Valentine's Day Plans

My plans for Valentines Day!

Almost every Gallagher Girl will assemble after lunch on the 14th (we have the day half off) and watch romance movies. It is a tradition we have carried on for years. Every year, the current Sophomore Class hosts. We decorate the whole lounge and we get to pick the movies. We cycle through the Sophomore girls, in alphabetical order. When your turn comes, you choose the next movie! Fun, right.

Normally we have 99% of the girls, plus some of the teachers. The headmistress used to come, I'm told, but then she got married. We decided to continue this tradition even though the boys were here. Quite a few of the girls have dates. The headmistress agreed to give them passes to town for dinner, and most of the girls accepted. A few of the girls though said NO and told their boyfriend (who gets a boyfriend in two months?) that they would be staying at the academy.

Jess hasn't said what she wants to do. So I'm not sure if Jess and David are going into town or if she is going to stay.

I am also not sure what the other boys are going to do. Will they join us? Go do their own guy thing? What?

I'll keep you updated.

-K

Butter and Carl. Sort of.

Since I haven't blogging in awhile about them, I think I'll do a post about them.
That's right.

Carl and Butter.

Butter is a rescue dog. She is  a purebred corgi and is very shy. She is loving and extremely sweet. Carl is a puppy Townsend got later. I don't know if he's purebred or what. He is a evil fiend from Hell, sent to drive all puppy-sitters away. He likes to run away when taken on walks, jumps up on people, etc.


Just kidding. I wasn't going to do an entire post about two corgis. If I did, it would have been mostly pictures and I promised Headmistress Morgan that I wouldn't post any....

So, Abby and  Edward Townsend, and their new family.

Mathew and Morgan are doing well. Their loving Aunt and Uncle step in....(well. Technically, Cammie is a cousin, but whatever. Still calling her an aunt. Headmistress Morgan is an aunt then)
step in and watch them when Abby or Townsend need a minute. I don't think they are too sad about it.

They are thinking of moving to England, back near Townsend's folks. There is a cottage Townsend owns, out in the country. When Abby met Townsend's folks they loved her. They will at least be going to visit for a while. I think they might stay a few months, until this semester is over. Townsend's family can't afford to travel. I wonder if Zack will go back will them...


-K

Writing On My Blog About My Blog

So, my blog has turned into interactions between Alec and Me. Which may be kind of annoying to some of you (somehow I don't think so though), but that is basically all that is going on in my life. 

I suppose I can talk about how much I miss my family...

The new book I'm reading, except it's classified....

So anyway, I've been talking about the girl part of my life, I can't talk too much about the spy part of my life, so maybe I'll say something about my blog. 

Who knows about my blog?

Well. All of you. You mean at my school? Just me and Headmistress Morgan. I haven't told any of my friends or anything, but I am intending to tell them about it at the end of the school year. They'll most likely all want to guest blog, so be ready.

How can you even be writing about this? 

Well, one of our alumni, Amirah, had to leave our school eight years ago do to the fact that she was being hunted by the circle.  She changed her name and wrote a "fiction" series about a snobby boarding school that actually trained spies. Yep. That's right. Amirah and Liz went through Cammie's cov-ops reports and diaries (with her permission....I hope), wrote a book and published it for all the world to see. 

So, You've read the books? 

Yes. Duh. I have also read her Heist Society series, and am interested in her Embassy Row series. I don't think they are based off real people. At least I have never heard of Kat (Why does she have my name? There can't be that many Kats!) 

Am I super excited about have 1000+ page views?

Ummmm. Duh. 

Just Kidding. You, my beloved followers, are such bloody awesome people! Thank you for reading my stuff!  

Any questions for your followers? 

Yes! As you know, all bloggers LOVE comments and receiving emails from their readers. So I'd love if you would comment and tell me what you want to hear about.'

Gallagher Alumni from Amirah's series? 

Classes? What are we learning? 

Also, I am planning on posting about me. So if you have any questions (Favorite movie. color, class, book, etc)  let me know!   Comment or Email me! 

