Here it is guys, and I lied, it is 25 pages. This is going out to mmg1195 for the awesome review. There was someone else I wanted to put in here but I can't find the review anymore. I think it was csimiamilover101.
So thanks for the reviews, I was going to wait until next week to post this, but since i got so many reviews saying update now. I decided to. That and i finally wrote chapter 8. I am sorry but I don't think chapter 9 will be written for a while because I have a ton of homework (midterms) to do in the next few weeks. Speaking of which I have one due on Wednesday that I haven't started yet.
I want at least 20 reviews on this chapter before I post the next one.
I hope the songs I have picked (and I have picked them all out right up until the end of the story) fit right and that you understand why they are there. If there are any that don't seem to fit, or you don't understand why I used a certain song, let me know.
Chapter 6 - Volunteer Projects
Saturday.
Saturday morning Shane woke up to Nate blaring music at 7 am. "Nate you are so dead." He said even though no one could hear him over the music. The song of choice on the younger boy's computer was Take my Hand, by Simple Plan. Nate was always a sucker for Simple Plan. "Nate," Shane screamed, "Turn it off!"
Nate turned the music down but not off, "But why Shane, don't you have to be in the kitchen in like 20 minutes?" He asked forging innocence.
"Yeah I do. So I get first shower." Shane said while getting up and walking to the bathroom. Ten minutes later he came out with a towel over his hair and one wrapped around his waist. He went to his dresser and grabbed the first t-shirt and jeans he found and threw them on. "Well see you guys later. We start our projects after lunch right? What do you want to do until then?" He asked.
"Yeah, and I have no idea!" Jason replied.
Shane left the room and went to the kitchen. Connie and Mitchie were already there. "Well today is eggs, bacon, hash brown, sausages, baked beans, toast, bagels, and all that fun stuff. So let's get going!" Connie told him the second he walked in the door.
"I know how to make toast... and bagels!" Shane replied, "but I am getting good at following instructions." He walked over to the giant toaster oven that held about 10 pieces of bread, and started to put bread into it. He turned it on and went to help Mitchie make eggs.
Half an hour later they had finished making the breakfast and started to take it out to the tables. Mitchie sat down with the girls while Shane went to sit with Nate and Jason. When Shane got closer to the table he could hear Nate and Jason talking about working on a new song. "Nate, we haven't written anything since we have been here. We are always busy with the girls, why don't we work on something this morning before our projects, since Brown made it impossible for you to not see your girlfriends this afternoon. And I get to hang out with me new friend!" Jason stated.
"Yeah, Jason you might be right. I mean we do get to spend the entire afternoon with them. And we do need to write some songs for the album, or it will never be finished." Shane answered walking up behind Nate. He sat down. "And plus I think the girls wanted to work on some special project that Mitchie won't tell me about."
"Oh, you mean..." Jason trailed off remembering Riley said Shane was not supposed to know. "Never-mind."
"Jase, do you know something we don't?" Nate asked, both he and Shane were staring at Jason. It made him nervous.
"Come on guys, don't do this. I promised I wouldn't tell. You will find out soon enough anyways." Jason pleaded.
The guys all went back to their breakfast. As soon as they were done all three retreated back to the cabin. They were excited about writing a song. "So guys, I actually have a confession to make." Jason said nervously.
"Okay, what is it buddy?" Shane asked sincerely.
Jason glanced around the cabin before answering. He grabbed his guitar from the corner and started to tell them, "I sorta wrote a song without you guys." He started to play and played I Will Be The Light for them. "Whatcha think?" He asked when he finished.
"Awesome." Nate said. He truly liked the song, he was just a little shocked that Jason had written it.
Shane jumped up and hugged Jason. "That song was... whoa."
In the girls' cabin, Mitchie, Riley, and Caitlyn were working on the finishing touches of their demo of Party that they wanted to ask Brown about. Everything was done, except Caitlyn was not 100 sure on the mixing that she had done. "Cait, it's a rough track. He will get the idea, and if he says yes, you can ask Blair to help you. And even the rest of Sweet Sorrow. I am sure they would have some input on the song. As well, your boyfriend is good at the music thing and will definitely help us. So will my boyfriend and Jason. Stop stressing." Mitchie practically yelled at her friend who was getting angry at her laptop.
Caitlyn tried one more thing before giving up. "You're right Mitch, I'm sorry. It's just I really want him to agree to it."
"Here's an idea, We have been at this for the last 2 hours. Let's go see the guys before lunch." Riley sounded excited, whether it was because she could pull the other two away from the stupid computer or she just really wanted to see Jason, Mitchie and Caitlyn were not sure.
''Okay, yeah that works, since Shane and I have to get to the kitchen in half an hour anyways." Mitchie agreed.
The girls walked over to the Connect 3 cabin. They walked in to see all three boys sitting on the floor with their guitars, Shane was singing lyrics, then changing them and Nate kept changing the guitar rhythm as he sat there. "Oh song writing are we?" Caitlyn said grabbing the guitar from Nate and replacing the empty spot on his lap with herself.
Mitchie sat beside Shane and grabbed the notebook he was writing the lyrics in. After a moment she said, "Hey baby. Um, I think this should be, You will see that it's better All our hopes and our dreams will come true." He looked at her as if she were insane before rereading the lyrics he had written down.
