Chapter 1

Jason tuned his guitar as Nate checked the microphones. Connect three had a concert or a show that they were going to do for the campers at Camp Rock. As usual Shane wasn't awake for rehearsal so they had to wait for the lead singer to wake up. He finally woke up and warmed up his voice. They had twenty minutes to practice before the campers were sent to watch them perform. Jason, Nate, and Shane did their breathing exercises as the campers filed in.

That very moment when Shane's uncle introduced them they took their last breath of the breathing exercise and ran up on stage.

"Hey, guys." Shane said looking in the crowd. "I'm Shane, that's Jason, and that's Nate. And we are the Connect three." He introduced as the large group of campers cheered. He waited for them to settle down before talking again. "My uncle wanted us to do a few songs for you guys to welcome you to Camp Rock. Jason, you want to take over?" Jason shrugged.

"Ok." He said walking up to the microphone. "Hey. I'm Jason and welcome to Camp Rock." He said looking into the crowd as they cheered again. He stopped when he saw a girl in the front row looking at him with a smile. She had long black hair with small, scared, fragile brown eyes. He smiled. "Oh, anyway, we know you'll have fun here at Camp Rock and well, have a rockin' summer." He said walking away from the microphone, but keeping his eyes on the girl.

"Nate?" Shane asked him. He came up to the microphone as Jason and Shane did and began to speak. Jason just kept his eyes on the girl.

"Sup, guys. You guys will love it here at Camp Rock, because with out this wonderful camp. Connect Three wouldn't be here right now. Enjoy the summer over here and just keep on rockin' for final jam." He said going back to his spot as Shane walked up to the microphone and looked at Jason and Nate.

"Ready guys?" Shane asked. Jason and Nate nodded. Through out the songs Jason kept his eyes on her as she kept her eyes on him with a smile. "Thanks guys for coming out this morning to see us perform. And see you guys later." Jason ran down the stairs and took off his guitar strap and ran to find the girl. "Whoa, what's his rush?" Shane asked.

"Jason found a crush." Nate informed. "I can tell when he was staring at a girl the whole time we did the show for them." Shane laughed.

"Hey, at least he found someone." Shane said.

"Yeah." Nate laughed.

Jason looked around for the girl in the crowd of campers. He saw her slowly walking to her cabin with her friends around her. Her laugh filled his ears with joy. He smiled as he quickly pulled her away from her friends. They all waited for her in their group as she started to talk.

"Hi." She softly said.

"Hey, I'm—"He started.

"Jason. I know. I'm Ashley." She said showing him her hand with a smile. He smiled back and shook her hand. "You're really good at playing guitar." She commented.

"Thanks." He thanked blushing. She looked down while smiling bigger. "Is this your first time at Camp Rock?"

"Yeah. My parents saw how much I loved music and thought Camp Rock would be the perfect place to show it." She told him. "How long has Connect three been together?"

"Err…I think its four years now. Camp Rock gets better every year."

"So I've heard. My best friend, Mitchie, went here last year and she wanted me to come along with her this year." Mitchie cleared her throat loud so Jason and Ashley could hear. Ashley and Jason turned around to see Mitchie growing impatient. They turned to look at each other once more before saying goodbye. "Well, I have to go. Mitchie's getting impatient." She said.

"Ok. See you around then." Jason added.

"Sounds good." She said walking away. She went over to her group of friends and walked away with them.

"Wow, Jason must like you a lot." Mitchie said.

"How do you figure?" Ashley asked.

"He didn't talk to any girl last year and knowing Jason…he likes you." She explained.

"So what if he likes me. He's really sweet." She told them. "And he's the kind of guy I like." Her friends laughed. "What?"

"Oh…nothing." Mitchie said laughing. Ashley rolled her eyes.

Ashley has long black hair that goes a little below her shoulders; her bangs cover the left eye at times unless she clips it or it's above her eye, but covering her eye brow. Her smile is sweet, sensitive, and gorgeous. Her brown eyes are full with fright; they looked so gentle and so fragile. It seems her heart might be the same as her eyes; it could shatter very easily and if you just touch it it'll break. She didn't sing much around people except her friends.

"Come on." Mitchie said as Ashley got dressed for their first day at Camp Rock. "You don't want to miss this." Ashley put on her shoes and ran out the door with Mitchie. They ran to the cafeteria to see a big bunch of campers around a list.

"What's going on?" Ashley asked.

"Everyone's seeing what classes their in. Come on." She said pulling her hand.

"Whoa." Ashley said as she got pulled closer to the list. Mitchie moved a lot of campers out of her way and started looking for hers and Ashley's name.

"Hey looks like you and I are in the same class. Cool." She said getting out of the crowd and into the cafeteria for breakfast. "Ok. So Jason likes you a lot and you like him, but you barely know him and he barely knows you. We have to make him see you more. I mean this is the first time he's fallen in love…ever. I want this one to be special for the both of you." She said in line.

"Well, that's a nice thought, but I don't think I saw him on the list, so we don't have any classes together." Ashley said looking down with a little blush.

"Duh, he doesn't have any classes. He's been here a long time and he's already known the basics of stuff." She said. There was a long pause. "Hey, he goes to the dock. That's also the only peace and quiet he gets when he needs time alone."

"How do you know all this stuff about him?"

"Well, I just do."

After class Ashley went over to the dock to see Jason. He was there with his feet dangling and his guitar on his lap while he plays it. She slowly walks towards him trying not to disturb him as he plays one of Connect three's songs. He suddenly stopped in the middle of the song and placed his head on the guitar.

"Why'd you stop?" She asked sitting next to him. He looked up to see her looking at him. He paused.

