Important A/N At The End Of This Chapter.

Chapter 23

She tossed a wad of cash at me, and I caught it. Tina had caught me by surprise. I stood there, unsure of what this meant. I was never in the bet, so why'd she give me the money. I looked behind me and what I saw crushed my heart. Zach's face was a mixture of confusion and pain. He started to leave.

"Zach!" I called. He stopped, but didn't turn around. I was going to tell him that I was never in the bet, but the fates weren't with me, and the bell rang, signaling the end of the period. Zach disappeared, and I stood there, still processing everything.

"Come on Cammie!" Liz said tugging onto my arm. We headed out the room.

"You weren't in the bet right?"

"Liz how could you even-"

"Right?" She asked again. I nodded my head.

"Good, now go set things straight with Zach." She headed off the technology, while I went towards the chemistry class. As I was headed towards the curve, I heard two voices, one who belonged to Tina Walters.

"I gave her the money, right in front of Zach, he'll think she was in the bet, and break up with her. And then he'll be putty in my hands!" She said, talking to a brunette haired girl. My fists clenched, but I kept walking towards chemistry, wanting to get there early, so I can explain everything to Zach. I walked into the classroom, and saw Zach sitting in the same spot, in the front. He was looking through his stuff, most likely getting his homework, oblivious to the noise and chatter surrounding him. I went to my desks, the one besides Zach's, and put my stuff down.

"Zach." He looked up startled, but once he saw me, he continued searching through his folders.

"I wasn't in the bet." He didn't look up.

"Zach, trust me." He finally looked me in the eye.

"I swear my life on it." I said. He sighed.

"Tina's not the richest girl in the world, why'd she just give $1,000 like that?"

"People do crazy things for love." I said, remembering the man and his twin. Zach searched my eyes, but didn't say anything. The teacher walked in, and Zach turned his gaze towards him. I couldn't listen to the teacher, I was just hard for me. I mean, if your boyfriend though you only dated him for a bet, and when your dad could possibly be alive, do you think you could listen to your teacher talking about defusing a nuclear atom, or about homeostasis, even though those two things had nothing in common? Exactly, you can't. So I just watched my teacher, wave his hand dramatically, hearing words fly out of his mouth, but not really comprehending what he was saying. That was until something flew onto my desk. Or more specifically a note.

I believe you

-Z

I looked up at Zach, and sure enough he was smirking. I rolled my eyes and responded.

Goode!

-C

I tossed it to him. He read it and started to write.

Are you going to keep the money?

-Z

I looked over at Zach, and knew I'd feel guilty if I did.

Nope! You're WAY more valuable than $1,000!

-C

Zach smiled this time, and wrote.

So, judging by how lost you look, I'm betting that you have no idea what Mr. Cornel is saying? *smirk*

-Z

I rolled my eyes. And tossed my reply.

I know you're going to help me :)

-C

Zach immediately replied.

Aww, is that someone's excuse to spend time with me

-Z

I couldn't believe how cocky Zach was. I was about to respond, but class would end in two minutes, and Mr. Cornel was handing out the homework. I took two and handed one to Zach. Once the bell rang, we gathered our stuff, and headed out the door. Zach took my stuff from my hands.

"Keep the money." He said. I looked at him.

"You're crazy! You know that?"

"Yep!" He said cheerfully. I lightly punched him in the arm, but I knew it wouldn't even hurt a little, because he had muscles!

"But really, I want you to keep the money!"

"Why?"

"Because, this was Tina's sick little game, and she was expecting of two things to happen. 1) I'd be mad at you, and break up, resulting in being single, and you keeping the money, or 2) We'd get back together, and you'd return the money. So, let's just do both!" He said. I laughed at his plan, but I had to admit, it was brilliant.

"Okay, but we're splitting it half and half." (A/N This was "Charliee"'s idea") I said. Zach shrugged, and we headed off to lunch.

"So..." Bex said.

"... I heard that only the people in drama can go to the trip, how are we supposed to go? None of us are in it."

"Bex!" Grant said, laughing at her.

"We've got Zach!" Zach perked up after hearing his name.

"What do I have to do?" He asked sounding suspicious.

"Just ask the drama teacher if we can go. No one can resist the 'angle'," Grant said.

"More like the devil." Macey muttered. Of course Zach being Zach heard her remark.

"Shut it McHenry!" Zach said.

Wait guys!" I said. Every one's head turned my way.

"Your all going?" I hadn't really thought this was a matter where everyone was going to go.

"Of course!" Nick said.

"We all stick together!" Macey exclaimed.

"Could you be even more cliché McHenry?" Zach said, smirking at her. I kicked Zach on the leg.

"Watch it Goode!" Macey said, beating me to say it. Zach just smirked even wider.

"You better be nice McHenry, otherwise you won't be going!" Zach said. Macey shut up, but was glaring at him. I sighed, this might take a while.

Please Read!

Okay, I had felt like I'd done a horrible job explaining the twin thing so I want to explain it better.

There are two men. One was the guy who died in the car accident (now known as Mr. Reynolds) and his twin (now known as Man1). Back when they'd attended collage Mr. Reynolds and a girl fell in love. They secretly dated (because of an unknown threat), but one day Man1 met the girl, instantly falling in love with her (or supposedly her looks, since he didn't really know her), but Man1 found out that she was dating his twin. Man1 threatened Mr. Reynolds, saying that he would marry the girl. Mr. Reynolds said that he wouldn't allow that, so Mr. Reynolds and his girlfriend secretly eloped. Man1 found out, and threatened to kill his brother, so Man1 was put in a mental facility for his temper. A few years later Mr. Reynolds' wife died, and Man1 was angry. He blamed his twin for killing his 'lover', and tried many times to escape the mental facility and kill his brother. After the car crash, in which Cammie's dad was involved, Man1 was even more furious that his brother had killed another innocent person. Man1 was so furious that he was to be locked in one room for the rest of his life. But, that plan was never carried out because once his 'twin' disappeared, Man1's temper completely went away, and he became a very pleasant person.

I hope this made more sense, and if it still doesn't please tell me! I don't want anyone to be confused. (If you are confused, tell me which part too) This goes for anything else in the story, not only the twin-plot-thingy :)

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