Yeah, so uh thanks for reviewing and stuff. Sorry but this is a filler chapter. Still, read and review. More drama soon to come.
It was free period again and Mitchie went back to where she was sitting the day before. She brought her guitar again. She quickly tuned and started playing.
"I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I have this dream
Right inside of me
I'm gonna let it show
It's time to let you know
To let you know
This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I've found
Who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing—"
Mitchie stopped abruptly and yelled, "Dang it!" Shane just happened to be passing by and walked up to her. He scanned her before sitting down next to her.
"I see you're not wearing full black anymore," Shane said with a smirk. It was true. Instead of black pants, she had regular jeans and on her head was one of her hats. Her shirt though, was black and had a metallic skull with wings on it.
"Yup, just the t-shirt this time." Mitchie sighed and put her guitar next to her.
"It's good to see that the old Mitchie is coming back. So, what's on your mind? I heard you yell dang it before continuing 'This Is Me'."
"I don't know." Mitchie started to look down at her shoes before continuing. "It's just that, I feel like the song is missing something. Like, when I sing this part, it doesn't seem right. It's as if I'm not supposed to sing it."
Shane smiled at his confused girlfriend which just made her more confused. "Maybe it's because it actually sounds like this,
You're the voice I hear inside my head,
The reason that I'm singing,
I need to find you,
I gotta find you.
You're the missing piece I need,
The song inside of me,
I need to find you,
I gotta find you."
Mitchie's eyes sparkled as something quickly went through her head. "Oh my God! Oh my God! I totally remember! You rock Shane!"
Shane popped his collar and said, "Why yes I do." Mitchie playfully punched his arm. "Hey, what was that for?"
"Save it, superstar."
"Hey, it's all a part of the rockstar image."
"Yup, you're my superstar. But Jason is my favorite!" Mitchie added quickly with a giggle.
"What? That's not fair!"
"Well, his randomness and always being clueless makes him loveable." Shane nodded.
"I agree. That's why I love Kenny so much. He was much more fun to play with than Nate was. Nate was even serious when he was wearing diapers. No wonder he's like the leader of the band."
"Yeah but you're my awesome, totally-hot, rockstar rebel." Mitchie kissed his nose.
"Hm, rockstar rebel. I like the sound of that." Shane protectively wrapped his arms around Mitchie as the two sat in silence for a couple minutes. "Hey Mitchie?"
"Yeah Shane?"
"I'm glad you're back."
"Me, too."
"Yeah! Believe it!" Jason jumped up on the couch and pumped his fists in the air. Kenny joined in and jumped on Jason's back. Jason laughed and started running around the house, still holding Kenny on his back. "Yeah!"
Mitchie and Shane walked into the house completely surprised. Nate was sitting in a chair, his head in his hands, clearly groaning. "Ugh, make it stop."
"Is Jason obsessed with Naruto now?" Mitchie said before giggling. Shane laughed as he put his arm around her shoulders.
"I see someone has remembered a lot these past few days," Shane stated with a smirk.
"What can I say? My friends do crazy things to me."
Nate groaned. "I do not need this right now. I do not like lovey-dovey with totally annoying! It just adds on to the annoying!"
Shane stuck his tongue out at Nate before protectively hugging Mitchie. "You're just jealous since Caitlyn's not here."
"Not true."
"So true."
"Nuh-uh."
"Unh-huh."
"Nuh-uh."
Mitchie sighed as she watched the two boys bicker over the childish matter. Yes, boys. Right now, they didn't deserve to be called men or teens. She also knew that Shane was going to keep on pressing the matter so for her own amusement, Mitchie joined in. "Well Nate, I guess if you don't feel like seeing Caitlyn right now, I could just tell her that you want to cancel that date you had tonight..."
Nate's eyes widened as he stared at Mitchie. "No! No way I'm letting you tell her that I'm canceling our date tonight."
"Oh, so I guess you want to tell herself?" Mitchie put on a smirk as she stepped away from the doorway revealing a fake-pissed Caitlyn. She had heard them from the beginning so she decidedly to play along with Mitchie's game. Mitchie knew, too. Caitlyn stepped into the house, slowly walking up to Nate's sitting figure.
