Chapter 10 - A real piece of work
Mitchie closed her eyes. For one quick second she wished she could get away. The constant staring was driving her nuts along with Tess's perfect blonde bob. It seemed as soon as Mitchie walked through the doors of vocal classes, Tess was ready to rip her to pieces. Nothing changed, even with the bonding of singing together, it seemed as if she let her stupidity ruin a perfectly peaceful time at Camp Rock.
She opened them quickly to see vocal class had ended. Everyone had left the room except Nate, who stood by the piano looking out of the window. He placed his hands on the keys and beautiful music began to fill the room. He sat down and started humming along to his tune, brushing his hair out of his face.
"That's amazing." Mitchie said, sitting on the bench beside him. He stopped playing long enough to write down a few words on a piece of paper, and quickly returned to his song. Mitchie watched as his fingers breezed across the black and white keys. It was like watching a masterpiece being born. With each note, a melody formed, traveling on the wind like birds. He finished and looked at Mitchie, a smile forming on his face.
"Tess is a real piece of work, isn't she?" Nate said, putting his pencil down.
"How did you know she was getting to me?" Mitchie replied.
"Well lets see, when everyone had to break into groups she tripped you. Then she made fun of your shoes, which by the way are pretty. Then she hit on Shane at the door when he was dropping off sheet music to Brown. How can she not be getting to you." Nate voiced.
"Okay so maybe she is. What do you want me to do punch her?" Mitchie verbalized.
"Actually that would be interesting to see, but no. I want to give you some advice. If she ever gets so unbearable that you want to knock her out, come get me first. I don't think you want to be banned from final jam for a second time, if you do then you obviously are trying to start a record for most times not being able to participate in Final Jam."
"Thanks Nate, hey do you know where Shane might be?"
"The log next to the lake. If you ask me he is begging for another splinter. I told him to stay away from anything that he could hurt himself with. Now that I think about it, that wouldn't leave him with much."
Mitchie stood up and walked out the door. Nate was so good to her, even if he didn't have to be. It was good to know she had lots of people to turn to if she needed help with anything.
Shane sat on the log strumming his guitar slowly. Was everyone making music today? She sat next to him and rubbed his back and he smiled.
"You found me. So what's going babe?" Shane said, putting down his guitar.
"Tess. I can't believe she hit on you." Mitchie muttered.
"And? It was stupid of her to think I was going to flirt back, I'm committed."
"But what if she offers you something I can't?"
"What, a tour with her mom? I would rather pull out my heart then trade anything for you. Money can't buy happiness."
Mitchie sighed and pulled her legs to her knees. How could she be sure that animal wouldn't try to pull something evil on Shane. He was a guy, and all guys thought about was girls. Well probably not Jason, all he thought about was bird houses and arts projects.
"Listen I was going to wait for a romantic moment but now seems like the right time. I was in London a couple months ago trying to find you a present. I walked into this little shop on the corner that sold all this jewelry. You see I love you. Even when you get mad because I spilt coffee on your favorite shirt, or you forget to call back, I love you. I look at you everyday and realized you the one I want to runaway with, the one I want to hold when my life is falling apart. This is for you." Shane said.
He pulled out a small black box and handed it to Mitchie. Inside was a small silver band, engraved with hearts along the edges. In the middle was a small ruby.
"Oh my goodness, it's beautiful." Mitchie mumbled.
"On the inside it says "The sun rises everyday for the world, and I wake up every morning for you." it's my promise to you, that no matter what I love you and I only have eyes for you."
Mitchie put the ring on her finger and watched it gleam in the sunlight. Not matter what was going to happen at camp, she had Shane and that was all that mattered.