It Starts With Goodbye
Chapter 10
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Mitchie stood in shock. This wasn't real, she was dreaming. Shane Gray was not standing in her front garden.
She pinched herself, hoping to wake up in her bed.
Nothing happened.
He was still standing there, looking at her.
"What are you doing here?" she managed to choke out.
Shane muttered something about a birdhouse convention, a flat tire and a broken cell phone.
Even though she had asked the question, Mitchie wasn't really listening. She was still registering the fact that he was here.
She nodded as if she understood.
"D-do you want to come inside?" she asked.
Shane looked at the road. It didn't look like the limo was coming back anytime soon.
"Sure," he said.
Shane followed Mitchie inside.
Her house wasn't that big, like his. But Shane thought it was perfect.
He followed her into the living room.
It was perfect.
The walls were painted cream and there were two couches. One was cream, the other was a dark shade of red.
"Do you want something to eat? Drink?" Mitchie asked.
Shane had forgotten how hungry he was.
"You got any food?" he asked, not realising how stupid his question was until he had asked.
Of course she had food.
Her mom was a caterer, and what house didn't have food?
Mitchie laughed. "What do you want?" she asked.
"Anything."
"Coming right up," she laughed again.
God, Shane loved that laugh.
"You can sit down, you know?" she gestured towards the cream sofa.
Shane nodded but didn't sit.
He was afraid to.
The room was so clean and perfect.
Instead, his eyes were drawn to the pictures that were hanging on the walls.
There she was. Mitchie. She looked about five or six years old. It must've been her first day of school.
Even as a five year old, Shane thought she looked beautiful.
"I got some of my moms homemade apple pie," Mitchie said, entering the room.
"Um…thanks," Shane said taking it off her.
"Mitchie sat down on the cream couch only to jump back up seconds later. "Crap!" she shouted. "Sierra!"
"Who?" Shane asked, mouthful of apple pie.
"I was supposed to hang out with my friend Sierra."
"You should go. I'll wait here since it doesn't look like Nate and Jason are coming back anytime soon."
"No it's fine. I'll call her and explain. I'm already 20 minutes late anyway. And besides. If my dad comes home and sees you here by yourself he'd probably freak and call the police…or kill you."
Shane didn't say anything. He just nodded and let Mitchie call her friend. He didn't really like the idea of being arrested…or killed.
Mitchie was on the phone for five minutes in which Shane sat in silence, on the red sofa, he was too afraid to sit on the cream one, he was eating.
Mitchie came back into the room silently and sat on the cream sofa. They sat in awkward silence, avoiding each others eyes.
"How come you didn't call?" Mitchie said, breaking the silence after two minutes which seemed like two hours.
Shane looked at her.
He should've called her.
But in truth, he was too scared.
Mitchie could've moved on.
It could've been just a camp thing.
He asked himself these questions everyday.
"You never called me," he said simply, opting out of telling her the truth.
"True…" she said slowly. "But you called Caitlyn, and the others."
Shane was silent. She had caught him.
"I was scared," he said quietly.
"What?"
"I was scared, Okay?" he said, louder this time.
"Of what?"
"Of you, Of everything. I was scared you'd have moved on. I was scared you didn't want to know me. I was scared it was a camp thing. I really like you Mitchie. I was scared you'd reject me."
Mitchie sat frozen. She was trying to take in everything Shane had said.
WAIT! Did he just say he liked her??
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