A/n: Oh my gosh! Major, huge, giant mistake last night!!! I'm so sorry. I can not believe I did that!!!! I uploaded that chapter right before I went upstairs to watch tv and just chill before I went to sleep, so I didn't come back down to check on it. So I turn my computer on this morning, and realise, thanks to your reviews that I've posted chapter three twice!!!!! That is class A stupidity!! So heres a huge, huge, huge apology for you, and here is the real chapter 4...I think :) x
Loving You.
Chapter 4: Revelations, relationships and reunions.
A/n: This is set one week after the last chapter.
"Mitchie" Eric began, his eyes raising from the notebook he had been writing in.
"Yeah?" Mitchie replied, looking down from her place on the bed at her friend who was lying upon the floor, biting the top of his pen nervously.
"Erm- do we have dance tomorrow?" Eric declared, rubbing the back of his neck, his eyes looking slightly disappointed. Mitchie stared at him, her head tilted in amusement and confusion.
"Is that really what you wanted to ask me?" She laughed, shifting her crossed legs so they were tucked underneath her comfortably.
"No, it wasn't" Eric murmured, returning his gaze to his notebook.
"What did you want to ask me?" Mitchie said warily as she untangled her legs and swung them over the end of her bed, sliding forward to get a better look at her friend, who was clearly having a dilemma.
"Ok, ok, just do it" Eric whispered to himself as he rose from his spot, turning sharply so he was facing Mitchie. He took a deep breath, before opening his mouth to speak, words seemingly failing him.
"What's wrong?" Mitchie asked, her large brown orbs staring up at him.
"Ergh, I just don't want to get rejected again!" Eric muttered, throwing his hands up in the air in frustration.
"What? Oh-" Mitchies mouth opened a little as realisation dawned on her.
"Oh, what the hell. Mitchie, will you be my girlfriend?" Eric blurted out as his eyes gazed intensely into Mitchies.
Mitchie was numb, her body refusing to move, words refusing to form and her mind refusing to think. She had rejected him once, could she do it again? How did she really feel about him? Mitchie thought back to a conversation she had recently had with Caitlyn, a conversation that had stayed fresh in her mind for so many reasons.
"How's things with Mr Eric then?" Caitlyn asked with a smirk sliding across her face. Mitchie said nothing, just sat quietly, pushing her fork carelessly through her remaining eggs. "Mitch?" Mitchie's head snapped up, a dazed and sad look upon her face.
"You were thinking about him again weren't you?" Caitlyn asked, griping Mitchie's tanned hand within her own.
"I can't help it" Mitchie stuttered almost inaudibly. "I like Eric, but he's- he's not Shane" Mitchie choked out, clenching her fist as a way of stopping the persistent tears.
"Mitch, you have to get over him" Caitlyn snapped, a little louder than usual. Luckily the eating hall had cleared out, only a few other campers remained. Mitchie opened her mouth to speak, a determined look in her eyes, but she was cut off. "Don't you dare say you can't, because you can, and you have to!" Caitlyn snapped, pulling her hand away from Mitchies.
"Cait, stop, I get it, you've told me a thousand times!" Mitchie said quietly, rolling her eyes, not expecting the outburst that was to follow.
"But that's just it you don't get it" Caitlyn near yelled as she stood up, her hands grasping the edges of the table as she stared down at Mitchie. "He left you, forgot about you! Why can't you see that?" Caitlyn spat, tears beginning to from in her eyes. "You can't just go through your life thinking about some Rock star who broke your heart! It's been a week and he's still not here! Just face it, he's not coming! And I'm never going to see him again!"
"Caity" Mitchie said softly, her hand instinctively hovering in front of her mouth, as she understood the reasoning behind Caitlyn's speech.
"I mean, you're- you're never going to see him again." Caitlyn added, disheartened. "I- I have to go" Caitlyn stated before running out of the hall, leaving behind a shocked Mitchie, calling her best friends name.
"Mitch, you haven't said anything in a really long time" Eric's voice entered into Mitchies mind, his voice tinted with slight amusement.
"Oh, erm, yeah sure" Mitchie stated, her voice quavering with uncertainty.
