Chapter 16
Cammie POV
We sat around the table, eerily similar to when we sat around the same table discussing the opera. We looked down at the piece of paper in the middle of the table and then looked up at Zach, who was the leader of this operation.
"This is going to be harder folks," Zach started, "we need to take out all of Serie Mulana's gang when they show up at 7pm and we have to make sure no alarms go off so party number 2 won't be scared off." There was silence around the table.
"Party number 2 will be hard to deal with," his eyes cut to mine, "they know Cammie but that shouldn't matter too much because we will need to knock them out anyway," Zach looked a little nervous, twisting his hands around his steaming cup of coffee.
"I talked with the Director yesterday and he thinks we can deal with them ourselves, he said he prefers knocked out than….." He trailed off but we got it.
"We have a 2 hour interval between the two scheduled meetings right?" Bex asked twirling a strand of dark hair around her finger. Everyone nodded. I sighed lightly and ran a hand through my already very messy hair. Zach grabbed my hand under the table. I smiled.
"This is it people," I said, suddenly confident, "we can do this. We will do this."
And I will. I personally will make sure that the man will be gone. I will.
…
I stood on the balcony that overlooked the garden and watched the streaks of orange race across the pink sky. I shivered lightly, there was a faint breeze but it raised the hair on my bare arms. I couldn't help but dread tomorrow, meeting that man again. It wasn't something I looked forward to. I sighed and leant against the rail and closed my eyes. I felt the breeze brush gently across my face as I stood there, waiting for tomorrow. Instead I got something else.
"Thinking about me Gallagher Girl?" Zach appeared before my eyes as I blinked and realised that the sky had darkened to a blue and the first stars had appeared. He smirked lightly while placing his arms on either side of me. I snorted.
"Keep on wishing Blackthorne Boy," I didn't move though, just gazed up into those green eyes of his.
"Really? That hurt Cammie. Right here," he grabbed my hand and placed it on his heart. I just smiled at him.
"Don't worry Cammie," Zach said suddenly, gripping my hand, "it's going to be fine," I wanted to believe him, I really did. I leant in gently and shared a sweet, soft kiss. I leant my head on his chest while he rested his chin on the top of my head, staring out into the night. Suddenly he jerked.
"Cammie! Cammie, look!" I looked up to the sky and saw a silver streak flying across the blue night sky. I sighed contently, watching from the warm and protecting arms of Zach.
"Make a wish Cammie," Zach's breath tingled on my ear as I shivered lightly.
I made a wish.