Hey guys! Omygod, I'm so sorry for the late update! I was grounded and barely had time to use the laptop. Thank you so much for the Birthday wishes! I had an awesome B'day. :) Yay, we made it over a hundred reviews!! You guys are AMAZING!I didn't know people would really like it that much. Oh, I got a betareader (starsnuffers) so I'm pretty sure you're not going to have trouble reading it now. Thank you hpswst101 for giving me an idea for the scene below!

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Mitchie pushed down the door handle and opened the door. She slowly started walking towards Shane's bed and covered her mouth, trying not to giggle. Mitchie shook him slightly, "Shane wake up!" She whisper yelled.

Shane groaned and mumbled, "Go away Mom." He used his pillow to cover his ears.

Mitchie gasped, "You did not just call me mom!" When she heard snores as a response from him, she mumbled, "I guess we'll have to do this the fun way."

Mitchie creped downstairs and noticed Mrs. Grey wasn't around. She shrugged and opened the freezer. She reached for a bucket of ice and a smile played on her lips. Mitchie skipped happily to Shane's room. She tugged the blanket down to his waist and blushed once she'd noticed that he was wearing a beater.

Mitchie took a deep breath before pouring the ice under Shane's beater. Shane's eyes immediately shot open and he jumped off the bed.

"Mitchie! What the hell was that for?!" He glared, trying to get the ice cubes out of his beater.

"Hey, it's not my fault you didn't wake up before." Mitchie defended herself. She immediately started laughing again.

Shane rolled and tugged his beater over his head, revealing his toned abs. Mitchie's eyes immediately gazed at his perfect chest. Shane flashed a smirk at Mitchie, enjoying the way she was staring at him. "Like what you see?" He winked.

Mitchie blushed at being caught but quickly thought of an excuse. "Nah, I've seen better." She smiled when Shane's smirk disappeared.

"Whatever." He grabbed a towel and started heading towards the bathroom.

"What are you doing?" Mitchie asked, standing up.

"Taking a shower." He said in a 'duh' tone. He turned back and smirked, "Oh. Where are my manners? You can join me if you want to."

Mitchie rolled her eyes and threw a pillow at his direction. "Just shut up and hurry up."

Shane smiled at her, before disappearing into the bathroom.

Mitchie heard the water go on. She sighed and sat on Shane's bed, waiting patiently.

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One hundred and nine… one hundred and ten… one hundred and eleven… how can a guy have one hundred and eleven cans of hairsprays? Mitchie thought. Mitchie felt like she had been waiting for centuries. She was so bored that she started counting the bottles of hairsprays that were on Shane's counter. Mitchie sighed furiously. I heard the water turn off forty five minutes ago, what the hell is taking him so long? She thought angrily. Mitchie got up and knocked on the bathroom door loudly.

"Shane! Hurry up. I've been waiting for so long! Are you sleeping in there?!" She yelled.

"I'm coming out in five minutes!" He yelled back.

"You said that forty five minutes ago! I guess I'll have to force you to come out." Mitchie turned the door knob and gasped once she saw Shane flat ironing his hair.

"You made me wait for an hour just so you can flatiron your damn hair!" Mitchie was getting angrier by the second.

"I'm done, happy?" Shane pulled the plug out and dropped the flatiron on the counter.

"You're such a girl Shane." Mitchie rolled her eyes.

"Well… you're such a… uhh" Shane couldn't think of what to say back.

Mitchie rolled her eyes and grabbed his arm. "Stop wasting my time and lets get started with that assignment. You're lucky that I'm even your partner."

Shane and Mitchie walked back to his bedroom and started on the assignment.

"Okay here, read the first paragraph of chapter four out loud while I start typing." Mitchie said, handing the book to Shane.

Shane cleared his throat, "Spanish ex-explorers came to… w-what is now the United States be-begin-ing with…Christopher Co-Columbus'... second ex…expedition-" Shane abruptly stopped reading after he heard something that sounded like a badly covered cough. He smiled and glanced at Mitchie who had a huge smile on her face.

