A/N: I would also like to send a HUGE thank you to RedRoseInADarkAlley for giving me a brilliant line in this chapter!

I would also like to thank: popmusiclover97, BlackMidnight1, ForGottenThoughts93, xnoor, azncutiebear3, Desparidy Crescent Moon. And everyone else who submitted their opinion about the 'just friends' bit.

Disclaimer: I do not own Camp Rock!!

After about a half an hour, Amanda started to calm down around Shane. She told him how much she loved the songs that he sang and how cool he was on stage and how many posters she had in her room of all of them.

Mitchie looked annoyed and even embarrassed by everything Amanda was telling him even though Shane told her plenty of times that he didn't mind. And he didn't mind, he liked having the attention of girls around Amanda's age. For one, when they said 'I love you Shane!' they meant as in 'oh my God, you're so cool!' and not 'You're so hot, I wanna make out with you!'. He felt flattered by everything she was telling him. He loved the fact that people saw him (and the rest of Connect Three) as positive role models.

Amanda started questioned Mitchie after a while about how she even knew Shane Gray. Mitchie told her that it was a big complicated thing and all that mattered now was that they were best friends.

Then Amanda rambled on about how cool it must be to have Shane Gray as a friend (and right in front of him I might add).

Mitchie's dad came down around 9 o'clock and was surprised to see his kitchen full of people. His in-laws greeted him and then he joined in the talk.

Mitchie was surprised at how fast the time flew by. Shane adjusted to her family very quickly and her family welcomed Shane. He was very friendly and talkative and even interacted with Amanda at various times. Mitchie never expected someone like Shane Gray to be so good with children.

Steve had went and cleaned up the living room and they all moved in the other room for more space. As soon as they were all settled, they jumped right into conversation again. Amanda, of course, sat right at Shane's feet while Mitchie sat next to him on the couch.

They got into a conversation about Shane and his band. Grandma Maria seemed very intrigued when Shane was talking about life on tour. Shane told them how he loved being on tour but at times he missed being around his friends and family at home. Shane also told them how the tour he was on now ended in a couple of weeks and he would be home until late January with the occasional concert here and there. And he would also be in the studio a lot recording for the next album.

Aunt Rosie then suggested that he sing for them. Mitchie glared at her and then told Shane that he didn't have to. But Shane only laughed and said that he would be honored. And of course, he sang the chorus to 'Gotta Find You'. Every time she heard him sing that song, her heart fluttered. There was just something about that song.

The whole room burst out into applause and Shane smiled and thanked them. Then they tried to get Mitchie to sing but she refused. Even for Shane. Even when Shane pouted. Even when Shane AND Amanda pouted. She simply said that she didn't want to sing and at their down cast looks, she added, "Maybe later."

Then the conversation somehow switched to her father's hardware store and then to her mother's catering business.

It was a little past noon when a knock sounded on the door.

"I'll get it!" Mitchie announced and hopped off the couch. She made her way over to the door and opened it and saw Nate standing at the doorstep. "Nate?"

"Hi, Mitchie?" Nate questioned.

Mitchie nodded. "Yeah, are you looking for Shane?"

Nate nodded and Jason suddenly appeared behind him. "Hi Mitchie!" Jason said happily and waved.

Mitchie smiled and waved back at him. "You guys want to come in?"

Nate shrugged. "Sure."

Mitchie stepped aside and let the other two members of Connect Three pass through.

Shane popped his head out of the doorway. "Oh, hey guys! I thought it was you. I heard Jason's voice." He stepped out into the hallway.

Jason shrugged innocently, "Well what can I say, I have a way with words."

Mitchie, Shane and Nate shared the same confused look.

"Yeah…" Shane patted Jason on the shoulder. "You sure do Jason."

Jason grinned and Mitchie giggled.

Amanda appeared in the doorway and her face lit up. "Oh my God! It's Nate and Jason!" She stared bouncing up and down in excitement.

Nate stared at her with an odd expression on his face while Jason nearly started bouncing with her.

Mitchie laughed seeing their facial expressions. She looked at Amanda. "Amanda, calm down." She turned to Nate and Jason. "Guys this is my cousin Amanda. She's a HUGE fan of Connect Three."

