She's Everything
By angellwings
"She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving"
Mitchie quickly dialed Shane's number and she parked around the back of the radio station. So far no one had seen her and she wanted to keep it that way. The guys had just gotten home from a short European tour, but they'd had to go do an interview immediately after they landed so Mitchie was meeting Shane at the interview. The phone rang and rang and rang. Mitchie was about to hang up when she saw the back door open and Shane come sprinting out. She leaned across the seat and opened the passenger side door of her blue Saturn Astra. Shane climbed in quickly and shut the door.
He smiled warmly at her and kissed her slowly before he pulled away. "Hi."
She beamed at him. "Hi." They took a moment to take in the welcome sight of each other before Mitchie shook herself back to reality. "We should go before somebody sees us."
"Where are we going?" Shane asked.
Mitchie shrugged. "For a drive."
Shane chuckled. "Okay, but a drive where?"
"No idea," Mitchie told him.
"Wait, wait, wait, you mean my girlfriend, the planner, doesn't have a destination in mind?" Shane asked with a smirk.
"Nope," Mitchie said with a chuckle. "I figure the further we drive the better chance we'll have to be alone."
Mitchie hadn't seen Shane in weeks and all she wanted was some alone time, but as long as they were in LA their only option was to lock themselves in Shane's house. Mitchie wasn't in the mood to be a hermit today. She wanted to be outside and see the sky. Once they were far enough out of the city Mitchie rolled down the windows and opened the sun roof to let in the warm California air. She felt Shane's eyes on her and turned to look at him.
"What?" She asked with a blush.
Shane smiled softly and grabbed her hand. "You're just beautiful that's all."
Mitchie smiled and turned her eyes back to the road, and spoke up sarcastically. "Right, I'm sure I look stunning while my hair is blowing around all over the place."
Shane laughed and nodded. "You do and you're just going to have to deal with it."
"This is just because you haven't seen me in weeks," Mitchie said with a grin as she rolled her eyes.
"No, the tour has nothing to do with it," He said as he squeezed her hand. "So, how's the album coming?"
"Really well," Mitchie said happily. "We've got three more tracks to complete. How was the tour?"
Shane noticed Mitchie took a nearly deserted exited before he answered. "It was great. Large crowds, high energy, but it would've been better if you'd been out there with us."
There was a beach coming into view and Mitchie quickly found the nearest place to park. "Well, I'm here now. So what do you say we go sit on the beach and enjoy the day?"
"Where are we?" Shane asked.
"This is a private beach," Mitchie said with a smile.
"Doesn't that mean we can't enjoy it?" Shane asked.
"We're guests of the owner," Mitchie said as she got of the car. Shane followed her quickly.
"I thought you didn't know where we were going?" Shane asked as he caught up with her.
"Well, I didn't, at first," Mitchie said with a grin as she grabbed his hand and laced her fingers through his. "But then I remembered this place."
They continued to walk hand in hand and admire the sun as it began to set on the beach. They stopped and Shane stood behind Mitchie and wrapped his arms around her. He rested his head on her shoulder and then leaned forward to lightly kiss the spot below her ear. "This is perfect. Who owns this place?"
Shane felt Mitchie tense and he could tell she didn't want to answer. "Just a guy I collaborated on the album with while you were gone."
Shane gave her a suspicious look. "Who exactly is this guy?"
"Okay, before I tell you, I want you to know that the song he brought to me was too good to pass up. I mean it was the whole package. It had an amazing beat, a phenomenal message…its real quality, Shane."
"Just spit it out, Mitchie," Shane said with a sigh as he turned her around to face him.
"Luke Williams," Mitchie told him hesitantly.
"Wait, what?" Shane asked in disbelief. "You collaborated with Luke Williams?"
Mitchie nodded. "He's actually not the same guy he was at Camp."
"Oh, right, so you're best buddies now? I mean, you know him well enough to think he'd be comfortable with us on his private beach," Shane said in a raised voice.
"Shane," Mitchie said with a huff. "We've all grown up since camp. It stands to reason that Luke would—"
"He's a jerk, Mitch. Always has been, always will be."
"God, you know what your problem is?" Mitchie said as she glared at him.
"What? Go ahead and tell me what my big giant flaw is," Shane yelled as he glared back.
"You're so stubborn! And you just can't let go of anything!" Mitchie yelled. "Why does it have to be such a big deal that I worked with Luke? So we have a less than stellar history with him? That doesn't change the fact that he's a talented musician!"
"He's not a nice guy, Mitchie. You know that."
Mitchie rolled her eyes. "Well, neither were you when we first met."
"That is not the same thing and you know it," Shane said with a huff.
"How do you know? You don't know Luke. None of us ever took the time," Mitchie said as she stood her ground and crossed her arms over her chest.
"And what makes you think he's such a good person?" Shane asked with a tense jaw.
Mitchie sighed and took a step closer to him. "You were underneath it all, weren't you?" Shane's angry look didn't soften but Mitchie took another step any way. She reached out and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Come on, Shane, what if you'd never forgiven me for lying to you back then? And what if I'd never given you a chance to prove you weren't—" She paused and grinned. "A cookie cutter pop star type? Where would we be then?"
A small smile broke across Shane's face and his shoulders relaxed. He sighed before he answered. "We'd be alone and sad and nowhere near who we should be."
"Exactly," Mitchie said as she smoothed out the shoulders of Shane's jacket. "Luke is alone and sad and I think we owe it to the people we used to be to give him one measly little chance. That's all I want, Shane. Can we do that? Please?"
Shane wrapped his arms around Mitchie's waist and pulled her close to him. "Of course we can do that." He shook his head and tucked a strand of brown hair behind her ear. "How are you so nice?"
"Everybody deserves basic human kindness, Shane," Mitchie said honestly. "If we lose that then we lose what makes life so beautiful."
Shane leaned forward and captured Mitchie's lips with his. He pulled back and smiled warmly at her. "I love you."
"I love you too," Mitchie said with a contented sigh. "I'm so glad you're back. You have no idea how much I missed you."
