I am proud to say that this chapter is done! Ringtone by Taylor Swift (Rachel). I just want to clear the air that this is a SMITCHIE story but Nate and Mitchie are close friends. The brother and sister type. Nate has other intrests and Mitchie is definitly intrested in Shane. Enjoy!

LAST TIME

He came over and gave her a hug seeing how nervous she was and understanding how that could be a problem.

Shane and Jason both stared at the two in confusion.

No need to tell him now, he'll know soon enough. Maybe he won't have to know at all.

NOW

When the boys had finished, they said goodbye to Mitchie and headed for the final jam stage to find out what Brown's plan was.

"Mitchie," Caitlyn said, walking into the kitchen with her arms crossed, "What's going on? You totally ditched out on Lola, Alicia, and me."

"Want to help me with dishes it's a long story," Mitchie replied, heading towards the dish room.

About an hour later, Caitlyn and Mitchie left the kitchen and decided to go back to the cabin and see if their final room mate had arrived.

When they got there, they found a note sitting on Mitchie's bed, but no Alicia, and no fourth room mate.

Mitchie and Caitlyn-

Nate came by with Shane and they took me with them to see what Brown wanted. Sorry I didn't stay to explain but I knew you were busy catching up with Lola or somebody else. The boys told me to have you meet us at the Final Jam stage.

See you later,

Alicia

P.S. Our new cabin mate just got here too…Don't freak out yet but her last name is Anadeski. It's not Rachel, it's her little sister. She said that her sister would be teaching guitar! She dropped her stuff and went to hang with her sister. I guess when you're sister is a country star you don't see her much.

Mitchie looked up from the note in horror. Not only was Shane's ex here but her sister was going to be with her every day whether they became friends or not.

She was trapped. How can I talk to Caitlyn with Rachel and her sister crawling all over this camp? How am I supposed to keep a relationship…no matter what level it is with Shane if Rachel's sister is constantly gonna be here in the cabin... Maybe I'm paranoid.

"Caitlyn, do you know what this means?" Mitchie said turning to Caitlyn.

"Yea, we have a country star for a guitar teacher and her sister is gonna be staying with us. Isn't that cool? Oh… wait a second…"

Caitlyn's face changed to an identical look of horror.

Mitchie whipped out her phone and texted Nate.

Nate-

I think I need to tell Shane but I'll need ur help. I don't no if Alicia said NEthing because I think she's almost just as worried about it as I am 4 different reasons. I'll get the point…Rachel's sister is in my cabin! Help!

"Come on," Caitlyn said, pulling Mitchie out the door, "You can talk to him in person."

Mitchie shrugged and allowed Caitlyn to drag her to the Final Jam stage.

When they got inside, they went directly to the front where they saw 4 people sitting on the edge of the stage. As they drew nearer, they identified them as Connect 3 and Alicia.

"Hey," Shane said, with a wave, jumping down from the stage and coming to give the girls a hug.

Jason, Nate, and Alicia waved from a distance.

"Listen, Shane, there's something you need to know…"

"If you are referring to the fact that my ex-girlfriend is here, I know," Shane cut her off, "I'm not blind. I don't care. I wouldn't have asked you to be my girlfriend if I still had feelings for her. I broke up with her so I could be with you; nothing is going to change that."

Shane pulled Mitchie into another hug.

"Well I guess you got most of it, but there's more," Mitchie replied, a little relieved.

"How can there be more?"

"Well, Rachel is going to be teaching a class…my class…"

"Relax, Mitchie. Think of yourself as lucky. She's a great musician; if you have her as a teacher you should be honored. Just because we broke up doesn't mean that she's a horrible person."

"Shane, do you watch Hot Tunes?"

"No, not really, why?"

"Rachel has been on there lately and she seems pretty upset about the whole break up. Does she know why you broke up with her?"

"Not exactly. I'm not going to break up with a girl by saying: 'Hey we've had some fun times but I'm falling for a camper so I'm going to break up with you so I can be with her.'"

Mitchie giggled. I guess that would be pretty heartless.

She composed herself and told Shane what else was going on. He was really calm about the whole thing, almost too calm.

"Shane, if any of this is bothering you, don't keep it pent up. You don't have to tell me but I'm here for you if you want to talk."

"Thanks Mitchie, I lo- I mean you're a great friend."

He gave her another hug and they headed back to the group.

"Yea, you're hair looks just fine, except for that piece of macaroni," Alicia was teasing Jason.

"Macaroni? Where?" Jason said, running his hands all over his head.

"I was kidding," Alicia said, doubling over in laugher along with the rest of the group.

'Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone. I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess, It's a love story, baby, just say yes.'

Shane pulled out his phone and stared at it moodily.

"Dude, you really need to change that ringtone," Nate commented.

"Or better yet, just delete her. She's not part of your life anymore," Jason said.

"Jason, she's still a good person. I'm not that heartless," Shane said, picking up the phone.

"Hello? - Yea I know you're here… I already told you we're better as friends… No, I… Rachel… Listen, I've moved on and you need to too… I have a girlfriend!"

Shane pressed the end button and shoved the phone into his pocket.

"Shane, are you ok?" Mitchie asked.

"If it isn't obvious enough the answer is know," he shot back, moodily.

He shook his head and walked out the back door towards the lake. He needed time to think.

The other five stood there in silence for a couple minutes.

Then the tears started to roll down Mitchie's face. If he's so over her why is he so mad? Why did he yell at me? I was just trying to be there for him.

