"So you three Grey boys have been in a lot of pictures recently with the same girl." Ellen DeGeneres said with a wide smile as the pictures in question were being played on the screen in a slideshow. "You all seem very comfortable around her." She chuckled at one of the pictures before continuing "However no one knows who she is." Ellen finished her question obvious in her statement.

The three boys, Shane Nate and Jason, of the most popular band, Connect 3 all chuckled happily while looking at the pictures as well. Finally, Jason spoke up "Her name is Mitchie. She has been our best friend since diapers. Our moms were best friends in high school and stayed together in college before eventually moving into houses right next door to each other."

"How come we haven't seen her before?" Ellen asked

"Well when the band took off and we began to be recognized everywhere we went and people started to follow us around and stuff the three of us decided that we wanted her to have as normal a life as possible without dealing with jealous fans or people trying to use her to get to us and all the other junk that comes along with being celebrities' friend and secret keeper. But there was no way we could just stop being friends with her so in a way she became the band's biggest secret. We still hung out with her but most of the time we just stayed at home or talked on the phone." Nate explained

"So why reveal her now?" Ellen asked

"None of us liked keeping her a secret because that meant we couldn't spend as much time with her as we wanted. You know, you can't exactly keep a person a secret if they go everywhere with you like we wanted. Eventually the four of us decided that we would keep it a secret until she graduated high school and then let the world find out." Shane said with the biggest grin on his face.

"So if you could describe your individual relationships with Mitchie in a few words what would they be?" Ellen asked.

Nate immediately exclaimed "My fake twin sister!" when Ellen gave him a questioning look he continued "We have always been freakishly close even when we were in diapers we had an unnatural mental and emotional connection. When we were younger people always use to ask or assume that we were twins. In our freshman year of high school before I became home schooled, it was very common for people to assume that I was related to Mitchie instead of Shane and Jason. Some of the teachers and staff even called me Nate Torres along with the other students." He said with a chuckle.

Everyone else laughed as well until Ellen asked "So who is older?"

Shane and Jason began to laugh between laughs Jason said "Mitchie is and she doesn't let him forget it either."

Shane nodded and smirked at his little brother who sat there pouting "How much older than you is she Nate? I seem to have forgotten."

Nate glared at his brothers and said, "She is 2 days 10 hours and 33 minutes older than me." As soon as he finished his sentenced the whole studio erupted into laughter.

"What about you Jason? What is your relationship with her?" Ellen asked when everyone settled down a bit.

"She is and always will be my precious baby sister and I will always be the over protective big brother that would do anything for her. I remember the first time I ever held her. " Jason got a far off look as he remembered it. He continued to tell the story though "It is the earliest memory I have. It was at the hospital the day she was born. I was only four years old and I remember wondering what was in the blankets that my parents and Aunt and Uncle were passing around. My uncle told me to sit on the hospital bed next to my aunt and I can hold their new baby that came from Aunt Becky's stomach just like my newest baby brother would come from my mom's stomach soon. I was the fifth person to ever hold her. I remember looking down at the beautiful baby in my lap as Uncle Dan told me her name and said that she was going to need someone to take care of her and protect her. At that moment I promised myself and Mitchie that I would always be there to take care of her and love her no matter what happened. I haven't broken that promise yet and I hope I never do." Jason finished with a smile that radiated the love he had for his 'precious baby sister'.

"That is adorable." Ellen said as the studio audience 'aww'ed "Shane, how about you?"

Shane had a mischievous smirk plastered on his face with his eyes shining with the anticipation for the reaction to his next words while both Nate and Jason smiled in amusement at him. Shane, being the drama queen he is, paused for dramatic effect before opening his mouth and saying "Mitchie has been my girlfriend for the past three years and I love her more than anything in the world." The whole audience was stunned into silence at his declaration. Even Ellen sat there with wide eyes in surprise. The three boys chuckled at the reaction Shane's words had caused.

