Chapter 2 - A Date and a Duet
Saturday
"Come on Caitlyn, I want to run through this song one more time, I am so not ready, please can't we just go down to the docks and go over it once more. I love the acoustics out there." Mitchie pleaded.
"Okay fine, but I swear Mitch you know it. I mean you wrote it. Well most of it. I mean Shane did write the gotta find you parts but come on. I know you know it." Caitlyn complained while walking out of the cabin.
Mitchie took off down to the dock with Caitlyn running behind her. Once they made it to the dock Caitlyn saw a picnic blanket and basket sitting out. "Mitchie? I know we are friends, but isn't this a bit much?" Caitlyn asked her confused.
At that moment Shane walked out from where he was hiding behind a canoe with Nate. "Caitlyn don't be mad, but Mitchie didn't bring you out here to practice, she could sing anything in her sleep. But I brought you something I heard you might like." Shane said while signalling to Nate. Nate came out and Caitlyn gasped.
"Mitchie. You didn't! Why would you tell him?" Caitlyn asked astonished.
Mitchie just shrugged, "I knew you both liked each other, but neither of you were willing to make the first move. Shane agreed to help me, and Nate found out you liked him so he asked us to set this up." She looked at Shane at this point. "Now Nate, I know you wanted this to be a double date, but Shane and I are going to go for a canoe ride for a while, and actually work on the newest Connect 3 song. Have fun you guys."
While Mitchie was talking Shane had pushed a canoe almost fully into the water and grabbed life jackets for the two of them. Mitchie put hers on and jumped into the canoe before Caitlyn could kill her. Shane was right behind her, pushing the canoe into the water and hopping in. They started paddling until they were out of earshot from the two left on the dock.
"Hey Caitlyn" Nate said shyly as Mitchie and Shane paddled.
"Hi Nate." Caitlyn said just as shyly. "Well since they went to so much trouble, shall we eat?" Caitlyn continued while sitting down on the blanket. Nate sat down right beside her.
"Sure," Nate said, "Are you mad that I asked them to do this?" He questioned.
"Actually no, I am kind of happy. So you like me, Nate Winchester?" She said excitedly.
"Yeah Caitlyn Geller, I do, so what do you want me to do about it?" He replied while taking a bite of the sandwich Mitchie and Shane had put together while on kitchen duty.
"Hummmm... there are so many things that come to mind," Caitlyn mumbled while laughing. "For starters, you could... hold my hand I guess."
Before she had even finished talking Nate had her hand in his. "Anything else I can do for you?" He asked intently.
"Yep. you could stop asking me what to do and ask me out already!" she responded without skipping a beat.
Nate blushed. "Umm... sure. But I don't want to do it just 'cause you told me to. So I am not going to ask. I am going to ask when you least expect it. But what is your cell number. So we can talk, even though as Mitchie may have mentioned to you, Brown does not want camper/employee relationships, not that he could stop them since Mitchie and Shane were already going out. And he put Shane on kitchen duty so he could have a reason for seeing Mitchie."
She gave him her cell number and he gave her his. "So..." she asked. "I know I have read some stuff about you in magazines and stuff, but most of it probably isn't true, so lets play 20 questions. What's your favourite colour?" Caitlyn asked laughing.
"I like sky blue." Nate responded, "You?"
"Yellow."
Their conversation continued like this all through the picnic.
Back on the canoe Mitchie and Shane were sitting in.
They still had no idea how to row and seemed to enjoy going around in circles. Mitchie laughed. "Hey Shane, you realize that it was this time last year we were out here first. And that was when I started to like you?"
Shane replied with a simple, "Yep, and that's when I started to like you, even though you kept calling me a jerk."
"Well, you were a jerk, you kept telling me I was jealous because I could see what everyone else didn't, I could see Shane Grey, not Shane Grey of Connect 3." Mitchie retorted.
"Humm... well were you jealous of the fans, and the screaming girls?" he asked honestly.
"Yeah, I was, even though they didn't know you like I did, they loved you and would do anything to get to you. I would have done anything to get to you last summer, excluding turn into one of them. I never wanted you to think of me as some crazed fan, even though it may have started out that way. And I have never wanted to be that girl that I pretended to be last year. I have no idea why I did that." Mitchie responded knowing she had to be truthful to him. "So Joe, what have you been up to since I saw you last?" She asked using the nickname she had made up with Caitlyn.
"Mitchie, you really shouldn't call me that." Shane said with a lustful look in his eyes.
"Oh really? Why not?" She asked smiling.
"Oh because I wouldn't want the news to think that Shane Gray's girl was cheating on him with some guy named Joe. And plus, I wouldn't want you kissing Joe. The only guy I ever want to you to kiss is Shane." He said, without laughing.
