Cammie's POV
I ran my fingers through my hair again to fluff it up a bit and stared at my reflection in the mirror. You could hardly see they bruise on my jaw; I had covered it up pretty well with foundation, powder and cover-up. I cocked my head to the side, trying to get a different view of my outfit, a pair of grey skinny jeans and a navy tight fitted top that flared out like a little tutu at the bottom all paired with my grey ankle boots. I was going on a date with Matt, just out to dinner, but I wanted to look good, he said he was taking me to a proper restaurant just outside of town and I wanted everything to be perfect. I wanted to put everything that happen at the Orchard behind us. It turned out that after Matt accidentally punched me, Zach went crazy and knocked him out. That was a week ago now, and all he had left was a slight black eye.
There was a knock on my bedroom door, and my dad walked in. He looked like he had just had a shower and was in his pyjamas already. I frowned
"You know it only eight right?" I said taking a step back. I didn't want to get too close to him, I was afraid that he might hurt me if he was in bad mood; I tried to steer clear of him as often as I could. It worked though; we didn't see each other very much. He smiled not seeming to notice my precaution.
"You look beautiful Angle." He said in a sincere voice and I couldn't help but smile, he hadn't paid me a compliment in so long. He didn't even keep tabs on me anymore.
"Thank you." I said
"Where are you going?" he asked curiously "A party?" I shook my head
"I'm going on a date." I said turning back to look in the mirror.
"A date? Who's the lucky lad?" he asked with a grin on his face. I frowned again, why was he acting so nice all of a sudden?
"Um, a boy from school. His name is Matt." He nodded his head in understanding.
"Okay, when will you be back?" I shrugged,
"I don't know around ten? Ten thirty maybe?" I said picking my purse up off my bed and grabbing my phone off charge.
"Be careful. I'll probably be in bed by then I have a job interview tomorrow." He said with a proud smile and I raised my eyebrows.
"Really?"
"Yep,"
"That's great dad, really great." I was at lost for words and could feel the relief flooding through my veins. So finally he was picking himself up. Finally he was going to start trying. I felt giddy at the thought and encased my dad in a hug. He seemed shocked, but hugged me back.
"I love you daddy." I say softly and he nods his head again
"I love you too Angle." I hear a horn honk from outside and I tell my dad goodbye before heading out to greet Matt. I purse my lips and give Matt a pointed look.
"You honked?" I say and he laughs
"Sorry I was being lazy, but you look great." He says leaning over and giving me a kiss on the cheek. I blush as his lips touch my skin.
"Changing the topic, okay, next time I'm waiting till you get your lazy butt out of the car and knock on my door." I say turning away from him and look out the window pretending to sulk. He sighs
"Fine, but at least you're planning on a next time." I smile at him and shrug. He could be so charming when he wanted to be, he could get any girl to fall at his feet and I would be naive if I thought that he hadn't done all this before. He was definitely not as new to this as I was. We drove, talking and chatting about random things, we sang along to a few songs on the radio and I couldn't help but make fun of his singing voice.
"You're mean." He says sticking out his bottom lip. I giggle and hit his arm flirtatiously. "We are here!" he shouts excitedly pulling up to a restaurant called 'The Town House'. It was a dark wooden building with large windows and double glass swinging doors. You can see inside people dressed on different levels. Some in jeans some in dresses and I relax a little bit feeling like I made the right outfit choice. I didn't even need to ask Macey or Grace for help. Matt parks the car and goes around the other side to open my door. He holds out his hand for me and I take it. We walk in together and I can feel the butterflies in my stomach. I look around and smell the air, my mouth starts to water as smells from the nearby tables and the kitchen drift my way.
"Table for two under Whitley," Matt says to a man in a white shirt and black trousers. He has a silver name tag pinned to his shirt telling us he is called Jimmy. Jimmy nods grabbing two menus
"Right this way Sir." Jimmy says leading us to a table in the far corner of the room. Matt thanks him and we take our seats. We order two cokes with ice and lemon.
"Matt, this is so nice. I can't believe it, I would have been happy at the cafe in town." I say with smile and he shakes his head,
"No I wanted to do something special; I want you to know how sorry I am Cammie, for hitting you. You know I would never do that on purpose and for once I actually think Goode was right," he laughed and I tried to see where he was going with that sentence, "If he punched you in the face I would have knocked him out too." I smiled; it was actually really weird having two boys like you. I had never had one boy like me, let alone two at once! Knowing both would protect you, it gave me butterflies.
"I know you would never hurt me on purpose so don't worry about it. But really the way the fight started was ridiculous. You were both being idiots." I said irritation coming into my voice towards the end; Matt raised his hands in surrender
"Okay Feisty-pants I agree." I try not smile and let him get away with it that easily but I end up smirking.
"Okay fine I forgive you." I say with defeat and he grabs my hand and kisses the top of it.
"Thank you! You are so full of grace and mercy!" he says kissing it repeatedly. I laugh and yank it away. He's such a jokester.
