Hey guys here is the next chapter it is probably the longest one I have written so far! I am sorry for not updating sooner but internet at home is not as good as at uni! Let me know what you think and if you have any ideas…I promise I won't wait so long between updating again!
Chapter Two- Food and Friends
The girls tried to take a better look around them as they wondered through the camp towards the main cabins where Dee had told them the mess hall was situated however they were both really hungry and were rushing just a little bit dreaming about what they would be getting for dinner. They had changed out of the jeans and t shirts they had travelled in and now their cloths represented their personalities better. Beth was wearing a blue knee length peasant style skirt with a pair of cowboy boots and cute white baby doll top a collection of long beads hung from her neck completing the pretty cowgirl style. Anna was wearing a tiered denim skirt that came to her knees over a pair of purple footless tights teamed with gold ballet flats, her empire style white top was printed with purple and pink butterflies she was wearing a long crystal pendent and her waist length caramel curls were loose down her back with a little pulled back from her face with matching butterfly slides. They were laughing together again by the time they made it to the mess hall, they looked at each other and took a breath as they pushed through the doors into the buzzing cabin. It was manic in there, dozens of teenagers milling around and gossiping with old and new friends as they tried to decide where to sit. The twins worked their way slowly around the edge of the room before they found a small booth like table in one corner. They sat on the same side so they could look into the room and watch the others easily. They must have been two of only a few new faces as the other teens in the room kept throwing them curios glances but no one went over and introduced themselves to these shy new campers. Just as they were starting to feel unnerved by the stares the double doors into the kitchen were pushed open and two girls walked through them. As they walked through the crowd people called out greetings of "Hey Mitchie, please tell me your moms cooking again this year!" and "Caitlyn, Mitchie there's space at our table!" the girls smiled and waved back but continued to make their way through the room. They looked as though they were looking for someone, it was at that moment that the girl with long strait dark hair turned her head and looked directly into the corner the twins were sitting in. She smiled widely and tapped the girl with corkscrew curls on the arm before changing direction to head into the corner.
When she had drawn level with the table she slid onto the seat opposite the twins and grinned, "Hey you guys are new to camp right?" when they nodded still slightly shocked this obviously popular girl had decided she would sit with them, "Cool, I was new last summer and I know how absolutely terrifying that is, just don't do what I did and you will be fine!"
The twins had matching confused expressions on their faces, "She told everyone that her mom was the president of hot tunes TV China but then the diva of the camp dropped her in it and everyone found out Connie is actually the cook here! Now she has her own rep as an amazing musician," she shot her friend an obviously exasperated look before adding, "and just to rewind this conversation slightly and be polite my name is Caitlyn but my friends call me Caity and this is Mitchie which before you ask is short for Michele!" the twins grinned at each other as Mitchie blushed furiously mumbling something that sounded like getting carried away and sorry.
"Well it's nice to meet you!" Beth said.
"Oh wow your British!" Mitchie giggled, "I am such an idiot sometimes and I tend to talk without thinking, it's a work in progress!"
"That's ok though I'm a bit of a motor mouth myself," Anna said as she smiled, "We shorten our names too! I am Georgiana but please call me Anna and this is Elizabeth only everyone calls her Beth."
"I am less bothered by my full name than Anna but I still prefer Beth," Beth added onto their side of the introduction.
"Have you travelled all the way from England today? You must be really tired if you have!" Mitchie was still stuck on the English thing for some reason so the twins chatted to her for a bit about the fact that they had actually only flown from Montana as they had been staying for a bit with their aunt so they could get over the jet lag before they came to the camp. They were talking about where they were from during which the twins discovered that Mitchie lived in New Jersey and Caitlyn lived with her family whilst her own parents worked as entertainers on Caribbean Cruise Liners.
Whilst this conversation was taking place Caitlyn had been sitting staring into space thinking about something chewing on her bottom lip in concentration, "Pride and Prejudice!" she suddenly burst out confusing Mitchie however the twins just sighed and attempted to explain the English literature reference their names had inspired in Caitlyn to Mitchie who'd never read the book.
