I feel very sad to say that this is the final chapter of the actual story (sad day, I know), but there is an extended ending after this chapter.

I hope you all enjoy it!

Chapter 11

I never thought that camp would come to its end so quickly. I got out of my bed realizing that this would be one of the last times for nine months that I would see this cabin. If only summer wouldn't pass by so quickly, especially since I was actually enjoying it! I was still panicking about the whole issue of not seeing Shane again for a long time. I walked out of the mess hall that morning after breakfast and, sure enough, immediately ran into him (what a coincidence, huh?).

"Hey Mitch! Are you excited about Final Jam tonight?"

"Yeah, I can't wait to do our duet! I sure hope we win!"

I was doing as much as a I could to boost up my confidence because I knew that if I didn't have my confidence at Final Jam, then we more-than-likely wouldn't win and that meant that I wouldn't get to spend three extra weeks with Shane.

"Yeah, me too! So, I heard that Nate and Caitlyn like each other!"

"You just now heard about that?"

"No, Nate told me last night! He said that you told him that Caitlyn liked him. You should've seen how happy and excited he was about it."

"Well, he must really like her then."

"Yeah, I guess so."

I wondered, what would it be like watching Caitlyn have her first boyfriend? Well, that sure seemed like an interesting thought. She definitely liked Nate a whole lot and he totally like her a whole lot too, but I refused to myself that I would tell her; I knew how much Nate wanted to tell her himself rather than have me do it for him. We sat down on the steps to continue our talk that apparently was going to keep continuing for a long time.

"Shane, how many girlfriends have you had?"

"Well, only a couple; you're about my fourth."

"Only you fourth?! Seriously?"

"Yeah, I just haven't been able to find the right girl for me."

"But.....you found her now, right?"

"Of course I did Mitch! And she's standing right here in front of my eyes."

He locked his eyes with mine before giving me a gentle kiss on my lips and taking both my hands in his.

"Shane, do you really think our relationship will last over the school year?"

"Mitch, I really think that you should just trust me when I say that everything is going to be OK."

"Yeah, I trust you; I'm just hoping so much that you're right."

"Well, then we both do; and that means that we probably will last."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

I smiled a small confident smile.

"So, are you excited about Final Jam Shane?"

"Of course I am! I love out duet, and I can't wait for everyone to hear it! It's hard to think that we wrote that song together!"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I think it's such an amazing song, but it's only so amazing that it would have to be written by you!"

"Aw, Shane, that's not true! You're an absolutely amazing songwriter! I've heard your songs before, so I should know!"

He let out a small laugh and kissed me again.

"Mitch, do you know how I feel whenever I kiss you?"

"No; how do you feel?"

"Well, it's sort of this magical feeling; it's as if I'm in a world where everything is perfect, and all we have to do is kiss."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really."

"Wow, that's exactly how it feels for me! But, I just never found any way to describe it."

"Well, now you do."

He smiled at me and held my hand again.

"So, how do you think my dad is going to react once he finds out that I'm dating the famous pop-star Shane Gray?"

"First of all, I'm a rock-star, not a pop-star; second, who knows Mitch, who knows."

"Well, I sure hope he won't be freaked out! If you knew my dad, you'd understand how overprotective he is."

"Dads are like that, especially to their daughters. My dad never really picked on me for having a girlfriend, but he did never stop reminding me to always be a gentleman and treat the lady nicely; it really got annoying with how constantly he'd keep telling me!"

"Hey, you're dad must care about you then."

"Well, yeah, he does; and I care about his marriage to my mom too."

"Hold on, you're parents are still married?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, I thought the press said that they had divorced because your mom cheated."

"No way! She never did that! Besides, that week that everyone was spreading it around, my dad and I had been with her that whole entire time because she was sick. Honestly, how could she cheat when she was sick in bed with her husband and her kids looking after her the whole time?"

"Seriously? Wow, the press really does lie a lot!"

"Yeah, and they really began ruining my life too!"

"Is that how you turned into a big jerk?"

"Well, not exactly. You see, my oldest brother had just gotten married and he was the center of attention that whole time; I guess my jealousy had just gotten to me."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I guess I thought that if I was a jerk more, then I'd get more attention from people, so my parents would have to pay attention to me. Of course, that was a really stupid idea."

