Hey guys sorry about the late chapter. I know, not my normal Sunday update, but I've been busy with testing for school and an English paper that had to be five pages long! Anywho, I hope you like this long awaited chapter. The songs are by Kelli Lynn and the Beatles.

LAST TIME

Mitchie was breathing really hard now.

How could he…he promised.

Across camp, something similar was going on in a leader's cabin. Rachel was throwing a fit. She could not stand the fact that not only did he break up with her, but he broke up with her for a jerk like Tess. She would have been ok if it was one of her students, maybe even happy if it was some one like Mitchie, but Tess?

NOW

'Everything is different, why do things change? I'm still standing here, but you've walked away. Everything is nothing now that I see, everything we are is everything we're gonna be.'

Mitchie pressed ignore on her phone as she headed to her first class with Caitlyn and Amy. Caitlyn had been able to clean Mitchie up before her first class, but Mitchie was still upset on the inside.

'Everything is different, why do things change? I'm still standing here, but you've walked away. Everything is nothing now that I see, everything we are is everything we're gonna be.'

"Huh, give it up!" Mitchie said, pressing ignore of the third time.

"At least he's trying, Mitchie," Caitlyn tried to sound supportive.

"He obviously wasn't trying too hard if he could kiss her in front of the entire United States this morning," Mitchie stated, frazzled.

Caitlyn sighed and gave up.

"So, what do you think about Shane Gray's new girl friend?" Amy asked, trying to change the subject.

Really, that is exactly my problem and you are going to talk about it now! I need to get away from people who are talking about Shane…

"Ahhh!" Mitchie screamed, frustrated, and ran in the direction of the dance studio.

The faster she got there the faster she could blow off some steam without hurting anything or anyone.

'Everything is different, why do things change? I'm still standing here, but you've walked away. Everything is nothing now that I see, everything we are is everything we're gonna be.'

Mitchie pressed ignore yet again. She was about to turn off her phone when another ringtone came out of it.

'You say goodbye and I say hello, hello hello. I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello. Hello hello, I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello'

"Hello?"

Hey Mitchie, It's Nate.

"Hey, listen, I don't want to talk about it right now and I have a class to get to. Tell Shane to stop calling and leave me alone."

But Mitchie…

"Oh and congratulate him on the new girlfriend. She seemed pretty happy to have him."

Mitchie!

"Nate, I said I didn't want to talk about it."

But I need to tell you something. It's important...

"What is so important that it can't wait until I'm ready to talk about this?"

I can't tell Shane anything you just told me to tell him because…he ran away…he was so upset with what Tess did that after the show he wouldn't come out of the dressing room for five minutes. I told him to call you and after you didn't answer his phone call, he grabbed a cab and left.

"W-what?" Mitchie stuttered.

I have a feeling he's on his way to Arkansas. Please, just talk to him…you can break his heart later if you really have to, I just can't deal with the publicity of him going back to his old ways…

"Wait… he really locked himself in the dressing room?"

Yes. Did you watch the rest of the interview?

"Yea, he looked fine."

He didn't even sit next to her. I think he would have strangled her if he did. Do you really think he would kiss Tess? On purpose?

"No, I guess not…it's just… it's hard to know that he could be in a relationship and I wouldn't even know it."

Listen, if anything was going on I would call you and you would be the first to know after me. Ok? Does that make it any better?

"I guess."

Good to hear I could help… now help me out and call Shane? He could be on a plane by now.

"How bad would it be if he came down to apologize in person?"

Mitchie!

"Ok, fine. I'll call him, but I'm not making any promises to forgive him."

That's all I ask. Thank you Mitchie. Bye.

Mitchie hung up the phone and unwillingly dialed Shane's number. It rang once and Shane picked up

Mitchie, I'm soooooo sorry.

"Where are you?"

Miami airport. I really need to talk to you. I'm coming to Arkansas to see you. I screwed up. I should have never trusted Tess.

Mitchie could hear people in the terminal with Shane. It was odd, but no one seemed to know it was him. Flight 205 now boarding to Little Rock, Arkansas.

"Go back to Nate and Jason."

No, Mitchie, we need to talk…I need to end it with Tess, that's obvious, and it's already done. I told her never to come near me again. I'm done with this double life thing.

