Hi everyone, here is chapter 8.
This story is coming to an end :( but there's still 3 chapters left. Hope you'll like this chapter.
The three boys practiced the song until Nate and Shane judged it perfect.
Chapter 8:
A week later: pajama jam:
"Are you two sure about this?" Jason asked Nate and Shane when they were up next.
They both looked at Mitchie and Caitlyn talking in a corner. "Yes." They said at the same time, and went on the 'stage'.
If time was still
The sun would never, never find us
We could light up the sky tonight
I could see the world through your eyes
And leave it all behind.
Shane looked at Mitchie and they both locked eye with each other. The same thing happened to Nate and Caitlyn.
If it's you for me forever
If it's you and me right now
That'd be alright, be alright
If we chase the starts to lose our shadow
Peter Pan and Wendy turned out fine
So won't you fly with me?
Oh yeah, gotta fly with me now.
"Are they asking what I think they're asking in a song? And in front of the whole camp?" Caitlyn asked Mitchie, not taking her eyes off Nate.
Now the past has come alive
And given meaning and a reason
To give all I can
To believe once again
"Yeah, that's exactly what they're doing." Mitchie told her best friend.
If it's you for me forever
If it's you and me right now
That'd be alright, be alright
If we chase the stars to lose our shadow
Peter Pan and Wendy turned out fine
So won't you fly with me?
"How are we supposed to answer that?" Caitlyn asked her.
"I have no idea." Mitchie said, listening intently at the lyrics.
Maybe you were just afraid
Knowing you were miles away
From a place you needed to be
And that's right here with me.
Mitchie was holding in some happy tears. That was the most romantic thing someone ever did for her.
It's you and me forever
You and me right now
That'd be alright
If it's you and me forever
If it's you and me right now
That'd be alright
If we chase the stars to lose our shadow
Peter Pan and Wendy turned out fine
So won't you fly?
Fly
Fly with me.
"Well we'd better find out really quick cause they're coming this way." Caitlyn told Mitchie as the boys made their way through the mass of campers.
"So what do you girls think about the song?" Jason asked the two girls, earning a dark glare from his two band mates. "What? Don't you want to know to?" He asked the two boys who glared at him again. "But I thought you wanted to know if they'd go ..." Jason started.
"Jason, shut up." Shane told him nicely.
An awkward silence followed between the five of them. "I'm going to … do something REALLY far away from where you guys are." Jason said fully aware that none of them would care.
"Ehm, Caitlyn would you like to go for a walk around camp?" Nate asked her shyly and avoiding eye contact. Now would be the hardest part, he'd have to tell her with real words, without singing. Somehow he didn't even know how he had managed to sing the song without passing out.
"Yeah, sure." Caitlyn said trying to hide her stress about what was about to happen. Nate heard the uneasiness in her voice and it kind of reassured him.
They made their way out, leaving Shane and Mitchie in their own awkwardness. They were avoiding each others eyes until Mitchie didn't look away when Shane glanced at her.
"Would you like to go on another canoe ride with me?" Shane asked full of assurance on the outside, when a million butterflies were flying in his stomach.
"I'd love that." Mitchie said with a smile. She wasn't really nervous about what was going to happen, she had wanted this since opening jam, maybe even before that.
They linked arms and made their way to the lake.
Nate and Caitlyn:
They had been walking around camp in silence for about a few minutes when Nate stopped them. "Did you like the song?" He asked Caitlyn nervously.
"It was a great song, Nate, I loved it." Caitlyn said, trying to reassure him. A week ago she would tease him to see if he would finally admit he liked her, but now that she knew it was coming she wanted him to relax.
"Really?" Nate asked her hopefully. Did it mean she liked him back?
"Yes really." Caitlyn repeated. "You should put it on the next record." she proposed.
"I'd rather not." Nate told her.
"Why not?" Caitlyn asked him. She wanted to hear him say it with his words, not with a song.
"Because Shane and I wrote it to tell you and Mitchie we liked you." Nate said using all the confidence he had gathered in the last minutes.
"Oh shit I had no idea." Caitlyn said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Now that she had heard him say it, she really wanted him to relax.
"You knew I liked you?" Nate asked incredulous.
"Well you made it pretty obvious." She said and started to walk again. When she noticed Nate wasn't moving she called out. "You coming or what? You still owe me that walk around camp."
He joined her and they walked in silence until he asked. "What about you?"
"Well I guess I made you suffer enough now." Caitlyn said mostly to herself. "I like you too." She said with a big smile.
Nate grinned to that. Finally he knew the answer. "So does it mean that you wouldn't mind being my girlfriend?"
"Yes, that's what it means." Caitlyn told him.
This time Nate wasn't nervous anymore. He slowly leaned in until his lips connected with Caitlyn's, who kissed him back almost instantly.
Shane and Mitchie:
Just like Caitlyn and Nate, Shane and Mitchie made their way to the canoes in silence. On Shane's side it was a nervous silence, Mitchie just waited for Shane to talk, and as he stayed silent, it started to become frustrating.
Shane helped her to get in the canoe like he had done a week earlier, and got in after her.
"I liked the song by the way." Mitchie said, trying to get Shane to talk.
Shane shook his head. "This is stupid." He muttered, but it was loud enough for her to hear. She felt like she had just been punched in the stomach. He didn't like her like that.
Her smile became a frown and Shane noticed. "Hey, what just happened?" He asked.
"You tell me." Mitchie said, starting to tear up. "If it's so stupid, you didn't have to bring me here."
Shane understood she had heard him. "Mitchie, I didn't mean it that way." He tried to defend himself.
"Then which way did you mean it, Shane?" She asked trying to hold her tears in, her anger making it easier.
"I meant it like: it's stupid, I shouldn't be afraid to tell her I like her!" He almost yelled, and Mitchie stayed frozen. He liked her?
She put her head in her hands with shame. "I'm stupid." She told herself.
"You're not stupid, Mitch." Shane told her, coming to sit next to her carefully. He put an arm around her and held her close.
"Yes I am. I just snapped at you because I thought you didn't like me." She said, tears in her eyes again.
"Mitchie, you stop saying that or I'll make you." He threatened. He didn't like it when she was depreciating herself like that.
"But..." Mitchie started to protest but was silenced by Shane's lips on hers.