Hi guys! Well, I decided to update for all the awesome reviews I got! Also, someone basically ORDERED me to. Lol, it was interesting. They said they'd go crazy if I didn't update soon. We wouldn't want that to happen, now would we? Anyway, this chapter is when the story begins. I mean the interesting parts. Hope you like it! Read and Review please and maybe I'll update soon….Chapter Three is written! Also, I know that Macey was OOC in the last chapter and perhaps in this one but I kinda have to make it so to go with the story. So I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own any of the characters. Except of course Nick, who is one of my favorites!

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Chapter Two

I stared at the note, not sure how to react.

Nick must be the guy she was talking about. What had he told her? Or needed to? She probably hadn't even gotten the note. I mean, it was in my box. He might have thought the bracelet had been for her.

The question was, should I tell her?

The answer came a second later:

No. it would be better if she didn't know. She'd be hurt if I told her.

So I hurried after her to have dinner.

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Two Days Later:

I woke to a bright morning, the sun shining through my window. I looked at the clock. It's 10:00 a.m.

I looked at my roommate, who was still sleeping. For the past couple days, I hadn't been able to get this Nick kid out of my head. He meant a lot to Macey. I could tell. I mean, she'd never shown that kind of emotion with anything else. I knew she had fallen in love. That's right, people. You read correctly. I believe Macey McHenry has fallen in love.

Yet, she acted as if everything was fine. So did I but that's not the point. She just doesn't fall. In love, I mean. She didn't fall for any of the Blackthorne Boys, didn't even show interest. Not even Grant, who resembled a Greek god. However, he was Rebecca Baxter territory.

I smiled at that. All the e-mails, calls, texts, and letters I got from her had each mentioned Grant's name at least three times. The girl had it bad. Because that was just so not Bex.

I sighed and got up, out of bed. Everyone was arriving today, starting at noon. I needed to get ready.

I grabbed some clothes and went to the bathroom, hopping in the shower. It took me about twenty minutes. Macey was awake and ready to shower herself when I walked out.

She looked me up and down. "Really, Cam, you should let me dress you." Her gaze slid to my hair. "And do your hair." She sighed. "I'll do it when I'm done."

I sighed too. I really didn't want Macey's styling tips right now. It's not like I had anyone special to look good for. Zach wasn't here so there was no point.

I lay down on my bed and closed my eyes. I didn't want to be uncomfortable waiting for her.

The next thing I knew, I was being shaken awake. "Cam," Macey's voice reached me. She had hold of my shoulders. "Come on. Let's get you ready." She pulled me out of bed and to the bathroom. I didn't even bother to look at what she was doing.

I let my mind wander as she worked on me. Which probably wasn't smart. Because my thought drifted—as they always did—to Zach. The way he looked when I first met him—in the elevator; the way he'd offered me M the way his eyes hid mischief when he chose me as his guide; his cocky grin and the way he looked when he used it; his eyes that I could get lost in; the way his arms felt around me when we learned to dance, at the ball, when we found out that Dr. Steve was behind all the crap that was being pulled on top of that building last semester, and then the last time I saw him—when he kissed me; and lastly, the way his lips felt against mine as he kissed me after dipping me. It all felt like a dream. And I missed it. I never thought I'd say that about Zach. And here I was, admitting that I missed Zachary Goode. The worst part, though, was the fact that he probably hadn't given me a second thought.

"Okay!" Macey said, interrupting my thoughts. "All done." She turned me around to look at myself.

Okay… I thought to myself. She'd gone all out. I mean, this wasn't usually how I did my hair. She'd made it wavy and I know that's not all that elegant but on me, it was.

And get this—it looked nice.

I blinked. "Wow, Mace," I said, still a little stunned. "It looks great." I glanced at her. "Is there a reason you did it…like this?"

She grinned. "No, I just had fun doing it!" Her smile widened. "And ya never know what'll happen. A spy always has to be prepared." She gave me a slow wink.

I rolled my eyes. "Even if they did come back, what makes you think I would want to look good—for him?"

She shook her head. "Because I know Cammie Morgan," was her only answer. "Now, c'mon! It's noon! Liz and Bex will be here soon!"

I sighed as she pulled me out the door. We walked through the halls and toward the entrance. My mom was already there. She still hadn't spoken to me. I smiled at her as Macey and I walked toward her…just as Mr. Solomon approached my mother. He whispered something but having my spy hearing, I heard snippets. "Ready…signal…give…outside…excited…see…Cammie…" My eyes widened at my name. Who was excited to see me?

Macey and I walked out and what we saw was kinda surprising. There were constructors that seemed to be adding on to Gallagher.