The evening carries on like this, we have pasta and chicken salad for main course and share a chocolate Sunday for desert, Matt allows me to eat the strawberry on top which is so very generous of him. After a dispute on who should pay, I eventually let Matt take care of the whole bill. We exit the restaurant his arm around my waist. My eyes fall onto a blue truck parked next to Matt's car and my eyes narrow. I know that car. I look into the window to see him sat there, our eyes lock and he quickly jumps out of the vehicle. Zach jogs up to us taking in how close we are.
"What are you doing here Zach?" I ask and Matt stiffens next to me. He pulls me closer to him. Zach's eyes just stare at his arm around me and he seems to blank out for a moment.
"Zach." I say harshly and his eyes snap up to mine.
"Cammie, I had to talk to you."
"How did you know where I was?" I ask impatiently
"I called Macey, she said that you were going out to a place just outside of town." He smirks "And this is like the closest and most obvious place." He says and I shake my head. Zach really didn't get it. I told him that I wasn't going to dump Matt, and yet here he was turning up while I'm on a date. A date that was going very well up until now.
"Get lost Goode." Matt says
"Shut up Whitley before I knock your lights out again." Zach snaps and I squeeze Matt's hand to stop him from stepping forward.
"Just say what you have to say and leave Zach." I say exasperated. Zach takes a deep breath
"I can't tell you here, I really wanted to give you a lift home." He said
"No." Matt said firmly. Ugh, so much ego around here, it was making me feel sick.
"I don't think that a good idea Zach, I'm here with Matt."
"Please Cammie, I'm begging you." Zach says, his eyes are so soft and pleading. I feel a wall crumble inside me and I sigh. Matt looks at me
"You're not actually thinking about going with this tool?" he asks in disbelief. I slip out from his grasp.
"I'll talk to you tomorrow Matt." I give him a quick kiss. He shakes his head as he walks off to his car muttering things under his breath like, you've got be kidding me, she's crazy, I'm gonna kill that guy. He pulls out of the parking lot and flies down the road back into Roseville. I turn to Zach, he has a smirk on his face, but it immediately drops when he sees me looking.
"Cammie thank you so much." I shake my head and go climb into his truck, he hurries after me. We sit in silence as he starts the car and starts the drive back.
"Cammie I'm sorry for crashing your date."
"Pshh, sure you are." I say. This boy was unbelievable. I hated being so close to him, it made me feel weird, gave me emotions that I didn't want to have. His voice was so sexy and southern, his eyes so green, his hair so soft and messy looking. His jaw so sharp and his skin so smooth and tan, I just couldn't breathe right around him.
"Okay I'm not that sorry, but-"
"You have up until we reach my house to talk so do it fast Goode." I say and Zach nods his head like he needs to be thinking straight
"Right, okay, this isn't how I wanted to tell you but here it goes." He lets out a shaky breath "I had a sister Cammie." He says and suddenly he has my attention, I turn my head to face and his hands are gripping the steering wheel so tight.
"I'm listening." I whisper trying to get him to continue.
"Her name was Jenny." He says and smiles a little; he looks at me quickly with a small smile like he's proud that he can say that, before turning back to the road. "She was a year younger than me, than us. She had glasses and silky brown hair and freckles and was the cutest little thing." I feel my pulse quickening; he just keeps using that pass tense which lets me know that something bad is coming. He takes in another breath
"She had never had any attention from a boy, she had never had a relationship." pause "Then this older boy started paying attention to her, started to flirt with her and tell she was pretty and she just, she just got so caught up in it. She got really serious and then," pause "Then she came home crying, she wouldn't tell me what was wrong. She left after dinner saying she was going on a walk, but she never came home." A breath caught in my throat, my eyes were watering and I felt a tear slide down my face, Zach's eyes were watering too.
"What happened?" I asked shakily
"She killed herself. Filled her pockets with rocks and jumped into the lake." I shook my head, tears streaming down my face. I couldn't believe that I didn't know any of this. Zach had never, I had never thought...
"Zach I'm sorry."
"She killed herself because of a broken heart Cammie, she was lead on by this dirt bag, and then dropped like yesterdays trash." A shiver ran down my spine. How horrible. Poor girl. Who would do something like that? Zach turned down the street that leads onto my street.
"This boy? Who was he?" I ask and Zach clears his throat.
"Mathew Whitley." My heart stops.
"Stop the car!" I screech and Zach slams on the breaks; the street in deserted, nothing but the glow of the street lamps. This had to be a joke. He wouldn't say this to me; he wouldn't tell me this story. He just wanted me to break up with Matt. My tears became heavier.
"Cammie-" I shook my head as I stared straight ahead.
"I can't believe you." I say "You're lying." I spit out accusingly. And Zach looks shocked; his eyes are red and puffy, "You're lying." I repeat, my mind can't process the information that he has given me. I can't get myself to believe it.
"Cammie I would never-" I unbuckled my seat belt and opened the passenger door, he paused "What are you doing?"
"I'm walking home. Goodnight Zach." I say coldly before slamming the door shut and walking away, head high, tears falling from my eyes, I left him parked there in the middle of the street.
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