A/N: Okay people! This is my first attempt at writing a Camp Rock fic! And it will be a Naitlyn! Because I have read a lot of those in the last few days and I LOVE them together!! Oh and the rating is just for safety, it's because there's a little bit of cursing. Okay, well I'll shut up now and get on with the story!! Enjoy everyone! And please, times a bazillion, pretty please review!! and tell me what you think!! Even if you absolutely hate it! I really wanna know! Okay well R&R please and thank you! Now on with the story!! Wh00t! :D Oh and the title might change, because I don't know exactly whats going to happen yet, so I just made it the name of my favorite Jonas Brothers song. Hah okay, now I'll really shut up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Camp Rock, or any of the characters. Basically, anything you don't recognize is mine, and anything you do recognize isn't mine.
Take A Breath
Chapter One.
Caitlyn's POV
Hello, my name is Caitlyn Gellar, and I am officially the happiest person in the world!
Why is this so, you may ask. Well the answer is simple.
CAMP ROCK!!
Yes, lady's and gentlemen, it is finally summer! Which means no more stupid school full of annoying people who hate me almost as much as I hate them. Now a whole summer full of nothing but music! Ahh, my life is wonderful...
Plus I will get to see my best friend, Mitchie Torres! I met her last year at camp, and we've been best friends ever since! The only problem was that I saw her for a grand total of two times during the school year! It was torture! But that is all in the past, because it's finally SUMMER!!
Okay, I'm done being crazy (for the moment).
So I arrive at camp to see the usual. Friends catching up, people already starting to rock it out, and my group of amazing friends.
"MITCHIE!!" I shriek right before hugging my friend. "Oh, I've missed you so much!"
"I know, it's so great to see you Caitlyn!" She says, sounding as excited and happy as I feel.
"Hey, Caitlyn!" the others greet me.
"Hi guys!" I reply. "Lola, Barron, Sander, Ella, Peggy." I give each of them a hug. All except the last one. "Tess." I say, and instead of a hug, we shake hands. Awkward...
"So Mitch," I ask, pulling her a little ways away from the rest of the group, "Where's that hunky hunky boyfriend of yours?"
This makes her blush a little. "Um... well I saw him for a few minutes before, but I think he had to go talk to Brown or something." She smiles. It seems like all she does while thinking about rock star Shane Gray is blush and smile. I'm really happy for her.
Suddenly said boy appears, wrapping his arms around Mitchie's waist and kissing her on the cheek. If possible her smile got even bigger.
"Talking about me, are we?" He says, smirking a little.
"Maybe..." Mitchie replies.
"Nah I know you were." He says, "I saw the smile." Mitchie looks down and blushes some more. It's really cute. But kind of sickening to us who haven't yet met the love of their life.
"Hey, Shane." I say. Even though we hardly know each other, I feel the need to say hello to him.
He finally takes his eyes off of Mitchie to say, "Hey, it's Caitlyn, right?"
I nod. "Yeah. I think we may have met briefly last summer, but you two were always off doing whatever it is you kids do these days." They both laugh a little. "But I bet I know you a lot better than you think I do."
"Why? Because I'm a famous rock star?" He smirks and does this little hair flip thing, as though to prove the point that he's the hottest thing in the world.
"Actually no... mostly because Mitchie talks about you non stop."
"Hah! I knew you couldn't stop talking about me!" Shane says to Mitchie.
She glares at me and whines, "Caitlyn..."
I smile sweetly and say, "What? He just said he already knew." To which Mitchie rolls her eyes.
"Hey, where are the other guys?" Mitchie asks Shane.
"Oh, they're around somewhere..." He doesn't seem to care all that much about where his friends are because he's too busy staring at Mitchie. Of course.
"The rest of Connect 3 is here too?" I ask. I hadn't heard this till now.
Shane nods and says, "Yeah, we're all going to be counselors this summer."
"Coolio!" I reply. I think it's pretty awesome that Jason and Nate are going to be here too! And I bet I'm not the only girl here thinking that... but what can I say? The Connect 3 guys are cute.
Then something rather strange happened. Shane gives me this... look. I don't exactly know what it is, but it's kind of freaking me out. But what he says next is even freakier than the look. "Do you have a boyfriend?"
"E-excuse me?" I stutter. What. The. Fuck?
He rolls his eyes and repeats himself. "Do you have a boyfriend? It's quite a simple question, really."