"Mitchie. You aren't supposed to make your boyfriend look bad by rewriting his lyrics in two seconds and having them be better than the ones he had spent three hours writing!" Shane complained.
Everyone else laughed. "Well then, I guess you will have to stop letting me see your lyrics." Mitchie replied casually.
"So how is the secret project that Jason is allowed to know about but we aren't coming?" Nate asked with a hint of jealously in his voice.
"Oh that. It is coming fairly well. Almost done actually. But I think Riley was going to throw something at me if I didn't stop for a while." Caitlyn replied while leaning back into Nate's chest. "Anyways, you guys will know about it soon enough."
The six teenagers sat on the floor of the cabin and talked for a while before Mitchie and Shane had to leave. "Hey guys, see you at lunch, Nate, Jase, have fun volunteering this afternoon. See you at campfire jam tonight." Mitchie said while walking out the door.
In the kitchen Connie had Mitchie and Shane make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They teamed up, Mitchie put peanut butter on one slice of bread while Shane put jam on the other. Lunch went by in a blur, and then it was time to work on the projects.
Jason and Riley left first. Neither one had any idea on how to make a birdhouse so they decided to figure it out before teaching others. They walked to the building where birdhouse making was to take place. Riley grabbed one of the birdhouse kits and started reading. "So it says we have to glue everything together and then paint it. Doesn't sound too hard. Hey Jase, do you know why Brown wanted us to do this?" She asked casually while pulling pieces out of the kit.
"Might be because last year while Shane was here I asked him to make me a birdhouse but he never did. Brown must have known." Jason said sadly.
"Oh Jason. Shane was not himself last year. He was a jerk, who was trying to find the girl who made him feel like the person he knew he was deep down. He found Mitchie. It is a good thing but he never should have bailed on making this for you. That is what happened right? That's what they told me anyways. I guess I will just have to make you a birdhouse." Riley replied, gluing two sides of the house together.
Jason was so happy! He grabbed Riley from behind and wrapped her into his arms. "You," He started, "Are amazing." Riley blushed before going back to making the birdhouse.
When she was almost done she said. "Hey Jase, when this dries, what colour should we paint it?"
"How about red and black?" Jason asked.
"Sounds... perfect." She replied going back to the task at hand. Approximately 20 minutes later everyone who had signed up for the birdhouse class was present. Riley ran through the instructions as Jason went around to help the kids. While Jason was helping them, Riley finished painting Jason's birdhouse. "Everyone look up here for a second." Riley got the attention of the students. "This is what your birdhouse should look like when it is done. It does not have to be painted the same, paint it however you would like. This is your birdhouse to keep and it should represent you. Pick whatever colour and design you choose." She finished while holding up Jason's birdhouse.
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Mitchie and Shane finished cleaning up lunch before Shane went to find Brown. 5 minutes later Shane returned to the kitchen with the keys to the Camp Rock van. "Shall we go shopping Mitch?" He asked. They headed out to the van.
Shane put the van in drive and drove out of the parking lot. The two teenagers sat in comfortable silence for a while before Mitchie pulled out a C.D. and popped it into the C.D. player. Shane almost drove off the road when he heard what she had put in. "You listen to this when you are in the car?" He asked while regaining control of the vehicle. "Don't you find it weird especially since I am with you?"
Mitchie laughed at his reaction before answering, "Yeah, this cookie-cutter-pop-star stuff is amazing for driving to. And plus, that lead singer's voice is super sexy." She said while trying to keep a straight face, it did not work and she laughed.
Shane couldn't control his laugher as his girlfriend talked about how sexy his voice was while listening to himself on the C.D. player, but he played into her game. "Yeah his voice is pretty sexy, but his girlfriend is amazing. I would go for her in a heartbeat if she wasn't dating that jerk." When she glared at him he added. "And if I wasn't dating such a gorgeous girl myself."
Over the course of Camp Shane had almost forgotten he was an international pop star. It quickly came back when they got two steps into the store. "Look, It's Shane Gray." one girl yelled while everyone in the store ran towards them.
"Mitch! Help. I think Nick Carter would have been a good idea today!" He screamed to his girlfriend while girls ran at him.
"Okay Shane, just sign a couple autographs. I'll get the stuff." Mitchie said while sneaking away from the group of girls crowding her boyfriend.
She ran through the aisles of the store. She grabbed marshmallows, chocolate bars, graham crackers, hot dogs and jiffy pop, before running to the cash. As soon as she paid she hurried back over to where Shane was trying to stop the girls from kissing him while signing copies of Cosmo Girl and TigerBeat. "Hey Pop-star. Time to go!" Mitchie yelled. He did not have to be told twice. He was out the door and back in the car in about 5 seconds. Mitchie was 10 seconds behind. As soon as the car door closed Shane pulled out of the parking lot. "Yikes." Mitchie said, while trying to catch her breath.
"Welcome to my life sweetheart." Shane said. "You sure you want this?" he asked her seriously.
