TA-DA! Chapter 20. I am so relieved to be at this point and I cannot wait to write more. Also, thank you to EVERYONE whose read, reviewed or favorited my story. I am so happy that you took the time to read and say what you thought about my story. I hope you all enjoy this chapter :) BTW, this is still in Shane's POV.

I suppose it's time for another one of these:

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Camp Rock or any of the following characters (except for Marissa), because if I did, I would have met the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. I would also be married to Joe :)

"This should be it," I pointed at the huge building up ahead. Jason was driving, Marissa was in the passenger seat and I was in back, behind Jason, and Nate and Caitlyn in the back on the bench seat. Jason nodded and turned into the parking lot, getting a space up in front. He shut off the engine of his Ford Expedition and we all stepped out. I took a quick look around the parking lot and saw Mitchie standing by the entrance with a huge crowd of people I assumed were her family. She looked my way and smiled, waving for me to come over. "There's Mitchie," I said to the guys and they looked over, waving at Mitchie. We all walked over, hugging her.

"Hey guys, glad you could make it!" Mitchie shouted slightly over the rock music that was pouring out of the building. I took her hand and she looked up at me, smiling her beautiful smile. I couldn't help but smile back at her, that's what she did to me. I leaned down and kissed her lips, tasting peppermint.

"You taste good," I whispered into her ear. She lightly slapped my arm and I pretended like it hurt, wincing and rubbing it. Mitchie rolled her eyes and squeezed my hand. "Hey, it's true." She pursed her lips and I leaned over, kissing her again.

"Shane," I looked up and saw Mitchie's parents walking over. Perfect timing.

"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Torres," I said and Mitchie's Mom walked over, giving me a hug. Mrs. Torres pulled away and I shook Mr. Torres' hand. We parted and he wrapped his arm around his wife's shoulders.

"So, Shane," Mr. Torres spoke. "you been bowling here before?"

"Yeah, but not for a few years." he nodded.

"Well, All Star Lanes is a great place, you should try to come around here more often." he smirked and I had to smile. He was finally lightening up.

"Yeah, I'll definitely try." I told him.

Suddenly, I was being introduced to the rest of Mitchie's family: seven of her youngest cousins under the age of ten were; Mackenzie, Roberto and Madison (whom were all brother and sisters), Tino and Gino (the only twins in Mitchie's family) and Rosie and Carlos (also brother and sister). And all her cousins over the age of ten: Maddy, Robbyn, Kassie, Leah (all the girls, which by the way freaked out when they saw me), Antonio, Lucas and Colt (all the boys). Then her three aunts, four uncles, grandpa's and grandma's -almost all of her family was there. I was so overwhelmed by the time she finished introducing me to everyone, I just felt so distant. I didn't know Mitchie had this many relatives. I don't even have half this many. I could only say one thing: The Torres family was the kind of family that liked having kids.

Once we were inside, Mitchie pulled me aside, leading me to a dark corner.

"Sorry about that, I could see you were getting confused." I chuckled.

"Hey, your family is nice, but yeah, that was confusing. You'll have to write down all their names for me." Mitchie giggled and I wrapped my arms around her, kissing her hair.

Mitchie's parents were, apparently, paying for everything. Well, being the generous guy that I am, I had to offer to at least buy my own shoes, but they shook their heads and told me that this was "on the house". So I didn't argue.

The whole place was empty, except for the Torres family and their invited guests, thirty-two people altogether. Mitchie and I sat down on one of the benches, putting on our rental shoes. We were greatful for the darkness of the bowling alley, because while others weren't looking, we'd sneak in a few kisses everynow and then. We finished and stood up, holding hands and walking over to the rest of her family.

"Ok, everyone got their shoes on?" Mrs. Torres asked.

"Yes," everyone answered.

"Alright, let's spilt up into groups." Groups? If I'd have known we were spiltting into groups, I would have asked if we could pick our group because I would have picked Mitchie's group.

Mitchie's team: Mitchie, Madison, Carlos, Lucas, Leah and Nate.

My team: Me, Roberto, Tino, Gino, Kassie and Maddy.

And then, of course, Jason got paired up with Caitlyn and Marissa, not to mention Mitchie's Dad, Robbyn and Rosie. Was it just my luck that I got paired up with nobody I knew? Of course it was, that was just me today, or at least that was just me for the rest of the day.

We were halfway through and Mitchie's team was winning. Of course she was winning, she was on the team, along with Nate, whom was a exellent bowler. And my team, we were in third. The little kids weren't very good, but they were trying and Kassie and Maddy were ok, only they missed almost every other time. I was the only one on our team making strikes, yet we were still ahead of the last team.

It came my turn again and I grabbed my green ball, walking over to the lane and bringing the ball up to myface. I took a deep breath, pulled my arm back and swung it forward, letting go just in time to see it flying across the lane and smashing into all twelve pins. Strike! I turned back to my team and saw Maddy and Kassie gawking over me. I blushed and was imidiately thankful for the dim lights.

"Alright, break." Mr. Torres called.

"Finally!" I heard one of the little kids shout and everyone started laughing.

The Torres' bought three large cheese pizza's. Again, I offered to pay since they had already spent so much, but ,once again, they declined. At least one thing finally came my way. I sat next to Mitchie as we ate.

"Your team isn't doing very good," Mitchie said, trying to say it as nicely as she could.

"Old news," I told her and she giggled with a sympathetic look, rubbing my hand that lay on the table. I smiled at her and sighed.

