Gone Again

Chapter One

BEX:

What happens when Agent Townsend asks to speak to you? Well, you walk in calmly, sit down calmly, and calmly listen to what he has to say. I didn't do any of that, because if I did I would have to be a completely different person, have gone bonkers, or . . . well . . . Cammie ( my brilliant best friend ). So, I walked in angry, confident, and full of sass, as I always do. "What do you want?" I asked as I walked in. Abby was sitting on the corner of Townsend's desk, while Townsend sat in his chair with his feet resting on the desk, like he had done on the first day of Covert Operations. "You guys make such a cute couple." they gave me a look that said they didn't believe me and thought that I was being sarcastic (sarcasm, my 4th best friend in the world. Cammie, Liz, and Macey being the ones before that). "Seriously you are a very cute couple. But seriously what do you want?" I asked again. I noticed there was a figure lurking in the shadows. "We need you to go on a mission." Abby said. I couldn't take it anymore! I took the figure down. "Let go of me, British Bombshell." the figure said. "Grant? What in the bloody world is he doing here? And you." I said pointing at Abby. " What's so bloody important that you had to take me away from paperwork. I love paperwork. I love it just as much as Liz loves her computers if not more." I said growing angrier by the second. Why wouldn't she tell me what's going on. I still held onto Grant. "Let go of Grant and we'll tell you." Abby said calmly. The last time I saw Grant, he had hurt me. He did something that was unforgivable. Two days after graduation I promised myself to never let someone hurt me like that ever again. And I was happy with the position I was in. So when I looked down at Grant I tightened my grip and looked back at Abby. "I'm not going to do that.". " Okay. Well, as I said before we need you to go on a mission." Abby said. "What type of mission?" I asked. Abby wasn't being herself, she never stalls. She always gets right to the point as soon as she sees you. And now she wasn't telling what's the mission objective is, something must be wrong. "We need you to return a package to us." Abby said. She looked nervous. Abigail Cameron is NEVER nervous. Ever! This "package" wasn't an actual package. If it was she would have simply said what the package was. It had to be a person. A person close to me or Abby or both of us. "Who?" Abby and Townsend both shared a worried look. I rolled my eyes. "Who is the package?" I asked a little irritated at the pace of the conversation. Abby looked at Townsend. She looked like she couldn't say it. " Ms. Morgan and Mr. Goode have been captured." Townsend said after a moment of silence and mean looks (sent by me, of course). No! She was with Zach. He promised. That bloody idiot promised. "No. No. No. No. Abby tell me it's not true. Tell me this is a prank. This can't be happening. Not again. I'm not losing her again." I said letting go of Grant. I tried taking deep breaths to calm myself down. It didn't work. "Why me? Why not Mrs. Morgan or Mr. Solomon? You know I have close relation to Cammie. You know I would put my emotions first when it came to my best friend. Why me?" I said before calapsing in a chair. "My sister is simply way to close to Cameron and has become very protective of Zachary. And she is having an emotional breakdown whether she admits it or not. And Mr. Solomon needs to be with his wife at the moment. We picked you because you can handle it, you're close to Cammie, and we don't want you looking for her on your own." Abby reached over and grabbed my hand as a tear ran down her face. " Bex, you're the only one I can trust.". I sighed. "Okay. But I have conditions. First, five days before the mission starts. Second, a plane on the roof of my flat in about a hour. Lastly I need a team. I need my team. Can I get that? Btw I'm going to kick whoever's flying the plane on my roof." I said. " Cameron and Zachary are two very important people, to both the C.I.A and MI6. Both want to be apart of their rescue. You will be representing MI6 and Grant will be representing the C.I.A. We hope your okay with that because . . . you don't really have a choice." Townsend said. I smiled my sweet smile, which kinda scared Grant and said "It's fine.". Although I absolutely was NOT okay with it. "Let's go." I said to Grant. I was about to leave when I stopped. "Hey Abby?" I asked turning around. "What?" she replied. I held out my arms as a tear crept down my face. I rubbed her back . "Do you think she's okay?". "She better be or Zachary Goode is going to die. I will bring him back to life so I can kill him if I have to. But knowing Cammie she's fine." I said and she smiled and