"Um... n-no." I say, completely confused. "I ah... I don't."
"Great!" Okay, why does he sound completely excited about this?
I send Mitchie a look that says, 'Has your hunky hunky boyfriend gone crazy?'
I'm guessing she understands what I'm thinking because she says, "Um, Shane...?"
He smiles down at her, then starts whispering in her ear! While I'm standing right in front of them! What is this? But whatever he's saying is making a smile slowly spread on Mitchie's face.
"Um... hello?" I ask, waving my hands in front of their faces. "Kind of standing right here!" Still nothing. "You know the whole point of talking about someone behind their back is so that they don't know you're talking shit about them, so could you at least wait until I can't see you doing it!"
"Shane that's an awesome idea!" Mitchie squeals, wrapping her arms around his neck to kiss him. Except this little kiss turns into a full blown make out session! Yucky!
Like I said before, I am extremely happy that my best friend has found her soul mate, but do they really have to rub it in my face that I've never had a boyfriend before? That I've never been kissed?
Yup, that's right. I'm a 16 year old girl who hasn't had her first kiss yet. It's not like I don't want a boyfriend or anything, it's just no one's really been interested before. And don't get all 'Aww, poor girl! Nobody loves her!' on me. I don't really care that much. Well, actually I didn't care, until I actually had someone to be jealous of. And don't think I want Shane! No way! He's totally Mitchie's! I just want... someone.
I clear my throat. "Um, again, kind of standing right here!"
Finally they pull away. Shane's smirking, and Mitchie's blushing. "Sorry, Caitlyn!"
I sigh. "It's okay, you're young and in love. But would someone care to inform me of what this 'great idea' is?"
The two look at each other. Then Shane says, "Nah, it's not a big deal. Nothing you need to worry about..."
I gasp. "What?! You can't do this to me! I know there's something, now you have to tell me now!"
"Nope. Don't think so." Shane says, smirking at me.
"Well... Mitchie'll tell me!" I say, sounding extremely desperate, and probably a little insane, too. What can I say, I hate not knowing things! "Won't you Mitch?!"
"Sorry, Cait..." She says, sounding apologetic, but smirking just like that stupid boyfriend of hers.
I growl. Yes, I literally growl at them, and say, "Fine! I don't care! I'll find out eventually, you know!"
And the two of them just stand there laughing at me wile I flip a shit. So much for 'bros before hoes'! Or, whatever the female equivalent to that saying is. Sisters before... misters? I don't know okay! Well it doesn't really matter.
Once they finally stop laughing at me, Shane says, "Well, I guess you two should start heading to your cabins. See you at the Opening Jam later, right?"
Mitchie just giggles and says, "Of course!" She kisses him goodbye.
"Bye, Caitlyn." Shane says. I nod. And just before walking away, he winks at me! Can you believe that boy?! Ugh...
Once Mitchie and I get situated in our cabin, I ask, "Okay, so what's up with that boyfriend of yours? What were you guys talking about? Did it have to do wit me at all? I must know... NOW!" Again, I go a little insane. Bless Mitchie's heart for putting up with me, because I imagine I can be quite annoying at times.
Mitch just rolls her eyes and says, "Oh, you'll find out soon enough..."
I groan and say, "Your lucky your my best friend, you know."
"Whatever," is all she says. "Now lets get ready for the jam! What should I wear? Cause, you know I want to look really good for Shane tonight and..."
Ugh. I roll my eyes and pretend to listen, not really thinking about anything until I hear her end her speech with, "... yeah this is perfect! Now what are you going to wear?"
"Huh?" I say, looking up at her, slightly confused.
"Cait, you want to look your best don't you?" Then she smirks and adds, "Besides, you never know what might happen, you might just meet someone and, you know..." I raise an eyebrow at her, now even more confused. "Well, you just want to look your best!"
"Can't I just wear what I'm already wearing?" I ask. I was wearing black jeans and a t-shirt since I wanted to be comfortable during the car ride to camp.
"Well, I was thinking more along the lines of something with a skirt..." Mitchie said sounding slightly disappointed.
I just roll my eyes and say, "Fine, whatever...," knowing that she will make me feel guilty about this later if I didn't do what she wants. We have about half an our left before the jam starts, so we just spend the rest of the time picking out clothes, doing hair, make-up, and pretty much everything else girls do while getting ready for a big night.
