I AM SO SORRY!

You guys have NO idea how ridiculously sorry I am for not updating!!!! I just lost interest for awhile, but now reading through this again, after that like, almost 10 month break I think I might update this :) Just less frequently. KIMMMER87, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU CHICA!!!





----Chapter Two---"Ready? Aim, FIRE!"----
"hurts the same when nobody knows, guess that's just how it goes.."~"Say Anything" Marianas Trench



The rest of the night that followed had been amazing. I'd been listening to my iPod and discussing music in general with Aidan for gosh knows how long(Audrey and Rose SWEAR it was at least an hour) then we got called in to the main room for the opening and introductions. We all got up from our separate perches, And started filing in to the main room. I got up and nearly smacked into Devin as I maneuvered my way around the couch. I waited up for Aidan. "Ladies first." he said, motioning for me to go ahead. 'god, he's so sweet.' i thought, when it got REALLY cold, so i asked my cabin's counselors, Aimee and Haylie, if i could grab my sweater. Aimee replied, "Yeah, but be fast. Run if you can." So I ran, grabbed my sweater off my bed and ran back. I was so out of breath i wasn't paying attention, swung open the door, and heard a loud "OOF." I looked up and saw that I had smacked Aidan in the face, WITH THE DOOR. I glanced behind him and saw my girls laughing uncontrollably. "Oh my God," I panted, "You hurt?" "Nah, that's okay, it's all good. Don't worry about it." I could still see the girls struggling to pay attention to our camp leader, Eden. They kept glancing over at me and giggling into their hands. `oh girls, ì'm gonna get you back for this' i thought. So I sat down in between Dani and Layla that they'd saved for me and listened to Eden.

"So ladies and gentlemen, or ladies AND your gentlemen," She shot a look in the general direction of Rose and Lucas, who had been holding hands behind the chairs, "Let's go over a few of the basics, shall we? First off, welcome back to our veterans, and to our newest members, Welcome! And now for the boring part, the rules." She rolled her eyes sarcastically, guaranteed trying to imitate us. "Lights out is, officially, 9:30, but you all must be in bed by 10:30. Anyone seen up past 10:30 will be approached about it. Girls must leave the boys cabin by 9:00 and vice versa, you're all old enough now, i'm sure you all don't need me to justify the reasons for that rule. No talking back to counselors OR me, and verbal or physical attacks will NOT be tolerated. That is all. Now you guys can all go back to your iPods and whatever other technology your parents buy you." She shot a smile in my direction. I had her approval. Wait, i thought, nothing about camper/counselor relationships? Killer. So we exited the main room and I re-staked my place next to Aidan. "You SURE you're okay? Those doors can be MURDER if you're not careful."

"Yeah, i'm sure. I told you, don't worry about it." The girls came over.

"Hey Kayti, wanna go up to the cabin? We wanted to ask your opinion on our Last Dance oufits." Layla trilled, I could hear the excitement of everything bubbling up in her voice. "That okay with you?" I asked Aidan. "Yeah, go on ahead, i'll catch up with you in a bit." "Awesome, thanks." i said smiling. " OH! We didn't ask Eden what the theme was! Hey Aidan, d`you know what the theme is this year?" "Yeah, it's Masquerade. Sounds cool." His voice was genuinely excited about it. "Really? That's epic! Catch up with you later!" And i ran up the hill after my friends.

We ran up the hill outside and all collapsed into our bunks simultaneously, breathing heavy.

"Masquerade! Do you know how INSANE that is?!" Dani squealed, tearing open her, as usual, bright turquoise duffel bag. The girls nodded and "Mmhmm"'d in agreement. I shot up, opening my own duffel.

"Okay ladies, time to spill. Last Dance outfits. Now." I demanded jokingly, and the girls complied, tearing out their dresses and displaying them for me to see.

Audrey's was gorgeous, a dark pink bubble dress with rhinestone details on the top, Dani's was a long, dark green stunner with gold sparkles that complimented her dark brown eyes perfectly, Layla's was, as usual, the cutest thing I'd ever seen. An adorable little purple halter dress with black glitter on the edge of the skirt, and Rose's, I noticed and rolled my eyes, was the flashiest one, of course, being a long silver mass of shiny fabric, made even shinier by the swirls of crystals trailing up from the end of it.