laughed at my threat. "Look, I'm going to bring her back. We're not going to loose her just yet, I allow it. I also won't allow you to worry, so stop it." I told her. I walked over to Townsend and again held my arms. But he didn't take it. So, I hugged him. "I'm not much of a hugger." he whispered. "I know, but your son has been captured and I know you were close. Edward, I've learned over the years,that crying is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. And knowing when to cry is a very powerful strength. I know you're strong but you're not that strong. And running isn't always going to help, trust me I've tried. So stop being a guy and give me a bloody hug. And if you didn't realize what I was trying to say, now is the time to cry." I whispered back to him. I never used his first name unless I was being very serious, so he knew I meant it. "I'll try to bring him back for you," I said as I felt him cry. "But I swear to god if he broke his promise I will kill him." he smiled and laughed at my threat. Have my threats always made people smile and laugh? I don't think so, but possibly. " What exactly did my son promise you?". " Before she left on her first official mission, with Zach, I made him promise to keep Cammie safe for me. And told him if he broke it he would be in so much pain that he'll still feel the same amount of pain forty-five years after his death. And I'd be the cause of that pain." I said smiling. As I left both Abby and Townsend said "Bex, be careful.". As we walked to my car Grant started humming Wiggle by Jason Derulo featuring Snoop Dog. I turned around and slapped him. " Your best friend is in danger and may possibly be dead and you're not worried. Why?" I screamed at him." Because it's Zachary Goode. The cocky, mysterious, pain in my butt Zachary Goode. And no matter how much it pains me to say it, he is a good spy. Not only that but he's with another amazing spy. And they'll do anything to keep each other safe. Plus I have a feeling they're alive. Bex, one of the best spies I know told me that fifty percent of espionage is relying on your gut. You told me that Bex. I know they're alive so I don't have to worry that they're not. But I swear to god if I find one scratch on Cammie or one hair out of place on Zach, I will make the guy who's done this beg me to put a bullet through his head." Grant said calmly. I tossed him the keys. "No, I'm not driving. I can't drive on the right side of the road. I'm american!" Grant said. " I'm in no mood to drive and I'm not in a rush so, you can either drive or give in to your death wish." I told him. "Your country you drive." he replied. "Fine. Let's go.". He didn't move from his position. " Look, if you're going to be on my team then you're going to listen to me. If I say go jump of a cliff, you find a cliff and jump of it. If I say go to hell, you go to hell. If I say find a hobo and kiss him, you find a hobo and give him the kiss of his life. So when I say let's go, we go!" I yelled at him. He got in the passenger seat. As soon as he buckled up I took off. "Can we slow down?" He asked as we were going well above the speed limit in a parking garage. "No." I replied. I went all the way to the top and parked. " Get out." I said as I got out of the car. He followed me to the elevator. " Why aren't we going strait to your house? Can't you drive there?" Grant asked. "I always keep my car away from my home in case someone tries to follow me. I have an extra car in my garage in case I need to leave in a hurry. I always walk to my home from this garage. People hate me and want me dead, I accept that. My job causes that. I can't afford to be careless, I have to be cautious. That's the way my life works. Isn't that how your life works too?" I said as we reached the first floor. "No. I live in a small town where everyone trust everyone, and never questions a guy who's a house sitter. When I'm at home I'm just a regular guy." he had it easy. I've tried living in town and being regular but no one trusted me they all pushed me away and one even tried to break into my home and steal my laptop to see what I had on it. "My life isn't that easy." I said as we reached my houses gate. We walked up and I unlocked the door. "How are you holding up?" Grant asked as I threw clothes in a suitcase. "Fine." I lied. "You're lying." he replied. "Excuse me?" I said. "You're lying. I know Cammie is like a sister to you. She's family. So, you're not fine. And I just want to be there for you.". I went silent for a while, thinking of his sweet words. Then I was thinking about telling Liz, Macey, and . . . what if I wouldn't be able to tell her. As I thought about the awful things that might be happening to her, tears crawled down my face. I quickly