After a couple seconds Ellen recovered and asked "What about the other girls that you have been rumored to have dated the past few years?"

Shane smiled and let out a short chuckle and said "The only one I actually dated was Taylor. Mitchie and I got into a massive fight and broke up. I started to date Taylor about a month after we broke up hoping that she could help me get over Mitchie, who at the time wanted nothing to do with me. As you know Taylor and I dated for a little over a month before we both figured out that I could never love anyone except Mitchie. I never wanted to hurt Taylor and I did actually think that it could work but I have been in love with Mitchie since we were like seven years old and there is no way that I can get over her that fast if it is physically possible for me to ever get over her, which I highly doubt. Anyway after Taylor and I broke up I focused my every effort into getting Mitchie back, Taylor even helped me a little bit after I explained everything to her. Not too long later Mitchie and I were together again and have been solid as a rock ever sense."

"Shane's relationship with Mitchie is another reason why Mitchie isn't a secret anymore." Jason said.

"Why is that?" Ellen asked

Shane chuckled with a bright smile and said "I don't want her to have to get use to the attention and stuff right after we get married. Plus, suddenly getting married when no one even knew I was seriously dating someone would be a little strange. I don't like having to hide my love for Mitchie. Every time there was a rumor that I was dating someone else it got harder and harder to not yell to the world that I loved Mitchie and no one else. Every interview that I had to lie and say that I was single felt like I was not only betraying Mitchie but my fans and they deserve more than that. I want to apologize to all of my fans right now for every time I told them I was single when really I was dating my future wife. I kept the most important thing about me a secret and I am sorry for that." Shane finished with a serious face while he looked into the camera to apologize.

Once again Shane managed to make everyone except his brothers speechless. "Wow." Ellen said "So have you proposed to her already?"

"No she is only 18 and just got out of high school, I know better than to ask now. But I have given her a promise ring and we both know that someday in the near future we will be married. Our mothers have been imagining our wedding since we were six and our fathers have been talking about budget and who was paying for what in our wedding for just as long." Shane said.

"Wow, is she here with you today?" Ellen asked

"She is." Nate said with a smile "She goes everywhere with us now. And I have to say, it is a major stress reliever. The four of us were always attached at the hip; you would never find one of us without at least one other. When we had to leave her we constantly were worrying about her and wondering if we should fly home and make sure she was okay. Honestly there were many concerts and appearances that we almost skipped just to check up on her but each time Mitchie managed to talk us out of it and we ended up doing them any way. Having her here lets us concentrate on our music and fans a lot more."

"Wow, this is a career making exclusive. Too bad I am already established otherwise this certainly would have done it." Ellen joked with a chuckle that the others returned "Well, we have to go to a commercial break right now but don't go away and we will see what other information we can squeeze out of the Connect 3 about the secret girl that has captivated all three of them."When the cameras were off Ellen turned back to the boys and said "Wow! I have never been that surprised about anything in my interviews. A little heads up before the show out of the question boys?" she said laughing.

"Sorry, it was more amusing to see your reaction." Shane said.

"Listen I was wondering if we could bring Mitchie out after the break to talk to her and let your fans get to know her. I promise to be nice and not twist things. It will be a nice interview to help her get used to publicly being with you." Ellen asked hopefully.

The boys exchanged a quick look before Shane said "I'm not sure. How long until commercial is over?"

"About five minutes." Ellen replied.

"I'll go ask her." Shane said as he stood up.

"That would be amazing. If she says yes then can you tell her to wait backstage and come out when I introduce her like you guys did? I'll just need to know before the end of commercial." Ellen said with a smile.

Shane nodded and smiled back before quickly walking off the stage causing the studio audience to question where he was going in whispered tones.

Shane walked past the crew members and right to the girl he was looking for who was sitting on a couch out of the way with her feet tucked under her and reading a book. Shane smiled and quickened his pace. When he finally reached her he placed his hands on the couch on both sides of her trapping her in. Startled she looked up quickly and Shane immediately covered her lips with his own for a short kiss. When he pulled away and looked in her eyes she said "Hey baby, are you guys done already?"

