Oh, for those of you who liked "Surprise, surprise" (Chapter 8), I extended it and made it into a longer (and hopefully better) one-shot. I wouldn't mind you all taking a look at it (it's under the title "I'll Always Come Back") and leaving me a review! :P
"Just what are you saying, Gallagher Girl?" Zach asks me. I can tell he's angry. It isn't the blood boiling kind of angry, but something about the steadiness in his voice scares me. It's too late for me to apologize for what I've said, though. I've dug myself in too deep a hole to climb out.
"We can go rescue them," I repeat, my eyes not meeting Zach's.
"Gallagher Girl, this isn't a fairy tale. People are going to get hurt," Zach tells me. As if I don't already know that.
"But we can do something about it, Zach!" My voice raises just a pitch, from a combination of nerves and frustration. "Do you expect me to just stand here while my one of my teachers is missing? Am I supposed to just do nothing when I know that someone, somewhere out there has information about my dad?"
"Fine." There's resignation in Zach's voice. He accepts his defeat, but then his face hardens into a mask, and I can't read his emotions. "It's risky, though."
"Everything is," I reply, before I lose my resolve. "Zach, this is what we've trained for. We have to try." Zach gives me a look, a look that seems to say, "You don't know what you're talking about."
"I know what we're up against, Gallagher Girl. And it isn't going to be easy."