A/N: I know, I know it's been a while. I'm sorry. I'm really good at procrastinating and that results in me doing my homework five minutes before class, writing my stories in class and sleeping whilst at home. I'm a messed up kid.

Anyway so here's chapter 28. I seriously can't believe how far this story has come. I was thinking maybe ten or so chapters but now I'm nearing 30 I'm just like "dude...awesome!" So here are the girls surprises and I've decided they'll be another part to this day as I have a couple more surprises to squeeze in before the girls are meant to go to sleep. See I always wanted to make this story as realistic as possible but it's fanfic; I'm allowed to daydream every once and a while.

I'm also starting another story but it won't be on fanfic. Hopefully will get it published and if it does then I'll let you all know about it :)

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and thank you for continuing to read my story. It means a lot.

Disclaimer: I don't own the character names or physical descriptions from Camp Rock. James Bond ain't mine though he's awesome and the same goes for Kit-Kat bars. The song idea that Mitchie has isn't mine but Demi Lovato's and I live by the quotes from Lilo and Stitch but they are sadly not mine. Don't Sue!


'So what's the game plan for this?' I asked as we sat inside Nate's car.

'I'm thinking we go in and I bash anyone that questions why you're back.' Nate said as he swung his car keys around his index finger.

'You are such a guy Nate and would ya stop trying to be like James Bond,' Caitlyn said to her boyfriend who smiled innocently, 'you forgot that it's like physically impossible for you to hit girls. That's where I'm gonna come in.'

'I was thinking a plan that involved no violence…y'know; so we don't get expelled.' I said with a laugh as we exited the car.

'Are you seriously saying that you won't hit anyone today?' Caitlyn asked incredulously as she held hands with nate who walked close by my side.

'Of course I'll want to hit them Kit-Kat but it's a miracle that this big, prissy school has let me back in so I'd rather not make them second think their choice.' I reminded her as we pushed through the spectacularly clean, glass doors.

'I guess that makes sense but you sure you won't even hit Tess?' Caitlyn asked; obviously not believing me.

'I won't hit someone for being a pain in my ass or for being stupid…but for being both and also for having the first name Tess? I think she deserves a lot worse then what I could possibly ever give her.' I said darkly and both Nate and Caitlyn laughed as we made our way down the busy hallway.

'Okay I've gotta go to my locker but I'll catch you two in a few,' Caitlyn said as she leaned over and placed a quick kiss on Nate's cheek, 'you're on Mitchie patrol until I get back.'

'"Mitchie patrol"? You two have got to be kidding me.' I said as I watched Caitlyn run down the hallway.

'Sorry Mitch; direct orders.' Nate said as we came to a halt in front of my locker.

'From who? Daren?' I joked but at Nate's guilty smile I slapped my palm against my forehead. 'He's so dead.'

'Daz is doing it for you own good.' Nate assured me but I only rolled my eyes.

'That's what every dictator says before they kill another innocent person.' I grumbled.

'Did you really just compare your brother to a dictator?' Nate asked; a grin slowly developing on his face.

'I might've…' I trailed off with a grin of my own as I began turning the numbers on my lock so that I could open my locker.

'You're unbelievable Mitchie.' Nate stated with a laugh as my locker clicked open which resulted in three letters falling down to the ground.

'No…what's unbelievable is this.' I said in awe as I fully opened my locker to find another five letters waiting for me.

'Let's just say Shane was really hoping you'd come back.' Nate said as I crouched down and picked the fallen letters.

'I can kind of see that.' I said as I turned one of the letters over in my hand in thought.

'Mitchie, look out!' Nate's warning was a few seconds late as by the time I had looked up to see what he was fussing about, a textbook as collided with my head on it's descent to the dirty ground.

'And people think I'm joking when I say Maths hates me.' I muttered irritably as I picked up the thick textbook with my spare hand and stood up; managing to hit my head on the corner of my locker. 'I think someone's trying to tell me that I shouldn't have come to school today.' I joked lamely as I grabbed my subject books and the other letters out of my locker before shoving the textbook on top of the messy pile that was accumulating inside.

