Hey :) So this is my first songfic, but this is a collection so expect more! Just to clear things up about Venice Again (my other story :P), it's finished, however an epilogue is possible, but unlikely. Anyway, back to the songfics, I would really LOVE it if you could PM me or review me some song ideas or anything, I would love to write about songs you love! So yeah, PM/review me song ideas, story ideas, pairing etc., and I'll try to write! :)

Disclaimer: Ally Carter owns everything literally, and Kelly Clarkson owns everything musically ;)

Dark Side by Kelly Clarkson

There's a place that i know

it's not pretty there and few have ever gone

if i show it to you now

will it make you run away

I stood, watching in the shadows. I watched as Cammie laughed as Bex gestured and ranted on about how Grant hadn't emailed her since 3 days ago. I smiled as I saw her relaxed, happy. Suddenly she turned around and our eyes locked. She looked a bit hurt, I hadn't said anything to her in days and was studiously avoiding her. If only she knew that it broke my heart to do so. If only she knew I was doing it for her. She smiled sadly at me and turned back to Bex. I watched her from afar. Sitting there in her Gallagher uniform, her hair tied up high and wearing no make-up, I could easily see that this was her home. Where she belonged. I wanted to talk to her, I really did. I just didn't know how she would react.

or will you stay

even if it hurts

even if i try to push you out

will you return?

I sat at the back of the class as Mr Solomon went on about tailing a Subject. I knew Cammie already knew everything he was saying, she answered questions without a doubt, without hesitation. Anyone who looked in would know that she was the best in the class. Even though she didn't believe it herself. I smiled lightly at the memory of when I first told her she was the best in Cover-Ops, she had gasped and blushed and said that Bex was the best. I laughed but didn't press it. I often thought about my Gallagher Girl, I often wondered if she ever thought about me. I knew that everyone treated me different now, as if I was a danger, an enemy. I guess you couldn't blame them when you considered the fact that my mother was trying to kill Cammie.

everybody's got a dark side

do you love me?

can you love mine?

nobody's a picture perfect

"Zach?" I jolted out of my thoughts as Cammie's face appeared before my eyes. She looked nervous, I knew it was because of me. I nodded at her.

"Um… can we talk?" She looked hopeful and stared at me carefully. I wondered what she wanted to talk to me about. Maybe about never seeing each other again? Oh god…

"Sure," I answered even though my heart was pounding. We walked towards the hallway with the Gallagher family tapestry. I knew this was Cammie's favourite place to think and to slip away so I just walked alongside her quietly. I couldn't help but smell a faint trace of strawberry chapstick around her. I could smell her honey scented shampoo. Everything about her was so… interesting. Amazing. So addicting. I chided myself for still thinking that she loved me. She couldn't. Why should she?

but we're worth it

you know that we're worth

it will you love me?

even with my dark side?

We got to the hallway. It was empty, except for us. We stared at each other for a bit, not knowing what to say. She looked at me, studying my face. I noticed that she had teeth marks on her lip. She was getting worried again. I always wondered how I could notice all the small things about Cammie Morgan but not have the courage to actually talk to her about us. About myself.

"Zach?" Cammie leaned against the wall, staring into my eyes. I looked into hers and smiled at the familiar blue which was present in my dreams every night. I felt a surge of courage. I had to tell her. Let her know.

"I'm sorry Cammie," I said quietly, looking into her eyes. She looked surprised that I had spoken. She looked confused.

"For what?" She looked at me with questioning eyes. I smiled sadly at her.

like a diamond

from black dust

it's hard to know

what can become

If you give up

"For this. For us. For the way we've been for the last couple of days," I watched her reaction, she still looked confused. What didn't she understand?

"Why is it your fault?" She looked at me quizzically, as if trying to remember if I had even done anything. Of course I had.

"Because…" I struggled for words, not sure how she could not see what I saw so clearly, "she's my mother Cam, and she wants to kill you." There was silence as Cammie looked straight into my eyes, watching me.

"And you think… I blame you?" Cammie whispered lightly, looking angry. I had no idea what was happening. Of course she blamed me. She should blame me.

"You think I blame you, the one person who always seems to be there protecting me, the person that I trust, the person who I know will die for me, and you think I blame you?" Cammie looked angry and a little hurt as she stared up at me.

"No Zach, I don't blame you," Cammie took my hand gently, "I would never blame you."

so don't give up on me

please remind me who i really am

My heart beat so loud I thought maybe she could hear it, the way it sped when she took my hand. I was so confused and I knew it was written all over my face. I couldn't move, I stood there staring at Cammie. We were in another world. Another world made just for us.

"Zach," Cammie started, smiling lightly up at me, "you are everything to me. I love you. And you think I would blame you?"

"But…" I trailed off when I saw the look in her eye. It was love. It was what I thought I loved like when I looked at her. Cammie. My Gallagher Girl.

"Zach, that was your mother. Not you." Cammie paused and placed a hand gently against my heart.

"I love you Zach," she stepped closer, "I love your cocky attitude, your cryptic words and even your goddamn smirk," my lips twitched slightly and she rolled her eyes but continued softly, "I love how you would throw yourself in front of a bullet for me, the way you want to protect from everything, the way you can find me even though I'm the Chameleon." She stopped and smiled, her eyes lit up and shining.

"I love you. You. Zachary Goode and his goddamn smirk. Zach, the person standing in front of me," then she leant her head gently against my chest, "just you Zach. Just you."

will you love me?

even with my dark side?

I wrapped my arms around her small frame, my heart soaring. I smiled into her hair as she wrapped her arms around my waist. Firm. Not letting go. I gently pulled away and looked at Cammie, she looked happy, she looked like finally a great puzzle she had been working on for a long time finally made sense. I finally made sense.

"Gallagher Girl," her lips curled slightly at her nickname, "I…. are you sure?" I didn't want to hurt her, I didn't want her to be stuck with someone she didn't want to be with for the rest of her life. She looked at me if I was stupid and rolled her eyes.

"Of course I am Blackthorne Boy," she snapped, starting to get upset, "I. Love. You. Why can't you understand that?" I laughed, there was the Cammie I knew. I watched her shoulders fall, her lips curl into a smile. I leant close to her face and gently pressed my mouth against hers. I felt her smile lightly against my lips and I knew she wasn't the only one. We pulled away gently at the same time. We smiled lightly at each other and she leant against me as we stared out of the window together. It was lightly drizzling, the rain falling like small shiny drops, lightly pattering against the ground. However there was still sun, it peeked out from dark clouds and sent rays of sun. It was like us. In such a dangerous and volatile world, there are still things that light up, that sends small rays of hope. And that thing for me was Cammie. And that was when I found the courage to whisper the words that had been haunting me since the day in D.C, the days before all this madness.

"I love you Gallagher Girl."

So, how did I do? Did you like it? Hate it? Tell me in a review :) And tell me song ideas etc! Oh and if you haven't heard Dark Side, I STRONGLY recommend it, it's beautiful :) Oh and did you know that Z, X, and C are next to each other on the keyboard? ZXC was meant to be (: Thanks la for reading la (: