It Starts With Goodbye
Chapter One
Back To Reality
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If Mitchie had to describe the first day of school she would say it was different.
Walking through the halls was different, sitting in class was different, everything was just so different.
It was already lunch and the only person who had spoken to her all day was Sierra. Normally she wouldn't mind this. She didn't mind slipping into the shadows. But today, it bothered her.
She had grown so much over the summer at Camp Rock. She was just getting used to all the attention only to have it all taken away. She was used to being greeted when she walked into a room. She was used to seeing Caitlin, Barron, Lola, Peggy, Ella, Tess and Shane everyday. It was only four days since camp had ended and she was already missing them all like crazy.
She had been texting and e-mailing Caitlin non-stop the past few days but now that school had started they wouldn't be able to talk as often.
Lunch was no different to how the rest of the morning had gone. Mitchie felt lonely with only Sierra for company.
"So, when are we gonna start talking about Camp Rock?" Sierra said a little too excited. "I heard that Shane Gray was a teacher! Did you see him or talk to him? OMG did you touch him!!"
Mitchie smiled. Telling Sierra that she did indeed see, talk and touch Shane Gray and his number, along with the other members of Connect 3, were in her cell phone, might just give her a heart attack.
"He taught my hip-hop class," Mitchie shrugged. "It was no big deal."
"No big deal!!" Sierra said a little louder than the average speaking volume. "You were in the same room as Shane Gray and you thought it was 'No big deal'?" The weird Asian students from the next table were now staring at the two girls oddly. "I would absolutely die!!" Sierra continued.
Mitchie knew this, so she left out the part about singing with Shane and the time they spent hanging by the lake and in the canoes.
"It just wasn't a big deal," Mitchie said again. "He's just a normal kid."
"Shane Gray is not 'just a normal kid' and everyone knows that!" Now the chess geeks were staring.
Mitchie thought she'd give her friend some time to calm down.
"I'm gonna get dessert," she said. "You want anything?"
"No thanks," Sierra smiled.
Mitchie made her way across the Cafeteria and joined the line right behind Laura Martin.
Laura was the Tess Tyler of Coolidge High School. Brown hair, blue eyes, the football player boyfriend. She had it all.
Laura was rarely seen without her clone like side kick. Her name was Nicole and, like Laura, was pretty and popular. Short brown hair, brown eyes and a football player boyfriend.
Although they didn't look that much alike, their style was completely the same. They were never seen anywhere not dressed head to toe in Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister or American Eagle, carrying their Juicy Couture bags everywhere.
"Hey Laura," Mitchie said brightly. Normally she wouldn't do this, but today she had a strange new confidence.
"Oh hi," Laura said, turning around. "And you are?"
"Mitchie? Torrez?" Mitchie said. "I was in your English class last year, and math, and science, and history?"
"Oh…" Laura said. "Whatever," she turned back around.
Mitchie rolled her eyes. She knew how to handle this. After all, she did spend an entire summer with Tess Tyler.
"Well it was nice to see you Laura." Mitchie smiled. By now they had reached the top of the line. "Hope you had a good summer."
Laura grabbed a salad. "Oh, it was the best," she said before walking away, swinging her hips as she walked.
As Mitchie walked back to Sierra she walked by Nicole and Laura's table. She could hear Nicole's voice before she even got near the table.
"Laura, tell us about your summer!" Nicole said. "You hung out with Shane Gray! Right?" she put extra emphasis on 'Shane Gray'.
Mitchie laughed as she walked by the table, debating whether or not to out Laura in front of all her friends. Lying never got you anywhere, after all, she would know.
She decided not to. She didn't want to be a bitch, and, she wanted to see how far Laura's little lie would go.