"Jeez, Rose, what is this, the Grammys?" I joked, reaching over to wrap an arm around her in a one-arm hug.

"Shut up, Kayti. Now where's YOUR fabulous dress you wouldn't stop gushing about when we were all texting last week?" Rose challenged, raising an eyebrow suspiciously.

"Fine, fine." I pulled it out and almost instantly my friends' jaws dropped. I looked down at my dress, a blood red strapless dress that fell just above my knees and tied with a black velvet ribbon around the waist.

"Oh." Dani started.

"My." Layla continued.

"GOD!!" Audrey and Rose squealed in time. So clearly they like it, I thought.

"Oh come on y'all, it's not that big a deal." I shrugged, and the girls looked shocked.

"No big deal?! NO BIG DEAL!? Are you KIDDING?! That thing looks PERFECT for you! Go try it on. Now." Layla dared me, smirking. The others agreed.

"Oh fine y'all. But break out the cameras and you're all dead. I know you all can get internet on your phones out here and if I see pics on Twitter before the end of the day I'll kill y'all." I joked, skipping into the bathroom attached to the cabin and changed out of my jeans and tshirt into the dress. When I came back out, as expected, the girls squealed. Loudly. I twirled around jokingly and posed a few times, faking a model pout. We all erupted in laughter.

"You're so gorgeous!" Audrey complimented, and I smiled back at her.

"Thanks, 'Drey."

"If Aidan doesn't want you when he sees you in that masterpiece then the guy's probably gay." Dani laughed, and I glared at her as the other two agreed.

"How many times must I say it? We're not. Going. To happen. We're friends and happen to have the same taste in bands. I doubt that even if we were going to end up together, we couldn't with Eden down our throats." I laughed. I loved the woman, but sometimes she just got a little too strict on us. The girls looked up at the door past me in time, and I spun around suddenly to see what they were staring at. When I saw who was there, I blushed. Aidan had walked in, seeing me in my dress. I pushed my platinum side bangs out of my eyes and smiled.

"Hey." I greeted, and he blushed.

"H-hey, Kayti, girls." He greeted us, stammering. "The welcome dinner's in ten, I was sent to let you know. See you girls down there?" We all nodded, and my friends tried to hide their giggles behind their hands. "Oh, and Kayti?"

"Yeah?" I responded nervously, shifting from one foot to the other.

"Get changed first, we don't want you getting any burger junk on that dress." He smiled and turned, walking out the door. As soon as I realized I was blushing I reached up and rubbed my face, trying to get rid of the red color.

"He liiiiikes you! He liiiiiikes you! He liiiikes you!" The girls chanted when the door shut. I glared.

"He. Does. Not." I protested, though I knew somewhere it was true. I can't go out with him though, we're getting too close as friends. If we ever broke up, I'd lose him forever. I'd finally admitted to myself. So THAT was why I was being so hard headed about it. I couldn't tell the girls that though, they'd laugh at me. I was always the hopeless romantic of the group, and the others never got it. I was the one who always wanted something more than a mindless summer fling that wouldn't last after camp, I wanted something real. I quickly changed out of the dress and threw it back onto my bag, grabbing my headphones and opening the door, the girls followed.

"Oh yeah, I'm so sure. He STUTTERED when he saw you! Friends don't do that." Dani laughed. I hit her playfully.

"Shut up." I grinned, and we opened the door and joined everyone for dinner in the Firepit.

Maybe I really do have a chance with him...

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"Into your eyes, hopeless and taken..."~ 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"

Hope it was worth it xD

Quick, random, possibly pointless post.(Found lyric for chapter two!)

