Hey there all! Here's chapter 2 for ya. Enjoy!

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Clear to me now
I've got a whole new perspective
It's so clear to me now
You can't treat me that way
It appears to me how long you tried to make me think

It was me who was bein' the fake
So clear

Clear – Miley Cyrus

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Days went on with me and Caitlyn trying to act as normally as we could around eachother. And what didn't help my nerves: she was finding the situation really uncomfortable, what made her do anything to escape any opportunity to hang out with me.

The boys from Connect 3 were really confused, because they had seen how we were acting around eachother and that was everything but usual…All of it was getting in the way of our daily activities at the Camp, because I was too much concerned of what might happen to care totally about the music rehearsals and all of the other stuff.

So that afternoon Shane appeared at my dorm's door with a worried face that made me gulp as soon as he stepped in.

"Hey, Mitchie." He said, sending me a smile that showed pure concern.

"Hey." I smiled back at him, trying my best not to show how I was feeling.

Yes, it's true…I've had a crush on Shane. But that was only during my first year at Camp…

'Cause after I started getting closer to Caitlyn everything seemed to change. Shane had now turned into a friend…almost like a big brother, I would say.

And I didn't know if ego-boy would take well the fact that I didn't fancy him anymore.

"So...what's up?" he said, sitting on an armchair at the dorm's corner. I sat on my bed and looked at him. "You seem...different, Mitchie."

"I know." I simply said. "I've changed, Shane."

"That I could notice." He said, serious. "I mean...you've been totally distracted lately. It's ruining your effort on the Camp's activities." I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.

"I know that, and I'm sorry..." I said. "But you gotta know it's not entirely my fault." He raised an eyebrow.

"Is something troubling you?"

"Actually, yes..." I said. "Caitlyn."

"Caitlyn." He said, clearly still confused. "What about her?" Well, everyone will end up finding out anyway...so why not?

"I need to know if I can trust you with this, Shane." I said with a really serious expression on my face. "I mean, I've know you for what...two years now? And I have the problem of trusting people way too quickly." As I said that, he got up and kneeled down in front of me, his eyes locking on mine.

"Mitchie, you know you can trust me with anything..." he said. At that moment I got nervous...because what I was about to tell him would surely hurt him. I felt a tear rolling down my cheek.

"Please don't get mad at me..." I said, almost begging him. For my surprise, he pulled me closer wrapping my arms around me.

"I promise you, Mitchie...no matter what it is, it'll be all right." He whispered softly in my ear. I hugged him back, gripping my hands on his T-Shirt. And I knew he could feel me shuddering.

"Shane, I'm in love with Caitlyn." I said in one sigh. I felt him tighten his grip around me and that made me calm down a bit.

"Oh, Mitchie..." he said softly. "That's why you've been so depressed?" As I couldn't say anything, I just nodded into his chest. "It's gonna be all right, you'll see..."

"I'm not sure, Shane..." I said sadly. "I've told her."

"You...?"

"Yeah..."

"Oh..." he let go of me to go back on looking into my eyes. "And what did she say?"

"Well, she said she just wants to be friends..." I said. That made my heart sting for a fraction of moment, but I tried to shake it away.

"But she didn't get mad at you or anything, did she?" asked Shane, worried.

"No…" I said. "Things are ok for now. But I fear they won't stay like that…" I looked down and then I felt Shane's hand grabbing mine.

"If they don't…I just want you to know that you can count on me." He said. I smiled at him. At least I had someone to comfort me though all this…

…

"Mitchie, don't look that way!"

"What are you talkin' about, Shane…?"

Nate and Caitlyn.

Caitlyn and Nate.

Kissing.

Without even caring that everyone was looking.

I felt like my heart was just hit by a bullet as I froze on the spot, and suddenly I couldn't turn my gaze away from them. How…how could she do that to me?! Don't my feelings mean anything to her?!

"Mitchie…" I heard Shane's concerned voice before storming out of the Night Jam with tears full of hurt in my eyes.

That night, after wandering at the woods by myself for a while, I went back to my dorm in a painfully slow walk. Only to find Caitlyn sitting at the small house's front porch.

