A Rocky Summer
Chapter One: A New Year

AN: Hey guys! This is my first Camp Rock fanfic, so please remember that! Would love to hear your comments and suggestions, so remember to review! Would like to thank Sam for lending me her parts of this, lol.

As she looked up at the sign welcoming her to Camp Rock, Mitchie let out a happy sigh. She had been worried all year that she wouldn't get to come back to camp. The catering business hadn't been going too well, and money was tight since her dad's store was threatened with closure, and just as it looked as if Mitchie wouldn't be able to come back, a confirmation letter landed on her doormat. When both her parents denied paying for her to go, Mitchie grinned to herself, knowing there was only one person who would do anything for her, even if he wouldn't admit he cared that much. Shane Gray. Following the Final Jam the year before, the pair had started dating long distance, mainly keeping in contact via email or phone, unless Shane was performing in a nearby town when Mitchie would go and see him. Through contacting him, she found out that he and his brothers had been invited back to Camp Rock again this year, him taking up his position of dance specialist again, with Nate and Jason helping out around the camp.

Mitchie's parents had just left after helping her set up her bedroom area, and now she was looking around for Shane, as she needed to thank him. She knew that instead of the usual opening night jam, there was going to be a big welcoming party, which was due to start pretty soon. She saw Peggy and Ella's things were already in the room, and she sighed, silently hoping that Tess had learnt her lesson from last year, and that Peggy and Ella weren't going to go back to being her lapdogs. Wondering around camp, Mitchie couldn't help but smile how nothing had changed. Although this was her second year, she already thought of camp like a second home. When she was at home and telling her friends about how great camp was, it disheartened her that no-one understood how she felt about music. After looking around the main camp area, and saying a quick hello to Caitlyn, who was helping some of the staff set up the DJs mixing decks and the decorations, Mitchie sighed. She couldn't find Shane anywhere, and she figured that the band just hadn't arrived yet. Just as she was heading back to her bedroom, she felt a pair of hands land over her eyes.
"Guess who." Came a smooth voice. Mitchie grinned.
"I'm guessing it's the hottest of Connect 3?" She giggled.
"Now you know." He said, putting his arms around her waist. "If I wasn't so modest I would've denied that and said that Jason was the hottest. But hey what can I say, you've got good taste. You win."
"Oh, I win huh?" She said, putting her hands on her hips. "What exactly do I win."
"Follow me, and you'll find out." Shane winked, grabbing her hand and pulling her along.

"Mother, I'm going to be late and miss my grand entrance!" Sighed Tess, sulking in the back of the car as her mom pulled over to the side of the road to take a phonecall.
"It won't take five minutes, sweetheart." Replied her mother, flippantly, and Tess sunk further into the seat. She was sick of this. She had done everything she could think of to get her mom to notice her, but nothing worked. She still preferred her cell phone to her own daughter. Tess looked at her mother and sighed, wishing she could be as beautiful as her. Maybe if she was like her mom, she would be proud of her, and she would treat her as her equal.
"See, I told you it wouldn't take long!" Said her mom, hanging the phone up around ten minutes later. "Now remember, be good sweetheart, and don't let anyone boss you around."
"Yes mom." Tess sighed, staring out the window.
"And Tess? Remember not too much of that camp food. It's greasy and disgusting, and not only will it ruin your complexion, but the pounds will pile on, and I don't want to be getting you a personal trainer."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, mom." Tess muttered, pulling open the car door as soon as she arrived. Saying a quick goodbye to her mother, she grabbed all her things and headed for her room. On seeing that everyone else was either out or at the party gave Tess the perfect excuse to lie on her bed, and cry.

Mitchie barely had time to catch her breath when Shane started pulling her towards some woods. She blinked, confused as she hadn't ever noticed the path he was leading her down. As they exited the trees, she looked at him, slightly scared, but excited too.
"Where are we going??" She smiled, grasping Shane's hand as the climbed a set of stairs. She'd never seen this part of the camp before. It was a tower that they never normally walked past, as their classes were in a different section of the camp. He exhaled and turned around, winking.
"You'll see."

