A/N- HEY EVERYONE! I HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET THIS STORY DONE OVER THE SUMMER, I MEAN I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS STORY FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO AMAZING FOR STICKING WITH IT AND SUPPORTING ME, I REALLY CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH. OKAY NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS THE END, BUT IT MOST CERTAINLY IS NOT, CAMMIE AND ZACH ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY TO EACH OTHER. HERE IS THE NEXT CHAPTER; IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE INTENSE!

PLEASE READ THE A/N AT THE BOTTOM! THANK YOU!

Cammie's POV

I looked out the window that night, staring at the others houses and up to the moon, my eyes were wide and red from crying, I had a stuffy noise now and I couldn't seem to get to sleep. The car journey earlier was just on repeat in my head, Zach's words and the story and my anger and I just, it was all so much. I didn't know whether to believe him. It would explain why Zach and Matt have this unspoken hatred for each other, why they are both seen as 'bad' for reasons that people don't like to talk about. It would even explain the conversation I had heard in the hospital room between Zach and Macey.

I had said that he was lying and at the time I couldn't see how it was true I didn't want it to be true, but say it was, say it was and I had abandoned Zach in the middle of the street after he shared one of the darkest moments of his past with me. I had called him a liar to his face. How would he ever want to see me again? How would I face him at school tomorrow?

But then, I had to think about Matt, his charming ways and his teasing and his sweetness which had seemed like something in his favour to start with but I guess it could explain how charming the boy had been to Jenny. Matt seemed like he could get a girl to do anything for him. It would be easy for a young girl to fall in love with him. Of course he wouldn't have known that breaking up with her would have led to her death. How could he? It wasn't entirely his fault. If what Zach had said was true than yes what Matt had done was wrong, taking advantage of a girl, but he didn't know that she was… unstable? I pulled my knees up to my chest and hugged them, making myself small. I felt small, I felt confused.

Did I want to be with Matt knowing this story? If not did that necessarily mean that I wanted to be with Zach? Maybe it wasn't a good idea to be involved with either of them, maybe I should have listen to Macey, Liz and Bex when they said that they were no good. Why do you have to be so stubborn Cammie? If only I had listened.

Xxxxx

My eye fluttered open. I had fallen asleep on top of my blankets. The sun flooded my room as I had also left the blinds open. I turned away from the light and pulled my pillow down so that I could rest my head on it. My stomach dropped. I had school. Which meant Zach. And Matt. And facing what had happened last night. I groaned and stuffed my face under the pillow. Why? Why! Why did life in Roseville Virginia have to be so difficult? Who would have known?

I rolled out of bed and stumbled to the bath room to take a quick shower. Once my hair was dried, and my legs were fully moisturised along with the rest of my body I dressed myself in skinny blue jeans and a grey sweater top. I curl my hair and put it up into a pony tail. I guess I just wanted a simple look today. Nothing that would attract too much attention. Today was a day to blend in. To be normal and totally invisible.

My dad had already left early for his job interview. I must say that was one of the only things I was giddy about. I made myself some scrambled eggs. I ate them as slowly as I could before reluctantly heading off to school. I tried to keep my head low, but the minute my friends found me I knew they would be anything but quite.

"Cam!" Bex shouted flinging her arm around my shoulder.

"You weren't answering my texts." Macey said with a frown

"Sorry, did you need something?"

"Well yes. I wanted to know how your date with Matty went." She said inspecting her cuticles. Liz bit her lip.

"You still like him?" Liz asked me

"Yes!" I snapped and they all looked at me weirdly. I sighed "No. I mean yes I do, but I'm not sure about something at the moment." I said as we walked down the hall.

"He told you didn't he?" Macey said and looked at her.

"Is it true?" I asked and they turned their eyes away from me. Bex shrugged

"Yeah it is, but I mean if you really like him Cammie don't worry about it. I mean... guys can change..." she said hesitantly Macey snickered at this

"They change like the weather. That's the problem. Who knows what they'll do."

"Yeah but Matt cares for Cammie. Right?" Liz asked. Macey bit her lip. It was clear that she didn't like Matt and didn't really like my relationship with him.

"Yeah I guess he does." She said reluctantly "But the question is, does Cam care for him." she asked and they all looked at me. I shook my head

"Yes of course. I just don't know if I like should... or not." The bell rang for class. We were stopped just outside out History room which happened to be our first lesson.

"Can't help you in that area Cam." Macey said and we all entered the room.