What is my email?Well, you can find it on my google+page (which can be found here) or Katthegallaghergirl@gmail.com   

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UPDATE! Please note that I will be posting my answers to your questions sometime next week. So you have to email me or comment BEFORE then.
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Cheers mates 

-KAT 

Katherine Edgeworth, Reporting for Boy Duty

"The List" as it came to be called, was posted in the Dinning Hall.

Almost the entire school was gathered around those five little pieces of paper.

Now even if a boy and girl really hit it off that first evening when (most of us) first met them, they still didn't know id they were going to be paired up. Boys could ask, but mostly Headmistress Morgan and the Blackthorne Boys Alumni who had come with them decided. I think they paired them (us) up by interest.

Lily and Jess, who were wearing way to much makeup for the first day of school pushed into the crowd.
"Let me know who I got" I called to them as I made my way to the food. I smiled to Gracie, and Emma as we walked through the buffet line.

"Just us and the food!" Gracie laughed

Emma snorted "Boys, who needs them! I don't think they're even up!"

I grabbed waffles (I LOVE waffles) and piled it to the top with whip cream and strawberries and grabbed a glass of juice.

The twins, plopped down beside me on either side. I always mix them up, but I think Ashley was on the left and Emily was on the right....

"I got Luke" the one of the right smirked

"I don't see why YOUR smiling, Ashley!" the one on the left said (must have been Emily) " I got Hunter!"

"Did you see mine?" I asked through a strawberry filled mouthful.

"Yes. Lucky! You got Alex!"




Goodie.



(PS Lily got a chap named Pitt and Jess got David. Naturally)


Got to go start class now. Wish me luck!

Fruit Ninja. Gallagher Style

I was in the P&E Barn practicing my sword skills. All Gallagher Girls have to be proficient in two weapons. Mine are hand guns and knives. I prefer knives to swords because I feel like they are easier to use. I use double knives to fight and work on knife throwing.

Sometimes I use a sword though, because Lily and The Twins came up with a fruit ninja game last year.
Using real fruit of course. No bombs, sorry. Headmistress Morgan said we couldn't do that. Party Pooper.

Luckily, Lily fixed the mechanism so that it doesn't take two people (one to run the fruit launcher and another to chop) so I was out...well, chopping. I decided to make a fruit salad.
(Since Louis isn't here, I've been making most of the food ever since I tried Headmistress Morgan's food *Gag* )

Anyway, a band of boys came in. (Alec wasn't with them) They had never seen the fruit ninja machine, since it was under a tarp in the back.

One of them looked especially interested, (they aren't terrified of a knife throwing mad man. woman. girl. whatever. I don't think they like Peter...) and while the rest of the boys pretended to spar, he came over right away. I recognized him as one of the seniors. He eyes lit up and he asked if he could try it. I had barely said yes when he sprinted off. He came back with his sword case and pulled out his rapier.

He went at the fruit with a skill and joy I had only seen once. When I ran out of fruit, he stood, light footed, breathing lightly and grinning like a child at Christmas.
"I've got to introduce you to Tansy" I said thinking of the tall thin senior who loved her rapier.

I had to leave about then to make dinner, so I told him how to run the machine and showed him the practice targets, which were fruit shaped foam. (Even we don't have THAT much fruit) and then I left for the kitchen.

Tansy is going to enjoy this semester. Finally someone who she can talk to about rapiers. Seriously if I had to listen to another "Rapier Vs Something Inferior" talk or He's not holding his rapier right comment about a movie, I think I would have shoved something down her throat.

-K

My Punishment

So I bet your wondering what my punishment would be.

 

 Well, Headmistress Morgan assigned me to "Boy Duty"

So guess what.

When all the boys show up, tradition is, they pick a guide. The first time they came, they just chose any girl they wanted from their grade. Well. Headmistress Morgan has some rules about that now. Basically, the boys can choose from a list of girls who sigh up for the position. We don't have many more girls (in the Sophomore grade) then we do visiting Sophomore boys. Which means one or two girls can decline. Anyway, as my punishment, I have to sign up.

