Alright. All of ya'll that are reading this. Bless you. You're still reading my stories even though I'm the worst updater in the whole entire universe. I never knew I was going to have to deal with so much this year. I'm gonna try super hard to update soon as long as people wanna read. I don't own a thingg.
"Tell her." Nate tossed a purple ball up in the air as he lay on the bed pressed against the far wall. Shane's eyes watched the sphere bob up and down, unable to speak. They lay in silence until Nate's patience ran out. "Why haven't you told her yet?" He curved his wrist and hit Shane in the head with the toy.
"Because it's too late." Shane rolled onto his stomach and looked at his phone somewhat expectantly.
"Man and I thought you wanted her." Jason entered the room, eating a burrito. Shane groaned and buried his face in his pillow. The cell phone he was holding began to ring, making all three turn and look at it. Shane looked as though he was contemplating answering it before Jason exclaimed: "Just pick it up!" The singer flipped open the phone and answered, walking out of the room.
"Hey Priscilla, yeah how are you..." Then, they suddenly heard the door swing open. "Hey!" Shane exclaimed, running over to hug the girl that had become one of his best friends during filming, and who was also posing as his girlfriend.
"Surprise!" The girl's radiant blonde curls bounced around her face as she threw her arms out to hug him back. "You know spending a year with someone really makes you miss them once they're gone." She informed him with a sparkling grin. Shane laughed and led her inside, yelling for the guys. Their reactions were just about the same as they saw her.
"Priscilla! I thought you were spending the summer with your family!" Jason hugged her and pulled Nate in to embrace the girl as well.
"Yeah well they can wait a few weeks." She shrugged and the boys all laughed, nodding their heads. "So show me around this camp I've heard so much about!" Priscilla giggled and began dragging Shane towards the door. They set off on the trail behind the cabin that took them on a short walk throughout the camp, from the mess hall to the lake. "Wow. It's sick here." She observed and Shane nodded. "I can see why you love it so much." They were walking along the edge of the woods by now. Shane took one look at the placid water they were standing over, before sitting down.
Priscilla joined him, pulling all of her golden hair over to rest on one shoulder, and dipping one foot down to the cool water to swing back and forth. "So did you talk to that girl yet? Tell her how much you like her?" She dragged out the i in Like to tease her friend mercilessly. Shane's cheeks turned a shade of crimson at the mere thought of Mitchie; embarassed to have believed she would come running back to him after a year.
"No. And I don't think I'm gonna tell her. I don't know if I even feel that way any more." Shane muttered and Priscilla looked up at him.
"What! What do you mean? Is she like in a relationship now!?" Her green eyes widened disbelievingly and Shane smiled sadly, shaking his head. "Then what?!"
"I'm in a relationship. Remember?" He reminded his "girlfriend". Priscilla's face slowly fell as she remembered the stupid publicity stunt the two had been involved in for months. "So she hates me." He stated lamely and Priscilla nodded understandingly and reached out to touch his arm.
"Why don't you just tell her?" She suggested and Shane scoffed. "Oh come on Shane. I'm sure she'd just leap into your arms if she knew you still liked her." Priscilla tried to assure Shane, but it didn't seem like he believed her. He sighed deeply and leaned back on his hands, his dark hair brushing his equally dark eyes.
"Doesn't seem that way. Seems like she's pretty done with me." He closed his eyes and sighed once more.
"Oh stop sighing like your life is so bad. Maybe you guys can end up as friends by the end of the summer. And remember...You still have me!!!" Priscilla laughed happily and jumped on top of him, making him fall backwards, grunt, and laugh all at the same time.
"Yeah. I do have you." He smiled, admiring her eyes. Before something could register in his head to tell him what he was doing was wrong; Shane leaned up and kissed Priscilla, lifting one hand to pull her closer. Her eyes widened before she reacted to the kiss in a positive way. Once the two had broken apart, Shane touched Priscilla's cheek as though he was touching porcelain; delicate and careful; like he was afraid she would break.
"What just happened?" Priscilla murmured softly, not looking at him as she lay her head on his chest.
"I'm pretty sure I just kissed you." He ran his fingers through her hair and she laughed. "Yeah I definitely did." He informed her and they began to talk, discussing what was going on with them. And a short hour later, the two emerged from the woods, their fingers entwined. "Wanna go to the jam?" Shane asked her and Priscilla nodded, swinging their hands between them.
"Actually I think I'm gonna go change, meet you in twenty minutes okay?" Priscilla requested and Shane nodded, letting her run back to the cabin. The rock star smiled and opened his song book that he had left out earlier that day. Shane hummed and scribbled out words and by the time his girlfriend appeared he had roughly written half of a song.
"Ready?" He asked, sliding his arm around her waist. Priscilla nodded with a grin and the two walked towards the Mess Hall. "You look nice." He observed and Priscilla blushed and thanked him as they neared the mess hall.
"Woo! Yeah Peggy!" Mitchie and Caitlyn cheered once their friend had performed something she had written over the summer. The dark skinned girl grinned brightly and threw hair over her shoulder. "Great job girl." Caitlyn congratulated her.
The next performance was a few young dancers that looked new to the camp; Mitchie had to applaud them for going on and being so successful their first night at a new camp. She looked around and searched for Shane's face in the crowd.
"Oh my gosh he actually didn't come! Maybe I can do this." Mitchie had a brighter smile on her face than she had had in the two months previous to that moment. Caitlyn grinned, nodded, and handed her the microphone. Mitchie cleared her throat and turned around. She walked between the tables, gleefully beginning her song. Her smile alone, seemed to light up her entire performance.