Xxxxx

I waited for the bell my stomach was growling, I was sure everyone in the room could hear it. Mrs Baker the maths teacher kept talking and talking. The fact that none of my friends were in this class annoyed me because it meant that I had to go into lunch by myself but the second the bell rang I didn't care. I darted out of the room before the teacher even let everyone else go. I hurried down the hall with bag still on my shoulder. I couldn't be bothered to drop it off at my locker. Due to my quick escape from my lesson I ended up being one of the first to queue for lunch, though it grew in a matter of seconds and before I knew it there were people buzzing all around me.

I picked a table in the middle of the room and sat down already digging into my food.

"Cammie, chill, chew with your mouth closed." Macey said as she Liz and Bex came and sat down. I laughed and tried to chew slower.

"Have you talked to Matt or Zach yet?" Bex asked and I shook my head. I had been avoiding them all day. Matt had been texting me, but I hadn't even opened any of them. Liz sighed

"Cammie I know you're a little confused right now which is completely understandable, but you have two guys that really want you and you can't be-" Bex held up her hand and made Liz stop speaking.

"Make that one guy." She said turning to me. I turned her head so that she could see what Bex was looking at.

"That little jerk." Macey fumed staring the two teens sitting at the table behind them. Zach's arm was draped around Megan Turner, head cheerleader and bully. He was whispering something in her ear and she was laughing. At first I wanted to cry, but then I felt anger build up inside me.

He was a jerk. He says that he wants me break up with. He sits my hospital room with me, he beats up my boyfriend to protect, he crashes my date, he tells me something so suddenly from his life. Something that anyone would have a hard time processing...

And just because I need time to take it in, just because I'm human and have a hard time facing that my boyfriend might have done something so sad, he turns around and acts like he doesn't care. He can basically ruin my relationship and then move on? I grip my try with my hands. As I stared at them, my heart hammering in my chest. And to think I wanted to apologies and to him.

Our eyes meet and he shrugged before turning away.

"Cammie, maybe he's just trying to make you jealous." Liz says softly but I barely hear her. I stand up with my tray in my hands and start walking towards the exit. I dumped my tray into the bin and walked out. I didn't get very far before a hand grabbed my arm and pulled me into the old music room, shutting the door behind them. It was Zach.

I was about to yell at him before I noticed that he also looked angry. I stared at him.

"What?" he asked, his voice sharp, I winced. I had never seen him angry before. He had never been angry at me before. I didn't answer.

"What?" he repeated taking a step closer

"Nothing." I managed to say and he shook his head.

"This is the thing Cammie. It didn't look like nothing when you stormed out of there."

"I just..."

"You just what? You don't like seeing me with other girls? And you said I was the one who over reacted at the Orchard." He muttered more to himself than to me. I shook my head.

"No-" I started, but he cut me off,

"Listen to me." he said angrily. I paused, why was he the one shouting at me. I was the one who had been wronged. I was the one who had walked out angry in the first place.

"No you listen!" I shouted "You think you can just act like you care about me all these months and then just act like you don't care anymore! You just end up having some head cheerleader on your arm after everything you've told me?" Zach laughed.

"We aren't a thing Cammie! I'm not your boyfriend I can see whoever I want! And last night you the one who walked away not me. You basically told me to get lost! What am I meant to do wait forever? The longer you wait, the harder it gets to move on-"

"You didn't even give me time to think it over."

"You didn't give yourself that time." He spat and I felt my lip quivering. We stood there in silence for at least five minutes. I could feel the anger dissolving from both of us. I had tears on my face, but Zach just looked like a stone.

"I'm sorry. I was wrong, I shouldn't have reacted the way I did..." Zach shook his head

"No. Cammie you were right. You're better off with Matt." The way he said it and with all the things he had told me, it came out like an insult.

"What?" I asked and he shrugged, calm and collected again,

"You cause me so many problems Cammie; it's hard to focus on anything else."

"I'm a problem to you?" I asked tears coming again. Zach looked at me. His face cold and distant, he gave a short nod, his lips pursed slightly. A hand covered my mouth, I shook my head

"Zach." I said,

"I'm sorry Cammie but you didn't even give me a chance." He said and then he turned and left and I was stood alone in the empty, dusty music room. This must have been what it felt like for him last night when I left him sat alone in his car.

The feeling I had right now, explained everything though. It explained why Zach had reacted the way he did, why he was so angry and why had seemed to have given up. Because who would ever want to feel like this again.

A/N- HELLOOOOO, POOR ZACH ADN CAMMIE :(

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