"Yeah. I'm sure I want this. This is definitely worth it, if it means I get you. Sure screaming girls trying to kiss you all the time, and asking you to marry them is annoying, I will deal with it for you. And hey it's a good way to keep in shape. I have never run that much in my life. If this is what it is like to be in your life. Bring it on pop star. You are not scaring me off that easily." She finished. Shane pulled the van into the ditch. "Shane, what are you doing?" Mitchie asked confused.
He didn't respond he just stopped driving and looking into Mitchie's eyes. smiled and kissed her. When he pulled away he whispered something so quietly Mitchie thought she was dreaming. He said, "I love you Mitchie."
She smiled at this and pulled him back into the kiss. They broke apart moments later and Mitchie looked into his eyes. "Shane babe, if me telling you I could care less about fan girls doesn't say this then I will. I love you too. Wow. I love saying that. Shane Gray I love you." She said before kissing him again. "Now I may love you but if we don't get back, your uncle, or my mom will probably kill us." Mitchie laughed while Shane pulled back onto the road.
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Back at the camp Nate and Caitlyn were attempting to teach people how to paddle a canoe. "So everyone, get in groups of two and push out into the lake. Grab your paddle like this." Nate said motioning the way everyone should hold a paddle. "Okay now, the person at the front of the canoe use the paddle. The person at the back steers. To turn left you must paddle like this." Nate continued while he and Caitlyn showed everyone how to do it,
A short while later after the kids were getting the basic idea Nate paddled backwards and hit Caitlyn with water. "Ooops," He said while laughing.
"Oh I am sure!" Caitlyn said splashing him back. "You're gonna get it now babe."
Nate look scared for a fraction of a second then laughed. "Yeah, I am so gonna get it. We are sitting in a canoe what are you going to do?" Nate taunted.
Caitlyn lunged for her boyfriend, which made the canoe tip over. "Caity! No." Nate screamed but it was too late, they flew through the air and landed in the water with a splash. Nate grabbed Caitlyn and pulled her to him. "Well, I can't say that this is bad." He told her, leaning in to kiss her.
Caitlyn broke off from the kiss quickly, "Nate babe, class?" she said.
"Oh yeah, oops. I hope no one saw." He said trying to flip the canoe back over.
"Um. I think Tess may have," Caitlyn said looking at the girl in question who was wearing a smirk that scared Caitlyn.
"That's not good." Nate said while following Caitlyn's gaze, "Yeah, it would appear that she did. Well what should we do about it?" He asked while climbing back into the canoe and pulling Caitlyn in.
"Um, I guess we may as well let it out in the open, since it isn't going to stay quiet for much longer." Caitlyn replied. She didn't really care since she knew that all that would happen was Tess would try to be her friend. She could deal with that. "So yeah, I think we may as well just tell people. What do you think?"
"I think, I don't know," He said putting his head in his hands. "Well Tess is going to try to say something mean about us no matter what now, I guess it doesn't really matter. Wait if we go public does that mean I can kiss you anytime I want?" Nate looked up and smiled hopefully.
"Yeah I guess it does." Caitlyn responded while Nate leaned in to kiss her. When they pulled away from each other Caitlyn smiled. "Yeah I could get used to being public."
The canoe class went by quickly, followed by dinner. That night was the campfire jam so after dinner everyone went back to cabins for last minute practice and changing. Mitchie, Caitlyn, and Riley were no exception. Back in the cabin the girls were talking about their afternoons with their boyfriends. "So, um, I kinda need to tell you guys something." Caitlyn said nervously. Mitchie and Riley both looked interested. "Tess kind of saw Nate kiss me today. So we decided to go pubic since Tess would have told everyone anyways."
"That's cool." Riley said.
Mitchie was just as excited. "Yeah, I wish Shane and I could go public. But that would not be a good idea, right. I am going to talk to him anyways, eventually we will have to go pubic. Oh my gosh guys. I didn't tell you two. Shane told me he loved me today!" Mitchie practically screamed.
"Wow, that trumps my news," Caitlyn said somewhat sarcastically.
"Sorry, Cait but I just remembered. But yeah, if he really means it I am guessing that we aren't going to break up anytime soon, so eventually we are going to have to tell everyone. I mean it can't stay a secret forever." Mitchie responded.
"So we are singing Our Time is Here tonight right?" Riley asked nervously while trying to change the subject. "Want to run through it once before we go?"
"Sure." Caitlyn replied setting up.
They ran through it once and then got ready for the campfire. They all dressed in skinny jeans and brightly coloured funky t-shirts. They brought hoodies with them for later when it got cold.
At the campfire Dee opened saying that tonight one of the guest instructors would be opening. "Okay so everyone give it up for Autumn Maddox" she said before running off stage.
Autumn walked out while the band started up. She sang her hit song Hot.
"You're so good to me Baby Baby
I wanna lock you up in my closet, when no one's around
I wanna put your hand in my pocket, because you're allowed
I wanna drive you into the corner, and kiss you without a sound
I wanna stay this way forever, I'll say it aloud
Now you're in and you can't get out
You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me Baby Baby
You're so good to me Baby Baby
I can make you feel all better, just take it in
And I can show you all the places, you've never been
And I can make you say everything, that you never said
And I will let you do anything, again and again
Now you're in and you can't get out
You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me Baby Baby
You're so good to me Baby Baby
Kiss me gently
Always I know
Hold me love me
Don't ever go
You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me
You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me Baby Baby
You're so good to me Baby Baby
You're so good."
