Disclaimer: I don't own Camp Rock. Poo.

I hope you like this chapter. It's more Naitlyn than Shaitlyn, but there's gotta be some side plots, right? *shrugs*

"You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." –Winnie the Pooh

A pretty blonde rampaged through the halls of her high school, her cute face completely livid. This was never a good sign. The diva had just been turned down by who was considered to be the most gorgeous guy in school—Shane Gray. A group of equally pretty girls followed her and offered consoling words.

"No one turns Tess Tyler down!" the blonde fumed, her blue eyes flashing dangerously. "I'm the daughter of TJ Tyler, for Christ's sake!"

"Shane will come around, Tess. I bet he didn't have enough sleep or something," reassured a petite brunette at Tess' right arm.

Tess took a deep breath to calm down. "You're right," she conceded. "He was probably delusional. Maybe he didn't hear me clearly or something." It had to be that. No boy in their right mind would turn down a relationship with Tess Tyler. She was a fucking bombshell! Never in her life had she been refused!

"He said he had other plans with some other girl… Karen? Carol? Kaylin? Caitlyn! That's her name!" a redhead to Tess' left exclaimed. "Maybe if you take her out, he'll be free. I doubt they're in a relationship, anyways." She made a face. "I've seen her—she's totally ugly."

A smirk made its way into Tess' face and twisted it into a malevolent expression. If she could just separate those two Saturday night, then Shane would have a chance to experience the type of girlfriend she could be!

Deciding to put her plan into action, Tess went on a hunt to find Karen or what's-her-face. When she befriended the girl, she could convince her to have other plans on Saturday night, and then Tess would have Shane all to herself…

Tess caught a glimpse of the girl. She recognized her as the girl who had run up to Shane right after he turned her down. It made her so mad to see how affectionate he was to that ugly girl instead of her! "Hey, Karen!" she shouted, hoping that the girl would turn. A girl a few feet away from her turned to look at Tess. Nope. Wrong name. "Carol?" Still didn't turn. Frustrated, Tess settled for shouting, "GIRL IN GRAY SWEATSHIRT, TURN TO ME!"

Finally, the girl turned with an annoyed expression on her face. "My name is Caitlyn," she muttered when Tess walked up, her voice irritable.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," said Tess dismissively. "Caity, you and I are now best friends." At Caitlyn's skeptical look, Tess continued, "You and I are going to hang out tomorrow night, okay? Okay. Meet me at the movies at seven thirty, and I'm not going to take no for an answer." When Caitlyn blinked, Tess took it as an agreement. "Great! Ciao, babe!" She strutted off, leaving a confused Caitlyn in the dust.

Tess walked off to find Shane, who she found was talking to his friend Jason. When Jason walked off, Tess dashed over to chat with her current crush. "Hey, Shane," she said in a cool way which didn't reflect her inner thoughts. "Anyways, your friend Caitlyn cancelled on you, so you're free on Saturday night. Okay? Okay. I'll meet you at the movies, babe!" She walked off before Shane had a chance to answer.

Caitlyn was walking home after school, still pondering what had happened in the halls. What the hell was that diva talking about now? Tess Tyler never showed any interest in her before, so why now? Then it hit her, and she chuckled amusedly.

Shane.

She continued to laugh softly at the thought of Shane and Tess going out. He could never put up with a loud, snobby, and bitchy dominatrix like Tess Tyler. But she figured it was all a ruse. Caitlyn would show up at the movies and Shane would as well, only they wouldn't know it. Then Tess would either stay with her for a little bit then say she would "go to the bathroom" or just ditch her outright. Either way, Caitlyn didn't feel like going to the movies on Saturday. If Tess wanted her gone so badly, she would just go hang out with Nate or Jason.

"Hey, Caity!" a familiar voice called from behind her. Caitlyn turned around and saw it was Shane. He ran up to her and walked with his friend. "Why'd you cancel on Saturday?"

