A/N: Sorry for the wait. Hope you like this chapter and thank you for reading and reviewing.

I don't own Camp Rock or any of the characters except the ones I've created and the plot! xoxo

Chapter 13

"No! No way!" Nate shouted shaking his head vigorously.

He turned to see Shane do the same thing with Mitchie and became even more determined to stand his ground.

Sitting on the floor opposite them was Mitchie and Caitlyn who were looking at them with pleading faces, their eyes full of innocence. Every once in a while they would pout at them sadly, their bottom lip quivering slightly as they tried to hold back big,fat, fake crocodile tears.

It was all designed to get what they wanted with minimal effort and in short it was the perfect look to try and get Nate and Shane to do whatever they wanted them to. Both Nate and Shane hated seeing them upset so this was the perfect and most easiest way for them to get what they wanted. 99% of the time it worked but not this time. Nate was determined not to give in. He was always the first to cave but this time there was no way either of them was going to give in. They weren't going to get away with it this time!

"I will not do "Without Love" from Hairspray. I refuse!" He said defiantly, crossing his arms over his chest in protest.

"But why?" Caitlyn whined.

"Because it's stupid, sappy and extremely corny that's why!" Shane added and Nate nodded in agreement.

"It's is not stupid and sappy!" Mitchie snapped before getting a dreamy look on her face. "It's sweet and romantic and..."

She was cut off by Shane and Nate pretending to be sick.

Mitchie and Caitlyn looked at each other for a second before reaching over and smacking each guy around the head.

"Ouch what was that for?!" Shane and Nate said together, rubbing their heads in an attempt to relieve the pain.

"For being so stupid."

Behind them the others who'd been sitting around watching the interaction between the four started laughing. The laugher only increased when Shane and Nate started muttering obscene words under their breaths directed at Mitchie and Caitlyn. They quickly shut up though when Nate and Shane turned around and shot them a death glare.

"Come on guys if you do this for us we promise we'll do something for you." Caitlyn pleaded.

"Like what?" Shane asked curiously.

This was new. They never offered to do something for them and if they did it would always end with Shane or Nate ending up in some sort of trouble.

The two girls bit their bottom lips and thought about it for a minute before grinning slyly and crawling across the floor to their respective husbands. Once they were close enough they lent over and whispered something in their ears.

Shane and Nate's slowly but surely started blushing and as their wives pulled away gulped before nodding their heads in agreement.

Both girls squealed and threw themselves at their dazed husbands repeatedly thanking them before reeling off about all the different things they had to do before Musical Jam. All the while Shane and Nate were sitting there oblivious to everything; stuck in their own little dream worlds.

Layla watched her brother and best friend for a minute before shuddering.

"I sooo don't want to know what that was about." She said, disgusted as she turned around to face the others. They all had the same sickly look on their faces except for Jason who looked confused.

"What? Why what happened?" He asked dumbly.

Tess looked up from the magazine she was currently flicking through and sighed. She rolled her eyes before leaning over and whispering something in his ear. A couple of seconds later his eyes went wide and he looked like he was about to puke.

"Eww that's so disgusting!" He screamed. "Why did you tell me that?"

"Well you asked!" She said innocently before returning to the article she was reading.

"Great." He said sarcastically. "Just what I need! Mental images of my brother and his wife having...."

"No!" They screamed stopping him in his tracks. No one wanted to hear the end of that sentence especially Layla who was already trying to ignore the fact that Shane and Mitchie were currently making out on the other side of the room. That was hard enough the last thing she need was to think about them doing that!

"Sorry." Jason mumbled. "It's just the thought of them...."

"Moving on." Layla said loudly and pointedly, desperate to change the subject before she was scarred for life. "What's everyone else gonna do for Musical Jam?"

"Well you can count me, Lola and Barron out that's for sure." Sander said with a shudder. "I can't think of anything worse then performing stuff from musicals."

Lola and Barron nodded along in agreement.

"In fact all this talk of musicals is giving me the creeps so I'm gonna go." Lola said standing up and straightening out her clothes before turning to Barron and Sander. "You guys coming?"

Before the words were even out of her mouth they had raced past her, straight out of the room and out through the front door.

Lola rolled her eyes a little before chuckling along with the others.

"See you later guys!" She waved back at them before running off after Barron and Sander.