Everyone screamed for her as she left the stage. "Hey Mitchie, I want to lock you up in my closet." Shane whispered to her. She giggled.
Dee got back on stage. "Next, give it up for Lola and Drake!" Dee ran off stage and Drake and Lola ran up.
"Okay everyone, this is a new one we wrote. Let us know what you think. It's called Cinderella!."
The music started up.
"Drake No clouds in my storms
Let it rain, I hydroplane into fame (Eh eh)
Come'n down with the Dow Jones
When the clouds come we gone
We Rokafella (Eh eh)
We fly high to weather
And she rocks it better
You know me
An anticipation for precipitation, stack chips for the rainy day(Eh eh)
Jay, rain man is back with lil Ms. Sunshine
Lola You have my heart, and we'll never be a world apart
Maybe in magazines, but you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the Dark, You cant see a shiny Car
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because
Lola When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath Imma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that well still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
You can stand under my Umbrella
Ella ella eh eh eh
Under my umbrella
Ella ella eh eh eh
Under my umbrella
Ella ella eh eh eh
Under my umbrella
Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh
Drake you become another dream to me
a fairy-tale fantasy
nothing can ever compare
an image to my memory
and girl I'm asking could you be my queen?
a vision on a magazine
that's when I'll be there
its something we both share
because
when the sun shine well shine together
you know ill be here forever
although its a not a rain outside
girl its gettin late and you can stay the night
but you can dip out anytime whenever
i can call a car i aint tryna stress ya
I'm looking for the one with the glass slippa'
baby girl you can be my cinderella (ella ella eh eh eh)
you can be my cinderella (ella ella eh eh eh)
you can be my cinderella (ella ella eh eh eh)
you can be my cinderella (ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
you can run into my arms
Lola its okay don't be alarmed
both come in to me
Lola there no distance in between (our love)
Drake so go on and say my name some more
Lola ill be all you need and more
Drake in a whisper
(breaths deeply) you ready?
both because
Lola When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
said I'll always be your friend
took an oath imma stick it out til the end
Lola but you can dip out anytime whenever
i can call a cab i aint tryna stress ya
I'm lookin for the one with glass slippa'
baby girl you can be my cinderella (ella ella eh eh eh)
Lola under my umbrella (ella ella eh eh eh)
Drake you can be my cinderella (ella ella eh eh eh)
Lola under my umbrella (ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
Lola it's rainin'
Drake rainin'
Lola ooh baby its rainin'
Drake rainin'
Lola baby come in to me
Drake Oh!
Lola come in to me..."
"Okay everyone. This next person is one of our instructors. He wrote this song while he was here last summer. Written for a girl he was looking for, the girl with the voice. Give it up for Shane Gray everyone!" Dee said when she reached the stage again.
Shane ran on to the stage, grabbed an acoustic guitar and started strumming. He sang the song while staring at Mitchie. "You are my everything," he said before he walked off stage. Everyone went crazy, some people started looking around wondering who the girl he was talking about was. Most did not have a clue but a few people in the crowd did know he was talking about Mitchie. Luckily Tess was not one of them.
Dee ran back on stage. "Wow, M.C.ing is harder than it looks." she laughed. "Okay so next up. Tess Tyler! Give it up!"
Tess appeared on stage with Megan and Grace. She sang her newest song called Rock-star. It was okay and some people clapped. Tess blew kisses off into the crowd. Most were headed towards the pop star that was sitting in a camp chair behind Mitchie Torres. "Ew," he said under his breath. Mitchie laughed.
This time when Dee got on stage, Mitchie, Caitlyn, and Riley followed her. They knew that they were supposed to go last, after Tess that night, since they won the caneo race. "Give it up for Shane Gray's favourite duet partner and her amazing friends. Here are Mitchie, Caitlyn and Riley!" Connect 3 all screamed for them. Caitlyn started out playing the music on the laptop while Riley grabbed her guitar and Mitchie set up a keyboard. They started singing Our Time is Here.
"We're done but it's not over
We'll start it again
Out to the end of the day
It keeps getting better
Don't be afraid
we'll do it together
Come on
come on
You know
It's your time to move
It's my time move
Come on
Come on
Let go
Leave it all behind
Your past and mind
Gone are the days of summer
We couldn't change it 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
Our time is here
We know but we're not certain
How can we be
How can we see what's ahead
The road keeps on turning
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 move
Come on
Come on
Let go
Leave it all behind
Your past and mind
Gone are the days of Summer
We couldn't change it 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
Our time is here
Yeah! Yeah!
Come on
Come on
Come on
Our time is here
Gone are the days of summer
We couldn't change it 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
Our time is here"
The girls got off stage when Dee jumped back up. "Okay everyone, so from what I hear Shane Gray and Mitchie Torres have volunteered to make some food for tonight's jam. So their is Jiffy Pop, hot dogs and s'mores, either make them yourself or get one of these two to make you one. Everyone have fun, and don't stay up too late!" she shouted before turning off the mics.
Shane and Mitchie helped people for the next half hour make s'mores. When they were finished they went to sit down with the rest of their friends. "So should we go mingle and not blow our covers?" Jason asked the boys.
