A to Zammie

not connected/disjoined

shout-outs:

onanita14 – ikr! aww that tissues idea is so cute but the second one sounds hilarious so thank-you for the great ideas! and thank-you for the review :)

collabkk – aw thank-you very much, i hope you enjoy this chapter! :)

zachandhale – i'm glad you did! i make Zach how you want him? we both have excellent taste in boys, no i mean men! it's alright, how was your holiday? limited wifi is the exact reason why i don't like leaving home -_- the internet is like the only thing that makes me happy right now, i am a sad and lonely girl who has problems. i love that ending, it has to be my favourite just like the last chapter! i know, it is going to be sad because i've enjoyed writing these sooo much :( i have got an idea for Z but X is going to be hard! love you too, and so far summer is going swell thanks! good old England right? haha ;) omg the thunderstorms were wicked but that's just because i like them. poor you, my satellite wasn't effected at all but don't worry, you and my satellite dish are in my prayers x

TerryCherry – i loved watching it too and i'm re-watching it now, ahh it brings back memeries! even my mum laughed along! i want it too but i've never played stealth nor FPS games, maybe we'll both get it when it goes down in price because it is pretty expensive. wow i did that when i was little because my room was just filled with McDonalds toys -_-

Volley4TheZammie (Guest) – thank-you for the idea, i was going to use it but unfortunately it wasn't working, sorry about that, i hope you enjoy this :)

love-is-to-oblivion – was it that funny? i personally would love to go shopping with Zach…actually i'd like to go anywhere with Zach! thanks for the review :)

ZachCammieAwesome – i'm glad that you found it funny :)

Georgie (Guest) – aha i hope you enjoy this chapter!

BunnySwag101 (Guest) – was it that goode? i'm glad that you found it hilarious :) i will check them out and then tell you on the next chapter :) that is a goode idea thank-you and until next time :P

Guest – who doesn't love Zach? haha, one question: what is a tootsies roll? is it something American because if it is then i'm English and it needs explaining!

Crazygurl5and11 – aw that would be fluffy and cute, thanks for the idea but i hope that you enjoy this chapter as well :)

Wittykittylizzie – i'm glad you loved the idea, sorry about the wait! lol Zach getting stuck in a tube would be hilarious! i hope that you enjoy this chapter :)

mnash123 – your idea was perfect, i loved it! no way, just believe that you can do it and i swear you can do it! i set myself a goal everyday and told myself that i could do it and i ended up finishing it! thank-you those are the nicest words ever…i think i'm going to cry! i'm going to use the idea of trouble but change it a little :)

binglebop – i know i wanted to cry, Ellie is just so cute! i hope i get the opportunity to play it!

Nikki and Belle – thank-you! i do love that last part :)

TotallyRemixed1 – your welcome! i seriously enjoyed writing that chapter, i do crack myself up but i'm glad that you had a goode laugh :)

The Owlish Olympian - don't be sad, you've given me so many amazing ideas you deserve a break! i'm glad, i think it's my favourite too :) aha, i hate school shopping but i've got about 5weeks until school plus i don't need much stuffs. i hope you enjoy this chapter :)

bubblegum04 – yep, they had a lot of fun though, i would actually love to go shopping with Macey. aha, i hope you enjoy this chapter :)

xInfinitely-Fallingx – i'm glad that you enjoyed the last chapter and i hope you enjoy this one :) xoxo

Zammie – thank-you, i'll explain why i've been away :)

Lol (Guest) – the last one has something to do with marriage but you'll have to wait and see :)

^^^thank-you all sooo much for the reviews, you don't know how much they made me smile! i'm glad that you all enjoyed shopping with the girls and Zach, i'm sure they must have gotten quite a lot of looks when they were going store to store aha. so i've been in a funk for quite a while now and that's why i haven't updated. there is no way i'm giving you guys a chapter that has only had about 20% enthusiasm put into it because i seriously have loved writing every single chapter of this epic tail…well epic a to zammie. after this chapter we'll only have 6 left and then i'm done with writing for a little while i think, but don't cry i'm sure i'll still put some one-shots out here and there but i don't think i can handle a full blown story. so anyway, i hope you're all having an awesome summer and i hope that you enjoy this chapter which you have all waited so very patiently for. you guys are the best and the reason why i'm sitting in my living room with this in front of me, you're the reason i'm writing and you always will be. just look out for my authors notes in my published novels and i swear it will be dedicated to you (if my dream ever happens) :'D

sorry about that, i just kinda spilled my heart out but anyway, i hope you enjoy this chapter :)

T is for Trouble – "How do you feel about making a little trouble, Gallagher Girl?"

