Chapter 12: Feel at Home

Cammie POV

The moment I walked into the Grand Hall, I groaned. Standing in the front of the room was a group of eighteen Blackthorne Boys. I was sure they were Blackthorne Boys because there were little pins on their lapels and because if they were any other kind of boys, they would be in a headlock with Gallagher Girls forcing memory tea down their throats.

"Ladies, I would like to introduce the boys from Blackthorne Academy. We had been planning an exchange in the spring, but since the unexpected arrival of Zachary Goode and Grantary Newman, whom I'm sure you've met, we decided to move up the date. Now, I want you ladies to treat the boys with respect and hospitality," I saw some of the girls nudge each other at this.

It could've been my imagination, but I swear I heard Tina Walters whisper, "I would loove to make Zach feel at home," I tensed, but then relaxed. I had no say in who he dated. It's not like we're still best friends or anything.

I looked over around the room, amazed by the varying emotions. Most of the girls looked like they had just won a million bucks. My mom was and all of the other faculty were smiling. Mr. Solomon was smirking. Did he teach Zach that? Because if he did, I would disown him as my godfather. Zach and Grant were grinning. Zach should smile more often. It makes him look h...never mind. Some of the Blackthorne boys were smiling back at Zach and some looked like they were analyzing us girls. Whatever they assumed, they were probably dead wrong. Macey looked bored and didn't even give the boys a glance before filing her nails.

Bex, who was standing next to me, whispered, "We still outnumber them. I'll take center, you take left, Mace will take right, and Liz will reload our bazookas. They won't stand a chance," I love that girl. "Hey speaking of Liz, what's wrong with her?"

I turned and saw Liz looked like a kid in a candy shop, with wide eyes and her mouth hanging open.

"I thought we taught you better than that," I teased.

She jolted, finally realizing where she was.

"No, it's not that," she mumbled, "It's just, that's Jonas Anderson!" She said the name like it was self explanatory.

She sighed at our blank expressions. "He was nominated for the Fieldstein Award and received special recognition from the president for his work in the field of nuclear physics. He wrote Modern Theories of Molecular Biology," Haha that was the book Liz slept with under her pillow.

"Er, that's great for him," Bex patted Liz's shoulder awkwardly, "Which one is he?" Liz blushed and pointed to a cute curly headed boy near the back. He was wearing thick glasses, but somehow he pulled it off.

"Come on, let's go say hi!" We dragged her towards Jonas. I should've felt bad since I hadn't enjoyed Macey dragging me to Zach at the mall, but Liz actually liked Jonas no matter how much she denied it.

"Oh Liz! There you are!" Zach came up to us, "I was going to introduce you to my friend Jonas," Liz's eyes got wide and Bex laughed.

"One step ahead of you Goode," I ruffled his hair.

"Great minds think alike, Morgan,"

"This flirting is cute and all, but I think Liz wants to meet Jonas sometime today," We looked away from each other quickly.

"Jonas! C'mere!" Jonas walked over to us blushing. He looked really uncomfortable.

"Hey Zach. So this is where you were," Jonas gazed around, obviously impressed by the architecture. His eyes met mine and he grinned. "Ah...the famous Cammie. She's so much prettier in real life," Zach whacked him on the back and he groaned. Liz glanced at me and I shrugged. I had never seen him in my life that I remembered. And I have a pretty good memory.

"Jonas, I'd like you to meet Liz Sutton. She's Cammie's roomate and we were all friends as kids,"

Jonas blushed. "Hey Liz. I liked your project at the exhibition last year,"

She blushed, "Yours was better," Aww nerd love!

All around us, Gallagher Girls were flipping hair and Blackthorne Boys were delivering cheesy pick up lines. Kill me now.

"Goode!" An extremely handsome black haired boy sauntered up to us and he and Zach manhugged.

"Guys, this is Nick Cross. He's our roomate," Seriously? What are the odds of the four hottest boys at Blackthorne being roommates? I would ask Liz to calculate it later. Grant arrived and he and Nick clapped each other on the back.

"Where's Macey?" I asked.

Zach, Grant, and Bex shrugged.

"Wait, Macey McHenry is a spy?" Nick yelled.

"Yes I am. Got a problem with that?" The senator's daughter answered from behind me, making all of us jump despite our spy reflexes. She flipped her hair-in the badass way, not the flirty way-and glared at Nck. "Just because I'm a senator's daughter automatically means I can't be a spy? Or is it because I'm a girl? Because your status doesn't seem to be stopping you, Nicholas," she spat.

"No, Macey. You know what? Just forget it," Nick met her eyes coolly. I had to give him credit-not everyone can withstand Macey's death glares. I was burning to know what the history behind them was, but that would have to wait because just then the bell rang.

"I'm assuming you guys are taking classes with us?" The boys nodded. "Okay. Zach, give me your schedule," He raised his eyebrows. Oh yea. Zach and I were so eerily alike that we had taken every single class together as kids. "Never mind,"

"Is Macey attending all of your classes?" Nick asked.

"Yes, except for science,"

"She does P&E. and CovOps with you? She isn't excused from those?" Bex and I burst out laughing.

"Have you seen her in action?" Bex asked she had composed herself. Nock shook his head. "Well you're in for a treat,"

"Speaking of which, we're going to be late if we don't leave now."

"Boys, follow us. You're in Gallagher territory now."

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