Erasing the Past

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End

(Shane's POV)

Urgh! She is SO annoying!! Can't she go ONE day without getting all jealous and aggravated?! Or one day without ruining everything with her stupid insecurities! Stupid, jealous, insecure Mitchie! Damn it! If I didn't love her so much- that's it! Maybe I don't really love her, and all of this is a sign!

My thoughts are interrupted as she starts yelling at me again for the lip gloss smudge on my lips, which I SWEAR is from a crazed fan girl!

"I mean, how could you expect me not to think you're cheating on me?" Mitchie screamed.

"You know what Mitchie; I am seriously fed up with this! All you ever do is yell at me about stuff I would never do!" I yelled back.

"So what the hell are you saying?!"

My expression turned cold.

"I'm saying that we're through. I'm saying that I wish I never met you."

And I walked out her door.

THE NEXT MORNING

I woke up on my couch and groaned. Ugh, now I feel guilty about last night. I get up and go to Mitchie's house to apologize.

A lady holding a baby answers the door.

"Who are you?"

"Um, who are you?! Where's Mitchie?" I ask, mad and confused.

"Who the heck is Mitchie? I've lived here for two years, and no one by the name of Mitchie has ever lived in this building." She said, and closed the door.

My heart was racing as I sprinted to Caitlyn's house. Thankfully, she was the one who opened the door.

"Who are you?" Oh god, how does she not know me? "Oh, aren't you that Shane Gray dude? Didn't you get fired four years ago for your attitude problem?"

What? But didn't I get sent to Camp Rock? Didn't Mitchie change me?

"Look, Caitlyn,"

She cut me off. "You know my name? What are you, a stalker?!"

"NO! You're my girlfriend's best friend, and my best friend's girlfriend!"

"Look, dude, I don't know you." She too closed the door.

Now, it's serious. I ran to my sister's house, halfway across town.

"ALEX!" I screamed after I opened the door with the spare key.

She ran down, but glared when she saw me.

"What the hell do you want now Shane? I'm not giving you anymore money just so you can go get drunk."

I looked at her, confused.

"What? Why would I borrow money? I'm famous!"

And then I saw Nate coming downstairs.

"Why are you here Shane?"

"Dude, I always come here!"

"You haven't come here in three years, except for when you want money!"

What happened to me? I didn't even say goodbye, I just dashed out and to Mitchie's parent's house.

Her mom answered the door.

"Who are you?"

She looked tired and sad.

"Hi Connie, is Mitchie there?"

She looked perplexed.

"How do you know my name? And how do you know my daughter? Do I know you?"

"I know this sounds crazy, but I've been dating your daughter for four years and-"

She interrupted me.

"That's not even possible, young man. Mitchie's been in a coma for three years."

I felt my jaw fall to the floor. My Mitchie, my dear sweet Mitchie, was in a coma.

"HOW?!" I practically screamed. I would kill whoever did this to her.

Connie looked like she was going to cry.

"The bullying just got so bad at school, and with mine and Steve's divorce piling up with that, she tried to kill herself. Thank God we got to her in time."

Mitchie tried to kill herself. I just couldn't believe those words.

"Con- Mrs. Torres, I know this is kind of sudden, but can I see her?"

She looked at me sympathetically.

"I'm sorry, but no one's allowed in her section of the hospital. I only get to see her on her birthday." And then she shut the door.

Oh god, what am I going to do now? How did this even happen? Maybe it's all just a dream! Nope, pinching myself didn't wake me up!

I went back home and looked at my bedside table- wait, where did her picture go?! Oh great, now even her pictures are gone. Why did I have to say I wished we'd never met? And why did that have to be the wish that came true? Urgh, maybe if I somehow convince Alex, Nate, Jason, and Caitlyn of my story, things will go back to normal.

And that's how I ended up in Jason's apartment with all four of them staring at me as if I was crazy.

"So you're saying that there's a girl named Mitchie, and you dated her for four years, and then you wished you never met her, and then you ended up here?" Alex asked.

"Basically," I answered, nervous.

Caitlyn suddenly smiled.

"I believe you."

Everyone was shocked, including me.

"I mean, it all sounds so familiar. Like, like I've lived it myself. And this Mitchie girl, I can just picture her perfectly."

"Now that you mention it, it does seem a little familiar," Jason added.

"Maybe, but this is still crazy." Alex said.

"And if it's true, how are you going to get everything back to the way you say it was?" Nate questioned.

"That I do not know. Because I went to Mitchie's parent's house and her mom- her mom told me that Mitchie attempted suicide three years ago; because of bullying at her school. And nobody is allowed into Mitchie's section of the hospital, except on her birthday." I paused and then grinned. "Which is tomorrow!"

"And how exactly do you expect them to let you in?"

"I don't know, but I'd do anything to see her, one last time."