Thanks for clearing up my confusion. I was getting weirded out by the fact that most great Nelena/Jemi stories were getting deleted. It totally sucks that they are. -.-
Did anyone buy A Little Bit Longer album? It totally rocks! :D
Anyway, here's chapter 11! By the way, Steph's back. Enjoy! :)
Hidden Secrets
Chapter Eleven
"Where were you guys?" Jason demanded.
Nate looked at Shane. Guilt spread through his body. "Uh, we were just..."
"Never mind!" Jason said. He grabbed the remote and pressed the power button. "I've got TV to watch!"
Shane let out a sigh of relief. Telling Jason that they'd been out wasn't exactly easy. He ran up the stairs to take a shower. Nate sat down at the kitchen table. He was also relieved, just not the same reason that Shane was. He'd been so sure that Alex didn't love him as much as she did before, but after today, it proved that she did. Which was why Nate was relieved.
"Dude." A voice said behind him, making him jump. It was Shane, his hair dripping from the shower. "Why are you just sitting there?"
Nate turned around. "I'm thinking..."
Shane sat down beside him and nudged Nate. "About Alex?" He wiggled his soggy eyebrows suspiciously.
Nate glared at him. "You look weird with your wet eyebrows and hair."
Shane ran his hands through his mop of hair. "It's beautiful isn't it?"
Nate pulled out his cellphone and took a picture of what Shane looked like. "Let's see what Mitchie says." He grinned and started texting Mitchie.
"Nooo!" Shane yelled, reaching for the phone. Nate pulled it away in time and pressed send. He grinned and ran away, with Shane chasing after him.
"Guys! Quiet down!" Jason said, turning up the volume. He was watching Fairly Oddparents, Spongebob wasn't on.
"Give me that phone!" Shane said. "Mitchie's gonna laugh at me forever if she sees it!"
"Wow." Mitchie said, staring down at her phone. There was a picture of Shane with his hair and eyebrows drooping because of water. Nate had sent her this picture.
"What?" Alex asked. She came over and sat down next to Mitchie. Her eyes widened. "Wow."
"Yeah. That's what I said." Mitchie replied. She started texting back to Nate.
"What are you going to say?" Alex asked, standing back up to brush her hair.
"That picture is hilarious." Mitchie answered, typing away on her keypad. "And why'd it take you so long to get back in the house?"
"Um, no reason." Alex said. Alex's phone began ringing, and Mitchie picked it up.
"It's for you." She said, handing the phone to Alex.
"Hello?" Alex said, weding the phone between her ear and shoulder.
"Hey Alex!" Nate's voice said on the other voice. "Did Mitchie get the picture of Shane?"
"Yep. She thinks it's hilarious."
"Good." Nate laughed, which made Alex think he was even cuter. "So what are you doing tomorrow?"
"Nothing... yet."
"Well can I cancel the nothing?"
"Sure, as long as you don't take me to a bug museum."
More laughter. "I won't. See you tomorrow!" He hung up and left Alex grinning like mad.
"What are you grinning about?" Mitchie asked. She was done texting and looked like she wanted to go watch TV.
"Nothing..." Alex said. She skipped out the door and downstairs. Mitchie followed her, shaking her head. It was obvious Alex and Nate were talking about plans for tomorrow.
"I want ice cream." Mitchie informed Alex as she neared the kitchen. The phone rang as Alex got out a big spoon and a carton of ice cream. She handed the carton and spoon to Mitchie and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello." A sarcastic voice said.
"Who is this?" Alex asked, making a face. She felt like she knew this voice but couldn't quite remember whose it was.
"Steph. Duh." Steph made a scoffing noise.
"Oh. Why in the world are you calling me and how did you get my number?"
"From the big phone book." Steph said.
"O-kay... but you still didn't answer the first question." Alex said. She had no idea why Nate's ex-girlfriend would call her at 9 o'clock at night.
"I needed to talk to you." Steph said. Then she laughed a very high-pitched annoying laugh and hung up.
Alex looked weirdly at the phone. "That was weird."
"What was weird?" Mitchie asked in between a spoonful of ice cream. "And by the way, this ice cream is delicious."
Alex rolled her eyes and sat down on a chair. "Steph just called me. And then she hung up."
Mitchie shoved another spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. "That is weird." She said with no expression.
"I can see that the ice cream has made you go mental." Alex said, whacking her cousin on the head. "Let's just hope that Steph won't be bothering us anymore."
"Natey!"
Nate raised his eyebrows at Shane. Shane looked back at him and shrugged. They kept playing chords on their guitars and writing new lyrics. Jason was there too, writing the chorus for the song.
"Natey!" The voice demanded, more impatient this time.
Nate knew that voice. He knew it too well. And he was so hoping that it would go away after he told the voice that he didn't want to be with her anymore. But apparently he didn't hope enough. He sighed and put the guitar carefully in its case, then walked slowly down the stairs.
"There you are." Steph said, reaching for his hand. "Come on, we have a lot to do today."
"Huh? But what are we-- how did you-- why are you still-- what are we doing?" Nate stammered. He wasn't used to Steph controlling him... actually he was but he didn't expect this.
"Oh you silly goose!" Steph said. She opened the door and yelled up the stairs, "We'll be back at 5!" She walked out the door, making sure her hair swayed to the side just the right way. This only made Nate more scared.
Alex just happened to be coming out the door with Mitchie at that moment. She saw Steph clinging to Nate's arm and walked over. "Do I even want to hear an explanation?"
"Of course not! You know everything about me now!" Nate said. He tried to push Steph away but Steph only held on tighter. Being this close to her was kind of... painful.
"Are you still dating him?" Steph directed her attention to Alex. "Tsk tsk. Shame on you."
"Huh?" Alex looked utterly confused. She looked at Nate for an explanation, but the only response she got was the shrugging of his shoulders.
"You can't date him when he's still dating someone else!"
"I can't?" Alex asked, still looking confused. She didn't want to believe Steph but she didn't have any proof that she was lying. Nate lied before so... "I thought he broke up with you."
"OH!" Steph chuckled. "No, no. It was just an argument. We're still very much together."
"You are?" Alex asked.
"Yes!" Steph exclaimed.
"Wait!" Nate said. "We're not together!"
"Yes we are!" Steph said.
"No we're not!" Nate argued. "I broke up with--"
Steph stopped him with a kiss. She was so close that Nate couldn't push her away. Alex just turned away, and Mitchie stared in shock.
"See?" Steph said.
"I didn't want her to kiss me!" Nate said to Alex.
"You seemed to like it."
"No I didn't!"
"Whatever. I should've known you would've lied again." She pulled Mitchie away.
Nate glared at Steph, who merely smiled in return.
"Mission accomplished." She grinned.
Oh my! Steph is a bitter little creature... LOL I don't know where that came from. Anyway, today is Joe Jonas's birthday! Happy birthday Joe! :D
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