'I think you're spot on there Bitchie.' I heard a girl voice sneer behind me.

'Your childish insults are really getting old Tess.' I said with a dramatic yawn which made Nate laugh.

'They may be childish but at least I get what I want.' She shot back though I decided on ignoring her.

'Hey Nate; you'll be coming back to my house this arvo yeah?' I asked whilst carefully slipping the letters in my bag before Tess could see them.

'Yeah…as much as Shane annoys the crap outta me; home just hasn't been the same without him there.'

'Aw; that's touching that you feel that way about my Shaney boo.' Tess said in hope of bringing the attention back to her.

'"Shaney boo?" That's cute; I'll have to call him that tomorrow.' I mused whilst Nate closed my locker door for me.

'What d'ya mean "tomorrow"? I thought you two hated each other.'

'We never hated each other and what ever happened we're working through it.'

'But he's been with me; don't you hate him for that – I know if my ex-boyfriend did half the stuff Shane and I -'

'Tess shut the fuck up!' Nate ordered because I knew he had seen how my face dropped once I began doubting everything Shane had said that morning. 'You keep twisting those stupid lies of yours and you don't realise that no one gives a damn what you say. You act like you're some fricken angel but everyone in this school knows you're no better than…a…I dunno…a cheap knockoff Mocha lip gloss!' Nate spat, literally, and I had to clamp a hand over my mouth to muffle the laughter.

Rough hands. Yelling. Gagging me. Why? What did I do wrong?

'Well it's clear to see who you side with,' Tess said as she flipped her newly dyed blonde hair over her shoulder, 'but you'll see that that's a mistake.'

'She acts like we're on some soap opera episode.' Nate said quietly to my as we watched her flounce away.

'Thank Nate; I guess Darren's not as bad as a dictator after all.' I said as I rested my head against his shoulder whilst pushing the previous thoughts to the back of my mind.

'And here I thought you were going to praise me on my witty insult.' Nate huffed as we saw a flicker of neon jeans and knew Caitlyn would be here shortly.

'You mean the one about the lip gloss? Nah…it wasn't that witty but I'm definitely telling Shane that you know what colour Mocha gloss is.' I teased as Caitlyn skidded to a stop in front of us with a large smile plastered on her face.

'You'll never guess what I just heard…'

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The day seemed to drag on for years as people kept coming up to me and asking why I was back and after hearing the multiple rumours that someone, no doubt Tess, made up whilst I was gone all I wanted to do was go home, collapse on my bed and fall into a slumber I would never have to wake up from.

'I have no idea why there are people who want others to know all about their personal life. It's so…'

'Annoying?' Caitlyn suggested.

'Stalkerish?' Nate added.

'All of the above and worse. I can't wait to go home and sleep; I don't think I've ever been this tired in my life.' I complained as I leant against Nate so that he practically had to drag me out of the school.

'How can you be tired? I've never been so pumped in my life! What do you think Dazz's getting us?' Caitlyn asked as she skipped a head of us.

'Geez Kit-Kat you act like you've never gotten a present before.' I stated and noticed Caitlyn's skip falter.

'Well you're the one that acts like everyone is out to get her.' She retorted whilst throwing an impish grin over her shoulder.

'That's because they normally are and if they're not then they have an ulterior motive.' I responded and I heard Nate awkwardly laugh next to me.

'There doesn't always have to be a reason for someone getting you a gift does there?' Nate asked and I suspiciously eyed him as he shyly rubbed the back of his neck.

'Why…what do you know that I don't?'

'Hey Mitchie why's Darren's car here?' Caitlyn asked as she came to a halt and spun around to face us.

'Oops…I thought I told you –sorry.' Nate apologised as we made our way to Darren's car.

'What didn't you tell us?' Caitlyn asked her boyfriend.