"Well, I haven't really gotten a beat Shane showed me and he's really going to get mad if I don't figure it out soon." He explained. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be in class?"

"No. It's already over. Anyway, it sounded really good." She complimented. He smiled.

"Thanks." He said lifting a leg up. "So tell me about you."

"What's there to say? I'm glad to get away from my mom."

"Why? What's wrong with her?"

"Nothing. It's just my mom and Mitchie's mom are best friends and I work with them in their kitchen with Mitchie and we don't have to do any kitchen stuff for now. Until June 4th, this is in three weeks, though. I hate working in the kitchen when it's summer. I don't mind it when it's in spring or any other season it's just in the summer is when I don't like it."

"Oh." He said. It was silent for a little bit. "Well, is there anyone you fell in love with?" She shrugged.

"No." She said looking into Jason's eyes. "Well, I fell for this one boy and then well I found out he liked one of my friends and used me to get to her." He laughed.

"Don't worry. No ones like that over here." He said smiling. "So…how's the new dance coming with Shane?"

"Not to well. Usually I get a dance right off the bat, but it seems I'm not getting this one to well. Shane's said he would meet me after class tomorrow and teach me slower to see if I have it, so you might not see me. You want to watch?" She asked. He looked down at his guitar and then back at her with a smile.

"I'll see you." He said smiling at her. She smiled back and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Thank you, Jason." She said letting go of him. They looked at each other with a gentle smile. It began to rain hard on the camp and Jason and Ashley quickly looked up and stood up. They both looked at each other soaked and smiled. Jason grabbed her hand and ran quickly towards his cabin. "Whoa, Jason."

"Come on!" He laughed. They stopped in front of his and connect three's cabin. "You can stay here for a little…well, until you get dry." He said. She had a worried look on her face. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"What about Shane and Nate?" She asked. He just lightly smiled and pulled her in. "Jason!" She yelled. He turned around and set his fingers on her mouth to silence her.

"Shhh. Shane and Nate are at the dance studio on the other side of camp. They won't be over here 'till later anyway." He said. She looked down. "You should get a shower." He suggested. "The bath rooms on the right. Don't use Shane's towel; he'll get picky or something. You can use mine." He pointed to his red towel. "Oh, and don't use any of Shane's stuff. They have a blue dot on the side and mine have a red dot. Nate's has a yellow dot. You can use his…he won't mind." He smiled. She smiled back.

"Thanks." She smiled back. He handed her his cloths.

"I know we're different sizes, but you can use it until your cloths dry." She giggled while taking it. Thirty minutes later she opened the bath room door with dry, silky hair and Jason's cloths on.

He turned his head. "Wow." He said.

"What?" she said looking down at it. "Does it look that bad?" He quickly shook his head.

"No. It looks great on you." He smiled. She smiled back. "You want hot chocolate?" She nodded. "Do you like marshmallows in it?"

"Yeah. I don't care for the small ones." She giggled sitting down on the couch. "Wow. This is a big cabin you guys share." She stated. Jason walked over with two hot chocolates in his hands. He bent down and gave one of them to Ashley. She took it as he sat down.

"Yeah, well it's kind of bad having Shane as your cabin mate." He said as Ashley took a drink. She laughed after she took a drink.

"And whys that?" She asked.

"Well, he's a jerk at times. You always have to get him what he wants. He can't stand it when I accidentally do a wrong key. He yells at me for it." Ashley looked down at her hot chocolate.

"You seem to get along with Shane."

"Yeah, that's in front of the girls. He likes to be a show off around the girls. Especially Mitchie."

"I could tell he was the way he sang on stage. I don't like a guy like that."

"What kind of guys do you like?" He asked in a curious voice.

"The type of guys like you; sweet, adorable, cute, and has a smile that lights up a room." He blushed while smiling. She smiled back. "I don't like guys that show off in front of girls just because he likes to. That's just stupid."

"Well, that's Shane." He said.

"What about Nate?" She asked looking at him. He looked back and smiled.

"Nate's cool to have to have around. He sticks up for you when you need him." She took another drink and smiled.

"He seems nice. He's a true rocker by heart the way he jammed on his guitar. You do the same, but you're really into it and it shows your true love for music. That's cool." Jason smiled with a slight laugh.

"Yeah. You wanna watch something?" He suggested getting up. She gently smiled and shrugged.

"Ok. What do you have?" She asked nicely while putting down her hot chocolate on the counter. He went to the small drawer and pulled a pulled a drawer out and started naming movies.

"Uh…Silent Hill, Thirteen Ghost, Just Married, The Outsiders, My Cousin Vinny, Talladega Nights, Juno, all of the Indiana Jones movies, Karate Kid, Dick and Jane, Wall-e, Hancock, Iron man, Superbad, Ghostbusters, Wedding Crashers, Old School, Napoleon Dynamite, Accepted…do you want me to just pick one? We have a lot." He quickly suggested after naming a lot of movies. She nodded.

"Please." She said chuckling. He quickly picked one and shut the drawer. He walked to the DVD player and put in a movie. After thirty minutes of the movie Ashley's head was on Jason's shoulder as his head was on her head; they were both asleep.

Nate and Shane slowly walked in trying not to wake the two up. Shane rolled his eyes as he saw the couple. Nate chuckled.

"They look cute as a couple." Nate said. Shane sighed in annoyance and turned on the lights to wake them up. Jason and Ashley sat up and rubbed their eyes. Ashley then realized Shane and Nate were there.

"Oh my." She said quickly getting up and running towards the door. "Bye guys." She said running out of the door.