***Can I Have This Dance***
I thought of this when I watched the clip of "Can I have this dance" from High School Musical 3. It is such a sweet clip... I was almost crying. I love them together. Anyway... enough rambling
Disclaimer: Do not own Camp Rock or the idea from high school musical 3. I wish I did own everything Disney though. I would make every celebrity my friend... :P
I also don't own the songs I Believe I can fly and Far Longer than Forever.
I do however OWN the song at the start. I want to know....yea that's mine so please DON'T use it. The rest of it is still in the making but please tell me if you like it.
A soft melody could be heard coming from the backyard of a house. If you looked closely, you could see a young girl sitting under a tree with a guitar, notebook and laptop with her. Caitlyn was softly humming the melody of a song as she played the guitar to it. Her computer was recording the song as she played.
I want to know
What it feels like
To be loved
To be kissed
To be held
To feel comfort
To feel safe
I wonder what it feels like
It's only ever happened in my dreams
As soon as I wake up I come back to reality
My dreams seem so far away
Just outside my reach
Each day is getting longer
I'm trying to stop dreaming
Cause they're getting kinda fuzzy
Because right now I live in reality
I want to know
What it feels like
To be loved
To be kissed
To be held
To feel comfort
To feel safe
I wonder what it feels like
"Caitlyn" Caitlyn heard a voice call out to her. She looked up and saw her step mum walking across the lawn towards her.
"Yes?"
"I need you to go and get ready for dinner" Fiona Geller said. Caitlyn frowned.
"Why?"
"Because we're having guests over and I need you to look proper" Fiona said, frowning at what Caitlyn was wearing.
"What's wrong with what I have on now?"
"It's not proper at all" Fiona said as she wrinkled her nose. "Now!" Fiona said when Caitlyn didn't get up straight away. Caitlyn quickly stood up, grabbed her things and headed towards her room.
"Wear the dress that I've put out on your bed and I've put out my straightner for you to use" Fiona called as Caitlyn walked into her bedroom. As soon as Caitlyn saw the dress, her face held a look of disgust. Although she would admit it was a nice dress, Caitlyn just didn't wear them.
"I need you to be ready by five" Fiona shouted.
"Okay" Caitlyn shouted as she sighed dejectedly and walked into the bathroom to have a shower.
20 minutes later Caitlyn stepped out of the bathroom with her robe on and looked at the dress.
"Why me?" she asked herself quietly. She picked up the dress and put it on. It was a knee length sky blue dress with spaghetti straps. It was tight around the top and flared out just above her waist. Caitlyn was looking at herself in the mirror when Fiona walked in.
"Don't just stand there. You have to finish getting ready" Fiona yelled at her as she grabbed Caitlyn's arm and pulled her into the bathroom.
"What are you doing?"
"We need to fix this mess of hair, if that's what you even call it" Fiona said as she sat Caitlyn down and began to brush her hair. She grabbed the straightner and began to straighten Caitlyn's hair. After that was finished, Fiona turned Caitlyn around and told her to sit on the bench.
"What for?"
"You kinda need to face me so that we can put some make-up on you" Fiona explained as she took out
"No Way!" Caitlyn said as she tried to jump off the counter but Fiona pushed her back down.
"You will let me put this on. I won't have you embarrassing this family anymore. You are lucky that your father married me to help straighten things out" Fiona said. Caitlyn sighed and let Fiona do her make-up.
Half an hour later Fiona was finished just as the doorbell sounded.
"Guests are here. Be downstairs in 5 minutes" Fiona told Caitlyn as she fluffed her hair and walked downstairs. Caitlyn waited upstairs as she heard Fiona greeting the guests. She jumped when she heard Fiona shout her name.
"Caitlyn, come down and greet our guests" Caitlyn sighed before she slipped on the sliver heels Fiona had gotten for her and walked out towards the living room.
Caitlyn arrived at the living room and all conversation stopped.
"Oh Fiona, she's beautiful" Courtney, Fiona's friend said. Fiona nodded.
"You should have seen her before" Fiona said, showing that she was proud of her work. Caitlyn looked at the floor, trying to ignore the comments aimed at her. "Come here girl" Fiona said when Caitlyn had stopped at the doorway. Caitlyn slowly walked over to Fiona and stood next to her, feeling out of place in her dress and shoes.
"Caitlyn I would like you to meet Courtney and her son Brendan" Fiona introduced. Caitlyn smiled and only then noticed the boy standing by his mum. "Brendan's 18" Fiona boasted, nudging Caitlyn in the ribs discretely. Caitlyn rolled her eyes.
