Chapter 1: The News
Narrator's POV:
"Mitchie! Up! Don't want to be late for your last day of school." Mrs. Torres yelled up to her daughter. Mitchie was a young independent girl that was about the age 13. She loved to write and record her own songs. Her Mom, Connie, was a caterer and her Dad owned a hardware store.
Mitchie popped in her recorded CD into her laptop and music that she wrote began to play. She leaped out of bed with a huge smile on her face. This is going to be MY summer! She thought this as she walked into her closet.
Just minutes later she came back out with a dark shade of periwinkle as a T-Shirt and a dark pair of jeans. Mitchie sat down at her dresser and began playing with her hair, makeup, and shades. She decided that she'd leave her hair down and keep a natural look with no shades at all. Mitchie grabbed her book bag and took a meaningful glance at her booklet of her written songs. She slammed her bedroom door behind her and headed downstairs to have some of her Mom's scrambled eggs.
"Oh, Hot Tunes. Turn it up please," she gestured to her Mom. Her Dad was already down and fixing up the shop.
"Popstar, Shane Gray has completely lost it after storming off the set of Connect 3's new music video. Turns out that with that stunt he could cause them the rest of their record deal. The rest of the band, Nate and Jason are fed up. Signs are clear that Shane Gray needs to clean up his act, and to give him time to do so, the Connect 3 summer tour has been cancelled." A news reporter on Hot Tunes explained the tragedy of the band.
"What's his problem? That boy's got everything!" Connie pointed out.
"Except a clue." Mitchie chimed in. "By the way yummy breakfast, you should definitely add this to your catering menu."
"Look what I found in the crisper. A Camp Rock brochure, or another one should I say." Connie said.
Mitchie just sat there with a big smile on her face just hoping of what her Mom would say next.
"Sweetie. I know you really want to go to this camp but we just can't swing it right now. With your Dad expanding the shop and my catering business taking a sky rocket. I'm so sorry." Connie explained. This brought Mitchie down. Way down.
"Got to run. Don't want to be late for the last day of school," she mentioned sadly.
-- Mitchie's at her locker, grabbing her things --
"Hey Mitchie! Guess who got an A in AP Idioma? Me! Again!" Mitchie's best friend Sierra greeted. "And let me be the first to say, Jhin Jya Jhee Mitchie. It means, Happy summer Mitchie." Mitchie just smiled. "So how'd it go this morning?" she asked.
"It didn't. Camp Rock is a no-go." Mitchie responded.
"But anyone who wants to be someone in music has to…which you already know. Sorry." Sierra replied. "So what are you going to do this summer?" Mitchie just shrugged her shoulders as the bell for 4th period rang.
-- After Mitchie works as a waitress --
"So how was work?" Mr. Torres asked.
"You know Barney's. We serve burgers with the Barney smile." Mitchie answered sarcastically.
"Okay, I can't take it anymore. Tell her." Mr. Torres pleaded his wife.
"Well honey she just got home." Connie spoke.
"Tell me what?" Mitchie wondered.
"Okay. Drum roll…" Connie began.
"Mom." Mitchie interrupted.
"Alright. You're going to Camp Rock! Well we're going," she finished explaining.
"What?" Mitchie asked in shock.
"Connie's catering service is going camping! Business is slow in the summer and this is a way to pick business back up again! So you get to go to camp at a discounted rate." Connie answered.
"Um, thank you! Thank you like a million times!" Mitchie thanked, obviously. She gave both of her parents a great big hug.
"But you have to help out in the kitchen." Connie quickly added.
Mitchie ran inside and grabbed the phone. She quickly called Sierra.
"Hey Mitchie." Sierra replied.
"I'm going to Camp Rock!" Mitchie blurted out.
"Really? How?" Sierra asked curiously.
"My Mom's catering service is the cooking for the camp so I get to go at a discounted rate." Mitchie explained.
"I can't believe you're going! It's like a dream come true. Well I have to run but can't wait to see you at school. You have to tell me all about it." Sierra said.
"Definitely." Mitchie answered as Sierra hung up.
Mitchie sat down on her bed with a giant smile on her face. She rested her head on her frilly pillow and looked at her songs. Just then she thought of a new one and began working at it. She went straight to her key board.
This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light, shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me.
She worked at this song for hours and hours on end until she finally found its perfection in an acoustic version.
A/N: okay yeah this one's almost exactly like the first couple of scene's in CAMP ROCK which by the way was a very awesome movie but it's supposed to be that way… i may have added a little bit more detail and an added scene at the end there to add a little more teenage girl reaction that the movie didn't really need but the scene i added makes more sense towards the end of the story…read on even if you have seen the movie, it will change up a bit with a great crescendo (gradually increases) at the end.