"Well?" Caitlyn spat, fake-angrily.
Nate stuttered out, "Ca-Cait-Caitlyn! I-I-I..."
"Well?"
"Uh..." Nate couldn't say anything since Caitlyn's face was less than an inch away from his. Caitlyn suddenly smiled and flicked his nose. "Huh?"
"Just kidding!" And Caitlyn swooped in and kissed him heatedly so they started to make-out. They pulled away after a while since they needed to take a breath. They heard a moan and both of them turned to Mitchie and Shane who were also making out. Oh boy. This is what happens when the parents are away. Shane was on top of Mitchie, who was on the couch, which made Nate and Caitlyn's eyes go wide. Neither couple noticed the other two brothers come in because before Jason could cover his eyes, Kenny yelled,
"Eww! Shane and Mitchie are kissing! Ew! Gross!"
This made Shane and Mitchie quickly pull apart and blush. They both sat on the couch, trying to straighten out themselves. Once Jason ushered Kenny out of the room so he could play video games, Jason came back in and scolded the two saying, "Are you guys crazy? If you went any farther on that couch, Kenny would surely have been scarred for life."
"Me, too," Nate added.
"Ditto," Caitlyn piped up. Mitchie and Shane glared at them.
"Well half of it isn't our fault. We got caught up in the moment because we saw Nate and Caitlyn making out," Shane protested. Jason sighed in annoyance as he sat down next to the couple.
"You are just so lucky Mom and Dad weren't home," Jason said as he flicked the closest brother next to him, which just happened to be Shane. Shane pouted so Mitchie kissed him to make him feel better. "Shane, get me a juice box," Jason ordered.
"Wait, why?"
"Because I said so, now DO IT!"
"Okay, okay. Geez, tell us when your time of the month has past," Shane joked as he got up. Nate couldn't help but let out a stifled laugh.
"Shut up. This is your punishment for almost scarring Kenny. Nate, go clean the pool."
"Wait, why?" Nate protested.
"I just explained that. Oh, thanks Shane. You can help Nate with the pool." Shane groaned in response but followed his younger brother out anyway. "Hey, Mitchie? Caitlyn? Our parents are out for the weekend so can you help me with the cooking for tonight?"
Mitchie and Caitlyn were definitely surprised by the sudden change in attitude coming from Jason. "Wait, Jason, you're bossing around your brothers but being incredibly nice to us," Mitchie stated.
"What gives?" Caitlyn continued.
Jason just let out a laugh. "Please, with the way both of your relationships are goin', there's no doubt you'll end up being my sisters. And I wouldn't hurt or yell at my sisters. Only brothers since I want them to be gentlemen, not jerks."
"Okay then, what should we make?" Mitchie asked as she put on an apron. Knowing that she was in the Grays' household, she had a strange feeling that something messy would occur. "Oh, I have a great idea!"
"Damn it!" Shane cussed as he picked up leaves from the water. "Jason's being such a bitch."
"Yeah, I know," Nate replied. "Wait, do you smell that?"
"Smell what?" Shane sniffed the air and immediately recognized the smell.
"MITCHIE'S WORLD-FAMOUS TORRES BURGERS!" Nate and Shane yelled. They immediately ran into the house, dropping what they were holding, completely surprised by the sight.
On some of the cabinets and Jason, Caitlyn, and Mitchie's hair had some flour and some balls of meat were sticking on the walls and cabinets. All the ingredients were also scattered around the kitchen and there was even a pot or bowl on each of the three's head. The three of them were laughing until they noticed Nate and Shane standing at the doorway. Jason spoke up saying, "What? Are you guys done with the pool?"
"Yeah," Nate said.
"But we're not cleaning this up," Shane added.
"I know. I am," Jason said.
"And we're helping, too," Mitchie and Caitlyn piped up at the same time. They both looked at each other and laughed again. "Awkward."
"But don't think you two are off the hook," Jason said towards Shane and Nate. "You guys are done for tonight but tomorrow you guys will be working all day. But don't worry all our friends our coming over to help." Jason smirked as he pulled out some folded blueprints.
