Wow, I want to thank you guys for the amazing reviews! I didn't even know you guys liked it so much. When I got the email that I had reviews I literally almost screamed.
And in my Character info, I said Jael's nationality is half Canadian and half Irish but I forgot to explain how she was raised. She was born in Ireland and stayed there till she was 3, but then they moved to Canada and lived there till she was 13, so she has a Canadian accent. No, she doesn't say 'Eh' or whatever, but you guys' know what I mean right? They say about and house really weird and sorry. Haha, I hope you understand what I'm talking about.
Anyways! They lived in New York ever since but they moved a lot while they were there, same thing while they lived in Canada.
Here's Chapter 9. Enjoy!
"Hello?" I said when I picked up the phone.
"Jael?" It was Carry but something was wrong. It sounded like she was crying.
"Carry are you ok?" I asked, worriedly.
"Jael," She said again. "Your mom…she-"
"She what?" My heart started racing really fast and my hands were shaking.
"She's gone." She said so quietly, I could barely hear it.
"W-what? What do you mean she's gone?"
"Sh-she was sleeping and I went in her room to check on her. She looked fine so I left but I went back in 2 hours later and she was in the same position as before. I got worried and went to her and started shaking her but she didn't move." She started sobbing. "Bill and I took her to the hospital but they said it was too late and that she was gone." All of a sudden, everything went really quiet and I couldn't talk. My body wouldn't move and I felt like I wasn't breathing.
"I-I have to go." I managed to say and hung up. I sat there on my bed, thinking about what just happened when it all hit me in one big rush and I burst into tears. My whole body was shaking and I was sobbing and hyperventilating.
I finally got up and ran out of my cabin, towards Caity's. I ignored the cold air that chilled me and kept on running. There were still a few people out and when they saw me, they either glared or had questioning looks on their faces.
I got to Caity's cabin and banged on the door. She opened it with a worried look on her face.
"Jael, what happened?" She asked and pulled me into her room.
"She's gone. My mom is gone."
Caity and I sat on her bed and I told her what happened while I was sobbing and crying.
"Jael, I'm so sorry." Caity said.
"I just-I knew this was gonna happen, but I didn't expect it to happen so-"
"Yea, I understand."
"I wish I would've been there, though. The only family she has that actually loves her was only thinking of herself and came to this place, instead of staying at home and taking care of her sick mother. I'm pathetic."
"You're not pathetic, Jael. You didn't know this was gonna happen-nobody did." I thought about everything again and cried even harder.
"It's only a few days before Final Jam! I was gonna go back for her right after all this and she had to die today. She had to leave me today." I put my head in my hand and shook it, not believing what I did by leaving my mom.
I sat there with Caity comforting me for about an hour and a half then I told her I was gonna go back to my cabin.
"Are you sure?" I nodded.
"I need some time to think. I'll see you later." I said, gave her a hug and left.
On my way there, the tears were still running down my cheeks and all the students that saw kept staring. I tried walking faster to my cabin and slammed the door closed when I came upon it.
I paced back and forth in the little area in front of my bed. I ran my hand roughly through my hair as the tears were still poring out. I sat down on my bed, trying to calm down but I couldn't. I took my journal and tried writing but everything just happened in such a big rush, I lost it and threw it across the floor. I couldn't hold it in any longer and I just screamed as loud as my lungs would let me. I got up and banged my hands on the wall.
My sobs grew louder and the force of my hands against the wall got harder. My hands squeezed into fists so tightly that they turned really white and banging on the wall at the same time just made it hurt.
I heard my cabin door open and close but I ignored it.
"Jael? Jael!" I felt the person put their hand on my waist. They tried grabbing my arms but I pulled them back but they grabbed them again. I turned around so I could get a better push at them but saw that it was Shayne. "Jael, calm down!" I kept pushing him back and hitting his chest but he was too strong. He took my arms and no matter how much I tried pulling them back, his grip was too tight. I finally gave in and he pulled me into a hug and I cried on his chest. I felt his racing heartbeat against my face and it felt good.
"It's gonna be ok." He kept repeating. No. It's not gonna be ok. He didn't understand.
"Are you all right?" He asked once we both calmed down.
"No. I'm not."
We walked outside and to the pier. Shayne went to the canoes and brought one over. I was still too shaken up; I didn't even put on a lifejacket. Neither of us did. I just walked onto the canoe and Shayne sailed us out into the lake. Once we stopped, he put the oar into its holder and it was quiet between us. I was looking down at my hands but when I looked up, Shayne was looking at me and he didn't look away.
By now, I had stopped crying and it was very quiet. There wasn't even sound coming from the camp.
"I'm sorry." I heard Shayne say, which came out as a huge surprise to me. I looked up at him and there was something in his eyes but I couldn't tell what it was.
"For what?" I asked.
"For what happened the other day when I yelled at you." His stare was so intense, I had to look down.
"Oh. Forget about it. Whatever."
"What's going on with you?" He asked.
"Nothi-"
"Don't say nothing. Don't give me that shit I get from you every time I ask you that fucking question!" I got a little scared from how loud his voice got and he relaxed a little. "This time I want the truth." He said more calmly. "Please." I sighed.
I explained to him everything from my dad losing his job to him drinking/smoking and abusing me, me wanting to come to Camp Rock 2 years ago and my mom getting sick. I told him about getting the discount and Carry and Bill watching mom while I was gone. I explained to him why I was so thin and how I got asthma from my dads smoking.
