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Mitchie looked up nervously when the door swung open. She expected Shane and his sister to come out of the room with grumpy looks on their faces. His sister because she didn't like Mitchie and Shane because he was mad at his sister. Mitchie was not stupid she knew why his sister gave her that look. She didn't like it, but that didn't mean she didn't understand. Shane's reputation of being a bad boy wasn't the only thing he was known for. It seemed every few months he would have a new girl attached to his arm. And his sister thought Mitchie was just another one. That was one of the things she was worried about when she met Shane's family. She hoped that they wouldn't see her as just another one of Shane's girlfriends. So far, her luck hadn't been too great.

However, to her great surprise, Felicia came skipping out of the room a happy smile on her face, her big brother following a few paces behind.

Felicia stopped a few inches in front of Mitchie. "I'd like to apologize for my rude behavior earlier."

Mitchie's eyes shot up in surprise and she looked over the younger girl's shoulders to Shane. He smiled softly and nodded.

"I judged you before I got to know you and that wasn't right." Felicia said seriously. "But I would like to get to know you." She stuck out her hand towards Mitchie. "Hi, I'm Shane's sister, Felicia."

Mitchie smiled brightly and shook her hand. "I'm Mitchie, Shane's girlfriend."

Once the girls were formally acquainted, Shane walked past Felicia, ruffled her hair and then proceeded to sit next to Mitchie on the staircase. He slung his arm around her and Mitchie rested against his side.

Felicia fixed up her hair and threw a glare at her brother. She lost the sour look however when she saw the smile on his face. It was at that moment she knew for sure that Mitchie was different. Shane never looked this happy around a girl. In fact he wouldn't really even smile around the other girls. She didn't even remember the last time she saw her brother that happy. And Mitchie, the way she looked at him, Felicia knew she wasn't in it for the money or the fame. She honestly cared about him for him.

"So Leesh, where are Mom and Dad?" Shane asked Felicia, shaking her from her thoughts.

"Out." She replied.

Shane cocked an eyebrow. "They're out? On Christmas Eve?"

Felicia shrugged. "Mom said she needed to get some more things before you got here." A smirk spread across her lips. "Mom's going to kill you for being here early."

Shane scoffed. "No she's not."

Felicia nodded, "Uh huh. She said that you better not get here before two and if you do she's making you stand outside in the cold."

Shane gave her an exasperated look. "Oh come on Leesh, she didn't say that."

"Okay she didn't." Felicia gave in and Shane smirked in triumph. "But she didn't want you to come early."

Shane shrugged. "Oh well, we didn't want to keep the pilot away from his family from too long so we had to get an early flight."

"Well it's not my fault if she scolds you." Felicia replied in sing song.

Mitchie giggled and Shane glanced down at her. "Is something funny?"

Mitchie cheeks flushed a little. "I just love watching siblings banter with each other. I'm an only child so I never got to experience it."

"You don't want to." Shane and Felicia replied at the same time. Mitchie's eyebrows rose and Shane and Felicia looked at each other and laughed.

Shane reached over and grabbed Felicia's wrist, pulling her into his other side and holding her tight to him. She tried to wriggle out of his grasp but gave up a few moments later.

"Just kidding. Having a sibling is fun sometimes right?" Shane asked grinning down at Felicia.

She looked up at him sideways and remarked sarcastically, "Oh yeah, a whole ball of fun."

He narrowed his eyes playfully and poked her sides. She squeaked and managed to jump out of his grip and ran away from him and stuck out her tongue at him.

Shane chuckled softly and looked to Mitchie. "Why don't you girls go into the next room and talk until Mom and Dad get home? You know, get to know each other?" he suggested.

Mitchie and Felicia looked at each other and shrugged. Neither of them had a problem with that. Mitchie rose from her seat, giving Shane a peck on the cheek (she felt a peck on the lips would be too awkward in front of his sister) and headed towards the other room with Felicia.

Shane watched the two of the most important ladies in his life walk towards the other room. He followed them quietly making sure Mitchie would be fine and once they started talking about Mitchie's hobbies and what not, Shane declared it safe and headed towards the kitchen.

For the next half hour incessant giggling came from the room. Mitchie and Felicia really seemed to be clicking.