"Okay, what do you want us to do?" Shane asked grumpily. It was 9 a.m. but Shane preferred waking up at 10 a.m. on weekends. Noon was okay with him, too. Nate on the other hand was a morning person like Mitchie. She came over around 8 a.m. and ate breakfast with him. Caitlyn joined in after a while, too.
"We will be rebuilding Kenny's tree house," Jason stated simply.
"Why? You built it last time. You can build it again yourself!" Shane whined.
"Yeah but I'm making a couple modifications that I'll need help with. Barron, Sander, and Jaime are picking up the extra lumber while Tess and Peggy are getting some extra pieces for it. Here are the plans." He handed them the blueprints and Shane immediately shook his head.
"Uh-uh! No way! I'm not building a birdhouse as a tree house for my little brother! No way! Not in my lifetime!"
"What? Let me see that," Nate said as he snatched the blueprints from Shane. "Jas, I'm gonna go with Shane on this one. There's no way we're—oh wait. That's pretty cool and creative Jason."
"At least somebody noticed," Jason stated as he rolled his eyes.
"Wait, what did I miss?" Shane asked, completely oblivious. Jason showed him the blueprints again and pointed to the bottom section which Shane obviously missed. "Oh. My bad. That's cool though. It explains the two huge holes in the walls."
"Yeah, so come on. I think Tess and Pegs are back."
"Pegs?" Caitlyn wondered. Jason blushed and smiled sheepishly.
"It's my nickname for her."
"Aw, that's cute," Mitchie commented. "Do you have a nickname for her?"
"Yeah, it's--"
"Hey Blue Jay!"
"Wow... Blue Jay," Caitlyn repeated as she nodded.
"I think it's cute," Mitchie stated. "And it fits him too, especially with his love for birds and ironically, his shirt is blue, with faded-blue jeans. How much more ironic could it get?"
"Hi Pegs," Jason greeted as he hugged her.
"Jaime, Barron, and Sander are back, too," Tess informed the others. They all cocked an eyebrow though when they saw Lola also coming towards them. Barron was also blushing while Sander was laughing. Jaime was just whistling and looking away, ignoring the weirdness.
"Dude, dude. You will not believe what happened at the junkyard," Sander said, still laughing at the blushing Barron.
Earlier, Barron, Jaime, and Sander were looking for wood pieces until they stumbled upon Lola. "Hey, what's up guys?"
"Hi, I don't think we've met. I'm Jaime, Tess' boyfriend."
"I'm Lola, a friend from Camp Rock." Somehow, and for some unknown reason Barron started blushing. Lola noticed this. "Um, guys? Can I have a moment alone with Barron?" Sander got a mischievous look on his face but took Jaime with him as they went in another direction. But like said before, Sander got a mischievous look and when they were out of eyesight, Sander started beat boxing loud enough for the other two to hear. Jaime laughed at his friend's joke. Barron blushed even more.
"Shut up Sander!" Barron yelled, shutting up Sander.
"Okay, now that that's over, what's up with you?" Lola asked him. Barron took a deep breath before he started to rap,
"You're like my best friend
Connection that'll never end
Known each other since we were babies
Our adventures were always crazy
Okay, this rap's getting lame
So just listen to what I have to say
Um... will you be my girlfriend?"
Lola looked around the junkyard. "Okay... not the best place to ask but sure. You're my Barrie."
"Really?" Barron said as he looked down, blushing once again.
"Aw, you're cute when you blush."
"Thanks."
"Sure." Lola filled the space between them and kissed Barron full on. It didn't lead to making out since it was a simple, full of love, first kiss.
"Wow, first kiss at the junk yard," Caitlyn stated. Mitchie jokingly elbowed her.
"That's so sweet," Peggy commented.
"Yeah, that's just how I roll," Barron stated as he popped his collar. Lola rolled her eyes.
"Oh give it up Barrie," Lola said as she gave him a look. Barron immediately shut up.
"Whoa, you're already whipped!" Shane laughed.
"Shut up Shane," Barron muttered.
You know what to do.
Ja ne.