Chapter 4

Mitchie walked into Caitlyn and her cabin just before Caitlyn was leaving to meet Nate.

"Ok! Now spill! You totally have a HUGE crush on Nate!" Mitchie squealed.

"Maybe...OK! YES! But so what if I do. He is such an awesome guy!"

"No, I totally love the fact that you like Nate."Mitchie insisted.

"Yeah, well he told me to meet him at the lake, so I need to go now." Caitlyn responded.

"Okay Cait. Go. Have fun. I'm gonna go say goodbye to Shane." Mitchie smiled. She knew for sure what Nate was going to tell Caitlyn. It was SO obvious. She left the cabin, and went to Shane's cabin to fill him in on the two love birds at the lake. Laughing to herself how clueless Caitlyn was.

NAITLYN NAITLYN NAITLYN NAITLYN NAITLYN NAITLYN

Caitlyn walked up to the dock by the lake to fine Nate sitting there with his guitar strumming a few chords. He was wearing dark blue skinny jeans and a rocker tee. Caitlyn was mesmerized at how amazing he looked. She took a deep breath and headed closer to him.

"Hey, that sounds good. A new song?" Caitlyn asked sitting beside Nate.

"Ya, it's still needs a lot of work, but it's getting there." He said casually.

"I like it, and when it's finished I'd love to hear you play it." She informed him.

"And I'd love to play it for you Cait." Nate responded.

Even though Nate had invited Caitlyn to the lake to tell her that he liked her, he couldn't figure out the right way to do it. He thought of just telling her straight forward, dropping hints and hoping she would figure it out, and a lot of other ideas, but what scared him the most was if he told her and she didn't like him back. He decided to take the chance.

"Caitlyn..." He began. Caitlyn looked at him nervously and nodded in response, trying to concentrate on what he was going to say, and not what she was hoping he was going to say. She just knew that it was going to be something like "I'm really going to miss you." or even "I hope we can always be friends."but instead she hoped for the best, and got ready for what was coming.

"Cait, I been wanting to tell you this for awhile now, ever since I saw you at the Beach Jam in the front row dancing to our song. I just wanted to say... that...I really um... like you a lot." Nate closed his eyes in fear, not wanting to hear what her response was.

"I like you too Nate. A lot." Caitlyn responded still in disbelief that the amazing Nate liked her, and not some stuck up famous girl like she suspected he would.

Nate smiled. Caitlyn smiled back. They sat there for another minute just smiling at each other. Looking deep into each others eyes, like they would be able to read each others minds. Eventually Nate blinked back into the real world, and looked at his watch. 9:55am. The limo to pick him up and the rest of Connect 3 would be here in 5 minutes. He knew that this might be his last chance so he gained the courage to do what he wanted to do for a very long time. Slowly leaning closer and closer in to Caitlyn he gave her a light kiss and quickly pulled way, wondering if caitlyn wanted him to do that. Obviously she did. She leaned in and gave him an even more meaningful kiss, and then slowly pulled away. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him agin. It seemed like it lasted forever, and neither of them wanted to pull away, but of course reality hit both of them. Nate's watch started beeping. Immediately they jolted apart. It read 10:00am. He knew it was time to go meet the guys, so he got up, and put out his hand for caitlyn to take.

They walked back to the main campground met up with Shane, Mitchie, and Jason.

"So is this goodbye." Caitlyn wondered sadly.

"Yes this is goodbye." Nate responded. Caitlyn could feel the tears come to her eyes.

"But goodbye...is NEVER the end." Nate added lifting Caitlyn's spirits juts a little bit. She forced a smile and gently kissed him. He kissed her back. They exchanged phone number with each other and also with Mitchie. Shane and Jason gave Caitlyn theirs, and Mitchie did the same. They all did a one big group hug, and then said their last goodbyes and went off in their separate directions, hoping the future was even better to come.

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