If I were in your shoes
chapter 2
the next morning
MPOV
last night was so fun, me and caitlyn went to get dinner at the mess hall and she introduced me to all of her friends, they're all so talented and confident. There were a lot of rumours about shane gray, some said he wasn't coming anymore, some said he'd gone to rehab, then there was one rumour that we were all sure wasn't true, apparently someone saw him go into tess' cabin last night with tess. One guess as to who started that rumour?
My alarm went off at 6:30 and me and caitlyn got ready, after I told her last night about my mom being the cook she said she'd help us too. I put on the clothes I had picked out last night – a purple you me at six t-shirt and black skinny jeans with purple converse – and put my hair in a ponytail then straightened my fringe. Caitlyn had an orange tank top and black shorts with orange tights and black converse. We set off to the kitchen, which took us a good ten minutes thanks to where our cabin was. When we got their my mom was placing plates of pancakes onto a tray.
"hey mom!" I hugged her from the side.
"hey sweetie, who's this?" she said smiling at caitlyn.
"I'm caitlyn, nice to meet you Mrs torres" caitlyn said.
"well hi caitlyn, you can call me Connie, Mrs torres makes me feel old." my mom and caitlyn laughed.
We quickly put out pancakes, eggs, bacon, cereal, toast and fruit then my mom asked me to take the juice out, it was in a big jug so I had to use both hands, which meant using a door handle was out of the question. I backed into the door and turned around quickly once I was through the door.
I bumped into someone.
"will you watch where you're going, you nearly spilt juice on me!" the voice, a male. Screamed at me.
"sorry." I muttered and put down the juice jug onto the table.
When I turned around I saw none other than shane gray standing there. So I guess he really is a jerk, or not a morning person.
"do you work in the kitchen?" he said sharply, as if I wasn't worth his time, well two of us can play that game.
"yes."
"can you give this to the cook?"
"no."
"why?"
"do it yourself."
"do you know who I am?" he ask incredulously.
"yes." and with that I walked back into the kitchen, he followed me.
my mom noticed my annoyance and her eyes travelled to the raven haired pop star behind me.
"can I help you?" my mom asked him politely.
"uhm well yes, this is my allergy list. Could you please make sure none of this is in my food?" he asked nicely.
Wow. Shane gray and nice. There's two words you don't normally find together.
"sure honey."
"thank you." he smiled at my mom then pulled me by the arm out of the kitchen.
"what the hell?" I asked, who did he think he was to just pull me away from my best friend and mother.
"sorry, look I just wanted to apologize for before, I was in a foul mood. I just got here this morning, I don't know where my cabin is and my band won't even stay with me. Anyway I shouldn't have took it out on you."
"uhm, it's ok" I said awkwardly and he grinned at me which made me smile automatically.
"don't suppose you know where my cabin is do you?"
"i might. What number is it?"
"003" I laughed, of course the lead singer of connect 3 would have cabin number 3.
he rolled his eyes. "oh ha ha, connect 3, cabin 003. I know, I know. So anyway, know where it is?"
hmm, oh god. Mine and caitlyn's cabin is 002, which means shane's is one of the two other ones close to it.
"you're in luck, it's near where my cabin is. Meet me outside after breakfast and I'll show you?"
"uhm ok," he stood there awkwardly, then I realised, he has no friends here. Sure he has fans. But no friends. I mean I'm sure he's a jerk, but he has his moments.
"hey shane?"
his head snapped up as soon as I said his name
"want to sit with me and caitlyn for breakfast?"
"hah, I'm a rock star. I could sit with anyone I want. What makes you think I'd choose to sit with you?" well I guess the nice act can only last for so long. I rolled my eyes and walked away.
Once me and caitlyn had opened up the mess hall and got our food we sat at a table in the corner of the mess hall by ourselves.
"so what was all that with shane gray?" caitlyn asked raising her eyebrows.
"oh I was just telling how you like him in his tight tight jeans." her jaw dropped.
"you. Did. Not."
"no, I didn't. But you'll be happy to hear his cabin is right near ours. I said I'd show him after breakfast. Want to come with?"
"ok then, as long as you don't embarrass me, after all he is famous."
"fine, c'mon I said i'd meet him outside."
we put our plates on the pile of dirty dishes and went outside to find shane gray sat on the steps looking miserable and lonely.
"come on then, if I'm worthy of your time."
he rolled his eyes and followed me as I strode off down the path.
"hey i'm caitlyn." I heard her introduce herself.
"and that's mitchie."
"well I'm shane, but you probably already knew that." oh great. Big headed pop star.
"actually I didn't. I'm not a mind reader you see" I laughed at caitlyn then shane sped up so he was walking next to me.
"oh no. shane gray walked away from me, I'm heartbroken." caitlyn called from behind.
"how far is my cabin from here?" he asked looking annoyed.
"about 5 minutes, it's far away from most of the cabins. But it's near mine and caitlyns, then there's a spare one. Which I assume is for you band mates?" he nodded, then kept walking whilst looking at the ground.
When we got to our cabin I told shane which one was his and went inside. I really couldn't be bothered with being offended by someone who used to inspire me.
Well that was until he became a jerk, at first I thought it was just rumours, but oh no. he had to go prove them right.
Everyone had the first two days off camp free because some schools hadn't finished yet and brown thought it'd be unfair for some kids to miss out. Which meant friendless shane would be moping around. Brilliant.
I went outside and sat on the ground next to the camp fire and started on a new song I'd thought of earlier.
"mitchie right?" shane asked and I nodded, he sat on the ground next to me.
"i feel like all I'm doing today is apologizing to you, but I am sorry for saying your not worthy, I don't know. Everyone thinks I am a jerk, I am most of the time but sometimes when I'm a jerk to people who don't deserve it I feel horrible. I don't want to be a jerk to you. You seem different. But if we were friends then I know I'd end up being horrible to you anyway, out of habit."
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