"Let's start with the poison," I said.
Cammie's POV
They told me everything, from the poison, to the frantic rush to find a cure, to Jonas's medicine.
I finished my soup and sighed, leaning back. I felt a lot better now, now that all of the poison is out of my body and some food is in my stomach.
"We're gonna go get some more food. Saving your best friend's life is extremely tiring." Bex joked, grabbing her jacket.
"Okay. I'll stay here with Cammie." Zach said, still by my side on the bed.
"Use protection!" Macey called back, then the door slammed shut. I rolled my eyes.
We were silent for a few minutes.
"Are you really better now?" Zach said quietly.
"I feel tons better." I smiled.
"I was so worried." He shifted over and I put my head on his shoulder, and his arm wrapped around me protectively. "I was so worried that you wouldn't-" His voice caught a little. I lifted my head, eyebrows pinched together. "You stopped breathing a couple times, you know. I had to give you CPR. Every time I thought that you wouldn't..."
"Listen, Zach...I'll always come back. Because I have a reason to. I have amazing friends who I would do anything for, and I have an amazing boyfriend who I would do anything and more for." I said. He smirked.
"So I'm amazing, huh?" He said, lightening the mood. I laughed and slapped his chest.
"You totally ruined the moment." I said. We were quiet for a long time.
"You haven't sang in a while." Zach mused.
"You're right. I haven't. I wrote a new song, though." I smiled.
"Really? Sing to me?" He asked.
"Yea. Go get my guitar-it's in the closet."
He got up, and the bed shifted from the loss of weight. He came back with my light brown acoustic guitar, and I cleared my throat nervously. I strummed the strings a few times, trying to remember where my fingers go.
I played the intro softly on my guitar, looking at Zach the whole time. He was listening intently. I took a deep breath and started singing:
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, I'll never let you go
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, Don't leave me here alone
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Ooooh...ooooh
By this time, Zach caught on to the lyrics and tune easily. So the last part we sang together:
'Just close your eyes.' I closed my eyes.
'You'll be alright.' A tear slipped down my cheek.
'Come morning light.' Zach wiped it away with his thumb.
'You and I will be safe and sound...'
Oooh...oooh...
Zach smiled softly.
"We'll finish this mission, Cam. You and I will come out safe and sound. I promise." He whispered.
I nodded and smiled into his hand, which was cupping my cheek.
"Play more?" Zach motioned to the guitar. I nodded and sang my other songs, like Our July in the Rain and I Wouldn't Mind.
Somewhere in between those songs, everybody came back and they all sat around the bed and listened to me sing.
We started getting more hyper, singing popular songs on the radio together.
"OOOH, THIS HAS GOTTA BE THE GOOD LIFE, THIS HAS GOTTA BE THE GOOD LIFE, THIS COULD REALLY BE A GOOD LIFE, GOOD LIFE!" We all shouted. I strummed down hard on my guitar while doing some hair flips.
We were all dancing around the room, laughing. I was on my knees on the bed, playing my guitar. Bex and Macey grabbed hairbrushes as microphones and were singing at the top of their lungs. Grant grabbed chopsticks and was drumming on the tables. Jonas had a video camera out and was sitting back and watching, laughing, and singing. Zach was sitting next to Grant, drumming with his hands and Liz was dancing around the room like a little faerie. Tristan was air-guitaring and doing adorable little head bangs and singing.
"WHEN YOU'RE HAPPY LIKE A FOOL..LET IT TAKE YOU OVER!" We all added emphasis to this line, for we were so happy that we were dancing around the room like maniacs.
We ended the song and smiled up at each other, our faces sweaty, our hair sticking to our forehead, breathing deeply.
I laughed loudly, and it echoed through the room.
One of the people in the apartments next to us stormed into the room and stared at us.
"ARE YOU KIDS DRUNK?" she screeched. "SHUT UP!" She was in her bathrobe, her hair in over-night curlers.
We stared at her with a shocked expression for a second, but then cracked up even more. She huffed and turned on her heel, slamming the door shut.
"I love you guys." I smiled.
"AWHH! WE LOVE YOU TOO, CAMMIE BOOGER!" Grant said, smothering me in a hug.
"Cammie booger..?" I glared.
"Yep." He grinned.
"Guess what, guys?" Jonas said.
"What?"
"Well..while you guys were singing very...passionately, I was video-taping. I'll make a video collage."
So after about two hours of us just talking and Jonas typing furiously at his laptop, he finished.
"Whee, let's watch!" Bex shouted, plopping down next to Liz on the sofa. We all piled around the sofa and have a look at the screen.
It started out with me singing Safe and Sound, and yes. I sang it again for them. They got all teary-eyed at the end of it. Then it got to us singing wildly and zoomed in on Macey and Bex hair-tossing wildly at the same time. Then it zoomed in on my fingers dancing across the guitar strings wildly, and then me singing and laughing. It went to Liz dancing around the room like the adorable pixie she is to Grant shouting and smacking the chopsticks against the table so hard it cracked in half.
The look on his face was of pure shock, and then he shrugged and got a new chopstick out. Then Tristan air-guitaring and laughing so hard he couldn't breathe. Zach was banging his hands on his lap and table and screaming out the lyrics, not even trying to stay in tune.
At the end of the video, Jonas turned the camera towards himself and shook his head.
"I don't know why I'm friends with them." He said. And then the video shut off. We laughed so hard.
"You know you love us!" Tristan teased.
It was the most carefree beautiful moment of our young spy lives, and I'm glad Jonas captured it on camera.
"I love it!" Macey smiled, her nail filer away for once.
"Me too!" I laughed. Everyone else agreed, and Jonas blushed humbly. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. I went to answer it, expecting it to be a security guard coming to tell us to quiet down. But there was nothing, no one.
I looked down and saw a note. My hyper, excited mood instantly vanished, and my heart practically drooped.
Fun's over. Might want to add a little 'goodbye' to your loved ones in that video, because it'll be the last time anyone sees your faces again.
We're coming for you. And we have a plan.