OK I don't have much to say but I do want you to know that there are two Katies. It was not done on perpose but there is a Katie at the church and a Katie at camp. They are not the same person. Kelli Lynn says thank you for the reviews on her songs and has sent me some more that may make it in to the story in the future. Enjoy!

LAST TIME

"Oh, so you've met our roommate then."

"Yea, she's nice, but keep the fact that you know Nate to yourself."

"Ok," Alicia answered, understanding why this would be a problem.

NOW

Mitchie and the girls went back to the cabin. She pulled out her phone and noticed that she had missed a call.

That's funny, I had my phone with me and it didn't ring.

She looked at the missed call. Shane. Is he still mad at me because I don't want to hear the message if he is.

"Hey Caitlyn, can you check my messages for me? It's from Shane but I don't want to talk to him if he's still mad at me."

"You know what, how about we avoid the whole issue and go for a swim? After today, we'll be so busy with school that the nice summer weather will be gone before we have another break sort of opportunity.

"It's not like Shane is waiting around for you to call him back. He has a gig tonight right? He really should be focusing on that. Isn't that the reason you didn't say yes to him? Didn't you want him to focus on his thing and you to focus on yours?"

Mitchie sighed and nodded.

Caitlyn got up and grabbed her swimming suit before going to the bathroom to change. Abigail and Alicia got up too. They pulled out their suits and waited for the bathroom. Mitchie really was not in the mood for swimming, but Caitlyn had a point. It would take her mind off of Shane and it would probably be her last opportunity in Lake Rock before the weather became colder.

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

What is taking her so long? I said I was sorry about yelling at her. I practically told her that I love her, and still, nothing. What is taking her so long!

Shane lay on his bunk, throwing a tennis ball at Nate's bunk, above and thinking. It had already been about two hours since he had called Mitchie and left his message.

Shane through the ball with more force with his last thought. Nate's head appeared upside down next to the bunk.

"Dude, could you stop! I know you're waiting for a call, but do you really have to take it out on my butt? I'm trying to get some work done before the show!"

"Sorry, man. It's just, it never took Rachel this long to get back to me when I left her a message. Mitchie always gets back to you quickly too. Is it just me or is she avoiding me?

"Want to prove to her I'm a decent guy, but when I freak out, she doesn't answer my calls."

"I don't know man, but I think it's just you. She's probably down by the beach with Caitlyn or something. She's not your girlfriend yet, so don't worry that she isn't as responsive as Rachel.

"Maybe Rachel is around so she couldn't answer the phone or check her messages. She was at her parents when she called me earlier. She had to get off because Rachel walked in."

Shane sighed. He knew Nate was probably right.

Nate's right, but it's weird not to get a call back from a girl. I can't believe I'm following Mitchie's rules anyway. Since when does The Shane Gray follow a girl's rules? Since Mitchie came into my life apparently.

All the girls I have dated were insecure with me. They would call me every few hours or do what they thought would keep me around. I never would have broken up with them if they weren't secure about my relationship with them and my constant traveling.

Does that mean Mitchie trusts me? I hope that's what that means.

Shane when back to throwing the ball, lighter this time. Nate shook his head.

"If you want something to do, try helping me," Nate said, obviously trying to stop the constant rhythm under his butt.

"With what?" Shane asked, continuing to bounce the ball.

"The school on the road program started last week and I have a test in my Spanish curriculum tomorrow. You can quiz me."

"Since when do you follow the curriculum? You never did before."

"Since my mom said that I have to give up my life with you guys in concert and on the road if I don't bring my grades up."

"Ok, give me the book."

Nate dropped the book to the floor. Shane sat up and took it from the ground. He turned the pages until he found a list of words in English and Spanish.

"Ok, what's band?"

"Do you really expect me to have that as a vocab word?"

"It's what the book says, dude."

"Maybe I should look at that page again."

Shane handed the book back to Nate. Nate scanned the page and dropped it back to the ground, this time open making it easy for Shane to go back to what he had been trying to read.

"Ok, what's rhythm?"

"Umm… is it compás? Or is it ritmo?"

Shane scanned the page again.

"It's both. What's step?"

"Like dance steps?"

"I guess, it doesn't say if that is what it means."

"Ok, is it paso?"

"Yea. Wow Nate. You really know these words for looking at it once."

"It's what happens when you are a genius like me," Nate commented back.

"No, it's what happens when you have a photographic memory. Don't deny it. I know you do."

"How?"

"You can look at music once and then know every note and every vocal part on the page."

"I guess I'm caught."

