A/N: 9 reviews on Chapter Two - I'm so excited! Thank you so much, guys, this means a lot to me! There's a comment for each of you at the bottom of this chapter. Also, I've made up a lot of last names for the girls, seeing as their mothers would take on new last names when they married... plus the fact that I didn't know what they were in the first place. Just to clear anything up, our SoR bandmates are: Zack Mooneyham, Katie Johnson, Freddy Jones, Lawrence Stewart, Summer Hathaway-Hawkins, Tomika Davidson, Marta Taylor, and Alicia Jennings. Hope that clears up any confusion! Read away!

Chapter Three: Introducing the Girls

While all of this was going on, a commotion had started in the parking lot. Freddy had been attempting to park his car when, purely by accident, he ended up rear-ending a red station wagon. He grimaced, hopped out of his car, and made his way towards the bumper. Thankfully, he hadn't even left a scratch.

"I'm so sorry, ma'am!" he called to Marta Taylor, who was seated inside the car.

She came out and inspected the car herself. Noticing the lack of damage, she smiled at him. "Don't worry about it," she told him. Marta removed her daughter Leah's suitcase from the trunk and, giving Freddy and Marissa a smile, headed towards the quad with her daughter.

"Smooth move, Dad," said Marissa, smiling slightly.

"That's enough out of you," replied Freddy. "Are you sure you don't want me to come help you settle into your cabin?"

"Please, Dad, there's no need to embarrass me," Marissa exclaimed, furrowing her brow. "I'll just find my cabin assignment, make my way over there, and spend a wonderful month banging on my drums."

"So long as I don't hear you banging your drums all the way back in our apartment," he chuckled. Giving her a quick hug (which she managed to brush off quite quickly) he climbed back into his car and drove away.

Marissa, drumsticks and duffel bag in hand, started down the path that led to the quad. Surely the bunk assignments would be posted there.

She was right. Two large pieces of coloured bristol board were tacked to the side of the mess hall. One was labelled creatively "Girls" and the other, "Boys". Smirking slightly, she ran her gaze down the list. There she was - Girls Cabin 3. There were to be five other girls in her cabin - Carmen, Leah, Nicole, Hailey, and Jenna.

Marissa made her way towards Cabin 3, located just outside a dense clump of trees. She trooped up the steps and made her way inside. It was clear to her at once that the other five girls were already there. They looked up and smiled at her when she entered, but nobody said anything.

A little awkwardly, she said, "Hey, girls. I'm Marissa Jones, drummer."

A small black girl, adorned with glasses and braces, said, "Hey. I'm Nicole Jennings, but everyone calls me Nikki. I'm a vocalist."

"I'm Leah Taylor, singer - haven't I seen you before?" asked the blond, pixy-like girl.

Marissa laughed. "Yeah, my Dad was the guy who ran into your car." Leah smiled at the memory.

"I'm Carmen Davidson, yet another singer," a slightly larger black girl introduced herself.

A very short, very happy looking brunette exclaimed, "Hi, I'm Hailey, a guitarist! I'm so excited!"

"Me too," said Marissa, smiling at her.

The last girl was the most different-looking. She had black hair dyed red at the tips, dark kohl surrounding her even darker eyes, and what appeared to be - tattoos? - covering her forearms. "S'up?" she said, nodding her head at Marissa.

"Are you Jenna?" asked Marissa, a little nervous, for what had to be the first in her life.

"I have to be, don't I? Nobody else here's named Jenna."

"Right," Marissa giggled slightly, out of nerves.

The other five girls were already unpacking. It appeared there was only one bunk left - the bottom one, below Jenna. Not really caring where she slept at that point, Marissa flopped onto it. The six girls chatted amicably - well, five of them did. Jenna sat on her top bunk, strumming her bass slightly. After only fifteen minutes of conversation, Marissa had learned that they were all twelve years old, except for Hailey, who was thirteen, and that, like her, Nikki, Jenna, and Hailey were from New York, Leah was from New Jersey, and Carmen was from Connecticut.

"This summer is gonna be so much fun!" bounced Hailey. She certainly seemed to be the liveliest one of the bunch. "My parents both play guitar and came to this camp when they were our age - they had their first date at the end-of-month dance here! How cool is that?"

Marissa nodded, "Wow - that's awesome."

"My Dad was sort of 'yeah, whatever you want' about this camp, but my mom - man, she nearly blew a fuse when she heard that I wanted to go. I spent at least two months trying to convince her that it would actually help my voice," Leah told them.

"Weird - my mom didn't want me to come, either!" exclaimed Carmen.

"Mine either!" Nikki told them.

"Neither did my Dad! He was dead set against it," Marissa told them, surprised.

But before they could get into further details about their families, the bell rang for dinner. The five girls stood up and made their way out the door. Marissa poked her head back in a second later. "Jenna - are you coming?" she asked uncertainly.

"Do I have a choice?" replied Jenna moodily. Not wanting to spend too much time with this girl, Marissa jumped down the three steps off the porch and ran to catch up with the other girls. Jenna was certainly a hardcore rocker chick, but she seemed a little too weird for Marissa's taste.

A/N: Well? You like? Next chapter coming ASAP, I promise! And a thank you to my reviewers...

tmrwspromise: Nice name! I'll update as often as I can, promise! Glad you like it!

Jenny: Hello again! You assumed correctly - how do you like the girls? Jenna was fun, I always love creating a "bad" character. I, too, wish I could go to Camp Rock! Do you play an instrument?

Waterbug7: You, too, assumed right - Aaron is indeed Lawrence's son. While a lot of the kids are like their SoR parents (ie Marissa) there are a few (Aaron, and Carmen will be) who are actually rather different.

Krazy Kay: Thank you!! :)

flatfoot-92: I will!! Chapter 4 is already in the works!

electricxrain: Two reviews from you! Your birthday is July 2nd? How cool is that! We'll have to visit Camp Rock then! Lol. No, sadly Rory has never met you when you're on a sugar high, but he has met me, and I'm sure that they're fairly similar. :)

JustVisitingUKgirl: Love your name! Yeah, Freddy is boring... but never fear, Freddy lovers, he'll get better! I thought about making some of the band members marry each other, but that didn't work with my fic. Maybe another one... oh, and there were some past romances which I'll be sure to inform you about, and also some new ones involving the kids! So stay tuned!!

SpAaZyMcGeE12388: Hello again! I will, I will!

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