A/N In this chapter we see Cammie writing in her journal again and pay attention to the beginning of each passage. (It's exactly what the preface is. I planned that out.)
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Chapter 8
Cammie's brother, Tyler, quietly snuck into his sister's room since she was at the school dance with her friends. When Cammie left the house Tyler would once in awhile like to sneak into her room and read her journal. He didn't like reading through her journal because he wanted to find her secrets like her current crush or anything. He liked to read through the writings that she wrote while she was in a mood where she felt the need to let her thoughts out on paper. He snuck his hand under the mattress and pulled out her journal. Tyler flipped through the book searching for writing that seemed interesting. He scrolled through page after a page, but a specific date at the top of a page made him stop. He had chills run through him and Tyler sat down on the bed to steady himself. The page read:
August 18, 2010
People.
People walk in and out of our lives every day. We say hello and meet them, and all too soon, we are forced to say goodbye and leave.
My dad walked in and out of my life a lot because he was in the military. I was always proud to share with others the fact that my dad was currently a soldier fighting in the war, but now I can't say that anymore. The word current can't be used to describe him. On August 18th 2005, I was forced to say goodbye to my father, because he had left.
Today is the day my dad was killed five years ago. He was enrolled in the military and was a month away from coming home, but he was shot in battle, and never came home alive again. I'm not sure if Tyler remembers today is the date of our father's death since he was younger when it happened, but I hope he is dealing with it okay today.
Tyler took a deep breath in. Of course he remembered August 18th as the day his father died. Even though he was young, he would always remember his father and that day. Tyler turned the page and saw that Cammie wrote another passage in her journal the same day.
August 18th, 2010.
Strangers.
Strangers pass by our line of vision, and we pay no attention to them.
Here I am writing again today!
On a brighter topic today I went with my friends to the fair today. I was supposed to meet up with Bex, Liz, Macey, Grant, and Jonas, but was surprised when we had two extra members in our group. Liz's close friend Kaylee tagged along and she brought with her a boy named Zach Goode. Zach was a complete stranger and I would of paid no attention to him except he was really good at basketball!
I hadn't officially met him at the basketball hoops but it turned out Kaylee invited Zach to spend the day with us since they liked each other. I think I'm going to try and get to know Zach better, he seems very nice.
Tyler hadn't met Zach yet, but he definitely recognized the name. Cammie talked to him every night for hours at a time and blabbed about him at dinner or in the car! He thought Cammie had a little crush, but maybe they ARE just close friends since her journal says Zach and Kaylee like each other. He placed the journal back under her mattress and left his sisters room.
Cammie and Zach waited by the car in the schools parking lot. Cammie had sent a text to Macey telling her she was leaving with Zach to go to the movies and of course Macey wanted to come too so they were waiting for her to meet them at the car.
Once the three of them arrived at the movie theater Zach asked, "So which movie do we want to see?"
"Umm I'm not sure. How about you choose since you've had a rough night!" Macey shook her had at Cammie's suggestion.
"Cammie, I want to go to Eclipse though. I haven't seen it yet!"
Both Cammie and Zach started laughing and Zach agreed to go see Eclipse with the girls.
During the movie Cammie pulled out her phone and stealthily checked the time. It was already midnight! Good thing her curfew wasn't till one because of the dance or else her mom would of killed her! The movie had about twenty minutes left. During the battle scene a werewolf jumped out of no where and started Cammie, she automatically shot her hand towards the arm rest but her hand landed on something softer. Her hand grasped the top of Zach's hand. She looked up at him and he was smirking but didn't move his hand.
"Sorry." She mumbled.
When the movie ended everyone returned to the theater's lobby and made their way towards the exit door. Cammie was following Zach out the door, but Macey grabbed her arm and tugged hard.
"Whoa!" She tipped back but Zach turned around and quickly steadied her before she fell over.
"What was that for Mace?"
"Cam, we should go over to that photo booth and take pictures. It's just like you see in all the movies!"
"Uhhhh…."
"Please Cam PLEASE! It would be so cute I'd even hang up the pictures on my mirror in my room! I bet Zach wouldn't mind, right Zach?" She flashed her piercing eyes towards him.