"What would your dad do to you?" He asked. I thought about all the abuse my dad has done to me over the years. All the different things he hit me with and how he would push me to the ground and start kicking me. My eyes watered and a couple tears slipped out.
"H-he used to take pots and pans and-" I didn't finish what I said and a sob slipped out. "He would push me to the ground and kick me. Push me into walls, slap me, pushing me down the stairs." I couldn't talk anymore from how much I was sobbing and crying.
"I'm sorry." He said quietly. I looked up at him and his eyes looked pained.
"Don't be. It's not your fault."
"I-I know it's none of my business, but earlier, I saw you running and crying. What happened?" I was hoping I didn't have to think of that again. I remembered everything that happened when Carry called me and a sob slipped out.
"My mom died." I said and a new wave of tears came out of my eyes.
"Come here." Shayne said and held his arms wide open. I carefully moved over to him and cried onto his chest. He wrapped his arms securely around me and for the first time in a long time, I felt safe.
I sat there, crying in his arms for what seemed like ever. Once I stopped, we just sat there, staring out into the water.
"I can't go back." I said.
"What?" He asked, confused.
"After Camp Rock is over, I can't go back home. My dad, he-he started going crazy just because he lost his job. Now that my mom is gone, he'll probably go to the next level." He tightened his arms protectively around me and I couldn't help but smile.
After a few minutes, Shayne sighed and said we should get back. I moved back to my regular spot and helped him row us back to shore. I stepped out and he flipped the canoe over and walked over to me. He gave me a tight hug and I hugged him back but when he let go, our faces were only a few inches away from each other's. He was staring deep into my eyes and I couldn't look away. He slowly moved his head closer to mine and before I knew it, his soft lips were touching mine. He put both hands on either side of my face and slightly deepened it. He pulled away and leaned his forehead against mine and we stared at each other for god knows how long.
"I'm sorry." I said. "For everything. I know I shouldn't have lied, but when Tess asked about my father, I wasn't going to tell her that he abuses me for a living and I didn't expect the whole camp to find out." My eyes started to water again. "And when you brought it up in the canoe the other day, I wanted to tell you the truth, but I didn't and I regret it." He shook his head.
"Don't apologize. I didn't give you a chance to explain and I assumed the worst. I am sorry." He pulled me into another hug.
Shayne and I left the pier and started walking to my cabin. My arm was around his waist and his arm was around my shoulders. When we got to the front of my cabin door, Shayne turned to me and kissed my forehead.
"If you need anything, you can just come over to my cabin." He said and I nodded.
"Thank you, Shayne. For everything."
"I'm here for you, Jael. No matter what happens, day or night. Just say the word and I'm there." I smiled and gave him a hug and watched as he left.
I walked into my cabin and grabbed my PJ's then went to the bathroom. I looked at my face in the mirror. My cheeks were tear stained and I looked very pale. After I changed, I washed my face and stepped out of the bathroom. I saw my journal on the floor and went to pick it up, then took it with me to my bed. I opened to a clean page and started writing a song.
When I finished writing, I heard my phone ding. I picked it up and it said I had a new text from Caity.
Hey, are you ok? Do you want me to come over?
I smiled and texted her back.
No, I'm ok. Shayne and I talked. Everything is fine :)
A few seconds later, I got another text.
Hello! Details!
I laughed and texted her back.
Sorry, but I don't kiss&tell…
;)
I left the conversation at that and went to bed.
The next morning, I remembered everything that happened yesterday and sadness washed over me. But then I remembered Shayne and the kiss and a smile grew on my face.
I stood up and went to the bathroom. When I came out, I decided to wear dark grey skinny jeans and a plaid green shirt that had a black band wrapped around the waist. It looked pretty cold outside so I threw on a light grey beanie and sweater. I put on my low-rise converses and left my face makeup-less. I grabbed my phone then heard a knock on my door. I went to open it and saw Caity standing there.
"Kiss and tell!" She said with a huge smile on her face. "I can't believe you guys talked! Forget about talking! I can't believe you guys kissed! Tell me everything!" I laughed and I told her the whole story as we were walking to the kitchen.
"But it was weird because every time he hugged me, I actually felt safe."
"That's 'cause you guys are practically in love."
"We are not! I don't even know if he's gonna ask me to be his girlfriend. He probably just kissed me because he felt sorry for me or something." She stopped walking.
"Ok, why do you always do that?" She asked.
"Do what?"
"Every time something good happens to you, you think something negative."
"I don't know. I guess 'cause, it's just hard to believe that it's actually happening to me. I mean, my life has been pretty shitty for a few years now, I can't just expect all this 'good' happening to me. I'm not used to it." She nodded, understanding and we continued walking.
"So, how are you? I mean, about your mom." I looked down, sadly.
"Not that good. I mean, we used to be really close, you know? Especially since she got sick, I would try to be by her side as much as possible. Even before that, I would be able to talk to her about boy problems and friends at school. She was a really awesome mom and she didn't deserve to die." My eyes watered. "I have to call Carry to talk to her about it. Like when the funeral is and stuff." Caity nodded and a couple tears slipped out of my eyes. I wiped them away and we arrived in the kitchen.
