And yet another update from yours truly. Ohmygosh katie is going to be happy with me.
If I were in your shoes
chapter 10
mpov
"but mitchie you have to perform at final jam, you'd win. You're so good."
"i can't. I just want to be done with this place. I don't need any unnecessary attention from people. I'm sorry, I'll be in the crowd watching though. I'm sure katie would let you help her?"
caitlyn sighed defeatedly knowing there was no point trying to reason with me about something like this.
"shane is dead!"
"what? No caitlyn don't it's not his fault. I just don't want to perform."
"i know you're lying but I'll let it drop, for now."
I rolled my eyes and flipped over onto my stomach. The next thing I knew caitlyn was prodding me. Crap I must of fell asleep.
"c'mon mitch i'm hungry, get up!" I sat up.
"what time is it?" I asked obliviously
"dinner time!" oh.
"come on!" caitlyn grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the cabin and down the path.
She bumped into someone.
"hey speedy watch where you're going" nate said.
"hi nate, shane" caitlyn said her tone almost acidic and glared at shane he just rolled his eyes and walked ahead of us.
"what did he do?" nate asked caitlyn quietly.
"oh he was a total jerk to mitchie and now she won't perform at final jam and it's all his fault." she said nonchalantly.
"what? Mitch you have to perform!"
"that's what I said!"
"but it's not his fault! I just -"
"don't want the attention I know" she said mockingly.
"well if it isn't shane's fault why did you suddenly change your mind after you argued?" nate asked.
"i just decided to think more realistically about what I wanted. It had nothing to do with shane"
"will you guys please stop talking about me like I'm not here!" shane spun around on the heels of his feet.
We were now at the bottom the steps to the mess hall and the few campers that were outside were waiting for him to blow up or cause a scene. Instead he just looked at me with no expression and said "not that you'd care" before walking into the mess hall with nate following.
"come on." caitlyn said and urged me forward.
When we got into the mess hall shane was sat with nate and katie at our usual table with everyone gawping at him like he had three heads or something, everyone apart from tess who didn't even seem to notice.
I sat down next to caitlyn and across from nate. Katie was sat on caitlyns other side and shane was next to nate. There was an awkward silence.
"why are you sat with us? Shouldn't you be with tess?" katie asked. She'd never really been a fan of shane and I guessed while I was asleep caitlyn must of told katie about me not performing at final jam.
"oh you know, just thought i'd chill with the poor people today" he shot a pointedly smug look in my direction.
"dude!" nate warned.
"what? Mitchie thinks that I want to hide the fact we're friends because she's poor. I'm just proving her wrong." he raise his eyebrows and nate gave him another warning look.
"well guess what shane? I still don't care" and with that I grabbed the cup of juice a flung it at his face before storming out of the now silent mess hall.
God that felt good.
I just sat on the steps for a while watching campers go by preparing for final jam. I went back to the cabin before caitlyn or someone came out and began to pack up my stuff.
How could a summer that started so great end so crap? Although shane's face after I threw my juice at him was pretty great. I wish I had a camera. Talk about a Kodak moment.
Caitlyn and katie came back after about half an hour to tell me shane was extremely pissed off because I ruined his new jeans or something and that they were going to sit outside with nate and that I should come too. I said I would once I was done.
I packed all of my clothes apart from two outfits, one for tomorrow and one to go home in. I was now ready to leave on Sunday morning and go back to my normal life where I had one friend and nobody noticed me, well apart from the tess equivalent at my school, milly (A/N: do u see what I did there katie? Do u do u?)
I went outside and spent the night with katie nate and caitlyn, we played board games and had fun. We went to bed quite late I think it was about 2 am. Caitlyn and katie showed us their routine for final jam. Katie was singing an original called "solo" Jason from connect 3 had helped her with it.
Speaking of Jason, I still hadn't met the third member of connect 3. I was starting to think he was invisible.
next day at final jam
the whole day had been a big rush. Everyone had been major stressed and running around like headless chickens. Me and caitlyn mostly helped katie get ready for her performance. She was so nervous.
"hello campers & parents welcome to final jam! We hope you all enjoy this evening. We also have special guest judges connect 3!" the crowd applauded as shane, nate and Jason – who wasn't invisible – made their way other to the front row of seats and gave a small wave to the audience.
