As Caitlyn walked to the dining hall the next morning, she was pulled into the dance cabin by Mitchie and Ella.
"What did you do to Jason last night?" Mitchie started in before Caitlyn knew what had happened.
"Yeah, he's sitting at the table looking all forlorn and depressed. It's like looking at a sad Mitchie," Ella said.
"Hey! I don't look like I got hit by a truck when I'm sad."
"Yeah, you do. But that's not important," Ella said, turning back to Caitlyn. "What is important is finding out what you did to Jason."
"I didn't do anything. He kissed me."
"I'd expect him to be happier about kissing you…" Ella said. "I mean, he's completely over the moon for you."
"Well…I…I…last night I kind of just…" Caitlyn stammered.
"Yes?" Mitchie and Ella said in unison.
"He kissed me and then I told him I wasn't interested and I ran away."
"WHY!" Mitchie and Ella screamed.
"Because…because I can't do it. I…I…I'm scared. He likes me so much apparently and I just freaked out. You know me…boys scare me. I'm not good at handling it. I…I…I like him, but…I don't want to get hurt."
"So, you're just going to hurt Jason?" Mitchie said archly.
Ouch. That hurt.
"That's not what I meant to do, Mitch. I just…I just…I want Jason to be different, but I don't want to find out he's the same, so…"
"Caitlyn…you really should talk to him about it…maybe if you tell him that you're scared, he'll…" Ella looked over at Mitchie for help. "Take it slower?" she finished. Mitchie nodded.
Caitlyn sighed. Her two friends were staring at her like she had just kicked a puppy. And considering that she'd hurt Jason last night, the look wasn't that far off.
"Can you tell him I'll be in the rehersal cabin? I'd rather talk to him in private…and away from Shane who'll probably kill me if I try to talk to Jason in front of him."
"I'll send him over in half an hour?" Mitchie asked. Caitlyn nodded. "Okay, Caity. You better fix this."
"I'll try."
/ / /
"Caity?" Jason asked, walking into the rehearsal cabin. "Mitchie said you wanted to talk?"
Caitlyn turned to him. He looked like crap. Kinda like her.
"Yeah," she said softly. "I feel really bad for what happened last night. I…freaked out and didn't handle it well and I take responsibility for that…"
"Caitlyn…" Jason said softly, crossing over to her. "Don't worry about it. I-I…it was my fault too. I know you have a…problem…with trusting guys and…I took advantage of it when I kissed you."
She squirmed away from him. "Jason. Don't. I can't deal with this. I just wanted to apologize to you about hurting your feelings, that's all."
"Can you stop going on about your feelings and trusting and all that other pointless bull?" Jason said suddenly. "I know you're hurting, but you're not going to get over it unless you do something about it, y'know?"
"Well, excuse me for wanting to protect myself from getting another broken heart!" Caitlyn yelled.
"You know what you need, Caity?" Jason said, pulling out his iPod and hooking it up to the stereo at the other end of the room. "Music therapy."
"What?" Caitlyn asked, looking at Jason in confusion.
"You heard me," he said, pressing the center button and the room was filled with the sounds of "I'll Never Break Your Heart".
"Smooth, Jase," Caitlyn said, rolling her eyes. "Whaddya say to this?" she asked, silencing his iPod and selecting a song from hers.
"'I Bruise Easily', nice choice," he said. "And I declare this," he added, playing 'It's Gonna Be Me'.
"Yeah, real smooth, Boy Bander. And I say this," Caitlyn said, pushing Jason's hand away from her iPod.
"You can't use a song we sing!" Jason said loudly as he recognized 'Don't Tell Anyone'.
"This is coming from the boy who used not one, but two nineties boy band songs to try to convince me that he's not an ass."
"I didn't use a Connect 3 song to try to deny my feelings."
"You're in Connect 3! You can't say your own band's name all despairingly like that!"
"Back to this song thing though," he said quickly, pressing the play button.
"Oh, now you can use your own song?" Caitlyn said, whacking him in the chest when 'Hold On' started playing. "Just for that, feel the wrath of Britney!" she said loudly, blasting 'Sometimes'.
"This song isn't particularly wrathful…" Jason said, stepping close to her. "It's more…I'm in love and I'm acting like an idiot, but please don't hold it against me because I really, really want you."
Caitlyn looked up at him. This was going to be bad. "You think that highly of yourself?" she said wryly.
"I clearly remember a few things about last night, Caity. One of them had to do with the fact that you clearly kissed me back. Therefore, yes, I think that highly of myself."
And then, just like last night, he was kissing her again. And she had wrapped her arms around his neck and was pulling him close as she leaned against the stereo speakers, still blasting away Britney loudly.
"Hey! What's going on here?" a voice said loudly over the chorus of Britney saying she was a slave for someone and how she couldn't hide it.
/ / /
Yeah, I know it's short. Suburbs asked if I could update. This is for her. Because she didn't want more Caitlyn yelling at Jason stuff. xD And this is the way I had it planned anyway. Yes, even the song tag. xD