After we made breakfast, we went to the mess hall and sat at the table and waited for everyone to come. When they came, we got up and got some food. I just grabbed a couple slices of toast and went back to the table with Caity. Kiwi was already there with his food. When we sat down, he noticed I looked sad and asked what happened. I told him everything that happened yesterday.
"I'm really sorry, Jael." He said.
"Yea. Me too." I ripped off a piece of the toast and stuck it in my mouth.
"But on the bright side," He said. "You and Shayne talked and are like, together." I smiled. Kiwi was always trying to make people happy.
"We aren't together. It was just a little kiss. Not a big deal." I ripped another piece and stuck it in my mouth.
"When people kiss, it's not just anything random. What, friends with benefits? Please." Caity said. "It's a big deal, Jael."
"Oh, come on! You know you're happy!"
"And what made you get that idea?"
"You're eating." I blushed and looked down. Caity and Kiwi laughed. "You guys' are so annoying. Gosh." I said, jokingly and the bell rang for class.
Mr. Torvald's class went by fast and I think when I sang the Final Jam song, it got a lot better than before. Was Shayne really making a difference for me?
Brown let us do whatever we wanted on the piano. I tried making the music for last night's song on it and surprisingly got it down. Yesterday, I was thinking of changing my Final Jam song to this one. It was about my mom and I really wanted to share it. I hope Caity won't mind because she worked hard on the mix.
For some reason, I was excited to go to Dance. As I was walking there, I had a smile on my face but I didn't realize it till Caity pointed it out. I blushed and continued walking to class. Wow, I've been blushing a lot lately. What's gotten into me?
When we walked in, there were a few people there including Shayne. When he saw me, he smiled and walked over.
"Hey," He said and gave me a hug. "How're you feeling?"
"I'm alright." He looked up to Caity and Kiwi. "And I'm sure you guys already know that I talked to Jael last night and apologized. You guys were awesome friends and I want to apologize to you too." Caity and Kiwi looked at each other and sighed.
"Fine." Caity said.
"But if you hurt her again," Kiwi said and did the man handshake/hug thing with him. "I'll cut your balls off." He said and smiled. I couldn't help but laugh.
"I wasn't planning on it." Shayne said, looking a little scared and Caity and I laughed even more. The whole class finally got here. Tess saw Shayne talking to us and she glared. Uh-oh.
"All right, guys," Shayne said as he walked to the front of the room. "I have a small surprise for you. Nick and Kevin flew in this morning because we're gonna be judging Final Jam. And they're gonna be singing with us for the performance afterwards. Come on out, guys." He said and Nick and Kevin walked out from a little room/closet all the way to the side. A bunch of the girls shrieked and the guys just clapped.
"Hey guys!" Nick said. I looked over at Caity and she looked down sadly. I remember on the second day here, she told me that she was closest to him out of all the members 3 years ago. He looked at her and looked a little sad too.
"You guys happy that Final Jam is just in three days!" Kevin said and everybody cheered. "We're really stoked to hear you perform."
"Ok, you guys ready to dance?" Shayne said and everybody said yes. He walked over to the stereo and pushed play and we all began dancing. After we practiced it a couple times, Shayne let us do it as if we were actually performing it on stage. Everyone stood next to somebody and Nick and Kevin went to get guitars from the room. We all got into our positions and they started playing.
When Shayne and I sang together, I don't know why but it felt right. Our voices mixed really well together and dancing side by side was really fun. When we stopped singing, we all cheered and everyone started talking. Shayne let everybody sit out for the rest of the period so it was just free time. I walked over to Caity and Kiwi.
"You guys were awesome singing together!" Caity said and gave me a hug.
"We totally saw a little some' some' going on." Kiwi said and I laughed. I noticed behind us, Nick and Kevin were talking and they were walking over to us. I nudged Caity and she turned around to see Nick and Kevin standing there.
"Hey Caitlyn." Nick said. "Can we talk to you for a second?" She looked at me then back at them and nodded. They walked a few feet away from us and Kiwi and I were watching them. We couldn't hear anything because of all the talking in the room, but they hugged so it looked like everything was okay.
Caity walked over to us as Nick and Kevin went to put their guitars back to where they belong. Shayne came with Nick and Kevin following and introduced them to me.
"Nice to meet you guys." I said.
"Likewise." Nick said. "We've heard a lot about you." I looked at Shayne and he looked down and blushed a little.
"Really?" I said, getting pretty interested. "I hope those were pretty good things."
"Very." Kevin said.
All six of us sat down and talked and we got to know each other very well. Shayne and Nick were really funny and Kevin was one of the sweetest guys I have ever met.
Sadly, the bell rang and we had to go. But since we didn't have any other classes after this, I told them we would see them later.
"Did you notice how Shayne was looking at you every time you talked?" Caity asked as we were walking back to our cabins.
"What are you talking about?"
"Whenever you would talk, Shayne looked at you like you were the most beautiful thing he has ever seen." I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"Yea, I saw something too." Kiwi said.
"I'll keep on dreaming guys'." I said and turned to where my cabin was.
After I took a shower and changed back into my clothes, I walked around the camp when I came across Shayne.
"Hey," He said. "Where're you going?"
"Just taking a walk. You?"
"I was actually looking for you."
"Why?" I asked.
"I wanted to ask you if you wanted to take a walk." I chuckled and nodded.
We walked side by side and talked about random things.
"You excited about Final Jam?" He asked and I nodded.
"A little more nervous but I'm excited too."