"Hey, what are you guys working on?" Tess asked leaving the main room where she and Jason had been watching National Geographic.

"Spanish," Shane said, holding up the book.

"I thought you graduated."

"He did, I didn't," Nate said sitting up on his bed and letting his feet dangle dangerously close to Shane's face.

"Can I help? My mom made me learn Spanish while I was five. My nanny didn't speak a lick of English and rather than firing her, my mom hired a Spanish tutor for me."

"That's really cool, Tess," Nate commented.

Splash, splash.

"Ahh! No fair Caitlyn, I wasn't even paying attention," Mitchie giggled as she kicked her legs at Caitlyn.

Mitchie had not gotten in. She really was not in the mood to swim, but was still up for the company of her best friend and roommates.

"Come on girls. Let's get her!"

Caitlyn, Alicia and Abigail all moved at once and pulled Mitchie into the lake.

"Ahh!" Mitchie continued to scream, as she was dragged away from the peer.

"You were asking for it," Alicia commented, "You kicked the water at all of us and Caitlyn was the only one who splashed you. Do you know how long it took me to curl my hair, just to have you soak it with two splashes?"

"If you didn't want your hair wet, then why did you get in?" Abigail replied in a question.

"You know, Abby, you bring up a good point," Mitchie said, now floating in the water on her own, "but, you're hair isn't wet either."

Mitchie made a dash for Abigail and hit her with a full on splash.

"Mitchie!" a voice called from the shore.

Mitchie turned around to see her mom standing there with her towel and flip-flops in her hand. She swam back to shore and took the towel as she got out of the water.

"I thought you said you were going to help me in the kitchen."

"I was. What time is it?"

"Four. You know that we start cooking at 3:30. I almost sent Barron out to find you when he passed by the kitchen."

"Sorry mom. I must have lost track of time. Caitlyn suggested the swim and I didn't even bring my phone because I didn't want it to get wet.

"My bad."

"Ok, well, your bad, yes. Now go get changed and meet me in the kitchen ASAP. We're making stir-fry tonight and I need you to chop vegetables."

"Ok, mom."

Mitchie waved goodbye to her cabin mates and headed back to her cabin to change.

There it sat. Her phone was still in the middle of her bed.

Mitchie shook her head.

I don't have time to think about if Shane left a message or if he's still mad at me. I need to focus on school and working with mom right now. Then I can focus on Shane. No Shane this week, that's my resolution.

Well, no talking to Shane on school days if I have other things to do. Yea, that sounds more reasonable.

Mitchie changed quickly, grabbed her cell phone and left the cabin.

She was proud of her resolution. She thought it would be a good way to keep focus and use her calls to Shane, Nate, Tess and Sierra as a reward for her focus and devotion to school. She arrived at the kitchen and began to work.

When she was done, she left and found a seat with her Ella and Lola at a table near the front of the room. Caitlyn, Abigail and Alicia joined her.

"So, Lola, Ella, how is your cabin?"

"So far so good," Lola answered.

"Yea, Katie is a little weird though. The way she decorated, you would think she enrolled at the wrong school. The posters are not like the ones we had this summer."

Lola nodded in agreement.

"What do you mean?" Caitlyn asked.

"Well, one of them is wrestlers. Others are just happy bunny and bands and stuff but it's just kinda odd," Ella said.

"Hmm… well that's different," Mitchie commented.

"Hey, Lola, do you think I could join you? I just got back and you seem like the only friendly face around here."

A girl with super curly hair and glasses had approached the table.

"Yea, sure," Lola answered, "Guys, this is Katie. Katie this is Mitchie, Caitlyn, Abigail, Alicia, and you already know Ella."

"Hi," Katie said, taking a seat.

Dee came up to the front and told everyone that they could start lining up for food starting with the back tables.

"So," Mitchie began, "Katie, what do you think of camp so far?"

"I'm not sure. The campus is nice and open but also small enough that I don't think I'll be getting lost anytime soon."

"That's good to hear, maybe you and I can walk to class together because I know I'll get lost," Alicia commented.

The girls continued to have small conversations until Dee came and dismissed them for dinner.

After dinner, the girls returned to their cabins to relax and look their schedules over one last time.

Mitchie pulled her guitar out again and began working on chords for the song she had started earlier.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

Mitchie's phone told her that she had a neglected message.

"Caitlyn, can you please check and see if it was Shane? I really don't want to hear him mad at me."

Caitlyn sighed and took the phone from Mitchie. She listened to the message, and handed the phone back.

"Yep, it was Shane. He didn't sound mad, just concerned."