The front door to the Gray household opened and in walked a middle aged woman with wavy black hair down to her shoulders. A slightly chubby middle aged male followed behind her. She sighed heavily as the door closed. "Girls are completely insane." Denise Gray hung up her coat and her husband Paul, chuckled behind her.

"How were we to know they would recognize us?"

"We should have known." Denise insisted, laughing softly in the process. "Our son and his band are the probably the most popular band out there. They're fans are so obsessed they would attack the parents."

Paul laughed and agreed.

"Speaking of our son we better get this cake into the freezer," She held up a big box, "And set the rest of this stuff up before he gets here."

"Then you better move pretty fast."

Denise and Paul jumped at the sound of their son's voice and turned to see him leaning against the door frame, his trademark smirk gracing his features.

Denise grinned brightly, shoved the box into her husband's hands and ran over to Shane. "Shane!" She threw her arms around him and brought him into a big bear hug.

"Mom-air-would-be-nice." He coughed out and she immediately pushed her self off of him. He let out a cough and she smiled up at him sheepishly. "Sorry."

He chuckled softly and wrapped his arm around her in a half hug. "It's alright, just next time don't choke me to death." He joked.

Denise nodded. "I've missed you boy! How have you been? How are Nate and Jason? Did you get here okay?" She gasped and her face lit up. "Where's that girl of yours? Is she here?"

Shane shared a look of bemusement with his father and laughed. "Woah Mom! Slow the questions down alright? Yes Mitchie's here, she's in the other room with Felicia." Shane motioned to the room where Mitchie and his sister disappeared to.

"Well what are you waiting for Shane?" Paul asked. "Go get her we want to meet this young lady."

Shane smiled and crossed over to the other side of the room. He opened the door and saw Felicia sitting next to Mitchie with an open photo album. His baby photo album. His smile dropped. "Felicia!" He cried and Felicia snapped the book shut and looked up to him looking like a deer caught in headlights. A sheepish smile spread across her face and Shane gave her a stern look. Mitchie laughed softly and stood up and walked over to Shane. She slung her arm through his and rested her head on his shoulder smiling up at him. "Shane you were so cute!" She cooed and Shane's face turned a light pink and he grumbled something under his breath.

Felicia shrugged and hopped off the couch. "You were the one who chose to put me in the room with her alone. You should have expected this Shane."

Shane shot a look at her and huphed. They heard a clear of the throat from behind them and all three of them turned to look in the hallway.

Mitchie, upon seeing the two adults, grew shy and sunk back behind Shane a little. Shane caught this and pushed her forward more. Shane smiled down at her and then at his parents. "Mom, Dad this is my girlfriend, Mitchie Torres. Mitch, these are my parents."

"Hi." Mitchie said quietly and waved slightly. She shifted uncomfortably as both Shane's parents' eyes roamed her. After what seemed like ever, a smile lit Denise's face, followed shortly by Paul's.

"Well you were right Shane." Denise said approaching Mitchie. "She is very pretty."

Mitchie's cheeks flushed and she glanced up at Shane who beamed down at her. He talked about her? She instinctively tightened her grip on his arm.

"Very pretty indeed." Paul agreed and Mitchie's cheeks turned an even darker shade of red.

"Thank you." Mitchie replied shyly.

Denise sensed her apprehension and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't be nervous dear, we don't bite."

"Oh it's nothing against you," Mitchie explained, "I always get nervous around new people."

Denise nodded in understanding. "That's perfectly reasonable. And meeting your boyfriends parents for the first time is even more nerve wracking."

Mitchie smiled and nodded but said nothing.

"Shane," Paul called and Shane looked over to him, "Can you bring this downstairs to the freezer?" He handed the box to Shane and Shane groaned. "Daad."

Paul gave him a stern look and pointed towards the basement door. "Go, it'll only take a minute."

Shane grumbled quietly and kissed the side of Mitchie's head softly, telling her he'd be back and headed towards the basement.

"Mitchie dear would you mind helping me bring this stuff into the kitchen?" Denise asked grabbing bags from Paul's hands.

Mitchie smiled and shook her head. "Of course not." She took the bags that Denise handed her and followed Denise and Paul into the kitchen.

She placed the bags down on the table where Denise told her to. She turned around to see if Denise needed help with anything when she was pulled into the older woman's arms. Her eyes widened in surprise and she hesitantly wrapped her arms around her.

"Thank you." Denise whispered tearfully into her ear.

