You Make Me Beautiful Chapter 21, a camp rock fanfic

Hello wonderful readers!

The majority of this chapter was originally written as a one-shot long before this story was created but I never finished it. I thought it was perfect to slot into this story though and just had to slightly amend things.

The song in this chapter is Stay by Miley Cyrus.

Twenty-one

With another week left on tour, Mitchie hasn't seen Shane in three weeks and it just got harder each and every day to go on without being able to see him in person, to have him wrap his arms around her and to kiss him whenever she wanted.

She had graduated a few nights beforehand, on stage in Pittsburgh, yet she was still doing her best every night to put a smile on her face, she really loved it and didn't want to take it all for granted. It was still just hard.

It's as her tour bus heads to Chicago that Mitchie cannot help but feel alone, like there was just no one there for her. Her mum was asleep in the next room over on the bus, quite frankly though she doesn't want to speak with her or anyone else. No one unless it was him.

The only thing she wants more than anything is to have him by her side, to have him hold her and make her feel not so empty. She was simply lost without him and this really tore her apart. Never she thought she'd be one of those girls, so reliant like that on a guy.

She gazes out the window of her bus, the stars shining down brightly and all she can wonder is if he was doing the same. It would make them connected as ridiculous as it sounded. It's like they would be closer together and not on opposite sides of the country.

She needed to hear his voice; she was struggling on the inside without him although she wouldn't show it to her fans. Mitchie loved her fans so much and was so grateful for them, but there was one thing or rather person that she loved more.

And that person was Shane.

Living without Shane whilst on tour was unbearable for Mitchie, they had been together almost a year now and never had they truly been apart like this. Kind of like before they were dating, yet it is so much more difficult this time.

The number of phone calls have decreased as the days went on as he was busy with the band, working on songs she wants to hear more than anything.

She hadn't been eating a lot, and she had definitely lost a few pounds since the tour began. It wasn't intentional at all and she hadn't forced herself to bring any of it up or anything.

It is hard not being able to see him every day, to not see his face and see his smile. She trusted him completely, he was hers and she was his. It was as simple as that.

After staring at the roof of the bus for a good ten minutes, Mitchie grabs her phone and searches their names in a search engine. Pictures of the two instantly came up, some at award shows, some of them out on dates, some of them on tour. She wants to cry immediately but holds it in because honestly she could not complain about her life. She was so incredibly lucky and really was tremendously thankful.

Needing to hear his voice, she hovers on his name on the favourites of her phone for what seems like the longest time before hitting the call button and she just kind of holds her breath, it was four am his time and he would be sleeping, but she just needed him.

"Hello." A groggy voice answers after six rings and she doesn't know what to even say right away.

"I need you." She decides, glad to finally hear his voice. It had only been a day since she last heard it and had been playing his songs all night to hear him. His music wasn't the same though; she just needed him sometimes, just his voice minus the music in the background.

"Mitchie, are you alright?" Shane asks; concern evident in his voice.

"I'm fine...I just miss you so much." Her voice breaks and she can feel the tears begin to pour down her eyes, "I'm sorry," Mitchie apologies, "I'm sorry for leaving and going on tour."

"I miss you too and I know it is hard but we will see each other again soon. It's just one more week and it kills me to be without you but you are doing what you love. You were born to sing, Mitchie...I'm not going to stop you because you deserve this."

Mitchie knew he'd never ask her to miss out on headlining her own tour just so they could be together; he wasn't selfish and truly wanted the best for her.

"The distance won't hurt us right?" Her voice is soft, wanting him to affirm her thoughts.

"The distance won't hurt us at all, it makes my feelings for you stronger if that's even possible."

"I love you more than I did when we said goodbye..." She trails off, trying to hold back a sob; the memory was painful to reflect back on. Him naked besides her in the very bed she was currently laying in, having to rush to get dressed and him catching a taxi to the airport even though she just wanted to stay like that with him forever.

"I love you more and more each and every day. I love you more and more with each and every second." Shane replies and Mitchie clutches onto her phone as if it's her life at this moment in time. Like it's all she has because it's the only connection she has to him right now.

"I'm sorry things have to be like this at the moment, I just wish I could fast-forward this next week. I love being on tour but going without you for a month and a half, only seeing you once is torture."

"I know, Mitchie. I know."

"I won't ever lose you, will I?"

"You could never lose me, Mitchie," He assures her without missing a beat, "No matter what happens I will always be with you."

Wiping the tears off her cheeks, Mitchie lets out a small smile, "I better let you get back to sleep...I love you."

"I love you too."

Shane was the reason that Mitchie's heart was still beating. There'd be no way she'd still be living without him in her life.

…

"I have a new song for you all tonight." Mitchie announces for her encore on her last night on tour. She had arrived back home in Los Angeles only a few hours beforehand and had been rushed straight to the venue.