"Yeah that's probably a good idea." Nate responded, getting up from his chair. "We'll be back in a bit girls." They all wandered off to talk to campers.
Not five seconds after they left were two of their chairs filled, Mackenzie and Trent sat down beside Mitchie, Riley, and Caitlyn. "Hey girls how's it going." Mackenzie asked.
"We are good. How are you guys?" Riley responded not at all freaked that Mackenzie and Trent of Sweet Sorrow sat down and started a conversation with her and her friends.
"Good, good. Hey just wondering, are these crazy rumours true? I know we aren't supposed to buy into them, but we figured if we asked you we would know the truth and could try to stop them if they aren't" Trent asked.
"Uh-oh. Rumours?" Mitchie asked nervously.
"Oh well we heard that Caitlyn and..." Trent started before Caitlyn cut him off.
"If it is that I am dating Nate Winchester than its true, if it's that I am using him for fame or something like that, or just to say I hooked up with him, not true." Caitlyn answered. "And in case it matters I didn't hook up with him."
"Oh okay, yeah doesn't he was a purity ring or something?" Mackenzie asked.
"Yep, so do Jason and Shane." Mitchie answered.
"But guys, where did you hear this rumour, I mean until this afternoon no one but Connect 3, us, and Brown, he seems to know everything around here, knew about Nate and I." Caitlyn said confused.
"Tess." Mitchie said before the guys could answer. Riley laughed having heard about how evil Tess seemed to be.
"Yeah how did you know?" Mackenzie asked.
Mitchie laughed. "It's Tess she will use anything to try to expose people so she looks better. She did it to me last year, and Tess saw them today, Nate just can't keep his hands, or lips to himself. But really Cait, you know as well as I do, you can't let her get to you, it only gives her what she wants. I mean look at me, if Tess didn't say anything, things between me and..." she trailed off remembering that Metro Station didn't know about her and Shane.
"You and who Mitchie? What's his name? Do you want me to hurt him for you?" Mackenzie asked seriously.
"No thanks Mack, I am good. He is actually the best thing that has ever happened to me. It just almost didn't happen because of Tess."
"So, this boyfriend of yours, what's his name?" Trent asked getting into the conversation.
Mitchie looked out at the fire and saw Shane talking to some of the campers about ten feet away. She blushed thinking about him. "Ummm... his name is, well I am not allowed to say, weird I know but Tess will just use it against me, and she has ears everywhere. So let's just call him Joe. Joe is amazing."
Shane, Jason, and Nate all came up behind them. "Oh talking about Joe again are we Mitchie, man you sure know how to make a pop star jealous." Shane said standing behind his girlfriend.
"Yeah well Shane, just because you want Joe, doesn't mean I should give him up." Mitchie laughed. "Okay kidding but hey."
Mackenzie and Trent shared a look that no one else saw. They had pretty much figured it out that Mitchie and Shane were together they just didn't saw anything since the couple was trying to hard to stay a serect.
"So Nate, congrats man. Caitlyn's definitely a keeper, and I am not just saying that 'cause she is sitting here." Mackenzie said to the younger boy.
Nate looked at Caitlyn who mouthed the name Tess to him before responding. "Yeah I know I am the luckiest guy in the world. Okay so it only took me a year to get her, but well worth the wait." Caitlyn blushed at this.
"Hey baby, since everyone knows anyway, or will within the next 24 hours since Tess knows, might as well get your cute little bum over here." Caitlyn said getting up and making Nate sit in her chair, where she proceeded to sit in his lap. "You're comfy, remind me to do this more often." she commented.
"Aww," Riley and Mitchie said, knowing they would love to do the same thing with the other two guys. The boys just laughed.
Mitchie grabbed her phone and started typing out a message: Makes me almost want to go public. I wish we could be that free. She passed the phone to Shane, who was still standing behind her chair.
Shane sighed when he read it and responded: Yeah I know baby, but this is for you. This is so you don't have photographers following you around. It's so you don't see your face in magazines saying rumours about whatever they can come up with. I kind of wanted to wait until your music took off so then people don't think you just got everything because of me. But it really doesn't matter. Let people talk. They can say whatever they want, but at the end of the day we know the truth. It is up to you. If you want to go public we can, but it just seems easier for now if you just date Joe. Since Tess already thinks you are dating Joe, she would probably talk about how you ditched the guy you loved for the Shane Gray. And I don't want you to have to go through all that. I love you baby. This is your choice, if you really want to go public then just say the word. I love you Mitchie. He finished typing and handed Mitchie her phone back.
Mitchie read for a while, since his message was huge. She thought for a second before responding: I love you too Shane. I think we should just sit on this for a while. Maybe before camp ends or something. I mean eventually people are going to find out.
She gave the phone back to Shane, who read it and handed it back knowing the conversation was over.
The teens sat around taking about music, final jam, and classes before people started leaving the fire. When most people had left to go back to their cabins for the night, Blaair and Adam came over to sit with the group."Hey guys." Mackenzie said as they sat in the now vacant seats beside Mackenzie and Trent.
"Hey," Blair replied.
