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Thank you all so much for reviewing! And sorry that I am two reviews late. lol. I needed some sleep. Just got back from a Miley Cyrus concert. Metro station was there and they were AMAZING! Lol Trace took his shirt off and my eyes practically fell out of my head lol
Also a late happy Birthday to Nick Jonas. Love him. He is 17 now!
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The Gray brothers and Mitchie were about ten minutes from Mrs. Gray's house. Mitchie was tweedling her thumbs together. "Shane, are you sure I should come at a time like this?" she asked frantically, for what seemed like the hundredth time in the past hour. He sighed. "Mitchie, drama at home or not, she would chop my fucking dick off if I didn't bring you. I don't think either of us would enjoy that." he nudged her slightly at his own innuendo. Nate sighed and slapped his forehead. "Did not need to hear that!" he complained. "Damn!" Shane laughed along with Jason. Mitchie looked at him, glaring slightly with fear. "Shane! This isn't funny! She has a lot going on in her life and I don't think you should put more on her by ma-" he interrupted her by pressing his finger against her lips. "Do you know my mother?" he mused. She narrowed her eyes and shook her head. "Well, no but-" He sighed. "Then shush." he mumbled. She let her eyes fall to her lap as she scooted away from him towards the window a little bit. He sighed and just scooted towards her. He wasn't having that. She couldn't help but smile. She tried to hide it but he grabbed her cheeks and pulled her lips to his. Suddenly, her mind cleared of all worry. "Still worried." he whispered breathlessly after a few moments. She gasped a little. "Is that supposed to fix everything?" she questioned, suddenly feeling the fear coming again. He sighed and smiled. "I love you." he breathed, his lips sliding against hers. She narrowed her eyes in disappointment and frowned. "I hate it when you do that." they both said at the same time.
"Wh-" they both started again. They started laughing. "You first." he chuckled. She smiled. "You always use your charm against me. I mean, you could break up with me as long as you were being totally sweet and charming about it and I would forgive you." she sighed. He glared slightly as the words fell out of her mouth. "I wouldn't." he snapped. She narrowed her eyes. "I know!" she said quickly. "Just saying." she mumbled, frowning out the window. "Wait," she said again. "What were you talking about? You hate it when I do what?" she asked. He gave her a small smile and caressed her cheeks into a smile. "Frown. I hate it when you do that. Do you know how much I love to see you happy? It makes-even my shittiest day better."
Mitchie smiled as she felt her heart warm, ignoring the gagging noise Jason made and Nate chuckling. They were riding in Jason's Ferrari. She pressed her nose against his gently and kissed him.
A few minutes later, it was quiet in the car. "Nate?" Mitchie said, to break the silence. "Is it OK if I ask a question?" she mumbled, remembering the last time she tried to talk to him about the subject. He narrowed his eyes and nodded. "How is Tanner doing?" she mumbled sheepishly, deciding not to ask the question she was planning on asking. He scoffed to himself and shrugged. "I don't know. Tess won't let me see him." he muttered darkly. Mitchie felt herself gasp silently. No one else noticed. Shane's eyes were widened and his jaw was dropped. "Wh-who?" he gawked. Nate glared out the window. "Tess the fucking...bitch Tess." he whispered to himself. It took a while for Shane to compose himself. "Wait, she won't let you see him?" Jason asked, narrowing his eyes. Nate scoffed again. "The only reason why she let him come to the concert was because the fucking bitch was getting her nails done and she couldn't bring a three year old boy into the salon." he sounded completely disgusted. Mitchie figured out why he wouldn't tell her who the mother was. He was ashamed.
She looked at him with slight pity and then looked down. "Be lucky you get to see him at all though." she murmured. He nodded, his mood softening a bit. "I know." he murmured back. "When I do get to see him-" a small smile formed on his face. "we have so much fun. He is such an amazing kid. I love him to death." he whispered, unaware of the wide grin he had on his face now. "I swear. There is nothing like having a kid." he whispered, in his own little world now.
