AN: OMJ! I can't believe how many of you reviewed the last chapter! I was soooo not expecting so many people to still be reading this. You guys are the best! This chapter's for each and every one of you. You rock!

BTW, Mitchie is 16 in this story, and Shane's 18. Which would make them 18 and 20 later on (you'll know what I'm talking about when you get there).

I don't own anything, except for my ideas.

Previously…

"What?" Mitchie wondered.

"I know they say that if you say what you wish for, it won't come true," Shane said. "But all my wishes have come true…except one."

"What's that?" Mitchie wondered what that could be.

"Mitchie Torres, will you marry me?" Shane said, getting down on one knee. He pointed at his jacket pocket, and Mitchie reached inside and drew out a small box. She opened it, and saw the biggest, most beautiful diamond ring set among emeralds, her favorite gemstone (AN: Actually, that's my favorite gemstone – emeralds, so I thought I'd add that in there).

Everyone around them froze, except Mitchie's parents, Shane's parents, Brown, Sierra, Caitlyn and Nate, and Jason and Ella, who either gasped or cheered, and everyone crowded around them.

Chapter 39: Shane's Proposal

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" roared Mitchie's parents. Shane's parents began talking urgently to him.

"Shane, we know you like Mitchie, but you can't get married. You're too young!" Mr. Gray complained.

"I will not have my baby get married. I won't stand for it!" Mrs. Gray said, fanning herself.

"Mitchie Elena Torres, don't you dare get married to that…that…" Mr. Torres sputtered.

"That boy," Mrs. Torres finished, glancing at the two of them. "Mitchie, how can you stand there so calmly? How do you know he's changed for the better? He could just be pretending to be better, but you don't really know him. He could be the same old Shane Gray, the one we've seen storm off his music video…"

"Mom, Dad, you don't understand. I love Shane more than anyone I've ever been with," Mitchie choked out, tears beginning to flow down her face.

"Mom, Dad, I'm not too young. I've been making decisions for myself for over 3 years now, ever since I joined Connect 3. And marrying Mitchie will be the best decision I've ever made. Even better than joining Connect 3, or signing with my label, or anything else I've ever done or ever will do," Shane said, his anger beginning to show. "I love Mitchie, and there's nothing I won't do to spend the rest of my life with her."

"How sweet," Mr. Gray said harshly. "How will you survive? Do you really want to put Mitchie through having to deal with paparazzi every day? It almost got you killed that time, when you were in the car, and you were trying to escape from them. And what will happen when your singing days are over? How will you support yourself, let alone Mitchie and the family you'll have, then?"

"That's what I'd like to know," Mr. Torres said, staring at his daughter and Shane, who had reached for and held Mitchie's hand tightly for support.

"Mom, Dad, you've raised me to follow my dreams, no matter what they are, and this is mine," Mitchie said. "I've met the guy of my dreams...Shane. And now that we're together, I'm never going to let him go. I love him."

"You're too young to be in love," Mr. Torres objected. "Just wait a few years, then you'll know what true love really is."

"I already know what it is," Shane said, coming to Mitchie's defense. "It's meeting the person you never expected to find in your lifetime, your one true love, and knowing that you want to spend the rest of your life with her. It's knowing that no matter how bad things get, you'll always be able to work them out. It's knowing you can trust them with everything you are, everything you've been and done, and knowing that they'll do the same. And knowing that no matter what, they'll always be there for you and love you like no one else in the world will. The person who sees you at your worst points of your life, and at your best, and loves you no matter what you say or do. And for me, that's Mitchie. Mom, Dad, please…I love Mitchie more than anyone or anything else, besides the two of you, and besides the band. She's my perfect match. She brings out the best in me."

"You have a good point," Mrs. Gray admitted, glancing at her husband.

"Mom, Dad," Mitchie added. "I used to imagine what it'd be like to meet Connect 3, and now, I get the chance of a lifetime. How could I turn down the world's most famous popstar, when he wants to marry me, Mitchie Torres, even though he could have any girl he wants? Besides, Shane's helped me overcome my fear of singing in front of people, so that now, I'm on my way to recording the next hit album that's not by Connect Three, and I owe it all to him. He brought me out of my shell, and helped me not to care what people think of my music, but to sing because I love it, because singing is my way of expressing myself. And every time I do, I just do what he told me to, to imagine that I'm the only one in the room, and when I do, I lose myself in the lyrics, the melody, the song itself. I put a part of me into the song, and make it mean something, not just for me, but for other people to relate to. And if I can relate to people through my songs, my music, that's the most powerful, incredible, amazing thing in the world to me. Shane helped me see that, and he can help me see a lot of other things also. Please, just give him a chance."

"I don't know," Mr. Torres said, glancing at his daughter and Shane. But Mrs. Torres understood where Mitchie was coming from.

"We'll have to get to know Shane better, spend more time with him," Mrs. Torres started to say, as Mitchie squealed.

"Does that mean a yes?" Mitchie held her breath.