"Hey there." I said, flashing a smile to her, which quickly faded as I noticed her serious expression. She sighed before looking up at me, her eyes practically piercing me…and that gave me a really bad feeling.

"Mitchie, I need to talk to you." She said. I gulped, but she signaled for me to sit down next to her.

"Um…what's up, Caitlyn?" I asked, nervous. She rubbed the back of her neck as for showing this was being hard for her, and that only made me be more sure that something bad was about to happen.

"Mitchie…this is getting really complicated." She said. "It's just not comfortable for me."

"Caitlyn…" I said, starting to get breathless. "We promised we wouldn't let things get awkward…"

"That's the problem: things are awkward…" she said. "And I know you want more than friendship, but I just don't feel like that for you…I don't want more."

"I know that…" I said. Things were heading to a path I really didn't want to meet. "And I respect it…that's my point."

"But it's kinda strange for me to still have you as a friend." She said. I felt my eyes widening and my heart started racing. No…! "I mean, we can still say "hi" to eachother. But…"

"Please don't do that…!" I let out in an almost strangled tone.

"Why?" she said. I couldn't believe it…I was loosing her. "I mean…you'll just keep living in fantasy, ok? So it'll be good for both of us."

"I'm way over living in fantasy...I don't think like that anymore." I said, desperately trying to make her change her mind. "I mean, screw my feelings, your friendship comes first!" She just stayed silent, looking down. And I started to feel all my hopes being drifted for me. "I couldn't stand loosing it."

"Why not?" she asked. Why…why would you ask something like that, Caitlyn?

"C'mon…" I begged. "Why can't things be like before?" She looked up at me, once more piercing me with her eyes.

"'Cause now it's different…" she said. "…Now I know the truth."

"But please say…why can't you lose my friendship?" she asked with pleading eyes. "Why?"

"Because you're too important to me!" I cried.

"HOW DID I GET THIS IMPORTANT TO YOU IF WE DON'T EVEN SPEAK TO EACHOTHER?" she yelled out. My eyes got wide and I couldn't believe her sudden anger. "HOW?"

"We…we used to be good friends!" I said, suddenly feeling like I was about to die and had no escape.

"When?" she said. "'Cause I don't remember, really." BAM. That was the one heartless strike…and I wasn't ready to take it. "We were partners here in Camp around five times, JUST THAT." I looked down feeling tears running down my cheeks. This can't be…it just can't…!

"So you were like…pretending to care about me all this time…?"I asked with my voice cracking due to the huge hurt I was feeling.

"Noooo…!"she said. "We were just mates…not best friends as you are sayin'." I raised my head and she looked away from my eyes, staring at the horizon. "I've got best friends back at home..." At that point, I realized I hadn't felt that hurt in my entire life…this was just too much. Caitlyn sighed once more, but she did not move her gaze. "You talk to me like we were friends for such a long time…and inseparable friends. I mean, you don't even know me well…" That's why I wanted to get closer to you! I was afraid that she was right…I didn't. My heart was now aching so much that the tears wouldn't stop falling. She finally looked down at me and I noticed her frowning.

"I'm not tryin' to hurt you, ok? I'm just tellin' the truth." She said. I stayed silent. "If it does hurt, it's not my intention…"

"Of course it hurts!" I snapped out.

"I…I know, I'm just trying to let that clear." She said, sighing. "…But the truth you told me two days ago shocked me…and I wasn't ready to deal with it."

"It's not my fault, and you know it." I said. "I didn't choose this…"

"Of course we choose!" she said. "You chose tokeep followin' me around all the time, and one consequence is that you've fallen in love with me."

I looked up at her again…her face showed a bunch of mixed emotions. I was hurt…really hurt. And she seemed to feel at least a bit bad for having done that to me…

But something in her eyes told me that this wasn't the end…a lot more things, either good or bad, would happen form now on.

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Whoa…I wonder what will happen next…

If you're curious…no, I did not take all of that only from my imagination. That actually happened to me…

Of course I've made some tiny changes.

And Lilly, if you ever read this…this isn't an "attack" fic or anything; I just needed to write this out of me…You know that I'm not mad at you.

Anyway…not sure if I should've put those last sentences here… XP

Just don't ask…my life's my life.

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