"Mitchie, now I know that you probably don't want me to give you advice...but I really think you should consider getting back with Shane?" Miley sat next to Mitchie and started to pick at her manicured fingernails.

Mitchie put down her hand of cards. Her and Alex were playing goldfish. Mitchie looked sideways toward Miley blankly. "So, you really think I should get back together with Shane."

"We start school tomorrow. Don't you want to start off with a bang?"

Alex looked up at Miley from her hand, "Miley... I think it's end with a bang. And besides, if Mitchie doesn't want to get back with Shane then she doesn't have to."

Mitchie spoke uncertainly, "School is starting soon and I most certainly don't want to start it off badly."

Miley perked up and clapped her hands together cheerleader style, "So you're going to get back with Shane?"

Mitchie grinned like Miley said something stupid, "No. I'm going to have a makeover."

Alex was now confused, "Mitchie, why do you want a makeover? You already look good."

"Well, maybe it's time for me to change my style."

"Mitchie don't change yourself for somebody else."

Miley butted in, "Alex! Don't tell her wrong. If she wants to change then let her."

Mitchie spoke for herself, "No, I won't be changing for someone else. I'll be changing for myself but to prove to someone else that I can be different and independent." A devious smile spread across Mitchie's face.

Mitchie walked into the school with Alex and Miley just a step behind on either side of her. As they walked in, the double doors opened as if by themselves and wind was blowing into the girls' styled hair, just like in a movie. Everybody stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to see the girls walking in. People's mouths were dropping left and right as the girls walked in confidently not stopping for anybody.

Mitchie looked completely different than what she was before. She was clacking down the school hallway with Miley's clothes and in her 4-inch shiny black peeptoes. She was dressed in Miley's Ringspun Ophelia Tube Dress and black bangles both from Metropark. Mitchie had an awesome natural glow from her time spent outside over summer. Her hair was in loose curls and she had smoky natural colored eye-shadow and a tinted lip gloss. Miley was smiling from ear to ear because it was her clothes that Mitchie was wearing that everybody dropped their mouths at. Today Miley made sure she and Alex toned down their outfits so that Mitchie could stand out.

Mitchie and the girls walked up to the guys.

Nate and Shane were engrossed in the conversation but the guys they were standing with were totally checking Mitchie out. They started to whistle but Shane and Nate didn't notice. Alex walked up to Nate and hooked her arm up to his, he pecked her cheek and she sheepishly smiled. Shane now noticed since all of the guys were now staring at something behind him. He turned around and saw Mitchie smiling at him.

In a friendly way with a smile she said, "Hi Shane!"

Shane gave her the up-down, and his mouth slowly fell. "Mitchie..."

Miley smiled really wide and said, "So, did you guys pick up your schedules yet?"

Distractedly, Shane shook his head 'no'.

Mitchie gave a coy smile, "Oh, neither did we, I guess me and Miley will go get it now." Her and Miley hooked arms and glided down the hallway towards the cafeteria.

Shane just watched Mitchie sway her behind and subconsciously said under his breath, "She is so sexy."

Shane was a senior this year, so the first day was a bunch of senior 'fun' stuff. Every time Mitchie crossed his mind, he totally spaced out. As he sat down for lunch, he looked around and saw Mitchie crossing over to him. His mouth slowly fell again.

When Mitchie got there she sat down across from Shane and giggled, "Shane! Earth to Shane!" She was waving her hand in front of his face. She giggled and pulled her hand back after she pushed his chin up and closed his mouth.

She grabbed Shane's fast food milk shake and took a sip, "So what's on your mind?"

Shane noticed that he was taking too long to answer when the corners of Mitchie's lips started to curl up, "Oh! Um, nothing really."

Mitchie just raised an eyebrow and took another sip from Shane's straw stuck in the milk shake, "So what'd you do yesterday?" Mitchie put the sweating cup back down in front of Shane.

"Oh, um y'know the usual. What'd you do?"

"I just hung out with Miley and Alex."

"So yeah, y'know we could've hung out yesterday."

"Oh, I know but you didn't call." Mitchie gave him another smile.