"Let's just say our mother is just slightly obsessed with everything Jane Austin!" Beth finished off the explanation with the statement which made Caitlyn giggle and Mitchie smile still slightly confused and planning on trying to get a copy of the book Caitlyn was talking about to read.
By the time they had finished their slightly odd introductions the girls were all at ease in each other's company and had decided to stay sitting together for dinner. It was at this point that Mitchie and Caitlyn had started to quiz the girls on their knowledge of American popular music dropping hints about a certain band called Connect 3. The twins had never heard of them and they came to the conclusion that the band was Mitchie and Caitlyn's currant favorite. They soon began to understand that there was more to this line of questioning than just discovering the girls taste in music when Mitchie said, "now that we have discovered you're not screaming fan girls would you mind if the band join us for dinner?" she made a hopeful face as she stared across at the twins.
"Hang on this band that is apparently the best thing since sliced bread in America is actually here at camp and your friends with them?" Beth looked confused and slightly awed all at the same time.
"Well one of them is slightly more than just a friend to Mitchie!" Caitlyn teased her friend who playfully whacked her on the arm in return.
"You suck Caitlyn," Mitchie whined at her friend before turning to face the twins once again, "Connect 3 otherwise known as Jason, Shane and Nate Grey are brothers and the camp director Brown Cessario is their Uncle. They are staying in one of the Cabins next to the directors' cabin and we are in the other one with Dee!" she stated.
The twins laughed at the last comment, "So you two are our mysterious cabin mates then!" Anna exclaimed totally glossing over the boys at the prospect of sharing a cabin with their two new friends.
"Hang on a second, why are you in one of the guest houses? Aren't you in one of the regular cabins with the other campers?" Caitlyn was curious to ferret out the gossip surrounding the girls.
"Dee is friends with our aunt, the one with the ranch in Montana where we were staying!" Beth took a breath thinking about how to word the complicated story, "to cut a long story short we needed to somewhere to go whilst our aunt is busy over the next couple of months and she asked Dee if we would be able to come to the camp."
"That is so cool; we have two whole months together which is great! That means that we will have friends other than the boys for both sessions of camp. Sharing a cabin with you guys is going to be amazing I can't wait." Mitchie was practically wriggling in excitement as the others laughed at her, "sorry I can't help it and I don't even care if I look silly we should so totally have a slumber party tonight after the Jam!"
"Mitchie we're already all sleeping in the same room so it can't technically be a slumber party!" Caitlyn made the slightly sarcastic dig against her friends' enthusiasm however the warm smile on her face belied the cutting nature of the comment.
"So, Caitlyn sort of implied that you're dating one of the boys Mitchie! Care to share?" Beth teased "Just so we know who's off limits!" she finished with a wink.
"Shouldn't they all be off limits to you any ways? Your still crushing on Jay aren't you?" Anna tickled her twin as she poked fun at her older sisters' infatuation with one of their friends from home.
"Well I am dating Shane however in all technicality two of them are off limits as Caitlyn likes N…oh here they come we can finish this later and you can tell us about this Jay person!" Mitchie finished quickly making the older of the twins go pink with her last comment before turning to wave to the three guys who had just walked into the room. Mitchie pulled Caitlyn out of her seat and the girls all squashed together on one bench as they were smaller than the boys who slid into the other side of the booth. All three were very good looking and had slightly confused but polite smiles on their faces as they looked at the two new comers to their group.
"So Mitchie I'm sure they know who we are but do we get an introduction or is it new girl one and two?" said the boy in the middle wincing slightly as the older looking of the three whacked him on the arm.
"Shane you need to be more polite mum would ground you for a week if she heard that and you know Uncle Brown would tell her she has the big sister blackmail going on!"
"Actually we gather your Shane, we know your brothers and a band but that's about it!" Anna chipped on the end of the older boys' remonstration.
"Your British we're doing a tour in Europe in the summer where in England are you from?" the youngest of the three said.
"Ok put it on pause people!" Caitlyn interjected throwing her hands up in the air while Mitchie giggled at her friends' exasperation. "I'll introduce the boys and then you two girls can clear up the mystery that is our English cabin mates! That one by the wall is Jason he is the oldest and big brother to pretty much everyone he knows, you know who the next one is but we'll give you the run down on Shane later," Shane pouted slightly glaring at Caitlyn as she winked at him cheekily, "last but by no means least is Nate the baby of the group!"