"Uhhhh.. It's fine with me."
Macey smirked. "Let's go guys." She grabbed both Cammie and Zach's arms and dragged them to the photo booth. Cammie stood staring at it and Zach just looked awkward.
"Macey how are all three of us going to fit in that tiny booth. It fits like two tiny people, and even then they would be squished." Zach pointed out.
"Ohhh that's true. Hmm, I didn't notice that before. Cam you will have to sit on Zach's lap and I'll sit next to you two ok?"
Cammie opened her mouth to speak but Macey had already taken her spot inside the booth and pulled the other curtain open for Zach to sit down. He sighed and sat down while laughing at Macey's craziness. Cammie stood outside the booth in front of Zach staring at him and his lap.
"Come on Cam. I don't bite!" Zach patted his lap. She smiled and sat herself down in Zach's lap. What she wasn't expecting was for him to wrap his arms around her waist and rest his head on her shoulder. His closeness felt good. She could feel his muscles around her waist and felt his chest resting on her back. She even heard his breathing coming from where his chin rested on her shoulder. His breathing gave a small tingling feeling by her ear. Macey put in the money and started to fix her hair before the green light lit up. The three took their first round of pictures. They smiled, laughed, and made funny faces at the camera. They loved the first pictures so much all three agreed to take a second round of pictures. Macey put a few coins into the slot, but a few seconds before it started she stood up in the booth.
"Some coins just fell out of my purse! Crap. Guys I gotta get them before they roll away." Macey pulled back the curtain and stepped out of the booth kneeling to the ground. Cammie started to move herself off of Zach's lap to take Macey's spot but was surprised when Zach tightened his grip around her waist.
"Stay."
"I was just going to move to Macey's spot."
He smirked, "Stay here."
On the first picture both Cammie and Zach smiled brightly at the camera. The second shot was of the two sticking their tongues out at each other. On the third shot the flash was about to go off and neither knew what pose to make so Cammie quickly acted by twisting herself to put her arms around Zach's neck. Once the second round of pictures was printed both Cammie and Zach huddled to look at the pictures. They both observed the third one showing Cammie's arms around his neck, and agreed it was the best picture. They made two copies of the strip of three shots so they could each take one home.
Cammie dropped off Zach and Macey at their houses and trudged up to her room, tired from a long night. Before going to bed though she taped the pictures of her and Zach up in the corner of her mirror in her room.
When Zach walked into his house his mother in the living room greeted him.
"Hi honey! How was your night?" His mother was always loving to her son, but he didn't like her a lot of the time. Sometimes she got to pushy and acted like she wanted to control everything. He had explained this to Kaylee and Cammie.
"Alright."
"Did Kaylee look cute in her dress at the dance?"
"I guess so…"
"Zach what's wrong?" His mother patted the couch seat next to her.
"Kaylee broke up with me. She wasn't over an ex-boyfriend."
"Zachy I'm so sorry! Are you alright?"
"I'm okay. I'll get over it. I had Cammie with me through the night so I handled it pretty well. We went to the movies."
"Ohh that's great Cammie was there with you. I'm glad you two became friends, she's a great girl."
Zach hesitated because he was thinking of how close he had gotten to Cammie in just a few months time.
"She is a great girl."
In his room Zach walked over to his dresser in front of his bed and stared at his small mirror his mother had placed there. She said it completed the room, and he didn't want to bother arguing. Zach looked at the picture of him and Kaylee together that was taped to the top left corner of his mirror. It was taken about a month ago while they were in the park. The picture was of Kaylee laughing while being pushed in a swing by him standing behind her smiling. Zach stared at the picture and thought back to the days he spent with Kaylee. Stop thinking about her. She broke up with you! He reached up to remove it, but just couldn't bring himself to take it down. Instead, he grabbed a piece of tape and taped up the new scroll of pictures of him and Cammie in the top right hand corner opposite of Kaylee's.
Kaylee's corner and Cammie's corner.
A/N There was some Zammie for you! Hope you liked it! Sorry the update took longer than expected but I'm going on a mini trip so I'll write something in the car tomorrow!