Goodie. I was one of the girls who was going to sit this thing out. Wheee.

You may be thinking, well, maybe the boys will pick some one else....after the whole knife throwing incident.

No such luck.

There are 15 visiting Sophomores.

The first 15 girls who sign up get a slot.

So.... I'm stuck.

At least it won't be Peter.

Oh, if you're worried about Peter (AKA Annoying-Boy) he's totally fine. I wouldn't KILL a guest! Honestly, what kind of person do you think I am?

He had a book. (I think it was a fourth edition of Hacking in the Himalayas...) He stuck it in a breast pocket of his jacket. I know right? How even has a breast pocket in their zip up hoodie? I though that was only a suit coat thing....

Anyway, the knife barely went through the book to his skin. He had a tiny poke. Just hold your finger over it for a minute and you'll be fine!

It did look a little creepy. You should have seen all the boys with their eyes bugging out of their heads.

That's right! You don't mess with a Gallagher Girl!

-K

In Case of Cute Boy, Throw Book

Yesterday, I heard Cammie, Abby and Rachael talking. All I heard were bits and pieces. 

Nobody being here....

....No sense in keeping them cooped up...
...Might as well...

... she wont tell anyone

I just went back to my book.

The next day, I was hiding in the library, reading, when a boy walked in.

He was tall. Not too tall. A little taller then me maybe, with blondish brown hair that was cut kind of short. Not military short, just short enough that it stuck up a little.

He was very cute.  Our eyes met.


 I did what any self respecting girl would do. I flung my book at his face. He dodged neatly.

Luckily it distracted him, and that's all I was hopping for (Though I would have liked to see the heavy volume of "SpyCraft" splat into his face)

I had surprise on my side and I quickly swept his legs out from under him and pinned  him to the floor.

Just then Cammie and Zack came in.

Cammie saw us and sighed. "I was hoping to get to you first" she sighed.

"He's an exchange student."

Then I understood. "From Blackthorne" I stood up and glared down at him. Then I sighed looked away and held out my hand to help him up.

He said "I'm Alex" and held out his hand

I gave him a look like, Seriously?

"Kat" Cammie said in a warning tone

"Cat?" He laughed. "Like C-A-T?"

"No. Kat like Katherine. With a K. " But I shook his hand, because that's what I was trained to do. Even with Madame D out for the break, I still expected her to pop out of the woodwork and ask me I wasn't being a lady.

Then I  gave a polite smile that would have fooled anyone, except for the fact that they had all seen me glaring daggers a few seconds ago, grabbed my book and left.

well that went well.

-K

Suzie

Meow

This post is about my furry feline friends. 

Sadly, there hasn't been a cat at the school since Buckingham's beloved Onyx died. (RIP Onyx) 

Or at least until this Christmas. 

Zack was at a local pound looking for Carl (who decided to make a break for it when Townsend was walking them) when he saw this sad looking kitten. It was kind of beat up looking, and had a few scratches. It also had lost it's mum and needed to be bottle fed,  and so nobody was taking it home. Of course Zack is a big softie, so when he heard they were going to put it down, he took it home. 

Cammie, Joe, Townsend, and Rachael were out of the mansion, but I volunteer at the local animal shelter over the summers and I love, love, love cats so I was always the one who took care of them when I worked there. So Zack and I took care of the kitten, gave it milk from a makeshift bottle and when it had curled up to sleep, Zack named it Suzie. 

He is going to give Suzie to Buckingham when she gets back. 

-K

Funny Story Time

I was sitting in the library when everyone else came marching in from their extreme snowball war (Cammie, Bex, and Headmistress Morgan won. You should see Zack's face)

They all came in and sat on the couches in the library and started talking about everything they had been up to. They started playing this story game,

Headmistress Morgan went first(Or Headmistress Solomon, whatever. I'm just going to call her Rachael)She  talked about how the faculty played matchmaker with Joe and her. She said she kept finding her self alone with Joe in an empty room. And she'd just be sitting there like "where is the meeting?" and Joe says he thinks Buckingham and Madame D were behind it

Joe smiled. He was next. He tasked Macey if she remembered Agent Howe. She looked a little confused. Joe went on and said that he and Matt (Rachael's first husband and Cammie's Dad) were assigned a protection detail for the McHenry family back when Macey was about 3. They didn't get along so well with Mr and Mrs McHenry, but they got along just fine with lil' Macey. Matt would sneak her Reese's when he thought nobody was looking.

