A few weeks later, Mitchie was still keeping up with her antics of dressing like the old Miley and Shane was keeping up his, making out with random girls and getting very close to sharing more than a memory of each others' lips.
Mitchie came into school wearing an open shoulder dress, something very unlike her but of course because the dress was Miley's. Mitchie had been constantly grabbing looks from everybody. But Mitchie being the humble girl she is, never really noticed. Mitchie walked up to the guys' group with Shane and Nate. As she walked up, Shane and Nate had their backs toward Mitchie and the other guys were drooling over her. Nate turned around and Mitchie pulled him in for a hello hug. Then Shane turned around. Mitchie pulled away from Nate and said hi to Shane. She stood where Nate made room for her in the circle beside him and Shane and the guys included her into their conversation, except Shane who would only say things to the guys and answer them if they had questions. But all of the other guys tried to include her. As the guys departed, Mitchie rubbed the back of her hair and grabbed Shane's elbow before he could get too far. He turned around and looked at her but she didn't let go until the guys were gone.
Shane looked down at her annoyed and she looked up at him with concern, "Shane. What's wrong?"
Snarly Shane replied, "What do you mean what's wrong?"
"Why do you seem annoyed?"
"Because somebody annoying was talking to me."
"Well, who is it?" Mitchie was still concerned.
Shane spit out, "It's you." And he walked away.
Mitchie stood there dumbfounded. Surprisingly she wasn't on the edge of tears but she did feel hurt.
Alex ran up to Mitchie and pulled her quickly to the theater.
Mitchie was giggling now, "Whoa! Lexi what's up?"
Alex seemed like she was going to burst if she didn't say something, "Oh my goodness Mitchie! Now I know that I'm not the type to be all gossip-y like this but supposedly someone had sex in here yesterday!"
Mitchie gasped, "WHAT?"
"Yeah! Y'know that girl who has dirty blonde/brown hair?"
"Umm, yeah I know a lot of girls like that."
"Okay the girl who was a cheerleader and was on the announcements."
"Umm, more deets please."
"C'MON MITCHIE! You know who I'm talking about. She was the girl at Miley's party who tried to have sex with Jackson."
Mitchie hit a spot of recognition, "OOOOOOOooooh okay, I know who you're talking about. I thought she graduated two years ago."
"No she's back because she failed senior year twice."
"Oh, wow. So who'd she do it with?"
"Umm, this is the part I don't really know about."
"Okay, well the bell's gonna ring soon, so we should get to class but I'll figure out who it is."
Mitchie ran to her athletics class. She was taking swimming this semester. She quickly threw on her black tankini from American Eagle. She ran out to the swimming pool almost slipping in the process. She met Miley out there who was wearing a two piece, which she shouldn't have but it was still really cute. They sat on the edge of the pool and dipped their feet in waiting for the other girls and boys to get out of the locker room.
Miley and Mitchie were gossiping, "Oh so you heard about that too?"
"Yeah Alex told me."
"Oh yeah. So it's spreading fast."
"I guess."
"And you're okay with it?"
"Sure why not?"
"Well I mean I figure since you two had such a history that you would mind."
Mitchie giggled and flicked some water out of the pool when she flicked her leg up, "What do you mean? I really never even talked to whatever her name is... Only that time I accidentally walked in on her and your brother."
Miley laughed at the memory of her brother and that girl, "Okay first of all, my brother was not doing anything naughty with her. She was forcing it on him." The girls started to crack up when Miley paused.
Then she started to back up, "And secondly, I'm not talking about the history between you and her, I'm talking about you and Shane."
Mitchie stopped flicking the water with her leg and looked at Miley, "What?"
Miley stopped and she finally realized, "Wait a minute, you didn't know? Alex didn't tell you?"
"Alex didn't know."
"Oh then nevermind."
"NO! Miley tell me. What is it?"
Miley sighed, "Okay, well it was Shane who was doing it with that girl."
Mitchie looked into the pool water and Miley tried to break the silence, "Well, y'know, it's not that important right? We all knew Shane was on the fast track to trouble."
