"Care to explain

"Care to explain?" Leslie asked furiously. Nate picked up the magazines and read aloud one by one.

Shane and Laila...Back together again? The picture in the corner of the page was of Laila and Shane hugging.

What really goes on behind the scene's of Connect 3 and Laila Logan's co headlining tour? The picture was just from the photo shoot from the tour promotion.

Camp Rock works love magic for Shane...again. Shane and Laila kissing in a canoe.

Shane and Laila knew each other...before they became big Shane and Laila looked younger, they were sitting with Jason and Nate at a table eating.

Then he moved onto the newspapers, because everyone was silent.

Move over Mitchie...make room for Laila.

Does Mitchie need to worry? Laila and Shane spotted alone just minutes before concert.

Then Leslie pulled out one more from the back of her jean pocket.

Special Edition: Into the Life of Laila Logan

Newly found romance with vocalist Nate Jonas of the band Connect 3

Shane and Laila were and item in the olden days

Kissing Nate during they day...warming up to Shane at night

And this was just on the cover...and the picture weren't much better, Nate kissing Laila on one-half and the other half was Shane and Laila hugging.

"How did they get these?" Shane muttered to himself when looking at the pictures that looked like they had been taken at camp three years ago.

"What are they talking about Shane?" Mitchie was referring to the "back together again" headlines, and "love magic", she didn't want to say anything about the pictures yet...she was hoping he would say they were photo shopped.

"She doesn't know!?" Leslie screamed at Shane before Laila could say anything.

"You know!" Shane widened his eyes and then looked at Laila, "She knows?!"

"You told her?" Nate looked at Laila.

"She figured it out." Bruce said, and then bit his lip when Leslie shot at him.

"He knows!" Shane, Laila and Nate looked at Leslie. Laila really felt like she was going to cry. The bumps in the road we not helping much. She looked at the clock,! Seven Thirty !, she still had about three hours with these people on the bus.

"What does every one know that me, Jason and Mitchie don't know?" Caitlyn asked.

"Actually, I know." Jason said, all eyes were on him now.

"That didn't help the situation at all." Bruce said.

"These have to be photo shopped...please tell me they are photo shopped." Mitchie's lip trembled as she confronted Shane. She stared at the picture of them kissing and then holding each other.

"Mitch..." Shane really didn't want to tell her, but he needed to salvage his relationship, "They aren't."

Mitchie swallowed.

"Look that was three..."

"I am your girlfriend, and you couldn't tell me about a previous relationship...what could have happened that you didn't want to tell me about it?"

Laila bit her lip and made eye contact with Shane again.

"Oh..." Mitchie gasped, assuming what had happened, "I can't believe you Shane Gray." She stood up. Everyone suddenly realized what she was thinking.

"Oh no Mitchie, it wasn't that." Laila said. Mitchie looked at her. "It didn't go that far."

"Well, it went somewhere and none of you could tell me!" Mitchie said, "It happened and someone should have told me, you are all suppose to be my friends and none of you told me."

"Mitchie wait..." Laila looked at Shane and then to her, "I am sorry, we should have told you...actually, the truth is..." She swallowed, "...Shane really wanted to tell you, but I didn't want to." Nate, Jason and Shane looked at her.

Shane's mind flashed back to the conversation they had a few weeks before.

"Mitchie doesn't know what it means." Laila said about Shane's leather wristband.

"And she is NOT going to know!" He yelled at her demandingly.

"Shane was begging me, but I told him I didn't want you to know." Laila said, it killed her inside to lie to one of her best friends, but she had to save Shane and Mitchie's relationship.

"Mitchie..." Shane tried to stop Laila.

"Shane loves you...he really does, and he would never purposely keep anything from you. I never wanted you to know, because I wanted us to be friends...I didn't want things to be weird between us, you know ex girlfriend, new girlfriend. Don't blame him."

Things were really quiet then...all that was heard was sound of the bus wheels on the road.

"Really?" Mitchie looked at Shane. Laila shot Shane a glare and then he answered, "Yeah" It wasn't normal, kind of like he had to push it out of his stomach.

Mitchie couldn't think of much to say, so they all just sat there. Leslie flopped down on the couch. Laila looked at the clock, 7:45pm. Laila groaned in her mind.

Her phone vibrated in her pocket. She flipped it open.