"You'll do great." He said and gave me a reassuring smile. "So, did you and Caity finish the song?"
"Yea, but I don't know if I'll be singing it."
"Why not?"
"Because I wrote another song. It's about my mom and I feel like I should let everybody hear it." He nodded, understanding.
"Do you think I can hear the original song, then?" He asked and gave me a hopeful smile. I couldn't help but smile back and nodded. We walked into the cabin where I sang the parody of WYLMITE and I smiled from the memory. I walked to the piano and sat on the bench and he sat beside me.
I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I have this dream
Right inside of me
I'm gonna let it show
It's time to let you know
This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me
Do you know what it's like
To feel so in the dark
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's too far away
I've got to believe in myself
It's the only way
I heard him gasp but I ignored it and continued playing.
This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me
All of a sudden, he started playing what I recognized to be Gotta Find You.
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you
I gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you
I gotta find you
I gave him a questioning look and he smiled.
"You're the girl." He said.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"The girl that I've been looking for. It's you."
"B-but you've never heard me sing this song before."
"I did. In the beginning of the summer, you were in the mess hall and you sang part of the song and I was outside, running from fans." I remembered the memory.
"That would explain the screaming girls I heard." I looked up at him and he had a huge smile on his face. "But why are you so happy that it's me? Weren't you expecting someone spectacular or…not me?"
"Honestly? I'm actually relieved that it's you."
"Why?"
"When I first started talking to you, I thought you were a really amazing girl and I felt a really strong connection between us. The only thing that would've made it better was that if you were the girl. And you are." I smiled and looked down.
"Jael," He started again. "I really like you and I have since we started talking and became friends. When we weren't talking, it killed me. At first, I thought that you hurt me but it was me who hurt you all along. And all those times when I saw you crying, it killed me but I couldn't do anything about it because I thought you hated me. And after a couple days, you looked like you got over me and I thought that I didn't matter to you anymore."
"It's not that you didn't matter to me." I said. "You should've seen me the two days after the argument. I was a mess. You can even ask Caity and Kiwi. But after that second day, I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't cry over you because I thought you hated me and I didn't think you would ever forgive me. I was still hurting a lot even though I didn't show it to everyone. Almost every night, I would write in my journal. I wrote a few songs about it and I just-"
"I understand. I realize how much pain I put you through and if I could, I would take it back. I really like you, Jael, and I don't want anything like that to happen between us again."
"Why?" I asked.
"Huh?" He asked, confused.
"Why do you like me?"
"For one, you don't act like a normal fan girl who screams just at the sight of me. And another, you're just easy to talk to. I feel like I can be myself around you and not be the Shayne Grey everyone knows just because I'm famous. It seems like everyone else holds high expectations about me but not you. You accepted me for who I am and you put me in a place that I was trying to reach for so long but couldn't find my way there. You helped me realize that the music I was playing wasn't my music and it was for my music that Kevin, Nick, and I started the band."
"Umm, before, when we were arguing, you said that I was just like everyone else. Has it happened before?"
"It has." He muttered. "More times than I can even remember. That's why I was so hurt when I heard that you lied because I thought you were the one person who would never do that." I began to open my mouth to say something but he cut me off. "And I know now that you would never do that." He smiled softly. "You're different from everyone else and that's good."
"I never meant to hurt you, Shane." I said softly.
"But you didn't. I hurt you and myself by assuming the worst and us not talking." I smiled and he pulled me into a hug. When he let go, He gave me a small kiss on my lips and looked me in the eyes. "Jael," He started and I got a little nervous. "Will you be my girlfriend?"
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"Yes." I said and smiled. He smiled really widely and pulled me into another hug and I hugged him back.
"You know," He started. "The song you just sang sounded pretty good with mine. You wanna mix it together and see how it turns out?" I smiled and nodded. We sang exactly what we did before but then I added the chorus to my song afterwards and he sang it with me.
This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
This is me
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me
"That was really good." I said.
"Do you wanna go tell the others our idea? Maybe Caity can add to the mix of the song so mine could fit in." I nodded and we went to find the others.
We saw them sitting and talking on the pier. When we got there, Caity gave me a huge smile and she got up and ran towards me. She took my arm and pulled me a few yards away.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Nick told me what Shayne was gonna do." I sighed and smiled. "Did he ask you?"
"Yea."
"And what'd you say?" I looked at her and rolled my eyes.
"I said yes." She shrieked and pulled me into a hug. I laughed and hugged her back. "Listen, Caity," She let go and looked at me worriedly. "About the song I'm singing on Final Jam, I don't think I'll be doing that one."
"Why not?" She asked.
"Last night, I wrote a song and it's about my mom. I wanted to share it with everybody. And I know you worked really hard on the mix and I'm so sorry but-"
"It's ok, Jael." She said.
"Thank you so much, Caity. But guess what?"
"What?" I told her about me singing This Is Me to Shayne and him telling me that I was the girl. She was still very happy and pulled me into another hug and I laughed.
"Come on, let's get back." We walked back over and I sat down next to Shayne. He smiled at me and I smiled back.
"So Caity," Shayne started. "About Jael's song,"
"She told me. She's the girl with the voice."
"Ok, so, we realized that our voices sound completely awesome when we sing together and we wanted to know if you could continue the mix of her song so that my part of it will fit in with hers."
"Yea, that would be awesome."