Cammie sighed looking up from her book. "What kind of trouble?" Zach had been a little distant lately, being in his bedroom, giving her that I-know-something-you-don't smile and hiding something from her. Cammie tried not to worry, they as a couple were fine – all kisses and hugs – but she still wondered what was going on in the brain of his.

He smirked, taking the book from her hands and kissing her forehead. "You'll see Gallagher Girl…now, are you in or not?"

Cammie thought about it for a second – what would she rather do on a Friday night? Read while Zach went on an adventure or go along with him knowing that they'd get into trouble. She nodded, putting on her own smirk. "Bring it on Blackthorne Boy."

They met up much later; both dressed like they were ready for a mission. And in a way, it kind of was. They were going into Roseville, it was late and unbeknown to Cammie they were crashing a party. Zach normally thought that teenage pranks were useless, and would rather plant a few knockout gasses in the house and watch the party slowly die but Zach was doing things the normal way since they were stepping into normality.

"Zach, where are we going?" asked Cammie. Them getting out of Gallagher had been surprisingly easy; Zach dropped a hint to Mrs Morgan that he wanted to spend a quiet night with Cammie. That way, their replicas aka pillows positioned underneath the duvet would look like two loved and snuggled up teenagers. Zach thought it was genius and chuckled to himself.

Cammie stopped walking. "What's up Gallagher Girl? Look, I promise that we won't get caught and that you will have fun. Okay?" Cammie rolled her blue eyes before smiling along with Zach and allowing him to pull her along the road towards their destination.

While walking Cammie looked around and though back to when she walked these streets regularly. She remembered all the Saturday nights she spent primping herself ready to meet Josh and the time the spent together roaming around Roseville. Cammie always liked her neighbourhood. It was quiet and quaint and somewhere she'd like to live – if she wasn't a spy.

"Ta-da!" Zach stretched his arms out showing Cammie their mission. His girlfriend was confused, very confused. What she saw in front of her was what looked like a raging party not a mission. Cammie placed her hands on her hips with an unimpressed look on her face.

"What the heck Zach? Why are we here?" she huffed.

He sighed. "This is our mission." He pulled some silly string, toilet roll and various other items out of backpack. "How do you feel like some old fashion pranking?"

Cammie chuckled, taking a roll from his hand and an egg carton from the other. "Are you serious?"

Zach nodded and soon they got to work. He didn't tell Cammie that this was secretly payback and he enjoyed every minute of wrecking the outside of Dillon's house. Zach remembered Cammie talking about the various threats he had given her and the school. He watched Cammie have some fun and laughed when she threw eggs at the door and a whole toilet roll through an open window. It must have hit someone because they popped their head out the window and looked around. Neither of them could keep themselves quiet and were soon laughing their heads off outside the house.

Cammie leaned over Zach. "This was actually fun, thank-you Zach." she leaned down and kissed his cheek. He smirked back before his face fell. And so did hers. They weren't sure how they heard it but were certain that the sound of cop cars were coming their way. Zach stood up, bringing Cammie with them. Both looked towards the house and saw the culprit who had called the police.

"Friggin' Jimmy!" Zach cursed in various language and watched the boy claw through the crowd before opening the door and coming towards them.

He looked from Cammie to Zach with an unreadable expression. "What are you guys doing?"

"Josh, no time. Why did you call the police, not only will we be in trouble but so will you!"

Zach rolled his eyes when the boy had realised his mistake. "I've got to tell everyone," Josh went to walk back but Cammie grabbed him by his collar and told him to follow her and Zach. Her boyfriend – obviously not okay with this – followed from the rear. They ran, with Cammie in front and soon they were at Josh's house. Not only was Josh surprised that she remembered, but Cammie herself was.