wiped them away. We still had an half hour until the plane got here. "It's okay to cry, you know. I'm not gonna make fun of you." Grant said. He was leaning against the doorway. He took me into his arms. "Do you think they're torturing her?" I asked him as I had calmed down. " I don't know. All I know is we're going to get them back. I promise." he said. I went back to packing. He began humming Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas. I love the song, so I began to sing along. We ended up singing that song together. We went to the roof and waited for the plane to come. "Why do you wear so many bracelets?" he asked. " One for every mission. I buy two for every mission. I keep one and give the other to someone else or I leave somewhere. It's so I don't forget all the what I've done and the people I've met and the good I've done. It's how I stay positive about my missions." I told him with a gigantic smile on my face. The plane landed and we got soon took off leaving two men on my roof ( who were told to get off of my property. I set the plane in automatic and went to sit in a more comfortable chair. We had nine hour and fifteen minutes to waste. I started thinking about Cammie. I put my face in my hands and tried my best to not to cry. I felt a very warm hand grab my left hand. It felt nice to hold his hand and it felt even better when he lifted my face so I was staring into his eyes and said "I'm here for you. You don't have to go through this alone. Please just let me in. Talk to me. I meant what I said. I just wanna help.". No. I'm not going to give into his sweetness. He hurt me and it's not going to be that easy to forgive him. "Sing" I said knowing his beautiful voice would make me happy. He looked confused. "You want to help, sing." I told him. So he sang Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars. He stared into my eyes as he sang. And it looked like he meant every word he sang. I shouldn't of had him sing. I'm falling for him again and if I fall for him again I'll just end up getting hurt again. He can't be trusted. " Would you like me to sing again?" he asked. "Yes.". "How about a song by Hinder?". " Honestly the only song I know by Hinder is Lips of an Angel and I don't want someone to sing it to me as an act of trying to help me feel better. I want it to be an act of love as a way to show they love me. Forget I ever said that. How about She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5?" I said. He nodded and pulled me into his arms and began to sing. As he sang I fell asleep and I didn't worry as I slept. I woke up to Grant moving. So I got up to. I decided to make a quick phone call. "Hello Mrs. Morgan. It's Rebecca, guess where I am?" I said as soon as she picked up the phone. " You did-" I didn't allow her to finish. "I'm on your front lawn.". "Rebecca, who is that you're with on my front lawn? I can't see his face." I really didn't want to answer that question but I did. "No other than the fantastic Grant Newman. Notice the sarcasm in my voice." I smiled as I started for the door. "You know I have to go talk to someone, so I have to let you go." I said right before I hung. Mrs. Morgan was on the grand staircase as I open the door. "Rebecca, you know the polite thing to do is call before you come." Mrs. Morgan told me. " I did. I love what you've done with the place it looks exactly the same. Is Liz here?" Mrs. Morgan nodded. "I'll show you where she is if you'd like." I nodded. "Mrs. Morgan, would you be so kind and let me borrow some of your students. I think I'll borrow five. But I definitely need to borrow Ellie Sutton. Is that okay?" she nodded. "Headmistress Morgan, you're needed in your office. Hello Rebecca." Professor Buckingham called and I waved. As I sat on the couch by a window, I pulled out a phone and dialed a number I've been avoiding. "McHenry." she answered. I smiled at her voice. I could hear her heels clicking in the background. "Hey Macey". "Bex? Have you been crying? What's wrong?" she asked concern in her voice. She didn't have to see me to know that I had been crying. "It's Cam she- " I'm happy I didn't have to finish that sentence. "Are you at school? I'll be there in 20." with that she hung up. I found Liz and gave her hug. "Hey Lizzie." I said. she took off the googles she was wearing and said " You didn't tell me you were coming. When did you get here?". "Um, just now. Liz, I need you and Jonas to help me with something. It's really important." I felt so awkward asking her to be on my team and help me find Cammie. I didn't know how she would react, I mean Liz worries. I didn't want her to worry about Cammie because I already knew she worried about all of us just knowing we're going on a mission. She looked