Mitchie hadn't even been home and she hadn't seen Shane. She hadn't been able to get contact with him all day as he had been doing interview after interview after recording for the day. She had no idea as to whether or not he would be at the show and it sure didn't seem that way as hadn't seen him backstage before coming back on for her encore. Caitlyn was there and this made her so happy but she just needed him too, to see his face in the flesh and not on a television screen.

"This is a song I wrote at four am in the morning on my tour bus a week ago and this is the first time i've sang it in front of anyone at all." She says, sitting down at the grand piano that was located on the back centre of the stage, places her microphone in the stand and adjusts it to her level.

Bringing her hands to the piano keys, she begins to play a slow and soft melody. She is absolutely terrified of what her fans will thing, whether or not she will be able to get through the whole song without breaking down, but she sings because it is what she does.

"Well it's good to hear your voice
I hope you're doing fine
And if you ever wonder I'm lonely here tonight
I'm lost here in this moment and time keeps slipping by
And if I could have just one wish
I'd have you by my side

Oh-oh, I miss you
Oh-oh, I need you

And I love you more than I did before
And here today I don't see your face
Nothing's changed, no one can take your place
It gets harder every day
Say you love me more than you did before
And I'm sorry it's this way
But I'm coming home, I'll be coming home
And if you ask me I will stay
I will stay"

Scanning the crowd of happy faces made Mitchie smile sadly. There was only one person that she wanted to see, only one person that she wanted to hear the song.

"Well I try to live without you
The tears fall from my eyes
I'm alone and I feel empty
God, I'm torn apart inside

I look up at the stars
Hoping you're doing the same
Somehow I feel closer and I can hear you say

Oh-oh, I miss you
Oh-oh, I need you

I never want to lose you
And if I had to, I would chose you
So stay, please always stay
You're the one that I hold onto
'Cause my heart would stop without you"

Mitchie was now in tears, they were flowing down her cheeks but she kept on singing. She kept on singing though as if he was there to listen, as if he were right in front of her because she needed to. She just had to get through it all.

"And I love you more than I did before
And here today I don't see your face
Nothing's changed, no one can take your place
It gets harder every day
Say you love me more than you did before
And I'm sorry it's this way
But I'm coming home, I'll be coming home
And if you ask me I will stay
I will stay
I will always stay"

Looking over to the side of the stage she sees him in the wings and she feel herself begin to cry harder than before. She wanted more than anything to get up and run into his arms but she had to finish the song.

She had to finish it for her fans, for herself and more importantly for Shane.

"And I love you more than I did before
And I'm sorry that it's this way
But I'm coming home, I'll be coming home
And if you ask, I will stay
I will stay
I will stay"

The crowd begins to applaud and Mitchie waves to them all, "Thank you all for coming here tonight. Thank you all for supporting me. I love you all so much." As soon as the words have left her mouth, she practically runs offstage and jumps into his arms, wrapping her legs around his torso. She takes in his scent and he holds her close to him, not allowing any space to come between them.

"I've missed you so much." Shane breathes out into Mitchie's hair, holding her tightly as if she'd disappear if he let go.

"I'm home, I'm with you and I don't plan on ever leaving again. If you ask me to, I won't leave. You are more important to me than my music; I'd choose you over my music in a heartbeat." She says pulling her head back slightly to look at him. She'd been thinking about it a lot the past few days and she meant it, she honestly did.

"I could never put you in that situation." He says, kisses her gently and she knows he is saying it because she never would want him to be in that position, giving it all up for her.

"How long were you here for?"

"The second half of the show, came straight from an interview. I watched from the sound booth and made my way back here just before that amazing last song."

In the privacy of Shane's apartment later that night, she is wearing one of his shirts, no make-up on and her hair tied up in a messy bun. She is so glad that Tommy is overseas on vacation with Stacey as she really wants to be alone with Shane.

"No more tours for a while right?" She asks, almost pleads inaudibly as they cuddle on his couch.

"Not until after camp, the band has at least a month off of absolutely nothing after camp even. I think after that the label does want us to go off to Europe. I am fairly sure Uncle Brown could make you our opening act, branch you out overseas."

It's more than she could possibly ever imagine but she doesn't want to think about touring right now, she had just come off two tours and wanted to just relax and just be with Shane so she kisses him, just really kisses him.

Climbing on top of him, pulling her hair back before she wraps her arms around his neck. She was eighteen, with her boyfriend, graduated from high school and out living in the real word. It's moments like this where it just all doesn't seem real, she's come off her second tour within five months and in a few days they will be back off to Camp Rock to where they met.

"I like you like this." Shane tells her, pulls away from the kiss to look at her.

"What, half dressed and on top of you?"

He laughs, kisses her cheek and snakes his arm around her waist, a hand on her bare thigh, "No, you naturally beautiful like this, although what you said is also a plus."

"I love you." She tells him, pulls him into a another kiss.

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