Go Figure Chapter 25, a camp rock fanfic

A/N: The two songs in this chapter are "Naturally" by Selena Gomez and "Delete You" by Ashley Tisdale. Both AWESOME songs. Go give them a listen! So, I'm going to be dedicated a lot of time to this story in the coming months. I'm hoping I'll finish it soon!

Happy reading!

angellwings

Go Figure

By angellwings

Chapter Twenty-Five

"What are you doing in there?" Nate asked as he leaned against the wall beside the bathroom door. "You've been in that bathroom for hours."

"I'm a girl, Nate. It's a little more difficult for me to get ready than you," Ella yelled through the door. "I had to shower, blow dry my hair, then actually do something with it, then there was my make up, and there was no way I was going out in public with chipped nail polish—"

"Okay, okay. I get it," He said with a laugh. "You almost done?"

"Almost," Ella answered. She paused before speaking again and he could hear the amusement in her voice. "Why? Do you miss me already? Are you bored?"

"Yes, okay? I'm bored," he admitted. "So, please, hurry and get back out here. Jamie's gonna be here before you're even ready to go."

She scoffed at him. "Oh please, you just want to make out some more."

"You have to admit, it's not a bad idea."

She laughed. "No, it's not, but I'm not sure it's a good idea either considering what you did to my hair last time."

"If you want I could stop doing that," Nate suggested with a knowing smirk.

"No!" She yelled as the door cracked open and she poked her head out. "I—I mean, no. I didn't mean I didn't like it. I just meant that it wouldn't be a good idea before the show. Since my hair is ready and all."

Nate's smirk stayed steady as he leaned toward her face. "Does that mean you like having my fingers in your hair?"

His face was inches from hers, and the door was the only thing keeping him from moving closer. She blushed and grinned at him, but said nothing as she closed the door.

"I'm taking that as a yes," He told her through the closed door.

The door knob turned and he stepped back a little as Ella pulled the door all the way open. His eyes widened and he was fairly certain his mouth fell open too. He gulped as his mouth went a little dry. "Y-you look…"

"What? I look what?" Ella asked worriedly as she looked down at her short sleeveless magenta dress. "Is it too much? Or too girly? Maybe not rock and roll enough? I thought that might be the case, but—"

Nate reached out and encircled her waist with his hands. He pulled her to him and gave her a long once over. Her magenta dress was empire waisted with a beautiful flowing skirt. His thumb brushed over a few of the gold beads and embellishments that covered her abdomen. Her eye make up was dark and smokey and made her warm brown eyes shine even more. Plus the soft baby pink shade she'd put on her lips made them look extremely…kissable.

Most intriguing to him though was her black tights. They were embellished with bold colored gem stones. They added just the right sort of edge to the dress. Her hair was pulled back halfway and a little of it was allowed to fall across her shoulders in gentle waves. As he brought his eyes back up to her face he noticed the jeweled magenta elastic headband that held back her bangs. Ella began to fidget nervously in his arms and he knew it was probably passed time for him to speak.

"You're gorgeous," He told her with a smirk. "Definitely a rock princess."

She blushed. "Well, the outfits not complete yet. Jamie's bringing me the rest of it. It's just jewelry, my shoes, and my gloves."

"Gloves?" He asked.

"Mhm, long black lacy ones. They're very Madonna," She grinned.

He chuckled and pulled her against him. She leaned into him and circled her arms around his torso while his hands moved from her waist to envelop her shoulders. She rested her head on his chest and sighed happily. "I have no doubt that you'll turn every head in the room."

Ella smiled. "I don't need to turn every head, Nate. Just yours."

He kissed the top of her head and grinned. "Then mission accomplished, Ella. Believe me. I'd actually kiss you on the lips right now, but I wouldn't want to ruin your make up or anything."

She looked up at him and quirked a brow. "Lip gloss can be reapplied, you know."

