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If I don't say this now, I will surely break
As I'm leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency, but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to break
-The Fray "Look After You"
The hallways were silent as I crept through them, careful to not make a sound. I felt awful for leaving everyone again, but it was something that had to be done. One day they would understand. I wasn't entirely sure whether or not Macey would wake up Bex and Liz, so I did my best to hurry to one of the passageways that led out of the school. The stony wall felt rough under my hands. I pushed my hand forward into 3 of the bricks and the passageway slowly opened up. The echoes of my footsteps resonated through the tunnel as I began to near the end of it.
When my feet reached the soft ground, I let out a sigh of relief. One step of running away was done. I jogged lightly over to the PE barn where I saw Grant patiently waiting in the darkness.
"Hey Cammie. Did you grab everything you need?" His deep voice seemed too loud for the silent night.
"Yeah. What about you Grant?" I noticed that he also had a small bag laying on the ground. He must've brought it with him to Gallagher.
"I sure hope so." He replied. We stood there in an uncomfortable silence as we waited for Zach. It got too quiet for me to bear, so I decided to break it.
"Why did you help them capture me?" I looked at him dead in the eye. I was going to get an answer out of him whether he liked it or not.
"I- We were all influenced majorly by the Circle at Blackthorne. Somehow the best of us all would end up with them. It was an honor and something to brag about. I mean Joe was in it and Zach was too. Everyone wanted to be like them. I did too. More so than I would like to admit. One thing lead to another and then I was staring at you being thrown onto the ground in Rome. But I left that night. I… I couldn't participate in hurting you. I couldn't do that to Zach. I didn't know where they were taking you. I'm sorry Cammie. I really am." I was surprised at how honest he was with me. I had expected him to only apologize, not to actually explain himself.
"I forgive you. Just don't do it again or I will kick your ass." He laughed lightly before shooting me a friendly grin.
"Zach will too."
"Damn right I will." Zach finally appeared next us. In his hands were two backpacks: one full of his own clothes and another full of weapons. He handed me two guns and a knife. They felt dangerous in my hands. Deadly.
"I'm going to assume you aren't a complete idiot and brought your own weapon." Zach looked at Grant with an eyebrow raised.
"I may be stupid, but not that stupid. Give your BFF some credit." I smiled as Zach rolled his eyes at Grant. No matter how dangerous our adventure got, I knew that I would at the very least be entertained. "So where to first?" Thousands of destinations flashed in my mind. We needed a place that we could go completely undetected. I stuck my hands in the pockets of my leggings and froze as the tip of my fingers grazed a piece of paper that wasn't there before. I grinned as I opened it up and read the words scrawled messily onto it.
I put my hand out for them to read it themselves.
"Looks like Macey already picked one out for us."
Zach was just about to help me up over the fence when all three of us heard a booming yell that pierced the night.
"Where the fuck do you three think you are going?!" Mr. Solomon was sprinting over to us and ran right into Zach, tackling him onto the ground. I was confused as to why Zach let this happen. There was no doubt in my mind that Zach could take Mr. Solomon. Aunt Abby followed right behind him and grabbed my arm. Grant stood frozen in place, like a deer caught in headlights.
"We need to leave, Abby. It's not safe here!" She looked at me furiously.
"Cameron," she hissed. "I don't think you understand. Nowhere is safe for you guys. Not here and especially not out there."
"Zach, I swear you can be an idiot sometimes. And Grant what are you even doing here?" No one paid any attention to what Mr. Solomon was saying.
"But Catherine is everywhere! I see her everywhere I go. I saw her in New York and she met me here. One day she is going to find me and I won't be so lucky." I practically yelled this in her face but got quieted down by some shushing.
"That is precisely my point. You are not safer out there. She will find you, but you need to deal with that when the time comes. Do not let this destroy you, Cammie." What she was saying finally sunk in. Running wouldn't help. Hell, she probably wanted us to run just so we would get caught. Catherine's threat was haunting me and destroying me like I feared it would. And that was unacceptable.