Josh thanked them – mostly Cammie – before muttering to himself. "Oh no, I left Dee-Dee."

"You guys still going strong?" she asked with Zach moaning and groaning in the background. He was done playing the good-guy. It wasn't in his nature, not for pretty boys like Jimmy anyway.

Josh shook his head. "Oh no, I broke up with her and she ran off crying."

"That's too bad," mumbled Cammie, scratching her hair and looking anywhere except for Josh. She wondered why she was feeling so relieved. It's not like he mattered anymore, right? Right, the boy she loved was next to her…picking Josh's plants.

Zach checked his invisible watch. "Oh look at the time!" Josh commented on the no watch thing. Zach ignored it and took Cammie's shoulders. "Gallagher Girl and I must be going. Nice seeing you again Jimmy!" he gave Josh a hard punch on his shoulder before taking Cammie's hand. She had just about mumbled a goodbye before Josh had gone inside and they were heading back towards the party. Cammie could tell that something was up with Zach when she reached for his hand and he subtly sped up a bit.

"How do you know you're going the right way, Blackthorne Boy?" she asked, their footsteps getting closer towards Dillon's house.

"Feel free to direct me, Gallagher Girl." he added the last name as an afterthought but was happy when Cammie caught up and grabbed his hand.

All was well until the lights. A flashlight was pointed at them, blinding their eyes. Both of them shielded their vision and thought the same thing: uh-oh. A tall man with a pudgy middle came toward them; he was obviously a policeman but flashed his badge anyway.

"Officer," called Cammie, "what is going on?" she asked nicely, trying to make herself look like an innocent girl going on a walk with her boyfriend and that the only reason that they were dressed like robbers was because…Cammie was still thinking of that reason.

"Miss, I need to take you and this young man to the station with me. we received a call from a this boy," he pointed to Dillon who was speaking to his brother with a successful smirk etched into his face, "saying that you two were trespassing and ruining their quiet night in."

The statement shocked them, 'quiet night in'? Zach began to protest but in the end they were both hauled into the car, Cammie being squashed by Zach's broad shoulders as he was pushed in. the ride was silent for three reasons: Zach was planning his escape, Cammie was thinking of how to describe her situation to her mum and officer Alan Blake because the radio was playing his favourite song. Three different reasons but soon enough the car stopped, the engine cut off and they were inside the cold and bleak building.

From what Zach could remember from his Blackthorne days, there wasn't much the police could tell them off for. At the most a warning and phone home, which meant next time, they wear masks and ditch e-boyfriends and try to get onto Rachel's good side.

"Chill Cammie, all we'll get is a 'stern' talking to and a call to Gallagher…and maybe some un-approving looks." He smiled encouragingly but it was wasted on Cammie who sat shaking her head.

"My mum is going to kill me."

The next hour went by slowly and it was exactly what Zach had described. Dillon had made up some story about Cammie, saying that she was some 'crazy chick' who had brought her new boyfriend to his house and was 'desperate' to get him back. Zach at chuckling through all of this while the police man spoke about possible restraining orders against Cammie. The end of the talk had to be the worst because it was when he asked for the phone number of who was responsible for them.

Both Zach and Cammie exchanged looks. Neither of them wanted to say the Gallagher school number in case the police man knew or her mom answered the phone like school was in session. But then Cammie remembered the small rectangular shaped thing she sometimes saw in her mom's pocket and used to play with.

Cammie took a deep breath and then rattled off her mom's personal number to the police man and then bit her lip. Zach raised a quizzical brow but all Cammie could do was pray that Rachel would pick up.

"Hello?" echoed from the phone. Officer Blake walked away chatting to Rachel and soon came back informing them that she was coming soon. He didn't add how sorry he felt for them.

Cammie and Zach sat patiently on the hard plastic chairs and both looked up whenever the doors opened. After ten minutes they didn't even realise who had walked in but when they looked up they found a straight faced Rachel facing them.