Shane was deep in thought for a moment before bringing up the girls project. "So Mitchie, what is this project you girls are working on? And how come Jason gets to know?"
"Shane. we told you, we want to talk to Brown about it before everyone knows about it. We want it to be a surprise, of sorts." she replied.
"Surprise project?" Adam asked.
"Yeah, kind of. It's just something we are working on that we have to talk to Brown about before people know. We don't want to get our, or anyone else's, hopes up until we have an answer." Riley explained. "But if he agrees we will need all the help we can get."
"Well, I would say Sweet Sorrow would help you, but until we know what we are agreeing to then we can't agree to anything." Mackenzie said logically.
"Okay well, we will get back to you after we talk to Brown." Caitlyn said.
The night continued on like this until the only people left at the fire were; Sweet Sorrow, Connect 3, the three girls, Brown, and Connie. Mackenzie got out of his chair and stretched. "Well guys, I hate to be the party pooper, but man am I tired."
"Yeah me too. We had a major jam session going on today, I'm wiped." Blair said following Mackenzie. The Adam and Trent got up and said goodnight to the six teens still sitting by the fire.
"Night boys." They all said back.
'So Caitlyn, who found out? You wouldn't be using Nate as a chair if no one knew still?" Brown asked laughing.
"Tess." Nate replied while his girlfriend turned red.
Brown frowned. "Yeah, that explains a lot. She never has been able to keep her mouth shut."
"God I hate her." Mitchie exclaimed while setting herself in Shane's lap. "Hey baby." she said to him.
Connie smiled wickedly, "Hey Shane, did you ever hear Mitchie's reaction to the gifts you gave her for valentine's day.?"
"Mom! Don't!" Mitchie complained.
Shane smiled. "No, can't say she told me."
"Well that life-sized Shane Gray cardboard cut-out is the creepiest thing ever," She laughed. "I think I almost walked into you like six times. But no she thought it was awesome that she could see the life sized Shane even when you weren't around. And that grey teddy bear, As cute as it was, I almost threw it out because Mitchie carried it around everywhere for like two weeks."
Everyone laughed at this. "What," Mitchie said while looking up into Shane's eyes, "It smelt like you." He just smiled down at her and kissed her forehead.
"And the roses. Never again Shane, we couldn't walk through the house." Connie continued.
Shane blushed at this. "There was one for every time I missed Mitchie while we were on tour!"
"Yeah," Nate complained "He would not stop, 'I miss Mitchie,' 'I wish Mitchie was here,' 'Mitchie is my music, without her I am nothing.' Jase and I were ready to kick him out of the band and just finish the tour as Connect 2. But we already had all the props saying Connect 3. Who knew going to Europe for a month could make someone so miserable."
"Speaking of tours, do you guys have any coming up after camp?" Caitlyn asked curiously.
"Yeah...," Nate said reluctantly, "Starts in September, it's a cross North America tour, with the first two months in the US and the last month here in Canada. We start in Florida I believe. And we hit Toronto on the 17th of November?" He asked the guys.
"Yeah pretty sure, but we are in Toronto for like 3 shows or something." Shane said.
Mitchie looked up at him with a huge smile before turning to Caitlyn and squealing. "Caity, isn't November 17th your birthday?"
Caitlyn also squealed and grinned. "Yep. It's my sweet sixteen this year too!" she was getting excited, she looked to Nate and smiled, "So you are going to be in Toronto for my birthday! That's amazing!"
Nate kissed Caitlyn on the cheek. "Yeah, so I am seeing backstage passes, the biggest birthday party the world has seen since MTV started hosting My Super Sweet Sixteen, hey if you want we can get them to come!" He laughed, getting into planning.
"Can you say the biggest Connect 3 after party ever!" Shane agreed.
"Hey guys, back to the present for a while huh?" Brown said. "Shane, Mitchie, I vaguely remember telling you that you had to make people s'mores for punishment. So where is my s'more?"
Mitchie slid of Shane's lap, grabbed his hand and pulled him to his feet. "Anyone else want one?"
"Yes please Mitchie!" everyone agreed.
Mitchie and Shane got busy making the s'mores while Brown started his Haunted Camp Rock story. "It was a dark night, much like it is tonight, with no moon in sight. The night Camp Rock almost came to its end." At this Shane rolled his eyes, he had heard his uncle tell this story about 20 times over the years.
"And the camp has been haunted ever since." Brown continued. "It was the last time manhunt was ever allowed here at Camp Rock. Ten of the campers went out to play in the woods when three of them teamed up to scare the youngest camper. It worked and they backed him out onto the cliffs. As the boys were about to give up the little boy lost his balance and fell the fifty feet to the lake. The three boys went back to the game like nothing had happened.
"The next few days went by before the Camp Director at the time noticed the boys disappearance, by then it was too late. The boy's body was never recovered but they say he is still around, reliving his death and scaring the kids, who bully other people. It is believed that the only way he can rest peacefully and make amends if for someone to find his body and discover the reasoning behind the three boys attack."
By the time Brown was finishing the last sentence Mitchie and Shane had everyone's s'more cooked. They passed them out to the group before taking their own and sitting back down in Shane's chair.
