A/N- Longest chapter yet, so I hope you like it!

Chapter 5

"Darling, The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, that's where we are now, is not only for exceptional young women. It is also a boarding school for spies in training."

This day is just getting more and more strange.

I gasped and faked fainting, just for dramatic effect really, and fell to the floor and lay for a while mumbling to myself about everything that had happened today. I must have looked like I was going insane. Actually I probably was.

Mom and Joe started to laugh again. Joe then spoke up, "You're just like your father Cammie. Over dramatic and one hell of a personality."

I shot up to sit upright on the floor and looked at him. "You knew my father well?" I asked curious.

"Yes, he was my best friend since school, so close in fact, that he appointed me as your godfather." He said proudly. Wow more family.

"I guess that makes you Uncle Joe. Do you feel old yet?" I asked while smiling like a crazy person.

"Nope, young one you have much to learn. I do not get old, I simply become wiser. I'm still the same man as I was when I was 20 years younger." He said while flexing his muscles and kissing his biceps. Not bad actually, but I really shouldn't think like that considering everything.

"Who is Mr Dress Up over there to me then?" I said, giggling and pointing to Zach, who was STILL smirking. It was starting to get annoying, despite the fact it made him look even hotter!

"Oh, he isn't anything. He's more like my apprentice. A mini me. But the only reason he is here is because his school is doing an exchange with this one." He explained.

"Wait there is more than one spy school?"

"Yes," Joe answered while looking at his watch, "The girls are supposed to be getting back in 13 and a half minutes. Rach, do you want me to send Bex, Macey and Liz to your office when they get back from their mission?" he asked, Mom nodded in response before Joe reached up to his ear and pressed something and spoke. "Ladies and Gentlemen, you have 12 minutes and 51 seconds to be back in Sub Level two with the required information. Don't be late, you know what happened last time Ms Walters."

"OH MY GOSH! You have one of those ear thingies! I thought they were only in James Bond or Mission Impossible! Can I have a go?" I pleaded with Joe. Zach laughed at me.

"They're called Comms Units" Zach corrected me.

"Whatever." I retorted

"C'mon kiddo, you can have a go soon enough, come to my office with me, we need to sort some things out." Mom said to me.

"Okay"

We all filed out the room into a long corridor with at least 30 other white doors, which I assumed were doors to other dorm rooms. I trailed behind my mom and Joe, who were quietly having a conversation about exams or something. Zach was walking confidently next to me. We walked down regal staircases and fancy corridors for several minutes. Zach slung an arm around my shoulder and bent down to whisper in my ear.
"Quite the place don't you think?" I fought to stop shivers running down my spine, but not the bad kind, as we entered the lobby. I stopped dead still and looked around in awe.

Tall stone walls towered over me, at least 20 feet. There were beautiful stained glass windows all around. A huge tapestry hung on one of the walls, it had what looked like a family tree on and around the edge had the most beautiful and intricate pattern, with flowers and leaves of all sorts. And in the middle of the room, in front of a humongous set of double doors, was an astonishing staircase. It must have been at least 3 stories. It had smooth mahogany banisters and a beautiful red carpet trailing down the stairs. I had to stop the urge to run to the top and walk down as though I was a movie star. But really, if front of my mom and godfather, whom I had just met, if probably wasn't the best idea.

My mom walked over to me and broke me out of my awestruck trance by saying "kiddo, come to my office, it's this way"

"Okay" I replied, sounding dazed. Joe and Zach walked off in a different direction, while mom led me into another fancy room, what I assumed to be her office. The walls were lined with bookcases that were completely filled. There were two black sofas in the middle of the room. It also had a large oak desk with a black leather spinning chair behind it. The desk had lots of pictures on. Ones of my mom and who I presumed to be my father. They looked so happy together. I wish they still were to be honest. There was also one of them in a hospital smiling together, while holding a baby. That was me. We looked like a cute little family. My parents looking overjoyed and I was looking up at my mom reaching to touch her face. Further along the desk were pictures of me at prom, graduation, and all my yearbook photo's. 'Creepy' I thought, but then I remembered Joe's comment earlier about people keeping an eye on me. And, after all, I was still her daughter it was natural to want pictures of me.

Mom walked over to one sofa and gestured for me to sit next to her. I went and sat.

"Okay, I know you're technically called Lilly Cooper, but you're actually named Cameron Morgan. It's completely up to you how you want your name. You can keep it as it is or you can change it completely, or have a mix of both. It's up to you."

"Okay I think I'll have Cammie Morgan, but have Lilly as my middle name, so I've still got some of the old me, even if the rest of my life changes." I replied.

"Okay sweetheart." She said, "I'm so glad I've got you back, my gorgeous girl, and your father would be so proud at the young woman you've grown into." She leant over and pulled me into a hug, and I hugged her back, relaxing into her arms. I hoped that one day my dad would come back, for all of our sakes really. I could tell my mom missed him like crazy, Joe does too I think, and he would be back with the people who loved him and I could make him proud to call me his daughter.

We pulled away from each other as we heard muffled voices and giggling from outside the door. Before anyone had even knocked, my mom shouted "Come in girls."

The door swung open and in walked 3 girls the same age as me. One had dark flowing hair, cappuccino coloured skin and caramel eyes. She was strikingly beautiful and looked like some sort of Egyptian Goddess. She was also very muscular, but not scarily so. The second had thick, shiny black hair, bright blue eyes, much like my own, and a diamond nose stud. She also had long legs and by the looks of it, was into her brands. She looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place her at the moment. The third was considerably smaller than the other two. She had blonde hair, cut into a long bob and also had blue eyes. She was really skinny too.

They all examined me intently, as though memorising every little part of my appearance. I thought I was going to crumple under their stares, until my mom broke them out of it by saying, "Girls, this is Cammie, my daughter."

A look of realization and recognition flashed across their faces and breathed a sigh of relief realising I wasn't a threat.

"Cam, this is Bex Baxter," she said pointing to the muscular girl, "her mum is my best friend and she is my goddaughter, which makes you god sisters, technically. This is Liz Sutton," she pointed at the blonde girl, "she is the genius of the school basically." Liz started to blush like a tomato at my mom's words, while the rest of us quietly giggled. "And this is Macey Mc-"

"McHenry" I cut her off, it finally clicked as to where I knew her from – like every magazine. She was American like I technically was. "You're Senator McHenry's daughter."

"Yeah…" she said unenthusiastically. Right.

"Anyway," Mom said, "you girls will be roommates for the rest of your time at Gallagher. Now why don't you show Cam around the school then head back to the dorm for a while before dinner."

"Okay" they all chorused as we started to head out the door.

"Oh Macey?" Mom called, making us turn around in the doorway.

"Yep" Macey replied.

"Please do not attack Cam with your makeup and clothes, she's gone through enough today. And Bex, just don't attack anyone at all." She smiled at them, while I stood creeped out about what I could be in for, while living with these girls.

"Ugh okay" they both replied, annoyed that they couldn't 'attack' anyone. Well that's worrying…

We all turned back around and continued out the door, ready for the tour of the school.