A/N: Wow, I posted this story just last night, and I already have nine reviews!! *Does happy dance* I'm so honoured. Because you nine were my first-ever reviewers, I've added a special thank-you to each of you at the bottom of this chapter. Anyway, hope Chapter 2 meets your standards!

Chapter Two: Meet the boys

July 2nd dawned a warm, sunny summer day. The perfect day for kids to attend summer camp. Rory Johnson, the twelve-year-old son of Katie, was among the first campers to arrive at Camp Rock, and was the first of our School of Rock friends' children. Rory, a tall, slightly gawking-looking boy, stood at the entrance of his cabin awkwardly. There were six boys to a cabin, with eight cabins situated around a clear, pristine lake. The seven girls' cabins, also holding six each, were on the other side of the camp, on the edge of the forest.

Although Rory had begged his mother countless times to allow him to go to Camp Rock, he felt slightly unsure when he was there at last. He had always been a shy boy - Katie had only agreed to let him go to camp in the hopes that he'd become more social.

"Here you go, Rory," Katie said, coming up the steps with his duffel bag.

"Thanks, Mom," he whispered quietly, clutching his bass guitar case tightly.

"Now," she said, bending down and looking him in the eye, "I want you to go and have fun. No worrying about your pet dog, no worrying about your friends back in New York, and no worrying about me. Yes, I know you worry about me," she continued, seeing his surprised face, "I know that you're upset about me staying home by myself in that apartment without you. Well, don't be. Things will be fine."

Rory reached up and grabbed his mom in a tight hug. "I won't, Mom," he whispered. Then, seeing a man and his son approaching the cabin, Rory pulled back and ran a hand through his black hair. "I mean, you know, see you later," he added loudly.

Katie smiled and winked at him. "See you, bud," she said. Katie stepped out the cabin door and passed a man and his son on the front porch. She nodded politely at Jordan and Zack, hopped down the steps, and made her way out to the parking lot.

Rory stood around uncertainly as Zack wished Jordan a good time. After Zack left, Rory and Jordan stood looking at each other uncertainly. Jordan was the first to break the silence.

"Hey, I'm Jordan," he said. "Guitar."

Rory smiled. "Rory, bass," he replied.

Jordan moved towards one of the three bunk beds. "You want top bunk or bottom?" he asked. Rory was surprised at how open and friendly this new boy was. He just assumed that they'd bunk together only seconds after meeting each other. But he wasn't going to complain - it was nice to have a friend to start the month off with.

"Uh, bottom," decided Rory. The two boys began to unpack.

"So, where are you from?" asked Jordan.

"New York," replied Rory.

"Wow, right downtown?" Jordan said, impressed.

"Yeah."

"I'm from New Jersey," Jordan told him.

"I've never been there. What's it like?" asked Rory.

"It's all right. Pretty tame. Nothing compared to your city," said Jordan.

Just then, the front door banged open. In it stood a tall, gangly Chinese boy of about twelve. He made his way into the cabin, looking around. "Wow, what a rat trap," he commented. He tossed his duffel bag up onto one of the other bunks and finally seemed to notice that there were other guys in the room with him. "Hey," he said.

"Hey," replied Jordan and Rory.

"I'm Aaron Stewart - keyboardist," he told them.

"Jordan Mooneyham, guitar."

"Rory Johnson, bass."

"Well, we've got our right little own band here, now don't we?" said Aaron sarcastically. "All we need are some drums."

The other boys laughed. "Where are you from?" asked Rory, lamely attempting at conversation.

"Connecticut," replied Aaron. As Aaron began unpacking, he kept up a rambling one-sided conversation. "I'm so looking forward to this, you know? I mean, my old man didn't even want me to go, he's all 'you could do so much better' and I'm like, 'whatever, Dad', and we got into this huge fight. But I think it'll be cool here, I mean, we get to play rock all month long! Plus, no parents to complain that we're playing too loudly! And the chicks in this place, man, have you seen some of them? There's this totally hot blond chick I saw coming in with her parents, and I noticed a really cute black girl walking around the quad. I'd be really excited about all this if I didn't have a girlfriend back home. Her name's Holly, and has the best set of legs I've ever seen. But she's away in Europe this summer, so what's she to know if I, er... make new friends while I'm here?" he finished, grinning wickedly.

Rory blinked at him. "I've never heard someone talk so fast in my life," he said, slightly awed.

"We're gonna have a blast this summer," decided Jordan.

Slowly three other boys trickled in: Kyle, a singer, Nathan, another guitarist, and Jesse, a drummer. The six boys found each other, while a little different, interesting, and spent the remainder of the afternoon talking about their instruments, rock music, and girls. Then, the bell rang from the dining hall, and the boys trooped off together for dinner.

A/N: And there you have it! Next chapter is how the girls meet. Just wanted to drop off a thank you to my nine reviewers...

Jules: Thank you so much! I will!

Blondie0276: Thanks, I'll update as often as I can... enjoy chapter 2!

RockinBassGirl: Wow, you're so enthusiastic! I'll write as much as I can... chapter 3 should be here soon!

wyverna: Well, Freddy turned out all business-man-stiff because of something that happened when they were 17... in fact, something happened to each of them when they were 17... but this will be revealed in due time, don't worry.

SpAaZyMcGeE12388: I love your name! :) I'm getting sick of all those new-drummers-with-crushes-on-Freddy stories too, so I felt the urge to write this one. Hope you like the rest of it!

Swimmerkitti: I'll do my best to see this story through till the end, I promise.

quitesirius: Your name's awesome, are you a Harry Potter fan too? It was hard writing serious!Freddy, it's so not... him. I try and throw as many discreet comments (like the one about Freddy not liking the drums) in as I can, I think it's fun. Hope you liked chapter 2!

Jenny: As you know, I've already continued. Hope you liked it!

TheCheezHead: Yeah, the band members are pretty closed-minded about the whole rock thing right now. Don't worry, I'll loosen them up again in time. Something happened in their past that caused the band to break up, and caused things to disintegrate in their lives one by one. I'll let you all know in due time why the band broke up.

Read and review... you know you want to!