"It's OK Shane, we all make mistakes; no one is perfect."

"I know, I know. I just wish I could go back and change all the things I've done."

"Well, you can't, and you should just accept that; just do what you can to make up for it."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Still, I just can't believe Final Jam is tonight!"

"Mitch, everything is going to be OK; just trust me."

I sighed heavily.

"I do trust you."

I rested my head on his shoulder; he lifted my chin and kissed my forehead. I blushed; he had never kissed my forehead, and it surprisingly made me blush more than it did whenever he kissed me full on my lips. Our conversation continued for the longest time after that, and Shane was almost late for a meeting with his uncle, so he rushed off and I went back to my cabin alone. I walked in and sat on my bed; I looked around the whole cabin. I thought to myself how much I'd miss sleeping in a bed that felt like it was home-away-from-home. I took out my song notebook and started writing another song.

Time won't ever slow down, so we might as well make the most of it.

Life passes, it comes and goes, there's no way you can deny it.

"Um...ugh! Writer's block!"

I suddenly noticed that something was sitting on my side table. I opened it up and read it. It said at the top:

Mitch, I wrote you a song, but I haven't finished the whole thing quite yet.

Well, since it's the last day of camp, I decided that I should just send you the rest once I've finished it.

You know how much I'm going to miss you, right? Of course you do!

I just can't wait to see your smile one last time (at least, for a while; it really depends) when you and I sing our hearts out tonight.

Just remember, I'll always care about you and you can always trust me not to run off with someone else.

See you tonight Mitch.

Sincerely, Shane

P.S. Yeah, I know I only got three lines done, but I made sure that they meant exactly how I feel about you. Sorry if it's a little cheesy.

"Wow, I never thought that Shane could write such a sweet letter."

I spoke it to myself. That had to have been the sweetest note that Shane had ever written me. I suddenly remembered what he said on the top line. He wrote me another song? The whole front side of the paper had been filled, so I turned it to the back; sure enough, there it was.

I look at you and what do I see? A beautiful girl right in front of me.

How I feel when I see you, what can I say? I automatically knew we were meant to be.

If I could give you anything in the world, I know what it would be.

Apparently he had gone blank from there. I laughed; aw, how cute it was when he suffered writer's block! I was getting really lonely already, so I headed out to find Caitlyn and Amy.

* * * * * * *

I was standing backstage already! Final Jam was about to start any minute! I felt like I had never felt so nervous or depressed in my life. I would wake up tomorrow and Shane wouldn't be there, or Caitlyn, or Amy, or anyone!

"Hey, are you OK Mitchie?"

I turned and saw Tess standing in place of the voice.

"Oh, hey Tess; yeah, I'm doing OK."

"Are you sure? You seem kind of depressed."

"Oh, it's nothing."

"Is this about the whole thing that happened a few days ago?"

"What do you mean?"

"....When I tried to flirt with Shane..."

"Tess, it's OK."

"No, it's really not; I was just so jealous of you because you were dating Shane, but I learned that I really just needed to get over him."

"Have you?"

"Of course; besides, I think I've got my eyes set on someone else."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah! Do you know that guy that guy who is the lead singer of the band AAM, Zack Irvin?"

"Oh, yeah, I know who that is."

She raised her eyebrows slyly and I couldn't help but grin and give her a hug.

"So, you seriously like him?"

"Well, it isn't exactly a crush yet, but I have talked to him lately! And he's so cute!"

"Aw, I'm happy for you Tess! You've found someone for you!"

"Yeah, and I'm so happy! He really seems like a sweet guy too!"

"I bet he really is. You go for it girl!"

"Thanks Mitchie."

She gave me another hug, and there was sudden cheering out in the audience. I heard Brown turn on his microphone.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our annual Final Jam! So, who's excited?!"

The audience cheered again.

"Alright, so, we shall start with our first act. We've got Amy and Tess Tyler in a sisters' duet!"

"I guess that's my cue. I'll talk to you later Mitchie."

"OK, good luck to you and your sister!"

She smiled.

"Thanks."