He smirked and leaned closer to her. His lips hovered just over hers. Their noses were touching and she sighed in relief when his lips finally covered hers in a soft passionate kiss. He pulled away quickly though and Ella let out a whine.

He laughed at her. "I'll just repeat your words from earlier. We have plenty of time, remember?"

She sighed and glared at him playfully. "I remember. Tease."

"Oh so I'm a tease now, huh?" Nate asked with a grin.

"Yes."

"Well, this tease has a gift for you, but since I am, you know, such a tease maybe I just won't give it to you," He told her as he stretched out onto his bed.

Ella's eyes widened and she quickly laid down beside him. She turned on her side and rested her chin in her hands to keep her hair from being flattened on the mattress. "A gift? For me?"

Nate nodded and turned on his side to look at her. "I was going to wait till after the show, but after seeing you like this I don't think I can."

"Nate," She sang as her face softened. "You didn't have to get me anything."

"No, I didn't you're right," He said with a smirk. "But don't get too excited, it's not anything extravagant."

He rolled over for a second and opened the drawer on his bedside table. He placed a long necklace jewelry box on the bed in between them and nudged it toward her. She reached and wrapped her fingers around it. She moved to open it, but gave him a questioning look first.

He smiled and nodded. "Go ahead."

She anxiously pulled back the lid, and he watched as her brow furrowed and she lifted the necklace from the box gently. She smiled softly and cradled the necklace in her hands before she looked up at him curiously. "Is this a guitar string? As a necklace?"

He nodded and smiled warmly at her. "It broke while I was writing 'Falling Down'."

She took her other hand and studied the two guitar picks that hung from the converted guitar string. "And the picks?"

"One for each song you've inspired so far. 'Falling Down' and 'Maybe.' Those were actually the picks I used while writing them. I thought—"

Ella launched herself at him and wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. "I love it. Thank you, Nate."

He hugged her to him just as tightly. "I know it doesn't exactly go with your outfit. You don't have to wear it if you don't want to."

"Are you crazy? Of course I want to wear it," She said as she released him and smiled. She scooted past him and threw her legs over the side of the bed to sit up. She handed him the necklace, and spoke up eagerly. "Help me put it on? Please?"

He nodded and sat up behind her. He unclasped the necklace and then gently put it around her neck, and clasped it again. As it came to rest on her neck Ella brought a hand up to touch it. She turned to face him with a beaming smile.

"So you really like it?" He asked nervously. "Because if you don't its okay. Really."

"Nate," Ella said seriously. "Stop, I love this. It's probably the best gift I've ever gotten. You're very sweet."

He relaxed and smiled. "I'm glad you like it. I plan on sending you more picks than that, by the way."

"You do?" Ella asked brightly. He pulled her back onto the bed and situated her beside of him. She put her arms around his middle and snuggled into his side.

"I have a feeling you're going to inspire a lot of songs, Ms. Pador," Nate grinned. "A lot."

Ella blushed and sighed happily. They sat in silence for a few minutes before the phone rang. It was security. Jamie and Nate's security were here to pick them up and take them to the show.

Ella squeezed his hand the entire ride. He could tell she was nervous because she was taking slow breaths in and out and had her gaze focused straight ahead. He squeezed her hand in return and she slowly turned her eyes to him.

"You okay over there?" He asked.

"What if I suck?" Ella asked. "What if my last two performances were flukes, and this time I just…suck?"

"You won't," Nate assured her.

"How do you know that?" Ella asked. "I mean what if these people hate me?"

"If they hate you then they're crazy," Nate said simply. "You're beautiful and talented and you're going to blow their minds."

"You're biased," Ella said with a smile and a shake of her head. He smiled and brought his face close to her cheek.

"Completely," he whispered before he placed a kiss on her cheek. She leaned into the kiss slightly and then chuckled at him. He kept his lips close to her cheek as he spoke again. "But that doesn't change the fact that you're an exceptional performer. Do you want to know why I want to be at this show so badly?"