Shane laughed; she obviously hadn't been paying the slightest bit of attention to the interview that so far had been about nothing but her. "No it's commercial break. We spent the entire interview talking about you and have outlined exactly who you are to each of us and now Ellen told me to come and ask you to come join us for the second half so the fans can get to know you better and a nice intro for you into the world of interviews and media questions."

Apprehension immediately flashed through Mitchie's eyes as her cheeks tinted pink in embarrassment "I don't know Shane what if I screw up or what if they don't like me or.." she was suddenly cut off by Shane's lips.

"You don't have to if you don't want to but Nate, Jason, and I would never let anything happen to you and it doesn't matter what they think. You have watched every single interview we have ever had and heard dad's reminders of do's and don'ts on the way here. You would be fine."

Mitchie opened her mouth to answer but one of the stage crew workers interrupted. "Excuse me, Mr. Grey, we need you on set, commercial is about to be over in 2 minutes."

"Okay." Shane said but didn't move an inch "What do you say?" he whispered softly stroking her cheek with his thumb.

Mitchie sighed "I'll do it."

Shane smiled and kissed her lightly before grabbing her hand and pulling her up quickly moving towards the tech people who had already been told about the possibility and were standing ready to wire her with a microphone. "Okay wait back here until Ellen introduces you and then come out just like everyone always does and the three of us will be waiting to hug you. Hold my hand during the interview and if you don't want to answer a question squeeze my hand and I will answer it for you."As Shane was talking he glared at the guy who had pulled the collar at the back of Mitchie's plaid button-up shirt out and stuck his hand down her back to tape the wire to the skin at the middle of her back, before lifting the hem of her shirt to tape the battery pack to her lower back. It was easy to tell that he was being a little too touchy feely, normally they gave people the small battery pack to put in their pocket instead of taping it to them and he had been running his finger tips over her bare skin as much as possible as well. Shane was furious and Mitchie was clearly uncomfortable. The guy came around to face Mitchie with a wide smile on his face to clip the tiny microphone to the front of her shirt. His grin grew wider as his hands reached for a section of her shirt that was way too close to her breast. Before his hand was even halfway there Shane grabbed his wrist and said "Don't you dare even think about it." He then took the microphone from the guy's hands and pinned it to Mitchie's shirt himself in a more appropriate spot. He gave Mitchie a quick but passionate kiss before glaring at the creepy microphone guy and saying "I will be talking to Ellen or whoever I need to about you touching MY girl inappropriately. Don't you dare even think about touching her again and stay away from her got it." He glared menacingly at the guy until he nodded with big frightened eyes and walking away.

"Mr. Grey, please commercial ends in 30 seconds!" the other guy said again clearly stressed out.

"Go" Mitchie said and he quickly ran out. As soon as Ellen saw him she silently asked him what Mitchie said. Shane nodded and quickly said "Wired and ready"

Ellen smiled brightly at him before looking at the camera she was being directed to, the 'On Air' sign light up and Ellen began to talk "Welcome back everybody. If you just tuned in then, you have missed A LOT! I have Connect 3 here with me today and they seem intent on surprising everybody with never before heard information about their lives. Before break we learned of the boys' lifelong best friend and biggest secret, Mitchie" a beautiful, close-up, candid picture of Mitchie came up on the screen behind Ellen as she talked "We have also learned that middle brother and lead singer Shane Grey hasn't been exactly forthcoming about his relationship status. He is in love, promised in marriage, and has been dating his childhood sweetheart Mitchie for the past three years! There was a lot more surprising things but we can't recap all of them right now so you are just going to have to look it up on our website." The crowd chuckled. "Now I'm sure everyone is as excited as I am to meet the girl that has all three of these boys wrapped around her finger and during the brake I managed to talk Shane into talking Mitchie into coming out here with us. So let's get her out here." The crowd started cheering and Ellen and the boys stood up and looked at the entry way and smiled when Mitchie walked out her face slightly flushed with embarrassment but a bright smile on her face as she pushed some of her long brown hair out of her face letting the whole crowd of people and the cameras see her shockingly expressive brown eyes. She wasn't wearing anything particularly nice but she still looked gorgeous in her worn skinny jeans, converse, and plaid button-up.