"But Joe is just so cute, I mean he makes my real boyfriend look like a loser." Mitchie said jokingly.
"That so?" Shane asked lunging for his girlfriend. This gesture made the canoe tip and Mitchie and Shane both landed in the water sputtering.
"One word, babe, Pay-back!" Mitchie said seriously. It made Shane scared.
Since Shane and Mitchie were soaked they decided they should go back into shore and change before the beach jam. They made it to shore just as Nate and Caitlyn were saying good-bye and that they had to get ready for beach jam.
Mitchie ran up to Caitlyn and once out of earshot of the boys asked, "So..."
Caitlyn just blushed. Mitchie continued. "So are you official?"
"No" Caitlyn replied yet she looked really happy.
"Why the heck not?" Mitchie asked.
"Because he wants to ask me when I am least expecting it." Caitlyn replied excitedly.
Mitchie exclaimed, "aww that is like the cutest thing ever!" Caitlyn just blushed.
Mitchie and Caitlyn got back to the cabin, changed into their beach jam outfits and went down to the beach. Most people were already there. Dee La Duke was on staged about to explain how the beach jam worked. "Okay everyone," She said, "I know last year Connect 3 played this show but today they will not be playing. Tess you are up first." She got off the stage as Tess and her new posse got on wearing matching outfits of course.
"Don't let no small frustration
Ever bring you down
No,no,no,no,!
Just take a situation
And turn it all around
With a new attitude everything can change.
Make it all you want it to be.
Stayin' mad, why do that?
Give yourself a break.
Laugh about it and you'll see..
Life's what you make it, so let's make it rock
Life's what you make it, so come on!
Come on! Everybody now!
Why be sad, broken-hearted?
There's so much to do
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Life is hard, or it's a party
The choice is up to you
With a new attitude everything can change
make it all you want it to be.
Stayin' sad, why do that?
Give yourself a break.
I know you wanna party with me!
Life's what you make it, so let's make it rock
Life's what you make it, so come on!
Come on! Everybody now!
Let's celebrate it, join in, everyone.
You decide, cause life's, what you make it.
Things are lookin' up
Anytime you want
All you gotta do is realize that,
It's under your control,
So let the good times rock and roll!
Life's what you make it, so let's make it rock
Life's what you make it, so come on!
Come on! Everybody now!
Let's celebrate it, join in, everyone.
You decide, cause life's, what you make it."
When Tess finished people clapped. However Mitchie, Caitlyn, and Riley did not. Maybe they were bad sports, but they had not forgiven Tess for what she had done to them the year before. Caitlyn and Mitchie had told Riley all about Tess and told her to stay clear of the diva.
Dee got back on stage and announced that Mitchie was up next. Mitchie got on stage grabbed a mic and started talking to the crowd. "Okay so I know some of you may recognize me from last year, and some people might even remember that during Final Jam last year, the one and only Shane Gray decided to make my song into a duet. Well who thinks he should get up here and help me with this song?" She screamed to the crowd, the crowd responded with roars and applause, and when they still didn't see Shane they started taunting his name. He ran on stage at that point. Shane was trying to keep a death glare on Mitchie for making him do this without telling him first but when she smiled at him he couldn't stay mad.
Shane grabbed the second mic, "Mitchie, Mitchie, Mitchie, next time you feel like getting your favourite rock star to come on stage in sing with you, do me a favour and warn me about it." This got a laugh from the crowd.
"Well Mr. Gray, If you don't want to sing you tell them that." Mitchie taunted.
"No, no, it's okay I'll sing with you. But you owe me." he said with a glint in his eyes that Mitchie liked.
"Whatever you want Shane pop star Gray. Let's just sing before we run out of time." Mitchie agreed. Caitlyn started up the music for them.
Mitchie "I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I had this dream
Right inside of me
I'm going to let it show
It's time
To let you know
To let you know
This is the real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I found
Who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me
Do you know what it's like to feel so in the dark
To dream about a life where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's to far away
I have to believe in myself
It's the only way
This is the real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I found
Who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me"
Shane
"You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you
I gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me"
Both "I need to find you
I gotta find you"
Mitchie "This is the real, this is me"
Both "I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be"
Mitchie
"This is me"
Shane
"You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me"
Mitchie "This is me"
Shane "You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing"
Both
"Now I found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me"
The crowd went crazy when the music died down. Unlike last time Shane and Mitchie did not do the song while standing mere inches apart, they knew that their secret would be discovered if they had. As they walked off stage Dee went back to the mic to announce the next performer. Mitchie and Shane did not stay to see who was next. They went back to Shane's cabin he shared with Jason and Nate. Riley and Caitlyn followed the two back.
