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Well this is it, the end.
NO I'M KIDDING! Hahaha. No we still have a bunch of more chapters to go before the end so quit ya worrying!
No but this is the chapter that's kinda sad. The boys leave for Europe for three and half months! Ah goodness what will the six muskateers ever do without each other? (That's what I named them…Mitchie, Shane, Caitlyn, Nate, Sierra and Jason..because they're all friends and hang around each other and stuff…yeah)
Disclaimer: I do not own Camp Rock or Connect 3.
Mitchie looked out her bedroom window and sighed. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining brightly in the sky; the sky was blue and was clear save for a few puffy pure white clouds. There was no breeze howling through the trees. The weather was warm for a late January day and birds chirped happily.
And her neighbor across the street and two doors over, Mr. Taylor, got out of his car. His job causes him to travel a lot and he just got home from a long business trip. His wife and five year old daughter sat on the porch outside their house. The little girl busted out of her mother's grip when her father got out of his car and ran to give him a hug. Mr. Taylor scooped her up in his arms and hugged her tightly. Then his wife came over and they all shared a group hug.
Mitchie couldn't help but smile at the tender reunion. Then her smiled dropped as she was reminded of the unfairness of the situation. Mr. Taylor was reunited with his loved ones and she had to lose hers. Well at least for three months.
Three and a half months… a little voice in the back of her mind told her.
She groaned and smacked her head softly against the window, closing her eyes. She hated herself for feeling that way. She didn't want to be one of those clingy girlfriends who cried every time their boyfriend wasn't around them. And alright, she wasn't as bad as some other girls who were like "Oh my gosh, like I don't see my boyfriend until like two hours from now what ever am I going to do? I think I'll die." She can go a few days without Shane and still be a normal human being. But three and a half months on a different continent? That was torture. And with the time difference they would have to time everything right to talk to one another. And Shane would be on the road a lot where there would probably be no service. And she took a look at the tour dates that was posted on the Connect 3 website and then Shane showed her a schedule that only the boys had gotten and he would be a busy little boy with concerts, photo shoots, and interviews. She would only get, maybe, a few hours to talk to him each day. And she doubted she would even get that.
Well that's what she got for dating Shane Gray.
"Mitchie! Caitlyn and Sierra are here!" Her mother's voice calling up to her broke her from her thoughts. She lifted herself up from the chair she was sitting in near her window and started out the door.
They had all planned to get together the day that the boys left so they could say goodbye to them all at once.
Mitchie bounded down the stairs and met her friends near the base of the staircase. They all stopped and stared at each other. Mitchie was the first one to crack and gave them a sad smile. Sierra returned the sad smile followed soon after by Caitlyn. They all knew how the other was feeling.
All at once, as if reading each others minds, they embraced in a group hug.
"Oh girls."
The three girls broke their hug and looked up to Connie who was giving them a sympathetic look. "It will be alright. It's not like their going into space."
"Mom." Mitchie whined. "Dad owns a hardware store; you're used to having him around all the time."
Connie raised her eyebrow. "Are you comparing my twenty year marriage with your father to your two month relationship with your boyfriend?"
Mitchie opened her mouth to reply and then closed it again and a light blush spread across her face. "I do love him Mom." She replied quietly. "I don't want him to go away."
Connie smiled softly and walked over to her and brushed her hair with her fingers. "I know sweetie. But he's not going away forever. You'll still have each other just not physically." She looked at Caitlyn and Sierra. "And that goes for you two too."
The two girls nodded.
"We know Connie." Caitlyn said. "But we're still going to miss them."
She smiled at them. "I know you are girls. But you should be lucky that you got to spend so much time with them within the last few months. I was surprised that boys as famous as they are had so much free time. It seemed almost every day Mitchie was with Shane."
Mitchie blushed and stared at the ground. "It wasn't everyday." She muttered shyly.
"Close enough." Connie responded with a smirk and Caitlyn and Sierra giggled.
"Shut up." She murmured and stuck out her tongue at them and they all laughed again.
Steve walked into the room from the living room and pointed over his shoulder towards the window. "Limo just pulled up outside the house."
The three girls looked at each other and half smiled. They weren't sure whether they should be happy to see their boyfriends (or soon-to-be in Sierra's case) or sad because they're leaving shortly.
Either way they would be going to see them. Mitchie walked ahead of Caitlyn and Sierra and opened the door. They all piled outside and stood in front of the house side by side.
Shane, Nate and Jason all got out of the limo one at a time. The three of them stood by side across from their respective girls and the six of them just stared at each other.
After about a minute of them just standing there, Mitchie took a step forward and then Caitlyn and Sierra followed soon after. Then Shane, Nate and Jason started to walk forward as well.
