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Crazy 4 Goode- You know, I know Zach Goode too. I met him in my dreams. Funny, I was on a panda unicorn when I met him too (true story)! I like M&Ms too but also Hershey's, Kit Kat, and Twix! Thanks for R&R, glad you liked it, and I'm excited for GG6 too!
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FOR CHAPTER 13:
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Okay guys, you are really awesome! I want to thank EVERYBODY for reading this and supporting me through this story. Sadly, it is coming to an end soon, but let's enjoy it while it lasts. I guess you can say the final stage of this is beginning with the next chapter. The story will have hopefully be somewhere between 25-30+ chapters once it has finished.
Enough of my ranting! This is hopefully the last of the non-action chapters, but the mystery continue!
*Disclaimer: I do not own the Gallagher Girls, Game of Thrones, Snuggle (bear), or any other trademark thing mentioned here.*
Cammie POV
"…So he sprays it underneath the stall next to him and yells 'Easy boy!'" Zach cried as we sat in my room. We were just talking, and the story he told me was about Grant. Going to the public restroom. With a large flask of Mountain Dew. And he's bored. You know the rest.
I let out a grin- Zach was trying so hard to make me feel better. He told me more embarrassing stories about his roommates- and one about him- as I snuggled next to him. Sure, I was a Gallagher Girl, but I was still a teenage girl. We all need our moments sometimes.
He played with my hair and let out a small sigh. "Cammie, I'm getting worried about you."
"Why, Zach? I'm fine, honestly."
"Cam-I know you aren't."
"How Zach? Tell me what you think is wrong with me?" I snapped, sitting up in the chair.
"You're worried about this CU thing," he stated simply, raising an eyebrow.
"No, I'm not," I lied. But then, thinking I had nothing to lose, I whispered, "I'm terrified."
He tried not to plaster shock, but his concern took over.
"Cammie, listen to me. Whoever this CU is, they are going to underestimate you. You being terrified isn't going to help it. Fear cuts deeper than the sword."
I offered a weak smile. "Where'd you get that from? Your Cove Ops teacher?"
"Nope, Game of Thrones."
I rolled my eyes playfully.
"Did you know Townsend is my regular Cove Ops teacher?"
I pretended that I didn't and responded with, "Really? Maybe that's why you're so behind."
He chuckled. "Still thing you're superior?"
"Zach, Townsend's not a very good teacher. It's not your fault."
We both burst into a fit of laughter- the kind that when even it is not funny anymore the chirps continue.
After a moment of silence, I looked over at Zach. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Everything," I replied with a small shrug.
He leaned in and met my lips. Suddenly, my aunt came bursting through the doors.
"Um, Aunt Abby, do you mind knocking next time?" I asked with a hint of annoyance, but changed my expression once I saw her face.
I looked over at Zach and he read my message. He gave me a quick peck on the cheek and left the room. By this time, Aunt Abby was pacing the room much like Liz did back at Gallagher.
"Aunt Abby? What's the matter?"
"Stupid British Bastard," she mumbled.
It took me a second to register her words before I could guess who she was talking about.
"Townsend?"
She nodded.
"Well, what about him?"
"I'm stuck on a mission with him," she said with a growl.
I didn't know what to say, so I just went over and gave her a hug.
"Thanks Squirt. But don't you want to know what the mission is about?" Her question came with a quizzical look.
"I do, but it's not like you would tell me, right?"
She shook her head. "This one, I think you have to know. We're trying to find more about that terrorist group after you."
The CU? I'm surprised Abby knew about them, but she does have a high clearance number. I wonder if my mother knows.
"That's nice," I muttered after a bit.
Abby reached to touch her ear, most likely activating a comms unit.
"Oh, okay. I'll be right there."
Abby got up and rushed to the door, but before reaching it, turned to me and said, "Sorry, I forgot something, Cams. Solomon is waiting in Sublevel One for you and your mother's on the phone with him. She wants to talk to you."
XXX
"Hi Mom."
"Cameron Ann Morgan, wh-"
"Whoa, hold up a sec. Joey, leave."
"What, no please?" he asked with mock offense.
"LEAVE!"
"Okay, okay. Geez, women these days."
Once he left the subs, I held the phone back up to my ear. "Okay, what's the problem?"
