Chapter 8

Apparently, I was the only one in the room who was calm. Liz was so surprised , that she spilled all the nail polish (they broke, and all the colors got mixed together), saying, "Oopsy Daisy," Macey threw the water proof eyeliner, making it shatter on the wall, leaving the liquid to ooze down, and Bex accidentally pulled the curtains, so now they were only hanging by one ring. Zach started to laugh hard, so hard he was clutching his stomach and rolling of the floor hard.

"You should've seen... and Bex... flying... spill...hahahaha!" Zach couldn't make one coherent sentence. His face was streaming of tears, a sight that I didn't know was even possible. Sure, people cry when they laugh hard, but only a couple of tears are produced, but Zach looked like he was crying his heart out. Bex had a murderous look on her face, and Macey was flat out mad, but Liz just seemed flushed for spilling the nail polish.

"Looks like you didn't tell about our midnight talk," Zach said once he caught his breath. He looked at me, and I could tell he was happy that I didn't tell them about his parents. All three girls looked at me.

"Zach came in my room last night, because I had a nightmare concerning my dad," I rushed to say. All of their eyes softened once I mentioned my dad.

"All we did was talk." Macey and Bex smiled at each other, while Liz just looked lost. I turned to look at Zach, and glared at him.

"How'd you get in my room? I locked the latch.'' Zach let out a little laugh and held up a broken toothpick. My mouth dropped. How was that even possible?

"Zachary, please leave," I said in a dangerously calm voice. In my peripheral vision, I saw Macey, Liz, and Bex watching us like a ping pong game.

"Silly, Cameron, I'm your date, and we have to leave now," Zach said slowly, as if I was a little kid.

"What about-"

"You all are coming. The guys called me, and unfortunately, I have to drive you all."

"Unfortunately? You're seriously going to pay."

"And were seriously going to be late if we don't go now!" Up until this moment I hadn't noticed what I was wearing, but now I realized that I was only in my bikini.

"Go out and wait in the living room," I said while pushing Zach out the door. As soon as I closed the door I was bombarded with questions.

"Guys I'll only answer one question at a time."

"Or none, because we HAVE TO GO!" Zach yelled through the door. I grabbed my cover up and put over my swim suit.

"Come on, I'll answer your questions later." The girls reluctantly came.

The car ride had a very awkward silence. Zach drove, with me sitting in the seat next to him, and the girls sitting in the back.

"So..." Zach said trying to break the uncomfortable silence.

"Yes?"

"You know, you're smart witty comments, make it hard to bring in a conversation."

"Aww, you think I'm smart? I'm touched Goode!" I said in a high pitched voice, putting my hand on my heart.

"And you want to cuddle with me!" Zach said making his voice higher.

"Goode, could you drive any faster?" Macey piped up from the back. I saw Zach tense up, and decided to save him just this once.

"Mace, a happy driver is a safe driver."

"Yep, when a little kid can walk faster than you drive, you're defiantly safe!" She said with fake enthusiasm.

"We're almost there." Zach said.

"Oh good, the faster I get out of the car, the happier I'll be!" I said. Zach looked at me.

"I'm your date, you've got to stick with me." I snorted, and trust me, it sounded very unladylike. Zach parked the car and I immediately got out, only to get hit with the cold wind.

"You so like him!" Macey whispered into my ear. I was about to respond, but I was too shocked when Zach put his jacket onto my shoulder.

"You should really plan things out, Gallagher Girl." I gave him a pointed look.

"Goode thing you Prince Charming came to save the day!"

"Yeah, my Prince Charming." Zach took my hand and brought me to Darin's house. Calling a mansion would be an understatement. The place was huge. Zach went up to the door and rang the door bell.

"Yo Goode! Glad you could make it!" A guy said, giving Zach that one-hand-man-hug-thing.

"And who is this lovely young lady?"

"Cammie." I said bluntly. He raised an eye brow at me, but didn't say anything.

"Are you two dating?"

"No!" Zach and I said at the same time. The guy opened the door wide, greeted the other girls, and let us in.

"That's Darin," Zach whispered in to my ear. His breath tickled my ear, making shivers run up and down my back. As we walked to the pool area, people would come up and congratulate Zach.

"Why's everyone acting like you're a celebrity?"

"Oh it's nothing-"

"No, Zach's being modest. First of all he's our quarterback, and second he scored our winning goal!" Some random dude said. I raised an eye brow at Zach.

"Oh it's nothing." I mimicked, bumping his shoulder with my shoulder. He smiled at me. The pool area looked like it was outside. Music was blaring and people were dancing, swimming, and eating. Macey, Bex, Liz, and I put our stuff by Zach's and took off our cover up. Some of the boys wolf whistled, but I just rolled my eyes. I walked towards Zach, when all of a sudden, I got pushed into the water, and felt myself slowly loose conscious.

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