"We can talk when you come for Thanksgiving. I have to get to class and you need to go back to Jason and N… You really did that?"

Yes, and I'm coming to visit you no matter what you say. I'm getting on the plane right now and I'll be there in about three hours.

"But, what are you going to do about your concert tonight?"

Shane was silent for a second.

"You still there? I'm gonna hang up and you are going to go back to the studio."

I guess I am…but I really do owe you a giant apology in person.

"That can wait. I agree with you but…it can wait."

Ok…I'll get off the plane but only for the fans.

"Ok, you keep telling yourself that."

I'll call you later.

Mitchie closed her phone. Frustrated with the whole situation, she headed into the dance room.

"Good Morning Mitchie," Mrs. Catsing greeted.

Mitchie smiled in return. As usual Mitchie was the first one in the room. Normally Caitlyn and Amy were with her, but today she was alone.

"What are we doing today?" Mitchie asked, hoping for a fun hip hop class to get her mind off Shane.

"We're going for a run around camp," Mrs. Catsing answered, "I figured it would be a good way to get exercise and enjoy the heat while we have it."

Mitchie groaned internally.

I hate running! It's the worst exercise known to man…maybe I can run with Caitlyn. I should probably tell Nate that Shane decided to stay.

Mitchie opened her cell phone as Caitlyn and Amy came into the room with Barron.

Nate-

He's coming back ur way.

-Mitchie

She put her phone away as they approached.

"You ok?" Barron asked.

Mitchie simply nodded.

"Sorry about earlier, I was just trying to make you feel better by changing the subject," Amy said, looking guilty.

"It's fine," Mitchie replied, "It's just the guy that I was upset about is a lot like Shane Gray. He talks and acts like him. I even took to calling him Shane awhile back."

Barron just stared at Mitchie, amazed that she could lie so well. Even after her giant lie to the whole camp this summer it still amazed him that she could lie with so much confidence. He knew that there was something there at the end of the summer between her and Shane. It was quite obvious considering the lunch fiasco on Sunday.

"So, what are we doing today?" Caitlyn asked, changing the subject.

"Apparently, Mrs. Catsing is having us run the trails around camp."

"That sounds…fun…" Amy trailed off, "I used to run track at my old school. Most of my friends were runners but when I tried out for the musical last spring instead of going out for track, I lost them all."

"I'm sorry," Mitchie commented.

"It's cool. The girls that were in the play with me told me about Camp Rock because they had friends from their theater club that were planning on coming this passed summer.

"I was interested so they got me the information, but it was too much for just one summer of camp so my parents originally said no.

"Then my dad got transferred though his job position to Japan so my parents didn't want to make me start over in a different country. They were going to send me to boarding school, but then I heard about Camp Rock High from the theater crowd. My parents looked into it and I ended up here instead and I have you guys and Peggy, Katie and Ella."

By this time the class had filed in and Mrs. Catsing was ready to start when the bell rang.

"Ok. Today we are going to do two laps around the lake, and then we are going to run through the leaders lodge, two more laps around the lake and then back here for stretches. Don't stop or your Saturday will be used to make it up as a detention.

"Macy spit out the gum and give me five push ups. When you are done we will start the run."

Everyone groaned and headed for the door. Mitchie and Caitlyn were the last one's to leave

"Run with me?" Caitlyn asked as the two reached the door.

"Sure."

Mrs. Catsing called for everyone to begin and lead the group in a golf cart. Mitchie and Caitlyn slowly fell to the back of the running bodies.

"So, you seem better than when I last saw you."

"Yea, I talked to Nate and he made me talk to Shane."

"Nate's good with this time of stuff."

"Yea. Shane was going to come down here and try to fix everything."

"Why did you stop him? Don't you think he kinda owes it to you?"

"Nate begged me to stop him from coming here because of the effect it would have on the band and the tour. I even told him that I was planning on not calling but Nate literally begged me."

"So what did you talk to Shane about?"

Mitchie explained the situation as they reached the lake and headed north around it. When the conversation was almost over, Caitlyn's phone vibrated and she pulled it out to look at the text.

"Who is that?" Mitchie asked.

"Nate. He says that he is going to owe you big time because Shane came back. He seemed a little miffed but hid it really well."