She felt to pairs of arms come around her and hold her. She did not care whose arm was whose, she was just glad that she had friends that were there for her in all the drama.

Around 6:30 Mitchie decided that she had left Shane alone long enough and went down to the lake to find him.

There he sat, exactly where she thought he would be. On the dock by the canoes with his legs pulled to his chest. He looks so calm.

Mitchie walked up behind him and took a seat letting her flip-flopped feet dip into the water.

"Hey," she said, soothingly.

"I'm sorry," Shane answered.

"I know," Mitchie responded, looking over at him.

He was still looking at the lake, calmer than he had been since she had said anything about Rachel.

"I shouldn't flair out at you like that. That's the old me, and it hurts you. I don't want to hurt you."

"I know," Mitchie repeated.

He looked at her. Slight longing was visible in his eyes but he restrained himself. He knew Mitchie was right. She was not ready for another life changing event and being with her would only make it harder to leave.

"It's just that, Rachel doesn't understand that what we had wasn't more than a physical attraction. We were never super close and we had too many differences for it to last.

"Then you came along and you were perfect… You have the voice of an angel, and the mind of Beethoven. You are creative and funny and beautiful."

Shane faltered. What more could he say to make her understand that he cared about her more than he had cared for any other girl he had ever liked?

"That's sweet, Shane and when I'm ready, I'll let you say it again but please don't make this harder for me than it has to be.

"You are leaving tomorrow for a sold out world tour. You are going to be busy with music and fans. We'll keep in touch but it'll be easier if we're just friends. I promise. You'll get a ton of e-mails and texts and phone calls. I will not leave you in the dark."

Mitchie leaned over and gave him a hug.

Mmm… he smells so good. Why am I not saying yes to his girlfriend proposal? Oh yes, because it would be too hard to say goodbye. Isn't it gonna be hard already? Mitchie! Stop trying to make it harder on yourself you need to be able to focus this semester! School is going to be tough enough without a boyfriend.

"Go," Mitchie said, as they broke apart, "You need to get back to the theater. It's five to seven."

Shane stood, helped Mitchie up, gave her one small, peck on the cheek and left for the Final Jam Theater.

The feeling of Shane's lips lingered on her cheek for a second, sending her into a daze.

"Ahh! Mitchie!" a voice screamed.

"Ella!" Mitchie yelled, jumping up and down as the short Asian ran to the dock and gave her a hug.

Did she see me and Shane?

"How are you? How was your week? Who's in your cabin? What cabin are you in? Is your mom catering? I love her food. Was that Shane I just saw walking away from here? Is he staying? What classes are you taking?"

"Ella, relax, take a deep breath. Ok, I'll answer your questions one at a time. I'm doing ok. My entire family moved down here so we could stay together while I was at school.

"My week was busy. I had to pack up my entire life and say goodbye to a close friend.

"Caitlyn is in my cabin with two other girls. I don't know them but I'll introduce you to the one that I met earlier when I see her.

"Yes, my mom is catering. I'll be helping her again too so she'll be around.

"Shane is here, but he's not staying. Connect 3 has a world tour starting tomorrow so they are saying hello and then leaving.

"My schedule is pretty packed. I'll bring it to the meeting tonight and we can compare them.

Now, how are you?"

"I'm pretty awesome. I just talked to Peggy and she said that she will be coming up tomorrow. I talked to Tess to and she said that she's going to come visit while she's touring here in Arkansas."

"Who's in your cabin?"

"Right now it's just Lola, but Peggy will be in there and two new girls are too. Katie Miami and Amy Jonas."

"That's cool. I'm headed back to the cabin. You want to come?"

"Sure. Let me just call Lola and have her meet us at your cabin."

"Sounds good," Mitchie said.

Wow, this is going to be a great year. No matter how much I miss Sierra and Shane. Sierra…

The girl reached the cabin and opened the door. Caitlyn shrieked and ran over to Ella pulling her into a hug.

"Ella, hi. How are you?"

"I'm good," Ella said, breaking away from Caitlyn, who must have been in the middle of changing, judging by the one arm in her shirt and the one arm out.

"I'll be right back," Mitchie excused herself and left the cabin.

She could faintly here what was going on inside when she stopped and sat down on the steps.

She pulled out her phone and dialed the familiar number she had known since she was six.

It ran twice and some one answered.

"Hello," a low voice said.

"Hey, Larry, is Sierra there?"

"Uh, yea, hang on. SIERRA PHONE!"

Mitchie pulled her ear away from the phone and brought it back when she heard a familiar voice say hello.

Hello?

"Hey, Sierra It's Mitchie."

Hey, Mitchie, what's up?

"I just wanted to let you know that I got to school ok. I miss you already."

There was a sniffle on the other side of the phone.

I miss you too. Thanks for calling. I got to go…John is moving into your old house right now and I promised I'd help.

"Ok," Mitchie said, a little upset.

Bye Mitchie I'll call you tomorrow.

"I'm counting on it. Bye."

Mitchie put her phone away and walked back into the cabin and sat sadly down on her bed.

"What's wrong, Mitchie?" Caitlyn asked.

"I just called Sierra, and she seemed too busy to talk to me. I think I'm loosing her."

Caitlyn and Ella sat down on both sides of Mitchie and held her while she broke down for the second time that day.

So what do you think? I know, I know, the end is kinda sad but this is what really happens in life. People do drift apart. It's not like they are trying to either. Please review!