Zach's POV
What in the hell. What in the hell.
I watched in horror as Cammie made a horrible choking noise, her eyes blue and huge, staring at mine, her pupils dilating rapidly, and then collapsed to the floor, blood flowing steadily from her stomach.
"YOU!" I roared, whirling to make eye contact with the man who had stabbed her. I must have looked freaking scary, because he took a step back, but he was still clutching the bloody knife that he had pulled out of Cammie's stomach.
"How." I took a step towards him. "Could you." Step. "Stab." Step. "The girl.' Step. "I love.?" Step. By then I was right in front of him, so I roundhouse kicked his face, and he smashed into the wall. His head was what absorbed the impact, and as he fell to the floor, I saw that it, just like Cammie's stomach, was bleeding heavily. And it didn't even bring me an ounce of guilt.
It felt good. He would die a slow, painful death for what he did to Cam. I walked over to him and stepped on his wrist, and the hand that was clutching the knife weakened and the knife clatters to the ground. I picked it up and was just about to stab him in the stomach until something interrupted me.
"Zach.." Cammie whispered. Cough. "It hurts..." She whimpered.
I looked back at her – she was clutching her stomach and panting, tears gushing out of her eyes.
The knife immediately fell out of my hands and clattered to the floor. I picked her up gently and ran out of the door I had kicked down. I just thanked the lord that I had put a tracker in her mask.
Cammie's POV
I woke up in a state of bliss.
Unfortunately, the bliss didn't last for very long. I was extremely warm, and there was a funny tingling sensation in my tummy. But as the seconds flew by, the tingling increased, when suddenly a wave of nausea and pain swept over me so intensely that I almost barfed.
My eyes opened and I gasped out in pain. I clutched my bandaged stomach and started panting, whimpers escaping my throat.
"Cammie!" The source of my warmth was right next to me, and I was immediately aware of Zach on the bed next to me.
"It hurts." I whimpered.
"I know.." Zach whispered. He kissed my lips softly, gently. "It'll get better. I promise, Gallagher Girl."
"Thanks for getting me back." I whispered, smiling.
"I will always come to your rescue. Whether you like it or not." He smirked at me. I smiled back.
TWO WEEKS LATER
Cammie's POV
My stomach was all better, and today I was going back to school. Zach deepened his voice even more and pretended to be my dad, saying that I got the swine flu, but it was a mild case and I would be back soon.
Zach would come with me to school today, and I smiled at the thought of not having to eat lunch alone again.
"What you grinning 'bout?" Zach asked, brushing his teeth. A piece of foamy toothpaste escaped from his scrubbing and landed on his chin. He looked adorably like Santa Claus.
"Nothing..." I smiled. Suddenly, Zach showed up and hugged me tightly, having rinsed out his mouth.
Zach's POV
I loved her so much. She way she laughs, how funny she is, how she doesn't have to try hard to be pretty, how she rolls her eyes, how she doesn't care what she ate, how she cares so much for everybody, how she didn't let anything break her...
I snuck up on her and hugged her. Tight. She laughed and hugged me back, turning in my arms. I pulled back and looked into her gigantic eyes.
"Cammie..I..I think I love you." I whispered. I saw her eyes widen a bit and then she smiled so prettily that it could've knocked me out if I was caught off-guard.
"Zach! I...I love you too." She wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me in – I backed her against a wall and we stood there, kissing for about 8 minutes. I know..I don't know the precise time...she's my weakness. No spy should have a weakness. But no way am I ever letting her go again.
"Time to go!" she squealed. I groaned. I didn't want to go to regular school. I mentally prepared myself on the boredom I was going to have to face there.
Cammie's POV
I don't know how he did it, but Zach managed to get the exact same schedule as mine. I was waiting outside, so I don't know if he..drugged the office lady, or...sweet-talked her..? Oh, well. It doesn't matter.
Zach and I were there really early, so we were sitting on a bench outside, talking. Everybody was staring – probably because Zach was so good-looking. I looked at him – with his short brown hair, bright green eyes, high cheekbones, pronounced jaw line, straight nose, strong arms, and tan skin. How could he be mine? He saw that I was staring at him and smirked at me. His arm was around waist, and his backpack was slung over his left shoulder. The bell rang – so we went to Math together. He helped me up and held my hand, and I didn't have to look up to see that people were already whispering and spreading rumors.
The one similarity that normal school had to spy school was that there was always, always gossip and rumors.
Then – I tripped. I probably would've fallen flat on my face if Zach hadn't caught me. I heard some giggled behind me. Wow...now people were tripping me. This was such a great school. I sighed and bit my lip. I missed Macey and Bex and Liz...
I expected us to just walk away, but Zach turned around and glared at three rich-looking girls in hot pink tube tops and ruffled skirts.
"And what the hell was that for?" He asked them calmly, cocking an eyebrow, looking like a gorgeous but angry god.
They stopped giggling and blushed, fiddling with their hair. They kept opening their mouths and closing it, not knowing what to say.
"Uh..Zach, let's just go." I didn't wait for him to answer – I just pulled him away.
"Cammie!" I looked behind my shoulder and saw Chandler running down the hallway, waving at me.
"Oh! Hi, Chandler."
"Who's this?" Zach looked at Chandler with a very blank look on his face.
"Uh..Zach, this is Chandler. Chandler, this is Zach."
"Her boyfriend." He pulled me closer to his body, practically crushing me.
"You have a boyfriend?" Chandler stared at me, disappointment clear on his face.
"Yea.."
"Oh," Chandler looked down at the floor, biting his lip.