean D.C. Grant and I found a park bench, we sat down and waited till the girls showed up. We figured the probability of seeing them in the park was high.
We were correct. About 5 minutes of waiting, they showed up. An exotic looking girl twirled around freely, enjoying every second of it. And just like that she happened to be Grant's tail, and my tails best friend. Grant looked like he was about to drool, and that's when I said, "Remember your cover". Just like that his mask was on (metaphorically speaking). Our cover were to be just two normal, flirty, civilians. Cameron's friend, Rebbecca I'm told, was talking to her. Thank god for Blackthorne covering lip reading freshman year.
"We could be in Ancient Languages right now," Cammie thought about this for a second, and slowly nodded her head agreeing, " We could be locked in the basement with Dr. Fibbs." Cammie didn't even ponder the thought for a second but simply nodded her head agreeing eagerly. "And here the the view is infinitely better." Cammie then looked like she wished her friend was referring to Washington Monument, instead of me and Grant. "Oooh," Rebbecca threw her arm around Cameron's shoulders. "I want one." I could instantly see Grant's face light up. Cammie didn't even look one bit interested, "They're not puppies." "Come on." Rebbecca grabbed Cameron's hand. "Let's go talk to them. They're really cute!" Damn right we're cute, for her to not even be the tiniest bit interested, I mean what the heck is wrong with me? "Bex, we have a mission."Cameron simply stated, "Yeah but we can multitask." Rebbecca clearly wanted to come over to us. Cammie still had a mask on determined to complete this mission " No, Bex. Talking to civilian boys during a CoveOps exercise is bad idea. Trust me."She forced a smile. "Its all fun and games until someone gets their memory erased." "Wow, your really..." Rebbecca obviously regretted what she just started. "What?" Cameron demanded putting her mask on, "I'm really what?" she demanded once more. Rebbecca glanced away, almost afraid to say it but did so anyways, "Not over Josh." My hand suddenly formed a fist before I could control it. "Of course I'm over him." she shrugged but from where I was sitting it only looked like she was lying to herself. "I broke up with him. Remember? It wasn't a big deal."
Grant and I got up off the bench and started following them seeing as they left their spot and we walking already. Rebbecca had fallen into step with Cam now, "You don't have to pretend." But that's what spies do. We pretend. We have aliases and disguises and go to great lengths to not be ourselves. Just like what she did next, she pretended. "Of course I'm over him" she clung to her cover, and simply walked on. Even if I didn't know her, I could tell she was lying, not only to her friend but to herself. And no matter what it takes, I'll be the one to make sure she gets over it, I swear.
They noticed one of the faux tails that was there to distract them from us. So we ended up following them, hiding in the shadows, just so they could lose their tail. They went in and out of museums, made sudden stops to look in mirrors, and tied their shoes now and then. They started losing time fast. Cameron said something in her comms unit, when she suddenly got a worried look pass over her beautiful face. Wait did I just call her beautiful? FOCUS ZACH. "47 minutes" Cameron stated. A crowd of girls dressed like them, suddenly filled the sidewalk in front of them, and started down an escalator to the Metro Station below. Cameron looked at Rebbecca. "Do it." in that short moment that Cameron had suddenly mentioned that, they slipped their coats off and blended in with the group of girls. We had eye but we had trouble keeping it. Two girls whispered something to each other, and giggled look back at me and Grant. Rebbecca and Cameron revealed themselves and took this as their cue to look at us, and turned back and was sucked into their conversation once more, giggling.
Cameron has such a cute giggle. What? Zach come on focus. Your the best in your class. You can't be the one to slip and mess up this mission. Once down in the station, a train was waiting. "Let's run and get it!" Rebbecca yelled. And just like that the girls ran for it. All of the girls piled into the train, leaving Cameron and Rebbecca to slowly back out and lose their tails once more without anyone noticing. They both watched as the man that had just earlier been their shadow, press himself against the glass, as the train sped off into the tunnel. They thought they were free. They thought they were clear. The key word being thought. They were going to be in for a surprise at the end of this mission.