Chapter 23

Cammie's POV

(Bam)

"Cammie!" Zach pushed me away and he took… the bullet.

"Zach!" I screamed.

"No! Zach!" The others yelled in panic.

"Zach!" His mother exclaimed and tried to run towards him.

"Get away from him!" Bex stood up in front of Zach and me. Or maybe that's Liz or Macey… My eyes are too blurry from my tears. "You've caused enough trouble for us, don't make things worse!"

"Can't you even let his own mother see her own son?" She demanded.

I looked at Zach and looked at his 'mother'. "He doesn't want to see your face!"

"You don't know him as much as I do!" She yelled.

"You're wrong!" I shouted. "You're the one who sent him to Blackthorne for troubled boys! I know his good side more than you do!"

"Give him to me!" Catherine said.

"NO!" I hissed at her.

"He could die from that shot and I'm the only one who can help him." She stepped closer.

"Don't do it Cam." Bex said.

"Yeah, we'll never know if we'll ever see Zach again… with or without her help." Liz cried.

"And that helps us how?" Macey asked flatly.

"Well, I don't really know. But I guess I can just say… What Bex said." Liz answered.

"A little more help would be nice." I whispered softly enough so they could hear me.

"Gallagher Girl." Zach said. "Run for it, leave me here."

"No! I'm not leaving you!" I exclaimed.

"No matter what then, don't let her take me." He muttered.

"You heard the man, he doesn't want you!" Liz kicked her face and she flew backwards.

"You…" Catherine said and wiped the blood away from her mouth. "You're going to pay… all of you!"

Somehow I had something in my hands, and I wasn't afraid to use it. "No one, talks to my friends that way and gets away with it!"

"Cam!" Bex was alarmed. I had a gun in my hand. No one can stop me!

"Leave us alone, or I'm gonna shoot!" I cried.

"Cammie! Please don't." Zach said from behind.

"I'm sorry Zach," I shivered. "But now, I have to."

"Gallagher Girl…" He sighed. "Just don't hurt yourself… ok?"

I nodded. I wasn't going to shoot anybody… We were going to run. Liz and Bex looked at me and I nodded. Macey smiled.

"No one moves, or they're gonna get hurt." I yelled. Everyone backed away. I stuck out the gun in front of me and helped Zach up. We backed up and the other three followed. Then, we ran away.