"Wait." Nick said. "You're the girl with the voice?" I nodded. "Do you think we can hear one of your songs so we can see what's so amazing about it?"
"Nope. Sorry. You can wait two more days for Final Jam."
"Fine." He muttered and I laughed. I looked out into the sun and watched, as it was getting lower to the horizon.
"Oh shit!" I yelled. "Caity we have to go help Connie in the kitchen."
"Crap! We'll see you guys later." She said and we ran towards the kitchen. Connie already started cooking and she looked at us when we walked in.
"Sorry! We're late."
"That's right, you are." Connie told us what we had to do and Caity and I worked as fast as we could so we could finish dinner early.
Connect 3 sat with us and we had so much fun. Barron and Sander showed them their cool rapping/beat boxing tricks and Shayne tried rapping too. It was nowhere near as good as theirs.
"Ok, I got another one. Give me a beat!" Shayne said and Sander started beat boxing. "Ok, slower than that. I can't rap that fast. Much better! Ok."
Listen to me, I got two feet
Walking down the street, with my degree
Degree like 10, 10 degrees
Freezin' outside, need a jacket
Where can I go gotta go to the store and buy me a jacket
Gotta buy me a nice medium jacket
Cause small is too small but large is too large
Go to the car, drive to...uuuuhhhh...
WHOO! I LOVE THAT RAP!
We all bust out laughing. I leaned on Caity's shoulder because of how hard I was laughing and I couldn't hold myself up on the bench.
"Yea, that's right. Be jealous." Shayne said and we all stopped laughing and gave him a look. He looked down and we laughed again. I gave him a side hug and we all continued talking and having fun.
For the rest of the night after dinner, I stayed in my cabin and practiced my new Final Jam song on the piano. Brown said we didn't have any classes tomorrow or the day after so we had time to practice. After I got most of the piano down, I went to bed.
The next morning after I got ready, I went down to the kitchen to help make breakfast but when I was done, I walked back to my cabin to finish the piano. When I was about to turn into the path, I saw Tess walking out of it.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing." She said and had an evil smile on her lips and walked away. I rolled my eyes and walked up to my cabin. I didn't take my journal that had the song in it because I already memorized it by heart.
I finished the piano then sang the song all together. My eyes watered as I was singing it because of what it meant.
I decided to take a break and left my cabin. I walked over to Caity's cabin but she wasn't there. I went to Kiwi's but he wasn't there either. The last place to check was Shayne's. I walked over and knocked on the door. Shayne opened it and smiled when he saw me. He gave me a peck on the lips then opened the door wider for me to walk in. Caity, Kiwi, Nick, and Kevin were here.
"I can see that you guys didn't invite me to your party." I said and Shayne wrapped his arm around my waist.
"Sorry." He said. "Caity said that you wanted to work on your Final Jam song and we didn't want to interrupt." I couldn't help but smile. Shayne was adorable when he was apologizing.
"It's okay. So, what are you guys doing?"
"Oh you know, just catching up on three years." Kevin said. "How's your song going?"
"Good. I just want to practice it a couple more times and Caity, I need your awesome guitar skills for it." I said and smiled and she laughed.
"Alright." I walked over and sat down on Shayne's couch. His cabin was huge. He had his own living room with a flat screen and a separate bedroom. It was like a mini apartment.
"So Jael, tell us about yourself." Nick said.
"Well, what do you want to know? Ask me questions."
"Uhm…do you play or watch any sports?" He asked.
"I don't like watching sports but I love playing hockey."
"Really? Hockey?"
"Yea. I'm half Canadian and I was raised here so, I got the genes." I said and they laughed.
"You're half Canadian?" Shayne asked and Nick started laughing.
"Say about." I rolled my eyes and said it.
"About." They all laughed.
"What's your other half?" Kevin asked.
"Irish." I said and Shayne started laughing. I turned my head and gave him a questioning look.
"I saw you guys' little dance battle thing." Caity, Kiwi, and I laughed.
"Wasn't I awesome?" I asked.
"For an Irish dancer, sure." I playfully hit him.
"I can do way better than that. I love free styling. That was just for a joke."
"Yea, Kevin and I are totally lost here." Nick said.
"On my youtube, Caity, Kiwi, and I posted a video of us dancing. She went first and when it was my turn, I Irish danced. You should check it out; my account is JaelPierce."
"Sweet. We'll do it later."
"Yea, but don't watch the one that's called Connect 3 When You Look Me In The Eyes Parody." Caity said and I smiled.
"Wow, obvious much, Kate?" Kiwi said sarcastically.
"Just cause you said that, we're totally gonna watch it." Kevin said. "Anyways, back to the questions. What type of music do you listen to?"
"Rock, Metal, Alternative, A little rap and hiphop, slow rock, a little pop but hardly, grunge, the classics, stuff like that. How about you guys?" I asked.
"We listen to stuff like Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Beatles, stuff like that." Nick said.
"Elvis Costello and Stevie Wonder are awesome."
"Yea, you like them?"
"Of course! I wish they still had music like that nowadays. I mean, I love the music now but the old stuff was good too." They all agreed.
"Do you have any hobbies?" Shayne asked me.
"I like to skateboard, paint, draw, photography, and obviously sing. Can any of you guys skateboard?"