"Whoa," Macey said, blinking. "Why are they…?" She turned to me with raised eyebrows.

I put my hands up in a surrendering gesture. "Don't' look at me. My mom didn't tell me anything."

My mother's voice echoed across the grounds. "We needed to expand," she explained.

Which really didn't tell us anything. I mean, obviously we needed to expand. The question was, why?

So I asked her. "Why?"

My mother just smiled. "Ohm you'll find out." And then she left.

But before Mace or I could say anything else, we heard a squeal. "Oh my gosh!" Bex exclaimed. She gave us both a big hug. "So how long have you guys been back?'

"Only two days," I answered at the same time Macey said, "A week."

Bex nodded and then suddenly Liz appeared. "Oh my goodness!" she shrieked, dropping her bags in the process. "Oopsie daisies," she said. Macey quickly picked up Liz's bags and we were all attacked my one of Liz's death-grip hugs.

A few minutes later, we were in our room recounting out summer adventures. Except me. My only "summer adventure" was weeding the garden with Grandma Morgan. Even Macey was participating, she was recounting her cruise ride and had already given Liz and Bex their Australian gifts.

"…then I ran into a long-time…friend, the one I was telling you about and—"

"Ooh, you met a guy?" Bex said.

"Well, um, he's normal so can't say he appealed to me." She was trying to act nonchalant about it but I heard the sorrow in her voice. Which you don't hear very often. Not from Macey.

"Macey, you don't need to lie to us," Bex said sympathetically. She reached out to touch our newest Gallagher Girl but Macey pulled back.

"It doesn't matter. I mean, those kinds of relationships don't last anyway. Right? It would have ended in heartbreak anyway." She sighed. "Bex's turn."

No one protested. Bex squirmed. "Well, um, I saw…Grant." It was barely above a whisper but we all heard her. Liz shrieked and Macey grinned but I stared. She wouldn't meet my gaze. The other two were firing questions at her—"Are you tow, like, together now?" and "Did he kiss you?"—which Bex didn't seem to enthusiastic about answering.

I interrupted. "Did you see Zach, too?" I whispered.

She slowly lifted her head to look at me. "I…Cam, I…it wasn't—"

I forced a smile. "Not a…big deal, Bex. So what? You saw Zach. Pssh, big deal!" I laughed forcibly. Tears suddenly filled my eyes and I mumbled, "I, uh, am going to the…library." And I dashed out the door, knowing they wouldn't follow me.

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A couple hours later, I walked back to my room after making sure my puffy red eyes weren't noticeable. I paused at the door when I heard my name.

"…Cammie could really hurt that much?" Macey.

"Well, yeah. First there was Josh and now…Zach." Liz.

"When I saw him, he was trying to act like he didn't care, like Cam meant nothing to him. But under all his 'How's Cammie?'s and "Say hi from me,'s, I could totally tell that he'd fallen. Hard. For Cam." Bex. I tried to comprehend this. Zach falling? Hard? For me? It didn't make sense. So at that point I decided to barge in. "Hey," I said. "We all ready for the welcome back feast?" I asked, grabbing my uniform to change.

I heard a chorus of nervous, "Yeah!"s.

I quickly changed and then my roommates and I made our way to the Grand Hall.

I glanced at Bex as we sat at the junior's table. She was jumpy and hungry. She hadn't spoken a word to me since I came back to our room. Actually, none of them had.

"So, Liz," Tina said, surprising me. What would Tina want with Liz? "Did you see Jonas over break?"

I stiffened. I hadn't thought about that.

Liz turned bright red. "I may have…run into him." So she had seen him. And I highly doubted she just "ran into him."

Tina looked excited. "Really? Because I heard he came to your house between when you returned from Italy to when you left for Argentina. And I also heard that Grant and Zach were with him and before that they stopped at Bex's." she looked pleased with herself.

I turned to look at Liz. She was squirming. "Well, yes, you could say that. They just wanted to stop and say him," she rushed to add, not looking at me.

Just wanted to stop and say hi? I thought. And they couldn't just stop and say hi to me?

Before I could ask anyone this, however, my mother stepped up to give her speech. "Hello, Gallagher student," she said. I tuned her out. Until she started talking about the expansion of the castle.

"Some of you may have noticed that we are expanding the castle." Several girls nodded. "Well, this is because there will be students from another school who may join us. For good."

Several forks dropped and I heard many students gasp. Before anyone could utter a word, though, the Grand Hall doors opened and about twenty people decked out in black, with face masks, charged into the hall. Great…

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So what did you think? It was kinda boring, I thought. But I want your opinions. I'm sure you can all guess who these invaders are. If ya'll are good and review, I'll update tomorrow! So REVIEW!!! Remember, they always make my day!

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