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Goodness it took me forever to update. Sorry for the wait. School is taking all of my time and I'm just lazy. And I really like this chapter. Little Zach and Cammie action.

Chapter 3

Be Careful Who You Love

I groaned at the sound of my alarm. It was so damn loud. Curse you Grandma for buying it. I rolled over and slammed my hand on top of it knocking it to the ground. I rolled over and dozed off again.

I opened my eyes to the sound of my phone going off. Sleepily I picked it up and looked seeing several texts from Bex. Then I saw the time. I had seven minutes and thirteen second to get to the bus.

"Shoot." I threw my covers to the floor and quickly pulled on my grey sweats and blue green shirt. I cursed lightly when all of my school books fell to the floor. I wasn't going to make the bus and my car was having problems. I streaked down the stairs only having time to grab a water bottle and my ugg boots.

As soon as I ran out the door I saw the bus turn the corner. Away from my house. I slapped my head to my forehead in frustration.

"You need a ride schön?" a voice said above me. I smiled up at Flynn from the ground where I had sat down.

"Did you just call me beautiful?" I said laughing.

"Maybe." Flynn said shaking his hair to keep it out of his face.

I smiled and let him pull me up. "Your head better?" he asked.

"Yes, thanks for asking?" I said.

"Well I did cause it." He said. I liked how Flynn could make me laugh and I had only known him for about a day and a half.

"Your not going to school yet are you?" I asked as I climbed in his car.

Flynn shook his head. "Nicht. Still settling in." he said. I pulled on my boots as he started driving.

"Anything exciting happening today?" he asked.

"I'm hoping to get my English paper back today. And since I missed a lot last week I have a bunch of makeup work I will have to do." Flynn nodded.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked as he drove past the school.

"You want something to drink?" he asked pulling up to a Java. I smiled and looked down at my hands. We climbed out of the car into the cool October air. The leaves were turning all their bright colors. I wished I could ditch school toady and walk in the woods, hearing the sound of the wind in the trees, birds singing. I would stay out there forever. I would climb the tree Zach and I had found a year ago. Why did everything have to come back to Zach?

"What do you want?" Flynn asked pulling out his wallet.

"Oh you don't have to pay…" Flynn shook his head saying that he did not want to hear my excuses. I hung my head in defeat.

20 minutes later we were pulling back up to the school. "Thanks for the ride." I said climbing out of the car, shifting my coffee to my other hand as I lifted my bag onto my shoulder. I noticed Zach leaning against the railing outside the school with his friends, Winter was nowhere in sight. I felt his eyes watching me.

"Ich freue mich." Flynn said. I smiled and closed the door.

"CAM!" I was stampeded by Bex and Macey.

"Who was that?"

"Where were you?"

"Why did you not answer any texts or calls?" the bombarded me with questions. I wished I was back in Flynn's car, where he didn't ask millions of questions.

"STOP!"I yelled quietly. Bex and Macey shut up.

"Cam, what did you do? Just roll out of bed?" Macey asked lifting a lock of my messy curly hair.

"I overslept and missed the bus. Now help me look more presentable." I pulled them into school and down to the locker room.

"So who was that?" Macey asked as she brushed my hair before bringing her curling iron to it.

"That was… ow… Flynn, my new neighbor, he just moved her from Germany." I said.

"Oh, a foreign guy and right after Zach. Making anyone jealous?" Bex asked mischievously.

"No. I do not like Flynn like that, I barley know him, but he's very nice and cute. Don't judge. I have no intentions of making Zach jealous just a bit of homecoming pranking though." I said smirking.

"Yes! Pranking!" Bex said.

"But Cam, we were going to go to homecoming." Macey said in a sort of complaining voice.

"Before the dance Mace." I said pulling away from them now that they were done.

"Good cause you are not getting out if it." Macey said.

"Great." I said picking up my bag.

"Guess what Cam?" Bex said jumping up to my side.

"What?" I ran a hand through my hair messing up my curls.

"Grant asked me to Homecoming!" she said excitedly.

I felt my heart fall a bit. OR what's left of it. "That's great Bex." I said picking up my pace so i could hide the emotions on my face.

"Let her be." Macey said holding Bex back. I hear Bex sigh.

I open my locker, not realizing what I was doing until I looked down at the ripped pictures in my hand. I was angry. All sadness wiped away. Why was my life so screwed right now? I threw the pictures on the floor before stuffing my math and history things in my bag.

