1 week later

"Seriously Shane? You're going to wear that?" Jason asked Shane as he went out from the dress room.

"Yeah" He said as he looked himself in the mirror. He could see Nate's smile reflecting "Daydreaming with the chick Natey?"

"Actually Shaney, I'm laughing because you look so ridiculous." He said as he smile got widened.

"Are you sure we have to put-" Jason started

"Yeah" Shane said. "It's a Halloween party Jason"

"I wonder what they are going to wear" Nate said

"They or Mitchie?" Said Shane. Nate smiled.

"So is that your costume?" Nate said avoiding the answer.

"Yeah"

"Ok. My turn to choose"

After thinking for a while. Nate took three different costumes and went to the dressing room. "I think I have mine guys"

"Ok. Me too" Jasion said.

"Ready guys?" Asked Mr. Gray

"Yes Sir" They all answered in unison.

"Ok. Denise, are you and Frankie done?"

"Yes Honey. We're coming"

"Well…Let's go" He said as he opened the door.

Mr Gray drove them to Emily's house. Jason, Shane and Nate went out.

"Ok boys. We'll meet you there" Said Denise before they left.

The music could be heard even outside the house. You could see people outside. With drinks on their hands. Finally…A normal party, where they could be average teenagers and not the most famous teen rock stars in the world. The door was opened, so they walked into the house, and went straight to the living room. Emily was talking to a friend. As Jason saw her, his jaw dropped. She had this incredible outfit. She was wearing a kick boxing pink outfit, with extremely short shorts. Her long redish hair was shining and her blue eyes matched with the costume. They went straight to where she was.

"Hey" Shane said.

"You guys came" She said as she turned around. Suddenly she started laughing as she saw Shane's outfit. Shane was wearing a piped red crushed velvet costume and a ray bans so his face could be hide, he seriously looked like Flavor Flav. "Cute" She said laughing. Then her eyes went straight to Nate. He was wearing a pirate costume. And finally Jason. He was wearing an aviator costume that made his body look incredibly sexy. "Nice work guys"

""Back to you" Jason said smiling. Emily smiled back. Then she looked at Nate. He was looking around the house full of people.

"Mitchie's not here Nate"

Nate's eyes went straight back to her. "Where is she?" Shane asked.

"She's….doing something."

"Oh…" Said Nate looking down disappointed

"But don't worry…She will come. In like an hour"

"Ok" He said with half smile on his face. Joe shook his head with smile and put a hand on Nate's shoulder. "Come on Nate. It's not that these are going to be the longest 60 minutes in your life or anything" He said in a sarcastic tone.

"Funny Shane." Nate said smiling.

"Yeah I know" He said returning his smile.

"Let's dance" Jason said to Emily. She nodded and left her drink on the table. She took Jason's hand and pulled him were everyone were dancing.

"Wanna dance Nate?" Shane asked.

"WHAT?!" Nick exclaimed looking at Shane completely surprised

"Not with me weirdo. Look" He said as he pointed some girls in sexy outfits that were checking them out.

"Uhm…I think I'll pass" Nate said "You go"

"Kay bro. It's your loss" He said as he walked towards them and start talking to them. Nate stood there watching as they chuckled and laughed at Joe. He shook his head smiling as he wondered what stupid pick-up line Shane was using now. Then he looked around. He wanted some peace and quiet. He went to the other room where Jason and Emily were dancing.

"Emily, where's the bathroom?" He asked

"Oh…It's in the living room. But you can use the one upstairs."

"Ok. Thanks" He said smiling. He went to the second floor looking for the bathroom. But then he saw a balcony. He opened the door and went outside. The view of the house was amazing. It was Halloween night and you could see all the lights, and people walking on the streets.

"Ok, this must be anything like a Disney party, but could you just at least pretend to have fun?" Someone said from his back. He smiled as he heard the voice. He turned around to find a very sexy/pretty Mitchie. She was wearing an Alice in wonderland costume.

"I didn't want to have fun without you" He said

"You were waiting for me?" She said smiling. He looked at his clock.

"These were the longest 47 minutes in my entire life" He said smiling.

"You counted? So lame"

"Thanks" He smiled and approached to her.

"And was it worth waiting?"

"Every single second." He said as he got closer to her "You look beautiful by the way"

"And I love your pirate thing" She said as she blushed. He smiled. She smiled. His face got closer to hers. Then she stepped back and looked down. He sighed.

"Uh-So-I'm Sorry Mitchie I-Sorry" He said "I'm not-I don't usually do this but it's just that-"

"Wanna dance?" She asked.

