(A/N: Chapter 10!! Finally!! Double Digits, yeah! I hope you enjoy this chapter! Oh yeah, sorry I didn't get an update yesterday. I was busy, spa-ing. 3)

(Alex's POV)

I was nervous. I've never felt this nervous in my life. I'm a role-model for children, and children believe everything they hear. This juicy rumor has spread, and that could mean that my career is over. Knowing me and my awkward self, I will say something wrong, and mess everything up. I could screw up everyone's career, we were all involved in this lie, and it was all my fault, supposedly.

I relieved I was spacing out and biting my fingernails. I looked out of the window of the limo and sighed. Here we go, off to clear this rumor, on MTV, where everybody would be listening. What if I screw up? My god.

Nate looked over at me. "You okay?" I shook my head. "Don't worry, Alex. We're all behind you," he said, and put his arm around me.

Mitchie stepped in this time. "Alex, we know that this Robert guy is a bad guy. We have proof that all of the articles he wrote about us are fake. We don't need to listen to this guy and Jessica. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, when it comes to sabotage."

I giggled. "I guess that's true." She gave me a hug. Then, I continued to look out the window.

Soon enough, we arrived at the building. My eyes widened at the sight. Nate came up next to me and squeezed my hand.

"Nate, what if he asks us if we're dating? What do I say?"

He bit his lip. "We might have to go public. Is that okay with you."

I was speechless. I've never had a real boyfriend before. People would always be in our business.

"Nate, I can't. Not now, at least."

He nodded. "Deny it," he stated simply. I had a puzzled look on my face. "All of us have kept our relationships on the down low for a while. We'll take it public when we're both ready." I smiled.

"You're amazing. I'm still nervous though."

"You'll be okay," he said. I forced myself to smile at that, but it kind of failed. I looked down at our intertwined fingers. He dropped my hand.

I looked up at him. "Is everyone else denying it, too?" Nate nodded, and we all walked into the building, in a nice, friendly clump.

We each sat down in a chair, and a man, who, I assume, would be interviewing us sat down across from all of us.

"Hi everybody, I'm Andrew." We all waved. "Are you ready to get started?" There were a few nods and some mumbled answers. I saw a red light go on, which meant that we were on air.

"Hey everyone! You're watching MTV news. We're here with Nate Brown, Shane Gray, and Jason Adams of Connect 3." Everyone cheered. "We also have Alex Russo, Mitchie Torres, and Ella Rodriguez. Now, Alex, flat-out, are you dating Nate?"

I smiled and looked at him. "Nate? I'm not dating Nate. All of us knew each other from Camp Rock, but now we're all in a movie together, and we get to hang out more. Nate's like my brother and we hang out a lot, but I have to say, the girl that gets him, has quite a catch." Andrew eyed me suspiciously, and I shook my head.

"So, you're dating Jason then?" I shook my head. "I'm not sure how you can deny this one." Suddenly, a picture of Jason and I kissing came up behind us.

"Oh, that. There was an awkward experience with Jason and I. We never dated, that would be awkward. That photo isn't real. Jason actually kissed my cheek, a brotherly thing, but we never had anything romantic between us," I answered.

He glanced towards Jason. "So Jason's on the market." Jason nodded, and the picture of him and Ella appeared.

"That's the 'mystery girl' I guess. The 'mystery girl' is Ella. She's also in the movie. We were all hanging out. This isn't a big deal, Ella was helping me run lines."

"So there is no Nalex, and no Jella?" Andrew asked. We shook our heads. "What about Smitchie, the rumor that's been going on for a while?"

Mitchie stepped in. "Shane and I aren't dating either. Sorry. We're really close, because we've known each other for years. Shane's my best male friend. I guess it would be weird to date him, because we're so close in a different way. I think the rumors started when people heard my duet with Shane, 'This is Me.' We like to hang out and go to movies, but we're not dating, not yet, at least." Andrew smirked.

"So there may be a Smitchie in the future?" he asked.

I stepped in. "Who really knows? We can't tell the future, and feelings can change. There could be a possibility for any of these couples." I giggled. "We don't think anything weird will happen, though. Dating your brotherly figures can be weird."

Andrew nodded. "I sure hope you're not just pulling the 'just friends trick.'"

"We're not!" we all replied.

"Another rumor I heard is that you guys are using the boys for fame." We nodded.

"We like Connect 3. We wouldn't do that to them," Mitchie said.

Ella nodded. "We're already kind of famous, too," she said. I couldn't help but chuckle about that.

"We're just normal teens. Whatever happens, happens, mostly. We all have back-up plans, in-case something bad happens," I said.

Shane stepped in. "We're all just a group of friends. Nobody is cheating on anybody, nobody is dating, nobody is using anybody. People sometimes just assume things."

"That clears everything up, except Alex and Nate holding hands, walking."

I giggled. "I'm tacky. I hold hands with all of my friends, boy or girl. I just have some guy best friends that I hold hands with. It's my thing," I said.

"Well, it seems this was all a big misunderstanding. Hopefully everyone believes this. Thank you guys." We all nodded, and the red light went off. We all left and went back to the limo. Once we were inside, I snuggled up to Nate.

"We just set ourselves up," I said. "Jessica knows were dating."

Nate smirked. "We tell her we're taking a break."

"She'll throw herself at you, though."

"Doesn't she do that already? I won't let anything happen. In public, we're not dating. You call me Romeo. I'll call you Juliet," he explained.

"Deal." he leaned in and pecked me on the lips.

"Nate, you're a sap," Shane said. I rolled my eyes.

"Thanks," Nate said. "You're a sap, too." Mitchie and I giggled.

I then sighed, thinking about what would happen at rehearsal. "Mitchie, does Jessica know about your relationship?" She shook her head. "What about you, Ella?" She also shook her head.

Lucky. I guess I'll have to deal with this though.

The limo stopped at my house, and Nate and I got out. We walked into my house, sat on the couch, on turned the TV onto MTV. Surely enough, it was showing our interview.

"You did great," Nate told me. I thanked him, and we continued to watch. Once it was over, I got out my laptop and looked on some fan sites.

It's a good thing Alex isn't dating Nate, or else she would be cheating, because Alex is hot, and mine.

Alex doesn't deserve fame. I bet she is just using Connect 3 for fame. I bet they all are.

I LOVE CONNECT 3, but I HATE Alex, Mitchie, and Ella.

I think that they are lying about not dating, hopefully. Nalex forever!!!

It's their life, I think we should stay out of there business. Alex, Mithie, Ella, and Connect 3 are good role-models. I think they are making good decisions.

I smiled at the last one. Nice to know I have great fans. I did tense up at some of them, though.

"They're just jealous. They don't mean it," Nate said. I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder, as we continued to look through the comments. I then drifted off to sleep.

I walked into rehearsal again. Nate was with me, but we weren't holding hands or anything. It was weird.

I walked over to Mitchie.

"Hey," I said. She greeted me back.

I chuckled. "This is the first time in a while I didn't walk into rehearsal and Jessica insults me. It's kind of nice."

She laughed, too. "I guess it is, although, she's never been a threat to me."

"Yeah. You lucky person." We both giggled.

I love my best friend.

(A/N sorry this is short, I was rushed. -.-)