"now give it up for our first performer!"
one of tess' friends made her way onto the stage, I think her name was Ella. She sang and danced along to a catchy song. She was actually really good, then after her tess' other friend, Peggy sang a more slower ballad like song. Her voice was amazing! After her came Barron and sander. They got the crowd going wild and danced around the stage like idiots. But it looked fantastic. A few more acts who I didn't recognize came and went and it came to Katie's go.
She shyly walked onto the stage and began to sing, at, first she was slightly quiet but as it got nearer to the chorus she became more louder and started moving around the stage. By the end of the song she really looked comfortable in front of a crowd. The audience clapped and cheered.
"well guys that's it. I'm afraid our final act has taken ill so whilst the judges go cast their votes you can all go get refreshments."
I turned to caitlyn.
"so I guess tess is ill?" she asked and I nodded.
We sat and talked about who we thought should win and we both obviously thought katie should, or if not Peggy. Everyone was really good though. It must be so hard to pick a winner.
Brown came back on stage "well guys I just got the votes and I can now tell you, the winner of this years final jam is, katie Jones!"
me and caitlyn clapped and cheered really loudly as katie came back onto the stage and said thank you and got a trophy.
After the winner was announced everyone kind off just went off to sort all of their things out ready to go. Most people were leaving tonight as their parents were here tonight for final jam. Me, caitlyn, shane, Jason and nate wouldn't be leaving until tomorrow.
Me and caitlyn went back to the cabin and sat listening to music and talking for the rest of the night. We were pretty bored but there were no more camp activities seen as how there were only 2 actual campers left. Caitlyn explained that her parents weren't coming until tomorrow because they'd moved house whilst she was at camp and were still sorting things out. She had no idea where she'd moved to though but she said she hoped it was one of those weird things where she ends up living across the street from me.
the next day
my mom came to wake me and caitlyn up and told us to get our stuff and go to the kitchen for some breakfast when we were ready. I felt weird, like something bad was happening. Maybe it's just because we were leaving I don't know. But we got our bags and dragged them to the kitchen where we ate in comfortable silence. Then there was a knock at the door and a woman with shoulder length straight brown hair and bright green eyes came in.
"mom?" caitlyn asked happily and hugged the woman.
"hi sweetie have you had fun? I missed you!"
"i missed you too. Yeah camp was great, this is mitchie!"
the woman came over to me and hugged me.
"don't be silly! I know who she is. Hi honey, I went to school with your mom, the last time I saw you, you were a little baby."
me and caitlyn exchanged looks. It's weird how my mom and caitlyn's mom were friends, yet we'd never met.
"Lucy!" I heard my mom exclaim from the door way.
"oh my god Connie! It's been too long." they exchanged hugs.
"well girls we have some very exciting news! Me and Connie have been friends since school and just recently I got a job promotion which means we had to move house, luckily we found a house right on Connie's street!" Lucy said excitedly.
"hate to say I told you so" caitlyn said and hugged me.
I said goodbye to caitlyn and told her to call me tomorrow and i'd come over. Then me and my mom loaded our bags into the catering van.
"mitchie, are you not going to go say bye to shane?" she nodded towards shane who was stood talking to brown.
"nah, he looks busy" I made up an excuse hoping she'd take it no further. My mom always made such a big deal about these type of things and knowing her she'd probably make me go other and apologize.
"okay then" she said warily and climbed into the driver side of the van, as did I with the passenger side.
We talked a little on the way home, mostly about how summer had been and about the friends i'd made. After a while I got tired and rested my head against the window and fell asleep.
My dream was so weird, it was me and shane in an empty room screaming at eachother, but I didn't know why. Then the room started spinning and I woke up. I sat up and looked around.
I wasn't in my mom's catering van anymore, I was on a tour bus? What was going on. I looked around and caught sight of myself in the mirror.
Oh you have got to be joking. I've swapped bodies with shane?
What kind of lame freaky Friday magic is this?
Now you guys see how the title comes into it hopefully? I'm going to start writing in shane's point of view too. Hopefully it won't get confusing it's pretty simple. Shane is in mitchie's body and mitchie is in shane's. Love you all. Review. - tashaxoxo