Chapter 18

Zach and I just sat on the couch. My head was on his chest, and he was stroking my hair. All of a sudden, my phone started to ring, and I practically jumped out of the couch. I pulled my phone out and saw that it was a 3 way call from the girls.

"Hey guys, Merry Christmas!" I said making my way up to my room, and Zach being the puppy, loyally fallowed behind. A chorus of 'Merry Christmas' shortly followed.

"So Cammie-" Macey started.

"OH MY GOSH!" I screamed.

"ZACH LEFT A MARK ON ME!" I turned to look at Zach and saw him casually lying on my bed, smirking.

"HE WHAT?" Bex asked.

"Umm, he sort of bit-"

"HE GAVE YOU A BLOODY HICK-"

"Well, it's not bloody." I said.

"Wait, does that mean you two are dating?" Macey asked.

"Yep!" I heard them all squeal.

"Pigs," I heard Zach say from the bed. I glared at him.

"Speak for yourself Zach."

"You wish Gallagher Girl! Because a pig can't date a human." My jaw dropped. He just didn't call me a pig, again. Then I remembered to tell the girls about my dad.

"Um, guys." I said quietly. Zach sat up on the bed and looked at me. He made his way towards me.

"Cammie, I didn't really mean it. Please don't be mad at me," he said concerned.

"Whipped," Bex coughed.

"Shut it, Rebbeca," Zach growled.

"Zach I'm not mad, I'm just telling them the news."

"What news?" Liz asked.

"My dad, he might be alive."

"How?" They all asked, synchronized. I explained the story to them, and they were all silent when I finished.

"Uh, hey are you guys still with me?" I asked.

"Yes, just thinking." Liz said.

"Um hey guys, my mom's calling me, so I have to go." Bex said.

"Yah, I need to leave too," Macey said.

"Okay bye." Liz and I said. They hung up and now it was only Liz.

"Something's strange."

"What Liz?"

"I don't know, it just doesn't add up. He was missing for four years, but your dad died 5 years ago. Why'd he never contact you? And why'd he pose as someone else. And why was nothing done about his case until one years after he went missing."(A/N I know that in Chapter 16 it said the detective went to his house two years later, but I really meant one year, making him missing for four years)Wow, Liz had a point there.

"I have a feeling that the police aren't going to do anything about this case." She said.

"Then what are we suppose to do?"

"Figure out this for ourselves."

"How? We have school."

"I'll figure out something, but I think you should contact the police in California, they should have a non-emergency number, and see if anyone's on the case."

"Okay Liz I'll do that now."

"Okay bye."

"Bye." I turned off the phone and looked at Zach.

"I guess we have work to do." I said to him.

"Yep, oh and by the way, your hair covered the bite mark, so no one saw it." I looked at him.

"Good, I don't need my mom embarrassing me even more." Zach chuckled.

"Oh, and Gallagher Girl, Sarah contacted the heating people, we'll probably go back into the house the day after tomorrow." I frowned at that. It'd be weird not having Zach here anymore.

"Now let's find that number!"

"Umm... hi, I'm, uh, Cameron Morgan, and I, um, was wondering if, um..." I looked at Zach for help. He smirked and wrote something down on a piece of paper.

"Zach is the best boyfriend in the world," I said reading what Zach wrote. Once I realized what I said, I got the nearest thing to me, which happened to be a shoe, and threw it at him. He ducked in the nick of time.

"Excuse me, is this some kind of joke?" The lady asked.

"No! I, well, you see, um I wanted to know if a search for Christopher Jay Reynolds (A/N The drunk man) or Matthew Adam Morgan was being issued."

"Hmm, I'll check the records, hold on for a moment." She said that and then some music started to play. I turned to Zach, who, no surprise, was smirking.

"Really Zach really?" He raised an eyebrow.

"You know that was a police officer, right?"

"She was the front desk person."

"Still, if they thought that was a prank call, I could have been arrested."

"You know I wouldn't let anyone take my girl away from me." He said wrapping his arm around my waist, and starting to kiss my neck.

"My girl?" I squeaked.

"My girl." He confirmed.

"Hello?" The lady on the phone said.

"Oh yes?" I replied. My jaw dropped at her next words.

"There's no search issued for either of these men."

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