DISCLAIMER: I DO NOTOWN CAMP ROCK OR ITS ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, NOR DO I OWN ANY SONGS OR QUOTES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS FIC!
Chapter 5
Mitchie's P.O.V.:
It was time for lunch and I had just finished helping mom make it. I took the last tray of spaghetti and sides and put it on the buffet table. I found my friends already sitting and waiting for me.
"Hey guys," I said sitting down with my food.
"Hey, this is really good. I'm gonna have to tell your mom it's my birthday or something so she'll make me a special cake," said Sander.
"No need to, I can ask her what she's making for desert tonight," I said laughing.
We were all talking when Tess and her friends walked past our table. Caitlyn's foot was sitting in the aisle-way and Tess almost tripped.
"I'm so sorry," Caitlyn said looking up to see who almost fell. "Actually I'm so not." She said upon seeing Tess.
"Oh really?" she said with a glare. She then dumped some of her spaghetti on Caitlyn's shoulder.
"Hey," yelled Sierra.
"Okay, that was on purpose." said Caitlyn.
"Does it matter? Anything on that outfit would be an improvement!" she yelled. "See?" she said dumping more food on Caitlyn.
Caitlyn responded by throwing some of her food back at Tess.
"Guys stop!" I yelled getting between them, but they just continued, now pelting me with food.
"I can't believe you just did that!" yelled Tess.
"Neither can I." said Brown.
He came over to the table and pointed out all three of us towards the door. "I hate when I have to be uncool."
"Brown they didn't do anything!" said Michael.
"You want to tell me what they did do?"
"Tess started it. She purposely tipped her food onto Caitlyn twice." He said.
"No I didn't, did I girls?" she said turning towards Ella and Peggy.
"Well you did but-"
"Shut up Ella!"
"Alright! You and you have kitchen duty for the rest of the week." He said to both Caitlyn and Tess.
"What? I can't do that! I don't belong in the kitchen with the help! That's what Mitchie and her mom are for!"
"Hey! My mom has nothing to do with this!"
"ALRIGHT! I don't want to hear any of it. You will do kitchen duty or you will leave. I hate being uncool!" he said as he left the Dining hall.
"Oh, you're so going to pay for this. I do not do kitchen work!" yelled Tess as she stormed off, her friends following.
"At least you guys get to spend more time together," said Jared. "Any chance of a secret make-out I can watch?" He asked.
"Keep playing, the only way you're going get a make-out with anyone is paying." said Sierra.
"Why can I not make a joke?"
"You know why..."
The rest of lunch was spent with the two going back and forth, us laughing, and being a little grossed out when they made up; regular life for Jared and Sierra.
The rest of the week hasn't been so bad surprisingly. Tess came to kitchen duty and didn't talk unless it was absolutely necessary which was beautiful. She did glare at me, Caitlyn and my mom a lot though.
I was on my way back to the kitchen from the food storage shed with a box chips my mom needed when I bumped into Shane on the dock.
"You hungry?" he asked, laughing at the large box in my hands.
"Just a little bit." I joked back laughing.
"Do you have a minute?" he asked.
"Um... sure." I agreed unable to say no to the look on his face. He seems to really want something, why not?
"I want to run something by you."
He offered me a seat next to him on the dock, grabbed his and began to play.
Every time I think I'm closer to the heart
Of what it means to know just who I am
I think I finally found a better place to start
But no one ever seems to understand
I need to try to get to where you are
Could it be you're not that far?
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you
Gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you
I gotta find you
Been feeling lost
Can't find the words to say
Spending all my time stuck in yesterday
Where you are, is where I wanna be
Next to you, you next to me
Oh
I need to find you
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you
Gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you
I Gotta find you
"Wow!"" was all I could say.
"I know it's not finished but-"
"No! No, it's really good. And I don't lie. What brought that out of you if I may ask Mr. Cookie-cutter pop star?"
"A lot of things. Here, you... you and this camp helped remind me of my old self." He answered with a small laugh.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked looking at the gleam in his eye and a smile on his face.
"I don't know. You seem different... good different." He said still looking at me with kindness and something I couldn't identify.
"Um, I'd better get these chips back to the kitchen." I said rising and grabbing the box and walking away.
One week later:
Pajama Jam
Before I knew it, it was time for Pajama Jam and all of the girls and I were in my cabin getting ready. The guys, Sierra and I had already decided what to perform and we'd practiced enough.
Once everyone was ready we all left and walked down to one of studio cabins where the jam was being held. We met up with the boys and Lola and went in to find Caitlyn waiting by one of the walls watching some campers dance.
"Hey Cait." I greeted.
"Hey guys, just in time, I'm up next. Wish me luck." She said as she walked up to the mini stage area waiting to be introduced.
Just then, Tess came and walked over to her friends who looked upset at her appearance.
I know what you mean. No one wants to see her.
"Are we ready?" she asked them.
"Where are your t-shirt and shorts?" asked Ella.
"Yeah, thought that we were supposed to wear the same thing." Said Peggy
"The backup singers should wear the same thing, not the lead singer, hello." Said Tess, as though it should have been obvious.
Before either of them could say anything else, Dee came on stage and introduced Caitlyn as the next performer.
