A/N: A lot of you seem to be enjoying rebellious Cammie so I'm going to keep her rebellious for the moment A lot of you seemed to like the little fight in the last chapter too so here's an extra special treat for you. And… a little ZAMMIE. Thanks for the reviews!
Previously:
"With that attitude you won't even be up to the standards of the junior class by the end of the year" she scolded. I shivered. A whole year of this… it was almost too hideous to think about.
"Well 'Miss Cameron' I'm sorry but I don't think this class is for me". I stood up and put my bag over my shoulder.
"And where do you think you're going?" She asked.
"Anywhere but here" I said as I marched out.
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"Is everything okay?"
"Oh yeah, bloody perfect, this school's great, everyone's so nice and the lessons are so easy" I muttered sarcastically into my pillow.
"I know it will be hard at first…" My mom came to sit at the end of the bed I was sulking on.
"Why did you dump me at that place?!" I turned round to face my mom. Her eyes were full of tears and she was dressed in one of my dad's old sweaters but I felt absolutely no sympathy for her.
She didn't make any effort to try to answer me. "And what about dad? Did he just clear off too? Decide he wanted nothing to do with me, that a boarding school away from everyone was the best option?"
Tears were fully flowing down my mom's cheeks now. "It wasn't like that at all" My mom sniffed.
"But he did leave didn't he?" I asked.
"Not in the way you think he did!" My mom seemed quick to defend him.
"Stop defending him!" I screamed as I got up off the bed. "He left me, he left you!"
"No, you have no idea!" My mom yelled back.
"Well it's not hard to guess!" I raged on. "It's obvious from where I'm standing, he left because he hated me, he left because he didn't want to be around you, I saw this thing all the time at my old school, parents splitting up because they were bored of their families, I…"
"Shut up" my mom screeched. "Shut up! You know nothing about what happened, stop saying things like that about your dad, he…"
"He what?!" I screamed. "He did love me really, he wanted to get in touch but he was busy with a new family, take your pick, I've heard it all before!"
My mom stood up. "He loved you very much…"
"What crap" I sniffed. "I remember him leaving in the middle of the night when I was eleven, I remember you crying the whole night, I heard you praying for him to come back, he didn't want us and you know it!"
"You wouldn't understand" My mom began walking away.
"Then tell me!" I pleaded through my tears. "If I'm not right then tell me!"
My mom gave me one last pleading look, almost as if she were telepathically trying to tell me something before she simply said "No" and walked out, wiping the tears from her face.
I fell onto my bed, not even bothering to hold back my sobbing anymore. How could this be my life? A mom that didn't want me, a dad who buggered off to god knows where and being stuck in a crap school.
"Sorry… I just came to get my…"
"Get out!" I yelled in the general direction of the door. How dare someone just flounce in when they could see I was crying. No one saw me cry. I hurriedly wiped my eyes and turned to face a timid Liz standing in the doorway.
"I said get out!" I screamed at her and felt my heart drop a little as her eyes filled with tears.
"Hey, bitch!" Macey came to stand behind Liz. "Don't you dare talk to my friend like that you brat princess!"
"What's it to you?!" I shrieked. "You have no idea about what I've gone through; none of you have any idea!"
"Your problems aren't the only ones in the world y'know" Bex was now standing calmly beside the others.
"I don't care" I sniffed. "I hate you all!"
"Well, we don't really like you either" Macey pointed out.
I flew at her, this time she wasn't expecting it and my fist hit her hard in the nose, blood leaking over my hand.
"You cow!" Yelled Bex and she jumped on my back, causing me to fall to the ground with a shriek.
"Stop it!" Liz was trying to get in the middle of us.
Macey who had gotten over the shock of my punch decided to join in. Everything was a blur of colour as punches were hurled and kicks were perfectly executed, I had no idea whose hair I was pulling but from the shrieks coming from Macey I guessed it was hers. I pulled harder.
"Please stop!" Liz was practically crying now.
Suddenly I felt someone's elbow collide with my eye, I shrieked out in pain and punched the first thing I saw.
"Liz!" yelled Bex. Suddenly some of the weight was lifted off of me and I was just left with Macey as we frantically tried to hurt each other as much as possible. Suddenly someone was grabbing the neck of my collar and dragging me backwards. Macey took the opportunity of me not being able to breathe to punch me in the face and I felt her ring cut my lip, making my mouth suddenly fill with blood. But then Macey was being dragged backwards too. We were both practically suspended in mid-air trying to claw towards each other, wanting to hit any part of each other we could, but firm hands were gripping me.
"I understand this could get all of you in a lot of trouble" A disgusted voice sounded from near Macey.
As my eyes began to adjust to the sudden stillness I could make out Mr Solomon who had a tight hold on Macey around the waist. It was a while before I realised someone was holding onto me too and I tilted my head to see Zach holding onto me, smirking.
