Sorry it took me so long. It's been a busy summer, but that's no excuse.

Disclaimer: Do you really think I own WOWP or Camp Rock? Because I don't.


Chapter 8

The rest of the day was slow, though that was probably because I was dreading team bonding that night. I wasn't sure how much everyone knew, but I knew that I would have to answer questions. Everyone has questions. Especially when it's none of their business.

Such as life though.

So, when the time to bond with my team rolled around I headed to Mitchie's room, where bonding would be held. I wasn't sure how we were going to fit fifteen girls inside a single hotel room, but I suppose it wasn't really my problem. The moment I walked inside the room, there was an eerie silence, as if someone pushed the mute button on my life.

I was the last one to arrive, yet I was ten minutes early. Surprised, I looked at the nearest girl, who happened to be a girl named Selena.

"Am I late?" I asked her.

"No."

One word answers. Great. This is not how I wanted this evening to go. I wanted us to bond like we usually do, laughs and smiles. The occasional flirt. This was not going to be a usual night.

"Well," began Caitlyn, who was clearly hesitant to begin the night. "By popular demand, the event for the night is two hours worth of Truth or Dare. There is no rules or guidelines to the dares, or the truths for that matter, and once told or asked you can't back down. You must go through with it. Well, that's it. Let's get settled and begin."

I was the reason this game was chosen, I realized. People wanted to hear the truth and they wanted to see me humiliated. They wanted me to make a fool of myself by backing down. One glance at Tess and I knew I was right.

I decided that I wasn't going to back down. We were all huddled in a circle, completely quiet, for more than a minute. Until Tess spoke up.

"Well, since no one is volunteering, I'll go first."

She thought for a moment.

"Alex. Truth or Dare?"

I wanted to get the basic question down first. So I decided "truth."

"Okay, what happened between you, Mitchie, and Caitlyn?"

There it is. The golden question. I glanced and Mitchie and Caitlyn, who were on opposite sides of the room, as far apart as they could be, and both seemed nervous. This wasn't going to end well for any of us.

"I slept with Mitchie at the first party I went to with Tess, Mitchie, and Caitlyn." That didn't hurt anyone, everyone here has been laid at a party. "Mitchie didn't want any form of relationship, so I moved on. I ended up with Caitlyn, who asked me out on the bus ride here. After sleeping with her in our shared room, I went to the pool. That's were I ran into Mitchie, who was alone. I didn't mean for it to happen, but we ended up fucking each other in the pool. Were Caitlyn caught us. That's pretty much it." I usually didn't curse, but this was a special occasion.

The entire room was silent. I don't know what I was waiting for, but I was desperately praying for the

tension to be broken.

And it soon was. Selena spoke first.

"So, you were just getting some ass when girl and relationship drama got in the way? That's a shitty reason to hate someone. No offense to the rest of you. Anyway, you're turn Alex."

I smiled and thought for a moment. This could be a time to get some serious dirt on the others.

"Juliet, truth or dare?"

"Truth." she squeaked. No surprise there. But I had a question I wanted to ask her.

"Is it true that you slept with the entire cheerleading squad?"

She blushed, but held her ground. "Yes. That is true. And let me tell you, flexible girls? The best."

We all laughed at that. Many questions flew across the room, but no one really grilled me about what happened last night. I zoned out of the talk of girls, boys, drugs, parties, and sex until someone asked Mitchie "why did you not want to be in a relationship with Alex that night after the first party, but went back and slept with her again in the pool?"

Excellent question, one I actually wanted an answer to. I could see Mitchie trying to wiggle herself out of that one, but I could see she was coming up blank.

She sighed and answered honestly. "I didn't want to be with someone two years younger than me. Still don't, in case you were wondering. That first night I was so wasted I couldn't tell you the difference between a baseball and a softball. Last night I was simply lonely and I figured I could manipulate Alex since I assumed she still had feelings for me." She looked at me after she said that, with an apology worded clearly in her eyes.

The apology didn't matter to me, she used me because she was lonely and wanted to get laid. She was no better than boys. Just another player, looking to score. I didn't care anyway. At least that's what I told myself. In full honesty, however, I was struggling to hold back my tears. How could one girl make me feel like crap? The same girl who I had trusted completely, even in an intoxicated state?

I slowly got up and left the room. No one said anything, they all let me go. I think they all felt bad for me, I was the youngest and I was being played with. Those girls in that room weren't bad people, they were just teenagers looking for a good time. Mitchie was the same. I just didn't expect that from her.

I went directly into my room and collapsed onto the bed, tears finally escaping as the hotel room door clicked behind me. I was alone. And I couldn't stop the pain that was overwhelming me. Was this what heartbreak felt like? I've heard the phrase before, 'heartbreak', but I never thought it literally felt like your heart was breaking. Why did I put myself in that position any way? A position where I could easily get hurt?

I cried myself to sleep that night. I was asleep before Caitlyn even came back to our room.

How was I going to step onto that field tomorrow, with Mitchie and Caitlyn, and play as if nothing had happened? I really didn't know.