So...you're all probably wondering what took me so long to update...so let me just say it right now. I AM SO FREAKIN SORRY THAT IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO UPDATE! I've been a little busy. Like I said before, I was getting gradumahwated and dealing with my grad party and just trying to relax after that, but now I am settled into my routine and will be updating more often.

That being said, this story is winding down soon. I know that I said last chapter "Hey, we've still got a lot more!" but in reality...we don't. I'm going to guess there are about 5 more chapters, give or take one or two. But, that's okay because I have a new story in mind called "Meet Me At The Alter" and basically, it's about Shane and Mitchie, getting married. But Mitchie is on her first World Tour and needs to leave the tour in order to make it back home for her wedding. Along the way, she does crazy things, meets crazy people and has a crazy adventure. It's kind of like The Hangover...but at the same time, it's not really like The Hangover. But yeah, I'm trying to reach out into comedy a bit more. What do you think? Should I try it?

Thank you to everyone who congratulated me on graduating. It was a very beautiful ceremony and I didn't cry at all! I cried BEFORE the graduation ceremony when my teacher was reading Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss. I was soup! He is one of the main reasons I am still here on this planet with you all and I am so blessed to have met him.

Anyways, you guys have been hoping for this chapter for a few days, here it is! :)

My eyes opened to see two huge eyes.

Two huge brown eyes.

"Mija!" a familiar voice exclaimed before I was enveloped in a comforting hug.

"Mom?" I whispered hoarsely. She pulled away and looked down at me. I looked back up at her and saw the concern in her eyes. I closed my eyes, scared that she would start yelling at me for hurting myself or being drunk when I did it or for being reckless and causing so much drama at camp, but instead she took my hand.

"Mija, I thought I lost you," she murmured, stroking my head. I felt the guilt bubble up. I put stress on my mom. I had caused her more pain.

"I'm sorry. I'm such a burden," I whispered.

"No baby! You're not a burden. I promise you're not. Honey, you're the reason I wake up in the morning. You're the reason I haven't given up," Mom said quietly. There was a soft knock at the door. We both looked over and saw Brown standing there with a soft smile on his face. He walked over to the other side of my bed.

"How are you feeling Mitchie?" he asked. I sighed.

"Sore," I replied. He nodded and looked down at my cut up wrist that was now covered in bandages. I watched his eyes get misty and quickly look up. He cleared his throat and sniffled.

"You have a couple of visitors. Caitlyn, Nate, Jason, Tess and Ella," he said.

"That's a little more than a couple Brown," I said with a small, playful smile. His face lit up slightly and he nodded.

"Do you want to see them?" he asked. I hesitated, but nodded in the end. He and my mom left the room and they all came in, one by one. Once they were all in the room, it was filled with this awkward tension. I cleared my throat and smiled at them all.

"I thought you weren't talking to me," I said. I didn't mean for it to come out harsh, just curious as to why they were here.

"We all realized that you obviously didn't try to steal Shane from Peggy," Tess started softly.

"How'd you come to realize that? When the guilt started eating away at you when you realized that you all abandoned me again?" I said. I knew that was harsh, but thinking about it made me realize that they deserved this.

"No. We noticed it when you walked away from Shane," Caitlyn said, looking down.

"That was three weeks ago. It took you all three weeks to say anything to me. I had to be put into the hospital before anyone thought of me apparently!" I exclaimed.

"Mitchie, just listen to us. It looks bad! You and Shane…you were together for a long time…and then you come back into the picture and they break up and you're at the center of it all…what were we supposed to believe?" Ella asked. Ella, sweet, innocent Ella, who had stuck by me all year, had finally turned away with the rest of them.

"Believe me! I didn't want them to break up! I wanted them to stay together! It was Shane's choice to break up with Peggy, not a seed I planted in his head!" I exclaimed.

"Shane said you two slept together. Is that true?" Jason asked. I looked at all of my friends. I bowed my head in shame.

"Yes. The first night back to camp. I didn't know that he and Peggy were together and he didn't bother telling me," I admitted.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Caitlyn asked. I looked up.