Mitchie's brow furrowed in confusion, all she did was bring in bags.

Denise pulled back and smiled down at Mitchie. Mitchie noticed that her brown eyes that matched her son's glistened with unshed tears. "You gave me back my son."

"Oh I didn't-"

"But you did!" Denise cut her off. "I was so worried that he was lost to the world forever. I thought I was never going to get my little boy back." She laughed softly, her eyes watering, "Just ask my husband. When Shane called towards the end of August and didn't have that snappish tone to his voice and told me for the first time in almost two years that he loved me, I burst into tears."

Paul nodded, confirming it.

"Later I had to ask him where the change came from and he told me he met a girl." Mitchie smiled knowing that it was her. "And told me he didn't know how to explain it but that this girl changed him in more ways than he thought was possible. And then last month, he called me and he was just so excited that he had asked this girl to be his girlfriend and she said yes. From the first moment he mentioned her I knew I had to meet her." She sniffed trying to fight back tears. "And here you are. I have to thank you Mitchie from the bottom of my heart. You really have no idea how grateful I am."

Mitchie smiled softly. "I thought you were going to hate me." Mitchie confessed.

Denise gasped, placing her hand over her chest. "Why on Earth would you think that?"

Mitchie made a face. "I kind of told off your son."

"Oh THAT." Paul stated and Denise looked between Mitchie and Paul with a confused expression. "I actually applauded that. I'm glad somebody besides us or Nate and Jason had the guts to finally tell him off."

Mitchie grinned brightly. "Really?"

"Wait, what's going on? What are we talking about?" Denise asked before anyone could talk any further.

"Remember a few days before Shane called there was that news report about someone telling Shane off via internet?" Paul asked and Denise nodded, giving him a questioning look not knowing where this was going.

And then suddenly, as it just hit her, she gasped and turned to Mitchie. "That was you?"

Mitchie smiled sheepishly and nodded. "Guilty as charged."

"Oh now I have to triple thank you!" Denise cried and brought her into a tight hug.

A second later Shane walked in and his eyes widened when he saw Mitchie squished into his mother. "Mom!" He cried. "What are you doing to my girlfriend?"

Denise let go of Mitchie and smiled. "I'm hugging her, what does it look like silly?"

"Well your hugs, as amazing as they are, can also be lethal. I'd rather have Mitchie alive." Shane joked and Denise made a face and took a plastic cup from the bag on the table and chucked it at him. He laughed and caught the cup.

"Alright Mr. Wisenheimer, why don't you set up the kitchen with Mitchie and your father, Felicia and I will handle the living room?"

Shane nodded and walked over to stand beside Mitchie and started to unpack the bags. Denise and Paul left the room to go set up the living room.

"So did my parents interrogate you?" Shane asked as he placed a plate at every place at table.

"No." Mitchie replied placing a cup at every place. "They thanked me."

"Thanked you?" Shane questioned, grabbing a pile of napkins that had a design of a snowman on them and started to place them beside every plate. "For what?"

Mitchie smiled softly. "For bringing their 'little boy back.'"

Shane looked up at her and smiled gently. They stared at each other for a good few moments before laughing softly. They finished setting up the rest of the table and then went to see if the rest of the Gray's needed any help.

At around one thirty, Denise's sister called and told her that her husband and son got sick that morning and wouldn't be able to make it.

Denise was upset because all of their other family lived on the other side of the country and flew up every other Christmas to visit. And that year was last year. So it would only be the five that were already in the house.

Shane remarked that it was a good thing that his cousin wasn't coming, which earned a slap on the arm from his mother. He never liked his cousin; he was the total opposite of Shane. He was a year younger than Shane and a total sports buff. He was captain and quarterback of his school's football team and Shane knew that if he came he would have flirted with Mitchie. And that would have started a fight between them and the last thing Shane wanted to do was fight on Christmas.

He quickly recovered though and added that he wished his Aunt and Uncle was coming for he hadn't seen them in almost two years.

Mitchie was a little relieved upon hearing the news. She was nervous enough meeting his parents, who she was grateful liked her, she didn't want to meet and risk being hated by the rest of his family.

For the next three hours they sat around talking, joking, laughing, they played a few board games and sang Christmas carols.

