A/N: I am so glad that all of you liked the last chapter with Mitchie's grandma and the Smitchie fluff. I really have no good ideas right now…I get this dilemma a lot, I know where I'm going, just don't know how to fill the gap between now and then. This will just be a filler chapter and I will just mention the character that I held auditions for (AKA future-rokkstarr) but she and the other two will not be appearing for a few chapters yet. This chapter will have a little bit of everything, humor, angst, romance, all of that hooplah.
Oh and guess what my school has had four, count them FOUR, bomb threats within seven days. It's so dumb no one in my district has the guts to actually do it…just some immature doofus' who are just like 'hahaha lets write a bomb threat on the wall because the school in town next to us did it and they got out of school!' so yeah…we got out of school for like an hour either standing outside (in the rain and freezing cold) on the field or crammed onto buses and evacuated. And then once the police come and open every single locker in the school we go right back and continue on with our day. It just pisses me off. Yo and they're so stupid the principal calls an assembly tells the whole school which includes that kid that who ever does this is going to jail and they go and do it two periods later!! Honestly how stupid can you get?!! Anyways…
Disclaimer: I do not own Camp Rock or Connect 3 or PEEPS or Burnin' Up by The Jonas Brothers.
"Mitchie!!" That was the first thing she heard when she entered the boys apartment. Jason came running around the corner, a frantic look on his face and hid behind Mitchie. She looked over her shoulder, casting him an amused yet confused smile, "What's wrong Jase?"
"Nate's trying to steal my PEEPS!" Jason shouted holding up his box of PEEPS.
Nate came walked around the corner. "Nate!" Mitchie scolded him.
"Mitchie, if he eats those he will be off the walls." Nate explained to her calmly.
"I don't want to eat them!" Jason responded. "Why would I want to eat them? They're chicks Nate, CHICKS!"
Nate rolled his eyes, "They're PEEPS Jason. Marshmallow candies! You're supposed to eat them!"
Jason's eyes widened and he looked down at the box in his hand. "How could anyone eat a chick?!"
"It's not a real chick Jason! It's a candy!"
"But they're so cute!"
"It's sugar coated sugar!"
"GUYS!" Mitchie broke up their argument. "Now that we've established that Jason is not going to eat the PEEPS, if you're going to argue, can you not stand here?"
"Sorry." Both boys mumbled and they walked off in the opposite direction. Mitchie giggled and suddenly felt someone rest against her shoulder. She turned her head and smirked at her boyfriend who's head was rested against her shoulder.
"Save meeee." He whined. Mitchie laughed and his pout deepened.
"I'm serious Mitch, you think for ONCE they would stop arguing. Sometimes I feel like I'm they're mother that they never listen to."
She smirked, "Oh stop it, you have your moments too you know."
"Yes but its not everyday. I'm just glad that we're on break and Nate and Jason are going to visit their families tomorrow so I finally get some peace!"
Mitchie shook her head and rolled her eyes, "You're a jerk."
He lifted his head and narrowed his eyes playfully, "Oh, I'm a jerk am I?"
"Yes you are."
She squealed when Shane poked her sides. "Shane!" She cried and he laughed.
She crossed her arms and huphed. "This just proves my point."
Shane walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. He rested his chin on her shoulder and looked up at her and gave her a very adorable 'puppy face'. Mitchie mock glared at him for a moment and then a smile spread across her face. He grinned and pursed his lips. "Kiss?" He muttered and Mitchie leaned her head near his and kissed his lips quickly.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." She giggled. He smirked and kissed the side of her face softly. She smiled and giggled again when his breath tickled her ear. "I missed you." He muttered proceeding to trail light kisses along her jaw line and down her neck. She hummed in response, her eyes closing, relishing the feeling of his lips against her skin.
She couldn't believe that she and Shane had been dating for a little bit over a month. At some points in time it felt like it was long but at some points it had seemed short. She couldn't believe that only after a month she felt comfortable with Shane being this intimate with her. In the past when she thought of having a boyfriend she thought at least for the first few months she would still feel awkward just giving the softest of kisses. But Shane was a whole other story. She had no problem being in his arms and just letting him kiss the side of her face, her neck and her shoulder. Their kisses occasionally grew more heated when they were alone and Mitchie felt content and never felt the need to stop Shane because he would be going too far. She could trust Shane to know what was safe to do and what was not. At one point, he stopped mid kiss to ask if he was going too far with her, her only response was to smile and plunge right back into the kiss with the same intensity as before.
Shane made his way back up from her shoulder to the side of her face. He kissed the side of her lips and turned her in his arms. They locked eyes with one another for a few seconds and then he captured her lips with his. She responded to the kiss immediately and her arms slid around his neck. She smiled into the kiss and played with the hair on the nape of his neck.