Mitchie was unaware that she was crying until she felt the warm tear slide down her face. She quickly looked out the window before anyone could see. Shane bit his lip when he saw and pulled her into his arms tightly. "It's OK." he murmured, kissing her hair. Nate sighed. "God, Mitchie, I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking." he pleaded quietly, his grin fading. Shook her head. "No. I'm sorry. I don't know, I just-" she stopped talking as Kevin slowed down the car. Her heart started beating fast. "Oh, God." she whispered. "We're here, aren't we?" she was suddenly panicking. Shane sighed. "Dammit." he muttered. "Mitchie-" he tried to calm her down. "Mitch-" he sighed, giving up and kissed her hard. "Shush." he mumbled sternly, his lips still against hers. "Now listen." he mumbled, pinning her beneath him in the seat. She took a deep breath and nodded. He pulled his face away from hers. "Now we are going to go in and me and the boys are going to make sure my mom is OK." Mitchie nodded so he continued. "Then I am coming out here to get you so we can meet my mom." Mitchie started shaking her head slightly. He growled. "And we are going in that God damn house-" he pointed at it. "Whether I have to drag you or carry you. Your choice. Unless you want to be a big girl and walk yourself." Mitchie sighed again and stared at him. She narrowed her eyes and looked around to see that Nate and Jason had already gotten out of the car and walked into the house. She studied the house. It seemed so suburban and normal. It was cute and definitely to Mitchie's liking. Which, for some reason, scared her even more. Cause she thought to herself, that's how it starts. Nice home, great, incredible, sexy son, you feel like everything is going right so far and then bam! Evil mother of Satan that will only be nice to you when her son is around. Other than that, she will try to convince you to leave him, or rather make you want to leave him by being as completely horrible as possible.
A last thought to herself was Damn. You watch too many movies.
She sighed. "You know," he said suddenly. "These windows are tinted completely black. You couldn't see if you cupped your hands and stuck your face to them. So I could slap you a couple of times and no one would know." he joked, smirking a little. Her eyes widened and she shot them at him. He became defensive. "Mitchie!" he exclaimed. "I was kidding! God! Are you serious!" he sighed, rolling his eyes and slapped his hands down on the seat. "Come on." he mumbled, climbing off of her and climbing out of the car. "Come back for me when you know she is OK." she mumbled pathetically. He sighed but didn't argue. "Fine." he mumbled and walked to the house.
"Where is Shane?" Mrs. Gray asked Nate and Jason, standing in the doorway after hugging them both tightly. Jason smiled a little. "What?" she asked, narrowing her eyes. "He is in the car trying to calm Mitchie down." Nate muttered. Her face lit up. "He actually brought his girlfriend?" she said, her jaw dropping slightly. They both nodded. "Now tell me something." she said quietly, raising an eyebrow before taking another glance at the fancy white car. "Is she really his girlfriend? Or is she another Tawni and payed to date him?" she said skeptically. "First off, mom." Nate said, trying not to disrespect his mother. "It was Taylor. And second, do you seriously think he would actually bring a fake girlfriend to meet his mother?" he asked. She shrugged and sighed. "I'm a little skeptical. So sue me." she muttered.
Shane stepped out of the car and shut the door. He walked up to his mom with a smile on his face. Her face dropped. "Wh-I thought you said he brought his girlfriend, Nate!" she said accusingly, turning to give him an evil look. His eyes widened. "Mom, how are you?" Shane asked, hugging her tightly. He laughed a little at her reaction. She laughed with him. "Fine, fine." she cried. "Now where is she?" Shane froze when he noticed the dark blue circle surrounding the bottom of her eye. "Bastard is lucky he is in prison." he growled, his face turning into slight despair. "Shane," she whispered. "Just leave it be. It's over now." Shane shook his head. "Damn right it's over!" he yelled. "Because I'll see to it that that ass hole never see's daylight again! I swear to fucking Christ!" He was fuming now. "Shane." Jason whispered, trying to calm him down.
