A/N I DO NOT OWN "CAMP ROCK" OR "ANOTHER CINDERELLA STORY" I ONLY THIS PLOT!

Back in Brown's office Brown and Connie were still hugging.

"You really are an amazing friend Brown." Connie said as they pulled away.

"I could say the same thing to you. You always had my back when it came to standing up against Axel."

Connie smiled.

"I did work for him once. I know what kind of a man he is."

"Yeah, I'm still sorry you had to work for him."

"Brown I didn't expect any special treatment from you. It's not your fault. You're a good man, a good camp owner, but mostly you're a good Uncle. The boys love you. I know Mitchie looks up to you as her father figure."

"It's goes both way. The boys love you and love your cooking. They also look up to you."

Connie smiled. "We've got some great kids, don't we?"
Brown nodded. "Yeah we sure do. You raised Mitchie to be perfect without the help of Steve so don't let him get to you."

Connie sighed. "I can't help it Brown. What happen to Mitchie is partly my fault. I always make Mitchie's meal separate from everyone else's so I can make sure she doesn't get any nuts or anything. I was just so busy that I put all the food out the same time and let her pick."

"Mitchie made a smart choice. She grabbed the BLT. Someone messed with it to cause her to have an attack like that. It's not your fault. Plus Mitchie will sing again, she just has to wait a while."

"If I had just made Mitchie's food and kept it in the kitchen away from everyone else like I normally do she never would have gotten sick."

"Connie, you can't blame yourself. Someone tampered with the food so she'd get sick. You had no control over it."

Connie looked down and sighed. "I've always been so careful. My baby girl could have died."

Brown hugged Connie to him. Connie looked up at him and they locked eyes. They both slowly started to lean in. Before either of them knew it their lips were touching. They both pulled away.

"I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me." Connie said.

"I'm not sorry. You shouldn't be either."

"What?"

"I like you Connie...a lot."

"Brown we can't...you're my boss, we could both get fired."

"I know Puppet, and you're right. If you want to we can be a secret. We won't even tell the kids."

Connie nodded. "I think that's the best idea. I really like you too Brown."

They both leaned in and shared another kiss and pulled away.

"I'm sure Mitchie is worried about me."

"Of course. Go, I'll see you later."

Connie smiled and left the room. Brown smiled.

Back in the girls cabin everyone had started talking and ended up being able to cheer Mitchie back up. Everyone was laughing when Connie walked in.

"Hey Baby are you all right?"

Mitchie nodded. "Shane...friends...really help." she choked.

Her voice was still hoarse from the screaming but it was getting better.

"I'm sorry he said that sweetie. You know our divorce wasn't your fault right?"

Mitchie nodded. "My sickness...not your fault."

Connie smiled. "I know baby. I'm still sorry it happen. How are you feeling...physically I mean?"

Mitchie nodded. "Feeling better. Throat sore, but better."

Connie went over to Mitchie and they shared a hug. "Everything is going to be all right baby I promise you that."

Mitchie nodded. "I love you mom."

"I love you too baby."

"What happen the other day wasn't your fault Mom. Dad had no right to say that." Mitchie said.

"I know my baby. I talked to Brown and he really helped me feel better, but we really need to discuss your father getting fired."

"No, it's not an option mom. If we make Brown fire Dad he wins, he get just what he wants. I will not give him that. He's going to have to work a lot harder than that."

"How much harder does he have to push? He nearly killed you are we supposed to wait till you're dead?"

"Mom, it's fine. I can handle him."

"Mitchie, standing up to someone isn't always the right thing to do."

"I'm not asking Brown to fire dad just because we can't handle him being here."

"Mitchie he almost killed you. He almost killed Mary. We can't let him get away with that."

"If Brown wants to fire Steve he can but I am not going to ask Brown to fire him just because he hurt me.

Connie sighed. "Ok, but if your father makes one more move toward you in any way I'm getting him fired."

Mitchie nodded.

"Get some rest my Angel. You needed to save that voice of yours."

"I love you mom."

"I love you too baby."

Connie gave Mitchie a kiss and left the cabin.

"Mitchie your mom is right, Steve has taken things too far. He needs to be fired." Nate said.

"None of you understand!" Mary said. "Firing them won't stop them. They will find a way to ruin this summer for us. It won't matter if they are staff or not. Firing them will do nothing but give Dominique and Steve the satisfaction of hurting us. Getting them fired is like surrendering to them and we will NOT surrender to them."

"We did that once and we aren't going back." Mitchie said. "I will not let my dad hurt me again."

"I refuse to let Dominique control my life. She hasn't been in my life for a while now and I'm not letting her back in now." Mary said.

"You girls are really brave." Nate said.

"We have our wonderful boyfriends to thank for that. I used to let Dominique control my life, but then I met Joey and he got me away from her." Mary smiled as Joey kissed her head.

"Shane helped me get my confidence and stand up to my father, without him I let my dad do and say whatever he wanted even if it hurt." Mitchie smiled as Shane kissed her head.

"You were brave all on your own I just helped you find it." Shane said.

"Yeah, you had control of your life the whole time. You just needed my help to realize it." Joey told Mary.

"We're not turning back to our old ways. Firing them is what we would have done before we met you guys and before we got our confidence. Now that we have the confidence we aren't backing down." Mary said.

