Thanks to everyone who reviewed the first chapter, hopefully y'all enjoy the rest of the story. It should be about 15 chapters if I've calculated right, and just so everyone knows I'll be updating every 2 weeks so that way I have some time to read and edit the chapters. So here y'all go, chapter 2
(MITCHIE)
…And when you left you kissed my lips I never want to see you unhappy Goodbye, my almost lover
You told me you would never let forget these images, no
I thought you'd want the same for me
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
my back is turned on you
should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
"Almost Lover" played through the headphones in Mitchie's ears. The song reminded her all too much about her ex, Trenton. They had been going out for about 10 months and then he found out he was moving, somewhere in Texas apparently, and it had hurt Mitchie a lot. What hurt more was the fact he found a new girlfriend not even two weeks after moving. Connie looked over at her daughter and could faintly hear the song playing on her daughters IPod.
"Mitchie, it's been 2 months." Connie told her daughter. Mitchie saw that her mother was talking to her so she paused her song and unplugged her left headphone.
"Sorry, what?" Mitchie asked as she turned down her I Pod.
"I said it's been two months, you have to move on sweetie." Connie repeated. Mitchie looked at her mother and lightly rolled her eyes.
"Mom, I can't exactly get over him just like that. It'll take time." Mitchie said as she put her headphone back in and let the song continue. A few minutes later they pulled up to the camp and Mitchie was awe-struck by the sight around her. Several cabins were spread around the camp and just ahead of them was a large cabin for group meetings and such. To the left of the largest cabin was the kitchen/dining cabin. After finding a decent parking space Mitchie and Connie unloaded the van then while the camp owner, Brown Cesario told her mother the ins and outs of the kitchen Mitchie went on her own little tour while the other campers arrived. While she walked around she had bumped into a few campers and they all seemed the same: stuck up and condescending, not exactly how she had imagined camp would be like when she had been dying to go only weeks earlier. Along the way she heard a few campers talking about there being a camp meeting in the group cabin in 20 minutes so she slowly made her way to the group cabin, hoping that she would meet someone who would show her that not all the campers would be the same.
(MIKAYLA)
" , we're here." Mikayla's limo driver, Carter, advised her.
"Carter can we go back? I'm not feeling that well." Mikayla complained. Carter looked in the rear view mirror and gave her a "Yeah, like im gunna buy that" look.
"Fine." Mikayla groaned as she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the limo. Carter helped Mikayla with her bags and Mikayla headed over to the sign in area. She wheeled her bags around with her until the camp meeting started and everyone was gathered in the cabin.
"Hello everyone, Im the camp owner, Brown Cesario and I would like to welcome you all to another amazing summer here at Camp Rock." Brown began and everyone else cheered while Mikayla just rolled her eyes.
"Now for those of you new to the camp I'll explain how it works. We have 5 classes a day beginning at 10 in the morning; each class is an hour long with a lunch break at noon. On weekends you get the days off and can work on anything from class, or do whatever the time is yours. And of course at the end of camp we will be having our Final Jam where everyone can show off what they've learned and rock out for a chance to win a recording contract and a huge trophy!." Brown said sending the group once again into a thunderous applause.
" Everyone will be getting their schedules once were all settled in so please come over to the instructors cabin to pick up your schedules and cabin assignments." Brown finished while everyone dispersed and headed to the instructors cabin. Mikayla stayed behind and waited for everyone else to be done so she wouldn't have to wait in a huge line up. Of course being the big pop star was Mikayla just went by everyone and headed right for the front of the now shorter line up.
"Hey, no cutting!" a brunette girl (Mitchie) called out.
"Excuse me?" Mikayla asked. Who was this girl to tell her what to do?
"I said, no cutting, you have to wait in line just like the rest of us." The girl repeated.
"Whatever." Mikayla scoffed as she continued to make her way into the front of the line. She was a star; she shouldn't even have to stand in line for anything, not like she had done anything wrong.
"Name." Brown asked. Mikayla was shocked for a second. He didn't know who she was? Had he been under a rock lately?
"Mikayla Hartward." Mikayla said. Brown looked through the schedules and passed Mikayla hers. Mikayla left as everyone watched in amazement over what had just happened. While Mikayla walked out she looked over her schedule
Hartward, Mikayla Anne cabin 23
10:00- song writing
11:00- dancing
12:00- lunch
1:00- vocal practice
2:00- instrument practice
3:00-end of day
*breakfast will be served at 8:30 every morning and dinner will begin at 6. Curfew is at 9:00pm every night. Every Friday night we will have a theme night starting at 7. The theme will be announced every Thursday afternoon. Everyone will have the option to perform and all who are interested please let us know in advance.