"Sir, look what that girl did to Liz!" Bex pointed at me and then glanced at Liz who was clutching her bleeding head. I looked at her guiltily as I realised who had taken my random punch.
I dipped my head guiltily as I muttered "I didn't mean to"
"Aren't you going to say…" Zach began to say, but I interrupted him.
"I'm really sorry Liz, I didn't mean to hit you" Everyone stared at me, probably in shock that the word sorry had actually come out of my mouth. But I did honestly mean it… I hadn't meant to get Liz hurt.
"Bullshit!" Macey hissed at me. I lunged for her but Zach held me back.
"Enough!" Mr Solomon scolded us, making us all feel like we were five.
"Zach, you take Cammie to the boy's room to get her cleaned up. I'll take the others to the hospital wing, Liz might need stitches"
I shifted about guiltily. "I can't quite believe this happened. Macey, you know the expectations we have here, you know we don't hurt the sisters" Mr Solomon said. It was Macey's turn to look guilty.
"All of you will be attending extra CoveOps lessons as punishment" Mr Solomon said. We all groaned, except Liz who I could have sworn actually smiled.
I followed Zach through a corridor I hadn't been down yet, it was far away from any of the girls rooms.
"This is where we sleep" Zach said as he opened the door to one of the rooms. The first thing I noticed was how clean it was. My mind drifted back to the memories of my old school… and as much as I hated the memory I could recall how messy Dillan's room had been, clothes everywhere, items sprawled across the floor...
"Earth to Cammie!" Zach was waving his hand in front of my face.
"Sorry" I croaked.
"Hey, are you okay?" He asked suddenly, and to my embarrassment my eyes were tearing up. I blinked away the tears viciously, inwardly cursing myself.
"Fine" I croaked.
"Okay…" Zach said unconvinced as he lead me to his room and sat me down on his bed. I shivered as his fingers touched my face.
"Looks like you'll live" Zach smirked. I caught sight of myself in the window reflection and cringed.
"It's okay, it looks worse than it is" Zach promised me. He got a first aid kit out of his cupboard. I raised my eyebrows sceptically.
"We all have first aid kits" Zach told me, laughing at my expression. "P&E classes can be brutal"
I watched as he got out antiseptic and cleaned the cuts around my eye and on my lip, ignoring my winces as it stung.
"There" Zach gave my face one final dab and stood back. I looked into the reflection again and sighed in relief. The blood was mostly gone, just a bruised eye and a cut on my lip remained.
"Thanks" I smiled.
"No problem" Zach said, a little shocked I'd said thank you.
"Why does everyone seem to act so shocked when I'm nice?!" I asked in annoyance.
"I wasn't shocked… I was happy" Zach sat down on the bed beside me. "I feel like you're finally letting me in… letting me see the real Cammie"
I felt my heart speed up. "What do you mean?" I asked in alarm springing up from the bed. "There is no real Cammie"
"I'm not stupid Cammie" Zach said gently. "I know you're putting on an act… I know you've been hurt… but if you just at least try to settle down here, you'll enjoy it, it's…"
"You're talking crazy" I spat. "You've got it wrong, you have no idea about me, and you have no idea what I've been through"
"I know… but maybe it will help if you tell me!" Zach exclaimed.
"No, no one will ever, ever know what happened to me" I said desperately.
"I promise you if you tell me… I can help; I'll help you, I…"
"No one can!" I yelled. "Don't you see?! Sometimes you just need to know when to shut up Zach!"
I stormed out of the room… but then I realised… I had nowhere to go.
"Ah Cammie!" Mr Solomon called out behind me. I tried to wipe the tears from my eyes but Mr Solomon was too quick.
"What's wrong Cammie?" He asked immediately.
"Nothing" Mr Solomon sensed the warning in my voice and decided not to push it. He placed his hand on my shoulder.
"We're all in Sublevel one, I thought I should come and get you"
I nodded and followed him down the corridor until we came to an elevator. It did a retina scan and then asked me for my identification. I stared at Mr Solomon in bewilderment and then stared back at the scan.
"Cameron Morgan… Gallagher…" Mr Solomon nodded in encouragement, the words felt foreign on my lips, like I was a fraud. "Gallagher girl"
The lift descended and we were plunged into darkness. The lift continued to move for about a minute before it finally skidded to a stop.
Everyone was already sat down, including Zach, and the only spare seat was next to him. I took it quickly.
"Sorry I'm late class" Mr Solomon took his place at the front of the class. I expected him to direct his gaze accusingly at me but he simply looked straight at the wall behind me… maybe he felt sorry for me… or that I'd had enough punishment.
"Before we begin I wanted to tell you that we will be doing a CoveOps practise next week"
I looked down at the desk, knowing I wouldn't be participating, but Mr Solomon looked straight at me as he said "All of you"
I didn't listen to a word Mr Solomon was saying after that. I was being aloud out of the mansion… I would be able to use my phone, I would be able to talk to normal people… maybe, just maybe I would be able to escape this hell hole. Or maybe not.
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