Ellen came out from behind the coffee table to greet her with a comforting hug saying "Hi, it's nice to meet you."

"You too." Mitchie replied genuinely with a smile. Ellen went back to her chair as Mitchie walked to the boys who each gave her a bright smile and pulled her into a group hug causing everyone to laugh and even a few fans to swoon at their sweetness.

The three boys sat back down and Ellen suddenly realized that the couch only fit the three boys and they hadn't gotten another chair. "Unfortunately we are a little under prepared since we weren't expecting you." Ellen said she looked confident but if you were really paying attention you could tell she didn't know what to do and that fact shook her up a bit.

Mitchie just smiled at her reassuringly and said "Don't worry about I didn't know about it either otherwise I would have actually taken the time to dress a little nicer." The crowd laughed and Ellen smiled her gratitude to Mitchie. Mitchie returned the smile before turning and sitting down half on Shane's lap and half on Nate's. "See, all fixed!" Mitchie said beaming at Ellen, immediately the crowd burst into laughter again. Mitchie began to relax a bit. She had been up there for maybe a minute or two and already she had made everyone laugh twice. Shane grabbed her hand, with the hand that was not trapped under her and kissed her palm before resting their joined hands on her knee.

"So Mitchie, tell us a bit about yourself." Ellen said

"Well there really isn't much to tell. I am 18 years old, I graduated valedictorian of my high school class three weeks ago. I am taking a year off of school to go on the Connect 3 world tour." The boys all smiled when she subtly brought up the topic that the interview was actually suppose to be about originally. "I haven't really had too much opportunity to travel out of the New Jersey-New York area so I am excited to go to 20 different countries on the tour as well as going to at least one city in every state. I can't wait to see Las Angeles next week when the tour starts." The boys and Ellen all smiled at the fact that she had just said every important fact that was supposed to be mentioned in the interview without making it seem like a commercial but still advertising it perfectly in natural conversation. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that Mitchie was a natural in the spotlight. Shane squeezed her hand affectionately and smiled at her adoringly.

"So you have grown up with three boys who are commonly called music geniuses and prodigies. Did any of that rub off on you?" Ellen asked.

"Ahh..Touchy topic." Jason said with a laugh. Ellen looked at him questioningly.

Mitchie was the one to answer though. "They get mad at me because I play the piano, guitar, drums, and a few other random instruments, I also sing, and even write my own songs but I don't let them see or hear any of them. They haven't actually heard me sing or play since I was 12" Mitchie said turning pink.

"Why don't you let them hear?" Ellen asked

"Well it's not specifically them. I don't let anyone hear me, not even my parents have heard me. I just use music to get my emotions out and really there isn't much there to hear." Mitchie said looking down.

Nate and Shane began to open their mouths to try and convince her into letting them hear or at least read one of her songs but Jason cut them off and said "Not now guys, we will try and annoy it out of her later and if she still says no then we can ransack her room until we find a song." All three boys smirked evilly while the audience and Ellen laughed.

"No you won't or I'll throw all of your underwear out the window on the bus tonight on our way to the first venue." The boys' smirks fell and glared at her as Ellen and the audience doubled over in laughter.

"Would you actually do that?" Ellen asked between laughs.

Mitchie gave a smirk identical to the ones the boys had previously worn while the three boys nodded their heads in affirmation to her question no trace of amusement on their faces. The crowd was rolling with laughter. Jason explained "Mitchie has a scary talent for getting revenge and pulling pranks on us and she has never hesitated in demonstrating that talent to us."

After everyone calmed down Ellen continued to ask questions and continued to get answers that made people smile or laugh.

