Chapter 19

"Excuse me!" I screamed.

"There are no searches issued for-"

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! YOU'RE MAKING A GIRL GO-" Zach's hand clamped my mouth shut. He pulled the phone out of my hand.

"Hello." He said calmly into it. He talked for a bit and then hung up. I looked at him expectantly.

"What?" He asked.

"What'd she say?"

"Uh, nothing you don't already know." I groaned in frustration.

"I can't believe it, they're making a little girl fatherless."

"Hey," Zach said lifting my chin," Just because they're not issuing a search, doesn't mean that we can't look."

"Um Zach, I don't know if you haven't noticed, BUT WE'RE IN VIRGINIA, NOT CALIFORNIA!" I yelled at him, frustrated that no one seemed to take this matter seriously. His face dropped, and he looked offended. I immediately regretted yelling at Zach.

"Zach, I'm sorry, I-"

"No, its okay, Gallagher Girl, it was a dumb plan anyways."

"No Zach, it's not."

"You don't even know what it was!"

"Well, don't keep me hanging."

"You know how the band and orchestra people go on trips to different states?

"Yeah."

"Well, drama hasn't yet, and I heard they were doing a play in California, so maybe we could audition for the play, and go there." I couldn't believe that Zach could come up with such a brilliant idea, in such a short time. I hugged him tight and kissed him hard. He wrapped his arm around me and responded to the kiss. We went for as long as we could, and then when we pulled for air, Zach started to kiss down my neck. I mean, and then felt Zach smirk against my skin. Great, now he knew that he had a big affect on me.

"So, we're going to try out for drama?" Bex asked. It'd been a week after Christmas, and all eight of us were in the living room, coming up with a plan. My head rested on Zach's chest, and we both sat on a bean bag, while Macey and Nick got the love seat, Liz and Jonas was sitting on the floor, and Bex was sprawled out on the couch, using Grant's lap as a pillow.

"Uh, isn't that what I just said?"

"Just making sure."

"But there's a problem," Jonas said, "we're going to Riverside, but we need to get to San Jose."

"We can drive." Zach said.

"Yeah, but we only have a week and a half. How can we really find out what happened, when there's such a short time. And we'd have to give up half a week for the play." Liz said. I frowned. I felt Zach rubbing my back. Over the week, Zach had come to our house, every time he could, and he'd learned a lot about me, one of them was where to rub my back to make me less tensed. I closed my eyes, inhaled Zach's scent, and relaxed.

"We can do it guys." Zach's confidant voice rang through the room.

"How? We're just a bunch of high school kids." Nick said.

"So? I remember being told that age makes no difference. Sure we're not trained to do this, but we have an advantage."

"And what'd that be?" Macey asked.

"Cammie." My head popped up at the mention of my name.

"How am I an advantage?" I asked Zach.

"You know your dad better than anyone."

"So?" Zach sighed.

"Does your dad doodle important things on paper when he talks on the phone?" (A/N How many of you guys do that? I know I do!)

"Yes."

"Does he write thing straight forward, or does he sort of write in clue?"

"Um, he doesn't write straight forward, but not necessarily in a clue."

"Yeah, but does the police know that?"

"No."

"So if they saw a piece of paper with a bunch of words, don't you think they'd take it literary, not looking into what was written?" My face brightened up. Zach was right, I knew my dad's habits best. Like when he'd always clean the room before he left, or how would always have a full fridge, and many more small things.

"Zach, I finally know why you're in all advanced classes now!" I exclaimed hugging him.

"You just found out! Why I'm offended! I thought you had more faith in me Gallagher Girl!" He said in a high pitched voice, feigning a hand to his heart. I got a nearby pillow and buried my face in it.

"NEVER do that again!" I said my voice muffled by the pillow.

"Whatever you say, sweetheart!" Zach said in the same high pitched voice. Everyone in the room laughed, and I groaned.

Bex had put on a movie, and we were all watching it now. We were in a scene were a girl was asking a boy to name five thing's he liked about the girl.

"Zach?" Bex asked.

"Yeah?"

"What do you like about Cammie?" She asked. I looked at Zach, but he avoided my gaze.

"Nothing." I felt like my heart had stopped and my eyes started to water. He said he loved me, yet he can't name a reason why he liked me.

"Oh, I see the trick, what to you love about Cammie?" She asked. The tears slipped out of my eyes after his next word.

"Nothing."

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