"Morning," she heard someone whispering into her ears. Mitchie was sitting next to Shane with his arm around her, on a couch, with bruises covering every inch of her body. It would probably be a great time for the paparazzi to shoot a picture but thankfully there weren't any at the time.

"How are you doing?" he asked pulling her up slightly and helping her to sit properly.

"I'm fine, it just hurts a bit," she replied. Actually it hurt a lot, but not like yesterdays pain. This pain was the sort of numb pain where you can't feel anything.

"Nate made you pancakes, do you wanna eat?" he asked lifting up a tray from her bed and putting it on his lap.

"mmmmm, they look good," she was sooo hungry! Eating wasn't something you did when you're depressed and just got beaten up, but right now Nate's pancakes were a priority. She smiled to herself.

"What?" Shane said looking confused. It was rare to see Mitchie Torrez smile and without anyone forcing her to smile.

"Nothing," she murmured stuffing a pancake into her mouth. Shane put an arm around her and watched her eat. Once she finished they sat staring at each other each one deep into their own thoughts.

"I wrote a song for you," Shane finally broke the silence.

"Really, why don't you sing it then? I want to hear it."

"I probably shouldn't. It's sort of depressing."

"But I wanna hear it," she gave him her puppy eyes.

"Fine!" he said with a small chuckle.

When the day is long and the night,
The night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life,
Well hang on.
Don't let yourself go, everybody cries
And everybody hurts, sometimes.

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
When you think you've had enough of this life
Well hang on.



Everybody hurts.
Take comfort in your friends.
Everybody hurts.
Don't throw your hand. Oh no. Don't throw your hand.
If you feel you're alone, no, no, no, no
You are not alone.

If you're on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much of this life
To hang on.

Well everybody hurts, sometimes everybody cries.
And everybody hurts sometimes, everybody hurts sometimes.
So hold on, hold on.
Hold on, Hold on, Hold on, Hold on, Hold on, Hold on,
Everybody hurts. You are not alone.

Mitchie had tears dripping down her face. The song was amazing, and to know that Shane wrote it for her made it even more astounding. He put down the guitar and pulled her into a hug.

"We'll get through this, together," he said kissing her lips gently. She kissed back trying to hold on for as long as possible, but the stupid air had to intrude.

"We'll make it through," she said looking into his deep brown eyes.

a/n: I know this chapter is really short….but I promise u that the next one will be longer and with more events…but I have to get at least 15 reviews!! And btw thanx for all the reviews that I recently got :) the song is called Everybody Hurts by R.E.M…it's an old song, but the lyrics r amazing…