They stopped again only a foot or two away from each other and once again started their staring contest. None of them knew what to say. No words could be spoken to express the emotions that they were feeling.
But they knew it wouldn't do them any good if they just stood there staring at each other. So Caitlyn decided to break the ice. "Soo…this is it then."
"Just for three months." Nate reminded her.
"Three and a half." Shane muttered bitterly, still staring at Mitchie.
"Three months and 20 days." Caitlyn and Mitchie corrected in unison. They both looked at each other in surprise that the other also counted the days that the boys would be gone and then all six of them laughed.
"Yeah!" Jason broke in with a smile. "It won't be that bad guys! We've gone on tour for months before."
The rest of them turned their head to look at him and Jason sighed catching their looks. This time it was different, this time they had someone other than family to leave behind.
"No." Shane responded with a nod. "Jason's right, we can handle this." And then he nodded some more as if trying to convince him of that fact.
"Well I know I can." Nate replied placing a hand over his chest. "I don't know about you though." He shot a pointed look at Shane.
"Hey!" Shane furrowed his brow. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"I think you know exactly what that means."
"Are you saying I'm weak?"
"I didn't say anything."
"But you implied it!"
"Boys!" Caitlyn and Mitchie shouted at the same time and both boys shut their mouths and looked at their girlfriends.
"Please don't fight." Mitchie begged them. "You have three and a half months to argue, please not now, let's just have a peaceful goodbye shall we?"
Both boys bowed their heads in shame and muttered a sorry.
"It's alright just promise, no fighting until you're out of our sight?" Caitlyn asked of them.
Shane and Nate raised their heads and nodded. "You got it." "We Promise." They answered at the same time.
"Good. Now," Mitchie outstretched her arms, "Hug time?"
They all nodded in agreement and Shane went for Mitchie but Mitchie went straight for Nate. Shane furrowed his brow in confusion, wondering why she went to him first. And then he cought on when Sierra came to him and Caitlyn went to Jason. Nate and Mitchie, Caitlyn and Jason, and Sierra and Shane all hugged a goodbye. Then Mitchie went to Jason, Caitlyn went to Shane, and Sierra went to Nate and they said goodbye.
Then they all returned to their original positions and for a good few seconds stared at the person across from them. Then all at once the girls rushed for their boys. Mitchie threw herself at Shane and wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her face in the crook of his neck. Nate pulled Caitlyn into his arms and wrapped his arms around her and she wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head against his chest. Sierra, with surprising confidence, wrapped her arms around Jason in a tight hug and he returned the hug in the same fervor.
Mitchie felt all the emotions that were bottled up inside her since she learned of the tour finally escape her through salty tears. She gripped the back of his shirt and pulled herself closer to him and she felt Shane's arms tighten around her. Shane's eyes closed tightly and he pressed the side of his head to hers. He trailed his hand up her back to her hair and started to pet her hair softly when he felt moisture against the skin on his neck. "Oh Mitchie baby, don't cry." He whispered near her ear.
Mitchie lifted her head and her teary eyes met his. Her lip started to quiver and she clenched her jaw to stop it before Shane could see it. But it was too late, Shane had already caught it and lifted his hand and rested it on the side of her face. She leaned into his open palm and closed her eyes softly. She left a light kiss to his palm. "I don't want you to go Shane." She whispered and immediately regretted it. She was just being selfish. Shane had a duty, this was his job, and he loved doing it. It would be wrong for him to let it go for her.
"I know Mitch." He caressed her cheek with the pad of his thumb. "It's not going to be as long as you think. You'll get through it. We'll get through it."
Mitchie placed her hand on top of his and opened her eyes to look at him.
"After all," He smiled sadly and with his free hand brushed a piece of hair behind her ear, "You lived sixteen years without me. Three more months won't hurt."
She pouted. "But I didn't know you then. You can't miss someone if you don't know them."
He bit his lip. "Touché."
She sighed and rested her forehead against his, closing her eyes once more.
Nate and Caitlyn still remained in the position they were with Caitlyn's head resting on his chest. Both their heads were facing the same way in the direction of Shane and Mitchie, watching the couple whisper softly to one another.
"What a bunch of saps they are." Caitlyn muttered to Nate trying to sound strong but her voice betrayed her and cracked with emotion.
Nate shrugged lightly. "They're letting it all out. Which is good because if Shane kept anything in he would whining about how much he missed Mitchie even more than he already will be."
Caitlyn chuckled softly. "Yeah, same with Mitchie." She lifted her head and her eyes locked onto Nate's. At that moment they both knew what the other was thinking. They shouldn't be talking about Shane and Mitchie at that moment. It was their time to say goodbye and no one else should matter.