In the cabin, Shane, Nate, Jason, Mitchie, Riley, and Caitlyn decided to play a game. They played truth or dare.
"Nate truth or dare." Shane asked getting the game started.
"Dare." Nate answered.
"Okay, Nate I dare you to... sing Caitlyn that song you just wrote!" Shane said.
"No way!" Nate retorted.
"It's a dare Nate you have to," Mitchie interjected.
"Okay, wanna go outside Caitlyn?" Nate asked grabbing his acoustic off his bed. They got up and went to sit on the cabin stairs. Everyone else crowded around the door listening.
"They come and go but they don't know
That you are my beautiful
I try to come closer to you
But they all say we won't make it through
But I'll be there forever
You will see that it's better
All our hopes and our dreams will come true
I will not disappoint you
I will be right there for you 'til the end
The end of time
Please be mine
I'm in and out of love with you
Trying to find if it's really true
oh na na na na
How can I prove my love
If they all think I'm not good enough
But I'll be there forever
You will see that it's better
All our hopes and our dreams will come true
I will not disappoint you
I will be right there for you 'til the end
The end of time
Please be mine
I can't stop the rain from falling
Can't stop my heart from calling you
It's calling you
I can't stop the rain from falling
Can't stop my heart from calling you
It's calling you
I can't stop the rain
I can't stop the rain from falling
Can't stop my heart from calling you
It's calling you
But I'll be there forever
You will see that it's better
All our hopes and our dreams will come true
I will not disappoint you
I will be right there for you 'til the end
The end of time
Please be mine"
"Wow," Caitlyn said before she grabbed him and pulled him into a deep kiss. Everyone back in the room started clapping. This caught Nate and Caitlyn's attention and made them blush.
"Okay, Nate it's your turn to pick someone." Jason said.
"Okay Riley" Nate said.
"Umm dare I guess." Riley said laughing.
Nate thought for a second. He knew that Jason thought Riley was pretty so he figured why not. "Okay I dare you to sit on Jason's lap for the next three rounds."
Riley blushed and got up to sit on Jason's lap without really minding. She had not told anyone but she had a thing for the guitarist of Connect 3. She has been a fan of the boys for years and always had a soft spot for the less bright guitarist. She got comfortable and said, "Mitchie."
"Truth," Mitchie said without thinking.
Riley started laughing and said. "Is it true you like Joe more than Shane?"
Mitchie lost it then and burst out laughing, "Nah, Joe's a great boyfriend and all, even a great kisser, but man that Shane Gray, what a fox." she said while sitting on Shane's lap. She looked into his eyes and was lost. "I can't even remember who you guys are talking about, he must not be that important." Shane just rolled his eyes and pulled Mitchie in for a kiss. "Shane, truth or dare?" she asked her boyfriend.
"Dare." he said with fire in his eyes.
"I dare you to risk getting caught by uncle and take a long walk with me." She said getting off his lap and pulling him to his feet. "Since I know, these guys are gonna be grossed out." she laughed pulling him out of the cabin.
"Well that was awkward," Caitlyn said. "So now whose turn is it?"
Nate got up off the floor and said. "Jason truth or dare?"
Jason immediately said dare. "Well then I dare you to tell Riley the truth." Nate said pleased that he could get away with this.
"Huh? I said dare not truth," Jason responded dumbly.
Nate laughed. "Dude just tell her. If it is easier, Caitlyn and I can leave." Nate said while walking out with Caitlyn.
Caitlyn was surprised that Nate had grabbed her hand and was leading her towards the mess hall, "Where are we going?" she asked him.
He shrugged. "I thought we could sneak into the kitchen and get a midnight snack." He continued to walk to the kitchen.
When they got their Caitlyn noticed cupcakes sitting on the counter. "Look Nate, cupcakes, we could..." she stopped talking when she was close enough to see what the plate of cupcakes said. On top of every cupcake was letters spelling out Caitlyn will you go out with me?
Caitlyn smiled. "You're right Nate, I was not expecting this." she said while looking into his eyes.
"I know." he replied. "So... what do you say?"
Caitlyn screamed. "Yes of course I will. Now we should probably eat these before anyone sees and tells Brown. I wouldn't want you to get in trouble." she replied picking up a cupcake and squishing it into Nate's face, "or this works too." she giggled. "Yumm... chocolate..." she continued by kissing chocolate off his lips.
"So worth it." Nate said laughing. He pulled her back to him kissing her. "Best night ever," he mumbled. She laughed.