But what I didn't get was why she wanted me all dressed up. I mean it's just opening night jam, what's the big deal? I get why she wants to look good for Shane, but who do I have to look good for? Oh well, I guess Mitchie's right, you never know... Well let's just wait and see.
Nate's POV
I'm sitting on my bed, just messing around with some stuff on my guitar, when Shane walks in.
"Hello, Nathanial!" He says.
I glare at him. "Do NOT call me, Nathanial."
He just laughs and says, "Whatever..."
Its silent for a moment, so I continue what I was doing before being interrupted by one of my best friends.
"That sounds good," Shane comments after I'm playing for a few minutes. "What is it?"
I shrug. "Nothing really, I'm just messing around."
"Oh." He says. "Well, maybe we could make it into something."
"Yeah I guess so." I get up to look for some paper. "I'll write it down, and start working on it right now."
But Shane grabs my guitar out of my hands and puts it down in the corner. I start to protest, but he says, "You can do that later. Why don't you come to the opening night jam?"
Again I just shrug. "Eh, no thanks. What's the point? Besides like you said, that could be a really good song, so I should get working on it..."
"Nate..." he whines, "You've been so focused on working lately. It's summer! We're back at camp rock, lets just have some fun. We can work later. And besides, writing music shouldn't be a 'job' for us, and lately you've been acting like it is."
"I guess you're right..." And he is. This isn't supposed to be work, I should be doing this because I love it, not because I have to.
"So, does that mean you're coming tonight?" Shane asks.
"I guess..." Who knows, maybe it will be fun.
"Awesome!" Shane says. Then he sits next to me on my bed. "Guess what?" He asks. I just nod, letting him know to continue. "Well, I met this awesome girl today and-"
But I cut him off. "What?!" I can not believe him! "What about Mitchie? You two are perfect together! And she changed you! Man, what is wrong with you how could you do that to her?" I keep rambling on about ho much of a jerk he's being to Mitchie until he starts laughing. "What?" I ask him.
"No, you got it all wrong!" He says still laughing, "Not for me, for you! God, you think I would do that to Mitchie? You have no faith in me, Nate."
I glare at him. "For me?" I ask.
"Yes, for you." He replies.
"Shane, no." I say, sharply. "Not this again. You've got to stop trying to get me a girlfriend. I can do that myself..." For a while now Shane has taken it upon himself to try to find me a girlfriend. He keeps making me meet all of theses girls, trying to hook me up with them, but I'm just not interested. And it's getting rather annoying because he's always doing it.
"Well, obviously you can't." He says. "Come on, when is the last time you were on a date?"
I look away from him when I answer. "I don't know, I don't remember..."
"See!" I glare at him again, but he keeps going. "You always used to go out, or have girlfriends. What happened?"
"I don't see why I need a girlfriend." I muttered.
He shook his head. "It's not that you need one. It's just that you suddenly stopped dating all together, and you seem so different now. And I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it." I don't reply, so he asks. "Did something happen...?"
I shook my head. "No, nothing." But that's a lie. Something did happen. But I'm not about to tell him about it.
He sighs and says. "Look, just come tonight okay? She's Mitchie's friend, so we'll all just hang out together. It won't be a big thing, I promise. Just meet her, see what you think of her, and if there's nothing, I won't force you to do anything. It'll just be four friends hanging out."
"Fine." I say, giving up. "Whatever, I'll go."
"Thanks." He smiles at me, then says, "And don't go in determined not to like her. Give her a chance, cause I think you'll really like her."
"How do you know I'll like her?"
"Um, well... she's Mitchie's friend, and your my friend, and I like Mitchie... and Mitchie likes me... so maybe you'll like each other...?" I laugh at the confused look on his face. I don't think he knows what he just said.
"That's some logic. You're right, I'm going to love her!"
"Oh shut up." He says. "She just seems like someone I could see you with."
"Whatever..." I stand up. "Guess I should get ready..." I mutter before grabbing some random clothes and going into the bathroom to change.
I start thinking about how all of this started. Shane was (unfortunately) right. I used to go out a lot, I had a few girlfriends, went on a few dates and all that. But for the past year, all of that has stopped, and I've been insanely focused on work. Because that night, for some reason, changed me.