She walked out on to the stage as the music began to play and Amy quickly joined her. This was strange; I didn't remember ever hearing Amy sing before. Tess began to sing, then Amy, and then both of them together for the chorus. I smiled to myself listening to the song; the song was so much about how much the two sisters really cared for each other, even though some days it didn't seem like it. They ended the song with a big hug and ran off the stage separate directions.

"Wow, you guys were great!"

"Thanks! We've been practicing that for a while!"

"You know, I've never heard Amy sing before."

"Oh, yeah, she's always been too shy."

"Well, looks like she's starting to open up more."

"Yep, looks like it."

We both watched Brown run back onto stage.

"Wow, that was great, I know! Alright, up next, we have the camp's newest group, the Jam Gang!"

That name didn't seem familiar to me at all.

"The Jam Gang?"

"Oh yeah, didn't you hear? Caitlyn and Nate formed a band for tonight and they called it the Jam Gang!"

"Seriously? So that's what Caitlyn was trying to hide from me this whole time!"

"Oops, then maybe I shouldn't have told you that..."

"Oh, it's OK. I'll let Caitlyn tell me herself anyway."

I saw Caitlyn and Nate running up on stage; they were holding hands! Man, did she just not tell me things anymore?! They started to sing and dance together and the whole audience seemed to be getting into it. At this rate, they were doing great! I smiled to myself again; Nate and Caitlyn were just so cute up there together! Two kids joined them with guitars and started playing, another joined them with drums and started playing too, and then there was Caitlyn going up to the keyboard on the side of the stage and started joining in playing as well. The whole audience seemed to be dancing in their seats now! I felt like I might have started dancing at any second! It felt like the song ended too soon and the audience cheered loudly as Nate and Caitlyn ran off stage, holding hands, with all the others. The two of them ran toward our side.

"Hey Mitchie!"

"Hey, you guys did great out there!"

"Thanks!"

I gave Caitlyn a hug and she smiled at me.

"I can't wait to see your duet with Shane!"

"Oh please, I'll bet you guys are going to win!"

"Whatever! May the best win and whoever does, we're all still going to Hawaii!"

"Yeah, you're right!"

I grinned at her, but then I hesitated.

"Um, are you two...you know...together?"

Caitlyn blushed. She realized that she and Nate were still holding hands. Nate answered my question.

"Well, no, not exactly."

"What do you mean?"

I was confused! And that brings it back to the whole statement "Boys are confusing!".

"Well, we just sort of...clicked.....I guess that's what you could call it."

"Um, yeah, that really is what happened I guess."

They both looked at each other and blushed.

"Uh, Caitlyn, you know, I have something I want to tell you. Mitchie, do you mind maybe giving us some privacy?"

"Oh, sure! No problem!"

I went to where Tess had wondered over to and listened. I could just barely make out what Nate was saying to Caitlyn.

"Um, I'm sure it was already pretty obvious, but I really like you."

"Really?"

"Yeah..."

"That's good because I like you too."

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah! Really!"

"Oh...well....then...I guess we are....you know-"

I looked over and saw that Caitlyn had put a finger to Nate's lips.

"I know what you mean Nate."

I wondered if they were going to kiss.

"So, what now?"

"Oh, I don't know..."

"Wait, I've got an idea. Maybe we can try this."

He took her hands in his again and moved slightly closer to her.

"Caitlyn, I know we're going to be away from each other for a long time, but I need to know....do you want to be my girlfriend?"

Caitlyn was speechless. She'd had the biggest crush on Nate for the longest time, and now...her dream was coming true!

"Caitlyn? Are you OK? Caitlyn?"

She finally snapped out of her daze.

"Wow Nate! I never thought I'd ever see the day that you'd ask me that! Of course I want to be your girlfriend!"

"Really?"

He blushed, but it was cut off by Caitlyn hugging him. I was starting to shake excitedly; the kiss could come at any moment now. I suddenly realized that the next act had already started. I ran over to see who it was; it was Zack. He was singing, dancing, and playing his guitar all at the same time. The audience looked like they really liked his song. Wow, he could easily win Final Jam too! He was actually doing a really great job! His song was pretty awesome, but it ended too soon. In a way, I could see why Tess had a huge crush on him. I mean, he was definitely cute, he was a nice guy, and he was really talented; still, I would never choose him over Shane. The audience cheered and Zack ran off stage. Brown came back on.