Mikayla wheeled her bags over to cabin 23 and when she opened the door her eyes widened in shock at how small the area was. There didn't even seem to be enough space for her things! After taking a few things out of her bag she heard the cabin door open, great she had a room mate, this camp just kept getting better. She turned around to see who it was and once again her eyes widened in shock, it was the girl who got mad at her for "cutting" in the line.
"Please let this be a mistake." Mikayla asked.
"Excuse me?" the girl said.
"Sorry but there is barely enough room for me, I don't think two of us are gunna fit in this cabin." Mikayla informed her.
"What do you think this is? Camp or an outside fashion show?" the girl asked. Mikayla was taken back by the girl's words. No one had ever talked to her like this before.
"For your information I packed light." Mikayla told her.
"Really? So 3 bags is light?" the girl asked sarcastically.
"Yes actually." Mikayla told her matter of factly.
"Well just be prepared for a shocker when we go hiking and all you have is high heel shoes." The girl told her.
HIKING?
" I'll be fine." Mikayla assured her.
"Sure, you tell yourself that." Mitchie said.
"Look since we'll be sharing this place for a while we might as well try to get along. I'm Mitchie." Mitchie said holding out her hand.
"Mikayla." Mikayla said shaking Mitchie's hand. Mikayla couldn't tell what it was about Mitchie but something about her that made her want to get to know her. After releasing the hand shake the girls sort of stood in place awkwardly.
(MITCHIE)
After releasing the hand shake the girls sort of stood in place awkwardly
"Umm…do you need some help unpacking?" Mitchie asked. She saw that Mikayla still had a few bags to unpack and thought it may be a way they could actually start to get along.
"Sure." Mikayla replied as she opened the bag that held her hair and make up supplies. Mitchie looked in the bag in surprise. This girl really needed to get away from the star life. Mitchie took out the supplies and helped Mikayla bring them into the bathroom.
"Need any help with your stuff?" Mikayla asked.
"No I'm good. I just have the one bag." Mitchie said pointing to her duffle. Mitchie saw Mikayla's look of shock and tried her best to hold in her laughter. This might actually turn out to be entertaining.
" So why is a big star like you at Camp Rock?" Mitchie asked. Obviously she had heard of Mikayla but had never heard the reason she was sent here.
" Well apparently my attitude wasn't the best and the way they thought was best for me to get rid of the attitude was to send me here. " Mikayla answered.
" Oh, well you have to admit, telling one of the Grey Brothers you'd date him when pigs fly, doesn't exactly the nicest thing to say." Mitchie said holding back laughter.
"Please have you seen them? I swear he was hired by somebody to ask me out for publicity." Mikayla said.
" I mean come on it was probably a ploy from Disney to make a good story"
Mitchie couldn't help but laugh. Mikayla was probably right
After completely unpacking Mitchie had to leave and help her mom in the kitchen.
" I'll see you at dinner." Mitchie said as she grabbed her sweater and headed out. Thankfully the kitchen cabin wasn't that far away so just as she got there her mom and the rest of the crew were just getting the food out to start cooking.
"Hey mom, need any help?" Mitchie asked as she threw on her apron.
"Sure, we have the potatoes that need peeling and after that you could chop up some tomatoes for the salads." Connie said. Mitchie gave a nod and got to work.
(MIKAYLA)
Mikayla looked around the cabin and decided that since she had some alone time she would write in her journal before heading off for dinner. It had been a while since she had written in it so a new entry seemed like something that could take a while
Hey Its me
Well remember when I told you I was going to a place called Camp Rock for a little bit this summer? Well guess where I am right now? Yep ,I'm here and guess what I have to share a cabin! But my cabin mate is kind of okay, we got off to a rocky start but I think we'll get along soon. Her name's Mitchie, she's like a month younger than I am and she lives like 3 hours away from here. She seems like a nice girl. ….
After writing a little more and signing the page Mikayla put her journal away and got ready to go to dinner. She grabbed her dark blue Lulu Lemon Sweater and put her hair up in a nice neat ponytail before leaving the cabin and when she arrived at the dining cabin everyone was already eating or in the extremely long line up. She grabbed a tray and this time instead of going through to the front of the line, she patiently waited in line for her turn. As the line slowly moved the blonde that stood in front of Mikayla turned around.
