Hide and Spy- Gallagher Girls FanFic

Joe

I really am procrastinating today ...

Joe

“Sir?” Grenwood asked me as I collected in the Seniors test papers.

“Yes?” I responded.

“You told us, time and time again, to notice things.”

And I’m probably about to regret that. I thought to myself, “I did.”

“And once you told us to ask questions every once in a while.” She added.

“What’s the question Grenwood?” I snapped at her.

“Headmistress Morgan doesn’t seem herself, towards a lot of the students. We were wondering if there would be a reason?” She rushed out as I set the papers down on my desk and turned to the class, crossing my arms and considering what I was going to say. 

I was about to open my mouth to reply when there was a knock on the door, from none other than Rachel herself.

“Come in,” I called before looking back to the class, “Go and get ready for lunch ladies.” 

They silently got up and left as Rachel perched on one of the desks facing me, “Cam and Zach need an extraction team.”

“Are they alright?” I stood straighter.

“She sounded it,” Rachel nodded, “But they were trapped.”

“Where?” I asked her.

“I’ve just got off the phone to James, he said they were tailing a guy in Nookville, about two hours east …” She trailed off, “What is it?”

I knew the town, the safe house. It wasn’t a mission, it was a trap.

“Get Abby here now.” I told her, “You stay here and think about telling the school about a certain bump.”

“Joe?” She called after me, making me hesitate in the doorway. She wanted to know what was up but I couldn’t stress her like that.

“I’ll tell you when I know.”

“What is it?” Abby asked as we piloted the helicopter towards Nookville.

“Ever heard of Nat Tracy?” I asked her.

“You told me once, you had a fling with her and then found out she was in The Circle?”

“Yeah.” I nodded, “Then she was out and now, I think she’s back in.”

“You had a fling with her here, didn’t you?” Abby guessed, “In the safe house we’re going to?”

I ignored her questions and changed the subject, “I think she was working for Catherine, that’s how she knew Cam was pregnant. Now she’s working for someone else though, someone who wants the same thing as Catherine.” I gripped the steering tighter at the thought, “She tricked James in to giving Cam and Zach this mission, knowing that there was a hurricane on its way here and knowing the exact layout of the safe house here.”

Abby was silent when I’d finished, “How well do you know?”

“I know her as well as I know anyone, the safe house I know as well as Gallagher.” I didn’t look at her as we landed, “It’s a good fifteen minute run, we’ll have to be quick.”

“Let’s go.”

Once we’d blown our way in to the basement and got in to the wider tunnel we began to run. I could hear shouting a good distance away, Zach and Cam, both yelling at someone to leave the other alone.