As soon as I got to math I moved to the back of the room. I really just wanted to be alone. I should leave. Go home and curl up in bed. No Cammie you are better than that, better than him, better than everything that has happened to you. NO I'M NOT!

Winter sashayed into the room flirting with some other boy that was not her boyfriend. I smirked to myself. Zach deserved that. "Cammie." She said smiling a sickly sweet smile, her voice dripping with venom. I glared down at my notebook not meeting her evilly gleaming eyes.

The bell came to my rescue and the next hour of my life was spent on meaningless equations and the sound of pencils hurrying to complete the answers. I could never even finish one problem since I had missed, but I planned to catch up quickly.

In history we were lectured about the functions of trench warfare in World War One. Study hall. One of the three classes I had with Zach. When we were still together we used to sit together, making fun of the teacher and doing no work whatsoever. We would make a blockade with our backpacks so we could talk behind it. Whenever we would be checked on we would look down at whatever work we were supposed to be doing. Now we sat apart. Zach with some of his friends and me alone. I didn't care now. I enjoyed the time alone. Where no one could judge me, or point out my faults. I could go off into my own little world, staring out the window or reading my book. But now I was working on catching up on my miss work which there was a lot of. I heard someone slip into the chair across from me. I knew that black muscle shirt. It was Zach. But he just sat there and pulled out his work.

I ignored him turning back to my trig. I heard Zach's hand running across his paper as he wrote. I thought of when I used to slip my hand into his big ones, feeling the dryness and warmth. Why was he here? Sitting across from me? But doing it silently. He's not talking, not looking at me, just working.

Zach slid a piece of paper over to me, the words written in his untidy scrawl. I read over the note.

I want to talk. Today after school. –Z

I look up at Zach. He gave me a weak smile. I shook my head, but I was touched by his opening to the note. Was he trying to say he wanted me back? Nope why would I go back to him? The boob!

Zach's face fell when I shook my head. He started pleading with his eyes. Back when we were dating it would have done me in. Not now. I shook my head again. I took the paper and flipped it before writing.

No.

Zach read over the note. Pain clouded his eyes. I turned back to my work and felt Zach go limp in his chair across from me. Then he got a look of determination on his face and picked up his pen again.

But I loved you. Remind me why I did.

I read it over and did not reply. Zach's determination was gone. He laid his head on his arms while I went back to work.

I was ready for English. I wanted my paper back so badly. I knew I did well on it and I knew I presented it well.

I was late though, so it did not get off to a good start. Mr. Whitt was not sympathetic about it either. He wanted to talk to me at the end of class. "Well, class I graded your essays and test and I have to say… this wasn't the worst batch yet." There was a collective groan from the back of the room.

Mr. Whitt started handing things out. "Good job Mr. Goode." Mr. Whitt said sending Zach a smile as he placed Zach's test on his desk.

"Thanks Coach Whitt." Zach smirked his annoying smirk. I heard Bex scoff quietly behind me.

"Ms. Morgan, see me after class so we can talk about your paper and test." Mr. Whitt said setting them on my desk.

"You already told me to see you after class." I said. Mr. Whitt glared at me. He walked back up to the classroom.

"NEW SEATS." He said loudly. I ended up next to Liz and in front of Zach. Just my luck.

Why was he everywhere? English past by really slowly. The entire time I felt Zach's eyes on the back of my head. "Help me." Macey mouthed looking in disgust at Simon who was sitting next to her. I gave her an apologetic look. Bex was very happy with her seat. She was next to Grant and they kept talking quietly in the back.

At the end of class I was talking to Liz when Winter came over. She sat on Zach's lap and was trying to seduce him in his chair. Zach was smiling dumbly up at her, but it looked forced.

"Ms. Morgan." Mr. Whitt made the motion for me to come to his desk. I swung my bag to my shoulder and made my way up front. "Ms. Morgan tell me why this test grade is what it is?" He asked. The bell rang behind us. The class started to file out loudly into the junior hallway.

"I was a bit distracted the night before we took it so I didn't get much sleep." Actually that night I had gotten no sleep.

I bit my lip but stopped because it brought back memories of Zach. How it annoyed him and how'd he use it as an excuse to kiss me. "Next time Ms. Morgan, you better improve. I would not like to have you back in this class again." Mr. Whitt said.

