Breaking free from Connect 3

Chapter 1:

I love my life. I'm pretty normal. I go to school, hang with friends, do my homework, play videogames or jam with my brothers. Pretty normal...

Oh wait… I mean: I loved my life. Because my life isn't like that anymore. And that's because of one thing. Or rather three persons. My "lovely" brothers: Nate, Shane and Jason.

Now you're probably thinking: "OMG, are you Connect 3's sister?"

And yes, I am. My name is Elizabeth Gray but people call me Lizzie. Or I wish they did. Because I don't really like my name that much. It may be pretty but I want a name with a little more rock 'n' roll in it. Everybody at home calls me Elizabeth. So please call me Lizzie.

But back to my brothers (as always)

Yes, I am their little sister. Or at least Shane and Jason's. Nate is actually my twin brother but he is a little older than me, so let's just call him my big brother. But please don't tell him 'cause then he will just think that he can be the boss of me (not that he is not already thinking that but whatever)

As I just told I used to have a normal life. My uncle Brown may had been famous as long as I know but I hadn't really got threaten different for that. People usually just said that it was pretty cool that he's my uncle and things like that. So I lived a totally normal life. Right until my brothers got famous.

I assume that you know the story about my brothers' way to the stars: They were just 3 brothers there every year went to the world famous summer camp: Camp Rock own by their uncle. Then they won final jam one year and a record company signed a contract with them and bam – they were famous.

That's the story. Or that is what they think the story is. Because everybody always forgets one person in that story: Me.

I used to go to Camp Rock every summer just like my brothers and I actually used to have fun with them. We could sit in the music room all night long just playing our favorite songs or songs we had written ourselves. We even use to be extremely tight. But then one year, right before final jam, I got a disease so I couldn't sing. My brothers said that they wouldn't be in Final Jam without me but (stupid as I am) I said that they should be in Final Jam without me. Then they won and then you probably know the rest of the story

I'm not jealous at them…. Okay, maybe a little but that it's because they always leave me in the shadow. I want to be a musician too but I know that if I was lucky to get a song on the radio, everybody just would know me as "Connect 3's little sister" so that it's kinder out of my reach.

But I can tell you one thing: I'm mad at them.

Why, you ask? Well they say in all the interviews that their family comes first and that they always spent a lot of time with their family. Liars! They have pretty much forgotten about me. We used to play videogames, Jam together and other awesome things. They used to help me and be supportive. That's all gone now. Now all they care about is their music and their carrier.

And even though they don't have any time for me, they still are all around me. But that is just because they think they can walk around all over the house to doing business. So my room is the only place I can be myself.

I don't really sing that much these days but I still play my instruments: Piano, guitar and the violin. And I still write songs.

I was sitting in my room as usual and tried to write a new song. It had actually been really quiet today. Maybe because that Nate tried to write a song just like me (we kinder do the same things at the same time. I know, it's creepy), Shane was on his laptop and Jason… well he was starring into a wall. (Of my three brothers, Jason is actually the one I like the most, because he is so crazy)

Well, I was about to finish my song when my mom was yelling.

"Elizabeth, Shane, Nate and Jason! Come down stairs, I got something to tell your guys!"

I placed my song book on my bed and went over to my door. And who is of course the first I see when I open my door? My annoying twin brother, Nate.

"Do you know what she want to tell us?" he asked me and looked at me with judging eyes.

"Hey, don't give me that look! I hadn't done anything!" I said to him and went over to the stairs that Shane had blocked while texting. (That boy is a perfect example on the fact that boys just can't multitask)

"Shane" I said and placed my hands on my hips. "We are some people here who really want to get downstairs, so please move"

I was kinder scared of how calm and nice I talked to him.

"Easy sis, I just have to answer Mitchie" he said, looking at me, and then looking at his cellphone.

I rolled my eyes at him. He was ALWAYS texting with Mitchie or writing with Mitchie over email or something like that.

Don't get me wrong. I have never actually met Mitchie but I think that she sounds really cool and sweet from what I have heard from Shane. He told that she was really sweet, caring, smart, music loving girl ect.

Then I just don't understand what she sees in my brother (well, I don't either understand what almost all of the planets girls sees in ANY of my brothers)

It didn't seem like that Shane wanted to move.

"Shane, let me say this as nice as I can… Move!" I said with a serious voice. He looked up at me again.

"So this annoys you?" he asked with a grin on his face.

"Yes Shane and I assume that you remember how I become when I'm annoyed" I said with a scary voice.

The grin emergently disappeared on his face. Of course he remembered. He almost lost his favorite guitar. But that's a different story.

He quickly moved away so I could get pass him and then he followed me down the stairs together with Nate. We went down in the hall and into the living room were Jason already was together with our mom.

"There you guys were!" Jason said. "What took you so long?"

"Well let's just say that someone blocked the stairs so we couldn't get down here…" I said and Nate and I both looked at Shane.

"I had to answer the text!" he said and looked angry on us.

"Seriously Shane, you are always texting with Mitchie, you don't have to write with her all the time" Nate said.

"What if I miss her?" he asked.

"Well, then this will probably will make you happy" our mom said and smiled.

"Guys, your uncle had just called about this summer"

Oh, great. My brothers had talk about Camp Rock since they arrived from there last summer. They really wanted to get back but even though they are Connect 3 (and the fact that it's our uncle who owns the camp) they still have to wait until Brown knows if there is room for them.

I used to love Camp Rock. It was a place where I could live my dream and playing my music. Right until my brothers got famous. I went back to the camp the year after my brothers got famous but all was about my brothers and everybody asked me about them. Then I choose that I wouldn't go to Camp Rock every summer anymore.

"What did he said?" Shane asked.

"Well, he said that the camp of course is popular and that they had pretty many campers… but he was sure that you guys could get a cabin when you arrived" our mom finished and smiled.

My brothers looked at each other and then they started to cheer. I was quit. I couldn't believe it! A whole summer without my annoying brothers. A whole summer for myself. I smiled to my brothers.

"Your guys are so lucky!" I said with fake enthusiasm and hugged them. "I'm gonna miss your so much!"

"What do you mean about miss?" my mother asked. I was letting go of my brothers and looked at my mother.

"I'm gonna miss them when they are at Camp Rock" I answered and smiled.

"But you do not really get the chance to miss them" she answered.

I looked confused at her. "What do you mean?"

"Well sweetie, the thing is…" she said. "You are going to Camp Rock too"

First I thought it was a joke. But then my mother's eyes got serious and I realized that it wasn't a joke.

"WHAT?"