A/N: I own nothing... just this idea I got. Hope you like it.
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"Sing for you"
A sold out concert in Los Angeles, California; the opening concert of Connect 3's summer tour, with Mitchie Torres, the blossoming pop star, as the opening act.
Flashes of light that collide with the darkness of the night and the screams of impatience, from hundreds of fans, waiting for their favorite band to come out on the stage.
"This is amazing!" Mitchie whispered to herself, looking from the corner of the stage. As the opening act, she would have to perform in a matter of seconds. The stage manager made her a sign and she ran happily to the center of the stage.
"How are you doing tonight?" she shouted out in her microphone as the crowd roared with excitement "You already know this song; "Who will I be?""
The crowd just wouldn't stop shouting, encouraging her, as she excitedly ran from one side of the stage to the other, singing all the songs of her first CD. It had taken her one year and some little help from Shane to get a contract with Hollywood Records and she could hardly believe her dream was coming true: her first single had been on the charts the last five weeks and she had several Golden records reminding her how good the sales of her music were going.
"Thank you; you're amazing!" She shouted out before leaving the stage after presenting Connect 3.
Quickly, Shane Gray and his band mates took their places in the stage; the frenzy while Mitchie sang was pretty poor compared to the excited screams that these three boys caused to come out of all their fan girl's mouths.
"How did you like Mitchie?" Shane asked to the audience with a smile and the audience clapped and yelled in approval; he and Mitchie had been publically proclaimed a couple and people all over the country had found them the most adorable couple of the world of music. "So, we're gonna start with "Play My Music"!"
One after another, Connect 3 played their hit singles, even those "cookie cutter pop star" songs that had made them one of the most famous bands, of course until that moment when Shane announced, as closing act, their song "Gotta Find You".
"I'm calling our dear friend Mitchie Torres to join us in," he announced and the girl would come out again, waving her hand happily.
The slow music started and Shane gave Mitchie her space to start singing her part of the song.
"I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I had this dream
Bright inside of me
I'm going to let it show
It's time
To let you know
To let you know
This is the 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 want to be
This is me
Then the lights revealed Shane too, approaching Mitchie.
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you
I gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you
I gotta find you
At this point, Mitchie and Shane were facing each other, their hands intertwined.
This is the 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 want to be
This is me
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
This is me
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
Now I found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me.
When the song finished, Mitchie and Shane are only inches away from each other and the audience squealed in excitement for a kiss, they thought, would be their next move.
"Thank you, guys; you've been awesome!" Mitchie shouted on the microphone and left the stage, still holding hands with Shane. They didn't kiss, and once they left the stage they push each other's hand away with disgust.
"Nicely sung, Mitchie, but you still have to control your voice; I think I'm deaf for life," Shane mocked her, throwing himself on the couch of their dressing room.
"Oh, I don't think that's much of a problem," Mitchie responded with anger, rising up and increasing voice tone, "You never listen to anybody that's not you, anyway!"
Nate and Jason intervened and stood between them when Shane stood up to face Mitchie. "Guys, please, chill!" Nate pleaded to them both before Shane would say something he would regret.
"Tell your friend! He started it!" Mitchie shouted, trying to get rid of Jason, who was holding her by the arms so she wouldn't go and slap Shane.
"You're acting like five year olds!" Nate shouted exasperatedly. "Shane, take back your comment; you know Mitchie did really well tonight!"
"And you, Mitchie." Jason imitated Nate's tone, "you know that Shane's no longer a stuck up jerk!"
She gave Jason a brief disbelief look before huffing and turning away. "The thing is, Jason, he IS a jerk, and that's exactly why we broke up!"
The boys watched her go, before turning both to looks at Shane.
"Dude, are you ever going to tell us what happened?" Nate asked. He and Jason had the same questioning look upon him (Shane wasn't really sure if Jason's questioning look was about the question Nate had made him, or just because he really had no idea what the hell was going on, as usual).
He shook his head in response "It's just over; does it even matter?" he threw himself on the couch again and put on his headphones, before he could pretend to turn on his iPod. He wasn't in the mood for music, but he was less in the mood for questions about Mitchie and how they had became shouting machines of hostility.
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(3 months earlier)
"I'm sorry, guys, but there's no way to break the deal, you both signed for a summer tour together; Mitchie as opening act" Hollywood Records' attorney explained them.
Mitchie and Shane were sitting in front of the man's desk, both in chairs they had dragged apart from the other. Mitchie was sitting very straight and stiff, keeping her arms crossed in her chest, trying to keep her eyes on the lawyer to avoid Shane's.
He, on the other hand, had thrown himself on the chair with not the slightest delicacy, and even when he tried to avoid looking at Mitchie, he held the laughter off when watching her stiffness. The smirk on her face made her look like an angry dog; he had seen it several times before when they had had little boyfriend/girlfriend arguments.
However, this was no time to laugh. They had asked the lawyer if there was a way to be set free from the contract they had signed a month ago that committed them to make a summer tour together, which meant three months traveling around the country, pretending they hadn't had that horrible break up just a week ago.
"What are we gonna do, then?" Mitchie asked, trying to remain calm, but the slight high tone she had used in the first two words showed she was desperate.
The lawyer gave them both a sympathetic look and Shane felt like punching him in the face. "Don't worry; we are aware that your "romantic situation" is not the best, so we decided to make a plan that you could follow easily."
The idiotic words from the man hit Shane's ears and he felt the urge of standing up and leaving the room, but he knew that Mitchie would agree to anything the man would propose, after all, it was her career which was in jeopardy. If Shane would decide to just walk away from the contract, Hollywood Records would call him five minutes later to offer him a better contract, with a lot of money involved, as he was one of the biggest pop stars of the time.
Mitchie was a newcomer, and even when her duet with Connect 3, "This is Me/Gotta find you", had been a real hit, he knew it would be harder for her to find another chance to get a contract.
He was sitting in that office for her, he would do anything that the "idiot man" would ask him, for her. Because he did not yet hate her, even though he knew Mitchie did hate him.
"…while you're not on tour, you can just make a few public appearances, pretending to be a happy couple; take some Starbucks, go shopping, you know what I mean…"
Just as Shane had predicted, Mitchie nodded and threw him a begging look. A very brief begging look that made him sit up straight as his spine felt something weird when her eyes laid on his. He nodded too "that's it? I'll just have to buy her a Cappuccino once in a while?"
"As I said, Mr. Gray" the lawyer nodded "we are aware you are not in the best of terms with each other…"
"It's fine by me" he shrugged his shoulders and stood up to walk off the office, as he had been wishing for hours. "I guess I'll see you."
He turned to face Mitchie standing in the door frame. She gave him a nod and he could see a slight smile. He felt something in his chest, which he had to suppress after reminding himself that it had been just polite, not really well intended.
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And, if you are a Smitchie fan, make sure to check out kcltarchiepattzgirlz's fics, specially "My Past and My Future Collide"!!