The rest of the weekend, Ashlyn stayed out of her dad's way as much as possible. She was also doing all of her chores, coming back before curfew and had Amy help her catch up with her homework. On Monday the girls were getting ready for school. They both had their long brown hair pulled back into ponies and both wore jeans and an Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirt. Amy's was light blue and Ashlyn's was red. Both Shane and Mitchie had to work early that morning so instead of taking a ride in one of their parents vehicles, they had to get their driver, Andy, to take them to school in the limo. They sighed and climbed in. They hated taking the limo to school because everyone always stared at them when they got out. They pulled up to the school and as usual everyone stopped to see who was there. The two girls climbed out and walked through the crowd. They got to their lockers just as the bell rang. They walked to first period together and for once, Ashlyn picked a seat at the front, next to Amy. Her usual crowd just stared at her from the back of the room. The teacher walked in and everyone settled down. For the first time in a long time, Ashlyn actually did her work and payed attention to what the teacher was saying. Finally the bell rang and Ashlyn's group came up to her.
"Hey Ash, We didn't realize you became such a prep."
"Ya, we were going to ask you to hang out but I guess you have funner things to do. Like study or something." They were all laughing. Ashlyn just glared at them at walked out of the classroom.
"Hey, what's her problem?" Clara asked Amy.
"Dad's not letting her go to Camp Rock." Everyone became silent. They all knew that Amy and Ashlyn were awesome singers and it was their dream of going to Camp Rock just like their parents had. With that, Amy turned around and marched out of the class too. The rest of the day went on without much incident. The rest of the week went by too. Finally it was Friday. Now they only had half a week of school to get through. Finally the last bell rung and Amy and Ashlyn made their way outside. They saw their Dad's vehicle and made their way through the crowd to get in. Suddenly someone stepped in front of them. They looked up and frowned. In front of them was their worst enemy, Brook Taylors.
"So I hear that you're not going to Camp Rock anymore. I guess your daddy even realized that you can't sing to save your life" Ashlyn looked like she was ready to start a fight. Again. Amy pulled her back and whispered in her ear.
"ASH! Dad is right there. You really don't want him to see you fight right now!" Ashlyn just sighed and let her sister pull her to the vehicle. They could still hear Brook and her friends laughing as they climbed in.
"Hey, what was that all about?" Shane asked as they buckled their seatbelts.
"Umm... nothing really. Brook was just saying some things." Shane looked at his daughters through the rear view mirror and raised his eyebrows. Amy shrugged and Ashlyn just glared out the window. As soon as they got home Ashlyn grabbed her bag and stormed into the house. Amy followed closely behind her but Shane grabbed her arm before she got to the house.
"What happened?" Shane gave her a no-nonsense look. Amy considered lying for a moment but soon gave it up. She was horrible at lying.
"Brook just said some stuff."
"What kind of stuff?"
"Well she heard that Ash wasn't allowed to go to Camp Rock..."
"And?"
"She said that even you realized that Ashlyn couldn't sing to save her life." Amy looked at the ground when she said this and when her dad didn't answer she looked up. Shane was frowning but luckily Amy was spared from saying anything else when her mother pulled into the driveway. Shane looked up and Amy slid out of his grip and ran into the house. She dumped her empty bag on the floor and looked for her sister. She wasn't downstairs or on the second floor but as soon as Amy came up the stairs to the second floor she could hear music coming from upstairs. She climbed to the third floor and found Ashlyn sitting in the living room with the TV on. Amy smiled when she saw who was on the TV. Seth Tyler was singing his new song for the audience on some talk show. Seth was only 14, like the twins, but thanks to his mom Tess Tyler he had got into the music business as soon as they found out he could sing, which was when he was 8. Seth was tall, blue eyed, and had longish blonde hair that reminded Amy of what her dad's had looked like when he went to Camp Rock. Amy quietly went and slid next to Ashlyn on the couch.
"Hey Ash"
"You told him didn't you?"
"Well... Umm ... Ya" Ashlyn glared at her sister. "Hey! I didn't have a choice!" Ashlyn just rolled her eyes and went back to staring at the TV. They were quiet for a few minutes and neither of them were really paying attention to what Seth and the talk show host were talking about.
"..... do you have any plans for this summer?" the talk show host was talking to Seth still.
"Well actually I do. I am going to go to a camp that my mom went to when she was my age. It's called Camp Rock" Ashlyn and Amy sat up as soon as they heard this. Ashlyn groaned at threw a pillow at the TV and stalked out of the room. Amy sighed and smiled to herself. She followed her sister down the stairs. Suddenly she heard Shane yelling from downstairs.
"AMY... ASHLYN! COME DOWN HERE!" Amy looked suspiciously at her sister. What could she have possibly done now? They found their parents in the living room. Mitchie was just getting off of the phone. That was not a good sign. "We just got a call from your principal."
"B-b-but dad! I haven't done anything! I swear!" Ashlyn was starting to panic. Mitchie was the one to speak next.
"Oh but it seems that you have done a lot in the past week." Amy gave her sister an exasperated look. Was it really that hard to stay out of trouble? Then Shane surprised them by smiling.
"Your principal called to say that you have been doing exceptional in school the past week. He said that all the teachers were really impressed by all the extra work you have been doing to get your grades up..." Ashlyn just kept staring at her dad. Her face portrayed no emotion at all. "... so we have decided to let you go to Camp Rock" Ashlyn's face looked sceptical.
"Is this because of what happened with Brook today?" Mitchie looked up with a puzzled expression on her face. She was about to say something when Shane replied.
"No. If you kept this up we were going to tell you at the end of the school year. The thing with Brook just sped it up." As his words sunk in, a smile spread across Ashlyn's face. She jumped up and ran to hug her mom and her dad.
"OH MY GOD!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!" Everyone started laughing as Ashlyn ran up the stairs to call her friends and tell them the good news.
i dont really like the end of this chapter... anyways sorry its so long. i wanted to get to the part where ashlyn is allowed to go to camp. and thanks to all of you who reviewed =]