at me with confusion. "Cam's gone missing. And so has Zach." I said just above a whisper. She hugged me while saying "Aw Bex.". She rubbed my back and comforted me. "I think Macey's here." I whispered. " You guys keep surprising me. Does she know?" she asked. "I called her." then I realized Grant had gone missing. As I walked towards Macey she was talking to Grant. When she saw me she ran to give me hug. "Bex, are you okay?" she asked. "Yeah, of course. I just need your help." she nodded. "So I hear Mr. Solomon is looking for us. Says he wants us to come to his Sub-level One class." she smiled at the statement. As we walked into Mr. Solomon's class he smiled. I'm not kidding. Joseph Solomon smiled as I walked into his classroom. "Hello Rebecca. Macey. It's so nice of you to come and speak to my class today." he said. I don't remember offering a speech. "You know I don't do speeches. I'm more of show off than a speaker. You want me to scare their butts off, don't you?" I whispered to Mr. Solomon nodded and I smiled. " Hi. My name is Rebecca Grace Baxter. I work for MI6 and I proudly graduated from this very school. How about one of you lovely ladies asks me question." I smiled at the class who had no idea what they were getting into. " What's it like working in fieldwork?" a girl who reminded me a lot of Liz asked. "Depends. Sometimes the rush of the mission feels amazing. Others you begin to wonder why you're doing it. I bet right now you're thinking field work is amazing, but as soon as you start you'll realize it's not that great. You see people your close to get hurt. I'm gonna tell you now you will see people die. I always known exactly what I was getting into. I've seen my best friend get hurt, I've been hurt, and then there's the best part of my job, helping. I've saved a little girls life by stepping between a bullet. So field work is hard work, painful, and if everything goes correctly, rewarding. Next question." I decided to tell them the good and bad. " Is it true you got shot on an extraction mission during your time at Gallagher." a girl who I swear was related to Tina Walters. "Little miss Tina Walters," Macey laughed and went back to being silent. " Yes. You wanna see? I have many scars from many missions." I showed them my scars. "This one I got while protecting a very special girl, a man pointed a gun at her and I decided to jump in front of the gun and the man shot at me, with his awful aim, thinking I would go down. But I didn't, so I kicked his face and slapped a Napotine patch on him and hand cuffed him to a cement pole. and got the girl to safety." I said pointing to scar on my lower left side. "Luckily, the bullet didn't hit any organs. enough questions. First of all what do you notice about me?". Only one girl stood up to answer. " You have a pretty good taste in fashion. Wear a lot of bracelets. Haven't touched a single thing in this room since you come in. You have cuts on your ankles and wrists. Have the skin of a goddess, although I can tell you were once in a very bad knife fight. You're intelligent and know exactly how to get underneath someone's skin. Your friend there is incredibly worried about you, which means she has a reason to worry. I think you're afraid of what might happen, but not to you. I'd bet to one of your friends, someone who's very close to you. You're always on edge. Not like paranoid, more like a bad guy is gonna come in and shoot your friend. I guess I just noticed things." I was very close to the girl now. I smiled "What's your name? Don't answer that. I know who are Rihanna. You wear a lot of make up, no one really notices though. It's probably to cover that bruise of yours. Which you got fighting with another girl in P&E. You've been the passages and between the walls. You're rewearing that skirt. You're left handed, but you find it easier to do everything but write with your right hand. You woke up late this morning, didn't have enough time to do your hair and your make-up. You should of done your hair. With our type of hair you really have to comb it every day or your hair will be nappy the next day. You're British, but you hide your accent. I'm guessing your parents are MI6 and are close friends of Headmistress Morgan. Your like me. I guess I noticed things too. Mr. Solomon is this your best student?" he shrugged. "She should be. I want you and four of your friends to hold your notebooks up like this against the wall." I put the notebook up to the space next to her head. She did as was told. I winked at Mr. Solomon. "I'm going to say your name and guess whether or not you're going to continue Covert Operations. Stay still and close your eyes when I'm done open your eyes and sit down." I said smirking. As soon all of the girls closed