"I'm not turning back into TDT Shane. Firing Steve is something TDT would do. Not me."

The guys nodded. They knew nothing they could do or say would change the girls mind.

A few weeks passed and things seemed to get better. The bullies still tormented them but it wasn't as bad as Steve and Dominique had been. Steve and Dominique left them alone for a while. Thing were getting back to normal. Everyone was having lunch.

"Hey you girls know what we need?" Caitlyn said.

"What?" Mitchie answered.

Her voice had gotten better but she still couldn't sing anything that involved hitting any high notes.

"Well, we all have a boyfriend. I'd say we go on a triple date?"

"Yeah that sounds like fun." Nate said.

"If one of you don't mind carrying me I'm in." Mary said.

"I'll carry you anywhere Angel." Joey said.

Mary smiled and blushed at the nick name. All the girls squealed.

"I'm in too. When?"

"Tonight, I can ask my mom if we could have dinner by the docks and watch the sunset."

"What about lunch tomorrow, so we can spend some time in the lake?" Shane asked.

"One of us can't swim." Mary said.

"I'd make sure you'd stayed safe in the water. I agree tomorrow afternoon would be better." Joey said.

"Ok, then tomorrow afternoon it is."

Everyone nodded but Mary looked a bit unsure. Joey noticed. Her pulled her into his side and kissed her head. He whispered in her ear "You're always safe with me. You don't have to do anything you don't want to. You and I can hang out on the sand, whatever makes you comfortable."

"Thanks Joey, I love you."

"I love you too."

He kissed her head one last time and she rested her head on his shoulder.

The next afternoon everyone was at the docks sitting in the sand. The girls were tanning in the sun while the guys fooled around in the water.

A little later the men came over with smirks on their faces.

"Oh no you three look like you're up to no good." Caitlyn said.

"What are you three up to this time?" Mitchie asked.

"Nothing. You girls just look a little hot we thought maybe you wanted to go for a swim" Shane said with a smirk.

"If you three are planning on throwing us over your shoulders and throwing us into the water think again." Mary said.

Shane grabbed Mitchie, and Nate grabbed Caitlyn they both ran off into the water throwing the girls in.

Mary looked up at Joey worriedly. He just smiled. He leaned down and kissed her head. "Trust me." He whispered.

He grabbed her bridal style and ran deep into the water. She squealed as the cold water touched her warm skin. She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Its freezing" she squealed again. He held her and spun her around making her giggle.

"Joey stop it! I'm not supposed to get my cast wet."

Joey stopped and kissed her head. "As long as I hold you, your cast will not get wet"

"Yeah and I won't drowned either."

"You're not going to downed I promise."

Mary smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. He walked over and joined the others.

"Now that we finally have you girls in the water what do you want to do?" Joey asked.

"We could play chicken?" Nate suggested.

"I can't get my cast wet…or swim back to the surface." Mary said.

"Mary and I could be the judges." Joey said.

"What about Marco Polo. Joey and Mary can be on a team." Caitlyn said.

"Ok, I like that idea better." Mary nodded.

"Yeah, me too." Joey said.

"Who wants to be Marco?"

"I will." Nate said raising his hand.

After a quick round of Marco Polo everyone decided to just rest on the shore. A little later Mary started to giggle as she felt a ticklish feeling on her feet. She looked up and saw Joey tickling her toes which were sticking out of her cast.

"Joey stop that." She giggled. "That's tickles."

"It's supposed to Mary. That's why it's called tickling." He smirked.

"Mitchie, Caitlyn help!" Mary laughed.

"Oh no, sorry Mary we aren't getting involved ." Caitlyn said.

"If we help you we become the next victims." Mitchie said.

Shane laughed. "What makes you think you two are safe?"

Both Shane and Nate knocked the girls down onto their back and started to tickle them. They all burst into squeals of laughter.

"Stop it!" Mitchie laughed.

"Nate, don't! Stop it!" Caitlyn squealed.

Joey moved from Mary's feet and went up to tickle her sides. Mary burst into squeals of giggles.

"Let us go!" Mitchie begged.

"Nope, not yet." Shane smirked.

Caitlyn fought back and tickled Nate on the sides. He broke out into laughter pulling away from her.

"Mitchie, Mary tickle them." She told her friends.

Mitchie reached up and tickled Shane he pulled back laughing. Mary tried to tickle Joey but he didn't laugh.

"Not ticklish." He smirked and then tickled her weak spot.

"Ahhh no! Guys help!" Mary screamed. Mitchie and Caitlyn stopped tickling their boyfriends and jumped onto Joey's back making him fall and stop tickling Mary. Mary crawled over to her friends and sat on Joey's back as well.

"Get off me!" Joey said.

"Nope, not until you say sorry for tickling me." Mary smirked.

"Nate, Shane a little help here."

"Sorry Bro, you're on your own." Shane laughed.

"Yeah, good luck." Nate laughed.

Joey growled. "All right fine. I'm sorry."

All the girls got off him. Everyone just burst into laughter. It was nice being able to have some fun again instead of being tormented by the bullies. Little did they know the real drama hadn't even started yet.

A/N next chapter some Brown and Connie fluff but also the drama begins again. For updates and sneak peeks at my future work fan me on facebook here: .com/Hopelessromanticgurl