"I can." Nick said. "It's a funny story, actually. When I was about 10, I really wanted to learn so I begged my parents for one and when they finally got it for me, I would practice every day till I could do it. Then one day, Shayne asked me if he could try so I gave it to him. As soon as he stepped on it, he fell over and the skateboard flew into the air and landed like, two inches away from his face."
"That's a lie! You pushed me and you know it!" Shayne yelled and Caity and I laughed.
"I did not! That's been your excuse ever since and you know I didn't do it. Did you feel my hands on you when it happened?"
"Well no. But you mysteriously used your crazy telekinesis powers cause I know I didn't fall." Kevin and Kiwi started laughing too.
"Just keep telling yourself that, Shayne." Nick said.
"You guys knew each other when you were 10?" I asked and they nodded.
"Yea, we went to school together and we were neighbors. Nick was in 5th grade and I was in 8th." Shayne said. "We really wanted to go to Camp Rock and we went a few years later and that's where we met Kevin."
"Cool." Kiwi said. "Do you have any favourite TV shows?" He asked me.
"Yea umm, LOST, Supernatural, and Terminator. But LOST tops all of them."
"I used to watch LOST."
"Whoa whoa, wait. 'Used to' watch LOST? You stopped?" I asked and he nodded. "How can you stop watching LOST? It's like, the best TV show in the world."
"I don't know. I mean, there isn't really much to it after you've been on an island for 3 years." They all laughed.
"You stopped watching it when it started to get even more important and interesting. That's it; I'm making you watch it all over again from season 1 to 4."
"Do I have to?" He complained.
"Yes. And I promise, you won't regret it."
We talked for a couple more hours until lunch. We all walked to the mess hall to get some food.
The rest of the day went by and I was so excited for Final Jam. It was only a day away.
It was already dinner and I put the spaghetti in the pot full of boiling water. As the spaghetti was boiling, I helped Caity and Connie make the burgers. Afterwards, I was mixing the spaghetti and Caity was trying to flip the hamburger buns in the air with a spatula.
"Caity, stop! You suck at it!" I said and laughed.
"No, I almost got it!"
"You better not get any in my spaghetti!"
"I'm sure they have it!" We heard an angry sounding Tess say and turned around to see her and Brown walking towards us.
"Okay, she has officially lost it." Caity said.
"No, I didn't lose anything, you guys stole it."
"What?" I asked, confused.
"What's going on here?" Connie asked.
"Tess thinks that Jael and Caitlyn stole her charm bracelet."
"What?" Caity and I yelled in unison.
"I'm sorry Brown, but these girls would never do such a thing." Connie said, trying to back us up.
"Look, let's just settle this, alright?" Brown said.
"I know it was her," Tess said, pointing at me. "She was lying all summer about who she is. Who knows what else she'd lie about?" My mouth dropped open.
"Now wait a minute!" Connie yelled.
"Connie, don't. If they want to look, let them. This is stupid."
"Look, let me just scope this out and I'll have a look in your cabin."
"Fine."
"Whatever."
"You're not gonna find anything." I said as Brown started looking around. "I didn't s-" I stopped when Brown noticed a gold charm under a few cookbooks. He pulled it out and showed it to us.
"That's it! That is my charm bracelet." Tess said.
"There's gotta be some mistake here." Connie said.
"Like what? I snuck in the kitchen and-"
"Tess," Brown stopped her. "I got this. I'm totally wigged out." Brown said, looking at us.
"Yea, so are we!" I yelled.
"I'm not." Caity said, glaring at Tess.
"Well rules are rules. And since it's the end of Camp, I have no choice. I've got to ban you guys from the rest of Camp Activities. Until the end of Final Jam."
"We didn't do anything! She's lying!" I yelled, completely pissed that we're band from Final Jam.
"Do you have any proof?" Brown asked.
"No but she-"
"Well then I'm sorry. My hands are tied." Brown handed Tess back her bracelet and turned to us. "Until the end of Final Jam." He repeated and Caity and I nodded, not believing what just happened. Brown left and Connie went after him.
Caity and I went to the mess hall to put the Mustard and Ketchup bottles by the food and everybody was staring at us. Then Brown walked in with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Camper Mates! And Maties. I am holding the lineup for Final Jam." Everyone gasped. "I am gonna pin it up on the wall. Let me get out of the room before you all-" Everyone got up and ran over to the paper before Brown got to leave. Caity and I turned back around and rolled our eyes.
"This is not fair." I said.
"I know."
Caity and I skipped dinner and went straight to the pier.
"This was supposed to be a fun summer that was all about music and all I did was get caught up in Tess drama." I said.
"It happens." She said.
"I don't even know what the hell I did to her to make her act this way to me."
"It's not just you. She does it to everybody."
"Yea, but I'm the main one she does it to."
"I've never seen Brown so harsh." Caity said.
"I know, he kept repeating, 'Until the end of Final Jam'." I said, mimicking his accent. All of a sudden, it hit me.
"What?" She asked.
"Brown said we were banned until the end of Final Jam."
"Yea, I know. I heard him. Where are you going with this?"
"Isn't Final Jam over once everyone performs their songs?"
"Yea, but-oh!" She said, finally catching on and I laughed.
"Brown knows we wouldn't do anything like that. He gave us a little clue so we could still sing on Final Jam."
"I don't hate him anymore." Caity said and I laughed.
"Hey guys." I turned around and saw Shayne standing behind me. He put his arm around my shoulder and asked us why we were skipping dinner. We told him what happened with Tess and Brown but then said it was ok because we found a way to still sing on Final Jam.