theirs eyes I pulled out my knife and threw it at one of the girls notebooks. Her eyes opened as soon as it hit it. " Layla Tanner, more of a computer geek than a field agent. You're meant to be behind the computer not on the field, you will probably go into the research track of study. Oh did I forget to mention I want one of you to tell me where I pull each knife out of. Whoever answers correctly then you were truly meant to be in field work." I smiled Rihanna was about to move to see if Layla was okay. " Don't move, stay still and close your eyes, please." I said. " You do know it's against the rules to throw knifes at a students, right?" Rihanna said. I wanted to burst into laughter. I smiled "Yes I do. I'm not throwing knifes at students. I'm throwing them at your notebooks." I laughed " Unless you want me to throw them at you. And I'm teaching a lesson. You have to be prepared. And just so you know, I've always been kind of rules optional. Haven't I, Macey?" I turned to look at her. "Since the day I met you." she replied. I pulled out another knife and threw at another notebook. " Hannah Smith. Not a field agent. Most likely will not continue Covert Operations. Please take a seat.". I pulled out two knifes this time and threw them at the two girls on the outside of Rianna. " Mary Ann Jacobs and Crystal Foster. Both will continue with Covert Operations." I quickly grabbed one last knife and threw it at Rianna. "Last but not least, Rianna Stewart. I am one hundred percent positive she will continue Covert Operations." I turned around with my back to Rianna. " Maybe you should be more prepared yourself." Rianna said before throwing the knife at me. I caught it. I began to walk (at a very fast pace. As soon as I got to her I said " I am always prepared. That's what life as a field agent is. A life of being prepared. A life of being cautious. A life of always looking over your shoulder. Being prepared is my life! I live it, I am it. So throw everything you have at me, I'll be prepared to catch it and throw it right back. Try me." the door opened and I pulled a knife out of my bra and threw it at the the notebook in the air without looking. "Try me. Allyson Johnson although she doesn't look like it, she's made for Covert Operations. Who can answer my question?" I said turning to head back to the front of the room. "I can." I turned to see Rianna with a smirk on her face. I smirked too "Well, don't let me stop you." I kind of laughed. She had already impressed me, I just wanted to see want she what she had up her sleeve. " Two from your bra, and two on each leg. Right?" I smiled. "Yes. I'm going to be here a few days. Your mission is to try to catch me unprepared and attack me, I promise I won't hurt you. But do try your best to hurt me. My mission is to steal something of yours. And when I do you should have a backup and then you've accomplished your homework." I said. "Which is?" Layla asked, excited. She was to much like Liz. " Simply to be prepared. Thanks Mr. Solomon this was fun. But I'm afraid I have to go and I'll be taking Marry Ann, Crystal, Layla, and Rianna with me. Shall we?" the girls followed me out the door. Macey stayed to speak to the class. " Come on, Ri. She's awesome!" Mary Ann whispered. " Yeah Ri I'm awesome!" I said as we walked to the headmistress' office. "Whatever. What do you want anyway?" Rianna asked. "You'll see. By the way, just because I can't see you doesn't mean I don't know when you roll your eyes. See there you go again!" I said as we entered the hall of history. I knocked on the door. Mrs. Morgan yelled "Come in.". "Hey these are the other four students besides Ellie Sutton that I'll be borrowing from you." she nodded. "Girls welcome to my team. Be prepared for visitors at eight sharp. I need to speak to Headmistress Morgan right now, so see you tonight." I said. The girls left, Ri being the last to last to go giving me a mean look. " Racheal Morgan, I've am going to be incredibly harsh right now, so don't hate me." I put my hands on my hips and began my speech. " This is not how you get to act. You are the headmistress. But I don't want Headmistress Morgan. I don't want Racheal Morgan the mom. I want Racheal Morgan the spy. I'm going to bring your daughter back to you. It's what I do. You need to do what you do, act like everything is normal. I am your gladiator and if you want I'll put my best suit on. I am your worker bee. I am your daughter's best friend. I will bring her back. NO MATTER WHAT!" I yelled at her. "HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO ACT, REBECCA? MY DAUGHTER HAS GONE MISSING! HOW DO I ACT?" she yelled back at me. " YOU ARE A SPY AND A HEADMISTRESS! YOU ACT NORMAL! LIKE NOTHING IS