She had barely slept at all. It was the day of the School Rocks concert. Today she, Mitchie Torres, would sing on a stage in front of total strangers. Gulp. How am I going to do this? she wondered. Luckily, there was quite a lot going on to keep her mind preoccupied. Mitchie spent most of the day in town at the school for a final sound check and rehearsal under the enthusiastic watch of Brown and Dee. Then it was off to wardrobe and hair and makeup before she had to be backstage at three. They were “rolling,” as the crew said, at six. In addition to the crew and School Rocks organizers, the high-school grounds were also swarming with T.J. Tyler’s entourage, including the president of Blush Cosmetics, who followed T.J. around like a puppy, telling her how “fabulous” she was at least every two minutes. Nate and Jason had come to support Shane. Over the summer they had made several trips to Camp Rock and Mitchie was glad to see them there. She needed all the familiar faces she could get in the audience.