"So now we've sorted out that they're not taking part what about the rest of us?" Layla asked.

"Oh that's easy!" Tess said simply, sitting up straight in her seat, grinning smugly. "I'm going to do Fabulous from HSM2 and Peggy and Ella are going to be my back up singers."

This caught the attention of everybody including Mitchie and Shane who stopped making out to turn and look at Ella and Peggy in shock.

"Guys! I thought you got over this whole being Tess' bitches thing?" Mitchie sighed turning to her friends and shooting them a worried look. She wasn't the only one. The whole gang with the exception of Layla who yet again didn't know what was going on were worried.

It had taken them ages to convince Ella and Peggy that Tess wasn't the boss of them. Although they had stood up to Tess at the Final Jam 5 years ago for years afterwards they would still do whatever Tess told them to do at the drop of a hat. Sure Tess had become nicer since she realised she couldn't push people around so easily and get away with it there was still moments when Peggy and Ella would revert to their less confident selves and that was worrying for everyone.

Peggy sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Guys relax. Me and Ella chose to do background singing for Tess. In fact we asked her."

Their mouths dropped open at this and Tess continued to smile smugly. She could still be a stuck up bitch when she wanted to be and this was definitely one of those moments. They had all thought it was her idea when in fact it had been Peggy and Ella had come up with it.

"Wow!" Caitlyn said clearly shocked by the situation they had now found themselves in. "That's good I suppose."

"Ahem!" Tess coughed from behind her and they all turned around to face her.

"Sorry Tess." They all said monotonously before shuddering. Although they were all great friends now the idea of apologising to Tess slightly disturbing.

Tess rolled her eyes at the insincerity of the apology but accepted it anyway knowing it was the best she was going to get.

"Well now that's all sorted." Tess said jumping up out of her seat and heading for the DVD collection. "Let's watch a movie!"

She began excitedly rummaging through the extensive DVD collection and had picked out her favourite before the others had even registered what she was talking about.

"Hang on wait a minute!" Shane shouted causing Tess to come to a halt.

"Jason and Layla haven't told us what they're doing yet."

"Oh yeah that's true. Sorry guys!" Tess apologised, dropping the DVD and returning to her spot on the sofa next to Jason. "So what are you going to do?"

Jason shrugged. "I'm not that bothered."

The girls glared at him and he suddenly changed his mind.

"You know what I am bothered. I will do it!." He said confidently before getting up and running to Layla with a pleading look on his face. " Layla do something with me please!"

She smiled and nodded in agreement knowing that although Jason loved being up on the stage he hated being the only one in the spotlight.

"Okay. But it's got to be something we both like alright?"

They knew this would narrow the search down a lot as their was little apart from birds and food that the two both saw eye to eye on but Jason agreed anyway.

"Thanks Layla." He said leaning over and hugging her tightly.

"No problem."

The two pulled away and smiled at each other then began laughing at the stupid grins on each other's faces which of course caused them to grin even more. They were still laughing and grinning when Mitchie suddenly gasped and got up from her spot on the floor racing towards the huge music collection at the back of the room.

"Oh my God I have the perfect song for you!" She said searching through the numerous Cd's, records and cassette tapes that had been collected over the years before finding what she wanted and placing it in the huge music system Brown had set up throughout the whole cabin. She pressed play and a familiar tune began playing through the speakers.

Everyone instantly recognised the song and knew right away that Mitchie had made the right choice as this was one of the few musicals both Layla and Jason liked.

Layla grinned to herself before getting up and dragging Jason up as well. Leading them towards the middle of the room she grabbed two microphones and switched them on before handing one to Jason. He reached out for it and their hand touched briefly. A shock ran through both of them and they were left momentarily speechless at what they had just felt; neither one of them wanting to admit what it might mean. They soon snapped out of it when they realised it was Jason's cue.

(a/n: Bold is Jason, Italic is Layla, bold italic is both. The song is Lay all your love on me by Abba from the movie/musical Mamma Mia.)

I wasn't jealous before we met

Now every man that I see is a potential threat

And I'm possessive, it isn't nice

You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice

But now it isn't true

Now everything is new

And all I've learned has overturned

I beg of you......

Don't go wasting your emotion

Lay all your love on me

It was like shooting a sitting duck

A little smalltalk, a smile and baby I was stuck

I still don't know what you've done with me

A grown-up woman should never fall so easily

I feel a kind of fear

When I don't have you near

Unsatisfied, I skip my pride

I beg you dear......

