Mitchie Torres

The Dreamer, The Shiner, The Voice Waiting To Be Heard
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I Am Mitchie Torres & This Is Me: I’m a simple girl whose dreams are bigger then this town I live in. I live in a small town named Franklin. I love it, but at the same time I’m urging to break free from the small town life, to Hollywood. I was brought into this world August 20, 1992. My passion and my obsession is music. I sing, play guitar, play piano, and write my own songs. I literally and truly have no life outside of music; I would be completely lost without it. In my small school I used to only have one friend, but I was somewhat content with that. My dad owns a hardwood store, and my mom owns a catering business. We are defiantly not the richest people ever, but I think we do pretty good. I’ve always dreamt about breaking free and shining, but never fully got around to do it. That was until that one summer came along:
Camp Rock. I’m sure you’ve heard of it. It’s the camp where anyone who wants to be anyone in music goes to. I was lucky enough to get to go on a discount because my mom was the cook for the camp. When I arrived Camp Rock I was immediately overwhelmed. Everyone was so…famous in their own way. I felt somewhat out of place there, that was until I met Caitlin Gellar. She will be a music producer some day. I just know it. She is amazing, and I was very lucky to have her around. I met a girl named Tess Tyler shortly after, and in ways I was mesmerized by her! She is Tess Tyler for crying out loud! Daughter of T.J Tyler! I wanted desperately to be accepted by her, but how can I? I’m so average, so boring. So… I lied. I told her my mom was the owner of Hot Tunes T.V China. I’m not even sure they have a Hot Tunes T.V in China! Everyone thought I was amazing because of my “mom”. I was accepted into Tess’ click that contained of three girls- now four- Tess, Peggy, and Ella. Caitlin told me from the start that I shouldn’t get involved with Tess. I kind of felt like I was stuck in the movie Mean Girls- I just didn’t see that yet.
During the beginning of Camp, we all found out we had a celbrity guest coming. Shane Gray. The diva from Connect Three. I wasn’t head over heels for him nor even thrilled about him being here. I always thought he was a great singer, but I didn’t appreciate his attitude. So, I tried my hardest to not be around him. But that failed quick. I met him in the Kitchen where I had to help out my mom (Which no one knew she was my mom nor that I was helping out). Ever since day by day we started to talk more and later became friends. But I had a feeling he only liked me because of the lie: Famous Mom. But I disregarded that and became close with Shane. He told me a story that he heard this girl singing, and he was searching for this voice because it inspired him deeply. He wrote a song for her, and asked me if he could show me.
"You're The Voice I Hear Inside My Head, The Reason That I'm Singing, I Need To Find You, I Gotta Find You"
Tess, Peggy, Ella, and I seemed to always be together preparing for Final Jam (the last performance of the summer). I did everything I could to spend my spare time with Caitlin, or Shane. It took me a while to realize that I was drifting away from Caitlin who soon found out that my mom was really the cook. She felt shocked and hurt for me to lie to her. She acted as if she couldn’t wait to tell everyone! Deep down I knew that she should go tell everyone, because I deserved it. I just wanted to fit in- be accepted. Just once…But Caitlin- being the great person she is, decided not to tell anyone. I couldn’t ask for a better friend, so why was I treating her so badly?
Later on, Tess somehow found out that I had been lying the whole time. Instead of just confronting me about the matter, she purposely humiliates me in front of the whole Camp. As if my heart wasn’t already enough hurt, Shane was disgusted with me. He told me that he thought I was the only one who didn’t lie to him to be his friend just because he was famous. He thought everything we had was a lie… but it wasn’t… not to me. Everyone ignored me and no longer cared to be my friend, except Caitlin of course. I was so stupid to not see that Tess was everything Caitlin said. I was realzing that being popular for that long wasn’t worth it.
“Was it worth it what I gave away, For five minutes of fame?”
Caitlin was still there for me, like the good friend she was. She was the only one I had, and I thank her till this day for her being the greatest friend ever. We decided to get my mind off everyone at the camp so we were going to enter for Final Jam together. She was going to mix up the music, while I sang an original song by me. We practiced practically every day, and were counting down days to when we get to perform. When I was with her, my mind did draw me away from the rest of the camp members. That was until the day Tess came into the kitchen yelling at us while Brown was behind her. She told him that we stole her lucky charm bracelet her mom gave to her. It was a total lie! We didn’t even go NEAR her, but she insisted. Brown asked us if he could just look around to make sure we didn’t take it, and I told him to go ahead because he wasn’t going to find anything. At least I thought he wouldn’t. But there it was in Brown’s hand. He found it under my books, and Tess smiled viciously at us. Of course she planted it there herself so we would get busted. In punishment, we got kicked out of Final Jam! He told us we were banned from all camp activities till the end of final jam. It was ridiculous beyond belief! We were utterly disappointed and angry that we didn’t get to be in Final Jam.
On the night of Final Jam, Caitlin and I were moping around. We were so devastated that we didn’t get to perform our song we worked really hard at. Brown’s words kept repeating in my head like a broken record player. I couldn’t stop thinking on how bad that felt… That’s when an idea struck me! Brown said at the end of final jam, right? We could just beg to perform after everyone had gone. & That’s what we did.
After Peggy did the most unbelievable performance, Brown got on the microphone saying that the judges (Shane, Nate, and Jason of Connect Three) would have to figure out the winner, and that it was the end of final jam. This was it. The moment of all moments. I had to sing this song, for everyone to hear. For everyone to see. They needed to know who I am. Brown was surprisingly thrilled that we asked him to go on stage, and accepted immediately. Caitlin wished me luck and told me to go ahead and go
I stepped onto the stage terrified at first to see so many people, but when I heard the music start to play the words came easy. I stepped into that spotlight and sang words coming from my heart.
“I’ve always been the kind of girl that hid my face, so afraid to tell the world what I’ve got to say
Shane turned around, and it felt so good to see his face, but he was looking at me in shock. It confused me, but I kept on singing the words of my life. I felt like I was the only ones in the room. The song truly touched my heart and I felt so real for the first time. I was shining so brightly and I never felt better.
“This is real, this is me, I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be now, gonna let the light shine on me, now I’ve found who I am there’s no way to hold it in, no more hiding who I wanna be. This is me.”
Shane turned around with a microphone in hand smiling wide at me. He started to recite the words to his song “Gotta Find You” and it fit perfectly. The look on his face explained it all. I was the girl that he was looking for, and his search was over. He must have heard me sing that song that one day in the mess hall. We walked up to each other smiling as he sang his heart out to me. I joined in and we both broke out back into the chorus of my song. I stared into his hazel eyes singing words directly to him, letting him know that this is me, and I no longer attend on changing for anyone. He grabbed my hand and interlocked his fingers with mine. It was a moment I truly wish to never forget. We both felt like we were the only ones in the room, and I thought we were until I heard the crowd brake out into a booming applaud. But Shane and I didn’t take our eyes of each other… I felt utterly complete.
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