For at the end of chapter two(Yes this is just another teaser, those stupid plotbunnies are gnawing at my brain.) It's from the new 30 Seconds To Mars song, "Kings and Queens". Wait, didn't i finish chapter one with 30STM? Oh well, it's the line that goes " Into your eyes, hopeless and taken..." It's the opening and the second verse. I love that song almost more than life. And it sort of describes what happens to Kayti in the next chapter, if you're getting my drift :) I'm twisted, i know. Catch y'all later!
Love,Music,And Mayhem!!
xxx

Another random update, TWITTER ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Hey guys! I've finally jumped on the bandwagon and joined Twitter.If you guys wanna follow me, message me or email(if you have it) Cause i've had a few people add me who CLEARLY don't read this for the story, they just want followers. More about that in a random post . SOOO! Since it's been way way wayyy too long since the story even STARTED, i figured today in math class (Hi Ms.G!!! She's an awesome teacher.) that i'd give you a bit of a teaser for CHAPTER TWO-"Ready, Aim, FIIIIIRE!" Hahaha. Confused? Just wait and see, follow this blog and you'll get the whole thing soon. FYI, the following is inspired by something that happened to me today, and my friend Ri. I was walking out of my school at lunch and ended up smacking him with the door, IN THE FACE! I stopped after and i was like "That would be a killer idea for the story!! Except, different. Wait, I HAVE A FEELING I'M GONNA FINISH THIS IN LIKE TEN MINUTES. OH! I HAVE THE END PLANNED! LIKE LAST CHAPTER END! Y'ALL ARE GONNA FLIP! Let's go, i don't have a song lyric in place for the beginning yet, so the chorus to "Say Anything" by Marianas Trench is there right now.Again, i own nothing to these songs unless stated otherwise. This one belongs to the amazing guys from Marianas Trench. Here we go!


----Chapter Two---"Ready? Aim, FIRE!"----
"hurts the same when nobody knows, guess that's just how it goes.."~"Say Anything" Marianas Trench

(Author's note: At the time i'm writing this, my font options are freaking out so it might not end up being the same as the above intro like it was supposed to be.OH AND TO MY LADIES IN THIS STORY, NONE OTHER THAN BAD ROMANCE IS PLAYING RIGHT NOW.)



The rest of the night that followed had been amazing. I'd been listening to my iPod and discussing music in general with Aidan for gosh knows how long(Audrey and Rose SWEAR it was at least an hour) then we got called in to the main room for the opening and introductions. We allgot up from our separate perches, And started filing in to the main room. I got up and nearly smacked into Devin as I maneuvered my way around the couch. I waited up for Aidan. "Ladies first." he said, motioning for me to go ahead. 'god, he's so sweet.' i thought, when it got REALLY cold, so i asked my cabin's counselors, Aimee and Haylie, if i could grab my sweater. Aimee replied, "Yeah, but be fast. Run if you can." So I ran, grabbed my sweater off my bed and ran back. I was so out of breath i wasn't paying attention, swung open the door, and heard a loud "OOF." I looked up and saw that I had smacked Aidan in the face, WITH THE DOOR. I glanced behind him and saw my girls laughing uncontrollably. "Oh my God," I panted, "You hurt?" "Nah, that's okay, it`s all good. Don`t worry about it." I could still see the girls struggling to pay attention to our camp leader, Eden. They kept glancing over at me and giggling into their hands. `oh girls, ì'm gonna get you back for this' i thought. So I sat down in between Dani and Layla that they'd saved for me and listened to Eden. "So ladies and gentlemen, or ladies AND your gentlemen," She shot a look in the general direction of Rose and Lucas, who had been holding hands behind the chairs, "Let`s go over a few of the basics, shall we? First off, welcome back to our veterans, and to our newest members, Welcome! And now for the boring part, the rules." She rolled her eyes sarcastically, guaranteed trying to imitate us. "Lights out is, officially, 9:30, but you all must be in bed by 10:30. Anyone seen up past 10:30 will be approached about it. Girls must leave the boys cabin by 9;00 and vice versa, you're all old enough now, i'm sure you all don't need me to justify the reasons for that rule. No talking back to counselors OR me, and verbal or physical attacks will NOT be tolerated. That is all. Now you guys can all go back to your iPods and whatever other technology your parents buy you." She shot a smile in my direction. I had her approval. Wait, i thought, nothing about camper/counselor relationships? Killer. So we exited the main room and I re-staked my place next to Aidan. "You SURE you're okay? Those doors can be MURDER if you're not careful." "Yeah, i'm sure. I told you, don't worry about it." The girls came over. "Hey Kayti, wanna go up to the cabin? We wanted to ask your opinion on our Last Dance oufits." Layla trilled, I could hear the excitement of everything bubbling up in her voice. "That okay with you?" I asked Aidan. "Yeah, go on ahead, i'll catch up with you in a bit." "Awesome, thanks." i said smiling. " ÒH! We didn't ask Eden what the theme was! Hey Aidan, d`you know what the theme is this year?" "Yeah, it's Masquerade. Sounds cool." His voice was genuinely excited about it. "Really? That's epic! Catch up with you later!" And i ran up the hill after my friends.