"The only way to be who-" Mitchie turned around in a quick circle, her hair straight out, like a propeller. But then her eyes fixated on the couple quietly trying to make their way into the hall without being noticed. But the one person, Shane didn't want to notice them, did. Mitchie stumbled and continued singing, the happiness that had been radiating from her moments before was gone.
"Wow she's amazing!" Priscilla exclaimed and Shane looked up at Mitchie, not saying anything. "Oh is that the girl?" Shane nodded and tried to be invisible as he led her along the wall, looking for Jason and Nate who were nowhere in sight. Shane groaned under his breath, trying to back against the wall.
"Shane! Priscilla!" Jason stage whispered and Shane breathed a sigh of relief as he made his way towards his friends, Priscilla in tow. Mitchie finished her song, looking sadder than when she had begun but she was still met with an uproar of an applause.
"Amazing girl!" Ella hugged her tightly, momentarily cutting off Mitchie's air supply.
"Thanks!" Mitchie gasped, but laughed anyway. "Now please let go." She pleaded and Ella apologized meekly, letting Mitchie's other friends congratulate her as well. "Th-thanks." She stuttered, noticing the gorgeous girl on Shane's arm. She tried to ignore them and focused on her friends.
"Great job Mitchie." Tess complimented her almost nicely.
"Thank you Tess." Mitchie smiled, tucking her long hair behind her ear. The blonde nodded and turned around to find her cousin. Tess searched the throng of people and finally saw a head of blonde hair much like her own. Priscilla squealed when she saw Tess and the two ran across the room and hugged each other.
"Tessy! You look great!" Priscilla gushed and Tess raised an eye brow. "Ugh fine Tess. You still look fabulous." Tess grinned.
"Thanks Silly. Hey Shane." Tess's gaze lingered on the rock star a few moments longer than any "friend" would. Shane felt uncomfortable but returned the greeting nonetheless. People were slowly filtering out the doors. The three of them made their way with the group and as soon as they had reached the cool outdoors, Peggy called Tess's name.
The blonde tried to turn around but her heel got caught in the dirt, therefore very effectively twisting her ankle, sending her sprawling to the ground. Tess shrieked as she fell, whimpering as she held her ankle. "Ow...Oww." She cried, make-up running down her cheeks. "My ankle..." She moaned. Mitchie, Ella, Caitlyn, Nate, Peggy, Jason, Priscilla, and Shane ran towards her.
"Oh no!" Ella exclaimed, squatting down beside Tess. Wordlessly, Jason Matthews leaned down and scooped her up into his arms. He headed towards the small infirmary cabin nearby. The group trotted behind them, nobody speaking.
"I think this is a record." Th elderly nurse muttered as she examined Tess's ankle. "I've had home sickness, the flu, and extreme head aches on the first night of camp. Never a twisted ankle." She grumbled and took out a pack of ice, wrapping it in a towel before she placed it on Tess's ankle. Tess whimpered once more and grabbed for the first thing to take out her pain on.
That something happened to be Jason's hand. She squeezed and wrung his hand and Jason never winced. "Dear would you like to sleep here tonight? So you don't have to hobble back to your cabin this late?" The nurse suggested and Tess nodded gratefully.
Everyone mumbled their wishes for her to get better before exiting. "I'll go get you some clothes." Priscilla promised and hugged her cousin before leaving with Shane.
"I'll stay here till they get back." Jason told her and Tess smiled. He brought her over to a bed to lay down and took a seat at her side. "So how was school this year?" They talked amiably for the ten minutes Priscilla and Shane were gone.
"We're going to visit Tess. You guys wanna come?" Ella and Peggy stopped at Mitchie and Caitlyn's cabin. The two looked up from their separate activities; writing and typing, and then looked at each other.
"Sure." They walked towards them.
"Wait Mitchie, I think I saw Shane and Priscilla going there a little while ago. That okay?" Ella asked her hesitantly, she Peggy and Caitlyn all looking curiously at Mitchie before she swallowed and shrugged. "Okay if you're sure! Let's go!" The four walked to Tess's cabin that she and Priscilla were sharing.
As they neared the cabin, Caitlyn caught sight of a couple with their arms wrapped so tightly around each other it was difficult to decipher who's hands were whose. Caitlyn began coughing uncontrollably to keep Mitchie's attention from Shane and Priscilla. Peggy looked at Caitlyn quizzically and Caitlyn jerked her head towards them. Peggy nodded and guided them to the longer way around the cabin.
"What are you guys doing??" Ella asked them, confused. She tugged them back towards the quicker entrance, landing them right in front of Priscilla and Shane. Mitchie's breath hitched in her throat. Ella cleared her throat awkwardly and they jumped apart.
Priscilla leaned gently against Shane and he muttered some sort of apology. They walked past them and Mitchie stared determinedly at the ground until they were across the camp. "Mitch? You okay?" Peggy asked her quietly. Mitchie jerked her arm away and turned promptly on her heel.
"I'm gonna go back to the cabin." She told them quietly.
Journal,
I hate this. I hate still having feelings for Shane while I'm staring at him and his girlfriend gaze into each other's eyes. I was an idiot for hoping a rock star and now movie star like Shane Gray would ever be interested in me after spending a year with all the beautiful female celebrities he spends his time with. We just walked in on him and Priscilla making out on the porch. I was repulsed but I just couldn't look away. It was like someone had punched me in the gut. It was the worst feeling in the world. All I want to do is sleep forever but I have singing class. So. Bye.
-Mitchie
Mitchie closed the book and closed her eyes. She took a minute to just organize her thoughts. A long summer was waiting for her afterall.