Chapter 29: Meet the Friends

Caitlyn, Mitchie and Ella walked a few steps ahead of Nate and Shane. They were heading to the hotel where the New Yorkers were staying. Shane tagged along since his sister, coincidentally, was at the hotel too, meeting some old friend.

"Mitchie! Caitlyn! Ella!" Tess called. She was at the lobby. Her voice was quite discreet as to not be scandalous. But it was also quite audible for the girls to hear her.

"Hey…" Mitchie approached her followed by the others. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, the friend I was talking to you about… she came since her office let her leave early." Tess explained.

"So, where is she?" Caitlyn asked.

"At the powder room." Tess replied.

"Where's Jess?" Ella now asked.

"He is upstairs." Tess said. "He will go down in a while to find Nate… who is already here… and with… WAIT a minute!!" Tess pointed at Shane. "Shane Grey?!"

"Yeah. That's me." Shane smiled at her. "How are you Tess?"

"I'm fine." Tess said as she approached him and he gave her a big hug. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I'm meeting my sister here. And I bumped to these guys." Shane explained.

"You know them? Well, you dated Ella…" Tess then got refreshed.

"Yeah… I did date him…" Ella said just so the topic won't go off shore to Mitchie.

Then after a few minutes, the 'friend' that Tess was referring to came.

"Hey!" the girl said and Tess' friends turned to her. "Seems like we multiplied Tess."

"Yeah. By the way, guys this is my friend, Lynette." Tess said. Then Tess introduced each one of her friends and when she turned to introduce Shane, who was smiling and quiet all the time…

Lynette cut her off, "And that is my little brother, Shane."

"What?!" all of them called.

"Yeah. That's my playboy of a brother." Lynette smiled and went to sit beside Shane.

Mitchie was happy. It seems he was able to reconcile with his family.

"And this is my great big sister." Shane said proudly.

"Aw. How cute. Oh my gosh, Lynette! I dated your brother for a month and I never knew you?!" Tess told her.

"What?! So you mean you are one of his possy? Gosh Tess, I never knew you would stoop down his level." Lynette joked.

"Lyns, I'm here…" Shane said.

"I know…It was a joke." Lynette told everyone. And everyone found it hilarious. Including Mitchie. It was the first time Shane saw Mitchie smile again. I missed that smile.

"So Shane, I guess I'll be seeing you in my wedding." Tess told Shane. "I invited your sister and I told her to bring her family." Mitchie stiffened at the idea.

"You are getting married?" Shane asked her.

"Yes I am." Tess replied. "With him…" she pointed to Jess who was approaching them. He introduced himself to the siblings and he sat beside Tess. Shane congratulated them and so did Lynette.

The gang chatted on their own. Lynette with the couple including Shane and the others among themselves. Then it was time for some afternoon snack. So they headed for the hotel's diner and ate some appetizers. They continue to chat and now as a group.

Lynette noticed Mitchie and talked to her. "Hey, what is your name again? We kind of haven't talked yet, I see."

Mitchie smiled at her. That instant she liked her. "I'm Mitchie. And now we had our first conversation." She chuckled.

"Yeah… but wait you look kind of familiar." Lynette said.

Mitchie rose her brow and thought this is the first time I saw you. "You may have mistaken me for somebody." Mitchie told her.

"No. And I know that your name is quite familiar." Lynette was now thinking. Then Tess interrupted.

"Lynette, what are you thinking?" Tess asked her.

"Mitchie seems familiar…" Then Lynette looked at Shane who was looking away from her. He knew that Lynette has a problem with remembering things but when she sees something that will help her remember , she'll remember everything. "Oh my gosh! You are the girl who stole my brother's heart!" she blurted.

"Lynette!" Shane called to her.

"Shane… sorry dear… I have blurted it out. But it's the truth so… let it set you free honey." Lynette smiled at him then she looked at Mitchie who was downstrucked.

"Mitchie… I know my brother's a dick, but he also has a heart and now it's gone because it's with you." Lynette said straightforward. Lynette is sometimes tactless. Actually not sometimes, everytime. She comes at handy to Shane when he needs back up for breaking up with a girl.

"Lyns… comon' were going now… you've said too much." Shane said pulling her. "Tess, thank you for the afternoon. Mitchie, I'm sorry."

"Hey, Tess, we're still on for tonight okay?" Lynette told Tess and she left with her brother.

Mitchie was still speechless. What just happened?!

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A/N: sorry if I didn't update yesterday… school just started and I was fixing my dorm room… hope you guys had fun… so how did it go? R&R!

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