He let out a yearning sigh as he stared at her lips. Her eyebrows scrunched together in confusion, "Shane? Are you okay?"

"Uhhh." Shane then caught himself again, "Oh! Um, yeah totally."

Mitchie touched Shane's arm, "Tell me, it's okay."

Shane looked down at Mitchie's hand on his arm. "Yeah..."

Mitchie pulled back her hand unaware of her effect on Shane, "What's the matter?"

"Uhhh Nothing Mitchie. I just got to go." Shane quickly pushed back his chair and got up quickly escaping through the cafeteria doors. Mitchie watched as he went in confusion. As the cafeteria doors closed, Miley sat down in Shane's seat and pushed his food over with her tray of cafeteria food.

"Hi Miley!"

"Hi Mitchie! Want some food?" Miley pushed her tray to the middle of the table.

"Why thank you Miley, I think I do." Mitchie and Miley giggled as they both started to eat the food off of Miley's tray.

As Mitchie got up to throw away Shane's untouched food, she noticed a girl walking around the cafeteria aimlessly with her tray in her hands. Mitchie threw the food away and walked over to the girl, "Umm hi."

"Hi."

"I was just wondering if you had anywhere to sit."

The girl gave her a small smile, "Actually no. I don't."

Mitchie smiled too, "Then you should join us. I'm Mitchie."

"I'm Audrey."

Audrey followed gratefully behind Mitchie. They sat down at the table, "Miley, this is Audrey. Audrey this is Miley."

Miley gave Audrey a small wave and a smile. Audrey shyly smiled and then quickly started to play with her milk carton.

Mitchie started conversation at the unusually quiet table, "So, Audrey. Are you a freshman?"

Audrey stopped playing with her milk carton as she got it open and placed her hands in her lap, "Umm yeah kinda. Today's my first day of public high school."

Miley smiled and reminisced, "Ahh, I remember those days. They were really special to me... Did you just move here?"

"Uhh yeah. I just moved here from D.C."

Mitchie smiled, "Oh, that's cool, one of our friends moved here last year from New York. She said she had some cousins living in D.C."

"Oh, maybe I know who they are, D.C. is like a town of people. Everybody knows each other or at least tries to." Audrey gave a sheepish smile.

"Umm Our friend's name is Alex Russo. She should be here but I don't know where she is."

"Oh, hmm Russo? No I don't know anybody with the last name Russo."

"Oh, that's okay, you will soon."

Miley put down a fry, "Yeah, you should meet us after school, we can take you over to Rico's. It'll be fun."

"Umm, what's Rico's?"

"Oh, it's like a food stand. A lot of people hang out there."

Audrey's face lit up, "Okay."

"I don't understand you did what?"

"I invited her to stay over tonight."

"Mitchie, why?" Alex didn't mean to whine but that's what it sounded like.

"Miley was all for it too."

"Miley was all for it because she has nobody else to hang out with."

"What are you talking about, she's staying at your house anyways."

"Mitchie, you invited her over to my house and I haven't even met her yet. For all I know she could be a freak!"

"Okay, shh, shh. I'll just tell her I can't do it tonight."

"No! You can't back out now. Then she would know that I said that she couldn't stay at my house for the night." Alex leaned back in her seat and watched the open door frame.

Mitchie pulled out her phone and got a text from Miley, "OMG audrey is like a genius or something! she's in my class!"

Mitchie thought it over. Miley didn't pass Algebra 2 last year, so there's a possibility that Miley hadn't passed other classes too. Mitchie texted back, "wat class r u in?"

"chem. freshmen take bio"

"mayb she is a genius"

Mitchie quickly threw her phone in her bag before her Spanish teacher caught her. Alex was doodling on her paper as she felt someone tap on her shoulder. She turned around and found a familiar face smiling at her.

"Well hello there, mystery girl." A one-sided smile grew on his face.

Alex slowly smiled. When Mitchie heard this guy's voice and noticed that he was talking to Alex she turned around without thinking. She smiled and quickly gave her greeting to Bradin.

"Where have you been all summer Bradin?" Mitchie smiled.