Shane sat at the old wooden piano that was in the corner of the living room right next to the Christmas tree. He tried to get Mitchie to sing along with him but she politely refused. She had just gotten over being nervous to speak in front of his family. She would NOT be singing. She insisted that she would have a good time just listening. He made a comment about her being a spoil sport and she stuck out her tongue at him and sat down on the couch on the other side of the tree. Felicia stood next to her brother at the piano and sang along with him to some of their favorite Christmas carols, Denise and Paul joining in on the songs they knew. Mitchie sat with her legs curled under her and a smile on her face just listening to the Gray family sing. Listening to his parents, she definitely knew where Shane got his talent from.

At around four thirty, Denise announced that dinner was done and they all hustled into the kitchen. Shane and Mitchie sat next to each other. Paul sat at the head of the table and Denise sat at the other end. Felicia sat on the other side of the table across from Shane and Mitchie by herself.

They said a quick Grace and Denise served the dinner which was Roast Beef Tenderloin with Port Mushroom sauce. They also had some sides of mashed potatoes and green vegetables.

After dinner, they sat around talking for a good half hour.

Mitchie noticed that Felicia was bouncing up and down in her seat excitedly with a grin on her face. Mitchie leaned over to Shane and whispered to him. "Is she alright?"

Shane looked over to Felicia and laughed softly and nodded. "She's fine." He whispered back. "Just a little excited."

"Mom! Can we do presents?" Felicia asked looking to her mother.

Denise glanced at Felicia. "Well honey, your Aunt and Uncle aren't here we don't have any presents to give."

"We have Mitchie's!" Felicia exclaimed.

Mitchie's eyes widened and she looked at the Gray's. "W-what? You got me presents?"

"Shane did." Denise replied.

"And we got you a card." Paul added in.

Mitchie got a worried look on her face. "Aw, I feel bad, I didn't get you anything."

Denise smiled and shook her head. "Don't worry about it sweetie, Christmas is about giving not receiving. Now come, come. We'll gather around the tree and give Mitchie her gifts." Denise stood up leaving all the plates where they were for now. Felicia cheered and jumped out of her seat rushing towards the Christmas tree.

Denise and Paul chuckled softly and followed after her followed by Shane and Mitchie. Shane sat on the floor leaning his back up against the couch and pulled Mitchie down to sit in between his legs. He wrapped his arms around her and she rested her back against his chest.

Denise handed her the green envelope that held her Christmas card. "Here you go Mitchie."

"Thank you." Mitchie replied and opened the envelope. She pulled out the card which had a nice picture of a snowy farm and in Silver letters wrote 'Merry Christmas' in the clear sky. She opened the card and gasped softly when she saw two twenty dollar bills. She closed the card and clicked her tongue looking up at his parents. "Mr. and Mrs. Gray I can't except this I-"

"Nonsense." Denise insisted waving her hand. "It's not like we can't afford it. Our son is an international Super Star after all."

Mitchie smiled softly and opened the card to read inside. Inside they thanked her once again for bringing Shane back to his old self.

She thanked them and placed the card on the glass table beside her. Then Felicia ran over to the tree and grabbed two square wrapped presents. One was wrapped in green and red checkered paper and the other was blue with white snowflakes.

"Open the green and red one first." Shane advised her once the two presents were in her hands. She nodded and unwrapped the gift. Her eyes widened and a bright smile appeared on her face and she looked up at Shane, "Is this-?"

He grinned and nodded. "Congratulations Mitchie Torres you are the first person in the world to get a copy of Connect 3's new album 'Play My Music'"

"Oh my God!" She exclaimed and observed the cover. Shane, Nate and Jason stood in a city setting with umbrellas over their heads and 'C3' litten up on a billboard behind them. She let out a breath and flipped the CD case over to view the songs.

1) BB Good

2) Burnin' Up

3) Shelf

4) One Man Show

5) Lovebug

6) Tonight

7) Can't Have You

8) Video Girl

9) Pushin' Me Away

10) Got Me Going Crazy

11) Play My Music

"I am definitely listening to this later!" She proclaimed and turned in Shane's arms to look at his face. He grinned down at her and she kissed the side of his face lightly. She then turned to her other present.

"What's this one?" She asked him.

He chuckled lightly. "Open it and you'll find out."

She gave him a sideways look and then went to unwrap the present. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened when she saw what was in her hands. It was a CD but it wasn't just any CD. On the cover of this CD was a picture of herself holding her guitar and smiling at the camera. 'Mitchie Torres' was written in big letters above her head and 'This is Me' was written at the bottom. "Shane…" She whispered.