Both their smiles faded as they stared at each other. They had got most of what they were feeling out last night. But that still didn't deplete how much they would actually miss each other.
For once, they were going to let themselves become a Smitchie. Caitlyn felt her eyes well up with tears and stared at the ground to hide it from Nate and tried to fight them back. Nate placed his finger under her chin and lifted her head. Her eyes met his once again. Caitlyn blinked hard to fight the oncoming tears. Nate guided her face to his and their lips met in a kiss. Caitlyn's arms wrapped around his neck and she lifted up onto her toes to deepen the kiss. Nate's hands were on her waist and held her body in place against his.
"I love you Caity." Nate whispered sincerely after they parted. Caitlyn lifted her head in surprise and stared right into his eyes. He had never said it first or so confidently. He would always whisper it but in a shy way not like he just had. She knew he was never one for showing his emotions and hearing him say it like he just did made her heart soar.
"I love you too Nate."
A warm smile spread across his lips and they embraced again in a loving and silent hug.
After their hug, Jason and Sierra glanced over to the two couples. Sierra smiled warmly yet sadly at her two best friends wrapped intimately in their boyfriends' arms. "They look so in love." Sierra said dreamily and then turned to look at Jason. He smiled at her softly and then held out his hand.
"I want to talk to you." He said seriously.
Her eyes widened and she stared at his hand for a moment. Then she hesitantly placed her hand in his. Jason's fingers closed over hers and he pulled her over to the side of the house for some privacy.
She stood up against the siding of the house and stared up at Jason who stood in front of her. She lifted her eyebrows and swallowed, wondering what he wanted to talk to her about. He was so serious, Jason was never serious, and so it must have been important.
Jason fidgeted nervously in front of her and he wrung his hands together. "Alright well I'm usually a chicken when it comes to these types of things." He furrowed his brow as he got a thoughtful look on his face. "I never got that, why you would be called a chicken when you're scared. Sure chickens can sometimes be scared but for a good reason they get chased a lot by little kids and dogs and other animals, I'm sure if you were that little being chased, you would be scared too. And I thought that you could only be a human being but Nate says that it's a…metaphor or something? I don't know. ANYWAY…"
Sierra bit her lip to keep from chuckling and tried to hide an amused smirk.
Jason caught it though and blushed a little pink. "You probably think I'm a big dork right now. SO I should just come right out and say it. If Nate were here he would say I was stalling, which I guess, I kinda am, but that's what hap…" He noticed the look on her face and cleared his throat. "Sorry, this time I'm REALLY gonna say it."
She stared at him expectantly and in worry.
He took a deep breathe. "Sierra…" He dragged out her name and slapped himself mentally when he realized he was stalling again. "Ilikeyoualot."
She furrowed her brow in confusion. "Jason you just spoke at about 200 miles per hour. I didn't understand a word you said."
He let out another breath and then repeated at a normal pace. "I like you."
"Oh…um thanks."
He cocked his head to the side. "Thanks? That's all you're going to say?" He asked feeling disappointed.
"You're a pretty cool person too." Sierra responded.
A look of realization spread across Jason's face and he smiled. "No! Sierra, I mean I like you! Like, boyfriend like you."
Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. She felt her cheeks burn at the realization of what Jason meant and how she misunderstood him at first and made herself look like an idiot. She buried her face in her hands. "Oh my God." She muttered into her hands.
Jason got a look of concern on his face. "Um, well, it's ok if you don't like me that way. I would completely understand why you don't. And we can just remain friends that's cool-"
"No!" Sierra exclaimed, lifting her head from her hands, her cheeks still bright pink. "I mean do you like you," She smiled slyly, "like, girlfriend like you."
Jason grinned and for a moment she did to. And then a thought occurred to her and her smile dropped. Jason caught it and took her hand in his. "What's wrong?"
"You're twenty, I'm sixteen. My parents would never-"
"Already taken care of." He cut her off and she looked up at him wide eyed.
"What?"
"Already taken care of." He repeated happily. "I am a gentlemen, I always ask the parents permission to date their daughter. And especially considering our age difference I didn't want to risk causing any trouble. So I went one day when you were at school and asked them their permission and they said yes."
"They said yes?" Sierra repeated in shock. "My Parents? They said YES?"
"Isn't that what I said?" Jason asked furrowing his brow.
"Well yeah but it's just so unbelievable." She answered in disbelief. "My parents are so strict."
"I told them we would take it slow and since I would be gone for three and half months it would give us time to get used to not being around each other so much. And we wouldn't really go out in public eye too much because we don't want the public to know about us." Jason told her.
Sierra's smile grew with every word he said and by the time he was finished talking she had a full fledged grin on. She went out of her normal character for a minute and started bouncing up and down and squealing. Jason watched her in amusement and then she wrapped her arms around him. "Jason you are the best!"
