Thank you to Mackenzie (Dani Mars), Cailynn, Chanllor, and Lara (LawaBookWorm) for auditioning and allowing me to use you four as characters. This is your chapter girls! Longest one yet I think!
It has been two days since Caitlyn, Ella, and I started living at Connect 3's house. Today is the day that the six of us are going shopping to find the boys some clothes for the trip and to decorate the rooms the boys said we could have in their house. "Mitchie, wake up." I heard someone say as they gently shook my shoulder. I groaned and turned over falling right back to sleep. The person laughed and said "Come on Mitch, it is time to get up so we can go shopping, remember." Once again they shook my shoulder.
I decided just to ignore them until suddenly I felt myself being lifted away from my bed. "Woah!" I said clutching on to the person who had lifted me up bridal style. I heard them chuckle so I turned to see who it was. "Shane! That was mean!" I exclaimed.
"No it isn't. Now come on, the boys and I made you three breakfast." Shane walked out of my room still carrying me only to be greeted by the sight of his brothers also carrying my best friends. All three of us girls were still in our pajamas, which consisted of short shorts and tank tops. Ella was complaining to Jason that it was too early to be awake causing Jason to laughing saying that it was 11:30 in the morning. Caitlyn had fallen back asleep in Nate's arms.
The three boys carried us all the way downstairs. Shane and Jason placed Ella and I on the kitchen table chairs and brought us each a plate of pancakes and bacon with a cup of coffee just the way each of us preferred it. It had surprised the three of us that the boys remembered our preferences for our food and coffee and were able to make them perfectly. Nate however sat in the chair with Caitlyn in his lap and asked Shane to bring him Caitlyn's coffee. "Caitlyn, baby, wake up. Come on, I have your coffee right here." Nate said sweetly and held the coffee mug up to her nose for her to smell. Caitlyn woke up a little and Nate held the mug to her lips letting her sip at it until she was awake enough to hold it herself.
Ella, Jason, Shane and I watched as Caitlyn snuggled into Nate's chest and he kissed her forehead while wrapping his arms around her waist, smiling happily. "What is this?" Ella asked gesturing to the two of them.
Caitlyn shot up suddenly as if just now realizing what she was doing. She put her coffee down and tried to stand up looking scared. Nate held on to her waist and said "Caitlyn what's wrong?" he looked so confused.
Caitlyn became very desperate to get off his lap. "I can't go through this again. I can't, I can't handle another Josh. No I am so stupid I can't let him in, I can't , I can't I can't." Caitlyn now had tears streaming down her face.
Ella and I stood up quickly and ran around the table towards her. I kneeled in front of Caitlyn and cupped her face in my hands. "Caitlyn, Caitlyn, look at me. Nate is not Josh. Nate would never do that to you. Nate and Josh have nothing in common."
Caitlyn looked at me crying and said "I ca..ca..can't." she then violent lurched herself out of Nate's grip and ran from the room sobbing.
Ella and I watched her go sadly knowing she just wanted to be alone. "Who is Josh?" Nate asked quietly.
Ella and I ignored him and turned to each other. Ella looked at me sadly with a few tears in her eyes and said "Mitchie, Caitlyn is right, how do we know that they are any different? We have only known them for a couple days. I know I won't be able to easily recover from another Sam or Jerry, or Trent. And what about you, huh? You have been hurt so many times by so many guys. Can you honestly tell me that your heart could ever heal again if Shane turned out to be another Tristan or Noah or any of the other jerks you dated?"
"I don't know, Ella. I just know that we need to keep our hearts open. We can't just shut our hearts away because a few jerks…" I trailed of looking away trying to control my tears. When I did, however, I saw the three guys staring at us with concern written all over their faces. "Go make sure Caitlyn is okay, you know how she hates to cry. I'm going to explain a few things to the boys." Ella nodded and walked out whipping her tears off. "Here is something all three of you should know." I said turning to them fiercely. "We have been used, hurt, threatened, blackmailed, manipulated, and many other things by guys. If you have ulterior motives to being nice to us and making us believe you like us then I need to know now and we will be out of this house in five minutes." I slightly glared at them.
