Mitchie mumbled softly, flopping on her stomach, allowing the gently sunlight to be cast upon her back. She found it oddly comfortable, and she buried herself deeper in the pillow. She struggled to open her eyes, since she didn't want to, but she had to wake up sooner or later. Opening her eyes slightly, she blinked quite an amount of times and wondered if her eyes were playing tricks on her. She rubbed her eyes to prevent herself to see things, but she still saw what, or rather who, was asleep beside her.

Shane lay there, in a strange position, with his dark locks stuck up in bountiful angles. He breathed heavily, which meant to be snores. She looked at the bed, and then back at him.

Her automatic, instinctive response was a shriek, that she didn't mean. Shane groaned and moved closer to her.

"What the heck!?" At the doors were Nate, Jason and Caitlyn. "Wow, uh."

Shane and Mitchie had been sleeping, in the same room, on the same bed.

Mitchie hesitated, but she said, "Sorry. Didn't mean to wake you guys up," even if they weren't interested in that.

She took a pillow and struck a dormant Shane, jokingly. "Wake up."

He grunted and muttered under his breath, arose to see everybody looking at him. "Yeah, what do you want?"

"An explanation."

Shane rolled his eyes, "What? Mitch' here, fell asleep on my bed."

He pulled the covers over his head.

"I did? Oh, uh, sorry." Mitchie thought back to last night.

"What were you even doing here?"

"I needed to ask you something. But I forgot." She smacked her own forehead, sighing.

"Uh-huh." Caitlyn grinned, shaking her head, as she returned to her room, "Uh, aren't you coming, Mitchie?"

"Oh, yeah." Mitchie patted Shane lightly, but Nate stepped closer to him, and snatched his blankets forcefully, revealing him in his undershirt and boxers.

"Get dressed, Shaney," Nate said, rolling his eyes, "Jason!"

"What?"

"Stop looking at the birds!"

"But Shane has a nice view!"

Meanwhile, after Mitchie brushed her teeth, she looked at her reflection. Today was the day we're going to the recording studio, and after, we're going around the city. She stroked her soft, brunette locks with her fingers after she combed it. "Cait', what do you think I should wear?"

"Make a good impression?" Caitlyn suggested.

"This?" It was going to be a little chilly out in the morning. She was dressed in a loose-fitting maroon, petite dress which was layered over her Capri pants, with white piping at the edges followed with ruffles. There were long sleeves, and a design of a butterfly at the front.

"Wow, I never see you wearing something like that."

"Yeah, I know," Mitchie said, in high spirits, getting her messenger bag, putting it at her side.

They got on the bus, and it only took a moment to reach their destination, a complex building. Mitchie and Caitlyn, as usual, were surprised at everything, even when they reached their floor through the elevator.

"Our manager is waiting."

Mitchie's anxiety was settled in her body, even if she knew what to do, but that didn't stop her from being nervous. Her breath stopped when they entered the office. There was a front desk, where their manager was seated, dressed formally.

"You're here! Take a seat!" Their manager gestured at the chairs around his desk, "It's a pleasure to have you all here."

Everybody nodded, without saying a thing.

After discussing things, most of them made Mitchie a bit dizzy, they were shown where they were recording their song. To change their sound a bit, Jason and Nate would have to play their guitars. Caitlyn still had to mix the music, and Shane and Mitchie were obviously the lead vocals.

"We'll be singing behind the glass."

"I know." Mitchie hope she wouldn't mess up, especially with her first recording. Before she knew it, it was already the end.

You're the missing piece I needThe song inside of me (this is me)You're the voice I hear inside my headThe reason that I'm singingNow I've found, who I amThere's no way to hold it inNo more hiding who I want to beThis is me…

Mitchie sighed a breath of relief. "We were all great!"

"Group hug!" Jason exclaimed as he pulled all of them into an embrace.

They laughed, and the two girls were glad they pulled it off nicely. Caitlyn still had her arms around Nate's neck. She blinked and said, "Uh, sorry."

But that made them laugh even more.

"Well done!" their manager said.

Shane grinned at Mitchie, who smiled back.

"You were great," Mitchie said.

"Of course I was," was Shane's reply, which caused her to giggle.

"Now we can go around the city!" Jason exclaimed in excitement.

"There's a nearby smoothie place," Nate said, pointing to the right when they exited the building.

In no doubt, there were fans everywhere. They pushed the glass door aside, and entered the air-conditioned place. It took them a while to choose their flavors because of the interrupting fan girls.

When they were seated at a table in the corner, Shane then said, "You know, I always kiss you. So it's your turn, now."