Before she could add anything else Nate butted in with an angry, "I'M NOT THE BABY!" At the twins puzzled expressions Jason preceded to explain that the boys had a younger brother Mickey.
"Well I guess it's our turn then," said Beth, "I'm the older sister in our family and I know all about big sister blackmail!" she said with a smile.
"BY 10 MINUTES! Not that you ever let me forget it!" Anna said in mock anger.
"You're twins?" Shane asked, "but you don't look the same?" he sounded confused.
"Not all twins are identical dumbo; you should have paid more attention to your tutor Shane! But then science never was your thing unlike Mr. Brains over there," Jason said pointing at Nate.
"Hey brains are attractive though! By the way I'm Anna and that's Beth!" Anna said in Nates defense, "and in answer to your earlier question Nate we're from Cornwall." She smiled across the table at the boys.
Just as they had finished their second round of introductions Brown appeared at the table, "hey guys how's it going," he addressed the comment to his nephews before turning to look at the girls, "Mitchie, Caitlyn great to have you back again no more food fights alright," he teased them lightly as they smiled and said hello, "and you two must be Elizabeth and Georgiana but help a guy out which ones which?" he smiled kindly at the girls who returned the smile.
Beth raised her hand slightly in greeting, "It's Beth and Anna and I am Beth," she said coloring slightly as she spoke up.
"Well that's great I have to run but I'll catch up with you guys later dinner's about to come out!" he waved at the seven young people round the table and walked off towards the staff table at the other side of the hall.
There wasn't much conversation for the next half hour as they ate their dinner apart from the point when Jason dropped his fork on the floor and after bending down to pick it up he made a comment about Beths' boots which made everyone laugh. After they had all finished eating they realized that there was still an hour till the jam session so the girls decided to head back to the cabin and talk some more whilst they finished getting ready.
Once they made it back into the cabin and had shut themselves in their room Anna turned to Mitchie and said, "So are you going to finish the comment you were making before the guys turned up earlier?"
"Of course," Mitchie replied whilst Caitlyn flushed, "but only if Beth tells me and Caity about Jay!"
"You have a deal," Anna agreed before her twin could say no which made the other two girls laugh. "What," Anna said after looking at her twins face "if you don't tell them I will!" she threatened jokingly.
"Fine," said Beth, "but we get their story first" she bargained desperately. "That means you owe us the Shane and Mitchie love story but that can wait for later, first things first what were you going to say Mitchie?"
"Well," she drew out the word raising the suspense in the room, "I was about to say that two of them should be considered off the market as Caitlyn has a huge thing for Nate!"
"So that's the reason I got a smile from you for defending him," Anna teased Caitlyn who blushed furiously trying to deny that she was head over heels for the youngest member of Connect 3.
"Well we have held up our end of the deal and I promise to tell you all about my drama later," said Mitchie, "so it's your turn now Beth, who's Jay?"
At the mention of his name Beth colored and smiled, "He is only a friend but well we met two years ago at the beach and I have kind of been crushing on him ever since!" she said quickly, "It was Jay that taught me to play the guitar last summer." She added in a small voice the huge smile still pulling at her lips.
"The smile says it all Mitch I don't think we need to ask her much more!" Caitlyn said as she looked at the young girl sat in a goofy day dream on her bed. "Well that's enough about boys for now! Let's get ready for the Jam…are you guys going to play? More to the question what do you play? We know Beth plays guitar but how about you Anna?" she asked the younger of the two.
"Whoa question overload!" Anna joked as she smiled at Caitlyn, "first yes we are playing, we both play the piano and I also play the electric violin," she held up her hands in front of her like a shield "before you ask we won't tell you what we are playing it is a surprise!"
"Spoil sport!" Caitlyn pouted but Mitchie smiled.