When Shane started reading again, Mitchie couldn't help but find his scrunched up face hilarious, and started giggling hysterically.

"Seriously, what's wrong?" Shane asked, annoyed.

"Um… if you haven't noticed, reading isn't something that you're really good at." She giggled.

Shane pouted, "Are you saying I can't read?" Shane moved closer to Mitchie causing her to blush.

"I'm just saying reading isn't your strong point." Mitchie smiled.

"Want to know my strong point?" Shane smirked. "My strong point is that I'm a good kisser." He whispered, staring into Mitchie's eyes.

Mitchie felt her body tense and she bit her lips nervously. She stared at Shane's lips, as he was licking them.

She lightly pushed him back. "Yeah, whatever Shane."

Shane raised an eyebrow, "You want me to prove it to you?"

"No thanks!" Mitchie said quickly. "Let's continue on with the assignment." She said, trying to change the subject.

Shane rolled his eyes, "Suit yourself."

After a good twenty minutes, Mrs. Grey entered Shane's room. She smiled when she saw Mitchie explaining something to Shane and Shane was actually listening.

"You guys have been working so hard. I never knew that the day would come where Shane would actually do work!" Mrs. Grey smiled.

Mitchie giggled and Shane playfully rolled his eyes.

"You kids should take a break. Come downstairs, I ordered pizza." She said, before leaving.

"Wow, we're already done half the assignment. We make a good team." Mitchie extended her hand for a high five, but, Shane chose to pull her into a hug instead, catching her off guard.

"Thanks Mitchie, for helping me." He whispered into her ear.

Mitchie blushed, "Err… you're welcome." She sighed and hugged him back, relaxing and breathing in his scent.

"Come on, let's go eat pizza." The two walked into the kitchen, hand in hand.

Mrs. Grey raised an eyebrow and glanced at them suspiciously, her eyes landing at their intertwined hands. Mitchie gave her a puzzled look but when she noticed that she was holding hands with Shane, she immediately let go. Mrs. Grey chuckled and shook her head.

Mitchie awkwardly sat on the chair, nibbling on her pizza slice. She giggled when she saw Shane stuffing half the slice in his mouth.

"What?" He said, his mouth full of food.

"Shane, do not talk with your mouth full." Mrs. Grey scolded and went back to washing dishes.

"You have pizza sauce on the side on your cheek." Mitchie grabbed a napkin and wiped it off. She looked at his face and her eyes connected with Shane's.

Mitchie felt uncomfortable under his gaze. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked, softly.

"Huh? Oh! I-I don't know…" He stuttered.

Mitchie raised an eyebrow, "Okay…"

Mitchie silently went back to eating her pizza slice. She felt weird around Shane these days and she didn't know why. Now the only thing she has to do is figure out what these 'feelings' actually meant.

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Preview for the next chapter:

Mitchie and Shane stood awkwardly, looking around for their parents. Suddenly, a guy approached them.

"Hey there gorgeous. You mind if I escort you?" He said flirtatiously at Mitchie.

Before Mitchie could respond, Shane angrily pushed the guy and said darkly, "Get the hell outta here. Can't you see she doesn't want you around us?" He grabbed Mitchie's hand tightly and dragged her away.

Mitchie stared at Shane shocked. "Let go of me Shane!" She tried to pull her hand away from him but his grip was too tight. "Ow, you're hurting me!"

Shane's eyes softened and he let go.


" Shane! What the hell is wrong with you? How could you just push the guy like that?" Mitchie glared.

Shane glared at her; he couldn't believe that Mitchie was actually defending that guy.

Mitchie sighed heavily when Shane didn't respond. "Shane, tell me why you're acting weird around me these days. I want an answer Shane and I want the truth." She said sternly, expecting him to give her an answer.

"Okay, fine." He sighed.

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