Guys! You're amazing- 291 reviews in 11 chapters? Words cannot describe how happy I am right about now; I never would have thought it would have been this popular, I actually thought it was a rubbish idea for a story. So all I can say is that this story could be drawing to an end, there are two directions I could take it from here and one of them is a dead end. Anyway I'll judge it upon the amount of reviews I get, try and get me to 315, 320 would be amazing.
Oh and last chapter was a one off, I don't see any more Mitchie POV in the near future.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except this story which I'm incredibly proud of. SORRY FOR TYPOs
It had been two weeks since I was lightly rejected by Mitchie after announcing my love to her on the beach, and much to my surprise things weren't awkward between us. Sure, in the back of my mind I was permanently holding myself back from kissing her or reminding her of my feeling, but things weren't awkward.
Okay they were
I lied.
Things were awkward
Extremely awkward, and I hated it
We were still spending the majority of our waking lives together, but it was the little things that have changed. Like when we'd watch movies- instead of snuggling up under a blanket on the sofa, she would purposely distance herself from me and sit on another seat, not only that but the amount of hugs we used to share has literally gone from a million to zero.
It was the insignificant things that had changed, but they were significant to me.
You know how when something's off limits you want it more? Like the forbidden fruit?
Yeah well that was Mitchie, Mitchie was my forbidden fruit.
And as much as I wanted to deny it, every minute I spent with her was just causing me to fall even harder for her.
Stupid fucking hormones.
"Wakey wakey birthday boy!" Nate exclaimed as he burst into my currently dark room...oh did I forget to tell you it was my birthday today? I grumbled several incoherent profanities about I wish Nate would conveniently fall off a cliff before he pulled back the curtains, letting the sunlight into my room
I squinted my eyes shut, as the light threatened to blind me, god I hated mornings. "So...How does it feel being the big 1-8?"
"I wouldn't know I've only been awake a matter of minutes" I shot back
"Ohhh someone's got attitude this morning, your thong too far up your ass?"
"Shut up Nate" I propped myself up on my elbows as I ran one hand through my hair, a metallic wrapped package in his hands. I eyed it suspiciously "What is that?" I asked in a warning tone
Nate rolled his eyes at me "Well it's a present; I think that's what people usually get when it's their birthday"
"You got me a present?" I had known Nate since I was in diapers and never has he bothered to give me a present on my birthday
He shrugged "Yeah well, you know, you've been a good friend to me and you've not had the easiest time recently so I thought..." he trailed of sounding completely out of character, since when did Nate care? He extended his arm towards me handing me the rectangular gift
"There's one from the guys at school, one from me and Jason and then another from just me" he explained as I just nodded along, still trying to get my head around the fact that Nate has actually purchased something out of his own money for me.
I carefully unwrapped the gift, revealing a cardboard box; I raised my eyebrow not having a clue at what it can be. I lifted the lid of, before cautiously glancing at Nate
As I returned my gaze, my eyes fell on two gold envelopes and another rectangular wrapped up gift. "Open the envelopes first" Nate sounded excited as he sat next to me
"Okay..." I picked up the first one with Jason's scribbled handwriting reading Happy Birthday Shane, have a good one- Chris, Jason, Nate, Dan and Sam. I flipped the envelope, opening it before pulling out two pieces of flimsy card
My eyes widened as I swear my mouth fell open "No way!"I exclaimed a bit too loudly "Coldplay tickets?! I thought these sold out like months ago..."
Nate grinned "They did, good thing we remember that you're one of those crazy fan girls when it comes to Coldplay"
I rolled by eyes "Seriously though, thanks" I started to think about who I could take with me, yet only one person came to mind- Mitchie. "God this is amazing" i muttered.
"Next one!" I reached for the next envelope until it was swiped out of my hands "Not yet, I want to save the best till last"
I shrugged, picking up the rectangular package "That's from me and Jason",
"The ultimate Owen Wilson collection?" I asked whilst laughing
"Yeah we all know you have a man crush on him, so we thought you'd have a face to help you out on those lonely nights...."
And there's my jerk of a friend again. I shook off his comment, still feeling pretty ecstatic over the Coldplay tickets.
"Tell Jay I say thanks...now hand me that, I want to know what's so amazing about it that it had to be the last one"
Nate let a smug grin spread across his face "You'll love it"
I opened the envelope with caution, wondering if he had somehow managed to powder swine flu or something and put it in the envelope.
"You didn't" I stated bluntly "Please tell me you didn't" I closed my eyes as I pulled out yet another pair of flimsy cards
"Oh but Shane, I did"
"Jonas brother tickets? Seriously?"
"Well I know how much Mitchie loves them so I thought, 'hey I know how Shane can win his girl...take her to a Jonas Brother concert" I couldn't help but laugh as he imitated a girls voice whilst waving his hands in the air like those 'popular' girls you see in the movies
"Is that really the reason?"
"Yeah, it's obvious that you're completely hung up on this girl, so it's about time you get some and stop making us miserable by your constant moping"
I smiled "Nate...are you trying to be nice?" I asked in a sing song voice
I slight blush rose to his cheeks "No! No! You ass wipe"
And the norm is restored.