"It means…we'll see. But for right now, it's a definite maybe," Mrs. Torres said, as Mitchie, Caitlyn, and Ella cheered happily.

"Go Smitchie!" Caitlyn and Ella began chanting, as Jason joined in. "Shane and Mitchie sittin' in a tree…"

"Dude, quit it," Nate hissed, ignoring the jab in the gut from Caitlyn as she started chanting, "Smitchie, Smitchie…" Ella joined in, and Nate rolled his eyes, but joined in anyway.

Then everyone scattered, talking among themselves, as Shane pulled Mitchie into the nearest corner.

"So, what would you have said? If our parents had approved of us getting married, that is?" Shane wondered, looping his arms around Mitchie.

"I would've said…yes, of course I'll marry you," Mitchie smiled, looking up at him, her eyes sparkling.

"That's good to know," Shane smiled, as he bent down and kissed her hungrily. They broke apart as they heard Brown calling his nephew loudly. "Gotta go do some damage control," Shane smiled, as he let go of Mitchie's hand. "Want to go on a canoe ride later?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world," Mitchie smiled, her eyes full of love.

"Me either," Shane murmured as he kissed her one last time. "See you tonight."

"Yeah," Mitchie whispered as Shane left. She touched her lips where Shane had kissed her, and smiled to herself.

2 years later…

"Mitchie, you got a minute?" Mr. Torres called from the kitchen table.

"Yeah, Dad. What is it?" Mitchie walked over to her dad, who had spread all of his paperwork everywhere.

"Let's have dinner out tonight," Mr. Torres said, a little preoccupied. He looked up. "Why don't you invite Shane along? He's in town, isn't he?"

"Yeah," Mitchie said, her heart beginning to pound faster.

Mitchie's POV: Slow down, Mitchie. Dad hasn't said anything about whether he'll let Shane marry me or not. Don't get your hopes up. Yeah, Dad's let me call, text, and email him since the end of Camp Rock 2 summers ago, and last summer, and this summer, and Shane's been around to visit every time he's on break from touring, but I wonder what Dad will decide. He's never given any sign that he wants Shane as his future son-in-law. I'm beginning to wonder if he'll ever allow Shane to marry me.

"Call him up and tell him to meet us at the restaurant," Mr. Torres gave his daughter the name of a fancy restaurant, and watched as his daughter disappeared from the room.

Mr. Torres' POV: I hope I'm making the right decision…And I hope Mitchie will be OK with it.

At dinner…

"So, I'm sure you're wondering why we've called you out to dinner tonight," Mr. Torres said to Mitchie and Shane, glancing at his wife. Mrs. Torres and the Grays watched Shane and Mitchie closely. "My wife and I have made a decision, and we think Mitchie and Shane should get married. At least, if it's OK with your parents, Shane."

"Really?" Mitchie squealed, jumping out of her seat and hugging her parents, almost bowling them over in her excitement. "Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" Mitchie said happily.

"Mom? Dad?" Shane waited expectantly.

"We agree. Shane and Mitchie should get married," Mr. Gray said.

Mrs. Gray broke down, crying tears of joy. "My baby's going to get married!" She said, sniffling and blowing her nose.

"Mine too!" Mrs. Torres said, wiping her eyes. The women glanced at each other, then started bawling tears of joy.

"ALL RIGHT!" Shane jumped up and started making out with Mitchie in front of their parents.

"AHEM!" Mr. Gray and Mr. Torres pulled their children apart, and then Mr. Torres spoke up. "There's no time for that. We need to start preparing now," Mr. Torres said. He began talking to his wife and the Grays, as Shane and Mitchie wandered off.

"Can you believe it?" Shane said, full of excitement. "It's a dream come true, marrying you."

"Yeah," Mitchie said, still stunned by what her parents had decided. She thought back to the summer before the first time she went to Camp Rock.

"Hey, what's on your mind? Besides me, of course?" Shane joked.

"How'd you guess?" Mitchie laughed. Then she grew quiet. "I was thinking about our first summer at Camp Rock. If I never went in the first place, I never would've met you."

"And we never would've started dating, or falling in love, or planned to get married," Shane said. "I'm glad I met you, Mitchie. My life wouldn't be the same without you in it."

"Mine either," Mitchie agreed.

Shane started singing softly.

You're the voice inside my head

The reason that I'm singing

I need to find you

I've gotta find you…

"And I finally have," Shane said, wrapping his arms around Mitchie. "I've finally found who I'm looking for."

"And I'll never let you go," Mitchie said, holding him closer to her.

"I love you, Mitchie," Shane said, gazing down at her, eyes full of love.

"I love you too, Shane," Mitchie sighed happily. Their lips met, and it was as if the world stopped just for them.

"And I always will," Shane finished. "Forever and always."

"Forever and always," Mitchie repeated, loving the way that sounded.

AN: I know, kind of short, but it's all I could come up with. Next up, the wedding! Will everything go as planned? Or will there be some problems? All I can tell you is that there are more surprises to come (but you probably already knew that). The faster you review, the faster you'll find out what happens. What are you waiting for? REVIEW!