WRONG! BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T ALL THE STUDENTS WILL NOTICED AND THEY WILL WORRY. BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU, WE ALL LOVE YOU. YOU'RE OUR SISTER. YOU'RE FAMILY. I just need you to be normal and to stay calm. I need you not to worry. If you worry I worry and I already have a lot of people and things to worry about. I can't worry about you right now. I just . . . can't" I said exhausted. She got up and hugged me. " Thank you, Bex. I won't worry. I promise." she whisphered. I waved goodbye. I felt so much better now that I wasn't so worry about Mrs. Morgan. "Hey Mr. Solomon, where you goin'?" I asked as I saw him pass by. "On a Op. You wanna come?". "I would love to. How was my speech, Mr. Solomon?" I asked. "Intense. I think one of them vomited after they left. It even scared me a little bit. You did a good job." he smiled. I nodded. We got in the van. Macey and Grant was already in the van. " Ladies, we're working with pros today. One of you get to team up with these pros and then you're going to find them somewhere in Roseville before they find you. You get caught you come back to the van. Mary Ann, you're with Ms. McHenry. Baxter you're with Newman. Make teams of two and pick which one to find. If this is hard you, it should be. Good luck, ladies." with that Mr. Solomon, Mary Ann, Macey, Grant, and I left the van. I grabbed four comms unit from the van a wig some hair dye, and two rings. "Macey what's you're cover?" I asked as we walk with a crowd into the middle of town. " Mother and daughter on a walk around town." she said with a smile and linked arms with Mary Ann. " What's ours" Grant asked as we walked down a different street. We walked in a diner and then to the restroom. " A married couple out in town on our anniversary. If you're okay with that." I said a bit nervous. "Oh, I am more than okay with that. Are you okay with that?" I gave him a look and grabbed the hair dye." I think you'd look great with blonde hair." I smiled as I dyed his hair. I put my wig on and reached for the ring but Grant had grabbed and put it on my finger he had a smile on his face and looked in deep thinking. I snatched my hand back as he just looked at it with the ring on my ring finger. "What are you thinking about?" I asked hoping he wasn't thinking about this actually being real. "I am thinking about when this really happens. About when I should ask you out again. When I should tell you." he said still kind of distant. " Tell me what?" I said before actually thinking of what I was going to say. He grabbed my hand and lead me out of the diner. "We should go over to that shoe store." I said hoping he knew what I meant. Two girls were staring at us with confused looks. They were heading our way." Let's stay here. And when they pass I'm going to kiss you, okay." I nodded. Mr. Solomon will pay for this. And they were right about to confront us. I nodded and he kissed me. The kiss was amazing. I felt like fireworks were going off throughout my whole body starting from my lips. They passed shaking their heads saying something like "That can't be them Bex wouldn't kiss on a mission.". We got up and went up behind us. " You should always trust your gut. Go back to the van and wait. Your cover has been compromised." I smiled as we started walking in the opposite direction. " That was fun. Who's next?" Macey and Mary Ann had already taken down two teams already. I saw Rianna and Crystal ahead of us. We pulled them out of the crowd. "You cover has been compromised. Sorry." they were the last team to be compromised. So we walked back to the van with them. I smiled as we got in and Mr. Solomon started a speach. " I'm not suprised that you didn't find them. But you will be able to. One team came very close, what would you like to say on that, Ms. Baxter?" he smiled at me. "They were right infront of us. But thought that it wasn't me because I wouldn't kiss on a mission. You should miss the target. As Mr. Solomon once told me expect the un expected. " I said, pulling off my wig and the ring. Liz, Ellie, Macey, Grant, Jonas, Layla, Mary Ann, Crystal, and I waited for Rianna to come out of the shower. It was past eight. We all waited in silence. When she came out of the shower, in a towl I might add, she screamed. " I told you to be prepared for visitors at eight, its a quarter after eight." I said once she was done screaming. " you didn't tell me that boys would be included as visitors. I was expecting girls not guys. I'm in a towl." she yelled. " Sit and be quiet. The other girls can't know. Welcome to my team. Why have I forced you to be on my team? because some friends of mine, a sister of our lovely sisterhood, and her boyfriend have gone missing. Cameron Morgan and Zachary