So I knew that this was too good to be true. Mitchie had lied to me. Why would she tell me her mom was a successful songwriter when she was really just working in the kitchen and Mitchie was helping her when she disappeared all of those times? That made sense. It also made sense that she said her roommates wouldn't mind if she moved in with me because her mom was her only roommate. I can't believe that I let her deceive me like that. Did she ever really feel anything for me at all or was she just playing me? It hurt so bad when I walked back to the cabin top find that Mitchie had already cleared her stuff out. I looked in the mirror then over some of the songs that I had written. I found one about Caitlyn that seemed appropriate to sing right now. I took out my guitar and began to play.
If anyone asks I'll tell them we both just moved on
When people all stare I'll pretend that I don't hear them talk
Whenever I see you I swallow my pride and bite my tongue
Pretend I'm okay with it all act like there's nothing wrong
Is it over yet?
Can I open my eyes?
Is this as hard as it gets?
Is this what it feels like to really cry?
Cry
If anyone asks I'll tell them we just grew apart
What do I care if they believe me or not
When I feel your memory is breaking my heart
Pretend I'm okay with it all act like there's nothing wrong
Is it over yet?
Can I open my eyes?
Is this as hard as it gets?
Is this what it feels like to really cry?
Cry
I'm talking in circles
I'm lying they know it
Why won't this just all go away?
Is it over yet?
Can I open my eyes?
Is this as hard as it gets?
Is this what it feels like to really cry?
Cry
Yeah I had tears in my eyes as I was singing that song. It was hard not to cry when you have a broken heart. I really thought that Mitchie was the one. The one that I would be with forever. Who knew that forever wasn't as long as people thought it was. I didn't even have dinner that night. It hurt too much.
The next day I skipped all of my classes. I just didn't feel like going. I know this wasn't the same but I always wondered why schools don't find heartbreak as an acceptable excuse for missing class. Don't they know that breakups are extremely hard on a teenage girl's life? Suddenly I could hear music. Oh great now I'm going crazy and hearing that isn't really there. Wait a minute, that song is my ringtone and the music is coming from my bag. Duh, I'm not crazy, I'm just hearing my cell phone ringing. I should probably get it before who it is hangs up.
"Hello?" I answered, after grabbing it from my bag. I didn't actually check who it was.
"Hi Honey." My mom said.
"Mom? You're calling me?" I asked in surprise. My mom never called me. This had to be important.
"Yeah I just hadn't heard from you in a while and I wanted to know how you were doing." She replied. I realized that it had been a few days since I had called her. But I didn't know that she cared. I honestly thought that she would be too busy to notice.
"I'm okay." I lied. I didn't really want to talk to my mom about Mitchie right now. "How are you?"
"I'm pretty good." She responded. Not exactly the thing that you want to hear from a parent when you're away at camp. "So the Final Jam is Saturday isn't it?"
It was Saturday. Today was Thursday which meant that I only had two days to prepare a song. I hadn't even finished the song that I was writing with Mitchie.
"Yeah." I answered. I did wonder why she was asking. It's not like she's ever really cared about me singing before.
"I can't wait to be there." She remarked.
"You're coming?" I asked in shock. I couldn't believe it. My mom coming was to see me sing. I kind of wanted to ask 'who are you and what have you done with my mother?' but refrained from doing because while this seemed too good to be true, I was too astonished to question it.
"Yeah maybe you can tell me all about your summer when I get there." She added. Okay now this was definitely getting weird. There was also the fact that we had been talking for five minutes and she hadn't said anything about other calls. "So do you know what song you're going to be singing?"
As I said before, I had no idea. "No.": I said.
"Well you could always sing one of my songs/" She suggested. ":I wouldn't mind."
That was something that I definitely wasn't going to do. I wanted to get out of my mom's shadow, not push myself further into it.
"Mom I gotta go do…camp stuff." I remarked. I needed to get out of this conversation because it was beginning to make me very uncomfortable. I don't think she would question me.
"Okay, see you soon." She said as I hung up. Yes I hung up on her for the first time of my face. I wasn't sure if I should take her promise that she would be at the Final Jam to heart because knowing her, she would be asked to be on some talk show at the last minute and wouldn't be able to make it. She had let me down so many times that I stopped keeping track and believing that she would be there for me but I do realizer that I need to find out what song I was going to sing and find some way to get over Mitchie. I need to talk to someone who isn't my mom about it. I then realized that everyone at camp either dislikes or I dislike them. I then figured out who the perfect person to talk to was. It wasn't going to be easy and I would probably have to clear the air about some other stuff but they say in times of trouble we turn to our enemies for help. I got dressed and fixed my hair and makeup before heading out to the cabin. I knocked on the door. I hoped this was the right cabin and she was still in the same cabin as last year.
"Is Caitlyn here?" I asked looking down. When I looked up, I noticed it was Marissa…wearing a robe. "Is this a bad time?"
"Who's at the door?" Caitlyn asked as she walked out, also wearing a robe. "Tess."
From the way that she said my name I could tell that wasn't happy to see me but she really hasn't been since we broke up. But I just needed to convince her to talk to me and help me out.
"Look, I'm sorry I interrupted your…intimate time…but I really need to talk to you." I remarked.
"Okay we weren't having sex. We just came from the showers." Caitlyn pointed out. I was going to say something about them having sex there but decided not to. "And why would I help you with anything?"
"Because you're the only person who knows anything about me at this camp that I can talk to. We were so good together and we told each other all of our secrets." I answered. I noticed that Marissa was glaring at me. "And no I'm not asking her to get back together. I'm asking for advice."
"What do you need advice about?" Caitlyn sighed.
"Do you think I made the right decision breaking up with Mitchie?" I asked. "I mean I know that she told Shane about us but…"
"Mitchie didn't tell Shane about you." Caitlyn remarked. "She came here crying after you broke up with her. Did you ever consider that Shane might have figured out on his own?"
"Found out on his own?" I asked as something hit me. "That's it.!"
"What's it?" Marissa asked.
"The day before we broke up the door was open." I clarified.
"So?" Caitlyn asked, apparently not getting the point.
"Well we were talking how you missed your parents on the cruise ship." I explained. "Jenna must have been walking by and heard us. She then proceeded to tell you I was making fun of them so you would break up with me like she wanted so she could have me for herself. It all makes sense now."
"That does make sense." Caitlyn agreed. "I'm sorry that I didn't believe you and I should have trusted you more. I just really wasn't thinking straight. I hope you can forgive me."
"Well I'm sorry for how I acted towards you after the breakup." I apologized.
"It sounds like Shane pulled the same trick on you that Caitlyn had pulled on her." Marissa commented.
"Oh my god you're right." I remarked. "I was going to believe her too but I found out that she was lying about her mom I couldn't take it anymore. Why would she do that and say that her mom was this big shot songwriter instead of telling the truth?"
"Maybe she didn't want people to know that she wasn't rich because she thought people would look down on her." Caitlyn deduced.
"Well if that is true, what do I do now?" I asked.
"Maybe you should apologize." Marissa suggested. "I mean from what I heard she's dropped out of the Final Jam."
"I don't know if that will be enough." I said "And I don't know if I can trust her."
So now the air has been cleared between Caitlyn and Tess. The Final Jam is approaching and we got to hear from Tess's mom. They had an actual phone conversation and Tess ended it. So the next chapter will be the last chapter. Don't forget to review.