Amanda nodded with a huge grin on her face. Mitchie saw the look in her eyes and knew what she wanted but it seemed that seeing all three of her favorite celebrities in a matter of hours shocked her to silence. So Mitchie went into the living room and grabbed her Connect Three mini-purse and brought it out.

She smiled innocently at Nate and Jason and handed it to them. "If you guys don't mind. She would really like your autograph."

Nate nodded and took the purse and saw that it already had Shane's signature on the back. Nate signed his name beside Shane's and then handed it over to Jason. Jason signed his name and then handed it back to Mitchie. Mitchie then handed it to Amanda, who held it in her hands for a few moments and then hugged it to her tightly, letting out a squeal and ran into the other room.

Mitchie chuckled while the Connect Three boys just smiled. She turned back to the boys.

"So, what are you guys doing here?" Shane asked.

"The bus is all fixed and they want us back on the road ASAP." Nate explained.

Shane sighed. He really didn't want to go. THIS was the bad thing about being on tour.

"How did you find my address?" Mitchie asked.

"I called Caitlyn." Nate responded looking to her. "I thought maybe she would know where Shane was since I knew Shane was coming here to see you. And she told me your address."

"Oh." Mitchie nodded.

"Mitchie?" She heard her grandmother's voice call from inside the living room. She walked over and stood in the doorway.

"Yes?"

"Aren't you going to introduce your guests?"

"Oh!" Mitchie bit her lip lightly and looked to Nate, Jason and Shane. "Guys, can you come here for a second?"

The three boys nodded and walked over. "Well you know Shane." She pointed to him. "And this is Nate and Jason." She motioned to them. "Shane's band members."

There was a collective greeting among her family and then Nate and Jason replied in the same fashion.

"I recently took my daughter to one your concerts." Rosie told them while holding Amanda on her lap. "You boys are very talented."

"Thank you." The three of them replied in unison.

"Well, I don't mean to be rude." Nate said. "But we really should be going."

"Oh, you're not being rude!" Connie shook her head. "We know how busy you boys are."

Nate smiled slightly.

"We'll walk you out." Connie said and all of Mitchie's family stood up. Then all nine of them walked outside to see the limo parked in the driveway.

"Whoah." Amanda muttered when she saw it. "That is so cool!"

"Oh!" Shane snapped his fingers which brought all the attention to him. "I forgot my stuff up in Mitchie's room."

"No problem, I'll go get it." Mitchie said with a smile and then headed into the house.

Once she was gone, Rosie turned to Shane. "It was awfully nice of you to visit Mitchie Shane."

Shane opened his mouth to answer but Jason spoke instead, "Oh well you know he has a crush on her and wants to impress her and I don't think I'm supposed to say this cuz Shane looks pretty embarrassed... oh now he looks kinda mad... hey there Shane! High five?"

Shane's eye twitched, his face red, as he stared at Jason's raised hand. Whether his face was red with embarrassment, anger, or both no one was really sure. Jason, still clueless as ever, still had a grin on his face as he waited for his band mate to slap his hand.

Nate slapped his forehead and slid his hand down his face. Did Jason realize what he just did? He guessed not but Shane sure did.

"Got it!" Mitchie came bounding out of the house with Shane's bag in her hand. She stopped right next to aunt and her smile faltered when she saw Shane looking at the ground. "Shane? Is everything alright?"

"Fine." He mumbled and snatched the bag out of her hand and headed towards the limo. Mitchie was visibly hurt by Shane's rash actions and looked to Nate for explanation. When Nate saw her eyes on him, he looked away and headed towards the limo as well. Mitchie, fully confused and upset, looked to Jason for any answers. He only swallowed and gave a look that said 'I'm sorry!' and then ran after Nate.

As soon as all three of them were in the limo and the door was closed, Shane exploded.

"Jason, you idiot!"

Jason winced and shrunk back into his seat. Jason glanced at Nate for he was the one who normally defended him when Shane got angry but Nate only gave him a helpless look. "Shane…"

"How could you say that?!" Shane growled. "You just told Mitchie's entire family that I liked her!"

"But you do like her." Jason responded meekly.

Shane narrowed his eyes. "But that's not the point!" He groaned. "I just got her family to like me as just as her friend and you go and tell them that I want to be more than that!"

"But you do-" Jason started again.

"Jason, shut up!" Shane hissed and Jason shut his mouth. "They're going to assume things about me or worse they're going to tell Mitchie!"