As everyone sat quietly and ate, Shane hummed the melody to the song Burning Up. Mitchie leaned into his chest loving the feel of cuddling with her boyfriend, in public at that! Shane looked down at her in his lap feeling content. She laughed. "Baby, you have marshmallow on your face, right here." She used her index finger to rub the marshmallow off his cheek. He caught her finger in his teeth as she was pulling away and licked off the squishy substance.
"Shane, do you really have to break the rules in front of me, and your girlfriend's mother?" Brown asked in a mock disgusted tone.
"Sorry," they said pulling apart a little. It was shortly after this that the teens decided to go back to their cabins for the night. Nate and Caitlyn left first.
As the two were walking back to the girls cabin Nate held Caitlyn close. "Caity, I am so glad this summer is turning out like this. I can't imagine being here without you." Nate told her.
"Aw, thanks Nate. And I know the feeling. I am glad Mitchie decided to play matchmaker this summer." Caitlyn laughed while kissing his cheek.
They walked in silence again for a while until Caitlyn stopped and asked Nate seriously. "Hey baby, do you think Brown's story is real? I mean did someone actually die out here while at summer camp?"
Nate looked into her bright brown eyes as much as possible in the darkness. "No, I have heard it a bunch of time, so has Shane, he even told me that Brown just made it up when Shane was about 7. Don't worry baby. Nothing is going to hurt you out here. Not if I have anything to do with it." He kissed her then. "I have wanted to do that all night." He whispered pulling away just enough to talk into her lips.
Caitlyn pulled him back into the kiss, while running a hand through his curls. "Umnn, I have wanted to do that since I met you." she laughed. She hugged him close to her for a long moment. "I don't think I will ever get tired of this."
"I hope not," Nate mumbled into her hair. "Caity you are amazing." he smiled and pulled away just a little to look into her eyes. "How did I find you?" he asked.
"Camp Rock does this. It has this way of making my dreams come true." Caitlyn said seriously while blushing a little. She grabbed her boyfriend's hand again and they continued walking. It didn't take them long to get back to Caitlyn's cabin. "So you wanna come in or something?" She asked him.
"Uh, sure, what do you want to do?" Nate said while walking through the cabin door.
"Let's just talk and listen to music for a while, the rest of the crew will probably be back shortly and having them walk in on us making out wouldn't be fun." she laughed.
Caitlyn grabbed her laptop and told Nate to pick a song. He picked With You by Chris Brown. Nate started to sing along. "I love this song." he mentioned in a break in the music, "This reminds me of you."
Caitlyn blushed. "I love this song too. The lyrics are so down-to-earth and meaningful. It's beautiful." She leaned into him, and smiled, she just sat like that for a long time, way after the song changed.
Jason and Riley left the fire about ten minutes after Nate and Caitlyn saying they were tired. They were walking down the path towards the Connect 3 cabin when Jason stopped Riley. "Hey Ri. I had fun today, thanks for making me a birdhouse." He hugged her.
"No problem Jase anytime." She looking into his eyes, she smiled.
Riley was about to pull out of the hug when Jason pulled her back in. "Sorry Ri," he said when he noticed he hadn't let her go. "I just like hugging you."
Riley blushed. "It's okay, I like hugging you too." After a while the two walked back to the cabin slowly.
Back at the fire Shane, Mitchie, Brown, and Connie talked for a while. "So what's new with you two?" Connie asked.
"Not much," Mitchie replied honestly. "Shane got mobbed by fan girls at the store this afternoon." she somewhat laughed but stopped because of the look Shane gave her.
"Oh did you Shaney? That's what happens when you're famous." Brown said shrugging it off. "Maybe you should wear that wig you found next time you go out."
"Hey, how do you know about that?" Shane asked.
Brown just smiled. "Who else would steal a blond boy band type wig from my costume department in the Final Jam hall, when Shane Gray was the only one to have the key?" He didn't sound mad, just amused.
"Touché," Shane said while laughing. "But it was for a good cause."
"Well, you two have any plans?" Connie asked wanting to know what her daughter was up to.
"Not really." Mitchie answered. "The girls and I are working on a little project that we will need to talk to you about Brown, but other than that just coasting."
"Hum, something my nephew's girlfriend wants to talk to me about. It better not be about relationship stuff." Brown said sounding a little nervous. "'Cause really, I don't want to know what you two are doing when I am not around."
Mitchie and Shane blushed. "No, it's nothing like that. It's music related. And you realize now that mom isn't going to let us spend 5 minutes alone together before thinking we are doing something that we shouldn't be doing." Mitchie laughed at the last part.
"Yeah, Brown what are you suggesting they are going?" Connie turned on him.
"Nothing, I mean that ring Shane wears does mean something to him. But you know if Mitchie was planning on asking me about letting them sneak out to go on a date or something, I don't want to know. They left today, I think that is enough until camp ends. If they need anything they can ask one of us." Brown backtracked.
"Yeah okay, and as far as I know there is nothing we need that's not here. Accept maybe Nate's birthday present, but I am just going to have that delivered. I have to talk to Adrien and have him send it over. Man, Nate's gonna love it!" Shane said excitedly.
"Oh, when is it, and what are you getting him?" Mitchie asked her boyfriend who was now bouncing under her.
