It had been 2 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours and 43 seconds since Mitchie had seen Shane and

though she tried to hide it, it was killing her. Being without Shane was like being without air. Mitchie felt

incomplete and lost. No amount of texting, which was a lot, and calling whenever he had a free moment,

which wasn't often, could ease the ache which seemed to grow worse with every passing day.

Mitchie sat back in her chair as her math teacher droned on and did what she did loved, she thought about

Shane. She recalled what had happened after final jam and smiled for the first time in days.

Mitchie had just left final jam, floating on the euphoria of everything that had occurred. She had just sung

in front of a crowd and they had loved it and even better, she was Shane's "voice". Things couldn't get any

better. Mitchie headed down to the lake, hoping Shane would already be there. Her grin grew larger as she

saw him and the canoe he was trying to turn right side up.

"Hey rockstar." she teased.

Shane jumped and spung around, his facing lighting up as he saw Mitchie walking towards him.

"Ready for that canoe ride?"

"Only if were not going in circles"

He laughed as they pushed the canoe into the lake and climbed inside. They fell into a comfortable

silence as Shane rowed them towards the center of the lake. Mitchie took in the scenery, enjoying the bright

stars and the calmness of the lake, as she tried to figure out what to say.

Shane finally stopped rowing and began speaking before Mitchie could.

"I want to apologize." he started and Mitchie felt her jaw drop "what you did was wrong, yea, but I was

wrong to react as harshly as I did. You never lied to me directly. I just dont understand why you would wanna

be anyone other than Mitchie because I don't know what Mitche you know, but the Mitchie I know is

incredible."

Mitchie's head shot up and she looked into his eyes, seeing the sincerity there. Mitchie knew she needed

Shane to understand why she had lied like she had.

"Shane at my school I have exactly one friend. I've never been invited to a party and I've never been

asked out. I came to Camp Rock and for once i just wanted things to be different, to not feel so alone all

the time. Lying to Tess seemed like the only way to be someone else. I'm so sorry that me trying to be

popular hurt you." Mitchie looked back down, ashamed.

"It's okay Mitchie, in some weird way I understand what it's like to want to be someone different.

Sometimes I wish people looked at me and saw Shane, just Shane, not Shane Grey, angry and wild

popstar." he confessed.

Mitchie was quiet for a moment,

"Well then, I'm Mitchie Torres, an aspiring songwriter, my mom is the cook here and my dad owns a

hardware store."

She held out her hand and looked pleadingly at Shane, silently asking to start over.

With a laugh Shane took her hand and simply said "I'm Shane."

Mitchie and Shane spent hours on the lake getting to know everything about each other. When they finally

dragged the canoe onto the shore both where exhausted but unwilling to say goodnight. Shane made the first

move, cupping Mitchie's cheek, he spoke softly,

"There are so many Tess Tyler's out there Mitchie, and your worth more than all of them combined.

There's no one else I would have wanted to be the voice." he paused, unsure of how to continue " and

nothing would make me happier than if you would be my girlfriend."

Mitchie's eyes widened as she froze and Shane rushed on,

" I know it's gonna be hard but I wanna give us a try, because what he have, it's real and I don't see

much that's real anymore and when I do I want to grab it and not let go."

There was no hesitation as Mitchie threw her arms around Shane, nodding fervently. And when their lips

met in a tender kiss both knew they had found what they were looking for.

It had been hard, harder than they had expected but Mitchie had hung on because she loved Shane and

nothing could change that. They had spent four glorious months together as the boys worked on their new

CD and new sound. When their three month tour had been announced Shane and Mitchie had been

devastated and their goodbyes had been heart wrenching. Even now Mitchie felt her heart shatter as she

thought about it.

They stood by the bus, Mitchie with tears streaming down her face and Shane trying to hold himself

together. Neither knew what to say. Nothing seemed adequate enough. Distantly they heard Nate call out five

minutes.

"I love you" Shane said as he kissed Mitchie desperately "you aren't part of my heart, you are my heart.

Your the reason I breathe Mitche and I won't be home again until I can hold you. . " he broke off as his

throat closed up, unable to control the sadness rising up in his throat.

Mitchie leaned up and kissed Shane again "I love you Shane and I'll be right here waiting when you come

home, no amount of distance is going to change how much I love you."

They kissed one last time before clutching each other desperately. Shane pulled away reluctantly, hating

to let go. He walked backwards to the bus, oblivious to the tears streaming down his facing. Mouthing I love

you one last time, he got onto the bus. Mitchie watched the bus pull away and made it to her mom's van

before breaking down completely.

But Shane would be coming home soon. In two days Mitchie would be with Shane again and that

thought held her together. As Mitchie left school that day, she realized it was only a day and a half until he

was home. Exiting the building Mitche heard a bunch of high pitched screams coming from the street. She

swung her heard around and took off without thought, throwing herself at the person resting on the bright blue

mustang.

"Shane!!"

Mitchie was whole again.