Chapter 13: Falling Apart

A/N: Ok next chapter… thanks for all the reviews and I hope you enjoy this chapter…

A little more that a week later the gang was tighter than ever. Since Mitchie's truth had come out she was feeling better than she had in a while. She started to wear more colors than she did before (They were some of Caitlyn, Ella, and Peggy's wardrobe and some things her mother managed to slip in without her knowing) and she smiled more although it was never as bright as the summer before. Her nightmares had even become less as she started to realize that there was nothing she could have done to prevent it. When Sierra came to her dreams most of the time now it was to tell her how much she loved and missed Mitchie.

Shane and Mitchie had grown closer than ever as well. The two were hardly seen apart unless Brown needed Shane to do something which is what was happening at the moment.

"It's been like two hours where could he be?" Mitchie asked Caitlyn who shrugged.

"It better have been something hard or he's never going to live it down," Nate said quietly to Jason who smiled.

"I'll think of it as payback for never making me a birdhouse," he told Nate who shook his head.

"It's a music camp smart one, not a woodworking camp," Nate said and Jason looked confused.

"I thought you were the smart one," he said and Nate sighed.

"You know what forget I even said anything," he replied and the girls laughed.

"So brothers," they said the same time and then laughed again.

"Girls," the two guys said and went back to what they were doing before they started arguing.

"I think I'm gonna go find Shane," Mitchie said standing up.

"I think I'll stay here with the guys, I wanna run some songs by them, if that's ok?" Caitlyn said and Mitchie nodded.

"I think I'll be fine on my own for a while, my bodyguard," she joked to Caitlyn who laughed.

"Yeah and you are one hard girl to protect always picking fights with Marissa," Caitlyn replied and Mitchie shook her head.

"She starts them," Mitchie pointed out and Nate rolled his eyes.

"What are you five?" he asked and Mitchie smiled.

"At least I don't act like I'm thirty," she replied before going out the door.

"I DO NOT," she heard him yell inside and giggled. She made her way down the path heading towards the dance studio which was the first place that she thought Shane would be. She came around the corner and skidded to a stop as she saw Shane and Marissa doing something they should not have been.

(I could be so mean right now and leave it at that….. but I think I'll be nice for once…haha…)

Mitchie couldn't believe her eyes, Shane was kissing Marissa. Mitchie's head told her to run from the sight but her heart told her to stay that Shane would never do this to her and that there must be another explanation, her feet seemed to be agreeing with her heart and she stayed rooted in spot. Mitchie stared at the sight before her and it seemed to move in slow motion. The slow motion stopped when Shane pushed Marissa away. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!?" He yelled and Marissa took a step backwards but didn't drop the smirk from her face.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm kissing you," Marissa said and Shane's fist balled up as he tried to control his anger.

"I have a girlfriend, you don't go around kissing guys who are taken," Shane stated furiously.

"Oh you mean Goth girl? Well she won't be your girlfriend for much longer then you will be mine," Marissa stated with a smirk and Shane gave her a confused look.

"What are you talking about?" he asked and she pointed behind him. Shane turned to see and shocked and angry Mitchie. When Mitchie met his eyes he couldn't help but wince at the anger in them. Shane took a step towards Mitchie but she turned and fled from the sight her feet finally cooperating with her.

"MITCHIE!" Shane yelled and started to run after her but Marissa grabbed his arm. Shane yanked his arm away from her. "YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME AND MITCHIE! GOT IT?" he yelled at her before taking off towards where Mitchie ran. Please don't do anything stupid Mitchie please, he thought helplessly as he ran after her.


MITCHIE ran away as soon as her feet would let her. She heard Shane call her name but kept running anyways. She knew that Shane didn't want to kiss Marissa and that it was all Marissa's fault but she still felt angry. She was angry at Shane for letting himself get put in that situation and angry at Marissa for kissing her boyfriend. I'm going to get her back for this if it's the last thing I do, Mitchie thought as she ran into the woods. She headed towards the clearing where they set stuff up for Sierra. When she reached it she collapsed to her knees and tears finally fell from her eyes. "Why do these things keep happening to me?" she asked to no one. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Shane standing behind her out of breath.

"Mitchie," he said and she stood up.

"Shane," she replied coldly.

"What you saw wasn't what it looked like," Shane said and Mitchie rolled her eyes.

"What it looked like was Marissa kissing you," she said and he didn't catch the way she said Marissa kissing him instead of him kissing Marissa.

"She kissed me and I pushed her away. I didn't want that at all. One minute we're talking about dance class next she's kissing me. I don't want anything to do with her. I love you and I don't want anyone but you," Shane said and Mitchie looked at him in shock. Did he just say he loved me? Shane took her silence as she was pissed at him and didn't love him back. "Alright I get it you don't feel the same way after what happened. I'm just gonna leave," He said turning to leave.

"Shane, wait," she said but Shane just kept going. "Dammit!" she cried kicking a tree then took a couple of deep breaths. She closed her eyes. The anger at Shane for what had happened had dissipated and she was just mad at him for jumping to conclusions. She took one look back at the memorial before heading back to the cabin. When she walked in only Nate and Caitlyn were there. Mitchie threw herself on the bed.

"What couldn't find Shane?" Caitlyn joked and Mitchie rolled over and put her head in her pillow to scream into when she was done she sat up and the other two were looking at her like she was crazy. "What happened Mitch?" Caitlyn asked.

"Marissa kissed Shane," She replied and the other two gasped. "And Shane didn't welcome it, I know that much. I ran off to the forest clearing where Shane found me, told me he loved me and then he didn't even let me have a chance to respond that I feel the same way," Mitchie finished as the two looked at her in shock.

"He didn't," Nate said and Mitchie shook her head.

"He did," she said and he stood up.

"I'm going to kill him," Nate said and Mitchie jumped up to block his path.

"NO," She said and he looked at her. "I need to deal with this. I have a plan to deal with Marissa. I have a song I wrote earlier this year. I was kinda pissed at her when I wrote it so I'll use that against her. But how do I get Shane to realize that I do love him?" She asked and Caitlyn grinned.

"By using what Shane understands best, music," She said and Mitchie smiled and grabbed her guitar and songbook.

"Want to help me write another kick ass song?" Mitchie asked and the two nodded and got down to work on the song.


IT was after midnight, twelve twenty five to be exact, when Shane finally dragged himself into the cabin to go to bed. Mitchie knew exactly when it was because she was still awake when he came in. She kept her eyes closed as she felt him come over to her bed. "I love you Mitchie, and I'm sorry," he said before kissing her forehead and going to one of the bunks.

A/N: So there's another chapter…. Drama I know… but it'll get resolved out soon…. I hope you liked it I know it was shorter than normal but originally this and the next chapter were one but there were way too long so I broke it up and this worked out the best spot… PLEASE REVIEW!

A/N: And yes I know Mitchie could've reacted stronger to all this but I needed it to be a certain way for everything to work out the way I want it to…