"Ok, well, I guess I can listen to it then," Mitchie said, feeling guilty that she hadn't been a big girl and looked at it her self earlier.

Hey Mitchie, it's Shane. I just wanted to say I'm sorry about the whole yelling at you thing. I over reacted.

Abigail seems…ok. She's nicer than her sister about this whole break up thing. I'll give her that.

Just be careful who you hang out with. I-I care about you. I don't want to see her hurt you. I'm really, really sorry. I-I should be a better…friend.

I know you called Nate. I really wish you would have called me, but I understand. You thought that I was mad at you, and I was, but I'm not anymore and I'm really, really sorry.

Call me back. I have a song I want you to hear. Bye.

Mitchie sighed.

A song? What kind of song did he write? Maybe I should call him…he called at…

Mitchie looked at the time on the call.

…12:30 and I still haven't called him back and it's seven.

Mitchie got up, took her phone, and left the cabin. She dialed the number and headed towards the dock, her and Shane's special place for each other.

Hey…

"Hey Shane, I'm sorry I didn't call earlier. It's just I thought you were mad at me so I didn't really want to hear you yell-

I'm not here right now…probably on stage or somewhere without service…leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Beeeep

Mitchie sighed.

Of course he's on stage. I knew he had a gig tonight. What was I thinking?

Mitchie hung up the phone and called Tess.

Hello?

"Hey Tess, it's Mitchie. What's up?"

Oh the guys are in lock down for before the show and my mom is getting ready to go on… but other than that nothing.

"Oh sorry, I'll call back later."

No, it's ok. I've seen my mom perform these songs a hundred times in rehearsal. What's on your mind?

"I just wanted to know if Shane was ok. I didn't call him back and when we talked last, he seemed pretty ticked at me."

Yea, he's better. He spent the whole afternoon helping Nate study for a test and trying to keep his mind of the fact that you hadn't called back.

"Ha-ha… oops."

Don't worry about it. He's busy focusing on music right now. I'm sure he'll call again when he gets off stage. Nate had to stop him from calling at least four times.

"Ok. That's good… that he's focusing. That's why I said no anyway.

"I'll let you go, I need to call a friend from home and you should be there to support your mom. Sorry I called before thinking."

It's fine. I'll talk to you later. Bye.

"Bye."

Mitchie sat down on the bench and watched the sun set.

"Wahoo! We rocked it!" Nate said coming off stage and high fiving his best friends.

"Yea, the crowd was screaming really loud," Jason said taking out his hear piece and massaging his ear.

"That's the first thing that's gotten my mind off Mitchie all day!" Shane cheered, knowing that this would make his friends happy more that it made him happy.

Shane pulled out his cell phone as the trio headed towards the dressing rooms.

One missed call: Mitchie

I can't believe I missed her.

Tess came up behind the trio and congratulated them on a job well done.

"Thanks," Nate and Jason said together.

"Yea, thanks, Tess," Shane said as he walked into his dressing room still staring at his phone.

Tess followed him in.

"She called me after she tried you. She's fine. Relax. She got your message and can't wait to hear from you. She said something about being happy that you were focusing on your music just like she asked."

"You got to talk to her?"

"Yea, she called while you were in lock down."

"Oh. Why is it that I'm always the one to get information last?

"She was upset about me so she talks to Nate; she's upset she can't talk to me so she calls you. Why do I keep missing her?"

"Shane, relax and call her now," Tess said, leaving the room and closing the door.

Shane looked down at his phone again and saw what time it was.

11:00 pm. Mitchie's probably asleep. I don't want to wake her but I won't be able to sleep until I hear her voice.

Shane dialed Mitchie's number.

Hello. A groggy Mitchie's voice said.

"Hey, did I wake you?"

Yea, but we need to talk so let's talk.

"You sure? I can call you in the morning if it's better."

I'm awake now and you'll be asleep until I start classes and then we won't be able to talk until next weekend.

"Why can't we talk tomorrow night?"

You have a gig. Tess gave me your schedule.

"Right. Ok, so what I really want to say is I'm really sorry."

I got your message I know. What is really interesting me is your new song.

"I don't have my guitar with me. I just got off, but I'll sing it for you next time we talk."

Ok. I need to go back to bed, but you need to know that I forgive you and I might not be able to be the most dedicated friend.

"I know. School comes first yada, yada, yada."

Ok, Shane. I'll talk to you soon.

"Bye Mitchie."

Bye pop-star.

Shane hung up the phone. Now he would be able to sleep.

How was that? I hope you liked it. LONG reviews please! =) ~Lacey~