She nodded and he continued.

"Half of it is that I want to support you, but the other half is completely selfish. You put every bit of your being into the songs you sing. When you're performing I feel what you feel, and it makes watching you on stage very addictive."

When he finished speaking he placed another kiss on her cheek and then wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer.

"You know, I'm trying my best to ignore the two of you and pretend I don't know what's going on, but you're making it awfully hard. Can you stop with the PDA back there, Black?" Jamie asked from the passenger seat.

"I'll try," Nate said with a laugh.

"So, you guys are what? Dating now?"

"Yes," Ella answered with a grin. "Is that a problem for you?"

"Oh no, definitely not, but have you told the others about this at all?" Jamie asked.

Ella's eyes widened. "Whoops."

Nate laughed. "Not yet. It kind of slipped our minds. But I don't think they'll be that surprised."

Ella smiled at him. "You don't?"

He blushed and cleared his throat. "Well, they kind of knew I had feelings for you before I did. So…"

Ella smirked at him. "I'm pretty sure it was the same for both of us. Between Torrey, Kelly, and Cait I was definitely the last to know."

They arrived not long after that, and the guards took Nate in first to find a good place to hide him in the audience and Ella and Jamie met Caitlyn outside the back door. Caitlyn watched Nate go in and then turned to Ella and Jamie questioningly.

"Nate's here? Are we sure that's a good idea?"

"He was determined to come, Caitlyn. I couldn't talk him out of it," Ella told her.

Caitlyn laughed and shook her head. "If he's busted by some random fan I am not bailing him out."

Ella gave her a grin and a stern look. "Cait, you know as well as I do that if he was attacked by a mob of fans you would waste no time trying to get in there and save him."

"Only because he's one-third of Connect Three and essential to my fiance's career," Caitlyn admitted with a small smirk. Chevy and the others arrived and Ella hugged each of them in greeting, and then Caitlyn called the meeting to order.

"Alright, set list. Did you guys decide what you wanted to perform?"

Chevy nodded. "We have a half hour so we thought minus talking time we could get in about seven songs. Right? So, 'I Want You', 'Falling Down', 'Got Dynamite', 'Acting Out', 'What If', and Ella's two new songs, 'Delete You' and 'Naturally'. How does that sound?"

Caitlyn nodded. "Perfect. Alright, let's head inside for sound check."

The group followed Caitlyn inside and they found Nate waiting in the wings of the stage.

"Hey," Ella said when she saw him. "I thought you were going to sit out in the audience."

"I was," He said with a sigh. "But Luke feels it might be too risky. So, I'll be here beside of the stage all night long."

"Well, you have security for a reason, Nate. They're probably right. And this means that you'll be right here when I get off stage tonight. I call that a win," Ella told him with a smirk. "Don't you?"

He laughed. "I guess so."

While the guys got settled and tuned their instruments Ella stayed by Nate's side. "I was thinking…"

"About?" He asked.

"Well, I think you should have something to symbolize the songs I've written about you too," she said as she kept a hand on her necklace.

He smiled. "You do?"

"Yes, I think that I owe you a guitar pick. We just need to figure out where you'll wear it," She said thoughtfully as she turned to face him. Her eyes landed on his dog tags and she smiled softly. "You could wear it with your dog tags."

He wrapped a few fingers around her chin and gently pulled it upward. "I certainly could. Couldn't I? You know, I think I will."

She smiled at him. "Good, maybe we'll take care of that after the show tonight."

"Maybe we will," He said as he removed his hand from her chin and pulled her into a hug.

"Ella, mike check. Let's go," Caitlyn ordered. Ella nodded and pulled away from him to head out to the stage.

"I got this, Ella," Mac said with a smirk as he stole her wireless mike. "Anybody out there named Mike?" A bartender raised his hand. "There you go. We have one Mike."

Ella laughed and smacked him before she stole her mike back. A couple of stage hands came up and helped her with ear piece and mike pack. She turned to the guys.