The kiss lasted as long as it possibly could until they finally broke off. Shane rested his forehead against Mitchie's and they remained that way just locked in each other's embrace for a good few minutes.
"I love you." He muttered and the moment the words left his lips, a grin lit up her facial features and tingles shot up and down her whole body. No matter how many times he said it, it still affected her the same way.
She opened her eyes and lifted her head. Shane, feeling the sudden loss of contact, also lifted his head. He smiled when he saw her grinning at him. She leaned up and gave him a soft, quick kiss. "I love you too." She muttered against his lips.
He grinned and pulled her closer to him. She let her hands fall from his neck and wrapped them around his middle and her head rested against his chest. She sighed in content and he kissed the top of her head lightly and rested his head atop of hers.
"We should go see if Nate and Jason are behaving themselves." She said after a few minutes.
He groaned. "Mit-chie! Way to ruin a moment!"
She lifted her head and mock glared at him. "Shane you're horrible. They're your best friends!"
He pouted. "And you're my girlfriend, I see them everyday, once we go on tour I don't get to see you."
"Well you're not on tour right now." She pointed out.
"But I will be in about a month a half and I want to spend as much time as I can with you." He responded and his pout returned.
She smirked up at him. "Oh stop pouting Shane."
His pout deepened and his eyes rounded out to give that puppy face again. "Shane stop!" She laughed and looked away but her eyes were drawn back to him. "You know how adorable I think your pout is."
He nodded still in the pout.
"Are you staying that way because you know you always get a kiss because I can't resist your pouty lips?" She raised an eyebrow in question.
He nodded again and she rolled her eyes playfully and kissed him quickly. Just as she was about to pull back he gripped her tight around the waist and pulled her in again.
"I think it's true," She whispered after they parted, "You really are a mush Shane Gray."
He smiled down at her. "I prefer the term Love Sick Drunk."
She laughed lightly and took a step back. She shook her head and grabbed his hand. "Come on my Love Sick Drunk let's go see Nate and Jason."
Shane smirked and they both made their way to the kitchen, hand in hand. When they got to the kitchen they found Jason and Nate had finally stopped arguing. Jason was sitting at the end of the table watching his feet intently. Nate sat at the opposite end with a small smile on his face as he stared out into space.
Mitchie and Shane took a seat between them. They glanced at Nate, looked at each other and then back to Nate.
Mitchie smirked. "Dreaming about Caitlyn Nate?" Mitchie asked with a teasing tone.
The curly haired boy turned to Mitchie and grinned sheepishly. "I miss her, I haven't seen her in a while." He sighed and rested his chin in the palm of his hand. "It sucks as soon as I get back from visiting from my parents she goes on a family vacation."
"Yeah who goes on vacation in December anyway?" Shane asked and Mitchie slapped his arm and gave him a look.
"Apparently Caitlyn's, don't make fun of her family's vacation traditions." She scolded playfully. Shane stuck out his tongue at her.
"Where's your friend Mitchie?" Jason spoke up. "Sierra?"
"She's busy today." Mitchie replied and then grinned. Shane followed quickly after. "Oohh! Jason has a crush!"
Jason blushed and shook his head, "I do not! She just seems like a really cool person."
"Uh huh." Shane looked at him skeptically with a smirk.
"I don't like her!" Jason's voice cracked on the word 'like'. "At least not like that. We're friends, that's all."
"Yeah, that's what Shane and Mitchie kept saying and look how they are now." Nate motioned to Shane and Mitchie.
"That's different." Jason protested.
"How so?" Nate questioned.
"Because…uh...because...just because it is!"
Nate rolled his eyes and Shane chuckled. "Great answer Jase."
"Well it is different! You two were made for each other!" Jason responded. Shane and Mitchie looked at each other and then Mitchie bit her lip and looked down.
"Well maybe you and Sierra are made for each other." Mitchie said when she lifted her head.
Jason shook his head. "I don't think so."
"Why not?" Shane asked.
Jason looked down sadly, "Why would she ever like someone like me?"
Mitchie gasped, "Jason! Someone like you?! What is that supposed to mean?!"
Jason shrugged quietly.
"Jason people love you!"
"My fans love me." He replied. "And that's because they don't know me."
"Jase, I love you, you're like my brother!"
"I know Mitch, and you're like my sister but it's different. No girl could ever like me like the way you love Shane."
"I'm sure that's not true." Mitchie reasoned. He looked up at her and gave the most pathetic look. "All the girls I've ever dated haven't liked me for me. They just wanted to hang with Connect 3 and to get their name on the news. I never even had a girlfriend until Connect 3 started." He sighed. "I was the kid no one liked."
Mitchie furrowed her brow and scooted her chair over to Jason so she was right next to him. She extended out her arms and wrapped them around him, resting her head on his shoulder.