'Dazza's picking you up today; I guess I did forget about something after all.'

'Remind me to never choose you to be the person that ahs to bring the billions bucks to save me from the kidnappers – I'd rather risk my life with a goldfish.' I said and Caitlyn laughed whilst Nate grumpily shook his head.

'Dazza! What's going on?!' Caitlyn cried to my brother who had his window rolled down.

'I thought it'd be better to get youse your presents now…you know that whole "cease the day" and all that.' He answered lazily as Caitlyn and I slid into the backseats.

'You guys have fun and I'll catcha later.' Nate said after leaning forward and giving Caitlyn a quick kiss before closing the door.

'So where are we off to?' I asked curiously whilst Caitlyn practically shook with excitement next to me.

'Can't tell you Mo; don't want to ruin the surprise for ya.' He said smartly.

'What about Bella and the babies? Won't they miss us?'

'We won't be gone for long and she also insisted that she had some alone time with the girls.'

'What about -'

'Mitchie will you stop pestering the boy! Just sit back and enjoy the car ride!' Caitlyn ordered with a wide smile.

'I always knew I liked you Caity.' Darren said from the front seat and I slouched down in my own as I muttered a few words under my breath.

Great…taking a car ride to who knows where to do who knows what. Brilliant…just bloody brilliant. I wonder what Shane's – no; you are not going to get all caught up in him again! You will take it slow and steady so that you don't fall so fast. Wait…that…kinda sounds good…

I quickly leaned forward and grabbed my song book out of my bag and a pen and began writing down the lyrics that were popping into my head.

'Mitchie? Mitchie! Moo-Cow if you're ignoring me – oh hell no! As if you're ignoring me!' someone distantly shouted and all of a sudden my shoulder began to throb.

'Ow! What the hell?' I yelled; angry that Caitlyn had not only interrupted my song time but because she had also punched me.

'You were ignoring me and all I wanted to tell you was that we were here.' Caitlyn moped and I laughed whilst playfully shoving her shoulder.

'You know I wasn't purposefully ignoring you – though I might have to do that some time.' I mused and Caitlyn shoved my shoulder in return.

'You're mean.'

'You're meaner.'

'Nah-ah.'

'Yah-huh.'

'Girls; we do kind of have some things we need to do.' Darren reminded us from outside of the car.

'Oh yeah!' we both shouted simultaneously though with different tones; Caitlyn's filled with excitement and anticipation whilst mine was full of anxiety.

Caitlyn jumped out of the car and dragged me out behind her and we followed Darren into a blue building where I could have sworn I heard barking coming from.

'Darren; what are we doing?' I asked as we entered the building and the smell of animals instantly hit me.

'You'll see; just keep following me.' He said and Caitlyn and I both shared a shrug before trailing behind my brother.

When we finally exited the hallways we came to a room filled with gated off boxes; each holding a different breed of dog.

'Are you saying we get to choose a dog?' Caitlyn said in awe as she looked around the room.

'Dogs; you both get one.' He corrected her and with a girlish squeal she attacked him with a hug.

With a tight lipped smile I began quickly making my way down one aisle before turning right and into the next one. I made sure that Darren and Caitlyn were still on the other side before cupping my hands over my mouth and mutely screaming into them.

Why is he doing this? I mean don't get me wrong; it's a brilliant and sweet gesture and Caity's obviously in love with the idea but me? Doesn't he remember what happened to Michelangelo? Doesn't he remember that it was me that killed the poor dog? Well maybe I wasn't the one that actually killed him but it was my fault that we were going on holidays and that he had to be in the car during the accident. Why can't Darren see that I'm gonna screw this up to?!

'Mo; you alright?' a voice asked me and I quickly turned around to see Darren standing there with his arms crossed; his eyes wrinkled with worry.

'Yeah I-I'm fine.' I stuttered as I turned back around and began walking down the aisle.