Mitchie walked Shane walk up to his mother. She could see the emotions in his eyes change quickly from laughing and happy to the look that she knew well. It looked like he wanted to kill someone. He was infuriated. She bit her lip and looked away, even though she knew none of them could see her. She started feeling completely nervous all over again. It looked like Jason said something to him, because he calmed down. He gave his mom another hug before she said something.
"Hell, Shane! Go get her! She is probably a damn mess from nervousness!" she scolded him. He scoffed. "You have no idea." he muttered.
As she saw Shane walking towards the car, Mitchie had the sudden urge to lock the doors. So she did.
Shane gripped the door handle and sighed. "Jason!-"
"On it." Jason pulled out his car keys and pressed the unlock button. She could have sworn she heard their mom laugh slightly. "Dammit!" Mitchie yelled, going to lock it again but Shane beat her to it by opening the door. He gave her a harsh glare that read 'you're being childish.'
She smiled at him sheepishly. He glared at her. "She is about to rip my ass a new one. Get yours out here." he muttered. She giggled a little, but it came out more like a choke. She felt her heart beat quickly as she grew closer and closer to Mrs. Gray. She felt comforted as Shane tightly wrapped his hand around hers, twining their fingers together. She felt a warm feeling in her stomach at the thought that he didn't mind doing this in front of his mother. "Mom, this is Mitchie." he introduced. "Mitch, this is...mom." he shrugged. She nodded timidly. "Nice to meet you Mrs. Gray." she said quietly. Mrs. Gray laughed. "Please! Honey, call me Cindy." she offered. Mitchie looked up in surprise before looking at Shane. He smiled encouragingly and nodded. "Cindy." she repeated and went to shake her hand. "No no." Cindy smiled, pulling Mitchie in for a hug. "Can't trust the shy ones." she joked. Mitchie tensed, causing her to laugh. "Only kidding, honey." she assured her. Mitchie just nodded. It wasn't until then that she got a good look at the bruise on her right eye. She instantly looked away.
After a while, everyone was in the house talking and laughing. Jason and Nate sat on one couch, Cindy sat in a chair and Mitchie and Shane sat on another couch. Shane was sitting on the arm rest casually while Mitchie sunk into the soft cushions. The conversations became more serious and about other things after a while. "Sorry, but I'm a little skeptical." Cindy said suddenly. Shane shot her a warning glare but she continued anyway. "Honey?" she asked Mitchie. "Yeah?" she replied politely. "Mom-" Shane warned until she started talking. "Are you being payed to date Shane? I mean, pop stars these days, you know...is this just a publicity thing? One that he might be in on?" she asked. "Mom!" Shane hissed. "Stop!" She shrugged and put her palms up in defense. Mitchie laughed, causing everyone to stare at her.
"No Mrs- uh, Cindy. I understand where you are coming from when you ask that. But I swear to you, I am in love with your son and I wouldn't date someone for publicity."
"But what about pretending to date Natey?"
Mitchie's face fell. "But that-" She started until Nate stepped in. "That wasn't to gain publicity. That was to rid of it." he informed her. Cindy just nodded. "I've just seen him hurt before and he was...so-"
"Mom.." Shane groaned. "He was so broken. And to think it lasted for two years! I don't know who did that but-" Mitchie winced with every word. "Uh, mom..." Jason whispered, desperately looking at Shane and Mitchie. She looked over at him and he just started shaking his head. "No, Jason. It's OK. Uh, Mrs. Gray," she started looking down. "It was me that Shane was with two years ago. I was the one who ... left." she whispered. Cindy's face dawned with understanding and shock. "Oh?" she whispered. Shane looked down from the arm rest at Mitchie, who looked ashamed. "It wasn't her fault in the slightest bit." he shot, mainly at Mitchie. "I broke her heart and played with her. I manipulated her. I can't blame her that she wanted to leave." he muttered. It was quiet in the room. Cindy's face lit up with surprise once again.
