A/N: Okay, here it is! FINALLY. That took sooo long you guys :P I hope you like it, and sorrrryyy for the wait D: Hoping this makes up for that dreadfully long period of time.

Disclaimer: I don't own WOWP/Camp Rock, or anyone in this story. Only the plot of it ^^

Normal POV

She lay on her side, rereading the note from her dreams over and over. Turning the piece of paper in her head over and over, hoping she would have the slightest clue. The note from her dream just several minutes ago woke her up. A note that had her name on it. She knew. The name started with an "A," while the rest of her name had been smudged into a charcoal mess.

At least something was coming back to her though. A part of her that should never have escaped was finding its way to the lost memories, unlocking the vault to seventeen years of knowledge that had vanished in an instant.

Alex pushed her covers back and sat up in bed, her brow still furrowed. She held out her hands, palms facing upwards, imagining the crumpled piece of paper of her imagination was still there. She stared at it, wishing that her name would be revealed to her… at least her name.

Sighing to herself, Alex realized this was the third time in a row that she'd woken up in the middle of the night. 3:43 am to be exact. Brushing her hair back, Alex stood up, mindful of her ankle, and opened her bedroom door. She walked outside of her room, and turned to the stairs. Before she could think, she ran into someone and landed on her butt with an, "Oomph," as she heard the other person do the same.

"Whoops, sorry Shane," Alex apologized, "I didn't really expect anyone else to be up this… early."

"It's all good," he said, extending a hand and helping her up after he had made his way to his feet. "What're you doing up anyways?"

"I could ask you the same question," Alex said, raising her eyebrows.

"You first," he smiled.

"Fine. I woke up because of a dream and couldn't go back to sleep."

"What dream?"

"Why are you up?"

"Gahh, fine, I had to pee. Now what dream?"

"First of all, TMI. Second, it was like… well, I was holding this note for myself, and it had my name on it, but only the first letter. 'A.' I don't know how I know it was my name, it just was. And the rest of it was blurred out," she explained.

"Ahh. So whatcha gonna do now?" Shane asked.

"I really don't know."

Shane rolled his eyes jokingly and laughed. As if it was so obvious what she should be doing at 3:45 in the morning.

"What?"

"Well, you seemed to know what you wanted to do when my brother was around this early in the morning."

Alex blushed slightly and bit her lip, starting to walk back into her room.

Shane mentally slapped himself for saying that and said, "Wait, look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. I just…"

She looked up at him and gave him a small smile, saying, "No, it's fine. I guess it's just that I feel more… comfortable with him. He's like the first person who I ever really knew that I'd really want to know. And he saved my life. You know? I'm sure you'd be more comfortable around someone if they saved your life."

Shane nodded. "So, you gonna go back to sleep or what?"

"Nope, I'm not tired anymore. It's so weird. I always wake up around this time after a dream and I'm not tired anymore. Well, at least for the past few days. But I don't have anything to do now…"

His eyes suddenly brightened. "I have an idea… follow me."

Alex complied and followed Shane through the hall to his room.

"Umm… Shane? What are we doing here?"

He rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Don't worry; nothing like that."

Alex blushed, embarrassed, and nodded.

Shane walked through his room, which was surprisingly clean, and opened a sliding glass door that led to a huge balcony. The balcony had lightly colored marble flooring and a cement railing around it, carved to look somewhat like pillars. There were three sunchairs with dark red cushions that were placed around the balcony, and a small glass coffee table was near the edge of the balcony.

Sitting down on one of the chairs, Shane invited Alex to do the same.

"Okay, so… what now?" Alex questioned.

Pointing to the sky, he answered, "We can watch the stars."

Alex looked up and gasped. She had never thought something so beautiful existed. The stars twinkled every few seconds, each in their own patterns, and lay across the sky as if someone had poured a giant bucket of glitter over a dark blue canvas. The Milky Way was splayed across this blue canvas, adding to the beauty.

"Oh my God," was all she could say.

Shane looked at her from his chair. "I know right? There aren't many street lamps around this part of the city and there's a bit less air pollution. But I've always wondered what it'd look like in a completely deserted place – no lights, no pollution – a pure, serene place where you can just watch the stars."

Alex never thought Shane could be so deep. She smiled at him, letting him know she felt the same way. "Exactly."

Shane grinned. He finally figured that she could now be considered a friend.

Mitchie POV

We finally landed in California, our hotel being closer to "the country" of California. I, for one, had no idea California even had "the country." Until now, at least.

It took us thirty minutes to drive from the airport to our hotel, and fifteen minutes to get settled there. It was already 8:15 pm, so there was no reason to go searching for Alex now. All we could do was wait for the morning to come. God only knew if we would find her.

I had a hotel room all to myself, which wasn't too bad. Luckily, Alex's family's room and mine were joined by a door that I could lock or unlock any time, so it wouldn't get too lonely.

I walked out onto the hotel balcony and sighed, looking at the beautiful stars. If Alex were here, we'd be tracing non-existent constellations and laughing to tears about what we could come up with.

The next morning, everyone woke up at 7 am and we split up. Teresa and Max, Jerry, and Justin and I were in groups. We had all charged our cell phones last night in case we needed to call each other.

Teresa and Max went to search the downtown area while Jerry went to the police department for any updates, and then was to search the beaches and restaurants. Justin and I would ask around in neighborhoods and go door to door with a picture and contact information. Fortunately, we knew the general area where Alex was supposedly spotted and we walked around that part of the neighborhood, double-checking to make sure we stopped at each house.

Around noon we stopped and decided to go out for lunch, since all I had eaten for breakfast was a banana and a granola bar. Justin picked a burger place supposedly famous for their homemade ketchup. Really?

I didn't care though, all I wanted was to eat and find my best friend.

Normal POV

Alex woke up, still sitting on the patio chair. She rubbed her eyes and ran her fingers through her slightly tangled hair. She got up and took a shower, reflecting on her recent discovery. Right now, she was most intrigued with the letter "a" and was hoping to figure her name out by the end of the day, at least.

After another movie with Frankie, he and Alex decided to go out for lunch. Rebecca would be completely fine with her taking Frankie alone, but Alex asked Nate if he wanted to join her. Shane was allowed to come too, ever since his change in personality last night, and Jason was happy to come after he finished rehearsals.

The five of them jumped into Jason's sedan and debated on a place to eat. Shane volunteered some burger restaurant by the beach famous for their ketchup. What sort of place is famous for a tomato product? Well, apparently this one.

It was a fifteen minute drive to the beach and a five minute walk to the restaurant. Alex and Frankie picked a table near a window while Shane, Nate and Jason ordered the food.

"I'm gonna go get some napkins," Shane stated.

"Mmkay," replied Jason.

Shane turned from the line and ran into someone. Again? He thought, smiling to himself.

"Sorry," Shane apologized, staring straight at a girl who looked to be about the "A-girl's" age.

"Oh, it's fine, it's my fault for not watching where I was going," she weakly smiled.

"No, no, it's okay. I'm Shane, by the way."

The girl extended her hand and he shook it.

"Mitchie," she replied.

A/N: Oh dang. What can I say? Just had to leave it at a cliffhanger. I was gonna go longer but I thought this would be a good place to end. Especially since I have a good train of thought for the next chapter :) Hope you enjoyed and I'd love to hear your comments!