I'm so sorry that I haven't written in a while. I'll try to write sooner than I did before! Thanks for all the reviews and for putting this on favorites or subscribing to it! It's much appreciated. And I would also like to send a shoutout to The-Gallagher-Girl-Zammie. This is dedicated to all of you :)

I was practicing my punches against the heavy punching bag in the P&E barn when I heard Cammie coming in.

"You liar!" she screamed.

There was no doubt that this was directed towards me. Her face was pure anger. Her hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and her light green eyes were slits glaring at me. Her mouth was a hard line and her eyebrows were furrowed in an angry line. We were partners in P&E and for the first time in my life, I'll admit, I was a little nervous. I mean, come on, she's a highly trained spy. But, she was only a girl after all, so she couldn't punch that hard. And there was no possible way that she was better than me. But still. She did look mad. Really mad.

I kept punching and collected myself before I answered. Then I smiled and stopped beating the bag for a second.

"Spy," I answered calmly.

Then I continued practicing my punches. She took a deep breath and didn't say anything for a long moment. I continued punching, getting into a steady rhythm. Sweat droplets started collecting on my forehead but I didn't stop. I just added more blows to my constant rhythm.

"Zach! You know I didn't breach security last night. You know I didn't cause the Code Black," she insisted angrily.

I stopped punching the bag and took a step away from it, wiping my forehead with the back of my hand.

"Oh, I thought it was a false alarm," I said innocently.

Her hand crashed against the red punching back and it spun around from the force of the blow. I raised my eyes, not disguising my approval.

"Not bad," I remarked.

I stepped closer and held the bag for her next punch.

"Put your shoulder into it now," I offered.

"I know how to do it," she snapped.

"Do you?" I asked mockingly and smiled at her fuming expression.

In a flash, there was a whirl of nutmeg hair as she pounded the bag with a deadly kick. The bag was, unfortunately, still in my arms and it flew back and hit me smack in the stomach. I couldn't breathe for a minute and I knelt there doubled over, gasping for breath. She stood over me, looking frightened at her own fury and worried over my hurt body. The air soon returned to my lungs.

"Nice one, Gallagher girl," I said in a raspy voice.

"Don't call me-" she began, but I interrupted her before she could finish.

"Look," I said softly, stepping closer to her and gently putting my hands on her shoulders.

"Do you really want everyone knowing we were together?" I asked, barely above a whisper. I paused a moment before continuing.

"Do you think that maybe what happened last night isn't any of Tina Walter's business?" I challenged, my voice rising slightly.

I took a deep breath and smiled, wiping the sweat off of my upper lip.

"Besides, I thought you liked your interludes secret and mysterious. Your boyfriends private."

Then I stopped a moment, surprised at my own bluntness. She froze and her eyes widened.

"We weren't having an interlude. And you are not my boyfriend," she said curtly.

My pride did a nose dive with those words. I turned away and tried to grab a hold of my feelings. I turned my hurt on the punching bag and once again banged my fists against the bag.

"Yeah. I noticed," I said, not bothering to hide the bitterness in my voice as I whirled my fist back and slammed it into the bag harder.

A look of shock quickly spread across Cammie's face with my glum remark.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked in puzzlement.

I stopped my blows for a moment and watched the bag swing back and forth. Then I shook my head and tried to get back to my cool collected self.

"You're the Gallagher Girl. You figure it out," I retorted.

"Besides, at my school, we learn how to keep a secret," I said with a smirk.

She rolled her eyes.

"Yeah I know. I go to school like yours," she reminded me.

I turned to face her completely and gazed into her light green eyes.

"Do you?" I asked softly.