"Yea, Uncle Brown was always like that. Do you guys want to head back to the mess hall, or are you gonna skip the rest of dinner?"
"Sure. Let's go." I said and we left. When we walked in, Nick and Kevin were sitting with Kiwi, Barron, and Sander. We sat down and Nick and Kevin gave Caity and I weird looks.
"What?" She asked.
"We saw that little parody of yours." Kevin said. Caity and I looked at each other then back at Nick.
"We-we did a pretty good job…r-right?" I asked, pretending to be nervous and bit my lip.
"Well," Nick said. "You could've jumped on the piano a bit better."
"And your voice didn't fit in with Nicks." Kevin said and Nick playfully hit him.
"Haha, I'm sorry, Nick. I like that song so it was all a joke." I said and smiled.
We all sat and ate dinner together. Afterwards, we walked around the camp, just talking. I asked them a few questions about being famous and how it's like singing on stage in front of thousands of people.
"It's amazing." Kevin said.
"Yea, especially when every single one of them is cheering for you." Nick said.
"And it's awesome because when they sing the lyrics to your song, it just makes you happy. Especially if they can relate to what your lyrics mean." Shayne said.
We talked for about 20 more minutes when it started to get really cold. I shivered and wrapped my sweater tightly around me. Shayne noticed and started taking his jacket off.
"No Shayne, I'm fine." I said.
"Here. Take it." I sighed and put his leather Jacket on, which was ten sizes too big.
"You guys are so cheesy." Caity said and rolled her eyes.
"Aww, is somebody jealous?" I said, as if I was talking to a baby and everyone laughed except her.
"Yea yea, whatever." Shayne wrapped his arms securely around me and I leaned into his side. We walked for at least another hour when the coldness was way too strong for me and it was getting pretty late. They walked with me to my cabin.
"Damn, it's really creepy down here." Nick said.
"Especially at night." Kevin said.
"It's not too bad…if you ignore the bear sounds and wolf howls." I said and shrugged. Nick and Kevin gave me scared looks and I laughed. "I'm joking, guys." I gave them all a hug but gave Shayne a peck on the lips. I was taking his jacket off when he stopped me.
"Keep it. You can give it to me tomorrow." I nodded and thanked him.
"Night guys. I'll see you tomorrow." I said and walked inside my cabin.
The next day, I wore grey skinny jeans, a black t-shirt, and a black jacket with a furry hoodie. I pulled on my low-rise converses, grabbed my phone, and walked to the kitchen. On my way there, I saw Nick walking in the same direction.
"Hey." I said when I caught up to him.
"Hey." He replied.
"You going to the kitchen too?" I asked.
"Yea. Shayne and Kevin are there. I told them I would catch up with them later. I don't think he wanted me to tell you he was there so, shh." I smiled. "Pretend to be surprised or something."
"Sure thing." It was quiet for a couple minutes when Nick sighed.
"Listen Jael," He started. "I just wanted to thank you for bringing the old Shayne back. I mean, no matter what any of us did, it didn't change him till you came along. Thank you."
"Of course." I said. "Do you know why he started being a jerk in the first place?"
"Yea, I do, but I don't think I can tell you. I'm sure he'll tell you anyways but, it's just not my place to tell you."
"I understand." With that said, we walked into the kitchen and saw Shayne, Kevin, Kiwi, and Caity talking.
"Morning guys," I said and gave everyone a hug.
"So, does your amazingly hot boyfriend get a good morning kiss?" Shayne asked. I walked right passed him and looked around.
"I don't see him." I said when I felt Shayne's hand grab mine and pulled me to turn around and smacked my lips into his. I smiled as I was kissing him and he pulled away.
"I'm right here." He said and we looked into each other's eyes, forgetting where we were.
"Damn, they really are cheesy." Kiwi said and I glared at him.
"I was talking about my nachos!" He yelled as he was eating some out of a bowl and we all bust out laughing but I just smiled.
The guys helped Caity and I cooked breakfast then we walked out to the mess hall to eat. The rest of the day went by really fast and it was already lunch. It sucks because today is our last day together till Final Jam and I don't want it to be over just yet.
After we ate, we left and felt the cold Canada air hit our skin. Since I had my jacket, I wasn't as cold as I was yesterday but it was still pretty cold for me. I crossed my arms over my chest and tightened them to warm up.
"Dang Jael, even with your jacket you're still cold?" Kevin asked.
"You guys have more meat on your bones than I do." I said.
"Are you saying I'm fat?" Nick asked.
"Yes. Yes I am." I said and smiled at him and they laughed. "Which reminds me: I forgot to give you your jacket." I said to Shayne. "We can all go over to my cabin now and just chill if you want?" They all nodded and we walked to my cabin.
When we got there, I handed Shayne his jacket but he just settled it down on my wheelie chair and sat beside me on my bed.
"There isn't really much to do here." I said. Nick walked over to my keyboard and started playing something.
"Are you guys working on a new album?" Caity asked.
"Kind of." Nick replied. "After Camp Rock, we're going on our Burnin' Up Tour, but we always write so,"
"We're expecting to go to the recording studio sometime early next year and the album should be out mid-next year." Kevin said.
"Sweet. I'm excited to hear what you guys' have in store for your fans."
"We're changing our sound too. Now that I realize that it's up to us and not the record label what type of music we make, it's gonna be completely different." Shayne said.
