Zach stared at the long blonde ringlets of hair that cascaded down her back and he slumped a little lower in his seat. He didn't bother trying to pay attention, Mr. Smith couldn't keep the attention of a wall. Cammie, however, sat perched at the edge of her seat, furiously recording all of Mr. Smith's lecture. Zach quickly grew very bored, just five minutes into the class.

He leaned forward and whispered into Cammie's ear, "Watcha writing?"

Cammie turned and scowled at him.

"Zach I am trying to pay attention, please leave me alone."

Zach simply smirked before replying "Well you're no fun."

"Get over it." She hissed before refocusing her attention on the board.

Disappointed that Cammie wouldn't entertain him, Zach decided that he was going to have to find a new way to pass the time. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him. He leaned very far forward in his seat and discreetly poked Cammie in the stomach. She squealed very loudly, her face getting very red as the entire class turned towards the disturbance. Mr. Smith raised an eyebrow at Cammie.

"Is everything ok, Ms. Morgan?"

"Ugh..er.. Za.." She began to stutter. "Yes sir, everything is fine."

Satisfied, Zach leaned back in his seat, enjoying brief distraction. Zach was one of the few people who new Cammie Morgan's weakness. She was the most popular girl in school, but she was incredibly ticklish.

Forty-Five minutes later the bell rang and the class began to file out of the classroom. Zach stood up swiftly and waited next to Cammie's desk to walk her out of the room. She glared up at him as she gathered her books in her arms.

"Please, let me take those." Zach said, putting on a gentlemanly facade, but his undertone was entirely sarcastic.

"Thanks but no thanks Zachary, I think I have it under control." Cammie stated bluntly as she gathered her things and headed to the door. Zach quickly matched her pace, and grabbed her books out of her arms. She rolled her eyes up at him, and stretched her arms out, waiting for him to give her books back.

"C'mon Gallagher Girl, don't want to be late, do we?" He taunted her as he strode down the hallway, leaving Cammie to catch up to him to retrieve her books. Zach walked to his locker, which was across the hall from Cammie's, who, in turn went to hers. She swiftly opened her lock and smiled as she saw her locker neighbor, Jordan, approach.

"Hey Jordan!" She greeted with a bright smile.

"Well good morning Sunshine, someone's in a good mood today" He teased with a smile.

"I'm always in a good mood!" She exclaimed defensively.

"Yeah, if you've had your coffee" Jordan replied under his breath.

"Oh shut up" Cammie laughed.

Suddenly Cammie felt someone's muscular arms wrap around her waist and pick her up off the ground. She squeaked in surprise twisting in the offending arms to see who was holding her. She came face to face with Zachary Goode's bright green eyes that held her in a trance-she couldn't look away.

Zach cleared his throat, "Well Cammie I know you've always had a little crush on me but staring deeply into my eyes is a little weird."

Cammie rolled her eyes, snapping out of it.

"Put me down Goode." she demanded in the scariest voice she could muster.

"Nah I'm goode" He replied cockily, his eyes daring her to try and get down. Cammie wasn't one to give in that easily and she began to squirm in his arms trying to wriggle her way onto the ground. Zach seemed to have an iron grasp on her, and Cammie desperately turned to Jordan for help, but Jordan had already gone to class.

"See what you did Zach? You scared off my friend" Cammie whined.

"Oh well, I think he'll get over it" Zach replied, and began the walk to science class.

Zach and Cammie were the last two in the class, earning a glare from Mr. M.

"Really, Cammie, again?" Mr. M asked, with a slight smile on his face. Surprisingly, he wasn't referring to the fact that she was late, but the fact that this was the third time this week someone had carried her into his class. Cammie was tiny, just barely five feet and was the smallest by far in her grade. She was the captain of the cheer team, and not surprisingly a flyer. Cammie was the best flyer in the state, and she had taken her team to nationals twice.

There was something about her that made all of Roseville High love her. Not to mention, all of the football players like to pick her up, simply because she always told them not to. However, she never had a boyfriend, but lots of friends who were boys. Nonetheless, she was still the most wanted girl in their town. Zach, on the other hand, never had a girl say no to him before. He was gorgeous, fit, and the captain of the football team, with an ego too big for their school. He always got what he wanted, or who he wanted, and Cammie Morgan was a challenge.

Zach walked down the rows of desks and deposited Cammie in the last row, taking the seat beside her. She glared up at him before discreetly pulling her phone out and texting her friends.

"Oh, the golden girl of Roseville is breaking school rules? I don't believe it" Zach shook his head dramatically. "Maybe I should tell Mr. M of this shocking discovery..."

Cammie rolled her eyes, annoyed once again and pocketed her phone. She looked to her right, seeing that her best friend Grant was sitting next to her and she perked right up.

"Hey Grant!"

"Camster!" he returned the enthusiasm. Cammie rolled her eyes at his second grade nickname. Grant and Cammie were next door neighbors, in fact their entire group of close friends lived on the same street.

It was called Castle Lane, and in fifth grade they decided to call themselves the Castle Lane Crew. Although this name didn't last, the group remained close friends throughout all of high school leading up to their senior year. The crew all lived at the end of the land, their houses rimming the end of the circle. Cammie's house sat in the middle, with Grant's to the left and Bex's to her right. Zach was on the other side of Grant, followed by Nick, Jonas, and Matt. To the right of Bex was Macey, Liz, and Jordan. The ten of them were the most popular kids in the school, and they had a very close friend group. They always tended to hang at Cammie's house, mostly because Cammie's parents weren't around much and Cammie always liked to have people around. Zach had been the newest addition to Castle Lane Crew, he moved into their neighborhood after Josh moved away in fourth grade. Ever since then, Zach had been determined to make Cammie Morgan fall into his trance.

Class dragged on, and Cammie started to listen to the girls in front of her discuss the upcoming game. Tonight was the homecoming football game, and Cammie and her friends were cheering at the game. It was a custom for the cheerleaders to wear a football players jersey on the night of the game.

Suddenly, Cammie took in a sharp breath.

"Grant," Cammie whispered, "I forgot to ask for a jersey for tonight."

"Cammie," he said looking down at her, "are you seriously worried about getting a jersey? You know any guy here would die to give you theirs." He replied.

Grant and Cammie had been close friends for a very long time. Because Cammie's parents weren't around for her much, she spent a lot of her time at Grant's house, he was the big brother she never had. Their entire group of friends was very protective of Cammie. She was the youngest of all of them, and she still had this air of innocence to her.

Cammie was about to say something when suddenly Zach interrupted their conversation.

"Actually Cammie, if you remember correctly you have to wear my jersey. Head cheerleader has the wear the captain's jersey. It's school tradition." Zach gloated.

Cammie huffed out of frustration but nonetheless agreed.

To any readers: I am currently going through and editing old chapters so I apologize for any disconnect there may be while I do this. I started writing this story 4 years ago and some of my original writing is a little cringeworthy.

So before I continue with new chapters, I am editing the old.

Thank you to everyone for sticking through this with me, xo.