Until You're Mine
Chapter Three
Ha! I was right! By the end of the class, the song sounded perfect. Boy, Jason wasn't kidding when he said, "official."
"So now that we've mastered that song and class is over, I'll be handing out another song and I want you guys to look over it tonight. Even if you just read the notes, it's fine." Jason began handing out another piece of sheet music. "And no, it's not one of our songs, it was the song we sang at the end of Final Jam last year, but for those who are new, the song is called, We Rock,"
"Hm, interesting," I examined the paper. I am definitely using guitar tomorrow.
"I don't need to practice," Caitlyn smiled, "I practically made the whole keyboard part up!" Which was true, last year she met up with Dee, Brown and other campers to put this song together. And of course, Connect Three was also there.
"You guys can go now," Jason announced. As soon as he said that, everyone got up with their instruments (the portable ones like guitars, ect.) and headed out of the studio.
"Finally!" I said, over dramatically. "It's almost the end of the day!" But then Caitlyn burst my bubble by saying, "Hold on, Mitchie. We've got one more class to go." Our last class of the day was songwriting, which I think Brown will be teaching this year. This is probably one of the best classes here. They teach you how to write about your emotions, and how to find a good melody for the song. I've never was taught songwriting before, until last summer. And my songs were pretty good. My friends thought they were awesome. Sure they are.
"Maybe this class will help us think of more ideas for Lola's song," Caitlyn smiled as we entered the room. The room was filled with chairs attached to desks, like the ones they have in high school. The desks were obviously for writing on.
A few minutes later, Brown entered the room and introduced himself, to the new campers. Then he had this speech about how to write lyrics to how you're feeling. And then he talked about finding a perfect melody to go with it. He said this in only five minutes. Wow.
Half an hour later, class was over. Out of all the classes, this one was the shortest. Probably because it was an easy skill to master.
"So, what are we doing now?" I asked as Caitlyn and I got out of class.
She shrugged and answered, "Probably finish Lola's song?"
We went to our cabin to get our notepad with the lyrics we already began to write, a pencil, and Caitlyn brought her laptop to see what beat works best with what we have so far. We decided to continue writing the lyrics by the lake. We don't know why, but the sight of the sun reflecting in the water was just a beautiful sight.
I sat on a bench near the canoes, and Caitlyn did also.
We sat in silence for about fifteen minutes until Nate showed up. And at a right time, too. "Hey girls," he greeted. "what's up?"
"Trying to finish Lola's song," Caitlyn replied as Nate sat beside her and put his arm around her. "maybe you could help?"
"Fine," He motioned me to give him the notepad, so I did. He read it over before speaking again. "okay, the first verse is awesome, and now you have to make a catchy chorus. Something that could get stuck in people's head easily."
I nodded and said, "How about this.." I grabbed the notepad from his hand and began to write words that just came in my mind. Then I handed it back to him. He read it and answered, "That's great! And let's add this.." He wrote a few lyrics on the paper.
Caitlyn read it too and a smile appeared on her face. She opened her laptop and started tapping away. And then she pressed play. We heard a catchy beat. She then added a few more effects. And a little bit more.. And then we were done! Well, the music part.. that is.
"Here, try to sing along," Caitlyn commanded. She played the music again. I waited for the right time before I began to sing the lyrics on the notepad. When I passed the first verse and chorus, I just started to free style. I saw Nate began to jot down the words. Just when I was getting into the bridge, I stopped singing. I had nothing left. So Nate began to sing instead and I wrote down the words. Nate stopped a few seconds later and then Caitlyn free styled.
After all that, Nate complimented, "You have an amazing voice," he smiled.
"Thanks," She blushed. So much for not letting Nate know about your singing, Cait.
I stood up and gathered our things, "I'll be right back, I'm just going to put our stuff back in the cabin. Cait, want me to bring your laptop?" She nodded and handed me her laptop. I headed back to our cabin and set the stuff down on a study desk that we had in the room.