What do you guys think? it's not done yet, obviously.

a blog for Sue Upton.

Hey guys, in case you didn't know, I am a hardcore Harry Potter fan, and on the website I frequent most often, The Leaky Cauldron, there was a news poster by the name of Ms. Sue Upton, and i've found out recently that she is leaving Leaky after a long time there. First, i am not upset, i'm actually really proud of her with whatever she decides to do. She deserves the best in her life, she's gone through a lot, and i'll be proud of her with whatever she continues to do. We are members of the same Hogwarts house(Hufflepuff!) and that makes me feel a certain bond between all of us. I should start with how i found Leaky , I guess. I discovered Leaky in the summer of 2008, when an aquaintance introduced me to it when she found out I was a potter-nerd. I was hooked. I checked it every day, and I noticed that most times, the post were by a woman named Sue. Then the same aquaintance approached me one day and said, "Have you listened to Pottercast yet?" i stared at her blankly. She explained it was a podcast that the four main(i don't want to say main, but i can't think of another word.)senior staffers(three before '08) Melissa Anelli, John Noe, Frankie Franco(FRAK!) and Miss Sue. I listened to the first few far back episodes that my iTunes permitted me to get, and from #140 upwards, i listened religiously. Whenever i was having a crappy day, it seemed, there would be a new podcast up, and i'd always get a kick out of the squabbles between John and Sue about the House-elves. And when John googled Hufflepuff for the MyLeaky layout, and the dog came up(Pottercast #187), Sue called him out for it. She always managed to make me laugh on even my worst days. She became one of those people I loved dearly but had never met, and I idolize her. Her fantastic reporting skills, her (sometimes)uncontrollable squeeing, and ability to brighten the room when she walks in, is fantastic. She's the truest definition of Hufflepuff: Hardworking, intelligent, bright, patient(even when John would try to get a rise out of her), and loyal to her friends. I aspire to be like her, and whenever i'm feeling down, I will always say "What Would Sue Do?" and reference back to something she'd said, Whether it be something she'd said that i would quote, a piece of audio from Pottercast that made me laugh, or a lesson she'd taught all of us. If you guys have anything to say about Sue, whether it be well wishes, your favorite moments of Sue-ness, the number of times you Squee during the run of a day (Mine's twelve.), or just anything about Sue you love in general, comment.


WE LOVE YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH SUE! Best of luck with whatever you decide to pursue!
XoXoXo,
~Belindah(Hufflepuff Pride!)

a blog for Sue Upton.

Just an Update on me :)

Chapter Two soon, i swear :)
So i'm currently writing this as Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls is playing, and I've found out some pretty amazing things in the last few days. Do you ever get those days when it feels like you're on top of the world, like, one good thing after another happens, and it feels like nothing can stop you from reaching your highest? That's the way my life is right now. Something's bound to happen in the next few days to kill the mood, though. But oh well, we gotta enjoy it while it lasts, live in the moment, stop thinking about the past or the future, and just enjoy every second. I don't know. Just enjoy life, and stop thinking about what's GOING to happen, and focus on what IS happening. And do you ever get those days when your favorite songs just roll out on the radio one after another? "Animal I Have Become" is playing now and I can tell tonight's gonna be a good night(BLACK EYED PEAS REF FTW!) I love those kinds of days.

LoveMusic&&Mayhem,
Belindah
xoxox

Chapter 1(First edit, some of this will change!!)