"Ah you know just hanging around town. I heard you guys had a real adventure over the summer."

"Oh yeah we did!" Mitchie was grinning again but it disappeared quickly after she heard the teacher call her name.

"Mitchie Torres. Please come to the front of the room immediately." The teacher firmly spoke to Mitchie.

"Ah yes m'am." Mitchie quickly shuffled up to the teacher's desk.

"So, Alex."

"Yes Bradin?"

"I never got your call."

"Oh, right. Sorry. I guess I got real busy." Alex's fingers began to fidget with the notebook paper on Bradin's desk.

"Oh. Yeah. So. Did you still want to go see the stars?"

"Oh, y'know. I'd love to but yeah."

"But?"

"But. I don't know Bradin. I think I'd have to get back to you on that." Alex looked up, pulled her hands back into her lap, and with that firmly ended the conversation by turning around.

The girls were giggling as they waited in the music hall.

Alex spotted her boyfriend walking into the room and she held her breath, for some odd reason. As he came closer she let it go to say 'Hi.'

He smiled and gave her a quick peck on the lips.

Mitchie smiled, "So where were you guys during lunch today?"

Miley added her little take on what Mitchie meant, "Yeah, did you guys find a cozy dark room to have some fun in?"

They all turned and looked at Miley. Miley's smile started to diminish.

Alex spoke up though after the silence, "No... Not quite, we actually came to visit Ms. Boots, the new music teacher. She seems like a really exciting teacher with some fresh ideas."

A booming voice echoed through the music hall, "Everybody please sit down! I want to start class."

As people began to scramble for seats around the room, Ms. Boots took a seat on top of her desk.

A kid near the front of their arc of chairs demanded, "Ms. Boots, let us tell you about ourselves!"

Ms. Boots smiled and graciously said, "Well, I really don't want to get to know you... I want you to get to know me."

The kid sat down and his enthusiastic smile was lost.

Ms. Boots smiled and immediately spit out, "Just kidding! I want all of you to want to know each other." Ms. Boots pulled her legs up onto the desk and placed them into criss-cross applesauce style. "I want you guys to help us get to know you as an individual by writing us a song or playing us a song that you think that embodies you. Now I know it might be hard but just try because we will be doing this quite often." The kids in the class started to talk about the project. But Ms. Boots interjected, "Oh yeah, for the traditional little bit of introducing a new teacher to their students, If you think that this is a blow off class, think again. You will be learning musical instruments on your own. This is a strictly performance and composition based class and curriculum. I don't plan on giving anybody slack." Ms. Boots slid off the desk landing on her black flats. Cheerfully she said, "Okay thank you for your attention. Quickly decide what instrument you want to play and I'll see if I can make it happen." She smiled and walked around her desk to sit in her chair.

Alex quickly turned her head to turn and look at Nate who was already smiling at her. He had his arm around her shoulders. Alex quickly said, "So, what do you think I should do?"

Nate smiled with his eyes and answered Alex, "Well, we could spend long nights in my room-"

Alex interrupted Nate, "Nate! Be serious!"

Nate chuckled, "You didn't let me finish. We could spend long nights in my room, teaching you to play the guitar."

Alex's eyes flicked down as she started to blush. But she seemed determined not to let herself seem that her cheeks were on fire, "You'd really do that for me?"

"Why not? It's for a girl I really... really like."

They looked at each other with straight faces and started to lean in but Mitchie stopped their moment, "Hey Nate, what do you plan on playing?"

Nate's gaze was pulled away from Alex to Mitchie, "Uhh, I'm not quite sure yet. I think I will be playing the drums."

Miley scoffed, "Not fair. You already mastered the drums."

Nate tilted his head to the side in question, "What are you talking about? I haven't mastered anything."

Mitchie smiled, "Aww, playing the modest card Nate?"

Alex was beaming, "That's my boyfriend."

xoxoxo

When I was writing the character Audrey I thought of Kay Panabaker. So, I hope you guys liked it! Tell me what you think! Was it good? Was it bad? Was it horrific? Was it pretty chill?