Mitchie gave a false scoff as she continued to grin as she leaned closer to him.; but, her lips met the straw of his fruit drink. "Shane!"

"Oh my freaking gosh! It's Connect Three for crying out loud!"

"Sorry girls, we can't sign autographs or anything right now."

Most of the fans looked disappointed, especially when the manager at the place asked them to leave.

Jason continued to wince when drinking his smoothie. He then rubbed his head, saying, "Ow."

"What?" Mitchie inquired.

"My head hurts."

"That's what you call a brain freeze," she answered.

"Cool! My brain froze!"

Nate continued to stare at Caitlyn, until she said, "What?"

"Nothing."

A silence followed, but it broke when Mitchie jumped up in her seat, with her hand placed over her mouth.

"What's wrong?"

Hiccup. Hiccup.

Caitlyn burst out laughing, but afterwards she said, "Hold your breath."

Mitchie breathed in, however, she continued to hiccup, even when she took sips of her drink. Hiccup.

Hicc-

Shane grabbed her collar and pulled her close, pressing his lips against hers. She ran her fingers at her lips, surprised, and she also stopped hiccupping.

"Wow."

Afterwards, the two girls scanned their pocket map, and found that there was a mall very close to where they were. Heading back onto their bus, Connect Three did not want to go shopping.

"Shopping?" Nate said, almost a groan.

Mitchie replied, "Yep, both of you guys, have to tell us how we look when we try on clothes."

Caitlyn was a little started to hear Nate was coming with them.

"And there's a pet store with birds."

"Jason, let us go look at birds with you!"

When they reached there, Shane and Nate were forced to go wherever Mitchie and Caitlyn went, minding the fan girls.

First off, the two helpless guys were dragged to a store that they saw when first entering the mall called Jade Couture.

"O-m-g! O-m-g! This so cute!" Mitchie said sarcastically, trying to act like the stereotypical girl, then she pulled out a loose-fitting top that went lower than her waist, which was a shade of light turquoise, with a balance of vertical and horizontal details, embossed with white. The waistline was adorned with a decorative, white blossom.

"It is," Caitlyn had to agree, jokingly, "It matches your eyeliner. We are such girls! But go try it on."

Mitchie replied, "I'm waiting for you to find something."

"I like simple." Caitlyn took out a tunic, a shade of dark green that was adorned with little sequins at the edges.

The two went to change in the fitting rooms, while Nate slumped on the wall, groaning.

"How did I get stuck with you guys? I mean, I understand you shopping with Mitchie, but why do I have to come?"

"Caitlyn," Shane said bluntly.

Nate was slightly taken back, but he didn't say anything else.

"It fits nicely," Mitchie said to Caitlyn.

"Let me see," she replied, as they both came out of the fitting rooms.

"It looks good on you!" their voices chorused.

"So what do you guys think?"

Shane said straightforwardly but jokingly, "You look hot?"

Mitchie rolled her eyes, giggling. "I'm getting this anyways."

Nate shrugged at Caitlyn, "I don't really care about this stuff. It looks…good, I guess."

Shane laughed at Nate's use of vocabulary, but it meant a lot to Caitlyn.

"Wait, Mitch', try this on." Shane pulled out a mini-skirt. She thumped him lightly on his head.

After they changed out, paid for their items, they exited, looking for Jason.

At the pet store, Jason looked at a parrot, intrigued.

"Jason!" the parrot squawked.

"Jason!" Jason laughed.

A few girls were crowed around him, commenting how cute both the parrot and Jason were.

"Jason, c'mon." They all said, gesturing.

"I think I found my new best friend." Jason said, bluntly, blinking.

"Wait guys, stay here," Shane said, but he took Nate along with him.

"Hey! What're you doing?" Nate exclaimed.

"You're coming with me."

"Where? A jewelry store," Shane replied as they exited the pet store, "I want to get something for Mitchie."

Back at the pet store, Mitchie and Caitlyn had a conversation with the parrot along with Jason.

After a while, Shane silently went over to his 'girlfriend' without her noticing. She jumped up in astonish when she felt his fingers at her neck. A thin, silver chain cascaded down her neck, with a heart-shaped locket dangling from it. It was engraved with delicate and intricate patterns, and embedded within its brilliance was a tiny jewel. When she clicked it open, there was a photo of Shane and Mitchie, and on the other side were the words, "Found You."

"Shane…" She didn't know what to say.

"Two stars are better than one. I love you, Mitchie." Shane said grinning, since he told her that, in a pet store of all places.

Author's Note: You wanted a longer chapter, so here you are. About 1700 words instead of the usual 800-900. I would've ended it here, but nah, there'll be a lot more chapters.