(disclaimer:Any songs or bands i make reference to throughout this entire story[not just CH1] belong to their respectful owners. I do not own them. Nor do i claim to.)
*Edit #1: Changed the name Shayne to Devin. A friend pointed out that the name Shayne reminded her of Camp Rock.*shudders*)

Chapter One---Welcome Home ---
"come on come on, this is screaming photo op..." Panic! at the Disco~ "Time To Dance"

Camp Ice. I loved that place. It's the place where exactly one year ago today, I met my best friends in the world. Layla, Dani, Audrey, and Rosalie. We were all new to the camp, just fifteen years old, and had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We've been friends ever since. I loved those girls to death, and as far as I knew, all of them were returning this year, Rosalie with her boyfriend Lucas, who she had started dating at the Last Dance the year before. I snapped back to reality when i saw a flash behind my closed eyes. "Kat!" I shrieked at my ten-year-old sister, who had just decided to take a picture of me while i was sleeping from the backseat,"Don't you EVER steal my camera! I thought i told you that before!!!"She had stolen my camera out of my worn duffel bag, which sat in the seat next to her. My 22-year old cousin Owen turned and said "Kat, sit down! You want me to crash on the highway?!" She sat. Kat always listened to Owen. He just had that kind of power. I shrank back into my seat, turning my iPod on shuffle. I loved putting my iPod on shuffle, i guess it was just the element of surprise i liked, you never knew what was coming next. "The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars came on, and I sighed as Jared Leto's voice came pounding into my ears. I loved him, all the things he wrote seemed to just fit with my life. If we ever met him, i swore to one of my my best friends Audrey on one random night in October, i would tell him that. I pulled my dark red hoodie around me tighter, popped up the hood, leaned the seat back, and settled in sleep for the rest of the 45 minute drive.


I woke when Owen hit me on the arm. "Ouch!" i exclaimed, still dazed from sleep, "What did you do that for?"
"Get your stuff ready, we're like two minutes away." I suppressed a little shriek. Two minutes and counting until i saw my best friends. I pulled out my cell and sent a mass text to all four of them. Kayti: OMG. Two minutes chicas!!!
Rosalie:See you soooooon! XoXo!
Audrey: L8r sk8r!
Dani: Get Ready, this year's gonna be our year!!
Layla: You ready to rock? What's your outfit like today?
Now I really was excited. I texted Layla back with my outfit check: Dark navy skinny jeans(it WAS August, but it had been really cold the last few days.) My red hoodie, An old Jimmy Eat World tour tee i had found online for like five dollars, and my pride, the yellow high top Converse I had been looking for since I had seen The White Tie Affair's album cover, but only found a month ago at a garage sale. They hadn't seen them yet, they all knew I was obsessed with finding them, I had just waited until we were all together to show them off. I looked up and smiled to myself, we had pulled on to the dirt road leading up to the camp. We pulled into the lot and the first thing i saw when I jumped out of Owen's Escalade was the girls running towards me in a shrieking mass of hugs and "Ohmygod i haven't seen you in FOREVER"'s. I pushed my freshly dyed platinum blond/turquoise highlighted hair out of my eyes and said "Hey guys! Oh my god, this is gonna be epic! We're gonna own this summer!" Audrey was the first to notice. "Oh my god! Your shoes! Where did you find them?!" "Garage Sale. Forty-Seventh Street. I wanted to wait til I got here to tell you!" "Well they look fantastic," said Layla enviously, "nice touch on the matching hair and laces." I had forgotten i'd put them in that morning, my standard rainbow striped ones in my bag somewhere, probably to be lost until i got home next week. Dani looked ecstatic. "Dani, what? Seriously, tell me now so we don't have to perform CPR if you faint from holding in that air for too long." She exhaled "OHMYGODWE'REINTHESAMECABINTHEGIRLSLETMETELLYOU!!!!" My jaw dropped. That was impossible. More than two friends in a cabin NEVER happened around here. "Okay, who rigged it?" I asked, lowering my voice so that whatever counselors were around couldn't hear us. Dani and Rose raised their hands sheepishly. "Of course," I laughed, "Why did I even ask?"
Those girls were always getting themselves into things. "Which cabin?" "Seven," said Rose, "Right next to the---" "Boys cabin?" I finished, laughing. "It's not like there's gonna be any worthwhile guys to chase around here. It's only like Lucas and Caden. Lucas is taken," i said, smirking at Rose," And Caden's just, Caden. Too much of a friend." Then they all exchanged a look, a look i didn't understand. "What? What did you do?" I shot them a challenging look. "Come up to the cabin first," Audrey said, "then we'll show you."