The four of them spent the next 20 minutes giggling as they decided on their costumes for the jam. Mitchie decided on a red tunic top with a chunky black patent belt teemed with leggings and flat black knee high leather boots. Caitlyn was wearing a black denim skirt with neon tights converses and a rock and roll t-shirt. Beth choose to trade her skirt for a pair of boot cut jeans she kept the baby doll t-shirt and after joking with Mitchie and Caitlyn about her boots she pulled her hair into loose messy pig tails and put her cow boy hat on. Anna opted for a pair of black skinny jeans, a white fitted blouse with small puffed sleeves and embroidery around the mandarin collar finishing the outfit with a colorful belt; she took the clips out of her hair and let it fall loosely round her face. By the time they had finished changing there was just enough time for a quick sweep of lip gloss before they had to head back to the mess hall for the jam session. They were among the last campers to arrive so they took the last of the seats that were empty at the back of the hall whilst they listened to Dee finish making her introduction of the first act.
There had been four acts on the stage already and they had all been good, the vast range in taste that the campers had was expressed in their music and the twins were glad to hear that they weren't the only ones that would be playing other artists songs. "Ok campers," Dee intoned as she leapt back onto the stage after the two rappers had finished, "now I know that we have had some amazing performances already but you are in for a treat next…this camper made quite a splash last year for various reasons however I am sure that you will all agree that she has extraordinary talent so let's put it together for MITCHIE TORRES!" the room exploded in cheers as Mitchie made her way to the front of the hall waving to people as she passed. By the time she had made it to the stage at the front everyone had fallen silent in anticipation of the song ahead, the twins were curious about Mitchie's singing as it was obvious to them that everyone was excited about this next act.
"Hey everyone it's good to see you all again!" someone yelled go Mitchie from the other side of the room from the twins and they could just make out Shane, Nate and Jason through the dark they all had wide grins on their faces. "I know that it's just my name on the sheet but this song was actually written by a group of us after camp last year…Ella, Peggy, Caitlyn, Lola I can't do this without you guys!" it was only when she said this that the twins realized they were now sitting on their own. Caitlyn and three other girls now joined Mitchie on the stage, "Well here goes nothing, it's called Our Time Is Here we hope you like it!"
Mitchie
All
Caitlyn, Lola, Ella and Peggy
We're done
But it's not over
We'll start it again
After the end of the day
It keeps getting better
Don't be afraid
We'll do it together
Come on, Come you know
It's your time to move
It's my time to move
Come on, Come on let go
Leave it all behind
Your past and mine
Gone are the days of summer
We couldn't change it if we tried
Why would we want to?
Let's go where we've got to
Our paths will cross again in time
It's never the same tomorrow
And tomorrow's never clear
So come on, come on you know
Our time, our time is here
We know
But we're not certain
How can we be?
How can we see what's ahead
The world keeps on turnin'
And all we can do
Is travel each day to the next
Come on, come on you know
It's your time to move
It's my time to move
Come on, come on let go
Leave it all behind
Your past and mine
Gone are the days of summer
We couldn't change them if we tried
Why would we want to?
Let's go where we got to
Our paths will cross again in time
It's never the same tomorrow
And tomorrow's never clear
So come on, come on you know
Our time, out time is here
Yeah, yeah
Oo, oo, oo,
Oo, oo, oo, oo
Come on, come on, come on
Time is here
Gone are the days of summer (summer, summer)
We couldn't change it if we tried (if we tried)
So come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
So come on, come on, you know
Our time is here
Here, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah oh o oh
After they had finished the girls on stage hugged each other whilst the building exploded in cheers. Mitchie and Caitlyn made their way back towards where the twins were sitting and noticed that the boys were now standing in a line behind the two girls who were sitting with their mouths hanging open. When they got back to the group Beth said, "You were absolutely amazing where did you learn to sing like that?"
"It's just something I have always done; I hadn't had any formal training until I came to camp last year!" Mitchie shrugged she was still modest about her singing but she wasn't self centered enough to deny it all to gain attention she just accepted she could sing and hoped others liked what she did!
"Ok, that was great wasn't it guys'?" Dee asked the crowd from the stage to which the campers all yelled a yes, "Now we have our very own sister act so give it up for these twin sisters all the way from England; Beth and Anna Donaghue!"