"Hey, you're Mikayla Hartward right?" she asked.
"Finally someone recognizes me!" Mikayla thought.
"That's me." Mikayla said.
"I'm Tess Tyler." The blonde greeted.
"TJ Tyler's daughter?" Mikayla asked. She nodded.
" Nice to meet you." Mikayla smiled.
"So how come you're here? Aren't you supposed to be like filming a movie or something?" Tess asked.
How many times do I have to repeat myself?
"Supposed to be but I got sent here on bad behaviour." Mikayla said glumly. Tess gave her a sympathetic look.
"It'll be fine. How long you stuck here?"
"3 weeks minimum." Mikayla replied.
"That's not too bad better than staying the whole time." Tess reminded her.
"That's true" Mikayla said. After getting their dinner Mikayla and Tess sat down and talked for a bit before heading to the bon fire that was being held. The opening night bon fire was just to get to know each other a little better really, but some people were allowed to perform small songs or anything like that, surprisingly Mikayla found it quite entertaining. A little bit after the bon fire had started Mitchie had come along and decided to sit by her.
"Hey." Mitchie greeted as she sat down.
"Hey where were you at dinner Mikayla asked.
"Oh, helping my mom. She's the cook here." Mitchie explained. Before Mikayla could respond, one of the camp counsellors(Dee) got the groups attention.
"Hey everyone, how you all doing?" Dee asked. Everyone replied they were doing fine.
"Great. So since this is the opening night bon fire we thought maybe we could get some volunteers to show everyone what they've got." Dee suggested.
"Any takers?"
The group was silent for a minute before Mikayla saw Mitchie bravely raise her hand.
"Thank you sweetheart. And what's your name?" Dee asked.
"Mitchie, Mitchie Torres."
" Everyone, lets give Mitchie the floor." Dee said before leaving.
"Well, this song I wrote not too long ago. This is the first time I actually letting people hear it so I hope you like it." Mitchie began.
I'm losing myself
Trying to compete
with everyone else
Instead of just being me
don't know where to turn
I've been stuck in this routine
I need to change my ways
Instead of always being weak
Mikayla sat there and listened intently. Mitchie's voice was amazing
I don't wanna be afraid
I wanna wake up feeling beautiful..Today
and know that I'm okay
Cause everyone's perfect in unusual ways
so you see, I just wanna believe in me
By now everyone around the fire was entranced with Mitchie's singing. Everyone was sure that if Mitchie wasn't singing you could hear a pin drop.
The mirror can lie I don't wanna be afraid
Doesn't show you what's inside
And it, it can tell you you're full of life
It's amazing what you can hide
Just by putting on a smile
I wanna wake up feeling beautiful..Today
and know that I'm okay
Cause everyone's perfect in unusual ways
so you see, I just wanna believe in me
I'm quickly finding out I don't wanna be afraid
I'm not about to break down
Not today
I guess I always knew
That I had all the strength to make it through
I wanna wake up feeling beautiful..Today
and know that I'm okay
Cause everyone's perfect in unusual ways
so you see, I just wanna believe in me
Not gonna be afraid Now I believe in me
I'm going to wake up feeling beautiful..today
And know that I'm okay
Cause everyone's perfect in unusual ways
So you see, now, now I believe in me
As Mitchie hit the final note the group burst into applause. A smile was plastered across Mitchie's face as she took her seat while the crowds clapping died down.
"Thank you very much Mitchie. Anyone else like to take a shot?" Dee asked. A few more people raised their hands and after a few of them preformed it was time to head back to the cabins for bed. After putting her hair in a messy ponytail she changed into her usual shorts and tank top for bed. When she got out of the bathroom from changing she saw Mitchie sitting there and noticed she had looked her up and down.
"Did you just elevator-eyes me?" Mikayla asked fighting back a laugh.
"What? No." Mitchie said as she blushed. Mikayla rolled her eyes and walked over to her bed.
" Night Mitchie." Mikayla said as she grabbed Coco and turned off her light and cuddled into the blankets.
"Night Mikayla." Mitchie said lightly as she crawled under the comforters and soon both girls were asleep.
Okay so there is chapter two. Im beyond sorry for getting this up a month later but if you had ANY idea what my social life has been like lately you would see why I've had very little time to write this. Don't worry im already working on chapter 3 as you read this. Should be up within the week. Thank you all SOOO much for sticking with me and my horrid updating, I love you all