"So you seem to have been talking to Nate a lot lately. Anything you want to tell me about?"

Caitlyn smiled and shook her head as they rounded the side of the lake.

"Then what's up? You have been some where else for the last two days."

"Mitchie, you know I like him and he's a great guy to talk to. He gave me a couple pointers on Spanish that he got from Tess and he has been asking me about some of the more behind the scenes stuff in music because he wants to take up producing too."

Mitchie nodded.

That makes sense but I think that there is something she's not telling me.

The girls ran for a couple minutes in silence.

'Look at you, look at me. There's never any us. Can't you see all we can become? We can shine like the sun, if we believe that two stars are brighter than one. Come on, come on, come on, look at you. Come on, come on, come on, look at me.'

Mitchie looked at the caller id on the phone. Her face went stony and she handed it to Caitlyn.

"Who is it?" Caitlyn asked taking the phone from Mitchie.

"Tess."

"Oh, I know what to do."

Caitlyn took the call with great excitement. She was one of those people who got a thrill out of helping friends out and supporting them.

"Tess… No, she's not in the talking mood right now… mhm ok so you say you're sorry but you kissed him. I'm sorry I don't believe you and I'm sure Mitchie won't either… I don't even know why she would trust you with this. You guys aren't friends but she gave you a chance. That's more than I would give you…fine… Bye."

Caitlyn ended the call and handed the phone back to Mitchie.

Way to bring it on her Caitlyn!

"So, what did she want?" Mitchie asked.

"She wanted to talk to you, I said no. She said she was sorry, but how could she be?"

"I know. She says she is sorry for being a jerk to me, and then she and I start to trust each other-"

"Wait…you trust her? Since when have you been friends?"

"I she got my number off of Ella after Final Jam and called me on Tuesday to say she was sorry. She also said that she had given up on Shane because she saw the way he looked at me and how I had changed him. I still don't see it, but everyone else seems to think I did something."

"You did change him, but back to the point. Just like that you forgave her?"

"Yea, but it's obvious I made the wrong choice now," Mitchie sighed as she rounded the bend of the lake.

"Don't be too sure."

"What do you mean? I thought you were on my side."

"I am, I am, but what if she was forced or something?"

"Tess wasn't forced to do anything, Caitlyn. Tess is very close-minded I don't think anyone could make Tess do anything unless she got something out of it."

"A kiss from the hottest pop-star out there, popularity, and exposure, I think she got something out of it for sure."

"Maybe you're right, but I'm never going to find out. It's over between me and her. Shane even kicked her to the curb."

"Well, that's fine. You don't need her in your life. You have me and Shane and Nate and Jason and everyone here at camp."

"Yep. You're absolutely right."

The girls continued to run until the bell rang through out the camp. Little did they know that a famous country singer had first period free and had decided to go for a swim. She had not heard everything, but she had heard enough.

Shane closed and headed out of the airport in his ridiculous disguise of a hooded sweatshirt and sun glasses. The people around him had given him funny looks about a sweatshirt in Florida with ninety degree weather, but no one had discovered who he was.

Why am I listening to Mitchie? This is so ridiculous! I should be headed to her. I should be listening to my heart. Oh, wait…she holds my heart and it's with her in Arkansas, making it hard for me not to listen to her.

She's still mad at me. I can't believe I let this happen. What was I thinking? I went along with this whole scheme, heck, I created it. Tess is an idiot. Why would she try to kiss me? She knows I lo-like Mitchie.

Get a hold of yourself, Shane! You don't love her! You don't know her well enough to love her.

Shane hailed a cab and got in. After he told the driver where to go, he pulled out his phone and called Nate.

Shane! Where are you? Please don't tell me you're on a plane.

"You can thank Mitchie that I'm not. She's still mad at me though."

Does that mean you're on your way back?

"Can't let you and Jason down and the fans wouldn't be too happy either. You know I hate disappointing them."

Since when? Since you met Mitchie…man that girl is the best thing that's ever happened to this band, and she's not even in it.

"Take it easy. I changed because of her, but she did not change me. I changed me as a result of her… ok so maybe she did, but it's a change for the better, right?"

