Chapter 6: Meet the New Girl
Cammie's POV
My aunt has just introduced the Blackthorne boys' and Dr. Steve had made his infuriating speech. I have known that man for a lot of my life and his overuse of the word 'excellent' still makes me angry.
I grabbed the two pieces of evapo-paper explaining my plan and slid one into Mr. Solomon's pocket and then made my way up to the stage. Everyone was staring at the door waiting for me, not knowing that I had walked in just before the boys had. I slipped the second paper into Aunt Abby's pocket and inwardly smirked at everyone looking at the big doors in silence.
"I'm right here," I stated.
Aunt Abby gasped and the rest of the Gallagher-Blackthorne population swiveled around and spotted me. I noticed one specific person though, a certain green-eyed boy looking at me with a little bit of surprise.
"Hey guys, I will be enrolling in your classes with you for this semester. I am a sophomore and I met some of the people in my grade yesterday, if you guys remember me, and the headaches from my napotine patches." I smirked as I saw everyone's expression at the sophomore tables.
"You guys can just call me Cammie. That's it for now." Smiling at their faces, I walked off the stage and to the faculty table.
"It's nice to see you all," I looked around the table and continued, "Buckingham, Fibbs, Steve, Dabney, it's good to be back."
They all politely smiled as I made my way to my aunt to say hi.
"Hey Abby, it's good to see you." My voice took on the warm tone that usually never occurs.
"Hey Squirt! I heard about your last mission, you should really be more careful, but it's nice to see you intact." She gave me a hug and motioned me towards Joey.
"Cameron." He plainly stated.
"It's good to see you too, Joey. I can feel your love," I joked.
"Still angry about the Mall, Cameron." Joey put on a stern look but behind it, I noticed a little proud expression.
"Sure, whatever you say. You know you are proud," I teased him and then made my way towards the sophomore table that was right next to the one with the Blackthorne boys' and right next to Zach.
"Why hello, Zachary, it's nice to see you here," I faced him as I sat down at the end of the table.
His mouth was kind of hung open and I inwardly laughed. He stuttered a few times and then spit out a sentence.
"H-h-how did you even beat me? I'm the top spy-in-training according to the CIA and MI6!" He blurted out, a bewildered look on his face.
I just laughed. Yes, I laughed. Right in his face.
Zach's POV
Who does Cammie think she is? First she introduced herself. By then I was okay with everything. The new girl is a good pavement artist. Then, she went over to the faculty table and greeted all the teachers like they were old friends. Even more, Headmistress Cameron called her "squirt", which greatly confused everyone including the Gallagher girls. She even called Solomon, "Joey" and skirted with a painful death by joking with him. The last straw before I realized that I was completely in awe and irritated by her was when I blurted out a question without thinking. I seriously wanted to know how she beat me! But Cammie just laughed. An angelic but rough sound escaped her throat and I could see amusement in her eyes.
"Oh Zachary," She shook her head and tsked.
The disappointed sound in her voice reminded me of Catherine.
"That's for me to know and you to find out. You are a spy, are you not?" She leaned down and whispered into my ear, "That applies to assassins, too."
She walked away and out through the Grand Hall doors and I stared at her in surprise. My mouth hung open as I thought over her words. Cammie knew our secret. But how? She would need a level 8 clearance or extremely advanced hacking skills.
My roomates looked at me with questioning looks.
Without moving my mouth, I answered their facial expressions, "I'll tell you later guys."
They nodded in response and went on with their breakfast like nothing had happened. Mindless chatter filled up the room as everyone got over the whole surprise of Cammie. How the heck did she know that?
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My roommates were all in our room, grabbing the books and everything we needed for first period, COW.
Nick spoke up first, always been known to cut to the chase, "What did that Cammie girl say to you that got you so riled up, man?"
"She knows," That was all I could say.
"Knows what?" Jonas replied in an exasperated tone waiting for me to get to the chase so he could go to class.
"She knows that we are assassins." I stated plainly while all of them had different reactions of shock.
All of their reactions contained a gasp at one point but all of them showed shock, to different degrees, at least. I thought they were trained better, but this was really odd, so I wasn't that surprised that even a normal person could recognize their emotions. Still, I think it's safe to say, that we could all polish up on our stony expressions.
Jonas again, being the responsible one, stood up and stated, "We need to talk to Headmaster Steve right now."
He then began dragging me to Dr. Steve's office, with our other roommates following behind. I could have resisted, but his idea wasn't a bad one.
We arrived at his office, but immediately stopped when we heard voices coming from the room. Specifically, one male and one female. Even more specifically, Headmaster Steve and Cammie.
"I know, yes I'll make sure to do that," A light voice (Cammie's) laughed a little bit.
"Okay well then, if you need anything, which you won't because you'll probably find it yourself," Dr. Steve let out a hearty laugh, "Let me know. But just have a good time here, Cham-"
Cammie interrupted by coughing, "Cammie, just Cammie," She went on, "Wouldn't want the 4 boys outside to know my secret just yet, huh?"
All of us scrambled away from the door in shock but didn't go fast enough. We were caught red-handed when her feminine figure appeared in the doorway.
"Please, I know you are all spies, but you might as well give up, seeing that you'll never know anything I don't want you to know," She smirked at us and the turned around the corner.