"Mitch, we have no ulterior motives here. We promise. The three of us really like you guys. I can't speak for my brothers but I have never liked a girl as much as Iike you." Shane said sincerely.
I stared into his eyes trying to detect any hint of a lie but when I found none I smiled at him and said "I believe you. Now I think I am going to get my girls and we might use the basement to cheer up a bit before we go shopping." I kissed his cheek before running up the stairs to Caitlyn's room. "How you doing?" I asked them.
"Fine. I just had a minor freak out." Caitlyn said. I told them all about my conversation with the boys and the three of us walked down stairs to find the boys sitting in the basement with their plates of pancakes.
"We put your food in the microwave to keep it warm." Jason told us handing Ella her coffee after warming it up for her.
"What are you three doing down here?" I asked standing next to Shane and taking a bite of his food that he fed me off his fork. "Mmm, you three are good cooks." I said smiling at him. The boys chuckled when Ella and Caitlyn grabbed their forks and took a bite off their plates.
"Oh my god, you are." Caitlyn said taking another bite of Nate's food.
"Hey, hey, hey, your food is upstairs." Nate said grabbing his fork back when she went for her fourth bite.
"Fine, I'll eat after we dance a bit." Caitlyn said.
"I think we need a little Beyonce." Ella said smirking. Caitlyn and I smirked back. Caitlyn grabbed her Ipod and put Single Ladies on. The three of us got in position with me in the middle being Beyonce. (youtube. com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY) when we were done the guys were sitting there stunned. Immediately after the song ended Circus by Britney Spears played and Caitlyn took the middle and we danced the choreography we made up our selves. The boys sat there wide-eyed and stunned.
"I'm hungry." I said.
"Me too." Said Ella and the three of us walked upstairs leaving the boys to their thoughts.
An hour later the six of us were in Jason's Jeep on the way to the mall. Since we were one seat short Caitlyn and I sat in the middle seat and shared a seatbelt with Shane and Nate on our sides. We were all walking around laughing and having fun. Jason, Nate, and Shane had hats and sunglasses on so they wouldn't be recognized. Suddenly Caitlyn froze.
"Caitlyn?" Nate asked. We all followed her line of sight and Ella and I froze too. Standing there were our three ex-boyfriends, Josh, Tristan, and Trent, and the four wicked witches of our school, Mackenzie, Cailynn, Chanllor, and Lara. Those four girls have made our life a living hell. They think they are the most talented and beautiful girls in our school and are constantly making fun of us.
Mackenzie is the head bitch. She has long brown hair and hazel eyes that she claims turn gold at semi random times. Her style is completely insane. She looks like a mix of preppy slut and a rocker chick. Today Mackenzie is wearing an indecently short denim skirt with an admittedly cool Beatles t-shirt that she ruined by cutting it up to make a really skimpy tank-top, and a pair of bright pink high tops. Mackenzie thinks she is the best singer in the world and often brags that she is just waiting until after high school to get a record deal. However, her voice really isn't anything to celebrate over.
Lara was the second in command. She has caramel brown hair, blue eyes, and a heart shaped face. She is the meanest of all four of them. Lara has a major addiction to coffee. When she hasn't had her coffee before lunchtime, even giant football players hide from her. She is freaking scary. No one has ever seen her eat anything besides a salad and even that is rare. The strange thing about her though, is that she isn't preppy at all. She actually spends her free time in her Uncle's garage fixing up cars and motorcycles and racing them.
The final two are Cailynn and Chanllor. They are twins but look nothing alike. Cailynn got all of the dominant traits with her curly blonde hair and light blue eyes. Chanllor, however, had the recessive traits of red hair and freckles with dark brown eyes. They both had dimples that they loved to show off. Other than how they looked, they were basically the same person. Both girls always insisted on wearing two different socks. The worst part about both girls is that they are dumber than a doorknob and followed Mackenzie and Lara around with no questions repeating everything they said. Get them alone, however, and they are surprisingly sweet.