--Flashback--
It was the las day of camp, right after Final Jam. Shane had finally found "The Girl With the Voice" and was off with her. Jason had even met someone, a girl named Ella. It was kind of cute really, how alike they were. But I was all by myself, bored out of my mind with nothing to do. I could go to bed, but I really wasn't tired at all. So I was just walking around. I decided to go to my favorite spot from when I was a camper. It was this little area surrounded by trees at the other side of the lake that was very quiet and peaceful. You couldn't see or hear the rest of the camp, which I liked. I would always go there when I just needed some alone time, and it was my favorite place at camp.
I walked over to my spot, but stopped when I heard a voice. I hid behind a bush so that I could see the person but they couldn't see me. There was a girl sitting there, her feet dangling in the water. From what I could see of her, she looked about my age, with curly dirty blond, almost brown, hair. She was singing to herself, it was a song I didn't recognize, but it sounded so beautiful. She was in her own little world, swaying to the beat of the music, and singing.
After a while she stood up. I was afraid she was going to leave. I didn't want her to. I could have stayed hidden behind that bush watching her forever. But instead of leaving, she started dancing. Watching her dance was even more beautiful than listening to her sing (if that was possible). She continued to sing and dance to herself for a while, I don't know exactly how long.
I shifted my weight to get in a more comfortable position, but accidentally snapped a twig. The girl seemed to hear that because she suddenly stopped, and whipped her head around to look where I was hiding. Luckily I had ducked down so she didn't see me. She stared in my direction for a few moments, and I studied her face.
I didn't recognize her at all. But she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I was close enough to see her eyes. They were hazel, and I couldn't imagine there being a more beautiful pair of eyes in the world. I could get lost in those eyes. She looked a little worried, probably because she thought someone had heard her or seen her. I couldn't understand why that would worry her, because it was beautiful.
I wanted to talk to her, meet her. Anything, really. I was about to step out from behind the bush, but she grabbed her stuff, and left while saying, "Must have been an animal or something..." I wanted to run after her, but decided that would probably freak her out, so I just left, going the opposite way. I decided I would try to find her the next morning before we left. But we had to leave right away the next day. I tried to look for her, but I couldn't find her anywhere.
--End Flashback--
I never saw her after that. I don't even know her name. All I have of her is that memory. And I'm constantly thinking about her or hearing her voice in my head. I dream about that night a lot, too. I don't exactly know how, but I think I fell in love with that girl that night, even though I had never met her and had no idea who she was. And after that, I wasn't interested in anyone else. When I found out Connect 3 was coming back to Camp Rock this summer, all I could think was that I might finally meet that girl. I feel like such a pansy for getting like this over a girl that I've never even met before, but I just can't help it. And it's been driving me crazy for the last year.
I sigh, and look in the mirror one last time before leaving the bathroom. Shane is in the main part of our cabin, ready to leave.
"Where's Jason?" I ask.
"He was catching up with Ella, I think." Both of us start laughing. Don't get me wrong, we were happy for our other best friend, but it's still really funny. "He said he'd meet us there." I just nod and we leave.
Once we get there, we stand off in the corner waiting for Mitchie and this girl to come. There are already people performing, so we just watch them.
"Hey, guys!" Mitchie says, walking towards us. She and Shane kiss briefly.
"Where's Caitlyn?" Shane asks her. Their both have smirks on their face. I'm assuming Caitlyn is the girl he's trying to hook me up with.
"Oh, well she started working on some new song right before we left, and said she'd be here in a few minutes." Then Mitchie stares pointedly at me and says, "She's very devoted to her music."
Shane nods and says, "Just like you, Nate!"
I roll my eyes and say to Mitchie, "So, I'm guessing your in on this whole thing too?"
She just laughs and says, "Yeah, but it was mostly Shane's idea."
I roll my eyes again. "Whatever..."
"Hey Mitchie!" I hear a voice shout from across the room.
This girl runs up to us, and continues talking. "Sorry, I just had a really go idea for that song and I had to finish it before I forgot!" I couldn't believe my eyes. "Hey Shane!" She says, then notices me. "Oh, you must be Nate! Hi I'm Caitlyn."
My eyes widen. Because standing in front of me is the girl I would recognize anywhere. The most beautiful face in the world. Caitlyn, the girl from that night almost a year ago.
A/N: Wow, that took me a while to write! I don't know if I like the ending that much but... eh. I don't know. So, let me know what you guys think! Good? Bad? Amazing? Horrible? Please review! Even if you hate it, let me know! I will the happiest person in the world if you do! Okay, well thanks for reading! Tell me if I should continue!! Bye!