"Let's do a song one time through, okay?"

They nodded and she looked back to wink at Nate. "Actually, I owe you two guitar picks."

His brow furrowed and he called out to her. "Two? I know you wrote 'Got Dynamite' for me but what else…"

"Naturally," She said as she nodded to Andy. He quickly kicked off a song Nate had never heard before.

The guitar and keyboards came in just before Ella began to sing.

"How you choose to express yourself
It's all your own and I can tell
It comes naturally, it comes naturally.

You follow what you feel inside.
It's intuitive, you don't have to try.
It comes naturally, mmmm, it comes naturally.
And it takes my breath away."

She winked at him again and he beamed at her as the song continued. He didn't know when she'd written this, but he liked it. A lot. It might be the first time anyone had ever written a song about him. And it was certainly the first time a song had been written about what someone felt for him.

"You are the thunder and I am the lightening.
And I love the way you know who you are,
And to me it's exciting,
When you know it's meant to be.
Everything comes naturally, it comes naturally,
When you're with me, baby.
Everything comes naturally, it comes naturally,
Ba-ba-baby.

You have a way of moving me.
A force of nature, your energy,
It comes naturally (you know it does).
It comes naturally,
Mmmm, yeah.

And it takes my breath away,
What you do, so naturally.

You are the thunder and I am the lightening.
And I love the way you know who you are,
And to me it's exciting,
When you know it's meant to be.
Everything comes naturally, it comes naturally,
When you're with me, baby.
Everything comes naturally, it comes naturally,
Ba-ba-baby."

She turned toward the wings and sang the next part directly to him. She made sure to keep eye contact.

"When we collide sparks fly.
When you look in my eyes,
It takes my breath away.

The song ended and Ella put her mike on the stand and rushed him with a hug. He hugged her back and lifted her feet off the ground a few inches. He spun in a short circle and kissed her deeply. He pulled back and heard her giggle.

"So, I guess you liked it?" She asked with a bright smile.

He kissed her forehead. "I loved it."

"About. Damn. Time," Caitlyn said with a sigh as she rolled her eyes. "You're dating now right? No more of this ridiculous drama?"

Nate laughed. "That's the dream, Cait."

Chevy quirked a brow at Nate. "You and I need to have a little chat."

Ella rolled her eyes. "Chevy, it's Nate. No talk."

"Hey! But that's all I have! I'm the older brother! That's the only fun thing I get to do!" He pouted.

"Too bad," Ella said with a shake of her head. "Leave Nate alone."

"This is adorable and all. Congratulations, by the way, but we have another new song that we desperately need to rehearse," Andy reminded them. "Can we do that before Chevy starts to interrogate poor Nate here?"

Ella chuckled and pulled herself away from Nate. "Fine. Andy's right. Mac, did you get the music?"

He nodded. "I got it. This might be my favorite song you've written, Ella."

She laughed. "It's definitely the most therapeutic."

"I don't think I've ever heard this song," Nate said suspiciously.

"I just barely finished it yesterday," Ella smirked. "Ready guys? Let's go."

The guitar started first and then Mac came in with the keyboards, and the percussion came in just before Ella began to sing to the slow, thumping beat.

"It's not time to
Give us one more try (I don't think so)
Last night you
Said your one last lie

I can't let you wreck my plans
I'm planning to let you go
Oh, only one thing is true
Only one thing to do.

Time to, delete you
Burning up, all your pictures
Tearing up, all your letters
Ripping up, all your sweaters
This is, this is for the better
Slashing up, all your tires
Smashing up, all your flowers
Grabbing back, all my power
Here's a button that says I don't need you,

Delete you
Oh, oh, delete you, oh, oh."

Nate smirked and chuckled lightly. It was fairly obvious who this song was about. Ella was thoroughly enjoying this one. She was completely into and rocking out. He had a feelings this was going to be a very good show. The entire band needed to blow off a lot of steam.