"So you're the one?" she asked. Mitchie narrowed her eyes. "You are the one he lost it to?" she whispered quietly. Mitchie looked down blushing. "You are the first girl he has ever loved?"
"Only." Shane corrected. She barely glanced at him. Her eyes were locked on Mitchie, who wouldn't make eye contact with anyone, even Shane. "Yeah." she whispered.
"It all clicks together now! I remember, Nate, when you said that the last time you saw her was at Burger King before she left camp! And you said you never saw her again!" she exclaimed. Nate's face filled with guilt and shame that instant. Shane narrowed his eyes. "What? No-that's not possible." he faked a laugh. "The last time he saw her was...when..." he trailed off, remembering back to the day Mitchie left Camp Rock.
Flashback
Jason, Shane, and Nate drove for about 25 minutes before stopping at a gas station because his car started running out. "Shit shit shit!" he shouted, slapping his hand down on the steering wheel. "I'll fill it up." Jason offered. Nate stared out the window and saw a Burger King across the street.
Without even realizing, Nate was out of the car and walking through the pouring rain. "Dude? Where are you going?" Jason called. Nate shook his head. "I'll be right back." he said and continued.
End of Flashback
"You mean..." Shane trailed off looking at Nate. "She was there? That's why you went? You let her go? You mean I didn't have to go two years without seeing her?" he started getting angrier and angrier, speaking as if Mitchie wasn't even there. She tried to calm him down. "Shane, I told him to let me go. It wasn't planned. I didn't even mean for him to find out I stopped there. He spoke some inspiring words to me and told me to pursue my dream. So I did." Shane scoffed. "Oh really?" he asked with heavy sarcasm. "And what were those 'inspirin'g words?" Mitchie sighed. "Caterpillar in the tree. How you wonder who you'll be. Can't go far but you can always dream. Wish you may and wish you might. Don't you worry hold on tight. I promise you that there will come a day. Butterfly fly away." she whispered, avoiding his gaze now. His jaw dropped. "Are you kidding me?" he whispered. "Your song is- Why didn't you ever tell me?" he asked, feeling slightly hurt. She was about to answer, until he cut her off. "Nevermind. I should be used to it, right? There is a lot you don't tell me these days." he muttered, standing up. Mitchie felt a slight pang in her stomach. "Shane-" she started but he walked towards the stairs and up. She felt tears prick in her eyes and looked down, not wanting to start a scene in front of his mother. "Can you excuse me?" she whispered. "I need some fresh air." Mrs. Gray, Jason, and Nate nodded. She walked to the sliding glass doors in the back of the kitchen and shut them behind her. She sat on a small brick wall inthe back yard and sighed, wiping her tears furiously. She decided to just let them fall. She heard the doors slide open and wiped them quickly away from her cheeks as Cindy approached her. "Are you OK, honey?" she asked softly. Mitchie nodded in a silent lie. Cindy sighed. "He'll get over it." she smiled a little at Mitchie before sitting behind her. "But he's right." Mitchie whispered. "There is a lot about my life that I haven't told him. Or at least, gotten around to telling him." she sniffled and tried wiping her cheeks again.
"So much going on, hm?" Mrs. Gray murmured in understanding. Mitchie just nodded. "I know how you feel, Cindy. I know what it's like." she whispered back. Cindy just looked at her. "How so?" she asked. Mitchie sighed and looked out into the yard at the bright green grass.
Shane sat on the large window seat and stared out. He felt a small breeze hit his face as he stared out the screen. He noticed Mitchie walk outside and sit on the brick wall that he had built with his father over a decade ago. He watched her wipe her eyes furiously and felt guilt abrupt in him. He shook his head and tried to convince himself that he was mad at her. He saw his mom walk out and listened to them as they talked. "I know how you feel, Cindy. I know what it's like." he heard Mitchie say softly. He narrowed his eyes at the same time his mother did.
