Sorry that it took me so long to get this posted, and that it's really short, but I fractured my foot and had to spend a very long time in hospital. :)
Cam POV
I lay down on my bed, the tears spilling from my eyes and I wiped them off, frustrated at myself for ever thinking that he could have been right.
I heard the door open and then heavy footsteps trailing across the carpet. I turned away from the door even further and didn't look to see who was there. I felt the springs of the bed groan and then the bed sank a little.
"Hey." Came Zach's voice from behind me and I inched towards the edge of the bed a bit more.
I stared at the wall in front of me, willing myself not to cry as I said "What?" I heard him sigh and I inched a bit more to the end of the bed. "Spit it out." I said after a long pause and he sighed again.
"I was wrong." He strained to get out, and I was so shocked that I didn't realise how close to the end of the bed I was. I started to turn around, but I was trying to fight against the force of gravity – something that you can never win at – and I dropped to the floor.
"AH!" I yelled and then I let out a little yelp as I smashed to the ground.
"HAHA!" Zach's thunderous laugh filled the room, and it was so contagious that I found myself joining in as I picked myself off the floor. "Anyway," he started after we had both stopped laughing and I had sat down on the floor, looking up at him. "I was wrong." He said again. Twice in the space of three minutes! It was a miracle.
"What?" I asked and he smirked – the Zach we all knew and hated was back!
"You heard." He said and then his smirk turned in to a proper smile, this time I was the one smirking.
"Yes, you were wrong." I stated and he laughed and then rolled off the bed – unlike me he put his feet out in time to catch his body.
"Don't push it, Cam." He walked to the door, resting his back on the frame as he said, "I'm sorry."
"Thanks." I said as he turned, but he turned back again quickly as I started to speak again, "I know that was hard for you." And then I got up and shut the door, pressing my back against the frame and sliding down to the floor as I wondered if that actually really happened.
I opened my eyes to a scarily close jug of water. "You spoiled it." Bex told me as I tried to move as far away from the water as possible.
"Spoiled what?" I asked and she smirked. "Getting soaked with ice cold water?"
"How did you know?" she joked and then put the jug on the desk in the corner. "We are doing something special today." She said and then handed me a pair of jeans and told me to get dressed and ready to go.
I walked in to the bathroom and shut the door behind me.
Zach POV
I grabbed some comms units of the counter and stuffed them in to my pockets. Liz had set them all up and they were ready to go. I picked up my sunglasses and put them on; looking this effortlessly good-looking is hard.
Cammie walked in to the living room and I pulled one of the comms back out of my pocket and handed it to her. "Nick didn't think that he could really teach you how to blend in here, so we are taking you out for a bit."
"Where to?" she asked and I smirked.
"That," I paused and then spoke again. "Bex wants it to be a surprise." I told her and then pulled her out in to the courtyard. The car was all ready to go and I walked over to the driver's side. "Get in." I told her as I started up the car and she did as she was told.
"Aren't we waiting for everyone else?" she asked and I shook my head.
"They've already left." I told her and she nodded. "They went to seal the area before you got there, I offered to stay behind and wait for you."
"I like this side of you." She said and I smirked.
"Yeah, not many people like the other side." I pulled out in to the road and started to drive off down the street. "This is a training exercise that will show us whether you have learnt anything. We as soon as we get there I'm going to call Bex and then the exercise will begin."
"What exactly do I have to do?" She asked and I laughed at her expression. At least being with her was less awkward, and she wasn't even that bad of a person.
"You, we, have to blend in. If they find us, you fail. If they don't after three hours then we win."
I am trying to update quicker and making the chapters longer, but it's been a hectic week! Sorry again :p