"Good. I'm glad." I said and smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Ugh." Kiwi groaned. "You guys are sickening." I laughed and we all went back to talking.
We went down to make dinner but then afterwards, everyone went to the mess hall but then I remember that Shayne forgot his jacket again. I told them I would be right back and went to go get it. I walked over to my cabin and grabbed the jacket but when I turned around, I noticed my journal wasn't in the same place it was before. I always put it all the way in the back of the second shelf but this time it was laying on the top one. The only person I could think of was Tess. That's what she was doing when I saw her walking out of the path.
"That bitch!" I said, grabbed my journal and angrily stormed out of my cabin.
As soon as I opened the mess hall doors, I looked everywhere for Tess until I saw her standing with Ella and Peggy.
"Tess!" I yelled as I was walking over to her. She turned around and put her hand on her hip. "What the hell is your problem?" I asked.
"Uh, well right now? It's you." I ignored what she said and continued talking.
"Why'd you do it?"
"Do wha-" I lifted my journal in front of her face.
"You went into my cabin and read my journal. Why? Who the hell are you to go into other people's cabins and read their personal things without permission? No wait, who the hell are you to go into people's cabins without permission, period? How much did you read? Huh? I don't like you very much-probably way more then you don't like me, but you don't see me going into your cabin and reading your shit. I haven't done anything wrong to you. Ever since I got here, you've been doing nothing but shit to me. You know, I actually took time away from my pathetic life to think why on earth you do this to not only me, but to everybody, and I've come to one conclusion." I realized that everyone in the mess hall got really quiet and were listening to what was going on, but I didn't care. It's about time somebody spoke up. I didn't realize it but my eyes were watering and a couple tears slipped out.
"Yea? What's that?" She asked with her bitchy attitude.
"Usually when people act like they own the world, it's because they're hiding something. Because something personal happened in their lives. So what is it Tess? I mean, you've basically embarrassed be in front of everybody after Beach Jam by telling them that my dad isn't really dead. So what's your secret? What happened to you to make you act like the Queen Bitch?" She stayed quiet. I walked closer to her as a few more tears slipped out. "Look, I don't know why you do these things to me. And you probably think I can't handle it, but let me just tell you this; I'm a lot stronger than what people give me credit for. And you better not read this again." I said and lifted my journal. "You better not go into my cabin again, and I seriously don't feel like dealing with your stupid little games. So fuck off." I walked past her, shoving her in the shoulder and walked out of the mess hall and slammed the door as hard as I could.
I tried walking to the pier when I heard the door open and close and Shayne calling after me.
"Jael! Wait up!" I stopped walking and turned to him. "Are you ok?" He asked when he saw the tears running down my face and wiped them away.
"I'm fine." I replied. I heard the doors open and close again and saw Nick, Kevin, Caity, and Kiwi but to my surprise, Ella and Peggy were with them too. "What are they doing here?" I asked.
"We told Tess we didn't want to be part of her group any more." Ella said.
"Yea," Peggy agreed. "We told her we were tired of her bossing us around. And we're really sorry for everything we've done to you. Well, technically what Tess did to you since we had nothing to do with it, but we're really sorry." I smiled and nodded, understanding. Shayne looked at me and back at the others.
"Uhm, we'll catch up with you guys later." He said and they nodded. Shayne led me towards the canoes. He flipped them over and I got in then he pushed it out into the water and got in himself.
Once we stopped rowing, we put the oars in its holders and Shayne looked at me. I looked back at him and it seemed like he wanted to tell me something but he wasn't sure if he should.
"Are you ok?" I knew that's not what he wanted to ask me but I nodded anyways. He looked down at his hands unsurely, then back at me.
"Shayne, is everything alright?" I asked.
"Yea, everything is fine, it's just," He paused. "Jael, you know when you told me that you couldn't go back home after this was all over?" I nodded. "Did you find anywhere to go yet?" I shook my head. "Well, I was wondering, do you want to go with me and the guys? I mean, we'll be on a bus most of the time but there's still enough space for you. We have a few extra bunks and-"
"Shayne," I said so he could stop talking. "Are you sure about this?"
"Yea. I've given this a lot of thought and I asked the guys if they were okay with it and they said yes."
"But won't there be a lot of questions from the media?"
"There might be a few but they'll get over it. And the media is the last thing on my mind right now." I thought about it for a little but Shayne got the wrong idea when I didn't reply. "Look, you don't have to if you don't want to. It was just a suggestion."
"Yes."
"What?"
"I want to." He smiled and sighed. "But I don't want to be too much trouble-"
"No, you won't be." He interrupted.
"Ok then." He leaned in and gave me a kiss. "But," He waited for me to continue. "I would like to stop by at my house first. I need to go to my mom's funeral." He nodded.
"Do you want to head back now?" I nodded and we rowed back to shore.
WHOO! Well that was one long ass chapter! Haha. I know I took forever to upload but I've been working on this every single day since I uploaded the chapters for LOST. I have two things to say; One: Instead of it being Nick White, it's gonna be Nick Jonas and instead of it being Kevin Jonas, it's going to be Kevin Black. And two: I forgot what it was but if I remember, I'll put it on the next chapter. I hope you guys liked it and I'll work on the next one ASAP. This story is coming to an end very soon but no worries! I will be making a sequel so be happy.
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