Disclaimer: I do not own Camp Rock. Bahjcb requested a chapter about how the girls would respond to having to share Jason, so here it is for you. Complete with four-year old angst.

For the first time that Jason could remember, Annabelle wasn't there to greet him when he entered Nate and Caitlyn's house. He had knocked and let himself in, expecting to find two excited little girls waiting for him. Melody had run over to him as usual, launching herself into his arms, but Annabelle was nowhere to be found. After giving Melody a big hug, he handed her over to Peggy. "Hey, Mel, where's your sister?" he asked.

Melody laughed as Peggy spun her around. When she finally stopped giggling, she pointed towards the family room. "Watching T.V."

Caitlyn joined them as Shane and Mitchie walked through the door. She looked around, wondering where her oldest daughter was. She looked at Melody, "Is your sister still watching television?"

When her youngest nodded, Caitlyn sighed and headed in search of Annabelle. She found the four-year old sitting on the couch, staring intently at the screen. "Annabelle, everyone is here. Let's turn off the television and go say hello."

"I don't want to. I want to watch the show," her daughter sulked.

"Annabelle Michaela, please do not talk to me like that. I asked you to turn off the television and go say hello," Caitlyn said in an even, but firm voice.

Annabelle's eyes began to fill with tears. "Mommy, I wanna watch T.V."

Caitlyn got down on her knees and looked at her daughter. "Annabelle, what is going on?"

Annabelle sniffled and then told her mother, "I think I need to go to my room."

Caitlyn sighed and kissed Annabelle on the forehead. "Okay."

Annabelle ran upstairs to her room without even looking at her confused aunts and uncles. Caitlyn headed over towards her friends with an apologetic look. "This is her new thing. When she starts to get upset, she sends herself to her room for quiet time. I don't know what is going on with her. She has been so grouchy lately. It's like she decided to take Melody's terrible twos." She looked worriedly upstairs. "How about you all head outside. Nate is attempting to barbeque tonight, so he could probably use some moral support."

As they headed towards the backyard, Mitchie laughed and turned to Peggy, "Last time he tried to barbeque, the hamburgers were like hockey pucks, and we ended up ordering pizza."

"Hey," Nate shouted, "I heard that! And I bought a how-to book, so I think I can do it this time."

Shane gave Caitlyn an incredulous look. "He bought a book to learn to barbeque?"



"Why are you surprised? This is Nate. He hates being bad at anything," Caitlyn replied. She looked back and noticed that Jason was still standing in the entry way, looking up towards Annabelle's room. She headed over and put her hand on his arm. "You coming?"

"She didn't come give me a hug," Jason said, looking hurt.

"Jason, honey, she's four. She's going through a phase. Please don't take it personally," Caitlyn said. "You know she adores you. Sometimes I think that Nate is a little bit jealous because she would rather play with you than either of us."

Jason smiled a little and followed Caitlyn outside where he was attacked by Melody. She wanted to tell Jason and Peggy about her new doll. A few minutes later, Caitlyn walked over to Nate. "Do you think one of us should go talk to her?" she asked her husband.

"How long has she been up there?"

Caitlyn looked down at her watch, "About five minutes, which is an eternity for a four-year old."

Nate nodded, "How about we give her a few more minutes to come down on her own. If we don't see her soon, I'll go up."

To both of their surprise, Shane spoke, "How about I go check on her?"

Everyone stopped and looked at him in shock. Shane looked mildly offended. "What?"

Mitchie raised an eyebrow at her boyfriend. "You usually hand over the girls the moment either of them gets upset or messy."

"Point taken, but I thought that the novelty might bring her around," Shane said earnestly. "Maybe she'll want to come down and sing with me."

Mitchie looked at Caitlyn, who shrugged. "He's more than welcome to try. And she does like Uncle Shane sing-along time."

Shane grinned and headed into the house. He knocked on Annabelle's door before opening it. He found the little girl curled up on her bed clutching a stuffed monkey. She looked up as he entered the room.

"Hi, Munchkin. I was wondering if you learned any new songs this week," Shane said.

Annabelle sniffled before responding, "I don't wanna sing, Uncle Shane."

Shane deflated a little. This was going to be harder than he had expected. He went over and sat on the foot of her bed. "What's going on, Belle? Everyone's worried about you. I thought Jason was going to cry when he didn't get a hug."

At that moment, Annabelle started to cry, and Shane winced. What had he been thinking when he offered to come up here? He desperately wanted to run out of the room and send Caitlyn or Nate up, 

but he was pretty sure that would make Annabelle even more upset. Instead he reached out and pulled the little girl into his lap.

"What's the matter?" he asked softly.

"I don't want Uncle Jason to grow up," Annabelle sobbed.

"What?" Shane asked in shock.

"Mommy said Uncle Jason has a girlfriend, and he might not have as much time to play because they will want to talk with the grown-ups. And he hasn't been here in a long time, and I don't want him to be a real grown up!" Annabelle choked out.

Shane didn't know what to say to make her feel better, but he knew who would. He picked up the sobbing four-year old and carried her gently down the stairs and out into the backyard. He walked past a concerned Caitlyn towards Jason. He looked his friend in the eye as he handed Jason the little girl. "She's afraid you're not going to have time for her because you're dating Peggy. She doesn't want you to turn into a real grown-up," Shane explained.

A look of realization crossed Jason's face, and he carried Annabelle back inside. Mitchie crossed over to Shane and gave him a kiss. When she pulled away, she smiled at him. "I'm proud of you," she said.

"Me too, Shane. I can't believe I didn't figure it out," Caitlyn added shaking her head.

Back inside the house, Jason held the crying child, trying to figure out exactly what to say to comfort her. "Annie-bird, can you look at me?" he asked.

Annabelle lifted her tear-stained face from his shoulder and looked at him. "There's my girl," he said and smiled at her. "I promise that I will never be too busy or too grown-up to play with you, okay?"

She looked at him seriously. "You promise? You'll still be Uncle Jason?"

He nodded. "I love being your Uncle Jason and nothing will ever change that."

She smiled and threw her arms around his neck. "I love you."

Jason held her tight as he said, "I love you too, Annie-bird."