Thanks for reviewing! :) 11 reviews is awesome for the first chappy!
Hey...did anybody notice that in the bus to the DC games Selena & Nick were sitting next to each other? And didn't Selena look kinda sad when she found out she wasn't going to be on the same team as Nick? Anybody notice that? They look so cute together! :D Anyways...
Okay, well here's the second chappy! You find out Nate's secret. Ooh, suspenseful, huh? :)
Hidden Secrets
Chapter Two
"Hey Natey! It's Steph. Call me back!"
"Nate! Are you home yet? Call me when you get there, okay?"
"Hi, it's meee! Hope you had fun at camp. Call me back!"
Nate groaned as he played another message on his cell phone from Stephanie. Seven messages to go. He decided to just delete all of them, they were all pretty much the same. He stuffed his phone back into his pocket just as Shane came down the hallway.
"Getting calls from Stephanie, I presume." Shane said in his 'wise guy' voice. He crossed his arms and sat down, smirking.
Nate sighed. No need to deny it, Shane knew everything.
"She's called me fourteen times!" Nate whined. He couldn't help but think how much he sounded like Jason when he whined. The same voice, the same whiny attitude, it was kinda nerve-racking.
"Dude, I can't believe you agreed to go out with Alex when you were still going out with Steph." Shane said, smelling a pillow. "How exactly are you planning to break the news to both Alex and Steph?"
"I don't know!" Nate said, his voice getting whinier, "If I tell Alex, she'll flip, and if I tell Steph, she'll flip out even more! You're the romance dude! Tell me what to do!" He shakily pointed a finger at Shane.
Shane threw the pillow back. "Personally, I think you go better with Alex. Steph's too...hyper and clingy. Alex's way more laid back and fun."
"That doesn't help me!" Nate said.
Shane stood up. Nate pushed him back down onto the chair he was sitting on. "Help me!" Nate wailed.
Shane sighed and sat back into the chair to get comfortable. He knew that this was probably going to be a very long talk.
"He's coming today! He's coming today!" Alex squealed, jumping up and down.
Mitchie sat up and rubbed her eyes. She'd slept over at Alex's instead of going to the new house her parents went back to because the house would've been filled with boxes and there was no way she would've been able to sleep. Now she was regretting the choice, since she was being woken up at eight in the morning on a Saturday.
Alex ran over to her closet and found something nice to wear. Mitchie sat there in her sleeping bag, staring blankly in Alex's direction. Alex picked out something from the closet and threw it at Mitchie.
"Alex?" Theresa mumbled, stepping inside the room. "Why are you awake so early?"
"Nate's coming today and she's super excited." Mitchie explained, getting up.
"But it's only 8 o'clock!" Theresa complained. "Go back to sleep girls. He's not coming until late in the afternoon!" She stepped back into the hallway and shuffled back toward her bedroom.
Alex waited until she was sure Theresa couldn't hear her and she sprang back up, going to the bathroom and brushing her teeth super fast.
"Alex? Seriously. It's only 8. Go back to sleep." Mitchie said, crawling back into her sleeping bag.
"You should be excited too." Alex said, "Shane's coming!"
Mitchie ignored her and fell back asleep. Alex groaned but went downstairs to eat some breakfast. She poured a bowl of cereal and sat down, looking at the brochure of Camp Rock. She couldn't believe that she wasn't excited in the beginning. If she hadn't gone, she would've never met Mitchie or Nate.
Max screamed from upstairs. Alex ran up, two steps at a time. Max hardly ever screamed. Something was wrong.
"What's wrong, Max?" Alex asked. Her parents were coming too, so everybody must've heard the loud scream.
Max pointed at a huge tarantula near the window. "There's a--a-- huge spider there!"
Alex knew how scared Max was about spiders, and she felt the same way, so she pulled him out the door. Her parents were still mumbling things about 'what time is it?' and 'how are we supposed to get this thing out?'
Jerry finally lured the thing into a box and put it outside. Alex just hoped the thing hadn't had babies or anything. She went back downstairs, only to find that her bowl of cereal was gone and Mitchie was sitting in her spot at the table.
"Oh, hey Alex." Mitchie said, grinning. She'd clearly been woken up. "I finished your bowl of cereal."
Alex sighed and sat down. She didn't really care anymore, considering she had just seen a huge tarantula in Max's room. It wasn't really a surprise that it chose Max's room; his room was filled with rotten pizza slices and 3-week old sandwiches.
"Let's go." Mitchie said, heading for the door.
"Go where?" Alex asked, not moving. "It's eight in the morning on a Saturday."
"I want a tour of the city. And before Shane comes too. So that way, we can show them around like we've been here before and we know where everything is, even though I really don't." Mitchie explained.
Alex yawned. "Fine." She stood up and grabbed the house keys, then ran out the door.
"Nate?" Shane asked. They were in a regular car, no limo this time. Apparently, Nate had gotten bored with Jason's story about how the birdhouse had a made a huge difference in the number of birds that appeared on his lawn and fallen asleep.
A snore was Shane's answer. "Wow," he said, "I can't wait to tell your girlfriend that you snore."
Nate sat up. "What? What happened?"
Shane smirked. "Now I know what to tell you when you're asleep. Steph called you again."
Nate groaned and smacked his head. "Why?"
"She wanted to tell you that, uh, she'll be meeting you in New York." Shane said, not sure how Nate was going to take that news.
"What?!" Nate yelled.
"Quiet down!" Jason whispered from the front seat. "My birdies are sleeping!" He was holding a container with two birds inside.
"How did she know we were going to New York?!" Nate whispered furiously.
"Well, you know, news about us spread quickly." Shane said, shrugging like it was no big deal.
"When is she going?" Nate asked.
"About a week. She didn't say the exact date. She wants to 'surprise' you." Shane replied. He hesitated, but asked, "What are you going to tell Alex?"
"I don't know! And how am I supposed to break up with Steph? She's going to get revenge on me if I do!" Nate said, covering his face in his hands.
"Maybe you should just tell Alex when we get there." Shane suggested, "If she's really your best friend/girlfriend, she'd understand."
"But she's been so honest with me!" Nate wailed. He was wailing again. Not a good thing.
"Nate, you'll find a way. I'll help you if you need help." Shane said, patting his band-mate on the back. He hated seeing one of his best friends like this.
"Quiet down!" Jason whispered again. "Great. Now you woke up my beautiful birds."
Nate sighed and looked at his phone. "Okay, I'll just...call Alex now and tell her."
Shane nodded. "Right. Call her."
Nate dialed her cell phone number, hoping she wouldn't pick up. It went straight to voice mail. Nate sighed with relief.
"She's not there, is she?" Shane asked.
"No." Nate replied, "But I'll just...tell her when we get there."
"Good. She deserves to know." Shane said. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and began texting random people.
Nate's phone rang again. He looked at the screen. Guess who it was. You're right. Stephanie.
Ooh, Nate's a bad boy. Two timer! Just kidding, he's not bad. :) He just doesn't know how to tell his girls yet. Next chapter, Alex and Nate meet again! Yay! Review?
