Jason POV
I turned the key and the locket popped open. Staring back at me were the two pictures I had put in the locket for her birthday; when I first held her in the hospital after she was born and one of me swinging her around, we were both laughing so hard.
I looked back up at her. "Mitch." I pulled her into a hug. Finally, after eleven years, I was able to hold her in my arms again. I kissed the top of her head. Both of us were crying.
"I can't believe you've been here all summer and I didn't run into you." I told her.
"Mais tu n'étais là que pour la moitié de l'été." she told me. I am still wondering why she is talking in french.
"Yeah, but if I had stopped sulking in my cabin for all but the last week of camp, I would have had a better chance of running into you."
"Ce n'est pas ta faute, Jay. Bien que je sois surpris que tu ne me sois pas couru dessus, j'étais presque toujours avec Shane et, ou, Nate."
"Yeah, but I wasn't always with them, so when you were with both of them, I was probably off playing my music."
"Et quand j'étais avec l'un d'eux, tu étais avec l'autre."
"And when I was with both of them.."
"Je m'entrainais pour finale confiture." We laughed.
"Only you and Magie would be able to hang out with the same people in the same place and not run into each other." Nate laughed. Apparently sometime during Mitchie and I's reunion Shane and Nate had joined us. Shane wrapped his arms around both Mitchie and I. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"What? It was either pull her out of your embrace or hug both of you. I figured you both would like it better if I just hugged both of you." Shane said innocently.
I just shook my head. "I have one crazy family."
"J'accepte!" Mitchie laughed.
"Are you calling me crazy? Because if you are I might just have to get Nate and Jason to help me tickle you." Shane threatened teasingly.
"Non, s'il te plaît, pas de chatouilles! Vous n'êtes pas fous!" She pleaded.
We all laughed. "Hey Mitch, why do you speak in french?"
"J'ai parlé dans français depuis le jour où j'ai été pris. J'ai juré de ne pas dire un mot en anglais, bien que, comme vous l'avez entendu, je chante encore en anglais, jusqu'à ce que je sois réunie avec vous. J'ai choisi français parce que je me suis souvenu que c'était votre langue préférée." She explained.
"So why aren't you talking in english then? You've found me." Shane and Nate nodded in agreement, she must have told them.
"Je pense que c'est juste l'habitude maintenant. Je veux parler en anglais, mais je parle automatiquement dans français. Je suppose que c'est ce qui arrive quand vous parlez dans français depuis que vous avez quatre ans." She explained.
"Oh, well you've got ten friends and family willing to help you out." Nate told her.
"Merci, gars." We were interrupted when Tess walked up to us.
"Um, Mitchie? Can I speak to you for a second?" Tess asked timidly. I could see Shane and Nate glaring at her, I wonder what happened.
Mitchie POV
Tess Tyler wants to speak to me?! Well, I am going to let her talk. Peggy and Ella have already apologized to me and we became friends instantly. Let's see what she has to say.
"D'accord, mais tu dois le faire ici, avec les gars." I told her.
"That's fine. They need to hear this as well, well except Jason, he has nothing to do with this." she took a deep breath. "I am really sorry for how I treated all of you this summer, especially you Mitchie. I had no right to expose you like I did, or treat you the way I did. You see I am like this because I want to impress my mom, that maybe she will notice me for once. Mitchie, your parents sold you and now you have an even worse life than I do, and I would ask of no one what you are going through, I don't know how you do it. But at least they acknowledge your presence, and you know they don't love you. And now you have found your brother who loves you very much and I know that he will take great care of you. But I'm jealous of others relationships with their families. My mom is never home, and the few times she is she doesn't even pay attention to me, even during my performance she stopped watching and blocked me out to go talk the phone to somebody. I don't actually knows if she loves me. She has never once told me and she doesn't show it very well if she does. It seems like she loves her work more than she loves me. I try to make her proud, but so far I've only ended up a disappointment. I know this doesn't excuse my actions but I hope you can forgive me and maybe we can start over and be friends?" By the time she finished, Tess had tears streaming down her face. I was shocked. I thought Tess had the perfect life. We were going to be great friends, I could already tell.