"What's so bad about that?" Nate asked quietly.

"Do you know how hard I worked to gain Mitchie's friendship?" Shane growled turning his head towards Nate. "She probably just wants to be friends and that's it. And now, that's all down the tubes, and she's going to be all awkward around me just because JASON couldn't keep his mouth closed!"

Jason still hadn't spoken and he was afraid to. He hadn't seen Shane this angry in over a month and it usually wasn't directed just at him but now that it was, he was scared out of his mind.

"Will you stop yelling at him?" Nate scolded. "It was an accident."

Shane glared at him and crossed his arms. "A stupid accident." He muttered.

"Most accidents are Shane!" Nate groaned. "You know Jason well enough to know that he says stupid things like this all the time."

Shane muttered something under his breath and stared at the floor of the limo angrily.

"And he's not the only one who made a stupid mistake." Nate told him. Shane looked up at him curiously.

"Dude, you should have seen her face." Nate shook his head slowly. "When you snatched the bag out of her hand like that and then walked off without another word. She looked crushed, Shane. She looked to me for an answer but I couldn't say anything or else I would give it away but Shane, why the hell did you do that?"

Shane sighed. "I couldn't look at her Nate." He said softly, his voice calm. "I couldn't bring myself to look at her. I thought that maybe she would be able to see right through me and even though she didn't hear what Jason said, by looking at me, somehow she would know. And her family too..." He ran his hand through his hair. "I don't think I can face them."

"Shane, you act like you've committed a crime! Liking Mitchie is not a crime Shane. It's a normal human emotion." Nate tried to convince him. "And besides that, Mitchie would have no way of knowing what Jason said. And now she's hurt and confused as to why all of a sudden, you're being a jerk."

All traces of anger disappeared from Shane's face and it was now replaced with regret and anguish. He groaned and hit his head against the window of the limo. "I am such an idiot."

Mitchie stared at the limo as it backed out of the driveway and disappeared down the street. What could have happened in the few minutes she was gone that made Shane so bitter? He wouldn't even look at her and then just left without a goodbye. That wasn't like Shane. At least not the Shane she had gotten to know in the past month.

Suddenly dread joined her emotions of confusion and hurt. Was this too good to be true? Did she raise up her hopes for nothing? Did she let down her guard and open up to friendship for nothing? Was Shane really going back to his old ways?

She looked over to her Aunt and questioned her with her eyes.

Rosie gave her niece a sympathetic look. She was so obviously hurt by Shane's actions. Rosie knew why he did it. Shane was embarrassed. Although it was completely obvious to her before that Shane had feelings for Mitchie and vice versa, Shane apparently didn't want anybody to know about his feelings. So when his band mate announced it, he grew embarrassed and angry. He didn't know how to handle it and seeing Mitchie only made it worse.

Rosie really wanted to tell Mitchie the reason for Shane's behavior but judging by Shane's actions, she assumed that he didn't want her to know about his feelings. So she just kept quiet and gave Mitchie a clueless shrug hoping her sister, brother in law and mother would do the same.

Rosie glanced over at Connie and Steve and saw the same expressions on their face that was on hers. They knew about Shane's romantic feelings towards their daughter but her mother seemed shocked.

That was when she spotted Amanda. The only person who would actually say something to Mitchie about this was Amanda. After all, she just learned that THE Shane Gray had feelings for her cousin. How could she not get excited?

Mitchie seemed to think the same thing. After looking at all the adults and not getting a straight answer she looked to Amanda. Amanda glanced nervously at Mitchie and then to her mother. Rosie shook her head no and Amanda got the message. Amanda just shrugged in response to Mitchie's questioning stare.

Mitchie felt her eyes well up with tears. She knew her family knew something. They were the ones out here while she was inside and something had to have happened to make Shane act the way he did. So why wouldn't they tell her?

"I'll be up in my room." Mitchie muttered and stormed into the house. She wouldn't let her self cry in front of anyone. But once she was in her room, closed and locked the door, then the tears fell.

She didn't even make it to her bed; she just backed up against the door and slid down onto the floor. She brought her knees up to her chest and buried her face in her arms and completely broke down.