She hit a key on her laptop and began playing the keyboard along with the beat. She was doing really good and in the corner of the room I could see Shane nodding along with the music.
Ella pointed it out to Tess and suddenly, "Help! Help, there's a snake!" screamed Tess, pointing to an extension cord.
"It's just the power chord to the sound system." Said Dee.
"Oh, right," Tess said innocently. "My bad."
Shane shook his head at her and left.
"You are so full of it!" yelled Caitlyn.
"What?" asked Tess.
"You can't stand that someone might like what other people do!"
Tess proceeded to make a lame had gesture that translated into "whatever major loser".
"Okay, what does that even mean?" asked Caitlyn.
Seriously? That is so old!
"'Whatever major loser'?" I asked laughing. "Really Tess? That is so five years ago." I said causing everyone else to laugh.
Tess stormed out of the room in her usual fashion.
"Are you alright?" I stood next to Caitlyn.
"Yeah, I'm good. Thanks!"
The rest of night thankfully went on without any more scenes and disruptions.
Tess' P.O.V.:
Tess' Cabin
"I can't believe she would embarrass me like that! Who does she think she is? She's practically a maid for god's sake! What makes her think she has the right to talk to me like that?" I ranted to myself. I can't stand her! Ever since she got here people have been kissing up to her like she's somebody! She's the daughter to the camp cook! I sighed in deep frustration running my hand through my hair. The light caught my charm bracelet and I smiled aa it glimmered. I'm going to get her back for ruining my night! I could be in Shane's cabin right now, but no. Time to pay! I thought as I slipped past the straggling campers outside and made my way to the kitchen.
Luckily the door was unlocked so I wouldn't have to break any nails trying to pry it open. I looked around for just the perfect place where I could hide my bracelet so it wouldn't be seen before I needed it to be.
Bingo. I thought as I removed my bracelet and placed it with great precision under a stack of cook books next to the stove.
Shane's P.O.V.:
Shane's cabin:
I was pacing around, looking at the note pad of new lyrics for the song I was working on for me and the guys. It was completely different from what the label would want so I was going to try and get the guys to come out and perform it with me here first to see the reaction of an audience and then pitch the idea to the label. Maybe I'll get Mitchie's opinion too. I thought just as my phone rang.
It was Nate and Jason. They almost immediately started arguing over something stupid and I had to keep getting them back on track. They could tell that something was up with me and had to keep reassuring them that I was fine.
"I'm better than fine actually. There's this girl here and... I don't know. She's just different. She's not scared to call me on crap that I do."
"You have a crush? Aw, how cute! Are you gonna marry her? When-" asked Jason.
"No, I'm not going to marry her! She's a friend. It's Mitchie, the girl I was telling you about before."
"I thought you guys hated each other." Said Jason.
"We found a common ground since the last time I talked to you guys about her. I gotta go, I'll see you guys Saturday."
Mitchie's P.O.V.:
The canoe station area
I was walking from the kitchen by the canoes and saw Shane sitting next to an overturned one. As I went over I could hear him singing. As I leaned down I said "So does your voice sound better over here?"
He turned and smiled back at me. "Why don't we get in one of these things and you can tell me."
We grabbed one of the canoes, life jackets, and rowed out as far as we could though it took us some time to get even a short distance from the shore due to us turning in circles for some reason. We talked the whole way out.
"I don't think we're doing this right." I said laughing as we continued to spin.
"Maybe not, but it gets me more time with you. Plus we have to row back." He said laughing with me.
"Why exactly did you have to strand us in the middle of a lake to spend time with me?"
"Well, this way you can't just run off when I do something to make you mad, you'll have to swim for it."
"Jerk," I said laughing.
"Hey, being a jerk is a part of the rock star image." He said with a very serious tone.
"Keeping up an image can be tiring." I responded.
"But it keeps the posers away." He said laughing. "It's just that I never know when people are using me for the free stuff or the parties... it gets annoying and lonely after a while."
We spent more time talking about life in general, our opinions on things which were for the most part very similar, and our music.
"So how did you and your friends come up with the name The Scene? Not to be rude, but the first thing that came to mind when I heard the name was some super cracked out, preppy looking, cookie cutter crap that'd make my ears bleed. You're very far off from that." He said laughing.
"Yeah, I can see it," I agreed laughing. "It came from us being the ones that are always in the shadows back home. We're not being noticed by anyone for anything. And when we are noticed, it's for something bad or something that someone twisted to make it bad. It's because the only way our voices are heard is through our music. We live in the shadows back home and through our music, we speak. Instead of the outcasts, we become the scene." I explained.
"Wow. How could someone like you ever live in the shadows? I thought you'd be one of those people who's always known and acknowledged. I mean I notice you." He said.
"Oh, what an honor, Mr. Pop star can see me." I joked trying to lighten the mood.
We both laughed and continued to row and talk.
We didn't notice anyone else around. In that canoe, at that moment, it was just me and Shane.
A/N: There are 1,812 words in this chapter excluding the author's notes and little "markers" (the bolded script). The song used in this chapter is"Gotta find you" from Cap Rock, sung by Sane Gray, played by Joe Jonas. Remember to review! Constructive criticism is very welcomed and needed! Until next time!