Mitchie whispered, "Who knows?"
"What?"
Mitchie's voice was shaky but she didn't plan on crying right there at the pool, "Who knows, Miley?" Her voice cracked and her nose was starting to turn red.
Miley was now concerned, "Mitchie are you okay?"
Mitchie quickly pulled her legs out of the pool and pulled her hand up to her nose and wiped it and letting it linger in front of her face, "Yeah, umm just tell coach I had a girl emergency and went to go get the products from the nurse."
Miley looked up and was preparing to get up, "Mitchie, do you want me to come with you?"
Mitchie quickly walked away as she said, "Ah no, you need to tell coach." Mitchie walked the opposite way into the group of girls coming out of the locker room. All of the girls stopped and watched Mitchie go into the lockerroom bumping into a few girls in the process.
Miley started to get up in attempt to catch up to Mitchie but she heard someone call her name, "STEWART! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!"
"Uhh, Coach, I need to use the bathroom."
"Uhh no. STEWART. TELL ME WHERE TORRES WENT."
"Umm, Coach..." Miley got closer to her coach until she was close enough where she could whisper into the coach's ear, "She's having some monthly issues and had to get some back up from the nurse. You know what I mean. Okay?" Miley did a little head not and a snap.
"Ms. Stewart, this would be the opportune moment to jump in the pool and start your laps, otherwise you'll be tardy for your next class. GO!"
Miley sighed and jumped in the pool and started her laps and she made sure to remind herself to check that her suit was still on her when she ended a lap.
Meanwhile, Mitchie sat in the locker room tearing up and wiping away her tears. She was muttering to herself, "Ah, why am I crying. I'm probably supposed to be cheering him on for getting with a girl." Mitchie sniffed one last time and let out a huge sigh. Mitchie changed into dark wash boot leg cut jeans, flip flops, and a This Providence band tee. For once in a long time she wore pants and something comfortable.
She slowly walked down to the nurse's office.
"Hello, dear. What's the matter?" Mitchie loved her school nurse. She was just so nice and sincere.
"Oh, I'm not feeling well. I have major cramps and a headache."
"Would you like Midol? Asprin?"
"I took some Midol at home, is that okay if I just lay down?" Mitchie was lying about the Midol, she was even lying about the headaches and cramps. But she wasn't lying about not feeling well.
As Mitchie lied on the couch that looked like a shrink's patient chair, she estimated the time that she'd been laying there, 2 minutes, 5 minutes... 10... but then some girl came ramming into the nurse's office, being all loud, rowdy, and just plain rude.
Mitchie wanted to listen in before she started yelling at the girl for being rude to little old Ms. Jenkins.
"NO, I NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM NOW!"
"I'm sorry honey but you need to tell me what's wrong first."
"I'M ABOUT TO PUKE THAT'S WHAT!"
"Honey, you need to lower your voice. We have some people in here who aren't feeling well."
Mitchie could hear the girl begin to hysterically cry. Mitchie propped herself up on her elbow and craned her neck to look around the curtain. It was that girl! That girl who supposedly had sex with Shane!
"Well, what about me?" The girl's sobs were very audible now.
"What is it that you need my dear?"
"I think... I think I need a pregnancy test."
"Okay, dear you need to calm down. I'll get you one."
"THANK YOU!" The girl said in an annoyed voice.
Ms. Jenkins shuffled out of the closet and came back to the girl with a pregnancy test box, "Here you go dear, the bathrooms right over there and if you need me I'll be out here."
The girl yanked the box out of Ms. Jenkins hands and slammed the bathroom door shut.
Mitchie opened the curtain, "Ms. Jenkins?"
"Yes, Mitchie?"
"I'm sorry she's so rude." Mitchie was actually being sincere and she was not trying to suck up. Ms. Jenkins was like a grandmother to her.
"That's okay dear. Now go back to resting."
Mitchie weakly smiled at Ms. Jenkins and Ms. Jenkins returned the smile before Mitchie closed the curtain.
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