I pulled out of Shane and Jason's embraces and pulled Tess into one. "Bien sûr que je te pardonne. Nous allons être de grands amis."
"Thank you Mitchie."
"Pas de problème. Je pense que tu devrais parler à ta mère de ce que tu ressens. Comme toutes mes chansons disent, ne prenez pas la famille pour acquis."
"I will. See you at the campfire later?"
"Vous le savez." Tess walked off toward her mother and I knew things were going to get better for her. Richard then put his hand on my arm.
"Cmon, Honey." He looked like he had just vomited when he said that, but only I would be able to see that. "It is time to go home."
"Wait, camp isn't over till tomorrow though." Nate said, completely confused.
"Je ne suis inscrit qu'à la dernière confiture. Je dois partir ce soir."
"But, I just got you back! You can't leave now!" my brother exclaimed.
"Crois-moi, je ne veux pas partir non plus, mais je n'ai pas le choix. Je te verrai bien tôt quand je viendrai enregistrer avec Shane." I told him. Then I whispered in his ear, "Shane et Nate ont mon adresse. Je pense que vous allez me voir plus tôt plutôt que plus tard s'ils ont quelque chose à dire à ce sujet." I pulled him into a hug. "Je t'aime, Jay."
"This is not goodbye Mitchie, I promise. This is just a see you later. I love you, Munchkin." he told me, and I smiled through my tears. I pulled away and turned to Nate. I pulled him into a hug.
"Tu vas vraiment me manquer. Je compte sur toi et Shane pour me sortir de là. Tu es devenu comme mon second frère cet été." I whispered in his ear as we hugged each other tight.
"I'm going to miss you Mitchie. Don't worry, we will get you out sooner than you know." He pulled away. "Take my medallion as a sign of my promise." He put the medallion around my neck. I examined it, it said Nate Black across it with a really hilarious picture of him carved into it.
"Merci, garçon tambour." I told him. Now it was Shane's turn. Next to my brother, he was going to be the hardest one to say goodbye to. I looked into his eyes and he instantly pulled me into a hug.
"You can't go back with them! I won't let you! I won't let you get hurt again by those horrible people." He whispered in my ear.
"Je suis désolé, petit cercle, mais je n'ai pas le choix. Je sais que tu ne me laisseras pas rester longtemps. Entre vous, Nate et Jason, je serai hors de là si vite qu'il fera tourner la tête. ils ne sauront pas ce qui s'est passé. Ce n'est pas pour longtemps. Je te verrai très bien tôt. Va être le Popstar que j'aime. Je t'aime, Shane." at this point the tears were streaming down my face. I had complete trust in Shane, Nate, and Jason.
"Je te verrai bien tôt, fille mystérieuse. Je t'aime aussi." He replied, calling me by my nickname that was an inside joke between the two of us. I smiled through my tears.
He pulled away, took off his leather jacket, and draped around my shoulders. He pulled me in and kissed me. I smiled into the kiss and returned it. I knew Richard and Elizabeth were going to be super pissed when I got home and I was probably going to get the worst beating of my life, and I didn't know if I was going to survive long enough for them to save me but right now I didn't care. Shane pulled away and put his forehead to mine. Nate and Jason pulled both of us into a group hug, and I knew in that moment no matter what happened after, it was going to be ok.
I pulled out of the hug, gave each of them a kiss on the cheek, and left with Richard and Elizabeth. As the car drove away I stared out the window at the boy who had become like my twin, the boy who had entered my heart and broke down my walls to become my boyfriend, and my brother once again disappear from sight.
Shane POV
I can't believe it. After I promised Mitchie that she wouldn't have to go back to that horrible house, here I stand watching as the car left with her in it to take her back. I just hope that we can get her out of there before it is too late. A glance at Nate told me he was thinking the same thing. I knew he and Mitchie really got close this year, but I wonder just how close they got. A glance at Jason told me he was heartbroken. For the second time in his life he had to watch his baby sister drive off, away from him against her will. I still didn't know how he kept this a secret from us for eleven years. If he had told us we would have been able to help him search for her, and would have gotten to spend more time with her this summer.
Jason turned to me and Nate. "Alright, I hate to do this to you guys because you're my best friends, but.."