As we watched another boy joined the crowd, Noah. I couldn't help but let out a whimper. The ex-boyfriends that hurt me the most were standing in the same store as me, Tristan and Noah. My whimper wasn't that quiet. Shane turned to me worried and grabbed my shoulders looking at me protectively saying "What's wrong Mitchie, who are those people."
The bitch and jerk convention heard and looked up smirking before heading towards us. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the unlovable threesome." Lara said smirking evilly at us "Caitlyn have you seen your parents this year yet?" they all laughed.
"Yea, have you seen your parents yet?" Cailynn said.
"Our parents have to go out of town on business a lot." Ella said.
"Oh, honey, is that what they told you? They just don't want to have their eyes assaulted by your hideous looks." Mackenzie said chuckling with a sickly sweet voice. The three of us looked down not knowing what to say.
"Yea! Wait, what?" Chanllor asked confused.
"Aww, Noah, look at our little Mitchie. She looks so sad."Tristan said coming up and grabbing my waist pulling me to his chest.
I was about to try and push him away when suddenly Noah came up on my other side and grabbed me as well making it impossible. "You're right maybe we should take her someplace to cheer her up. She knows that seeing her upset makes me angry." I stopped breathing.
"Really you get angry? I just get turned on, especially when she cries. Like she is right now." I didn't even realize I had tears in my eyes until Tristan pointed it out.
Trent walked up to Ella and started to stroke her cheek and said "I missed you. You are now going to be my girlfriend again."
"N..N..N..No" Ella stuttered out.
"You don't really have an option here." Trent said angrily.
Josh walked right up to Caitlyn and grabbed her wrists tightly causing her to squeak. "I believe you and I have some unfinished business to take care of." He tightened his grip angrily
Suddenly the three of us felt our selves being dragged away. The three of us started to struggle and fight back. Ella and Caitlyn were able to get away and ran to Nate and Jason, who caught them and held them close to their sides. The Connect 3 boys were all seething. They had their fists clenched at their sides and seemed to be using every ounce of self-control they had to not start throwing punches at the people in front of them.
Because I was being held by the football quarterback, Tristan, and the left tackle on the football team, Noah, I was still struggling hopelessly against them. Shane said in a deadly whisper "Let go of her. She is mine."
The two boys laughed and lifted me further off my feet. "You can have her after we are done." Tristan said.
Mackenzie slid around them and pressed herself against Shane's chest saying "Until then maybe I can keep you occupied. After all I am very flexible…with my schedule." She leaned in and licked his ear seductively. I couldn't help but start to cry a little more.
"No way in hell!" Shane said pushing her away carefully but still forcefully. "Now leave my girl alone." He said glaring at Noah and Tristan.
"Calm down dude, I promise after we are done with her you can have her. We will even hold her down for you if she doesn't cooperate. Now, if she would just stop making a scene we can leave." Noah said glaring forcefully down at me and tightening his grip. I suddenly got an idea. I began kicking and struggling as hard as I could while screaming for help at the top of my lungs, drawing everyone's attention since the idiots were dumb enough to continue to hold me and try and drag me out the door. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the store manager call security.
Shane was suddenly standing in front of Noah and Tristan blocking their path. He drew his hand back and punched Noah in the face yelling at him for what he had said and planned. Suddenly Jason snapped as well and jumped on Trent punching him and yelling at him to never to touch 'his' Ella again. Nate quickly followed punching Josh with a determined fury. Noah and Shane got into a fight, as well. Tristan took this time to try and continue to drag me away again. Caitlyn and Ella ran after him and began kicking, hitting, and pulling at him screaming at him to let me go.
We had drawn quite a crowd by this time. A few of the adult had started to figure out what was going on and grabbed Tristan from behind and pried his arms away from me. I immediately took off running into Caitlyn and Ella's arms before the three of us took off running towards our boys, who were still fighting. We noticed that their hats and sunglasses had come off during the fight and people had recognized them and were now talking photos and video. Suddenly Noah hit Shane in the gut hard and I screamed "Shane!" and took off running towards them even faster. Suddenly several security guards broke through the crowd and pulled all the boys apart and continued to hold them so another fight wouldn't break out again. Shane, Nate, and Jason were all still yelling at Noah, Trent, and Josh to never come near their girls again and struggling against the guards to try and hit them again.