The boys looked interested when they realized the twins were going to perform as it was their first night at a new camp but they admired the girls' courage as they walked determinedly towards the front of the hall. When they were up on the stage Anna grabbed a mike and started to talk as Beth got her guitar out of its case and swung the strap over her shoulder, "Hi guys we thought we should treat you all to some classic British culture tonight it's only an instrumental version and can't really be classed as rock it is more of a ballad! Despite that we hope you know it!" she smiled as she looked towards their group of friends at the back, "We chose the song before we met our new friends so you can't take the credit Mitchie!" she scanned the room again before walking to the piano and sitting down on the bench, "This is a song by the Beatles and it's called Michele my Bell". After finishing the sentence Anna switched off the mike and laid it on the floor. She met her sisters' eyes and nodded, Beth began to strum the first few bars of the song as Anna placed her fingers on the ivory keys of the piano. As she counted off the beat until her queue she felt herself getting lost in the melody she began to play with her eyes closed as the song swelled around her, almost without being conscious of it they both harmonized their voices to the swelling music, blending their voices with the piano and the guitar. By the time they had finished the song they both had their eyes closed and only came to when they realized that the people in the room were clapping for them. They were both blushing furiously by the time they reached the back of the hall and had reclaimed their seats not noticing the stunned expressions on all their friends' faces.
Shane was the first to recover, "What the hell was that?" he spluttered, "You didn't tell us you were that good!"
"Yeah you guys were amazing, and you never said you can sing!" Mitchie added a huge grin on her face.
"Well we don't usually did we ruin it?" Anna asked worriedly she hadn't really been aware that they had been singing.
"No you were really good, we couldn't really hear the singing though it was sort of under the music backing it up rather than the other way around!" Nate said whilst the others all nodded. The twins breathed a sigh of relief at least no one had actually heard them singing yet.
By this time Dee had reclaimed the stage and was in the process of introducing the boys, they grinned and headed to the front before climbing onto the stage. Once they had all taken up their positions Shane and Jason on Guitar and Nate on the Drums, Shane stepped up to the mike at the front of the stage "Hey those two were really good weren't they" Shane asked the room, "best thing I've heard come out of England although that's not hard!" Brown shot the boy a look that said the comment was uncalled for.
"Hey Shane be nice those two could play circles round you!" Jason quipped in the girls' defense which caused Shane to splutter and the girls to giggle in disbelief.
"Any way," Shane said, "moving on…"
Nate cut across his older brother leaning in to his mike, "This one goes out to the two talented young ladies who have never heard anything of ours before, keep an open mind girls! This is one of our newer songs Just Friends" Shane and Jason looked at Nate oddly when he made the change to their original plan of playing burning up, however they shrugged off the change and counted out the beat together launching into the song with enthusiasm with each of them really getting into the moment.
Nate
All
Shane and Jason
There she goes again
The girl I'm in love with
Its cool were just friends
We walk the halls at school
We know it's casual
It's cool we're just…
I don't wanna lead you on, no
But the truth is I've grown fond, yeah
Everyone knows it's meant to be
Falling in love just you and me
Till the end of the time,
Till I'm on her mind
It'll happen
I've been making lots of plans
Like a picket fence and a rose garden
I'll just keep on dreaming
But it's cool cos we're just friends
Small talk on IM
Just one word sentences
It's cool we're just friends
If I had my way
We'd talk and talk all day
Yeah
Everyone knows it's meant to be
Falling in love just you and me
Till the end of time
Till I'm on her mind
It'll happen
I've been making lots of plans
Like a picket fence and a rose garden
I'll just keep on dreaming
But it's cool cos we're just friends
Thinking about how
We're gonna say our vows
It's cool we're just friends
She walks down the aisle
I see all my friends smile
Cos now we're more than friends
Everyone knows it's meant to be
Falling in love just you and me
Till the end of time
Till I'm on her mind
It'll happen
We've been making lots of plans
Like a picket fence and a rose garden
I'll just keep on dreaming
Just keep on thinking
Of when we used to be just friends
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh yeah!
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh yeah
When we used to be, when we used to be
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Just friends
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
When we used to be just friends
Duh, duh, duh! So what is the twin's reaction and what is going to happen over the summer? Keep reading and I love opinions so let me know!