I was going back to meet up with Nate and Caitlyn when I bumped into Lola, Ella, Sander and Barron.
"Mitchie!" Ella exclaimed as she hugged me.
"Hi Ella," I greeted back. "aren't you supposed to be with Tess and Peggy right now?"
"Unfortunately, yes, but I told her I had a date with Jason tonight."
"Do you?" She nodded.
"So where's Jason?"
"That's what she was about to ask," Sander chimed in.
"He's probably with Shane," I said.
"Okay, I'll go look for him," Ella smiled and took off. Barron said, "I'm just gonna go make sure Ella finds him. I need to talk to Jason anyway." Barron followed Ella.
"So how's the song?" Lola asked excitedly.
"It's done." I smiled proudly.
"Really?" Sander questioned, shocked.
I nodded. "Yup. After we wrote the first verse and the chorus, we just free styled after that."
"Sweet."
"By the way, Nate helped with the song a little too. 'Cause we were stuck on some parts."
"Alright,"
"Well, I have to go. Cait and Nate are probably wondering where I am right now." 'Cait and Nate', that rhymes! I waved goodbye to them as I headed back to the lake.
"Caitlyn?" I called. "Nate?" I couldn't see them anywhere. They weren't on the bench, like I left them minutes ago. I suddenly heard someone whisper loudly, "Psst! Mitchie! Over here!" I followed the voice, which led me to the bushes near the dock where Shane had serenaded me last year.
"Why are you guys hiding?" I whispered, trying not to get them mad for talking loudly.
"Because!" Nate replied. I was slightly confused.
"Shane is over there!"
"Oh, really? Let me go talk to him then," I was about to leave the bushes when Nate and Caitlyn literally grabbed my arm and pulled me back in. "You don't get it," Nate continued, "he's with.."
He's with who?! Answer me, Nate! Answer!
"Well, see for yourself.."
I peeked through the bushes to see Shane with some girl on the dock. That was our place! How could Shane do this to me? I know we're not even dating, but my crush was too obvious. Even people I've known for only five minutes would totally know I had a crush on him. Seriously. I think even Jason knows!
Suddenly my mouth dropped. Shane's lips crashed with hers!
I felt this rush inside me. It was a rush of jealousy flowing. I couldn't take it anymore. All the laughing and interaction between the two just makes me want to go into a corner and cry. So that's exactly what I did. I ran out of the bushes from the other side, making sure Shane or his 'girl' didn't hear me.
I ran as fast as I could to the cabin and locked the door. The other two would just bang on the door anyway. I laid on my bed and began to cry in my pillow. I know I'm emotional, but whatever. Some people call me emo, but I don't care. It's just a stereotype.
Thirty minutes later, I heard loud banging on the door. I automatically knew it was Nate and Caitlyn. I got up and wiped the tears from my face. I opened the door and got back on my bed. Caitlyn sat on my bed and comforted me, "Look, Mitchie, you'll be alright. It's not the end of the world."
"If you would've asked him out yesterday when I told you to, you wouldn't be in this mess." Nate said. Oh, how comforting that was. Caitlyn threw a pillow at Nate and said, "Shut up! Don't listen to him. Shane could've already been going out with her for a while."
"If he was," I sniffed, "then why didn't Nate tell us?"
"'Cause he doesn't tell me about his love life!" Nate replied.
"Oh, and you tell him yours." Caitlyn said. He nodded.
"Guys, stop making me feel better."
"Why? We're your friends, we're supposed to do that." Caitlyn smiled.
"Yeah, but after my heart's been broken into a million pieces.. it doesn't help. Unless you know a guy who could put those pieces back together."
"If it helps, I'll talk to Shane tomorrow about this and hear his side of the story." Nate offered. I nodded and replied, "Thanks." Nate sat on my bed also and gave me a hug, And so did Cait. I have some pretty awesome friends that look out for me.