We need to talk

N

Leslie and Bruce who were up at six in the morning flipping though the magazines and newspapers from the gas station, were already asleep.

The two of then closed the door behind them. "Why did you lie for Shane?" Nate asked her immediately.

"Because...Mitchie deserves to have a good relationship with him." Laila said, he looked at her, "I know that it will be based on a lie...but one day he might tell her."

"And so you are going to ignore what Shane told you and did to you?" Laila looked up t him, "And what was the picture of you two...he was holding you tight..."

"I was at the lake last night before the concert," She explained, "And I was sorta venting to God, and I kinda lost it. He was there, just someone to comfort me." She was starting to think about her grandmother again and her lips began to tremble.

"I am sorry that it had to be so awkward like that but, it felt good to have someone to hold..." Laila blinked and let the tears fall down her cheeks. "I can't even go to LA because I am here. And my mom hasn't even called yet." She started to ramble. "My own mother, her own mother died...and she hasn't even called me." Nate didn't want to upset her, so he just held her. Shane walked in the bunk area.

"Where's Mitchie?" Nate asked as if on impulse.

"I told her I needed to talk to Laila for a few minutes, she understands." Shane shot at him. Their childish feud was still going on. Laila eyed Nate and he left.

"Why did you lie to Mitchie about me?" Shane asked once Nate left. "I yelled at you to keep it a secret, why did you tell her the opposite?"

"Because she deserves to have a good relationship...look Shane, I know a lot about her that you don't...she isn't ready to tell you, but she has a past...and she needs you."

"Okay..." Shane said, "So you are only doing this for her?"

Laila took a deep breath, "I am doing it for you too." Laila said, "I want you to be happy. Unbelievably, there is a piece of my heart that has feelings for you, they aren't as strong, but they are there. I love Nate, but I once loved you. You never loose that feeling."

"I know." Shane said.

"I am happy where I am, I am happy with Nate. I love him, but I will still always love you." Laila said, this time truly expressing what she felt.

" I know." Was all Shane could say.

"I tried to make the feeling go away, for three years Shane...I knew that you were a jerk for what you did, but I wanted to find the good in you...I knew I was a jerk for what I did to you too. You were my first real boyfriend."

"Who was Michael?" Shane said, Laila looked at him with her big brown eyes, he could see the pain in her eyes...it was painful for her to talk to him like this. They felt the bus stop. Nate peered his head through the door.

"We are stopping," Nate said, "Uhm...we're at a park, we thought that all of us needed some air."

"Thanks Nate." Laila turned away from Shane and looked at her boyfriend.

"There is a small lake or pond outside, I thought you might want to take a walk with me." Nate said.

"Uhm..." She looked at Shane, "I need to finish things with Shane."

"Maybe walking by the lake will do you some good." Shane said, "We could finish this out there." She looked at him and then at Nate and agreed.

"So...you were talking yesterday..." Shane kicked a rock along the side of the grass, "Who is Michael?"

"Michael Howard was my almost first boyfriend." Laila said talking a deep breath, Shane looked down at her with a funny face, "Michael and I were best friends...He moved to Omaha in the middle of my sixth grade year. I was almost eleven years old. No one wanted to be my friend and no one wanted to talk to me...I was an outcast really. So when Michael came, he sorta filled in that gap in my heart.

"So...I know I was only twelve years old...but he asked me to go out on a real date with him one night." Laila sniffled a little bit. "His mom was late from work, and since he was only thirteen he had to wait for his mom to drive him to my house. Well, she was trying to get there...and a truck ran a red light and..." She stopped. "The truck hit the passenger side and... His mom was in a coma for three weeks, but she survived. And Michaels dying was all my fault."

"No it wasn't, it was the truck drivers fault."

"No, if I hadn't insisted that he would hurry up...If I had just told him we would do it another time, If we had done it another time he would still be here."

"Laila Logan?" They turned around to see a tall blonde woman standing behind them. Laila just stared at her.

"Yes." Shane answered for her. "Can we help you?"

"I am Cecilia Howard." Shane looked at Laila's face. It was stuck with pain, guilt and fear.

A/N: Ah! Sorry, for the lack of update! We have family over, so kinda hard. Uhm…OMG, Michael's mommy! LOL. What do you think she wants?

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