Emerging at the top of the flight of stairs they were currently on, she felt herself gasping. As dark as the room was, she could see massive cobwebs hung from the ceiling, and rafters above them- and she ducked several times to avoid walking into them, just in case- as she assured herself- there were any spiders.
"What do you think?" Shane grinned and held his arms out, to accentuate the size of the room he'd discovered. Raising one eyebrow, Mitchie felt herself smiling.
"Not bad."
"Whatever. Never appreciate true luxury do you?" As she giggled and brushed her hair behind her ears he smiled; he always liked making her laugh.
"Okay then Mr. Bigheaded rock star- what's so special about it?" Stepping up closer to him, and letting him put his arm around her shoulders she took another look at the room. It had obviously once been some kind of dormitory; it had dusty shelves and heavy curtains- and a few beds, none as nice as the ones in the main camp.
"Me and the guys found it back when we were campers. Apparently it was the first rooms they used for campers. I think they store all the equipment out here during the year people aren't using the camp. But anyway…" Grinning even more and briefly kissing her, Shane lead her over to the other side of the room. "Thought we could y'know, spend a bit of time to ourselves." She raised one eyebrow, to question his motives. "Well, it's the first night part, and everyone else'll be hanging around the dorms or at the party, and I wanted to do something more special." Shane sat down, and pulled her next to him on one of the beds and she rested her head on his shoulder. She liked doing this. Her head fit perfectly.
"Think they'll notice we're gone??" She softly asked. He chuckled.
"Probably notice I'm gone. I mean, when someone as amazing as me is around all the time—"
"Shane!" Pulling her head away, she looked momentarily shocked; he kissed her.
"So, wanna stay up here for a bit?" Mitchie knew what he was asking. They'd talked about it all year, what they were going to do if they both came back to camp; if they stayed here, they'd spend the night here. And she knew exactly what that meant.
"Well, if you wanna.." Shrugging it off, like it wasn't very important, she leant back on her elbows and looked around the room, trying to appear relaxed.
"You know I wanna." His face became serious, and she found herself losing her inhibitions quite rapidly. After a pause of a few seconds, they leant in and kissed; getting more and more lost in the moment; Mitchie began to forget about the others, and in fact everything- apart from Shane, and the way he made her feel.

"Where's Mitchie? I know she's here, her beds all set up." Asked Ella, after realising she hadn't seen her all night. She had needed a breather from the party, and took a quiet walk down to the lake with Jason and Nate unwillingly in tow. ("I don't wanna be hanging around a lake in the dark alone! You don't know what monsters could be lurking around to eat me!" had been her exact words.) Since last summer, Tess had insisted that Connect 3 keep in contact with herself, Ella and Peggy, so speaking to them over the year had made her less fangirl about them. In fact, now she saw them as her friends.
"I've not seen Mitchie and Shane all night." Said Jason, kicking a stone into the lake.
"You know what Shanes like. He's probably got obsessed with his reflection." Replied Nate.
"Don't remind me – the number of times I've nearly peed myself because he was too busy in the bathroom…" Muttered Jason, sneaking an arm around Ella's waist. Spying this, Nate jealously moved Ella forward.
"So uh Ell...how was your year?" He asked. Ella merely shrugged back.
"There was a school musical. I got a small part, but they gave the principle's daughter the lead role, as usual. They don't understand about camp. All they cared about was what you guys were like. I feel so much more - at home here..."

They walked around in silence for a few minutes, and Jason and Nate were pretty much lost in their own thoughts - until they heard a splash. Looking up, they realised Ella had lost her footing and had fallen in the water. From the surface, Ella could hear voices;
"ELLA!"
"Dude, she won't be able to hear you! AND she can't swim!"
"WHAT - Hang on Ella, I'll help you..." Ella couldn't think anymore, as she fell unconcious.