"Let's go home," she said walking away and holding the door for the teens. In front of Cammie sat the car from her childhood. The seven-seater they used for short family breaks. The car even smelled the same and she was on the verge of tears when she found a very old packet of M&M's hidden in a manmade pocket. The ride home should have been intimidating, Zach and Cammie both knew that they would be getting hell, but all Cammie could do was close her eyes and try to remember the trips that they went on.

"Cammie," her shoulder had been shaken by Zach who held the door open for her. "Time to face the music, Gallagher Girl."

Rachel guided them to an empty classroom and gave them seats on the opposite sides of the room. She sat at front on the desk and watched her daughter and her significant other look around curiously. Rachel was really torn at what she should do with them. it was Summer and being cooped up in the school mustn't have been fun but it wasn't like she wouldn't have let them out…actually, now thinking about it, it was likely that she would have said no, but that wasn't the case. They broke school rules, right?

She sighed. "Look, I'm arguing with myself about what punishment you guys should have and right now I'm thinking of old school detention, because sneaking out and going on cheesy dates is pretty old school." and then with a nod Rachel walked out and shouted a good-night to the couple who sat perplexed at what had just happened.

Zach chuckled and then got out of his seat. "That was easier than I thought, although we probably wouldn't have been in this situation if someone didn't go back."

Cammie stood and walked to Zach. "I went back for a good reason, Zach. if the police had come and broken up the party then I know that Josh would have been in trouble."

Zach raked his hair and sighed. "Why do you still care? I'm confused Cammie, since you're over and everything."

"Josh was good to me, Zach." she nodded and placed herself into the nearest seat. "He saw me. He saw the girl that everyone else failed to. I told him the biggest lie of Gallagher history: that I was normal. And because I broke his heart, I owe him friendship."

Cammie walked away before Zach could say anything. She'd never revealed the length of their relationship to Zach before and thinking about it, Cammie really did love Josh and he really did see her. And thinking about the lie and break up, Cammie felt like a bit of a bitch and told herself that Josh did deserve friendship and much more.

Zach mirrored Cammie's position: head rested in knuckles with a blank expression on face. So far, they'd been sitting in detention for five hours and they still had seven hours to go. Zach thought that the detention was going to be a small thing like normal high schools while Cammie knew that her mom would make regular detention brutal.

A small ball of paper found itself on Cammie's side of the room. She picked it up and scanned the messy scrawl that was Zach's handwriting.

I never knew that Jimmy was that special, I guess since he made you happy I'll lay off him everyone once in a while (last night didn't count)

Z

Cammie smiled – she never thought she'd have to experience jealously between new boyfriend and old boyfriend – and answered back.

Forgiven :)

Cammie

Zach's chair scraped against the wooden floor as he stood up, letter in hand and smirk on his face. "What do you mean 'forgiven' Gallagher Girl?"

Cammie now stood and they both met in the middle of the room, almost touching. "That was clearly an apology, Zachary."

Zach crumpled the letter and took Cammie in his arms. "Is that so, Cameron?" she nodded. "Well, how about I give you something I won't possibly be sorry for?"

And then, just like their first kiss Zach dipped Cammie but lower than before and gave her a kiss longer than before.

Both agreed that it was their favourite punishment.

am i proud of myself?

heck yeah!

do i like it?

heck yeah!

do i hope you like it?

heck yeah!

a treat because its the first day back!

i really am sorry that you had to wait so long but i had writers block and i had to make sure that it was gone before i wrote anything. its 1:59 am and i've written this chapter, two one-shots and a chapter in my own book…i think this writers block has gone! i kept pushing it by writing and i made it worse and i'm in a new environment so i think that's helped :) (i was at my dads)

i hope you guys liked this chapter and i'll see you all for the next six! check out my new one-shot and Remember That Summer :) thank-you for being so supportive, please remember that i love you all and well…i don't need to waffle on again do i?

oh and if you read all of this a/n then put 'royal goldfish' in your review! i don't blame you if you didn't (i sure wouldn't have)

thank-you all again!

review please :P

with love,

and bonfires lit up the shores

(oh & sorry for it being so choppy)