"How so?"
Mitchie sighed. "My uh mom ... she used to get drunk all the time. She was a heavy alcoholic. She would go to the bar every night and come home in one of the worst moods imaginable. If I didn't comply to whatever she wanted until she was sober, she would uh...hit me."
Shane noticed her body shake as she continued to talk to his mother. Why was it that she could talk to anyone but him?
He then realized that it was because he was way up there in his room hiding from her. And that had two meanings. He was hiding from her. She didn't tell him because he never really gave her the chance to. He got so mad easily. While others-his mom for example- comforted her with opening arms. He sighed and stood up.
"-and why I ended up at Camp Rock. I earned money and called Brown. He told me to sing for him over the phone so I did and rather than having to pay him, he gave me a free scholarship because of my voice." She became quiet as Shane opened the doors quietly and looked up at the two. "Mom, can I talk to Mitchie?" he whispered, staring at the cement now. Cindy nodded. She gave Mitchie a tight hug. "Open up to him, Mitchie. He will listen." she murmured silently. Mitchie nodded and sniffled. "Thank you." she whispered. She just nodded and walked inside. Shane sighed and shoved his hands in his pockets as Mitchie turned back towards the yard. He slowly walked to the other side of the wall and sat by her.
It was quiet for a few moments. "Mitchie, I want you to be able to talk to me. I don't want you to be afraid that I will judge you or get mad. And if I do get mad, give me some time!" he whispered. "Don't let me walk away like an asshole. Use this right here against me! Please! Speak up! I want to listen to you Mitch. I am a hypocritical ass hole but-"
"Stop, Shane." she mumbled. "You aren't a hypocrite. So just stop."
"I never told you that my dad used to beat me and my mom." he muttered, looking away. Mitchie looked at him, wide eyed. "You?" she whispered. He swallowed hard and nodded. "I was the middle child. He treated me as if the whole fucking world revolved around me. As if I was fucking perfect. But I wasn't. And when he found that out-he was-so-disappointed-that-" he broke down. Mitchie started crying too. She hated seeing him so upset. She quickly took him into her arms as he leaned towards her. She ran her fingers through his hair. "Shane.." she whispered brokenly. He buried his face into her shoulder and cried silently, dampening her t-shirt a little. "And-I'm sorry." he whispered. "For what?" she breathed, tears still sliding down her face. "For not taking the time to listen about what your mom did to you." he continued softly, keeping his face in her shoulder. She could feel the damp tears warm her skin. "You heard?" she asked. He nodded. She started crying a little harder and buried her face in his hair.
Cindy watched Shane and Mitchie from inside the kitchen. She couldn't hear what they were talking about but she was judging by their physical movements that it was about his father. It was then that she knew Shane truly, genuinely loved Mitchie. She could see how vulnerable he was at the moment. He was actually crying. What surprised her even more was that he was letting someone comfort him. He had never let anyone do that to him. Well, not since before his dad...
She didn't finish that thought.
She smiled to herself, realizing that this girl in front of her eyes, was the reason why she had her son back. She brought back his personality. She changed who he was forever. And she knew she could never pay her back for that. She left the two and their private moment alone in silence and walked into the living room to Jason and Nate, who were playing video games. "Cheater!" Nate yelled and shoved Jason with his shoulder. Cindy laughed a little. "Dinner will be done in about twenty minutes." she informed them. They nodded. "Aw, look at my two little boys." she teased. The second she said that, Nate froze. "Mom." he gasped, instantly remembering something. "Hm?"she asked. "I need to talk to you." he whispered. Her eyes narrowed but she nodded. "OK." she said, a little unsure. "What about?" Nate put the controller down. "Ha you lose." Jason taunted. He ignored him. "Can we talk in the dining room?" he asked, his hands starting to shake a little bit. She nodded and walked out of the room after him. "Mom... I don't know how to say this.." he sighed and stared up at the ceiling. "How mad were you at Shane when you found out he lost his virginity?" he asked. She narrowed her eyes. "Not very. First because, we weren't as close any more and second because he honestly told me he loved the girl. Why?" her face suddenly became suspicious. "Three years ago..."