"Did you send a perfume scented note over here? At Gallagher?"
"Um, no? I don't even own perfume scented paper."
"Macey does, doesn't she?"
"I don't think so, but if she did, it's not like I would use it. And how would I even get over there, Mom?"
"Cameron, are you sure you didn't send this in?"
"Positive. What did the note say, anyway?"
"Something only Abby knows, so she must've sent it as a prank."
"Ooookaaaay."
As an afterthought, I added, "What's the real reason you called?"
"I just wanted to let you know of an event happening in three weeks. All the teachers are going on an important mission for the trustees and Joe is going to be in charge of Gallagher that day. We already discussed this, so you won't be having Cove Ops that day."
Three weeks. That was May 25. It was just an average day, but it seemed important. Why? Aside from the fact that it only meant about three more weeks at Blackthorne, I couldn't quite place what was so special about it.
"Okaay. No offense, but how is worthy of a phone call?"
She sighed with a hint of exasperation. "Cammie, I just want you to be safe and watch out. Joe, who was the required teacher to go with you on the exchange, will not be there to protect you. A-"
"Mom, I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself."
This, obviously, brought another sigh, but this time with clear exasperation. "Cammie, I don't know if you know this, but you are kind of a person of interest right now!"
This cut me quiet.
I really don't know how much my mother knew- but seeing as she's my mother, it was probably a lot. But something about this gave me a funny feeling- like her reasoning for me being a person of interest and mine were two completely different things.
"Cameron? Did you hang up on me again? Say something!"
I just said the first thing that came to mind. "Um, Abby likes Townsend!"
"What on earth are you talking about?"
"N-nothing. I don't know why I said that. But she is going to spend a lot of time with him."
"She is?"
"What do you think about them?" I snapped, desperate to keep the subject on anybody but me- and at that time, Abby was the only person I could think of.
"They seem like they have feelings for each other beneath the hatred mask, but Joe isn't happy about this in any way you look at it, unless she really does hate Townsend. This really isn't our business, Cam."
Despite the fact she rushed the first part, I had heard every little word she spluttered out. I summoned my inner Tina Walters to interrogate her.
"So, if I heard correctly, Joe likes Abby?"
"Kiddo, I real-"
"Mom. Just answer the question."
She sighed for the third time in our conversation. "You've heard stories on how relationships for spies are dangerous and basically illegal, correct?"
"Yeah, ever since I became one, Mom." I didn't try to hide the sarcasm in my voice.
"Just think about how people would view a couple in practically the same family," she whispered.
I hadn't thought about that at all. Joe was my godfather. Abby was my aunt.
I really shouldn't have gotten involved with this.
Liz POV
I couldn't find the golden ring with the strange design. I looked everywhere for it. Sure, I looked very fast because Macey has been following me around lately, but I did look everywhere at Blackthorne.
I even cut class to go to the Woods and investigate.
So yes, this was by far the most important list she had ever given me.
And I failed.
But at least I had the nail filer.
XXX
"Get your butt in here, Elizabeth!"
I winced at that voice. It was usually soft, but today it was infuriated and snappy. I automatically knew that she knows that I have only delivered the less important item.
"I'm sorry for my tardiness. But thank you for wearing the Snuggle bear mask and not the baby face mask," I said as I took a seat in the CU's undercover building.
"Whatever."
"For the record, it looks really nice against your blonde hair."
"Really? Thank you so much! I mean, STOP TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT!"
I sank down in my chair.
"I am very sorry, ma'am, that I failed to complete the objective. But if it means anything, I stole the nail filer you wanted."
She gave me a death squint with her ice cold, blue eyes but still snatched it from my hand. Her hood fell down when she did, but she quickly put it back up.
"Where's the ring?" she asked.
"You know that I don't have it."
She reached into the table before her and showed me a picture of a golden ring. It had the same intricate design that her locket showed, so I immediately knew that it was the one I was supposed to find.
"Bring me this. I know its exact location now, but I still don't have access to it seeing as there is at least one person there 24/7- well not all the time but a girl has to sleep, you know?"
"Why don't you just tell me where it is?"
"Oh right." She stopped to look at me with dramatic effect and said in her usual monotone, "One of your roommates store it in your dorm."