"Nice to meet you" Caitlyn said in a sugary sweet voice. Fiona glared at her, knowing that it was fake. Caitlyn just shrugged her shoulders.
"Let's go eat" Fiona said.
"I'm home" a voice called out from the front room. Caitlyn squealed and ran towards the front door, not caring what Fiona thought about her at this moment. She ran into the front room and saw her dad hanging up his coat.
"Daddy!" Caitlyn said once he turned around and saw her. Her dad had been on a business trip for the past 3 weeks in London.
"Caity!" Anthony Geller said. Caitlyn ran up to him and he engulfed her in his arms.
"I missed you" Caitlyn whispered.
"Me too princess" Anthony said. Someone clearing their throat broke the moment. Anthony looked up and saw Fiona standing there, waiting. Anthony released Caitlyn and went to greet Fiona. Caitlyn looked away as they kissed each other.
"How long are you here for?" Fiona asked. Anthony sighed.
"The limo is still outside. I just have to get some stuff before we have to go again"
"You have to leave again?" Caitlyn asked.
"Sorry sweetheart" Anthony said as he grabbed some papers from the living room before putting his jacket on again. He quickly said bye to them before walking out the door.
"Bye dad" Caitlyn whispered.
"Let's eat" Fiona said cheerfully. Caitlyn frowned at her, wondering how she could not be the slightest bit upset that her husband was away again.
"Now" Fiona said to Caitlyn when she realised she wasn't following. Caitlyn jumped and quickly walked after Fiona.
"So Brendan, how's school for you?" Fiona asked during dinner. Caitlyn sat there and tried to look at though she was comfortable but truth was, she wasn't. She wasn't used to having her hair straight, the make-up and the way Fiona had made her dress. The only time Caitlyn wore a dress or heels was when she was young and took ballroom dance classes.
"Well I finished my last exam last week and I already have classes lined up at college to start in about 3 weeks" Brendan said.
"What are you going to study?" Fiona asked.
"Interior design"
"Did you hear that Caitlyn? Brendan's studying to be an interior designer"
"That's great" Caitlyn said with fake enthusiasm. Fiona frowned at her before returning her attention back to Brendan.
"So Caitlyn, what are you interested in?" Courtney asked. Caitlyn looked up to see everyone looking at her, waiting for her answer.
"Oh... umm..." Caitlyn looked to Fiona who shook her head. Caitlyn sighed. "I was sorting of thinking along the lines of becoming a vet, to follow in my mum's footsteps" Caitlyn said with a forced smile on her face.
"That's excellent! Too many kids these days are too caught up in wanting to be famous with all this music and acting nonsense" Courtney said, Brendan and Fiona nodding their heads. Caitlyn felt the anger boil up in her but decided to keep quiet. After dinner, everyone gathered in the lounge.
"Caitlyn, would you play the piano for us?" Fiona asked.
"Excuse me?"
"I didn't know you could play the piano" Brendan said. Caitlyn shifted her attention over to him.
"That's because you never asked" Caitlyn replied.
"Now Caitlyn" Fiona said. Caitlyn sighed and stood up.
"Okay" Caitlyn said as she walked over to the piano. She walked past Brendan and saw him look her up and down.
"You done looking?" Caitlyn asked him as she walked past.
"Nope" Brendan smirked. Caitlyn shuddered as she sat down. She began to play an old piece that Fiona had forced her to learn. As Caitlyn was playing, she listened to the conversation the other three were having.
"Why doesn't she call you mum?" Courtney asked. Fiona shrugged.
"I don't know. I've done all I can but she just doesn't seem to warm up to me" Fiona said sighing.
"She's very beautiful" Brendan said.
"You should have seen her before, does not understand the true meaning of beauty. She's always outside in the dirt, old scruffy clothes and does not take care of her skin at all" Fiona said.
"Well at least she has you now" Courtney said.
"Yes. You know, I think I know exactly what she needs" Fiona said.
"What would that be?" Brendan asked.
"I think she needs to be in a relationship. Something like that might want to make work harder on her appearance and not focus so much on all this music stuff she wastes her time on" Fiona said. Caitlyn had had enough now. She slammed her hands on the piano keys and stood up.
"Music is not a waste of time! Music is way for me to be myself, not have you dress me up like some doll and force me to be someone I'm not just so you can impress your friends!" Caitlyn yelled at Fiona.