She let out a tinkling laugh. "That's just Tess talking. She wants to go out with you on Saturday, so she told me that we'd hang out that day too, probably just to get me out of her way. It's fine, though," she said, cutting off Shane as he was about to speak. "You go on your date, and I can just hang with Nate or Jason."

Shane smirked. "Hang with Nate, huh?" said Shane teasingly, nudging Caitlyn with his elbow. "Nate and Caitlyn sittin' in a tree, doin' something they shouldn't be."

Blushing furiously, Caitlyn slapped Shane's arm and hissed, "Shut up! You know I don't like him!" It was, of course, a lie. Caitlyn had a fiery crush on the curly-haired male for at least a year or two.

"I know," he chuckled, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. "You loooove Nate."

Unable to come up with a better comeback, Caitlyn feebly retorted, "Your face loves Nate."

Shane laughed the rest of the way home.

It was Saturday night, and Caitlyn was setting up for a Laugh-Your-Ass-Off marathon with Nate. (Jason had been unable to go, saying he had been grounded for playing the autographed guitar his parents had over the mantle.) She had told Tess she wouldn't be able to make it on Saturday, so Tess would have Shane all to herself. The blonde, slightly disgruntled at the fact her plan had been discovered, took the news with grace despite the joy welling inside of her at the thought of spending time alone with Shane. (Her friend, however, had not been as happy, hoping to get out of the date.)

The doorbell rang, and Sarah answered the door. Caitlyn hid behind the corner, just in case her mother had another psychotic episode. (Sarah's Huntington's had worsened over the years, and the uncontrollable movements of her body had also increased.)

"Hello, Nathaniel," murmured Sarah idly. "Come in, Caitlyn is waiting for you." Caitlyn was grateful her mother put an effort to not scream that night. Though her mother suffered from an incurable disease, she was still perfectly sane and kind. Sarah walked away, heading to her room to leave the kids alone.

Nate walked in to the room, gently closing the door behind him and removing his shoes. "Your mom looks like she's doing a lot better," he remarked quietly, hanging up his coat on the rack.

"Yeah, but Mom's kind of drugged on her medicine right now, so that's why she seems so dazed," Caitlyn replied, shrugging. "Now come on, the popcorn's getting cold." She led Nate to the living room where the movies, drinks, and popcorn were laid out neatly on the coffee table.

Nate smiled and said, "I can't wait."

About half an hour into '40-Year-Old-Virgin,' Nate and Caitlyn had gone through the entire bowl of popcorn and two-liter bottle of Coke. By then, the two were beginning to completely ignore the movie and started talking.

"I feel bad for Shane, being forced to go out with Tess like that," Nate remarked, chuckling. "The poor guy, I don't think he'll even get a chance to watch the movie."

Caitlyn let out a giggle before saying, "He's probably thinking of running away by now."

"In a way," Nate's voice suddenly turned into a serious tone, "I guess I'm sort of jealous."

"Why?"

"Because he's the one closest to you," he whispered shyly, refusing to make eye contact with Caitlyn. Caitlyn blushed furiously and remained quiet. Nate, slightly unnerved by her silence, decided to keep talking. "I've—it's been eight years since we first met, and I've loved you for three of them. I'm just tired of waiting. You know I've never been the patient type, right?"

She nodded, her face still a vibrant shade of red.

"So I want to ask you," he continued, "if you'll go out with me." Nate wrung his hands together nervously, awaiting her response.

Caitlyn merely nodded dumbly before her face broke into a grin. "Yeah, I will." She couldn't help but think she was going to be the target of Shane's teasing for at least another week after he found out about it, but she didn't care.

Nate's face lit up when he heard Caitlyn's reply, and he gathered her thin frame in her strong arms in a hug. Letting go of Caitlyn for a brief moment, Nate left his face a mere few inches away from hers. Then, slowly but confidently, he leaned in and kissed her.

Caitlyn felt her inside lurch and her face heat up, but she didn't mind. She found that she liked those feelings Nate made her feel. Caitlyn let Nate shyly kiss her for a few seconds before he pulled away, beaming at her.

And so a relationship was started.

Hahaha, so corny, right? But hey, I hope it sufficed.

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