"His birthday is August 22nd, and I am getting him something awesome. You can go in on it with me if you want. Since I know we can't leave here to go shopping. But trust, he will absolutely love it!" Shane answered knowing he was going to ask Mitchie to go in on Nate's birthday present with him.
"Sure, but eventually you are going to have to tell me what it is." Mitchie agreed, trusting her boyfriend.
"And I will, but I may as well make sure I can get them first." Shane replied casually. Since Mitchie wouldn't tell him what her project was, he figured she could wait to hear Nate's present until later. "Oh yeah, Uncle Brown, are we allowed to throw him a birthday party?"
"Yeah I guess so, as long as it doesn't happen in your cabin, and there are no card games involved. Maybe you should invite a bunch of the other campers, and empoylees, or throw a dance or something. Oh wait, dance might not be a good idea, since you can't dance with your girlfriend. Yikes, that would make a grumpy Shane, never want that." Brown went on talking like Shane wasn't sitting beside him.
"Hey," Shane whined, "Okay so maybe you have a point. But we will think of something. Well, Brown, Connie, I am beat, Mitch, shall we head back to the cabins? Breakfast will come fast." Shane continued while Mitchie got up off his lap.
"Yeah, good idea. Mom what time do you need us in the morning?" Mitchie asked tiredly.
Connie smiled up at her daughter. "How about 10, we will do brunch tomorrow. Everyone will be sleeping late anyway." Mitchie walked over to her mom and hugged her good-night before taking Shane's hand and following the path back to her cabin. Shane started humming as they got out of earshot of the parents. He was humming an Autumn's song this time. It was Hot. Mitchie laughed when she heard him humming.
"What?" Shane asked smiling at her. "This song makes me think of you." He started singing
"I wanna lock you up in my closet, where no one's around
I wanna put your hand in my pocket, because you're allowed," As he said this he pulled Mitchie's hand that was in his and stuck it in the back pocket of his jeans.
"I wanna drive you into the corner, and kiss you without a sound" Shane pulled Mitchie to him and kissed her soundly. He deepened the kiss and after a few moments released her and continued singing.
"I wanna stay this way forever,"
Mitchie kissed him again. "Okay you're right. That song rocks!" Mitchie giggled. She started singing the slower part of the song.
"Kiss me gently
Always I know
Hold me, love me
Don't ever go"
"Okay done." Shane said seriously. "I love you Mitchie."
Mitchie just stared into his eyes. "Shane, I love you." She kissed him then with all the passion she had. She pulled him to her and ran her hands up and down his rib cage through his hoodie. Her hands made their way to his hair. His mimicked for a while before his hands stopping on her waist.
"We should probably stop," Shane said pulling away, "I must really like you, I never let anyone touch my hair." he laughed trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah well, get used to it pop-star, I love running my fingers through it." Mitchie said while wrapping her arm around his waist and walking. They walked back to Mitchie's cabin to find Nate and Caitlyn asleep sitting on the floor with the music on. The song Dirty Little Secret was playing. Mitchie laughed hearing it as it was perfect for the situation. "Cait," she said quietly while shaking her friend lightly. "Cait come on wake up. Brown would kill you if he found you guys like this."
Shane was doing the same with Nate. Nate woke up first. "What's up Shane?" he asked confused.
"You and Cait fell asleep, we thought we should wake you up, you know that you walking out of here in the morning wouldn't be a good idea. People are already talking about you two, let's not have the sleeping together rumours flying." Shane said seriously.
Caitlyn woke up when Nate started to move. "hmmmm..." she said still half alseep, Shane and Mitchie half carried, half dragged her to her bed and left her there to sleep. Nate got up, stretched and kissed Caitlyn's cheek.
"Well Nate, we should head back." Shane said to his sleepy friend. "Mitchie, I'll see you in the morning. Want me to meet you here before we head to the kitchen?" he asked while hugging her close.
"Sure." Mitchie said, she kissed him lightly, knowing it would be weird for Nate and held the door for them to walk through. As she held the door open Riley walked in.
"Hey, how was your night?" Riley asked Mitchie.
"Awesome. Shane is hilarious! But I think Brown might think Shane and I are... which we aren't but he told me I couldn't come to him if I need any relationship type stuff. And we aren't allowed to leave the camp anymore. I don't know what he thinks we are planning." She said laughing. "But it means that we can't go shopping for Nate's birthday presents."
"Oh, well I think I am just going to make him something, well us something, and give it to everyone at his birthday. Any idea what Cait will get him?" Riley said sounded tired yet deep in thought.
"Nope, but I don't think Nate will care, no matter what she gets him, as long as he gets to see her on his birthday he will be happy." Mitchie sighed knowing it was the same for her and Shane.
"So what are you going to get him?" Riley commented.
"Well, Shane said he was going to talk to their agent and get him to send over Nate's present. He wants me to go in with him but he won't tell me what it is." Mitchie said while changing into her P.J.s. "Whatever, it's like 3 am, I am going to sleep, see you in the morning, oh yeah, Mom said we are having brunch so we don't have to get up early. Night Ri." Mitchie said fighting a yawn.
"Night Mitch." Riley said giving in to a yawn of her own. "Today was like the longest day ever."
Both girls climbed into their beds and turned the lights off.