Cammie put on her uncomfortable dress from the previous night and hailed a cab for her apartment. She fished in her purse for the key, pulled it out and stuck it in the door. She was about to open the door when it flew open and revealed an angry Bex and Macey and a worried Liz.
"You guys scared the living daylights out of me when you whipped open the door!" Cammie said jokingly as she plopped down on the couch. Bex spoke first.
"You scared us all the way to hell when you wouldn't answer our calls and texts, Cammie," Bex told her harshly. Cammie scrambled for her phone in alarm and saw 10 missed calls and 20 unread texts, from both last night and this morning. She had an apologetic look on her face.
"Well, at least drunk Cammie knew to text us," Liz said, breaking everyone's anger. Cammie's eyes widened in fear as she checked her phone for the message she sent.
"Hiiii MAcEy! i'm goin home w diis seeeexy Zach guy ok? c u 2moro!" was what the text said. Her friends burst out laughing at her expression of disbelief and embarrassment. Macey was the first to stop laughing hysterically.
"But for real, Cam, who is 'diis seeeexy Zach guy' anyway?" Macey asked her with a smirk. Cammie blushed under her friends' curious stares.
"He's a guy I...slept with, and now we're...dating?" she said. The girls squealed.
"OMG Cam! Is he pretty-boy handsome, or ruggedly handsome?" Bex asked her. Cammie thought of his messy hair.
"Definitely ruggedly," she replied. Squeals were heard again.
"You have to show us a picture of him!" Macey exclaimed with Liz nodding her head. Cammie smiled, she wouldn't trade her friends for anything in the world.
"Wait, where were you guys last night?" She asked them. They all blushed.
"Well, we kind of found our own guys..." Bex trailed off. Cammie grinned at them.
The next hour, they talked about their 'boyfriends': Jonas for Liz, Grant for Bex, and Nick for Macey.
"Hey, do you guys want to go shopping?" Macey asked excitedly a while later. Cammie groaned.
"At least let me change," Cammie said. She changed into a pair of spandex shorts and a t-shirt. Macey looked disapprovingly at her outfit.
"I have enough clothes," Cammie said, trying to get out of shopping. Macey shook her head.
"Yeah, you have enough ugly clothes, no offence," Macey scoffed. Cammie scowled.
"Come on, I'll buy everything for you," Macey coaxed. Cammie reluctantly gave in.
"YES!" Macey squealed and dragged them into her black mustang, as she drove toward 5th avenue.
A/N Sorry for interrupting, but the next few bits are all about clothing, makeup and such. You have been warned!
Macey brought them to Abercombie & Fitch, and all of them bought dresses, skirts and other stuff. Cammie herself bout a few skater skirts and dresses, a few rompers and ripped jean shorts, as it was getting really warm.
Then they left for Gucci, where Macey and Liz got a new handbag. Liz's was bright pink and Macey's was a navy blue. Each of theirs had a golden chain attached. They also stopped at Prada, where Macey convinced both Bex and Cammie to get something. Cammie black wallet and Bex got a perfume.
Liz requested that they stop at Tiffany & Co., and who could resist her sweetness? Everyone got a piece of jewellery, and in Cammie's case, a white golden cuff with diamonds.
Of course, they had to stop for lunch. Macey took them to a fancy Japanese restaurant.
They left fifth avenue. Of course, they weren't done. Macey dragged them through essentially all the malls in New York. Cammie had several blisters on her feet, and she was wearing runners. She couldn't understand how Macey could still walk in her 5 inch platforms.
After a long day of shopping, Cammie returned to her apartment and dialed Zach's number. Even though she was drunk the previous night, she remembered to exchange numbers with him.
"What do you want Grant?" Zach's annoyed voice seeped through the phone.
"Is that how you greet your girlfriend?" Cammie asked him mockingly.
"N-No! It was because my friend Grant was bugging me the whole afternoon, and he called like 6 times before, so-" Zach started, but Cammie interrupted him with a laugh.
"It's okay, Zach. Wait, you know a Grant?" Cammie asked him curiously, remembering that Bex's guy was a person named Grant.
"Yes, why?" Zach replied.
"Did he talk about a girl he met at the bar last night?" Cammie was starting to think that this was a great coincidence!
"How did you know?" Zach asked her.
"One of my best friends, Bex, said she met a Grant at the bar last night," Cammie replied excitedly.
"No way! Grant's girl was named Bex!" Zach said disbelievingly. Cammie grinned.
"Now we can double date!" Cammie said.
They also found out that Cammie's other best friends were going out with Zach's best friends.
"That's like, a huge coincidence," Cammie said alas. Zach agreed with her.
"Can you come over? Macey tortured me," Cammie said.
"What did she do?" Zach asked her worriedly.
"She took me shopping," Cammie groaned. She could picture the smirk forming on Zach's face.
"Coming, beautiful," And with that he hung up.
A few moments later, the door bell rang. "It's open!" she called out, not wanting to move from her comfy spot on the couch. Zach came in, smirking and plopped down next to her. Suddenly, he got a sparkle in his emerald eyes.
"Let's have a movie marathon," he suggested. Cammie brightened at the idea. They ended up watching all the Disney movies, the princess ones, The Lion King, and many more.
"I don't want to be like Cinderella," Cammie told Zach bluntly while that was playing. He looked at her, telling her to go on. "She's waiting for someone to rescue her. I want to be my one knight in shining armour," Cammie said while blushing. Zach kissed her sweetly on the lips.
"That's why you're my girlfriend, it's of the things I love about you," Zach said while smiling. Neither of them noticed that he used the L-word.
Cammie pulled out her guitar from her room. "I-I actually wrote a song about it," Cammie said shyly. Zach's eyes widened."Sing it!" He said enthusiastically.
All rights go to the Cheetah Girls: I don't want to be like Cinderella (Cinderella)Please read the lyrics, I only put verse 1 and the chorus so it's not long. I recommend you listen to it as well!
When I was just a little girl,
My mama used to tuck me into bed,
And she'd read me a story.
It always was about a princess in distress
And how a guy would save her
And end up with the glory.
I'd lie in bed
And think about
The person that I wanted to be,
Then one day I realized
The fairy tale life wasn't for me.
I don't wanna be like Cinderella,
Sitting in a dark, cold, dusty cellar,
Waiting for somebody to come and set me free
I don't wanna be like someone waiting
For a handsome prince to come and save me
On I will survive
Unless somebody's on my side
Don't wanna be no, no, no one else.
I'd rather rescue myself
Cammie continued with the song, at at the end, Zach had wide eyes and his jaw was slightly open.
"That was...Wow," was all he could muster. Cammie giggled and blushed lightly. He leaned forward and planted a loving kiss on her lips.
"Thanks." Cammie said. Zach just smiled in response. The rest of the movies were long forgotten, and that night, they lay in bed in each other's embrace. I wouldn't trade this life for anything thing in the world, Cammie thought as she drifted into a deep slumber, wrapped up in her lover's arms.