I just sat back in my seat, and I must have fallen asleep. The last thing I remember was Shane's txt as we were leaving the hall. When I woke up, we were pulling into the house. My mom let me off unpacking to let me sleep, so I ran upstairs to my bed. I fell on it, and instantly I was sound asleep.
I woke up to someone poking me. I opened my eyes and looked up. Jason was standing there.
"Mitchie!" He said, and I bolted upright.
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"Well, Shane forgot to talk to you about one thing, so we decided to show up, but you were asleep. We got here an hour ago. Your mom told us to stay for dinner, and to wake you up" He said, and walked towards the door. "Dinner's ready" He called, walking down the stairs. I got up and looked at the clock, it had been 4 hours.
I grudgingly got up, changed into something more free, and walked downstairs to see everyone around the dining room table. I looked over and saw a seat next to Shane, so I walked over. I dropped down into it, and laid my head on his shoulder.
"Mitchie, no sleeping" He whispered into my ear, and I pulled myself up. Dinner went by awkwardly...to say the least. I kept watching my dad occasionally stare at Shane, before noticing me and going back to silent talk with my mom. After the fifth time, I couldn't take it.
"Dad!" I shouted at him, "Stop staring at Shane, you haven't even given him a chance. You just take what they say on HotTunes, and believe it to be true. It's NOT! Not everything you read or see is true. You have to get to know him before you have the right to judge him." and I stood up and walked upstairs to my room. I sat on my bed, my hands holding my legs to my chest, before I heard a knock.
"Go away, I don't wanna talk to you...oh" I said, before noticing it was Shane.
"Well, if you feel that way" He said, and started to close the door, but I jumped up and stopped him. "No, wait" I said, and he walked back in, and closed the door.
We sat on the bed, and he decided to break the silence, "What's wrong?" He asked, and I just pushed my face into his chest and started crying. He just wrapped his arms around me, and sat quietly, until I sat up and looked at his face.
"Shane, my dad doesn't like you, all because of what he's heard. And then, I meet your family, and they're awesome, and I just...I just don't understand anymore. My dad should want to meet you, and get to know you. He's always been the one who doesn't judge before meeting someone, and now that I'm dating someone who is always in the spotlight on HotTunes, he throws that out the window and just doesn't like you." And I just forced myself back into his chest, the tears just flowing.
That's why I liked Shane, he didn't talk, he just listened. I was here crying my eyes out, and he just listened, he didn't try to say anything or interrupt me and tell me I was wrong. Soon, the tears stopped running, and I looked up at him. He kissed me then, and I just sat there looking at him.
"Your dad loves me, Mitch. The hour we were here before you woke up, we talked. He was just looking at me because he wasn't sure how I would act around you. You should have asked me what was wrong before just jumping up like that." He said, and he didn't say it like it was my fault. He just told me. I liked that.
"Sorry, I kinda got your shirt a little wet." I said and he laughed. "It's ok, it was gonna be washed before I left." He said.
"Jason said you stopped by to talk to me about something?" I asked and he just looked at me.
"Mitch, you know I love you right?" and I nodded. "You know I would never do anything to hurt you, right?" and I just couldn't stop.
"Shane, whats wrong?" I asked, and he stopped me.
I watched as he held up his left hand, where his purity ring was. "This means I'll stay pure until marriage. But I can think of one other use for it." and he pulled it off his finger, and held my right hand up. "A Promise Ring." He said, and slid it on my ring finger. "I promise that I'll be yours and only yours. I want to marry you someday, Mitchie, and this ring says I will" and I just wrapped my arms around him and kissed him on the lips with everything I had. I loved him with all my heart, and I wasn't letting him go.
"Shane Grey, I love you" I said, pulling away from him.
"I love you too, Mitchie Torres, now we should go back down before they wonder whats happening." He said, and I agreed with him. He grabbed my hand and led me out of my room and down the stairs, where everyone was still sitting at the table, eating. We took our seats, but before I sat down, I went over to my dad.
"Dad, I'm sorry about what I said before. I didn't know you and Shane had talked, and I kinda got a little mad" I said, and he just hugged me.
"Mitchie, I love you so much. I just want you to be happy, and I see that Shane makes you happy. I just don't want you to get hurt" He said, and I nodded.
"I know, and I know with Shane, I won't" I said, and I walked back to my seat and grabbed Shane's hand.
Nate must have noticed something was odd, and he looked at my hand and saw the ring. He leaned over to Shane, and I heard him say "Why is Mitchie wearing your ring?" and I just shrugged it off. I saw Shane say he'd tell him later and looked back at me.
Soon, dinner was over. I walked to the door and it was time again.
"Why do we always have to leave each other?" I asked, and he just wrapped his arms around me, holding me close.
"Just remember, I'm always a phone call away. I love you, Mitchie." He said, and kissed me.
"I love you too, Shane." I said, and pulled away. I watched as they got into their bus and drove off.
You're all probably saving "Promise Ring...I've read that somewhere..." It's DevilPup's from her story "After the Credits Roll" I loved the idea and I decided to use it. Her story is what inspired this one. And It's still being written, check it out! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, work is hectic...