Abby smirked and mentioned Buenos Airs. She said that the basics of the story was that she and Townsend had both been assigned to a major drug dealer in Argentina. But she was with the CIA  and he was with MI6 and they both thought the other was "a bad guy" and tried to kill each other. Abby finished with " And then I saved his life. Twice."

Townsend laughed mockingly. "And all the times I've saved your life? Shall we talk about them?"
that made Macey look up and go "Oh please no."

So Townsend sat and thought for a little bit and them Cammie said "Tell them all about Zack's last mission! Zack looked like he wanted to strangle her and Townsend started laughing. He managed to say Zack had to go undercover as a male model, and Cammie popped up with "I've got pictures!" So we sat and watched pictures of Zack as a model while Zack just tensed up and stared off something at the other end of the library.


Everyone had stopped laughing but Cammie, who was rolling on the floor in tears

Zack glared at her and said " How about the fact that when I'm on missions Cammie BREAKS INTO MY APARTMENT AND STEALS MY CLOTHES!"

Cammie had managed to stop laughing, but she was still giggling.
"She steals my hoodies and wears them."
Cammie fake pouted " They don't smell like you after awhile"

"And again with the love birds," Macey sighed "Well I'd better tell the story of ......


And this went on for hours! (Not that I mind)
-K

Joe is back

It snowed today. Great big beautiful flakes flying down all over the school grounds. Joe Soloman came back today and there was a whirl wind of Joy. Everyone came rushing down to see him, his wife, Headmistress Morgan, in the lead. I stayed in my seat in the library and watched. Liz jumping up and down, Bex standing back calm and collected, but with a big smile on her face. Ditto with Macey. Cammie spinning round and round, Joe slapping Zack on the back and kissing his wife until  Liz and all the other girls who had stayed over the holiday break blushed. Abby and Townsend gathering around, Abby who is now huge laughing with Joe. Even Townsend had a smile. (And not his annoying smug smile)

I still feel alone, but every thing is a little better now that Joe has come back.

-K

I'm Fine. I lie

Lily and Jess keep trying to cheer me up. I didn't tell them, but I think they could tell I was feeling a bit off.
Plus Headmistress Morgan told them

They offered to take me back home with them, or they offered to ask their parents if they could stay.

I told them no. I was fine.

Gah.

I hate lying to my friends.

At least I don't have to act as much, now that they have gone home. It is kind of nice to be by myself in the dorm and to wander the empty halls. I can vent my pain on the heavy bags in an empty Training Barn with no one to see my pain

-K

Short post about my roomies

Life has been crazy here. It always its. Headmistress Morgan officially ok'd by blog, just so you know, before I even started and I can now post from the Gallagher School.

I have a couple papers to write and I really should be doing that instead. But I decided to take a brake and write a tiny bit about my roomies.

Lily is shorter then me, and loves anything to do with computers or gadgets. She loves braking codes and passwords. If she doesn't make it in life as a spy or scientist, then I think she might become a computer hacker. Sorry.Did I say BECOME a computer hacker? I meant become the most notorious computer hacker the world has ever seen!   She also loves putting together disguises, complete with pocket litter.  She is a sophomore and on the research and development track.

Jess is a sophomore too, but she is an the cov-ops study course with me. Jess is awesome at languages. Not only can she learn a language creepily fast, but she almost always gets the accent right and can mimic anyone's voice after hearing it once.

I guess I should say a little about myself as well. I love martial arts, locking picking and wilderness survival.  I am also a big fan of Melinda May, Natasha Romaoff, Bex Baxter, and Oliver Queen.

 -K