"I didn't come to steal Shane from Peggy. Do you really think I was going to tell you that I gave my virginity to him?" I asked. I saw Jason and Nate both grimace, but I ignored their discomfort. Nate sighed and sat on my bed.

"We're not here to fight with you Mitchie. We're here to apologize. We're sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that I didn't see the signs that you were hurting yourself. I'm sorry that I didn't see what this was doing to you. I'm sorry that I abandoned you," he said. Nate was like my brother. He always has been and he always will be. But I had never known that my actions could affect somebody so much.

"I'm sorry that I gave you a reason to abandon me," I whispered quietly. Nate shook his head.

"You didn't give us a reason. We all thought we had a reason and we ran with it. We didn't even let you tell your side of the story. I'm so sorry Mitch," he said, pulling me into a hug. Suddenly, everybody surrounded me in a hug.

There was a soft knock on the door. I looked up and saw a nervous Peggy standing in the doorway. I smiled lightly at her and motioned her to come in. The others pulled away and backed up. She came over to the bedside and looked down at me nervously.

"How are you?" she asked quietly. I shrugged.

"I've been better," I admitted. She bit her lip lightly.

"Look…I'm sorry for accusing you of stealing Shane from me," she said. My eyebrows rose in surprise. I wasn't expecting to hear that from her. She cleared her throat before saying, "I knew that you had nothing to do with it. I know it was Shane's decision. I knew it was coming from the moment that I heard that you were back at camp. I just wanted someone to blame other than him."

I sat there, looking at my hands, trying to figure out what I was going to say. I bit my lip as I thought back to that moment where she turned on me. I knew that what I was about to say could really burn a bridge or two, but I couldn't just roll over anymore.

"Peggy…I'm not sure what you were hoping for by coming here. If you were coming to clear your conscious, then you've cleared it. If you've come to get my forgiveness, then I'm sorry, but you're not getting it," I said honestly. Peggy put all of her weight onto one leg, popping her hip lightly as she crossed her arms. I recognized this posture before. It was the "I don't understand, but I'm not going to ask for an explanation, I just expect you to give me one" pose. I just sat there, waiting for her to ask. I needed her to ask me. Nobody else. Moments later, she caved.

"If it's not too much, why can't you forgive me?" she asked. I straightened up, feeling a sense of power.

"Peggy…you dated Shane. I didn't say it out loud, but that bothered me more than anything. You were one of my best friends and yes, I may have kicked you all out of my life, but that doesn't mean I would be okay with you dating the one person I have ever loved. It didn't matter if it was you. I would have felt the same if it was Caitlyn, Ella or Tess.

"Second, you blamed me for breaking you up. I didn't do anything but be myself. I tried distancing myself from Shane just so this wouldn't happen, but that clearly didn't do anything.

"Finally, you just admitted that you blamed me because you couldn't blame him. Why on Earth would I forgive you? Peggy, I can't just turn around and forgive you. You caused everyone to turn away from me. You knew that I was earning everyone's trust and you saw an opportunity to tear me down because you didn't get the guy," I finished. I saw her biting her cheek. I'm sure she wanted nothing more than to retaliate, but the thing was…I was right, and she knew it.

She wordlessly nodded and exited the room. I looked at the others who had come. I smiled lightly at them as they looked at me in shock.

"I didn't think you would be so…mean?" Tess said. I laughed lightly and shook my head.

"I'm not mean. I'm just telling the truth. I understand that I cut you all off…but she couldn't have really expected me to be okay with her and Shane," I stated.

"Mitchie…I think what Tess is trying to say is that, I don't think Peggy deserved that. I mean, sure, we all know why you cut us off, but she didn't when they started dating. I'm sure they didn't think you'd ever come back to camp," Nate said. I looked down at my hands. He was right. I sighed heavily.

"Look…I'm sorry, but could you all go?" I said, feeling a ton of guilt start weighing down on my chest. I looked out the window as my friends wordlessly began filing out of the room. I'm sure they would all go and console Peggy when they got back, but I didn't want to worry about them anymore. I just wanted to rest.

I sat wordlessly in my room. They were going to be keeping me here another day. I relaxed and flipped through the few channels that the hospital offered to the patients. Nothing was on except gossip shows. Oh joy.