"It's the same exact CD you gave me that time at Caitlyn's. I gave it to someone who could make it an actual CD with copy right and everything and who could make the album cover. But he didn't edit the songs in any way, they're all exactly the same way you gave it to me. Your singing and Caitlyn's mixing." Shane explained.

She opened her mouth to say something but found herself completely speechless. She flipped over the CD and saw that the CD contained: This Is Me, Who Will I Be, Shadow, This Is Me ft. Shane Gray, Our Time Is Here and a song she had written and recorded per her cousin Liv's request, Get Back.

"Do you like it?" Shane asked nervously seeing as Mitchie hadn't said anything except his name since she opened the gift.

"Shane..." She breathed. "This is…Oh My God…I love it!" She turned in his arms and momentarily forgot that his parents and younger sister was in the room and pressed her lips to his. She felt a tear roll down her cheek out of happiness. She couldn't believe that Shane actually did this for her. One of her dreams was to have an album of her own and not just songs she had recorded and put on a blank CD that had her name scribbled on it with Sharpie Marker. Something professional. Something like she was holding in her hands right then. "Thank you." She whispered against his lips and broke off from the kiss a second later. "This is the best present anyone has ever given me."

Shane smiled and rested his forehead against hers. "Anything for you babe." Shane wiped the tear that had fallen down her cheek with his thumb and she smiled at him and turned forward again. Her eyes widened in alarm when she saw Denise, Paul and Felicia all staring at them with smiles on their faces. Mitchie blushed and smiled sheepishly, embarrassed to be caught kissing Shane under the eyes of his family.

After that it was time for desert and they all bustled into the kitchen again. Shane was sent, once again, to the basement to retrieve the ice cream cake. Denise also put out various cookies and cupcakes.

They all helped themselves to some food and Felicia requested that they put on Mitchie's CD. Mitchie shook her head and laughed uncomfortably, telling them that she didn't think it was such a good idea. But she couldn't refuse when Brother and Sister Gray turned their pouts on her.

Shane took her CD and placed it in the mini stereo they had hooked up in the kitchen. He played two of his favorites which were Who Will I Be and the slower version of This Is Me. And then after that he played the version that had him singing with her.

Denise, Paul and Felicia all agreed that Mitchie had a very beautiful voice and she shouldn't hide it to which Mitchie blushed and Shane elbowed her softly remarking, I told you so.

Shortly after that Shane told his parents that he had to get Mitchie back home. The pilot could only be there at one specific time and he was doing them a huge favor by leaving his family on Christmas Eve to fly her home.

Denise and Paul nodded in understanding. Before she left Denise offered Mitchie some leftovers from the dinner and desert. Mitchie refused at first but then accepted them with much thanks. She gathered up her two CD's and the Christmas card and Denise gave her a plastic bag to put it all in.

Shane retrieved Mitchie's coat from the closet and like the good boyfriend he was helped her put it on. The whole Gray family walked her to the door and Denise and Paul hugged her once again thanking her for everything.

Mitchie in return thanked them for letting her spend Christmas Eve with them and for the delicious meals and the card and money. To which they replied, "It was our pleasure."

They stepped out of the way and let Felicia say goodbye to Mitchie. Mitchie held out her hand to shake the girl's hand but Felicia instead gave her a warm hug. "It was so nice to meet you Mitchie."

Mitchie smiled. "It was nice to meet you too Felicia."

Felicia grinned up at her. "It's gonna be so cool to have a sister."

Mitchie's eyes widened. "W-what?"

Shane's eyes also widened in alarm from his place beside Mitchie. Felicia cast a look at her brother and grinned sheepishly. He narrowed his eyes and at the look in Shane's eyes she yelped and ran back into the house. Shane followed after her and pushed past his parents to chase after her. "FELICIA STEPHANIE GRAY!" Shane's voice growled as he chased her up the stairs. The only sound that followed was that of a girl's hearty laughter.


A/n: Oh there's no place like HOOOME for the holidays! :D.

Yes I do realize that I cut some of the songs out of the C3's album. I have a specific reason for that to which you'll see LATER! I hoped you all enjoyed Christmas with the Gray's and review please!!

And don't forget! I'll endorse you if you tell me to!!