Don't go wasting your emotion

Lay all your love on me

Don't go sharing your devotion

Lay all your love on me

I've had a few little love affairs

They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce

I used to think that was sensible

It makes the truth even more incomprehensible

'cause everything is new

And everything is you

And all I've learned has overturned

What can I do......

All the time they were singing they were staring into each other's eyes not once tearing their gaze away from each other for fear that the others would see the emotions reflected in their eyes or that the moment would be gone. As their voices blended together perfectly they realised just how much this song related to them for since they were reunited less than a week ago the strong friendship they had previously had turned into so much more without them even realising. Now standing in front of the others singing their hearts out they finally understood that what they were feeling was more than just friendship. They were attracted to each other.

As the song came to an end the paused for a second to catch their breath and knowing that they'd have to go back to the others reluctantly broke eye contact. The second they tore their eyes away from each other they knew the moment had gone but the feelings it had stirred in them remained making them both feel confused about how they truly felt about each other as they walked back towards the others.

"So what did you think?" Layla asked hesitantly hoping not only that they liked it but they hadn't picked up on the atmosphere between her and Jason. The last thing she needed right now was for them to ask what happened when she still didn't know herself.

"It was amazing!" Mitchie shrieked excitedly rushing up to her and hugging her tightly. Layla breathed a sigh of relief before laughing and hugging her back.

"Well we know Mitchie like it." Jason chuckled, finally able to find his voice again as he watched Mitchie and Layla stopped hugging and begin to jump around excitedly. "But what about the rest of you?"

"That was great Jase you two should totally do that for Musical Jam." Tess said honestly and the others nodded in agreement.

Well everyone apart from Nate and Shane.

They had seen the way the two had performed and although thought it was amazing there was something about it that unsettled them a little. Not knowing what it was they were reluctant to say that they wanted them to do it for Musical Jam because once they got everyone's full approval Nate and Shane knew there would be no way to stop Layla from making sure it happened.

Layla and Mitchie stopped jumping around when they noticed that Shane and Nate weren't saying anything.

"What's the matter guys? Didn't you like it?" Layla asked worriedly as she made her way towards them more than a little disappointed that her brother and one of her best friend's hadn't like it.

"No it was great honestly." Nate said smiling at her in an attempt to make her feel better but it didn't quite reach his eyes. A clear sign that something was on his mind.

"But?" Layla added bracing herself for them to say that she was rubbish.

"But nothing." Shane stated firmly throwing an arm around her shoulders. "It was brilliant we just need to have band meeting for a couple of minutes okay?"

Layla beamed at them and shocked everyone by giving Shane a quick hug. This was the most affection she had ever shown towards Shane since she'd arrived and everyone watched in awe at the sight. The most shocked of all was Shane who hadn't expected anything like this causing his brain to almost shut down before he realised what was going on and hugged her back.

"Okay we're gonna go over our routines for Musical Jam. You three go do whatever you gotta do."

She quickly let go and bounced back to the other side of the room where she instantly started chatting to Mitchie, Caitlyn, Tess, Peggy and Ella about what they would all be performing in 7 days time. Jason, Nate and Shane watched them for a second before Jason turned to them, hands in his pockets staring at them expectantly.

"Nice cover with the whole band meeting thing." He said casually and the others stared at him in shock unable to believe he hadn't fallen for it too. "What I've known you since forever. You don't think I know how to tell when you're lying? So now she's gone what did you really want to talk about?"

"Not here." Shane hissed grabbing him by the arm and leading him into the hallway making sure that Nate followed behind him and firmly closed the living room door behind him. They didn't want to risk any part of this conversation being heard by the others so Shane continued dragging a confused Jason through the cabin until they made it outside and stood huddled in the small shed at the bottom on the back yard.

Shane waited until the small wooden door was firmly shut and locked before pushing Jason into a small fold up chair in the corner.

"What's going on?" Jason asked nervously as the other members of Connect 3 stood between him and the door with their arms folded over their chests as they watched him squirm in his seat. Although Jason was the oldest out of all of them he couldn't help but feel intimidated by the way they were looking at him and a small part of him was worried that they might have worked out that something had changed between him and Layla.

"What was that in there with my sister?"