I raced after her to retort, but I was in front of a long empty hallway. No trace of Cammie to be found. Confused, I walked back to the office where I saw my roommates explaining how she knew about our secret and Headmaster Steve shaking his head and erupting in laughter.
Even more confused, I knew I had to figure this girl out. She had no chance against a determined Goode.
Cammie POV
After I had disappeared into one of the secret passageways, leaving a very confused Zach, I decided I should put my stuff into my new room. I only had 5 minutes and 27 seconds until Countries of the World started, so I picked up my pace. Although, I knew these halls like the back of my hand, so it was a simple task to find a shortcut in the walls of Gallagher.
Emerging into my hall, I dusted my clothes and hair off before picking the lock to my room. They hadn't given me a key, and even though it was a spy school, the locks took me less than 5 seconds to open.
I turned the knob and opened the door, greeting the sight in front of me. A huge room spread out with 4 queen beds. Observing and memorizing the room, I noticed decorations from around the room.
One bed was embellished in pink covers with purple flowers. A little bit too girly for my taste. The area around the bed was neat and clean, with books stacked up in a tall bookshelf to the side. There was a nightstand filled with pictures of a family with a 2 pixie, dainty looking girls. The older one was about my age so I assumed she lived here.
The next bed, across the room from the other one was covered in black covers with splashes of red everywhere. There were James Bond posters covering the manilla wall above the bed, and clothes strewn on the floor. No family pictures… I was guessing an orphan, or spy parents.
The next bed was further in the room. It had white covers with black leaves decorating around the edges. There were only a little bit of clothes on the ground, but the desk that was next to her bed was covered in heavy textbooks and makeup appliances.
Last, there was a plain bed in the room, the closest one to the balcony. Perfect for an easy escape if they come for me. The sheets were plain black and there was a wooden nightstand to one side with a little desk to the other.
I dropped my bag at the side of my bed and grabbed my schedule. Unpacking in somewhere other than my home is not something I do. Gallagher could be considered my home but they knew where it was. Again, I needed a fast escape if needed, which hopefully it isn't required.
Suddenly, I heard footsteps from outside of the door. Hearing the noise, I took a guess, three teenage girls, right outside my room?
The door swung open proving me right, as 3 girls walked in and went to different beds to grab books. I just sat in the corner, living up to the Chameleon name as they were oblivious to my presence.
I spoke up, "Hey guys, I'm your new roommate."
The next moment was a sight to see. Three teenage spies in training freaking out, collecting themselves, and then jumping into a fighting stance in the span of 1 second (the freaking out part took up most of that second). I placed my mask on my face and pushed down the smirk that was about to break out onto my face.
They relaxed as they realized who I was, the new student.
The skinny, pixie looking girl, with blonde, bob-cut hair and blue eyes shook herself out of the trance first, "Nice to meet you, Cammie. I'm Elizabeth but you can call me Liz." She introduced herself in a light voice with a southern accent.
Her demeanor was so innocent that I knew immediately that I liked her. It's also because she wasn't lying though, I knew I could trust her.
I smiled at her, "It's nice to meet you, Liz."
The next girl stepped up. She had straight, shiny black hair with bright blue eyes, although nothing like mine. Her uniform showed off her long athletic legs, and she had a diamond nose ring that looked very expensive, although with my salary I could afford it. She was a face that was very popular these days. The girl was the "stunning" Macey Mchenry but I always guessed she was a spy. It was the look on her eyes in pictures that the press took, like a girl on a mission.
"I'm Macey Mchenry and this is Rebecca Baxter." She said pointing to the last girl in the room.
"Bex, just Bex," The last girl said, with a twinge of a British accent.
Before responding, I quickly examined her features. She had dark colored hair, but not as dark as Macey's. Her skin was a rich caramel color that gave her an exotic feel and matched her dark brown eyes. The muscles on her legs and arms, along with the glint in her eyes showed that she was lethal. She reminded me of an Egyptian goddess. Suddenly, the last name of Baxter came back to me and I realized that I knew her.
"Your parents work for MI6, right? Abe and Grace?" I asked curiously, turning all my attention towards her even though I was pretty sure I was right.
"Yeah, yeah they do. You've heard of them?" She wore a proud look on her face and she was right to, her parents were one of the best over in England.
"I have! Abe and Grace are great, we've gone on a couple of missions together." I stated.
I knew I had just let on that I go on missions and am an active spy, but at this point I didn't really care. It wasn't too much of a big deal.
Macey guffawed before blurting, "But you're only a sophomore!"
"But as spies," I paused, "we tend to learn that not everyone is what they seem to be. My cover is just better than most."
I walked out the already open door, leaving them staring open mouthed at my back. They seemed nice, although I can't trust too much, I could tell that we could be good friends. Maybe even best friends, if I lived another life, of a naive spy in training.
I walked down the dorm hallways and slowly walked down the staircase before disappearing into the walls.
AN: I hope you liked this! Sorry it's kind of short, I just really wanted to get this to you and felt this was a good place to stop. The next chapter will be plenty of butt-kicking (mostly Zach's) and will start out in her first class so yeah. If you have any ideas, let me know. Also, thanks to the 18 of my followers and the 6 who favorited this!