-
"Nate" I whined "Where the hell are we going now?" I asked, I had spent the entire day with him and Jason and quite frankly I've had enough. Don't get me wrong, they're my friends and I appreciate all the trouble they've gone through trying to make my eighteenth a memorable one , but all I wanted to do today was spend my day with Mitchie.
I glanced at the time on my phone, realising that it was almost 7:30 and yet I still hadn't received one birthday call or text from her, after all I had practically been dropping massive hints for the past week.
"Just wait and see, we're nearly there" I slumped back further into the back seat of Nate's beat up Mustang, trying to pass the time by counting how many hole's was in his interior until the car came to an abrupt halt
I glanced out of the window through my new red ray bans- a gift from my parents, noticing we were at Mitchie's house "Why are we here?"
"Because we've put you through enough Testosterone for one day so we're here so you can get your oestrogen fix"
I didn't bother making a smart remark or even replying to Nate or Jason, all I cared about was that I was going to see Mitchie, even if it was only 24 hours since I had previously set eyes on her
I climbed out the car, and began to make my way up the porch as I felt two strong hands pull me back "You can go now guys"
Jason shook his head "Nope, we want to say a quick hello to Mitchie as well." I sighed as we walked towards her front door, noticing her lights were out, maybe she wasn't home.
I rang the doorbell, the door swinging open to a overly happy Mrs Torres "Boys hi!" she exclaimed before wrapping her arms around me in a tight hug "Happy Birthday Shane"
"Err...thanks Connie"
"This way boys" she ushered us in, shutting the door behind her, I followed her lead still not understanding why the house was so poorly lit tonight, I don't remember the Torres' being one to conserve energy
"SUPRISE!!" I literally leapt into the air as numerous people jumped out from hiding spots within the room. The light turned on, revealing the faces of many of my school friends along with family members
"Whose idea was this?" I asked still in shock
"A certain girl..."Jason replied
"Mitchie?" I asked in disbelief, how the hell could she pull this off?
Jason nodded, "yeah she told us and we gathered everyone up"
"Wow" I breathed out, I really had the most amazing friends
-
The party had been in full swing for well over an hour now, and everyone was having fun, but I couldn't help but wonder where Mitchie had gotten to, she had only been gone from my side for ten minutes but I already missed her.
I felt a tap on my shoulder, causing me to turn around, ah speak of the devil
"Having a good birthday?"
"The best"
"C'mon" she grabbed my arm, pulling me through the kitchen and into the garden, the cool air automatically causing me to shiver slightly.
She stopped in the middle of the porch, letting go with my arm. For the first time this evening I was given the chance to admire what she was wearing- a simple purple empire line dress with matching heels, evening the height difference between us, if I hadn't already said this before...she was gorgeous. I was about to return my gaze back to her face when I saw what was in her hand
"So, that my birthday present?" I asked jokingly, not expecting anything from her.
"You have two" she stated sweetly, the evening air causing her hair to sway in various directions,
I raised my eyebrow "Really?"
She nodded "Here's your first one" she held out her arm, holding up a large silver gift bag, I admired her botch attempt of securing the bag shut, no joke there must be about a million layers of cello tape holding it shut.
I took it from her, placing it on the patio table "How do you get into this thing?"
"Oh" she laughed "I guess I did go a tad over board with the tape" she removed a clip from her hair and sliced it through the tape with one swift movement "There you go"
I opened the bag and gasped as I saw what was inside it "Mitchie! This...you, you didn't have to get me this. This is too much" I reached into the bag, pulling out a brand new black leather jacket
"Like it?" she asked sheepishly
"Like it? I love it" i looked at her seriously "But you shouldn't have spent this much on me, this must have cost you a fortune"
She shrugged "It doesn't matter, you've been really great to me, so this is the least you deserve...try it on"
I shimmied off my current tattered jacket and slipped on the new one "Well if I get this then you can have mine" her face lit up
"Seriously?" she asked
"Of course, it did look better on you than it did me" I tossed it over to her as she excitedly put on my battered jacket "It's a bit big..." I trailed off
"No it's perfect" she grinned at me "Now time for gift number two" her tone changed, yet I couldn't quite put a finger on how exactly.
"No, this is enough" I pointed at the jacket "You better have a receipt for the second gift"
She inched towards me, stopping about half a metre from me, before looking up to me "This gift is non refundable"
"Mitchie I can't" I protested slightly "You've done too much, this party, the jacket..." she rolled her eyes at me
"Will you just shut up" she took a step closer, the distance between us growing smaller and smaller, before throwing her arms around my neck
"Happy birthday Shane" she whispered before closing the gap between us. My mind went blank as her lips crashed upon mine in a hungry yet sweet kiss.
I was so lost in the moment I didn't even hear Nate Wolf-whistling and clapping behind me.
Without any hesitation this was the
Best Birthday Ever.
Well that chapter was completely improvised, and when I say completely I mean made this up as I went along. What did you think? i liked it
Are you happy? Smitchieness lol!
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