I'm trying to make the updates quicker and move the story along but I want to try and make the characters as realistic as possible so yeah, this one is long and is kind of a major part of the plot so please review and let me know what you thought of it! P.S. Take note of how I always use the title of a song for the chapter title, it's hard!

Disclaimer: Of course I don't bloody own Camp Rock...

Chapter 10 Tell me why

I stepped out of the bathroom almost an hour later, my skin burning from the heat of the shower I had just taken but I felt a little better. I headed to my room and noticed that it was 3:30pm, I had missed singing class, which meant that Caitlyn was probably worrying about me, and my mum was probably waiting for me in the kitchen.

I took my time drying my hair, dabbing the ends with a towel and running my hands through it until it was almost dry and fell in loose curls around my face. I straightened my bangs and then pulled on some clothes, anything to distract me from my missing phone. Once I was done I surveyed my appearance in the mirror, my hair looked better than it had done in some time, the heat of the water had brought some colour to my cheeks and I didn't look tired, oh how false an appearance can be.

I moved away from my reflection feeling envious of the way I looked but couldn't feel and headed out of the cabin to help my mum in the kitchen, she was expecting me to be there are 4:15 so I had 20 minutes and decided to take the long route. As I passed Caitlyn's cabin she came running towards me frantically waving her arms in the air.

"Mitchie!" She exclaimed a little breathless.

"Caitlyn?" I replied in a questioning tone pretending I didn't know why she was running at me.

"Where were you this afternoon you missed class?" She asked concerned.

"I was looking for my phone but I couldn't find it then I must have lost track of time." I answered, technically I wasn't lying, just withholding information.

"I can help you find it if you want?" She offered.

"No it's okay, I have to help my mum in the kitchen now but I'll eat dinner with you then I have to go meet Shane." I replied whilst wrapping a piece of hair around my middle finger.

"Yeah cool I'll see you soon then, oh by the way your hair looks great!" Caitlyn compliment before turning back to her cabin and practically bouncing to the door, that girl really was a bundle of sunshine!

After my little chat with Caitlyn I was just on time to help my mum in the kitchen, in fact when I arrived she was stood in the doorway holding out my apron.

"Hey honey, there was me thinking you were going to be late." My mother joked.

"Nope, right on time." I replied taking the apron from her hand and tying it around my waist. When I was done, I headed over to the sink and washed my hands.

"What do you need me to do?" I asked from the sink.

"Could you help Max prepare the burgers, they always taste better homemade and I know how good you are at making burgers." She joked. Man she was on fire this afternoon, first commenting on my tardiness and now my old job.

"Sure, sure." I said rolling my eyes at her comment as she chuckled.

After about 45 minutes Max and I had made over 200 burgers which my mum and Shelly had cooked up and placed in buns. The rest of the food had been prepared and I was allowed to go and eat my lunch too. I washed my hands in the sink again, hung my apron back on the hook and went to leave the kitchen.

"Oh by the way I'm meeting Shane tonight so I'll be back before 10, is that okay?" I asked politely.

"Sure thing honey but make sure the boy walks you back to the cabin." She replied.

"No problem." I said as I dashed out of the kitchen and went to greet Caitlyn. I didn't feel like eating burgers after I had spent the best part of an hour making them so I filled my plate with salad and some pasta.

I took a seat beside Caitlyn and she sighed when she was my plate.

"What, I didn't fancy burgers after I spent 45 minutes making them from scratch, sue me." I said aloud before she could comment.

"Fine, fine whatever, anyway I wanted to ask you about your plans with you know who later." She chirped excitedly.

"Well I don't know what we're doing but I'm kind of nervous, he said he had something to show me." I replied not noticing that Caitlyn was distracted by someone walking over to our table.

When she didn't say anything I looked up at her and noticed she was looking behind me at none other than Tess Tyler.

"What do you want?" Caitlyn spat before I had the chance to say anything.

"I just came to give Mitchie this, but if you're busy I can go." She said holding out my phone with an evil grin.

"W..where did you get that?" I asked weakly, god if she'd looked in it. I started to panic a little.

"I found it on the floor you must have dropped it." She replied, lying through her teeth as she handed it to me.

"Tess will you just Fuck off." Caitlyn said a little loudly causing the attention of a few other people in the lunch hall.

"Oh I'm going, and Mitchie Darren called, he told me to say hi and thanks for the good time." She laughed and I felt sick. She had spoken to Darren, Darren had called this cannot be happening to me.

"Mitchie are you okay? Who's Darren?" Caitlyn asked as I started to shake trying my hardest to hold back my tears.

"He's no one... I..I ha..have to go." I choked and ran out of the room leaving a full plate of salad and a very confused Caitlyn at the table.

I had run into the woods and now sat by the lake where I knew Shane would come meet me soon. I was clutching my phone in my hand and decided that I had to call Cassie, I had to see if Darren had said anything to anyone, I had to call home.

I scrolled down my contacts list until I found her name and hit the call button, my hand trembling as I held the phone up to my ear waiting for her to answer. With every ring my heart rate quickened and I swear it almost stopped when she picked up.