"Wow, that was really great! Alright, it is now time for our final performance of the night! Please welcome a special duet by the lead singer of Connect 3 Shane Gray and his girl, the amazing and talented Mitchie Torres!"

I could hear my parents cheering me on and I smiled confidently. This was it, the moment that Shane and I could finally sing our duet and win that trip to Hawaii! I walked out on stage and started to sing my part.

When I look at you, I feel like the rest of the world has disappeared.

When you look at me, I know this feeling I sense inside is sincere.

When our eyes meet, it's like I'm finally falling for the one that's meant for me.

Shane walked on and sang his part.

You've always caught my eye, but at first it was nothing,

But as soon as you spoke to me, I could tell there was something.

That first time I looked at you, I could tell it was meant to be.

We continued with the chorus together.

Anytime, anywhere, any day, I'm there with you.

Every time, everywhere, every way I can.

We can change the world together, nothing can stop us now.

Just the two of us, yeah, you and me, we can do anything,

Anything and everything, it only takes just the two of us.

I could see my parents smiling over in the audience at us. The song passed so quickly that at first I didn't realize that the last line was ringing out. Then our song was over, but the music only slowed down a bit and Shane kept singing softly.

I look at you and what do I see? A beautiful girl right in front of me.

They were the words from his letter to me; he had added it into our song! I decided to join in.

How I feel when I see you, what can I say? I automatically knew we were meant to be.

If I could give you anything in the world, I know what it would be.

I guess he had decided not to add another line after that. The song ended and the entire audience cheered so loud that I felt like my ears might start hurting soon. I jumped up and gave Shane a hug and a kiss on his cheek before we both ran off-stage.

"Wow! Those two were amazing, I know! Alright! It is officially the end of Final Jam and it is time for our judges to go in private and decide our Final Jam winner!"

The judges picked up their papers and ran to the back of the theater. I turned to Shane.

"So, do you think we'll win?"

"Honestly, who knows? I have no idea; everyone else was pretty awesome!"

"Yeah, you're right! I just hope we do win!"

"Mitchie, it's going to be OK."

He tilted my head up with his hand and kissed me on my lips lightly to make me feel better. I smiled at him; Shane looked confused.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I don't know. I just never thought a pop-star like you-"

"Mitch, I'm a rock-star, not a pop-star."

"OK, I never thought a rock-star like you would ever love kissing me so much."

"Well, I do love kissing you! It makes me feel better because I know that whenever you kiss me, you are because you care about me."

"It makes you feel better?"

"Yeah."

"Oh....well, I love kissing you too!"

He sort of blushed and kissed the edge of my lips. I smiled at him again.

"See? You're doing it again! Do you just want me to keep kissing you?"

"Nah, let's wait before we do that again."

"Ugh, OK."

I laughed. He just couldn't stop wanting to kiss me; how sweet! We heard Brown from back onstage and turned to watch.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, the judges have made their final decision! The winner of this year's Final Jam is-"

He opened the letter and unfolded the paper to read the winner.

"The Jam Gang!"

The entire crowd cheered.

"Caitlyn, you won! You won! Get out there!"

I pushed Caitlyn out onto stage and she was followed by Nate. They took their trophy and hugged each other.

"Nate, we won! I can't believe it!"

"Believe it Caitlyn! We're going to Hawaii!"

Brown came over and put a congratulatory arm around Nate's shoulders.

"Congratulations kids, you have just won a trip for three weeks in Hawaii!"

Caitlyn and Nate hugged again. Wait, what was that? I thought I saw Nate look into Caitlyn's eyes and smile. He was slowly leaning in, and so was Caitlyn; this was it, they were going to finally kiss! As her lips met with his, I noticed Caitlyn eyes slowly closing and her lips curving into a smile against his. They slowly parted and smiled at each other, and then they ran off stage hand-in-hand towards me.

"Congrats guys! You won!"

"Yeah! And we're going to Hawaii!"

"I'm so happy for you!"