Goode have gone missing. And I need your help to find them. So I'm asking you personally to help me." I looked around. "Look I'm not asking. I'm telling you to. Because all the girls here are Gallagher Girls. Our sister, a sister of our sisterhood, is in danger. And the fact that Rebecca Baxter, a girl who never asks for help, is asking you personally then you're going to do it. Because you can't tell me you don't want to help." Macey said standing. " How do we help, Bex?" Rianna asked moving over to me slipping her hand in mine and squeezing it lightly. I smiled " I picked you all for a reason. Ellie, let's face it, we need all the Suttons we can get. Then you four girls," I pointed at Mary Ann, Crystal, Layla, and Ri. "You all remind me of my friends. Mary Ann of Macey. Crystal of Cammie. Layla so much of Liz. It's unbelievable." I said. "Who do I remind you of?" Ri asked. "Myself. If I was rude earlier today, I'm sorry. You impressed me but I wanted to see what you had up your sleeve. Plus Mr. Solomon asked me to scare you guys, so I did. You just happened to be the only one who answered. Anyway, we'll talk more tomorrow. Goodnight." eveyone was leaving the room when I was stopped. "Bex?" Ri called. "Yeah?" I turned to face her. She hugged me. "I know it must be hard for you. I can't imagine what you're going through. Can I ask you something?" I nodded. "Why do wear all those bracelets?" she asked. "One for every mission. It reminds me of the good I've done and that everything is okay. And this one Cammie gave it to me." I smiled when I looked at my name on the bracelet. I went to my room to find out I was sharing a room with Grant. Great! I noticed he was not in the room though. I looked out the window there he was with a radio over his head. He set the radio down and held a sign that said 'come here'. As soon as I went out he pressed a button and started singing. " Honey why you callin' me so late? It's kinda hard to talk right now." My mouth dropped. All the girls were looking out the window watching us. When he finished the girls started chanting kiss her. "Why would you sing that?" I asked shocked he had even sang it. " As an act of love. I don't know if I've said it to your face. And I just assumed you knew and I should never assume. So I'm just gonna come out and say it. Rebecca Grace Baxter, I am in love with you." with every word he took a step closer. I heard the girls awe behind me. I looked into his eyes. "Then why did you disappear?" I whisphered. "I didn't deserve you." he said. I turned and began to walk away, quckly. He ran after me. When he was finally able to caught up with me he grabbed my arm. " How can you say that? How could you think that?" tears feeled my eyes. " Bex, you were shot! I wasn't able to help you. You sat there dying and I . . . couldn't do anything. I couldn't keep you safe." . " It wasn't your fault. I just need you to be there. You can't protect me. I'm a spy. You know you leaving me hurt me more than that bullet. I've refused to date ever since. And I tried to, but I would get ready and look at myself in the mirror and think ' How could you do this to him. He deserves faithfulness.'. I told myself you were going to come back. Every time Macey brought up dating after that, I'd say 'Why should I date when my heart belongs to someone else.'. I have always love you, Grant." I smiled. "Good. I didn't make a complete fool of myself. I'm sorry I hurt you." he said hugging me. "I forgive you. But you have to promise never to think that you don't deserve me. Okay?" I said kissing him lightly. "I promise. Come on, I'm tired.". I felt relaxed as I slept with Grant's arm around me. I slipped out of bed and got dressed. As I was slipping my feet into my heels I heard Grant say "Can you run in those?". "Yes. No. The trick is to take them off before running. But my high heeled boots,now those I can run in." I said smiling we both laughed. "You're funny. I love you.". I smiled and bent over him. " I love you too." we kissed. I picked out some clothes from a suitcase I had no clue had been there. " Get dressed we have work to do." with that I left. "Abby? What are you doing here?" I asked as I saw her sitting on Mrs. Morgan's desk. "I came to tell you the last place Cam and Zach were seen was at a hotel in Paris. I'm guessing you have your team together." I nodded and left. I sent Macey a text telling her to get the other adults on the plane. I burst into the girls room. Crystal was still sleeping, Layla wisphering "Jason showed at school" in Crystal's ear which caused her to pop up, Mary Ann was doing her make-up, and Ri was looking for a hairtie. "Good morning, girls. Get packing, we're going to city of love." I smiled and handed Ri a hairtie before leaving.