"You watch your tongue with me young lady" Fiona threatened.
"What are you going to do about it? You're not my mum!" Caitlyn said as she turned around and walked upstairs. She grabbed her phone, iPod and speakers and stomped back downstairs. She looked into the living room to see Courtney comforting Fiona. Caitlyn jumped when she felt an arm wrap around her waist.
"If I were you, I would let go" Caitlyn threatened, a knowing smirk on her face.
"What are you going to do about it?" Brendan asked, his hand going lower.
"This" Caitlyn said as she bent her arm and elbowed him in the groin. Brendan groaned loudly, released his arm and fell to the floor. Courtney and Fiona looked up to see Caitlyn smiling and Brendan on the floor, a look of pure pain on his face.
"What did you do?" Fiona asked.
"Gave him what he deserved." Caitlyn smirked. She waved to everyone and started to walk towards the front door.
"Where are you going?" Fiona demanded.
"None of your business" Caitlyn called out before the door closed.
"The first thing I am going to do for her next school year is ship that brat off to boarding school in England" Fiona said as she turned around to Courtney.
"Why England?"
"It's far away from here and she won't have anywhere to go if she wants to escape" Fiona said as she glared at the door.
As soon as the door was closed, Caitlyn sprinted down the path. She was surprised she could do it in the heels but she did it anyway. She ran until she arrived at the park. Caitlyn slowed down a little and walked until she came to the basketball courts. She set her stuff down and took a deep breath. Caitlyn looked up at the sky and could faintly see the outline of clouds across the sky. She turned around and turned her iPod on. She plugged in the speakers and waited for the music to start.
I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me
If I can see it, then I can be it
If I can believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
'cause I believe in you
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
As the music was playing, Caitlyn had begun to dance to it. It was a contemporary dance with a little bit of Ballet. Caitlyn finished the dance unaware that two people were watching her. One being Fiona who had decided to take a walk and the other being Nate Grey. Caitlyn and Nate had gotten to know each other over the past few years at Camp Rock and they had become even closer when Mitche and Shane started to go out. As Caitlyn walked back over to her stuff, Nate decided to make himself known.
"That was really good Caity" Nate said. Caitlyn screamed and jumped around. Her eyes widened when she saw who it was.
"Nate?"
"The one and only" Nate said while he laughed slightly. Caitlyn squealed softer this time before launching herself at him, hugging him tightly.
"I can't believe you're here"
"The tour finished early so I decided to come and home and take a walk" Nate said as Caitlyn led him over to where her iPod was. "What were you dancing just now?"
"Oh that. That was a contemporary piece I've been working on"
"How come I've never seen you dance like that before?"
"I usually prefer hip-hop or something faster but tonight I wanted a change. I was just about to do something else"
"Can you teach me something?" Nate asked. Caitlyn smiled.
"Of course. What would you like to learn?"
"Can you teach me the waltz?" Nate asked while a blush made its way onto his cheeks.
"Sure. You can chose a song while I get ready"
"Alright" Nate said. He walked over to the iPod but stopped and turned around. "Caitlyn?"
"Yea?" Caitlyn asked as she turned around.
"You look beautiful tonight" Caitlyn blushed.
"I look different" Caitlyn said.
"How come you are dressed like this though?"
"Fiona decided to host a dinner party, trying to set me up with this sleazebag who was hitting on me." Nate laughed. "Anyway, she told me to dress up really nicely tonight and that's why I look like a freak"
"You don't look like a freak. You look absolutely stunning" Nate said honestly.
"Yea well, I don't like not feeling like me" Caitlyn admitted.
"Fair enough. Hey what's this song?"
"What song?"
"It's called Far Longer than Forever"
"Don't listen to that" Caitlyn said as she hurried over to where Nate was.
"Why not?"
"Because"
"Because is not an answer. You can tell me" Nate said. Caitlyn looked into his eyes and suddenly felt that she could trust him not to laugh at her.
"It's a song I wrote because I was bored. It sort of described what I was feeling at that moment I guess"
"Can you waltz to it?"
"I guess so"
"Then teach me with this song" Nate said. Caitlyn sighed and nodded. Nate pressed play and walked over to Caitlyn. She showed him the position and where to place his hands on her. They both blushed when Caitlyn placed her hand in his. Suddenly the music began to play.
If I could break this spell, I'd run to him today
And somehow I know he's on his way to me
Nathan, you and I were meant to be
Caitlyn blushed as she heard the name she had put in the song and she and Nate began to move across the basketball court.