I jumped on Caitlyn and gave her a huge hug.

"Thanks Mitchie."

"And congrats for your new boyfriend!"

She sort of froze where she was and pulled out of the hug.

"Boyfriend? Uh...what are you talking about?"

"Oh come on, I saw your little lip-lock out there a minute ago!"

She blushed and turned to smiled at Nate.

"Well, you are a good kisser Nate."

Nate blushed that time and sort of looked away embarrassed.

"I...um...thanks, I guess."

Brown had walked back out onstage.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen! It is time for my favorite part of Final Jam! It's the Final Jam Jam Session!"

The crowd cheered and the music began to play.

"Well, I guess that's our cue. Let's go guys!"

We all started walking out on stage and started to sing. It was the song that we had written in Nate's class and we had decided to make the title "Rock On". It was a pretty catchy song and it was all about rocking out and being yourself and following your dreams; it was sort of like the Jam Session song last year. Shane and I smiled at each other as we sang together and danced. We ran upstage to finish the song and before I knew it, Shane and I were so close that I could easily kiss him. We looked into each other's eyes and stayed there until the audience had finished cheering. No one had signaled us to run offstage, how strange; there was always somebody who did that. Brown ran back onstage with us and everyone crowded around him.

"Alright everyone, I have one very big announcement to make."'

Oh no, could the camp really be shutting down after all? Even after all the work that the boys had done!

"I'm sure that all of you are aware that Camp Rock has been in debt and in danger of shutting down..."

His expression was depressed. Man, it really was shutting down!

"But, thanks to Connect 3 and Mitchie Torres, this camp is officially back in business next summer!"

The whole audience cheered. I couldn't believe it! Camp Rock was saved! I would get to come back after all! And so would Shane, as long as he didn't go on tour! I saw that Shane was over with Nate and Jason. I ran over to him and jumped at him with a hug. I felt his arms wrap around my waist; I could tell how happy he was.

"Shane! Did you hear that? You saved the camp!"

He smiled at me.

"No Mitch, we saved the camp! We couldn't have ever done if it wasn't for you and your idea!"

"Well, you guys put more effort into it than I did."

I smiled back at him. I suddenly felt his lips press against mine. I kept my arms wrapped around his neck while he moved his arms to around the middle of my back. We stayed like that for who-knows-how-long until I heard Amy shouting at us.

"Guys! You did it! The camp is saved! That means we'll get to come back next year!"

Shane turned to look at me again.

"Oh yeah, Mitch, I've got good news. I talked to my manager and he and I agreed that we're only having our tour until the end of May.

"Really? So, that means you're going to be here?"

"You bet I will be!"

I smiled and hugged him again. I pulled away from our hug as I heard a familiar voice shout.

"Amy, you were amazing!"

Amy turned to where the voice was; her eyes widened in surprise.

"Chris! You're here!"

She ran over and jumped at him, then...wow, she actually kissed him! I mean, she kissed him, right on the lips! I had never seen her do that before!

"I've missed you Amy!"

"I've missed you too!"

She pulled away and smiled at him. They stayed in their embrace for a long time. I couldn't believe this was all happening. I suddenly noticed that Tess and Zack were running over to us; they were holding hands too!

"Congrats guys! You saved the camp!"

"Um, are you two....together?"

"Yeah, he just asked me out!"

"Aw, I'm so happy for you Tess!"

"Thanks guys!"

She looked at Zack and smiled.

"I'm glad I chose you!"

Zack blushed for the first time that I'd ever seen and smiled back.

"I'm glad I chose you too."

We all stood there dancing around and shouting and chanting and celebrating about how we had just saved Camp Rock from closing. Life couldn't get any happier than this, could it? I mean, sure, I'd miss Shane and everyone else a lot; still, I knew now that I'd get to see them again in the long run. Besides, I had Sierra back home; she was still my dearest best friend and I had known her for so many years. Plus, I had my family, which would never change. Even through all the drama and confusion I'd had before, this was definitely what I called the best summer of my life.

I know, I made this extremely long, but hey, it's the last chapter of the actual story!

I will have my extended ending out as soon as possible! I hope you guys liked this chapter! Reviews also recommended! :)