Up to No Goode

Chapter Ten

Authors note: Short (but important) Chapter! I hope you guys have liked the book so far :D

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Back at the dorm, Grant and Jonas were waiting for me.

"Where were you?" Asked Grant suspiciously.

I stared at him not quite knowing what to say. Trust is a hard thing for any boy, much less a Blackthorne boy.

"I'm going to go and take a shower" I said pointedly, gesturing for them to come into the bathroom with me. They looked at each other and quietly followed suit.

I turned on the shower and made sure the door was firmly locked before saying "Dr. Steve was talking to this guy who I've never seen before, and... they were talking about Cammie."

Jonas and Grant look nonplussed at this so I go on. "He had her CoveOps report, and they breached security in order to "extract" her from the ballroom during the examination. I had guys following her all evening so I uh... took evasive maneuvers."

"What sort of evasive maneuvers" Asked Jonas slowly "Because according to..."

"Jonas!" Grant and I both snapped. ( Because Jonas had a tendency to ramble sometimes. )

"Listen," I said "I didn't cause the code black. But I may or may not have purposely unhooked her bra in the middle of the dance floor so she'd leave the ballroom before the lights went out."

"You knew the code black was going to happen?" asked Jonas

"You unhooked her bra?" Smirked Grant

I gave Grant a punch on the arm and laughed. "I knew something was going to happen! And not like that you moron! I had to get her out of there!"

"Why do you think they want her?" asked Jonas "What could have possibly been in that report?"

"I have no idea." I said simply. "But I intend to find out."

"Zach!" Snaps Grant. "Do you know how risky this is? The circle, Dr. Steve, your mother?"

"If you really want to protect Cammie so bad, you can't let people know that you want to. Or else you might lose that chance." said Jonas simply.

I flinch. He's right. I can't let anyone know that I was with Cammie that night, I can't let people know how much I care about her, or my promise to Joe. I shake my head. "It's a good thing I didn't go with her to her mom's office. I just ran with her and slipped away when I knew she'd be okay."

Grant and Jonas nodded beside me.

"You can't tell anyone." I say, turning off the shower, but I didn't worry.

At Blackthorne, we learn to keep a secret.

Or we die.