Definitely. Oh, meet us at the Disney Hotel. George will meet you by the entrance so that you can get in.

"Ok. Just George though. If I get within twenty feet of Tess…"

I get it. Yea, but she's pretty upset.

"And I'm not? Dude, who's side are you on?"

Yours and Mitchie's.

"So why do you care?"

She did help you out you know. She may have screwed up but she has been helpful too.

"Nate, you aren't really expecting me to forgive her are you?"

Well…

"No. I'm not going there, not now, not when I'm lying on my death bed."

Whoa, a little dramatic? All I'm saying is that you need to be civil with her at least until Thanksgiving. She's heading out to boarding school after that.

"We'll see how I feel later. Right now it's not even within comprehension to be nice to her. I'll be there in ten minutes, bye."

Shane hung up the phone slightly sick of the conversation. He spent the next ten minutes looking out the window thinking.

"Mitchie concentrate. What happened to the girl who was so into her music? You don't seem dedicated to improvement."

"Sorry," Mitchie sighed.

"It's alright. Take it from the top again," Brown said and began Mitchie's track for This Is Me.

I've always been the kind of girl, that hid my face. So afraid to tell the world, what I've got to say. But I have this dream, right inside of me. I'm gonna let it show. It's time, to let you know…to let you know…This is real, this is me, this is exactly where I'm supposed to be now. Gonna let the-

The music stopped and so did Mitchie.

"Mitchie what's going on? Your heart isn't in it today."

"Sorry, it's a whole bunch of drama."

"Is something wrong with your cabin?"

"No. It's something wrong outside of camp, with friends there."

"I'm going to take a guess that it has something to do with my nephew and his new girl friend."

"Why would it have something to do with that?" Mitchie asked nervously.

How much does he know? Did Shane tell him?

"You and he got close this summer. I don't exactly know what happened but there was tension after camp. Then all of a sudden he breaks up with Rachel and starts dating a girl that not even his parents approve of."

"Yea, that's it. I just thought that he would have been smart enough to date someone with a little…I don't know, substance?"

"He's a smart guy, but everyone dates a dud once and awhile. Now, what has got you so flustered? You and I need to get something accomplished today or you will have to do it after today's lessons."

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Well, as the uncle of the subject at hand I do. If it's easier you can sing it out."

Mitchie nodded. The words just came to her naturally.

You thought I would be desperate, Keep saying your right fit,

That I wouldn't be mad, that I would call you back.

You said tomorrow'd be okay, but tomorrow is today,

And we're so far from fine, we finally run out of time.

You said I wouldn't know better, But I'm burning all your letters,

I don't want the memories; they don't mean a thing to me.

I've put up with you enough, to realize there's better ones,

Out there, somewhere.

So I'm saying good-bye to you, Good luck find finding somewhere who,

Will deal you and all your lies, Three months ago should've been goodbye.

Don't tell me that goodbye hurts, Cause for you I'm hoping the worst,

I've never been through this before, and I thought I'd be harder but here I am walking out the door.

"That was amazing Love," Brown commented, "That's the type of passion I'm looking for. Now, I understand too. You have feelings for my nephew."

Mitchie nodded sadly.

"He and I like each other and after this morning…"

"You saw the interview?"

"Yes."

"He looked livid. Only people that have known him for years would know it, but he was really angry with Tess Tyler.

"I guess he fooled all of us. I really believed they were together until this morning. I'm glad it's not true but now I'm confused because you don't seem too surprised that it was a fake romance."

Mitchie looked down at her feet as she explained that Shane had faked the romance for the benefit of a lie he had told Rachel and that she and Tess had an agreement that if Tess did not do anything really physical with Shane that it would be ok for them to "date." She left out the part that she and Shane had a mutual agreement. Brown could have easily enough figured it out if he wanted to, but Mitchie did not really want to tell people about it.

The bell rang and Mitchie looked up.

"Alright, class dismissed."

"We didn't even get the song recorded; do you want me to come back after my last class?"

"Don't worry about it. I recorded your improvisation piece and it will be a nice contrast to your other songs."

Mitchie smiled and said goodbye to Brown as she headed off to the mess hall.

So? What did you think? I really need imput on this chapter because I'm loosing momentum. What do you want to read???? Thanks for all the reviews!