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Sorry to leave it there lol. I know. You want to kill me now. Right? Well, next chapter at 145 reviews!
Let me just start off by saying that what Kanye West did to Taylor Swift at the VMA's on Sunday, September 13 was totally fucked up. She won an award for best female music video and Kanye took the mic out of her hands and told everyone that it was Beyonce' that deserved the award. (He said it in much more words, but the ass hole stuttered so much that I didn't bother to write it all.) I felt so guilty for Tay. She looked so damn happy when she won and when Kanye did that, the look on her face made me so mad. You could tell by the look on her face that she was about to cry. Let me just say that he is royally fucked up. Prick. You could obviously tell that the crowd didn't agree with him. Even Beyonce looked embarassed. He just made a bigger ass of himself than usual. So there is my opinion on that. Seriously, if yours differs, and you think what he did wasn't fucked up, then get off the drugs! lol. =)
Justin Beamer totally earned my respect that night for sticking up for Tay. When he and Miranda (Cosgrove) went on stage to introduce her, he said, "Let me just start off by saying Taylor deserved that award." and the crowd went crazy. He totally and utterly got my respect for that. I think Taylor pretty much rubbed it in his face when she performed. She did such an amzing job. It was an outstanding performance. I laughed really hard because my mom's friend said (NOT me.) "Oh he just hates country music and white people." Racist I know, but it was funny. =p. Lmao
I laughed super hard when PDiddy was introducing rap artists that chained together and he mentioned Kanye and everyone booed and started chanting "Taylor, Taylor!" yeah! Lol I chanted too. And Beyonce also earned my respect when she let Tay have her moment to thank everyone from when she was so rudely inturrupted.
Anyway, lol, now that my emotions are expressed on that topic, other things that I enjoyed on the VMA's were:
Lady Ga Ga performing "Paparrazzi," (She did an awesome job. sounded Great.) lol. Although the blood part was a little weird. The first thing I saw in her all white outfit was blood dripping down her leg and I'm thinking. "Oh god." lol. But then I saw it was part of the peformance and it was all over her. Loved it. Very...original.
Lol and when Britney Spears won over Beyonce for a video award, all I was thinking was "Oh God, where's Kanye." lol
Greenday's performance: (Excuse my language but) fucking amazing! -sigh- Billy Joel. Fucking amazing. Sounds awesome live. Lol at one part, it showed Katy Perry and she was all into the song and bobbing her head. I loved how Billy let everyone on the stage to rock out with them. Sweet! I wish I was there.
I loved Muse's performance. I can't believe that it was the first time they performed on American television. It was pretty epic. I actually found myself really interested in their performance itself. Lol though I'm not sure why. =) Definitely a performance to remember.
So my current addictions are "Silence" "Division" "Bullseye" "Potential Breakup Song" and "Closure" by Aly and Aj. The whole new EP that Miley put out. All Jonas Brothers songs. Lol Spent the whole day listening to every single CD over and over again. Good day. "Freak out" "Forgotten" and "Slipped away" by Avril Lavigne. And cheese sticks! baked breadsticks with cheese! what could be better?! Frick yeah!
So thank you all so much! Your reviews mean the world to me! So please leave one and I will definitely reply to every single one! I swear! I love you guys and thank you so much! sorry about the angry rant but Kanye made me so mad when I watched that. Grr.
XOXO
Kristen
RQ: What was your favorite performance at the VMA's?
(For if you didn't watch it: Favorite Taylor Swift song)