She didn't understand. What happened? They were fine just 15 minutes ago. They were having such a good time. Shane seemed like he was having a great time. Maybe it was Amanda that pushed him over the edge. Maybe, under that warm smile and joyous laughter, he just wanted to get out of there.

She stopped her thoughts right there. She wasn't going to blame Amanda for Shane's behavior. It wasn't her fault that she was a 10 year old girl with a huge fascination of Shane Gray and Connect Three.

So what could have caused Shane to snap at her like that? Did she do something to him? Did she say something to him? She tried to think back but couldn't find anything that would insult him.

She wondered if her parents said anything to him. No, her parents seemed to like Shane. She thought about her Aunt. Rosie seemed to like Shane as well. And her grandmother? Well she could be very opinionated at times but could she really say something to him that would make him react like that in under two minutes? And then her thoughts came back to Amanda. But she pushed that thought away as quickly as it came. Amanda ADORED Shane and would never say anything to him that would insult him.

And even if Nate or Jason did say something to upset him, he would have been mad at them, not her. So what was it?

Her mind drifted around the subject as she just sat there and cried. After about 15 or 20 minutes she finally stopped crying.

She made her way over to her bed and climbed under the covers. She brought the blanket all the way up to her neck and hugged it tight to her. She sniffled and stared off at the wall across from her bed for a while.

Her cell phone broke the dreary silence with Shane's voice. She gritted her teeth at the sound and grabbed the phone.

Incoming Call

Shane

She narrowed her eyes and decided to bite the bullet. She flipped the phone open and pressed it to the side of her face. "What?" She snapped.

"Mitchie?" Shane's voice called softly through the phone.

"Yeah Shane, what do you want?" She hissed.

"I'm sorry." His voice sounded calm and sad almost. She swallowed, her face softening for a moment at the tone of his voice and then remembered that she was upset with him.

"What the HELL was that Shane?" Mitchie rarely ever cursed, she rarely found the need to. But now, now was one of those times that she needed to.

She heard him sigh. "I'm sorry." He repeated and she rolled her eyes.

"Shane Gray a man of many words." She remarked sarcastically.

"Mitchie please." She could hear the begging tone to his voice. "I…I don't know what came over me back there. Jason…" He sighed again. "Jason said something and I…blew up. I got mad at him and I took it out on you. I'm sorry."

"What did he say?" Mitchie questioned, she lost the bitter edge to her voice but the sternness was still there.

"I…I can't tell you." He replied.

She scoffed. "Of course."

"Mitchie…It was personal. He…He said something in front of your family that I didn't want them to hear. It's-It's nothing bad, I promise. But I over reacted…believe me, Mitch the last thing I want to do is hurt you."

"Well you did." She curled up into the fetal position but still held the phone to her ear. "That hurt a lot Shane." Her voice cracked and she felt her eyes start to tear up again.

"Oh Mitchie please don't cry." The tone of voice he used while saying those words went straight to her heart and she let out a sob. Why did he have to be such a sweetheart when she was trying to be upset with him? "I'm so sorry for doing that. I really am. I-I feel like such an idiot and…I was a jerk. I became the person I never wanted to become again and to make it worse it was to you. It was a momentary lapse in judgment and I just…" He let out a breath and finished in a whisper. "I'm so sorry Mitchie."

"I just want to know why Shane." She muttered.

Shane sighed again. "I can't tell you. And please, I know you want to know, and your family has the answers but don't go to them. I promise in due time I will tell you why I acted the way I did. But I just can't right now. But you have to know that I'm not mad at you and I just snapped because I was frustrated and…" He paused. "Mitchie I'm-"

"If you say you're sorry one more time I'm going to jump through this phone and beat you over the head." She teased gently. She heard a sigh of relief from Shane's side of the phone and could practically hear the smile in his voice.

"So, you forgive me?"

She smiled and nodded. "I forgive you."

"Friends?" He asked.

"Now and forever." She responded.

"Great!" She could hear someone in the background but couldn't make out what they were saying. "Well listen. I've gotta go, we're coming up to the airport now. But I'll call you when I land, ok?"

She sniffed. "Okay, bye Shane."

"Bye Mitch."

She shut her phone and placed it next to her bed. She sat up and wiped her eyes. She grabbed her pillow, hugged it to her chest, let out a squeal, jumped out of bed, threw the pillow back on the bed and then skipped downstairs.

A/N: REVIEW PLEASE!