Nate followed Caitlyn's lead for the first part of the song to get used to the dance. He heard the name in the song and smirked, realizing that Nathan was his full name. He looked down at Caitlyn and saw her blush. He smiled and started to take the lead.
Far longer than forever
I'll hold you in my heart
It's almost like you're here with me
Although we're far apart
Caitlyn began to sing softly to the song as she and Nate danced. It felt so right, the way they fit into each other's arms and the way they moved across the court.
Fiona sat back and watched Caitlyn and Nate dance so gracefully. She had heard the conversation where Caitlyn said she had written the song that was playing now.
"That is absolutely pathetic" Fiona said as she watched them dance. Fiona couldn't stand to see Caitlyn so happy.
Far longer than forever
As constant as a star
I close my eyes and I am where you are
Caitlyn sang to the song and almost squealed when Nate lifted her up and twirled her around. As they both started to become more comfortable, Caitlyn began to sing a little louder so Nate could hear her clearly. It was almost as if she was singing the song to him.
Sure as the dawn brings the sunrise
We've an unshakable bond
Destined to last for a lifetime and beyond
Neither of them noticed the thunder rumbling in the distance. Nate twirled her around, grabber her under her arms and lifted her up. Caitlyn threw her head back and held her arms out, clearly enjoying the moment as Nate spun them around. Nate smiling widely when he saw Caitlyn's face.
Far longer than forever (Far longer than forever)
I swear that I'll be true (I swear that I'll be true)
I've made an everlasting vow
To find a way to you
Nate set Caitlyn back down on the ground, dropped his arms from under her arms to on her waist and started to spin them around. Both were laughing as the heavens opened up and it started to rain. Neither cared that they were getting soaked, they were just enjoying the moment.
Far longer than forever
Like no love every known
And with your love I'll never be alone
During the last part of the song, Nate slowed down but didn't stop spinning. He started to sing along with Caitlyn. Caitlyn, still spinning although much slower than before, placed one hand around Nate's neck and another on his arm, moving slightly to the side so that they were standing side by side but facing each other. Both stared intently into each other's eyes as they sang the last part of the song together.
Far longer than forever
Much stronger than forever
And with your love I'll never be alone
The song stopped and so did Nate and Caitlyn but they didn't move from their positions. Caitlyn blushed under his gaze and dropped her head. Nate took one of his hands and lifted her head back up. Nate noticed that she looked more natural now, her hair wasn't as straight anymore and most of the make-up and run off from the rain. The dress clung to her now and Nate also noticed that the heels she was wearing made her almost the same height as him. Nate brought one of his hands up and cupped her cheek. He slowly lowered his lips to meet hers in a hesitant kiss. Caitlyn was shocked at first but snapped out of it and returned the pressure, telling Nate that she didn't mind. The two stood kissing in the rain for a few more seconds before they pulled back. Nate rested his forehead on Caitlyn's.
"Wow" was all that Caitlyn could say. Nate smiled at her.
"I know. I have a question though? Two actually" Nate said.
"Okay"
"One, who was the song about?" Nate asked, a smirk visible on his face. Caitlyn blushed and buried her face in his chest.
"You" he heard her mumble.
"I wrote a song about you as well you know" Nate said. Caitlyn raised her head.
"You did?" Nate nodded his head. "Which one?"
"What's your favourite song of ours?" Nate asked her. Caitlyn thought for a moment before looking up at Nate.
"You mean Love Bug?" Caitlyn asked, surprise written all over her face. Nate nodded.
"Yep. I wrote it just after we came back from Camp Rock" Nate admitted.
"That's so sweet" Caitlyn said as she leaned up and kissed him softly. Nate eagerly returned the kiss.
"I love you" they both whispered at the same time when they pulled apart. Caitlyn smiled softly at Nate while Nate kissed her nose.
"What was the other question?" Caitlyn asked.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" Nate asked. Caitlyn laughed and leaned up to kiss him again.
"As if you even have to ask" Caitlyn said when she pulled back.
"I love you" Nate said.
"I love you too" Caitlyn whispered.
"Just like the song" Nate whispered.
"With your love I'll never be alone" they both sang quietly.
so it's about 12:40 in the morning here. I'm debating on whether or not to put another chapter on here to make it a two-shot. Tell me what you think. Please review for me and please don't take my song. If anyone does take it and they take credit for it themselves, i would probably report you so please don't. I work really hard on my songs to make them my own.