'You don't have to take one home Mitchie; I just thought you'd like the idea – I mean if I knew you would hate it -'

'I don't hate your idea Darren,' I quickly assured him as he walked along side me, 'I just don't think it's the best idea for me to have another pet.'

'Why not? You always loved animals – hell you were the only one that ever got Mikey to do anything.'

'I know; I still do love animals…it's just that I don't have the best of luck right now and I don't want my bad luck rubbing off on another innocent being.' I said and mentally laughed at my choice of words.

'Mitchie, what happened in the accident wasn't your fault. I thought you knew that already. Mum's and Dad's and Mikey's death wasn't your fault at all; it was just a freak of nature. And since when do you have bad luck? You've always had good luck kid.' He said as he swung an arm around my shoulders.

'I know…I know…but what if my lucks all run out? What if I take home one of these gorgeous animals and something bad happens?' I asked as I pleadingly looked up at my brother in hope that he would be able to answer everything like Dad did.

'That could happen Mitch but what happens if you don't take home one of these dogs and then an abusive owner comes along and adopts one and something bad happens to that dog because of someone else? Wouldn't it be better to risk your luck and do something good for one of the dogs here instead of not doing anything and hoping they'll be better off without you?' Darren asked and I chewed the inside of my mouth as I thought over what he said.

'You're gonna be a great Dad once Halli and Joey are old enough to understand what the hell you're talking about; you know that right?'

'Duh! I mean how could I not be a good Dad?' he said cockily and I laughed as I heard Caitlyn going gaga over a dog.

'I'm gonna go check on Caitlyn as I want to remind her we can only bring one dog for each of you home today.' Darren said as he began walking back in the opposite direction.

'"For now?"' I asked with raised eyebrows.

'Let's just say there's a reason as to why AB isn't with us; I can't see all these dogs fitting in our backyard.'

With a smile I focused my attention on the dogs that were around me and was amazed at all the different ages. There were some that were so old and fragile looking that I wanted to take them home just so I could let them rest somewhere comfy, then there were the puppies that excitedly yelped and I knew that Caitlyn would choose one of them, not to mention the few dogs I saw with bandages and wounds of some sort. I now knew why Darren would not bring Annabelle here as if she was anything like me then every single dog would be coming home with us as I cannot imagine leaving any of them behind.

'Mitchie, Mitchie, Mitchie!' Caitlyn screamed from the aisle over and I gave a small smile to the black and white bulldog in front of me before turning on my heal and running around to where she was.

'What's up?' I asked as I skidded to a halt in front of a kneeling Caitlyn and an amused Darren.

'Look Moo-Cow…they're sisters; we gotta choose 'em.' Caitlyn said and with a roll of my eyes I tucked the back of my dress into the crook of my knees as I knelt beside her.

Sitting behind the metal gate were two, small King Charles and I instantly fell in love with both of them; one that little bit more. One of the pups, upon poking my finger through a hole, ran over and began licking my finger and I laughed as I wiggled my finger in front of her. She had a rich, red-ish brown coat and her floppy ears dangled beside her head.

'You're right Caity; I think you found the perfect pups for us.' I said as I moved slightly to the right to watch the other pup, which was just sitting there and watching us curiously with her big, brown eyes.

'You don't mind if I take this little Gypsy do you?' Caitlyn asked as the ruby coloured pup began licking her finger.

'Not at all Kit-Kat; I'd much rather this little pup.' I said; my eyes focused on the black and tan puppy that was making its way over to me.

'Awesome! Dazza can we take them home now?' Caitlyn asked; her smile seemed to grow even bigger at the idea of bringing these two bundles of joy home with us.

'I'll go get the lady at the front to come unlock the gate for you.' Darren said before walking away.

'So what're you planning on calling her?' Caitlyn questioned as she began gently rubbing the top of her puppy's head.

'I'm not sure yet…what about you?'

'Gypsy; duh.' Caitlyn said as if it was obvious.