"Sure" He said smiling.

They went downstairs and started dancing. As they talked and the attraction got stronger. They got tired of dancing and went to the kitchen where Emily, Jason, Shane and two more girls were.

"Sexy" Shane said as he looked Mitchie.

"Pimped" She said as she looked him. "And what are you supposed to be?" She asked Jason nicely

"An aviator" He said without looking at her.

"Oh" She replied sadly

"Yeah"

"Hey…" Shane started "What were you doing earlier?"

"Huh?"

"Yeah. Why you got here late?" Nate asked too

"Uhm…I was buying some stuff for the party"

"Yeahh…Like more drinks and things to eat" Emily added

"Why?" She asked

"Nate missed you" Joe said

"Guilty" He said smiling. She blushed.

"Awkward" Said Emily

"Hey! That's my line!!" Shane said

Suddenly the music became louder.

"How long will you be staying?" Mitchie yelled to Nate

"What?" Nate yelled back

"I said-" She started yelling again

"Hey Mitchie, let's go outside" Nate said in her ear

"Ok" She said almost melting. Nate took Mitchie's hand and took her to the backyard. Nobody was there. They got there and started talking.

"How long will you be staying?"

"As long as we want"

"And how long is that?"

"As long as you want me to stay" He said smiling. She smiled too, but there was something in that smile that wasn't good. It was a sad smile.

They stood there in silence looking at each others eyes. Suddenly Nate's eyes stared at something else…Mitchie's lips. He put his arms around Mitchie's waist and brought her closer. Mitchie, hypnotized, started looking at his lips too. He pulled away a piece of hair she had in her face and then left his hand on her cheek. He turned his head a little and closed his eyes.

"I can't do this Nate" She barley said in a whisper.

"Then…leave it all to me" He said as he became closer.

Before she could close her eyes she looked at the window that was in her room. She suddenly stepped back with her eyes widened.

"What?" Nate said

"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY! THAT'S MY ROOM! THAT'S MY BED!!! EWWWWWW" She said as she ran back the house leaving a very confused Nate. He turned around and looked up to her window, where there were some boy and girl making out. He laughed and shook his head. "Damn" he said to himself.

NEXT DAY

"So you didn't kiss her?" Jason asked. Nate sighed.

"No."

"Who didn't kiss who?" Shane asked as he went out of the kitchen.

Jason and Nate shared looks. "Uhm..

"Nate and Mitchie?" Shane asked as he realized none of them will answer him.

"Yeah" Nate said sighting again. "But we almost kissed. If the horny teens weren't in her room and…"

"Whoa Whoa Whoa what horny teens?" Shane said with his eyes wide open.

"I don't know. We were in her backyard and we were about to kiss when she saw two teens on her bedroom making out."

"Ouch" Shane said as he sat in the chair that was in front of the couch were Jason and Nate were.

"Thanks Shane" Nate said looking down.

"Oh come on little bro. She probably likes you"

"But how can I be sure of that?"

"Well…" Shane said as he took his phone and started dialing a number. "Let's find out"

"Wait Shane what are you-"

"Heey Mitchie. It's Shane"

"God Shane NO!" Nate said as he stood up and went running to where Shane was. He tried to get the phone off Shane's hands but Joe started pushing him away with his free arm.

"Hey Joe" Mitchie replied "What's up?"

"Not much" He said as he stood up running from Nate "Just-Ughh." He said as he hit Nate with strength "Chilling"

"Chilling? I think you're more like fighting or something. What's happening?"

"Hold on" He said to Mitchie, then he put a hand over the speaker so she couldn't hear "Stop it Nate! You want to find out? Let me handle this!"

"Ok Shane, but if you blow it I'll kill you."

"Done" He said to Nate. "Where were we?"

"What were you doing?"

"Uhm nothing. Hey Mitch I was wondering if you want to hang out with us tonight. Like go to a movie or something"

"Well it depends…"

"The girl has conditions?"

"Well…I can after 8."

"Done"

"Ok. At the mall?"

"Yup"

"Oh wait. Emily can't tonight. She's working."

"Oh that sucks. But you can go anyways right?"

"Yup"

"Ok. See you there then. At 8:30"

"Bye Shane"

"Bye Mitch"

"What the f-" Nate started

"You'll see…Just get dress. I have to pick up something at the Record Label and I'll meet you there at 8:30"

"I'll go with you Shane" Jason said smiling

"I was just about to ask you" Shane returned the smile

"Guys…What are you planning to do?" Nate asked

"Bye little bro"

"Bye Natey"

"Guys-" But then they left. "Ok. I guess this plan is going to work. Well…I hope"

It was 8:30 and Nate was all by himself in the mall. He was in front of the movies looking around. Then he saw Mitchie. He smiled and waved to her. She didn't seem to see him. "Mitchie!" He yelled. She looked up and smiled as he saw him. His smile widened. Suddenly when she was about 2 feet from him a girl screamed.

