Don't Judge a Girl by her Cover: The Untold Story (A Gallagher Girls Fanfic)

Chapter 2

I ran faster than I ever had to the room with the laundry shoot. It was too tight and I knew that I couldn't get through. I could hear Cammie's scream," Run, Macey! Go!" I could hear the desperation in her voice.

Oh, Cammie.

I heard someone cry out in pain, but there was nothing I could do. Then I thought, If it leads to the top floor, then maybe Cammie or Macey could use their brilliance to realize they could use it to get away.

I heard a scream of pain and immediately knew that it was my Gallagher Girl.

Then I felt the chute shake. Macey McHenry came sailing through the bottom of the chute. I didn't check if she was okay. I already knew that she would be okay.

Cammie wasn't there, and that was all that mattered at the moment. I felt that sudden panic and looked at the chute. Re-sizing it up. How could I get to her? I

was sure that they probably already had her, but I had to try.

Then there was a loud scream of, "No!" It was my mother. The chute began to shake again and the fear set in once again. I watched as Cammie came flying through the air almost too gracefully. She landed on a pile of white sheets next to Macey. I heard her whisper almost too faint for me to hear," Macey." Droplets of blood splattered on the sheets like rain, staining them a bloody, crimson color. Blood dripped from her head and she looked so broken, laying there. No!

I wanted to cry out. My own mother had hurt her! I'd given up so much for my mother, but Cammie was the one thing I wasn't willing to give up. Not willing to give up for anything. Not Cammie. I won't let her take Cammie from me or her family, I vowed to her silently, in my head.

I saw her stare at me for a long moment. That same look of recognition was in her eyes again. She stared at me for a moment before she was too weak to keep her head up and keep her eyes open. She let her head fall back and she closed her eyes.

I whispered." Gallagher Girl."

Cammie was worse than Macey. Her head was bleeding and I knew that I wouldn't be able to help her with this. I needed someone who could help. Sat there for only a moment leaning over her before I heard a man shout," United States Secret Service, open up!"

A moment later I was Calling Joe Solomon [Cammie's teacher and my best friend].

" Joe!" I yelled.

" Zach? What's wrong?" Joe asked.

" It's Cammie!" I told him. " She was attacked in Boston, on the roof, with Macey!" I didn't even try to hide the fear in my voice  -it was a little too late for that.

" Where are you now? I'll get Rachel and we'll bring them somewhere safe." Joe sounded worried. No, I told myself. Joe Solomon does not get worried.

" The Hotel for the McHenry and Winters campaign," I told him.

" We're coming," He said quickly.

Not even 30 minutes later Cammie's mother, Rachel Morgan\ -Headmistress of the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women -and Joe were at the hotel. I couldn't face her mother. I didn't want her to look at me and somehow see through me, to know that I was Catherine Goode's son. I just hoped that cammie would be okay. I didn't know if I could stand that look of hate in Cammie's eyes . She was the one person that really mattered to me. I thought Cammie was so Stubborn and funny and kind and brave, and in some ways very vulnerable. She hadn't seen the world the way I had. She'd only seen parts of it. I knew her. I knew her favorite secret passage ways at Gallagher Academy, what she ate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I knew the name of her Ex boyfriend [ Which I wished I didn't], I know who her best friends are, and who she really is. I'd seen her. I'd seen the real Cammie and I loved her for it.

Later I got a post card from the place I'd first met her. The Ruby Slipper Exhibit picture was on thew post card. Back then she'd been so naive and hadn't even

realized I was tailing her.

Be Careful

-Z

I wrote on the post card and mailed it to Cammie.

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