"At least my team is doing good," Jason spoke from across the round table. "We're in second." he smiled big and looked over at Marissa, who as sitting with the little kids, making them laugh. Marissa really was amazing. Jason was lucky to have found her. At least their relationship was finally moving somewhere. They've made it official that they are now "boyfriend and girlfriend". I was happy for them.

"Jase, you've got Caitlyn and Marissa," I complained and Jason frowned. "who I admit, is really good at bowling." I complimented and Jason smiled again.

Suddenly, one of Mitchie's grandma's walked over, resting her hand on Mitchie's back.

"Hi Mitchie," she smiled.

"Hi Grandma," Mitchie smiled back. I suddenly noticed something: Mitchie looked almost exactly like her grandmother. Now I knew where she got those gorgeous eyes and beautiful smile.

"How are you doing?" her grandma asked.

"I'm doing really good. How are you doing?" Her grandma waved her hand through the air.

"I'm as good as I'll ever be." Mitchie's smile grew. "So, are you planning anything for your eighteenth birthday? A big party?" Mitchie shook her head.

"Sadly, no. But Mom and Dad said I could invite a few friends over and have a pool party, so it's all good." Mitchie said and her grandma nodded.

"Well, maybe things will change next year." Mitchie nodded. "Have fun over here." her grandma said and patted Mitchie's shoulder, then walked away. Mitchie picked up her pizza and took a bite.

"She was nice," I said and she looked at me, smiling.

"Yeah, we're really close." I smiled back.

Suddenly, I got the best idea. I was going to surprise Mitchie with the coolest eighteenth birthday party ever and she was going to love it, with the help of Caitlyn and Sierra, of course.

"Alright, everyone ready for more bowling?" Mrs. Torres asked.

"Whoo!" the Torres family shouted and I chuckled. I could really start to enjoy this family.

My team was still in third and I knew there was no way we were going to win now. My teammates were somewhat upset, especially the little kids, but Maddy and Kassie were good sports. At least they were getting used to me.

"It's okay Shane," Maddy spoke. "when the Torres family bowls, we just do it for the fun of it, for the memories of being together." I was surprised. Maddy was only thirteen, but very mature for her age.

"Wow, Maddy, that's a really good way to look at it." I told her and she smiled, proudly.

"Thank you."

"Meeting." I called to my teammates and they all came over, leaning in to make a circle. "Alright, since Maddy had such a good outlook on this, I think we should just play for fun." Maddy and Kassie nodded. "But I also think that you should try your best. And who knows, maybe something good will come out of it?" They all nodded. "Break." I said and we pulled apart.

In the end, we still wound up in third... but at least we had fun doing it, even the little kids cheered once we finished. I was surprised, but they were all very mature about this.

And the winning team? Mitchie, of course. But I was happy for her and her team, they were really good. I even got a prize too, a kiss, just for being her boyfriend. Okay, I did win something.

Jason, Marissa, Caitlyn, Nate, Mitchie and I all headed out to Jason's Ford Expedition after Mitchie told her parents she wanted to ride with us. They didn't argue. Nate and Caitlyn climbed in the far back, Mitchie and I sat in the middle bucket seats and Jason and Marissa were up front. Jason started the engine and we pulled out of the parking lot, heading into downtown L.A. to hang out some more.

As we drove into Downtown L.A. Jason turned on the radio and "Stay" by SaftySuit started playing.

"I love this song!" Mitchie squealed and started singing along. "Something must have made you say that. What did I do to make you say that to me?" I smiled, listening to her sing. Why hadn't she been trying to get her voice heard? Last week she had sent in that form, but she hasn't told me anything about it since. Suddenly, we were all singing along with the song, just jamming and hanging out like the days at Camp Rock. It really brought back memories.

We arrived in Downtown L.A. fifteen minutes later.

"Alright, what do you guys wanna do?" Jason asked and we all started throwing ideas at him.

"Let's go shopping," Marissa said.

"How about dancing? Let's go dancing!" Caitlyn shouted from the back.

"Dancing? Let's go to the beach." Nate threw in.

"Yeah, I'm with Nate," Mitchie said.

"Let's just pick something," I said.

Suddenly Jason shouted, "Stop!" and we all became silent. He took a deep breath. "Okay," he exhaled. "Marissa thinks we should go shopping, Mitchie and Nate want to go to the beach, Caitlyn wants to go dancing and Shane," I looked in the rearview mirror at Jason. "What do you want to do?" I suddenly felt all eyes on me.

"Uh..." I trailed off. Having all of them stare at me felt like being on stage doing a concert, only, there were less people and I knew all of them.

"Um, why don't we just do it all?" Mitchie suggested. I looked at her. "We can go to the beach, dance there and then go shopping at some of the local shops." I smiled and she looked at me, smiling back. It always seemed like Mitchie had a solution for everything and everyone. Was she amazing or what?

"Thank you, Mitchie." Jason breathed a sigh of relief and Mitchie giggled. "But Shane," I turned my attention back to Jason, looking in the rearview mirror. "what do you want to do?" I looked around, seeing all eyes on me again. I sighed.

"I was thinking we could go surfing?" I said, more like a question than an answer.

"Perfect. We can do all those at the beach." Jason said, smiling into the rearview mirror. I looked around and everyone was grinning. Once again, we had Mitchie to thank for this. I looked over at her and grabbed her hand. She looked at me, smiling, and squeezed my hand back.

Bowling! Yes, they went bowling. I thought the guys would enjoy that :) I hope you enjoyed it too. PLEASE REVIEW!