Sweeping her dark brown with purple hair over one shoulder, Rose led us all up to Cabin Seven. I looked around, shocked at how clean the bunks were. "You guys are seriously this neat? What happened? Okay, so which bunk am I taking?" "Your pick," Audrey pointed,"It's either the bottom bunk next to mine or the one on top of Dani." "Sorry Dani, but you DO snore!" I laughed and tossed my duffel onto the bunk next to Audrey. That was that. I still didn't know what that look they had exchanged was all about. "Nowwww can we go down to the Firepit?" The Firepit was the name we had given the building we all hung out in during the day, because it was always humid and sticky down there until someone turned on the A/C. It was also the location of the Last Dance.

So we went, but first I tossed my sweater on top of my bag, just to be sure I wouldn't have to tie it around my waist if it got too warm down there. When the girls got down to the doors in front of the building, they blocked the door. "Uh, dudes, don't we wanna go in the building?" Layla replied, " Prepare yourself to lay eyes on the best thing you've probably seen in months." So i inhaled, let it out, and they opened the doors ahead of me. I saw Caden and Lucas, so I waved and shot a "Hey" over to them, then I saw three of the most gorgeous guys I'd seen in a very long time sitting on the couch in the centre of the room. There was a blond guy, the least cute of the three, with a sort of Elvis haircut, a redhead who looked to be really tall, and this one other guy, a brown-haired guy, he looked to be about seventeen with glasses, but something about him just struck me like lightning. As if he could read my mind, he turned his head away from the conversation the other two were having, locked his gaze with mine, and smiled sweetly. Something in me sort of exploded then. I leaned over to Audrey, and in an adrenaline-laced tone, asked, "who are those guys and where on earth did they come from?" She answered," The blond? That's Devin, the tall redhead is Austin, and the brown haired guy, that's Aidan. They're counselors. I think Aidan's, like, checking you out." She laughed maniacly. I whipped my head around, and sure enough, I caught him soon enough to see him quickly turn around and his cheeks go up in flames. "Aww, he's cute. I'm gonna go say hi." I strode over to where they were sitting and smiled sweetly. "Hey, I'm Kayti." The blond, Devin, looked up and smirked, a mischievious sparkle to his eyes, said "Devin." the redhead waved."I'm Austin." Then Aidan, still blushing madly, turned towards me, offering his hand. "H--hey. Uh, I'm Aidan." I shook, smiling gently, hoping the look on my face said "it's okay, you can stop blushing now." Then as if by another round of magic, Aidan's cell rang, playing not just any song, but "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World, the song that had got me through my first year of high school. He looked embarrassed as he hit ignore and turned off his phone, shoving it in his jeans. "Cool song," I said, wishing to the heavens that all this embarrassing stuff wouldn't happen to him, "It's my favorite." "Really?" He looked a lot less red than before, "Mine too. I've also got "Weapons Wired" by The Higher." "No way," I gaped at him, "I seriously thought I was the only one who listened to them!" He smiled. "Well, you aren't. Here, wanna sit down?" He shoved over enough to make a new space on the couch, knocking Devin to the floor. "Ouch dude, we just met and you're aleady knocking me over? Real nice." I sat down next to Aidan, my nose catching a gentle scent of vanilla. That was nice. I knew what it was, i'd helped Rose pick it out to buy it for Lucas's birthday. It was my favorite. He caught sight of my iPod, and asked me "What stuff do you have on there?" "Here, look through." I said, handing him the iPod and one headphone, I put the other in my own ear. Not even ten seconds later, I heard the opening notes of "The Kill". "This one's my favorite ever." I told him, nodding my head along with the music. "Me too." he replied, his head nodding in time with mine. I was really starting to think that he might like me as much as I like him. I could tell from that second he'd turned on "The Kill" that I'd be spending a lot of time with this Aidan guy.

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"What are you waiting for? I'm not running from you..." ~"The Kill"- 30 Seconds To Mars

THANKS FOR READING GUYS!!! XOXOXO! Chapter Two coming... Eventually! :)
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