"Hello, Mitchie?" She asked confused on the other end of the phone.

"Um yeah it's me, how are you?" I replied nervously.

"Yeah I'm good, I was worried about you, I haven't heard from you since the party you know." She replied sounding a little disappointed.

"Sorry I've just been um distracted with camp and stuff. How are things at home?" I asked.

"Boring, oh but this cute guy came round asking for your number, said he met you at the party, of course I gave it to him, why didn't you tell me you met someone?" She asked sounding a little mad.

"I don't know, must have slipped my mind, anyway I have to go." I said hating the fact that my ex-best friend gave him my number, but she didn't know.

"Okay Mitch, oh by the way the guy said he might come visit you at camp, you have to call me if anything happens." She said excitedly and I felt sick again.

"Yeah, bye." I said and hung up before she even had a chance to reply. I was shaking badly again and as I thought about Darren coming here I felt more sick and threw up into the lake.

I managed to move, crawled over to lean on the familiar tree, and closed my eyes, I was just about to drift off when I felt someone sit beside me and I jumped a mile.

"Woah Mitchie it's just me I didn't mean to scare you." I heard Shane's soft voice say.

"S..sorry I guess I'm just a little jumpy." I replied wiping tears from my eyes, all he had done was sit next to me and I was crying. I was an emotional wreck.

"Mitchie what's wrong?" He asked noticing my tears, for a guy he was pretty perceptive.

"Nothing I'll be okay, what did you want to show me?" I asked trying to change the subject.

He furrowed his eyebrows at me and gave me a look that said 'you're not fooling anyone' but didn't say anything more on the subject.

"I um wrote a song and wanted to play it for you since I know you'll be honest with me." He said nervously, it was kind of nice to see him nervous, it made him seem more human.

I gave him a weak smile and gestured toward his guitar, "I'd love to hear you play." I said sweetly and it was true, I did want to hear his song but my head just wasn't all there.

Shane sighed loudly and took my hand in his.

"Mitchie I know something's wrong, you can tell me and I promise I will help you if I can." Shane said, his dark eyes staring deeply into mine.

"You can't help me, no one can." I whispered to him, my eyes glancing nervously at our entwined hands as a few small tears fell down my face. I gently pulled my hand free from his and looked back up at him, he was still staring at me intently and I felt both terrified of what might happen to me, but safe in his company. He didn't say anything but reached out and wiped a small tear that had escaped from my eyes and was resting on my cheek.

I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes, trying to swallow back the emotion that the situation had created when my phone started to ring in my pocket. I panicked, I had a feeling about who would be calling me and when I looked at the caller ID my suspicions were confirmed. Darren's name flashed onto the screen, and I couldn't help but inhale sharply and start to shake. Shane must have noticed the change in my demeanour because he instantly moved closer to me offering a small amount of comfort.

"Mitchie who's calling you?" He asked in a demanding tone, but I couldn't answer him, I was practically frozen watching his name flash on the screen.

SPOV

The shy brunette didn't answer me straight away but pulled her cell to her ear and pressed the answer button.

"Darren." She said nervously.

I watched as the girl in front of me turned into a quivering wreck, I couldn't hear what was been said on the other end of the phone but I didn't like the reaction Mitchie had to his words and that's when I did something out of character. I grabbed he phone from Mitchie's hand and brought it too my own ear fuming with rage, I would probably regret what I was about to do but right now all I cared about was Mitchie.

"Listen here punk, I have no idea who the hell you are but I want you to stop calling my friend." I said with a raised voice before hanging up.

I then turned to look at a horrified Mitchie who was sat crumpled in a ball rocking back and forth muttering quietly to herself. She looked so vulnerable and I wanted so much to take her in my arms and make her feel safe, I had known her not even a week and she had affected me more than any other girl I had ever met.

"He's coming, he's coming." I heard her whisper meekly.

"Mitchie who was that, what the hell did he do!" I asked trying not to let my rage for him come out at Mitchie.

I put my arm around her and pulled her close to my chest waiting for her to stop shaking, to speak, to do something.

MPOV

I felt safe in his warm embrace as I contemplated how to answer his question, I was terrified that he would hate me if he knew but I was more scared of what Darren would do if he came and so I made my decision. I shuffled out of his arms, picked up my phone and typed the three words on the screen that I had not uttered aloud since the incident, the three words that I had couldn't say, my fingers trembling with every key that I hit. Once I was done I shakily held my phone up to his face and burst into another flood of tears when I saw the emotions run across his features as he read and understood what the words meant.

It was silent apart from my crying for a few minutes, neither of us moved or spoke, I was going to get up and go back to my cabin when Shane pulled me closer to him.

"Mitchie, it's going to be okay, he won't hurt you again." Shane said to me, his voice laced with so many emotions.

I rested my head on his chest and just let myself cry as he held me, the dark blue of the sky slowly changing to black, then nothing.

So that was super long and I wanted to do it justice so I would really appreciate your thoughts on this one. It was hard to get the emotions right etc... I hope you all liked it and will keep reading and I'll try to keep the updates fast. XD