"Can I come in?" a voice called. I looked up and saw Shane standing at the door with a small orchid. He remembered I loved orchids.

"Sure, what's up?" I asked as he stepped into the room.

"Just wanting to see how you are doing," he said. I rolled my eyes.

"What are you really doing here Shane?" I asked, not buying his bullshit. He sighed.

"Mitchie…I want to talk to you about us," he said.

"What us? There is no 'us' anymore," I said. He groaned.

"Mitchie, come on. I want to be able to call you my girlfriend. I want to have a reason to fly out from my tour just to see you. I want to be able to call you at any time because I need to hear your voice. I want to kiss you in the middle of Times Square on New Years' Eve. I want to take you to your senior prom next year and see you off to your first day of college. I want to marry you someday. I want to have children with you. I want to grow old with you Mitchie Torres. I want to fix your heart. I want to protect you from the whole world. Please Mitchie?" Shane begged. I felt my heart soar at his declaration. I looked away, trying to will myself not to cry. I would not cry.

"Shane…I can't just say yes," I whispered.

"Why not?" he asked quietly.

"Look at where we are Shane! We're in a hospital! I can't just let you back in because I'm clearly not ready for it!" I exclaimed. Shane sighed and ran a hand threw his hair.

"Mitchie, please," he begged again. I looked away.

"Just go," I whispered, feeling my heart shatter. But I knew that it was best. As soon as the door clicked shut, I broke down into sobs.

It was just like pouring salt into an open wound.

I looked around my hospital room. This had been my safe area while my wrist healed. Okay, so it had only been two days, but I still loved the fact that I could send people out and not have to worry about being yelled at. Today I had to face everyone. My mother, who would be fussing over me, Brown, who would also be fussing over me, Shane, who would be demanding an explanation, Peggy, who I would have to apologize to for snapping at her, and every single nosy camper at Camp Rock. I personally just wish that I had missed the end of the summer so I didn't have to deal with all of the gossip that was bound to be centered around me and my latest freak out.

I walked quietly out into the hall and peered around the corner and saw my mom and Brown walking towards the room, looking to be in a deep conversation. I quickly ducked back into the room, but only around the corner so I could hear their conversation. Yeah, sure I was being rude, but I'm a teenager. Sue me.

"Brown, I just don't know if now would be a good time to tell Mitchie. I mean, she clearly has a lot going on for her right now. I'm going to need to just be there for her a hell of a lot more than I have been this past year. I think that this would just be another trigger if we were to just drop it on her like a bomb," Mom said, sounding extremely nervous.

"I totally agree. But Connie, I don't think that we should wait too long to tell her. I mean…imagine what she'll say if we keep it from her for too long. She might think that you've been going behind her back," Brown stated. My eyebrow rose in curiosity. What was going on?

"You're right. So we'll tell her right after Final Jam. That way she'll be happy when we tell her," Mom said quietly.

"Alright. If you say so. Mother knows best," Brown said.

"And don't you forget it," my mom replied. It almost sounded as if they were…flirting. I heard it get silent and I poked my head around the corner of the door. My jaw dropped as I witnessed something I had never even considered happening.

My mom.

Kissing.

Brown.

Tada! What do you guys think? It was actually really hard for me to write this chapter. I kind of wrote myself into a corner and I was quite sure how I was going to get out of it. But I think I did a pretty good job in fixing it. Which is kind of why the story is going to be ending sooner than I was expecting. It's going to be weird, ending this story.

I haven't gotten to know you all on such a deep and personal level like I was able to do with some of my readers from Speak now, and I'd really like to get to know you all better, so in your reviews, do me a favor and answer 3 things.

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I'll answer them all! 1. Call me Tianna. It's my real name and it's pronounced "Tee-aww-nuh" or "Tiana" :) 2. My favorite fandom is the one that I write for the most, Camp Rock! :) I just feel like it's a tight-knit community. 3. My favorite color is PURPLE! :) And yet, I'm BubblegumPenguins...not PurplePenguins...Oh well!

Anyways, I'd love to get 5 reviews before I update again, which will hopefully be either tonight or tomorrow.

Love you all!
Tianna