Somehow, the topic of a music competition Mitchie and Nate had competed against each other in when they were 11, before Mitchie's musical talent became anti-social, came up. Nate was saying, "I spent months writing the song, called Joy to the World which was actually recorded and put on a CD of top Christian Songs, you can still buy it on iTunes today it was the song that ultimately landed the three of us our first record deal. I practiced every second I could until it sounded perfect." Nate said shaking his head "But at the last minute Mitchie entered the competition and wrote her song the week before the competition and according to her she only practiced it three times. Mitchie and I have always been competitive with each other so I didn't even care about winning as long as I beat her. The competition came and at the end I was standing on stage holding a trophy for second place." He frowned and glared at Mitchie letting everyone know exactly who had won first place.

Mitchie smirked at him and ruffled his hair and said in a teasing voice "Second born! Second place!"

Everyone laughed as Nate's glare intensified before suddenly he smirked as an idea came to him. He looked at her and said "Fine, prove it! I challenge you to a sing off! Right here! Right Now! And we will see who is second this time!" Shane and Jason began to smile hopeful that this challenge might be exactly what they needed to hear her music.

Mitchie's smile dropped as she stuttered "uh... Nate we are in the middle of an interview on live television. There isn't time."

"Oh, we have plenty of time for one song each." Ellen exclaimed Mitchie glared at her and Ellen's smile got bigger.

"What are you Chicken? I mean it's fine if you already know that I am going to beat you then you don't have to do it." Nate said knowing exactly what to say to goad her into accepting the challenge.

Mitchie's eyes narrowed to slits and she jumped up and looked at him saying "Oh, you are on! I'm gonna make you eat those words and then you are going to buy me ice cream whenever I want it for two months when I win."

Nate stood up and said "That's not going to happen because when I win you will be making your amazing chocolate chip cookies for me whenever I ask for two months!"

"Deal!" Mitchie said in a challenging voice sticking her hand out.

"Deal!" Nate replied before taking her hand and doing the special handshake they had had since childhood to seal deals and promises.

As soon as the handshake was finished Jason and Shane jumped off the couch cheering and Nate just stood there looking at Mitchie with a teasing smile as she realized exactly what she had agreed to.

Mitchie started to open her mouth to back out until Nate said "Don't even try and get out of it you did the sacred handshake. You know as well as I do that once the sacred handshake is completed you can't go back; it's a binding powerful contract that goes all the way back to the superhero club's initiation sacred handshake. Break one sacred handshake you break all of them."

Everyone else looked confused at what Nate just said until Shane laughed and said "Only you two would use a code of rules you made when you were 5 as if they were actually legal laws."

"Hey don't complain it keeps her from backing out and gives us what we have wanted for seven years. Way to go little bro!" Jason said ruffling Nate's hair. They all laughed.

Ellen stood up as well reminding the four that they were still on television. "Alright it looks like after we come back from this commercial break we will have a long awaited musical battle between the fake twins of the group. So whatever you do, do not go away. This promises to be good."

Immediately after the cameras turned off the three boys pulled out their cell phones and began texting. "What are you doing?" Mitchie asked.

"Making sure that all the family has the TV on to see this and posting it on twitter to go to all our friends." Jason said after he pressed send.

"Don't worry." Shane said laughing "I just posted on your twitter site too to make sure your friends are watching as well."

I glared at them and said my biggest fear "Guys you haven't heard me sing in 6 years what if I make a fool of myself? I don't want everyone watching me do horribly." And then she looked down self conscious.

Shane pulled her into his chest and said "Mitchie, you were born to make music. You have been more talented than the three of us since you were four and started to teach yourself piano. There is no doubt in my mind that if you would have continued to let people hear your music you would be the one announcing your world tour not us. You have been singing since you were a baby and writing songs since you learned to talk. That kind of talent doesn't just go away. There is no way that you will embarrass yourself. This is your time to shine." He kissed her head gently.