Jason took a deep breathe and started his story. "Since the beginning of high school I liked this girl but she was head of the volleyball team and way out of my league. It was my junior year and our junior prom was coming up. I decided to be brave and ask her out. She told me she would think about it. I was so happy for days; nothing or no one could bring me down. The next week she stopped me in the hallway in front of all her friends and shot me down—hard. She told me that she would never in a million years go to the prom with me. She asked me why I even bothered to ask."
"That bitch!" Nate hissed. Mitchie and Shane looked at him in surprise. They didn't expect that to come out of his mouth.
"Nate!"
"What?" He snapped looking at Shane. "It's true!" He turned his attention from Shane to Jason. "Jason I had no idea that happened to you." Even though Nate and Jason fought a lot it was clear that Nate thought of Jason as a brother and cared for him.
"It's alright Nate." Jason replied quietly with a small smile.
"Is that why you were so quiet that summer at Camp Rock?" Shane asked.
Jason nodded. "I didn't even want to go that year I was so down. My parents convinced me though that I had to go and that my music would help me feel better." He smiled softly and looked between Shane and Nate. "I'm glad they made me go, if I didn't, Connect 3 wouldn't exist and I wouldn't have two of the best friends I've ever had."
Shane and Nate smiled and Mitchie 'awwed'.
"That reminds me I always wanted to know how Connect 3 got started." Mitchie said glancing at all the boys. "I know it was at Camp Rock but I don't know much more."
"Not many people do." Shane said. "Only the people who went to Camp that year do, we really haven't told anybody."
Mitchie grinned and leaned forward towards Shane. "Do I get special girlfriend privileges and get to hear the story?"
Shane looked at Nate and Jason and they both shrugged. Not any one of them had a problem with it. "Sure."
"Yay!" Mitchie clapped and giggled excitedly. She shifted in her seat and got comfortable to listen to their story.
"Alright well this past summer it was just three years ago that we all met." Shane started. "We had all gone to Camp Rock before that but we all ran in different circles and never really talked to each other. Like if you asked me who Nate Brown or Jason White was back then I would have told you that I had no idea."
"And Shane was just known around Camp as Brown's nephew." Nate explained.
Shane nodded. "And some people had mixed feelings about me. Some people thought it was cool that I was Brown's nephew while others," He shot a pointed look at Nate, "Thought I was a spoiled teenager who only got into Camp because Brown was my uncle."
"Hey!" Nate protested. "In my defense Shane did walk around Camp like he was top man on campus."
Mitchie smirked, "What else is new?"
Shane shot her a look. "Ha-ha very funny."
She grinned and blew him a kiss.
He smiled and shook his head lightly. "Anyway, one day I was walking by the lake and I heard music. I walked onto the dock and saw Nate with his guitar and he was singing. I watched him for a few moments until he finally noticed me and asked me if I had a problem."
Nate laughed. "Yeah! I remember that."
"I ignored his rude question and told him that I really liked what he was playing and asked if he wrote it. His immediate response to that was that I would steal his song and claim it as my own. I told him that I wasn't like that and asked the question again. Skeptically, he answered the question and once again I told him that I liked it. I went over and sat next to him and for a while we just sat talking, getting to know each other and I played him some of my songs and he played me some of his."
"It turned out," Nate continued, "That we had the same type of music. I really liked the way Shane performed and once when we tried harmonizing a song, our voices blended really well. It took a few days, but I finally lost all the prejudice thoughts I had of Shane and we became friends."
"One day on our way to lunch we heard someone seriously shredding on guitar." Shane once again took over. "Both Nate and I were impressed by this kid's guitar skills and so we go to find where the sound is coming from. We eventually find its coming from the mess hall and we peer inside and see Jason inside by himself totally rocking out on his guitar."
"Yeah!" Jason exclaimed. "I remember looking up and seeing them staring at me from outside the window. I thought they were mad at me for taking their spot or something."
"He looked really shy and scared like we were going to snap at him." Nate said.
"He packed up his guitar and amp so quick and almost bolted out of there before we could say anything. But I stopped him in time and told him that we weren't kicking him out and that he sounded really good on guitar."
Jason nodded, "I believe Nate's exact words were, 'yeah dude you so totally rock! How did you learn to play like that?'"
"No, it was more like," Shane continued in a more high pitched voice, "'Yeah dude you so totally rock-" He was cut off by Nate whacking him on the arm and he laughed.
"Shut up!"
Mitchie gave them an odd, questioning look.
"When we met my voice wasn't matured yet." Nate grumbled in explanation.
"He sounded like a girl!" Shane exclaimed still laughing. Nate narrowed his eyes and glared at him.
"Alright Shane…Mitchie wants to hear the story of how we met not how I was going through puberty."
Shane let out a few last chuckles and then finally stopped. "Alright, alright, I'm good." He let out a breath.