"Are you going to tell my mother?" Things had just become slightly less hostile between us, and I could not bring myself to ruin them anymore.
"No, bit this will not occur again. Do the three of you understand us?" We nodded our heads violently in agreement.
When Mr. Solomon spoke again, I finally listened.
"Just try to act normal and forget this."
"Cammie?" I dropped my bag to the floor in defeat. I was going to have to wait out my imminent death here after all. My eyes met Macey's and she looked at me in confusion. "You're back early." I chuckled lightly at this.
"Abby and Joe found us." I shrugged as I laid my back onto my soft bed.
"Oh. I'm sorry." She didn't sound sincere as she said this and I knew that she was actually relieved.
"I should've known I couldn't pull it off twice."
"It still sucks though." The Macey I knew was back again.
"It does."
"Cam, Liz and I will help you find answers here. You won't have to sit here and wait. I know that kills you. So we'll do something." What Macey said comforted me somewhat. I knew that I could not be left to my own thoughts. They would put me over the edge, and I was already pretty close to it. I made no move to respond to her. I turned my eyes to the ceiling and waited for dawn to come.
I knew that I would have a restless night full of nightmares and thrashing around.
Bex was nowhere in sight as I woke up from my tormented sleep to find a hand shaking my shoulder. Without even thinking, I grabbed the mystery person's arm and twisted it, and in the process flipping them over. My heart pounded and my vision was unfocused as I struggled to see who the person was. A stream of thoughts flew through my mind as the panic took a hold of me. A shriek of pain brought me back to where I was.
Liz lay on the ground staring up at me in terror while clutching her recently healed arm in agony. Macey stood there, half dressed with shock written all over her face. I didn't know where to look. Liz was still screaming.
"Oh my God. I'm so sorry Liz." I went to reach down to her to comfort her, but she quickly flinched away. I whipped my hand back like I had just been shocked.
"Let's get you to the infirmary, Lizzie." Said Macey. She kept her bright blue eyes trained on me the entire time. I rose to my feet as well, but sat back down when Macey said, "Why don't you stay here Cammie." Shame coursed through my veins.
"I'm so sorry Liz. I thought you were someone else. I wasn't thinking straight. I would never do that to you."
She couldn't even look at me as she muttered, "It's okay Cammie. I should have known better." That was the last thing I heard before Macey led her away. I mustered whatever dignity I had left as I left our dorm and headed down to the Grand Hall. I felt like a zombie. I couldn't believe that I would actually do that to someone, let alone one of my best friends.
The dining hall went silent as I pushed open the doors. I was stared at the entire time I made my way to the senior table. To my surprise, Grant was sitting across from Grant and next to Bex, who was starting at him in awe. Zach was laughing at Grant's face.
"Morning Cammie!" A chirpy Eva greeted me as I sat next to Zach. I nodded towards her in acknowledgement. Our table was sat in silence until Tina finally spoke up.
"Where's Liz and Macey." I almost choked on the muffin I was nibbling on.
"Um Macey brought Liz to the infirmary this morning." I didn't want to say more than was absolutely necessary.
"Why?" Tina inquired. The surrounding tables fell silent in anticipation of my answer.
"I accidently hurt her arm when she woke me up. I thought she was someone else." Was it my imagination, or did everyone lean just a bit farther away from me?
"You hurt Liz again?" Bex looked at me incredulously. For some reason, anger flared up in me.
"If I remember you hurt her with a poorly aimed punch." She glared at me before rolling her eyes at me.
"It's all you do Cammie. Hurt people. Let people down. It's like you try to disappoint and drive everyone away." Her words slapped me in the face. I bit my lip so hard that I tasted blood. I chose to ignore her comment and remained mute for the remainder of the breakfast. Under the table, Zach grabbed my hand and didn't let go.
I couldn't concentrate during classes at all. What Bex had said haunted me. She spoke the truth. I had let my mother down by leaving without saying goodbye. I let my friends and Zach down by leaving without them. I let down my father by getting caught. And I let the CIA down by no longer being at the top of my game and being a top recruit. Worst of all, I let myself down by losing my memory.
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