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Chapter 1

When Chaos Begins

"Well, that's it." Richard Donavan sank down into the chair opposite the desk in Steve Torres' home study and rested his head against its back, closing his eyes as he did so. "We've launched them to the wolves."

"Somehow I'm not sure whether to be proud of that or worried as hell." Steve sighed deeply, putting his fingers together in a pyramid formation on the desk. "Mitchie would definitely not be happy with you comparing them to her beloved wolves though, Richard."

"True, I'll have to remember that." Richard sat up slightly. "Where are the motley bunch at the moment anyway, the house is strangely silent."

"Where else would they be." Brown replied as he turned on the window seat slightly, a grin playing on his lips. "In the studio of course, the twins were hit with an idea for a song earlier and well, that was that."

Richard actually slapped himself making the other two men laugh. "You would think that after three years that I would know that, wouldn't you."

"You've been under a lot of pressure these last few days, Rick." Brown responded, his grin broadening. "I'm still wondering why this particular method was chosen, considering just how much a certain young lady objected to even being interviewed by him back then."

"I think you can thank her sister for that." Steve replied as he sank back into his own chair, smile lighting up his face. "Caitlyn just plagued her night and day for a week. I think Mitchie finally gave in just to shut her up... oh and to get some sleep, well that what Connie told me at least."

At that, all three men broke into laughter.

There have not been many changes in the two years since the events in Los Angeles – well, except for Caitlyn becoming an official Torres and Shane changing Mitchie's beautiful promise ring for an equally beautiful engagement ring.

Caitlyn and Nate were going equally strong in the relationship stakes – although the other three continued to be amused by the surprising amount of arguments that they managed to get into. They had also learnt to leave them both alone when said arguments occurred, letting them come to them when they were ready.

Surprisingly, or perhaps not, Caitlyn tended to go to Jason and Nate to Mitchie – Shane was known to jokingly complain that no-one wanted him. (Mitchie tended to hit him gently, laughing as she did so).

Jason was surprising everyone by just how well he was managing with the responsibilities that he had inherited from their Sanchez grandparents. He had also taken the advice of his other grandfather, Alexander Richmond in appointing some to run Volcano Records for him and Mitchie.

No-one was that surprised when it turned out to be Brown Cessario himself.

(And on case anyone was wondering, Camp Rock was still going strong and Brown was still just involved as ever. Dee La Duke perhaps had a bigger role than she used to but it was still Brown's baby.)

Jason had also managed to find himself a significant other.

Yes, Jason Richmond was no longer single – in fact, it wasn't just a significant other he had found himself but a wife. A wife he loved just as much as his younger sister.

She was a beautiful caramel brunette, taller than Mitchie and Caitlyn and went by the name of Deanna Louisa Wilson. The two had met at one of Mitchie's solo concerts when her usual hairdresser had fallen ill and Deanna had been drafted in.

Both brother and sister had literally taken her into their hearts and when the two had married a mere year after meeting (that's six months before this particular tale begins people who want to know and I know who you are!!!!), Mitchie had been the one with the broadest grin as she stood as her brother's best person.

(Come on, people, this is Jason and Mitchie we are talking about here, did you really think they would be normal about something like this. Of course not and you wouldn't expect anything else from them either would you.)

And last but most definitely not least, of course there was Shane Grey and Mitchie Richmond Torres.

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What had happened to Shane and Mitchie since he had given her the promise ring?

Well for one thing, there had been some spectacular arguments between the pair. They were after all not perfect and equally hot-tempered but surprisingly; they only ever managed to last either a couple of hours or a couple of days at most. Neither could last without each other longer than that.

It was too depressing for everyone else to let it go much longer than that. (I won't name names but a certain elder brother had been heard to say that – and more importantly, he always managed to say it in their hearing as if to emphasise the point).

Those times aside, the magic that always seemed to surround them seemed to spread itself to all those around them. More often than not, Connect 5 as were almost permanently called these days would be together.

They had even managed to time Mitchie's solo tour to coincide with the Connect 3's world tour so that one evening the boys would be performing and the girls would be side stage and then it would be visa versa with Mitchie's performance the next day.

More importantly, Shane and Mitchie were almost determined in their need to have time when it was just them – when they could wrap themselves up in each other, whether they be playing music together or just simply being together.

Their family was almost equal in that determination in making sure that all the young couples got that time to be together without outside influences causing trouble.

It was during one of these periods when Shane actually surprised Mitchie with his proposal. They had been spending the Thanksgiving weekend at Camp Rock – one of the few places where their entire families including their bands' and securities' families could also be present all at the same time.

Shane had managed to whisk Mitchie away to the dockside where he had first sung solo to her and surprised her with his proposal. She had literally squealed in her rush to say yes, jumping into his arms so fast they had fallen off the dockside and into the lake.

The resulting splash had had the entire camp running to the lakeside only to find an extremely wet Shane swinging an equally wet Mitchie around in circles, laughing in sheer joy. Connie had merely shook her head, gently hitting both Nate and Jason round the back of their heads as they burst into laughter at the couple and had gently ushered them back to the cabins to change.

At this particular moment in time, Shane and Mitchie had left their family in the music studio and had quietly retreated to their swing in the garden.

With a sigh, Mitchie settled into her normal position – sitting curled up into Shane's side, her head on his shoulder and his arm around her as she played with the ring on his left hand. His right hand was playing with her curls as he rested his chin on her head.

"Tired, sweetheart?" He asked her as he brushed her hair back slightly and simultaneously started the swing rocking.

"No, just... I don't know." She chuckled softly as she raised her head to look into his deep dark eyes. "We've opened a real keg of fireworks, Shane."

"I know." Shane chuckled, as he cupped the back of her neck through her hair. "You do know that it's also going to mean another round of the talk shows, baby."

Mitchie groaned, burying her head against his chest making him laugh out loud. Even though she was more used to the constant press interference in their lives, nothing would ever make Mitchie like it or the people who made up the press entertainment corps.

She suddenly sat up and looked at her fiancé, her eyes almost desperate. "Shane, we are going to keep to our plans, aren't we. You won't let anyone make us change them will you."

Shane cupped her cheeks and rested his forehead on her's. "Mitchie, I promise you. We will get married exactly how we planned. This is our wedding, nothing and no one is going to be allowed to get in our way."

He raised his head and brushed her hair back, pulling her back into his arms and onto his lap. "For once, Mitch, you and I are going to be selfish about this." He pressed a kiss to her head and then raised her chin so that he could kiss her softly. "Things may be about to be chaotic, sweetheart but you and I, Mitch, you and I are going to have the wedding that we want, where we want and when we want."

Mitchie smiled, running her fingers over his cheek and pressed her lips against his, returning his soft kiss. "Querido, I love you more and more each day."

"That's always good to hear, baby." Shane replied as he pulled her closer, losing himself in her as they always had a tendency to do when they were alone.

No matter the chaos that was swirling around them, they had found an oasis of calm – each other.

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Oh my word! So many responses and just for the first chapter! You wonderful people!!

I hope you all like the first real chapter, it just rolled off my fingertips tonight. I don't know how many chapters this one is likely to have, let's just say that it will be finished before Camp Rock 2 comes out in the summer.

Looking forward to seeing what you have to say as always. ;op