"Oh my goshhh!!! Nate Gray is here!!!" They both quickly turned too see who was yelling. But it was late. Now there were at lest 15 girls around Nate asking for an autograph.

"God Nate! You're soo hot!!" A girl said

"What are you doing here all by yourself?" Another girls asked

"Marry me Nate" A third girl said

"Why are you in PJ?" the first girl asked

He didn't know what to do. And people didn't stop coming. He smiled and said "I'm on a trip. I'm going to eat something and then I'm going back to the airport and go home"

"Could you sign this for me?" A fourth girl asked.

"Sure." He said he took a pen and signed everything the girls wanted and took tones of pictures. After 15 minutes he said. "Sorry ladies, but I gotta go." Then he found his way out from the circle of 30 girls, made an eye signal to Mitchie telling her to get out of there. She nodded and followed him keeping distance. She knew that he didn't want people to know he was with her. But…What she didn't know was why his brothers weren't with him. She stopped thinking on that and looked where she was. Suddenly she realized she was in a private parking lot.

"Hey!" He said "Sorry about that"

"Don't worry. But I think we just lost the movie"

"Well…We'd had to wait for Jason and Shane anyways."

"Where are they?"

"They are on-" Then he stopped. He smiled and then he chuckled.

"What's so funny?"

"They set this."

"Huh?"

"Shane planned it"

"Planned what?"

"This. You and me alone"

"And why?" She asked

"Because he was trying to find out if you liked me"

"Why he was trying to find out if I like you? He's not-I don't like him right?" She said with a concerned look.

"Oh no no" He said "It's just that-Uhm...I said it would be nice to know if you liked me"

"And why?" She was now smiling

"Because…" He started. But then he stopped.

"Because what?"

"Nothing. It doesn't matter really"

"Nate"

"What?"

"Because what?"

"Because….I kinda-You know just-Sorta like you a lot?"

She stood there speechless.

"Mitchie?"

"Can you drive me home? My uncle might be worried"

"Eh-Sure" He said sadly. He opened the door of his car. A convertible. A beautiful red convertible.

"Is that your car?" She asked

"Yeah. It's my Christmas gift." He said smiling.

"My gift was a red scarf." She said shocked. Then her eyes met Nate's and they both started laughing.

The rest of the road was quiet. Nate had one hand on the wheel, and the other arm was leaning on the window and his hand was on his mouth. Sometimes he looked at Mitchie, sometimes he just stayed looking at the road thinking on her reaction. Questions rounded his mind. What if they'd never had move to Port Jervis? What if his father never called Bob Stone for the new instruments? What if Shane never had this not-so-brilliant plan? What if---? Maybe he had never been heart-broken…again. And she was not even his girlfriend. He had only met her for a week and half. How could he felt, something really strong that fast? He didn't want to get destroyed again. They moved because of Shane and Sam right? Of course their parent's didn't know that. As soon as Shane got home, Nate and Jason supported him and asked their parents to move to a tiny town so they could 'get some privacy' which means new opportunities to them. He couldn't wait to be back home and tell his brothers what happened. They would understand, and probably they would convince their parents to move again. He didn't want to be close to her again. He was falling too fast, and she didn't want him. What happened two nights before? Well…maybe it was because of the attraction, but she didn't feel anything for him. Not-a-thing. He looked back at her again. She had her eyes closed, and her head up. She was smiling. She was feeling the air in her face while her long black hair was moving with the air. He smiled. He didn't know what she had. But in that moment, she was the most beautiful creature in the world. Maybe it was her smile, or maybe her hair, or her body, or simply her attitude. Maybe it was the way she showed her innocence. Or that mystery she kept behind. Maybe it was the fact that her sadness and really harsh past reflected in every single expression she had but she also showed strong, and she showed hope. He could stay staring at her for hours and never be tired. SHE was the one he needed. SHE was the one he was falling for. Suddenly his last thoughts changed completely. He decided to fight for her. It was worth it. SHE was worth it.

They arrived to her house. She turned around to face him. "Thanks Nate" she said. And just so you know…I-I- Sorta like you a lot too" Then she leaned down to him and gave him a soft kiss on his lips. She left the car and ran back to her house.