"Yes sir. I have a question about my paper though." I said.

"What about it?" Mr. Whitt had already started shuffling papers around on his desk.

"Why did I get a B-? I worked really hard on it." I said.

"Well… first it is poorly written, it does not flow and you did not present the topic you signed up for."

"That shouldn't affect my grade."

"Ah but it did." I bristled.

"Goode day, Ms. Morgan." And he got up and left. I stood there glaring at the spot Mr. Whitt had just occupied before running out of the room. I ran to my locker and threw the door open, my bag landing on the floor. I through my paper into my locker. Stupid love. Stupid Mr. Whitt. Stupid Winter. Stupid Zach. STUPID ME! Thinking I could get away with rewriting my paper at the last minute. A paper I had put my heart into.

Suddenly, I felt my body twisted around, my locker door slamming closed, my body pressed against the lockers and a solid body. Zach's solid body. "Let me go." I snarled.

"No." He grabbed my wrists and held them above my head.

"Bex will kill you. I will kill you, you cheating bastard." I struggled but Zach pressed his body against mine.

"Hear me out Cam."

"Don't call me that."

"Than what do I call you?"

"You don't talk to me." I growled. Why did everyone have to be gone? We were alone.

"Cam, listen to me."

"No…" I was cut off my Zach kissing me. Lightly, like how he used to before he cheated.

"Seeing you get out of that car this morning with that guys driving you just about killed me." He murmured into my mouth. I wrenched my lips away from his. I pushed him away, but to no avail.

"Why?"

"To get you to shut up and listen."

"That wasn't nessi…"

"You've never been able to listen…"

"Well maybe if you spend a little less time without your lips attached to mine I could…"

"Harsh much?"

"Well if you, umph." He kissed my again. "You need…" He kissed me again. "I'll tell Win…" He kissed me yet again.

"STOP IT!" I yelled.

"Than listen." I stared stonily at him. "Finally, listen; I never wanted us to end like that."

"Than how did you want it to end?" I said icily.

"Why did you change your paper?"

"Why did you choose Winter?'

'Why did it change?"

"Why Winter?" Zach pressed his body against mine. I felt his abs on my torso. I used to marvel at his abs when we were dating.

"Winter's hotter?"

"You say that with question in your voice."

"So?"

"You broke my heart that day, did you know that? You broke my heart because Winter's hotter?"

Zach nodded but he did not seem certain. "You never stopped crying."

"I lost my mom. You may not like yours as much but once she's gone she's gone."

"So no excuse to cry, she'd in a better place."

"You never cared."

"Who says I did?"

"So I was your charity case?"

"Maybe."

"You're despicable."

"Glad to see we are on the same page."

"Oh so you see yourself as a player who enjoys breaking girls hearts and moves right along. We might as well start a club for every girl who has had their heart broken by you."

Zach paused. "I gave you my heart and you crushed it."

"You let your wall down."

"Because I trusted you."

"You did trust me. I trusted you. I freaking loved you. I just need to be reminded why I did."

"If you need to be reminded about why you loved me than you never loved me."

"I did."

"Prove it. First, you ditch me when we were supposed to be studying. You dated Winter for a week and didn't bother to break it off with me." I let out a deep breath.

Zach hung his head, but he was so close to me it fell to my shoulder. I wanted to shrug him off but it felt familiar, comforting. I felt myself relax a bit.

"You're a boring square that needs a shoulder to cry on every time something does not go your way."

"I do not. I was going through a hard time, you know that." I stiffen again as Zach moves his head.

"Funny I seem to remember a lot of crying."

"Because my mom died and then you go and cheat on me, now you're coming back to me with notes saying how you want me back." I finally find a way to step out of his grasp, but he still had my hand.

"Cam," he said pleadingly.

"No Zach." His green eyes were full of remorse and frustration.

"Just, we had all these plans, you and i."

"Well Zachary you ruin those when you cheated."

"Cam, I love you. I know for sure 100% that I do." Zach stepped closer to me.

"I've learned this Zach, be careful who you love. You never know when that might change." I pulled my hand out of his and picked up my bag. I looked at Zach for a moment before kissing his cheek softly before running off.

A/N

Oh my God that took me forever. I wanted the talk between Zach and Cammie to be good, so tell me what you think More Flynn to come! And some Zach too!