'You were serious? I always took you as some deep meaning name giver kind of person.' I said and laughed at my choice of words as my puppy finally came to a stop in front of me and cocked her head to the side.

'I am you dum-dum; you can already tell that Gypsy is the mischievous one of the two and she has such spunk that any other name would seem odd to give her.' Caitlyn said; justifying her choice of name.

'Fair enough Kit-Kat,' I replied as I leaned forward so my face was inches away from hers, 'Hey cutie; you don't mind coming home with me do ya?'

Almost as if she understood me; her ears perked up as her tail began wagging side to side and I giggled my puppy as I heard Darren come near.

'You two sure you want the sisters? You know there's a lot of work and affection involved with the King Charles' right?' the lady asked and both Caitlyn and I nodded as she took out her keys. 'Good because I don't want either of you coming back here in two days time saying you got bored with the sisters.'

'How long have they been here for?' I enquired as she unlocked the gate.

'This would be their first day; that's why we haven't gotten around to naming them yet.' She answered whilst Caitlyn quickly swooped down and picked up Gypsy.

'Wow; I don't get how someone can just dump such an adorable being.' I said as I moved around the gate and bent down to pick up my puppy. As I picked her up in my hands I noticed that she was shaking and I quickly looked to the lady who was in charge, 'Is she okay?'

'She's has a bit of nerves that one; I started wondering how she could be related to that bundle of joy today.' She answered whilst gesturing over to Gypsy who was occupying herself with trying to nip at Caitlyn's fingers. 'You sure you don't want a livelier pup? There's plenty others who would fit right into your family.'

'No; I'm pretty sure if I was to take any others home besides this little shy one then I would be making a big mistake.' I said truthfully as I brought my puppy closer to my chest and smiled when she nuzzled her head against my neck.

'Okay then; but don't say I didn't warn ya.' The woman grumbled as she led us back to front desk and we all followed whilst I shot death glares at her back.

After signing our paperwork, Caitlyn and I exited the building, our puppies in our arms, and quickly got into the car as we waited for Darren to finish giving some of his details.

'She was a horrible woman; I mean I can't believe she tried convincing me that Shila wasn't the puppy for me.' I said as I buckled my seat belt.

'Hey; you named her! You didn't tell me that!' Caitlyn said after doing up her own seatbelt and continuing to play with Gypsy.

'Well I haven't exactly had time y'know – who knew paperwork would take so long.' I defended myself with a yawn as I watched Shila, who was lying on my lap, roll over to her back.

'I know right; but it was so worth it.' Caitlyn said as she rubbed Gypsy's left ear.

'Your most definitely right there sister from another mister.' I agreed as I began to tickle Shila's belly as Darren opened the driver's door, got in and sat down before closing the door behind him.

'You girls ready to go get some essentials for them?' Darren asked as he buckled up his seat belt.

'If by that you mean "are you girls ready to go max out my card on things that the puppies will probably never use" then yes, yes I think we are.' Caitlyn joked whilst Darren started the car.

'Hey Daz? Why did you want us to adopt instead of buy from a breeder or pet shop?' I asked after a few minutes of contented silence.

'Because I know our family isn't perfect and we have a few bumps and wounds but we're pretty good when we're together so it just made sense to bring home two dogs who had a rocky past as well.'

'Aw…that's such an "O'hana" moment.' I mumbled though I knew both Caitlyn and Darren had caught it.

'What's an "O'hana" moment?' Darren asked; shooting a confused look at me through the review mirror.

'You know,' Caitlyn started with a wink at me, '"O'hana means family and family means nobody gets left behind -"'

'"Or forgotten."' I added and Darren smiled at us through the review mirror.

'"This is my family; is little, and broken but still good.'" Darren recited and both Caitlyn and I laughed at the irony of his quote.

'Most definitely; we're a little broken but a tad over the big side but we're still good.' I confirmed with a small nod of my own as I watched Shila's eyes slowly close.