"Where was I? Oh yeah, so we told Jason how awesome he was at guitar and we told him to have lunch with us. After that day we all became really good friends and we started to write songs together."
"We decided to start a band because we all had the same style of music and we all mixed with each other really well. We eventually came to the decision that Shane and I would share lead vocals and Jason would have lead guitarist because he didn't like his singing voice so much. And I also became one of the guitarists because we needed one more and I had been playing longer than Shane even though I was younger than him." Nate explained.
"So we wrote a couple of songs, practiced them a lot and entered Final Jam. I personally thought we rocked the house but we didn't win." Shane grumbled.
"But there were talent scouts there and despite the fact that we didn't win Final Jam, they went straight to us after the show and told us that we had just the sort of talent the world needed. They referred us to the label and only a few days after we were called down to perform. They loved us and told us that a record deal was ours."
"Jason and I were all for it but Nate needed some convincing." Shane said.
"But I came around and when we went to sign for a record deal they asked if we had a name. We said no. Then they asked us how long we had been a band. We said only a few weeks. They all seemed surprised at that answer. Our manager stared at us in thought and asked us if we had just met this summer. We said yes. He said something about connecting for the first time at a music camp and then finally exclaimed, 'Connect 3!' We weren't so fond of the name, I thought it sounded corny but we took it and recorded the few songs we had written and released them and they were all top hits."
"And that's how Connect 3 came to be." Shane concluded.
"Wow." Mitchie commented. "That was very interesting." She said sincerely. "I had never imagined it like that."
"How did you imagine it?" Shane asked.
She shrugged, "I don't know, just not like that."
He chuckled softly and she smiled sheepishly.
"Alright now that story time is over, what do you all want to do?" Nate asked.
Shane and Jason shrugged but Mitchie's face lit up. "Do you guys have your guitars?"
Nate and Jason nodded. "Of course," Nate replied, "We always have them around."
"Can you give me a sneak peak at one of your songs from your new album?" She gave them a pleading smile. At their hesitant looks, she looked straight at Shane and pulled a pouty face at him, "Pleaaase Shane."
Shane stared at her a few moments trying to be strong but he finally caved and looked at his band mates. "Guys?" He asked helplessly.
Nate sighed, "Alright, ONE song."
Mitchie grinned and leapt out of her chair. She ran over to Nate and hugged him. "Thank you Nate!"
He rolled his eyes playfully and shook his head, "Yeah, yeah. You're just lucky you're boyfriend is a complete mush when it comes to you."
Mitchie grinned and glanced at Shane and ran over to him and gave him a kiss in thanks. He looked like he literally could melt at any second. Nate and Jason walked over to him and Nate grabbed his arm. "Come on Mush let's get set up."
"For the record I prefer Love Sick Drunk." Shane corrected as he was dragged out of the room by Nate. He looked over his shoulder at Mitchie and winked. She giggled and then made her way to the living room.
She sat down on the couch and waited for the guys to set up. They came into the room a few moments later with their guitars and amps and microphone stands. Shane rolled in a portable sound system and hooked up his microphone while Jason and Nate set up their amps and guitars.
It took them a few minutes to set everything up. They turned down the volume on everything so they wouldn't disturb anyone else by playing too loudly.
When they were done, Shane took the front microphone and looked over to Mitchie. "Ladies and…lady." Mitchie giggled and Shane smirked.
"This little number is entitled 'Burnin' Up." He looked over to Nate and nodded him in. Both he and Jason started playing lightly and then Shane came in.
I'm hot
You're cold
You go around
Like you know
Who I am
But you don't
You've got me on my toes
Nate came in and took over the chorus.
I'm slippin' into the lava
And I'm tryin' to keep from going under
Baby, who turned the temperature hotter
'Cause I'm burnin' up
Burnin' up for you baby
Shane entered again and joined Nate for the next verse.
I fell (I fell)
So fast (so fast)
Can't hold myself... Back
High heels (high heels)
Red dress (red dress! )
All by yourself
Gotta catch my breath!
I'm slippin' into the lava
And I'm tryin' to keep from going under
Baby, who turned the temperature hotter
'Cause I'm burnin' up
Burnin' up for you baby
Walk in the room
All I can see is you
Oh, starin' me down
I know you feel it too
I'm slippin' into the lava
And I'm tryin' to keep from going under
Baby, who turned the temperature hotter
'Cause I'm burnin' up
Burnin' up for you baby
I'm slippin' into the lava
And I'm tryin' to keep from going under
Baby, who turned the temperature hotter
'Cause I'm burnin' up
Burnin' up for you baby
Burnin' up for you baby
A/N: Ummm yea…crappy ending….I really have no ideas….If you have any ideas please tell me I would love to know!! Review!!! And tell me ideas!!!!!! PLEASE!! Don't make me get Shane and his pouty face!!!