"What, oh! Really?" Eric gasped, his emerald eyes lighting up with excitement.
Really?
"Yeah, yes" Mitchie said, the words spilling out of her uncontrollably.
"Woah!" Eric stated as he reached his hand out to Mitchie who looked at it warily before clasping it with her own. Eric smiled as he pulled Mitchie off of the bed so they were inches apart. "You're amazing!" Eric whispered as he leaned towards Mitchie, lips pursed.
"You to" Mitchie replied before carefully avoiding his lips and engulfing him in a hug.
It had been exactly four days since Mitchie and Eric had become a couple. It had been exactly four and a half days since Mitchie and Caitlyn had had their heated conversation and however much Mitchie tried she could not get her friend to confide in her, but if Mitchie Torres was anything, she was persistent.
"I know you miss Nate Caitlyn, please just talk to me about it" Mitchie pleaded as she towered over her best friend who was laying casually on her bed.
"Look, Mitch, I appreciate you're trying to help me, but I'm fine really. Like I've said a thousand times before it was just a slip of the tongue." Caitlyn replied with a smile upon her face and a wall built up around her.
"Caitlyn, please." Mitchie begged, kneeling on the floor in front of Caitlyn's gaze.
"Hey, have you kissed Mr lover boy yet?" Caitlyn queried rolling onto her back.
"Erm- No, I just, I'm not ready yet" Mitchie mumbled. "Don't change the subject" Mitchie shouted, laughter in her tone. But it quickly disappeared. "You're hurting, please just let it-" A loud knock interrupted her sentence.
"God! Can't a girl finish a sentence around here!" Mitchie snapped as she leapt up from her spot, exasperated. "It's Eric, he want's to go for a walk, but don't worry, I'll send him away" Mitchie said, turning to her best friend. "We're not done here!" Mitchie said with a small, concerned smile on her face, she hated Caitlyn being upset, it was worse when she lied about it.
"Sorry I can't-" Mitchie started as she swung the cabin door open, but the sight that greeted her stopped her words from coming out. Stopped her heart from beating. Stopped her lungs from breathing. Stopped the world from turning. Mitchie stared up, her eyes welling up at the person in front of her.
"Mitchie, I missed you!" Shane gasped as he swept Mitchie up in his arms. Mitchie stood there, as the strong, familiar arms wrapped lovingly around her body, Mitchie's body stayed frozen, her arms swinging by her sides, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Shane" The name fell from her lips, the name that felt so comfotable rolling from her tongue. She felt his face fit into her shoulder as he held her closer and she finally lifted her arms and wrapped them around his torso. The pair stayed wrapped in each other's embraces for what seemed like minutes, but could have been seconds, Mitchie wasn't quite sure. Her mind was spinning, her heart racing with every touch.
"I missed you" Shane repeated as the pair pulled apart, his hands still upon Mitchies hips as she struggled to find any words. "Mitchie?" His voice was sad, pleading. "Please talk to me" He said, but she couldn't, she physically couldn't.
"Erm- hello?" Mitchie looked away from Shane's intoxicating eyes to see Eric, his eyebrows furrowed in anger.
"Eric, hi" Mitchie said, turning away from Shane, and walking slowly over to Eric. Shane watched her every step, his hair, which was significantly shorter now, blowing wildly in the breeze.
"Shane" Mitchie whispered, trying to compose herself as Eric grasped her hand, an act that didn't go unnoticed to Shane, who was staring intently at the two, eyes showing confusion and denial. "This is my boyfriend, Eric" Mitchie murmured, her voice cracking as she looked down to the floor, wiping away the falling tears.
"Oh" Was the only thing Shane uttered, suddenly feeling as if all of the air had been violently knocked out of him, as he stared at the love of his life hand in hand with her boyfriend.
My boyfriend the words repeated themselves in Shane's mind as he felt his heart shatter and the world collapse around him.
A/n: Chapter four for you there my lovely readers. Shane's here yeah!!!!! Major Shane in the next chapter my dears, I really enjoyed writing this chapter so let me know if you liked it.....you know how you can, press that review button baby!! :) x
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