Jason smiled and hugged her back. "The best at what?"
She looked up at him and her eyes twinkled in amusement. "Everything."
"Aww." Jason blushed and averted his gaze from her. "You don't have to say that."
"But it's true! You are!" She responded.
"Thanks." He muttered shyly. Then his eyes caught sight of the watch on his hand and he frowned. "I have to go soon."
Sierra parted from him and looked down at his wrist. She sighed as she realized he was right. There was not much time left.
"Then we better get back to the others." She told him sadly.
He nodded in agreement and she went to walk back out front. He stopped her by grabbing her hand and turning her to face him.
"Before we go…I just want to make sure…we're boyfriend and girlfriend right?"
Sierra grinned and bit her lip to keep from squealing again and nodded. He smiled brightly and wordlessly and quickly pecked her lips softly. She felt her breath catch in her chest and she smiled dreamily.
He smiled at her and hand in hand they walked back towards Nate, Caitlyn, Shane and Mitchie.
Mitchie and Shane stood next to each other with their arms around each other and Nate and Caitlyn stood in the same fashion beside them.
All four of them smirked when they saw Jason and Sierra walk up, hand in hand.
"And where have you two been?" Caitlyn asked slyly.
Jason and Sierra looked at each other, smiled and then shrugged. "Just talking." Sierra explained.
They all looked at them skeptically but then let it go.
Soon they heard the horn honk from the limo signaling it was time for the boys to leave. All six of them frowned and looked at each other. They all gave each other a last hug, the couples hugging each other a little more time than the others.
Then the boys reluctantly parted from them and started towards the limo.
When they were out of ear shot, Sierra turned to Caitlyn and Mitchie and screeched softly, "He KISSED me!"
The other two girls gasped and grinned. "Oh My God! Seriously?!"
Sierra nodded and Mitchie and Caitlyn hugged her and squealed.
"Si! I'm so happy for you!" Mitchie exclaimed.
Shane looked over his shoulder as he held the door to the limo open, at his girlfriend who was squealing with her friends. Nate and Jason were already seated in the limo but he couldn't go just yet.
"Just one second guys." He told Nate and Jason and then turned around and jogged towards Mitchie.
Mitchie looked up at the sound of footsteps and saw Shane rushing towards her. She furrowed her brow in confusion and was just about to ask what he was doing when he grabbed her hands, pulled her into him and slammed his lips down onto hers.
Mitchie was surprised at first but then surrendered to the most passionate and best kiss of her life so far. Shane poured everything he was feeling into that one kiss knowing it had to last him for three and a half months. This was the one thing he was worried about, he knew he could probably deal with not seeing her, (he had pictures in his room on the tour bus to look at every night) but he would definitely miss what had become an almost daily thing. Every time he saw her (which was almost every day) he would kiss her, whether it was just a peck on the lips or a deep kiss. He would definitely miss the feel of her lips against his. Mitchie's kiss was his anti-drug.
After what seemed like ever, they parted, and panted from lack of air. "I love you." He whispered brushing his lips against hers for the last time. (For three months at least)
"I love you Shane." She whispered breathlessly. She felt she couldn't speak because of that breath taking kiss.
He reluctantly parted from her for the second time and slowly walked backwards towards the limo. She stared after him looking completely love struck. He lifted his hand in a small wave as he stepped one foot into the limo.
Mitchie slowly raised her hand and waggled her fingers in a small wave as Caitlyn and Sierra walked up beside her and waved with her.
Shane took one more longing glance at her and then slid into the limo and closed the door.
"It's only three months Shane." Nate tried to comfort him seeing the longing on his friend's face. Shane tore his gaze away from the window for a moment and looked at them.
"Yeah…" he muttered. "Only three months." As the three friends looked at each other they knew it was going to be the hardest three months they would have to face on tour.
Shane then turned back to look out the window and Nate and Jason did the same. They saw the girls standing beside each other and staring after the limo.
Mitchie, Caitlyn and Sierra watched as the limo pulled away from the house. They continued waving at the black vehicle until it was no longer in sight.
They all sighed and looked at each other. There was one thing they knew for sure, this was going to be the hardest three months and twenty days they would have to face in their teenage life.
A/N: Goodbye, Goodbye, parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say goodbye, till it be morrow! Or three months and twenty days. At least for the six musketeers.
And as for me, well, I'll be going on vacation starting Monday and then when I get back, five days later I'm going to DISNEY WORLD! Woo hoo! And won't be back until March 1st. I MIGHT write and update in the five days that I am home but no guarantees.
So I hoped you liked that even if it was a bit sad and REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!