60. "If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?"
Mitchie Torres was lying on her back, staring up at the clear sky with a blank expression on her face. Sometimes, when she needed time to think or just relax, she'd escape to this place. 'This place' being the park. There was never anyone there at this time of night so Mitchie didn't have to worry about confrontation. That is, until tonight.
"I knew you'd be somewhere around here."
She smiled softly at the voice – not knowing if he said that because it was true or because that was always what they said in the films. She shifted slightly to the left so he could lay with her, even though there was plenty of space left.
"I'm thinking." She responded once he'd made himself comfortable.
"About what?"
Mitchie was silent for a moment as she rested her head on his stomach. This was the good thing about Jason – he never told her secrets.
"Us." She answered honestly. There was no point lying – not to him.
"I do that a lot." Was the reply.
"Yeah ... me too."
A silence fell over them and Mitchie couldn't decide if it was awkward or not. She felt his hand rest on her own and she intertwined their fingers automatically.
"I love you, Mitchie." He breathed in her ear as his free hand ran up and down her arm.
"I know." She replied, letting her tears fall onto his shirt. She wanted to say it back but she was afraid that if she did then she would be betraying Shane. She already had, she knew, even though Jason and she hadn't done anything wrong. Physically, anyway.
"I'm sorry." He whispered, pulling her close.
He shouldn't have to be.
"You should be Shane." She sobbed, wishing that life didn't have to be this difficult.
"I don't deserve you." He said.
"No. Don't you ever say that Jason." She bought her head up to look at him in the eye.
"It's true though. I'm not Shane."
"Sometimes I'm glad that you aren't." She says it softly and when he doesn't reply she wonders if he heard her, but then he smiles sadly and she knows that he did.
She didn't want to fall in love with Jason- she wanted her happily after with Shane. Maybe fairytales were overrated anyway.
Jason needs some loving. Wow, all of these are sad; I should write a happy one.