"At Blackthorne?" I asked with wide eyes.
She scrunched her nose. "That, I do not know. But you look there and I'll break into the Gallagher Academy."
"What for?" My voice was barely above a whisper now.
"Even if you do find the locket, I still need to go in, if that's what you are implying. Are you?"
I nodded. "But, when are you going to do it?"
The girl dug into her messenger bag that rested against the wall. She flipped the pages to a folder with a peacock on the cover and slammed it shut.
"May 25th."
I nodded my head again to show that I heard and checked my watch. It was getting late, and Jonas needed me to help crack codes tonight. I stood up from my chair and headed towards the door.
"Wait!"
I turned around, stunned. "Yes?" I knew that my fear showed in the tone of my voice.
"Take a muffin before you go."
I shot her a perplexed look.
"Just my way of thanking you for helping me. I will in no way harm you or your friends, but your information is helping me with what I need to know. So once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart." She flashed a sincere smile and I tentatively took one from her platter.
"You won't tell, right?"
"Of course not."
"Good. But just so you know, this muffin, although tasty, prevents you from discussing it with anybody but me. Or Linda. But like she counts."
Continuing on, she said, "Liz, I just met you not too long ago. I trust you, but not entirely. At the very least, I know you are steering McHenry away from finding the truth, so that proves 75% of your worthiness."
"It's okay, I know this already. Am I free to go now?"
"Yes, but I am going to have somebody visit the Woods in a couple of days to retrieve the ring."
"Will you notify me of the date?"
She gave a small smirk. "Trust me, you'll know."
I bobbed my head up and down as if that didn't creep me out (it totally did) and rushed out of the room before she could say anything else.
XXX
I rocked back and forth on my toes. I was alone in the room- Bex was training in the P&E barn, Cammie was with Zach, and Macey… well, Macey was somewhere. Even though when our group divided to two, Bex and Cammie would be together and Macey and I would be partners in crime, Macey was more distant these days. But the CU Leader had told me Macey was growing suspicious of me, so maybe instead of following me, she was really spying.
I tried to shake this out of my head as I scrimmaged through the drawers- which I decided would be the easiest thing to do first. But as I searched through Macey's, the thought lingered in my mind- and it wasn't going away anytime soon.
So maybe it was nerves, or fear that I was alone in the dorm at night, but when I saw the blonde wig in one of her drawers, I shrieked.
The last time Macey and I used our disguises as Madeline and Aubrey was a while back, so the wig should've been shoved in the back or at least wrinkled/curled into a lump, but it wasn't. Mine was stored away, not touched. Macey's, however, looked like it was used frequently.
The thoughts came flooding back, crashing in my mind harder than ever. Her sudden improvement in spy skill. The way the fit of the blonde wig on her looked familiar. The way she could clearly understand everything about the CU that I said- and how accurate her own theories were. How the most frequent thing that popped up in my list was a nail filer- Macey's nail filer-, and that she said that I was finding her lost items.
Then finally, I thought about the peacock notebook she had today during our meeting.
I ran straight to the Sublevels, where Abby should be. I burst through the doors and found her at the desk that Joe never sat in when doing his lectures during Cove Ops.
"Liz, hi."
"Are we alone?"
Abby seemed taken aback but slowly moved her head up and down. "Yes, why?"
I opened my mouth, but no words came out. I tried to mumble out a sound, but choked on it instead.
"Liz, are you okay?"
I gasped for air and looked around the room. I was 100% positive that nobody else was here. So I opened my mouth and found that I could whisper very faintly.
"Macey's the CU leader."
Well. That's that. Thoughts? And no, I have nothing against Macey- she's actually one of my favorite characters. What do you think about the little Joe/Abby/Townsend love triangle?
And, just wondering, how was this chapter in general? I feel very weird about it, but I hoped you liked it.
Link to the third GG6 excerpt and first mega-excerpt on my profile! And also a poll for an upcoming story.
BTW, I am very sorry for not updating last week. I feel really bad. Thus, I am going to try to post another chapter on Monday or Tuesday, then go back to the regular weekend updates. Just to let you know, because I felt really bad for not updating last week.
Anyway, review please!
xxxLizxxx