I ran right up to Shane and cupped his cheeks saying "Shane, Shane, calm down, I'm right here." Shane stopped yelling and struggling and looked down at me and asked in a worried voice "Are you okay? Did they hurt you?" his eyes looked me over trying to find any trace of a bruise or a cut.
"I'm fine," I said stroking his hair, completely ignoring the security guard that was now handcuffing Shane. "Are you okay?" I asked worried lightly tracing the bruise forming under his eye.
Shane looked into my eyes and said "I am now." Before lowering his head to my shoulder and nuzzling it into my neck as a form of a hug, since he was currently handcuffed. I wrapped my arms around him and gently stroked his hair comfortingly while looking over his shoulder at Jason, Ella, Nate, and Caitlyn.
All the guys involved in the fight were handcuffed, including Tristan. Ella had her arms wrapped around Jason's waist with her head resting on his chest while she cried. Jason rested his head on top of hers and gently rocked them back and forth, trying to calm her down.
Caitlyn was standing in front of Nate fussing over his injuries. She had taken her scarf off and was now using it to dab at the bleeding cut that was under his eye while holding his other cheek. "I'm okay, Caity, honestly." He said softly to her to try and calm her down.
"What if you weren't okay? Huh? What then? What if he had seriously hurt you?" Caitlyn said near hysteria.
Nate twisted his head and kissed the palm that was on his cheek and said "It would have been worth it to make sure that you were safe." Looking straight into her eyes. Caitlyn stared at him for a minute before throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him burying her face in his neck as she cried. Nate bent his head to cradle hers and began to sing into her ear softly.
I held Shane tight until one of the security guards walked up and asked "Would one of you like to tell me what happened?" sternly.
I kissed Shane's shoulder before turning around, keeping close to him, and looked at the officer. I told him everything making sure to stress the fact that Shane, Jason, and Nate were just protecting us.
"That is not true, you lying bitch." cried Lara. I may have forgotten to mention this but Trent and Tristan are her brothers, Tristan is actually her twin.
"Totally not true." Chanllor repeated.
"Officer, it was all that boys fault." Mackenzie said pointing towards Shane, clearly upset that he turned her down.
"Yea, his fault." Cailynn said.
"How was it his fault?" I asked enraged and protective.
"He threw the first punch." Lara said.
"Yea, after Noah and Tristan tried to kidnap his girl and insinuated that they were going to rape her." Jason yelled angrily. The crowd still surrounding us gasped.
"What were your exact words again?" Nate glared over at the two "Oh yea, 'after we are done with her you can have her. We will even hold her down for you if she doesn't cooperate." Nate snapped.
The officer looked down at me and asked "I assume you are his girl?"
"Yes, I am." I said seriously. Shane leaned down and kissed my cheek sweetly before resting his head on my shoulder.
"Is this true?" the officer asked.
"Yes, Tristan nearly had me out the door until some of the spectators grabbed him and pulled me away from him." One of the men that grabbed Tristan spoke up and confirmed it while another confirmed that Shane was completely justified in hitting Noah. Slowly the rest of the story was told and confirmed. Caitlyn, Ella, and I never released our hold on the boys as we talked. Even when all the guys involved were taken down to the security office we walked next to our guys holding tightly onto their arms. The boys didn't seem to mind though since they would occasionally dip down and press a kiss to the tops of our heads or just smile at us. Caitlyn Ella and I had put their hats back on them trying to hide them from the fans that were now trolling the mall looking for them.
In the security office the officers reviewed the security camera and declared that Jason, Nate, and Shane were free to go, while the police were being contacted to come and get the other four boys. Thankfully, we were done with all of our shopping so the six of us piled into the car and drove home. As soon as we got there Ella, Caitlyn, and I made the boys sit at the kitchen table and we took care of all their injuries. As I was holding an ice pack to Shane's eye something on the tv caught our attention.