"Wait are you ditching us for Mitchie?" Nate asked.
"Of course not genius. I just have to give you guys the big brother talk and figure out what exactly your relationship has become with my sister."
"That makes me feel so much better." Nate sighs. I laugh at the two of them. The old Jason is definitely back. We walked back to the cabin joking with each other. I know we were all devastated about Mitchie but there wasn't anything we could do at this moment and we knew that. When we got to the cabin though, Jason sat us both down.
"Alright, Nate you first." He nodded at Nate.
"Mitchie and I have become like twins. I know she is your sister, but she told me when we were saying goodbye that I had become her honorary twin, since we are the same age. We are also practically inseparable and tell each other a lot, just like twins do. You know like the stuff you don't tell your parents or boyfriend? I love her like a sister and I would give my life to protect her." Nate confessed. I smiled. Mitchie needed someone like Nate that she could relate to and feel comfortable talking to.
"Thank you Nate. I can tell you two are close and that is fine with me that you think of each other as twins. Alright Shane you're up." Jason turned to me.
"Mitchie and I are dating. I am not going to dance around the bush. I love your sister and I would never hurt her. Just like Nate I would give my life if it meant she would be safe from harm." Although I knew I was failing that right now.
"There is no one that I would trust more than you with my little sister. Your my best friend and I know you will never hurt her." Jason smiled and pulled both of us into a hug, you know I missed his constant group hugs.
"Sorry to break the happy mood, but we still don't know how we are going to save Mitchie!" Nate reminded us. Uh-oh, bad choice of words dude. Jason doesn't know about Mitchie's living style right now.
"Uh yeah. We have to figure out how to keep her with us when we take her for the recording. If we can get her to be with us sooner that would be great. The sooner the better." I butted in, hoping that Jason wouldn't notice.
"Yeah but how? Jason asked. We pondered that each of us starting to say something then change our mind and go back to thinking.
"Wait, I have custody over her." Jason mumbled.
"What? Speak up we can't hear you man." I told him.
"I have custody over her." Jason stated. "I have custody over her! She's in my custody!"
"What?! When were you going to tell us this and why didn't you say something sooner?!" Nate and I asked at the same time.
"I just remembered." he told us.
"Well then as soon as we leave tomorrow, we pick up a lawyer, the police, and head over to her house." I stated.
"Well, technically she isn't in my custody until she signs the papers, but there won't be any court trial. As soon as she signs the paper she is in my custody, effective immediately. I don't think the signature will be a problem." Jason informed us.
"Still, call the lawyer, Jason. Get him down here. Nate, tomorrow when we leave, call the police. Give them Mitchie's address, but tell them not to turn lights or sirens on and not to do anything until we get there. I am going to get Mitchie's belongings from Caitlyn. The only thing she had when she left was her song book. Meet at the campfire." They both nodded. Jason got his phone out and started talking to the lawyer. Nate and I left the cabin. Nate went to the fire and I knocked on Caitlyn's cabin.
"Come in!" she called. I walked in. "Oh hey Shane! Where's Mitchie?"
"She left. The Torres' only paid for up to Final Jam. She left right after her reunion with Jason."
"She was reunited with her brother!?"
"Yeah, Jason Green, my best friend and bandmate."
"Wow! So you here for Mitchie's stuff?"
"Yeah, We are going to go save her tomorrow after camp."
"Yea! She doesn't deserve anything she is getting."
I grabbed Mitchie's guitar and pillowcase of stuff. "See you at the campfire. Nate can't wait to talk to you, he was really impressed with what you did with Mitchie's song."
She blushed. "See you Shane." I went back to my cabin and put mitchie's stuff on my bed. I went out to the campfire. Everyone was singing. I found Jason and Nate and sat between them. Nate had his arm wrapped around Caitlyn. I nudged him.
"You know when we get Mitchie back she is going to bombard you with questions."
"I know, and since we were twins I will answer every single one of them truthfully."
"You two really are a special pair."
"Do you think we will get there in time?" Nate asked me.
"I don't know Nate, I just don't know."
AN: Hey guys! Sorry there's no translations this time I wanted to get this updated. Hope you enjoyed it. I will try to update sooner for the next chapter. With translations!