JNKlover- Yes, Nate is indeed a big weenie. Lol :) But this chapter he's a little less weenie-ish.

So anyway, summer's almost over, and I just wanted to ask you guys something. Should I finish this before school starts? Or should I keep going when fall gets here? Because I also have another Nelena story I'm planning so... yeah. Review and tell me what you think, kay? :)


Hidden Secrets

Chapter Twelve

"Why'd you do that?!" Nate yelled, facing Steph. It killed him that Alex didn't even get mad at him. She just walked away like it was okay, when it clearly wasn't. Nate would rather be slapped in the face than just hear Alex say one sentence then walk away.

"Do what?" Steph's face was looking more innocent. "We're clearly still together as a couple, right? That whole break-up thing was all a big misunderstanding!" She flashed him a bright smile and fluttered her eyelashes.

Nate swallowed a big gulp of air. He wanted to punch Steph in the face, ruin her perfect eyelashes and hair, make her face all bloody. But he couldn't. News reporters were around his house all the time, and though he didn't mind that, he couldn't be known as a bad guy. It was a wonder how no magazines had gotten the full story on Alex, Steph and his relationship yet.

So he just stood there, his fists clenched, his mouth in a straight line until Shane came out and saved him. Hearing Steph's voice upstairs had made Shane suspicious, so he followed them and watched from the window. And even though he couldn't hear a word they were saying, he'd seen the fierce kiss from Steph and the way Alex had pulled Mitchie away from the scene.

"Nate! We have to go work on the song!" He yelled from the door. Nate turned around and stomped all the way back into the house, slamming the door and stomping again up the stairs.

Jason looked up with wide eyes and Nate stepped loudly into the room. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"Does it look like I'm okay?"

"No?" Jason said, returning back to their song.

Nate sat down on a random chair. Then he got up again and started banging his head on the wall. Bang, bang, bang. Loose a few brain cells, then some more, then even more.

"Stop banging your head." Shane instructed, moving Nate's head away from the wall. "It's bad for your health."

"Obviously." Nate said, trying to face the wall again. "That's why I'm doing it!"

"Stop it!" Shane commanded in his monster voice.

"Ahh!" Jason yelled. "I'm stopping, I'm stopping!" He ran from the room in fear.

Shane sighed and rolled his eyes. Jason had to stop acting like a little toddler. He looked at Nate, who was once again banging his head against the wall. It made a hollow sound. "Nate. Look at me. We have to fix this."

"Obviously." Nate said inbetween bonks.

"Stop!" Shane said. "We have to fix this before Steph ruins your whole relationship with Alex even further!"

"Obviously."

"You're acting like Jason!" Shane yelled. That had to stop Nate from banging his head. Nate was an in-control guy, he didn't act like ilttle toddlers.

Nate stopped hitting his head on the wall. "Then what do I do?" He wailed.

"Okay, first we'll try calling her." Shane suggested, handing Nate his cellphone. Nate pressed 1, Alex was his first person on speed dial.

Holding the phone up to his hear, Nate flashed an impatient look at Shane. He knew that Shane was just trying to help, but he was just so annoyed with Steph ruining everything.

"No answer." Nate said, pressing the off button on the phone.

"Wait!" Shane yelled. He grabbed the phone from Nate and dialed Mitchie's number. "Mitchie's gotta pick up, right?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever dude." Nate mumbled, looking at his shoes. He could still smell Steph's perfume. It smelled all sweet and gross, like it was fake.

"Hello?" Shane said. "Oh hey Mitch! Yeah, it's me, not Nate. I know Alex doesn't want to talk to Nate. That's why I'm calling."

Nate rolled his eyes as Shane kept talking.

"Yeah, I know that!" He kept saying. "But we have to get them together again!" He nodded aimlessly. "Right, right. Okay. You call Nate and I'll call Alex and then hopefully... yeah. But I don't care if they're both listening! Okay, hang up and then... yeah. Gotcha." He hung up and looked at Nate.

Nate looked tiredly back at Shane. "What now?"

"Mitchie's gonna talk to you and I'm going to talk to Alex and then hopefully you guys'll get back together again."

"What makes you think that'll work?"

"Just talk to Mitch!" The phone rang as if on cue. "Pick it up!" Shane hissed. He tossed the phone toward Nate.

Nate sighed then pressed the button. "Hello?"


Nate came back from Alex's house and glared at Shane. It had been painful. Really painful. He'd gone, on Shane's demand of course, to Alex's house, and gotten slapped in the face by her. Then Max and came down and laughed in his face. Justin found his dead hamster in the garbage can and shoved it in his face. Alex's brothers had grown very attached to their sister.

"I can see from the huge red mark on your face that someone slapped you." Shane said, trying not to smile.

"Don't you dare smile!" Nate yelled.

"Not smiling!" Jason threw his hands up in surrender. "I'm not smiling!" He ran away to get himself a banana split.

Nate sat down on the couch and tried his hardest not to burst out in tears. He hardly ever did, but now was a time when it was necessary.

"Don't cry little dude." Shane said, patting Nate's back. It had been two days since Alex last talked to Nate.

Nate coughed and buried his curly head in his hands. "Go away."

"I can't, sorry." Shane said. "We have to get you guys back together."

No answer.

"Come on!" Shane said, dragging him up. "We gotta find a way."

Nate sniffled and followed Shane wordlessly. He blamed himself for not slapping Steph away when he could have. Now Alex wouldn't talk to him and Steph was in the way again.


Shane lay on the couch, sleeping. He and Nate had been brainstorming all day and finally, at 2 AM, they'd both just fallen asleep.

"Wake up sleepyheads!" Jason yelled, smacking their heads with a banana. "Even my banana says wake up!"

Shane and Nate mumbled something incoherent. "Mm-hmm, We'r awa no."

"Huh?!" Jason said. He shook his head. "Oh well, whatever."

Shane's phone rang. His ringtone was set to Mitchie's new song, "That's How You Know."

"Hello?" Shane mumbled. It was Mitchie. "Hey Mitch. No, we haven't thought of anything. Okay, call us if you do. Love ya!"

"Stupid love ya!" Nate said, ripping a piece of paper to shreds.

"Oh be quiet." Shane said.

Nate looked at a piece of paper with "That's How You Know" lyrics on it. His eyes skipped to a certain part of the song.

How do you know he loves you?
How do you know he's yours?
Does he take you out dancing just so he can hold you close?
Dedicate a song with words meant just for you...

"Dedicate a song with words meant just for you..." Nate mumbled. "Dedicate a song with words meant just for... you."

"What are you saying?" Shane asked.

"This song!" Nate said, pointing to the line. "If I dediate a song with words meant just for Alex at our next concert, she'll know that I love her! Mitchie's a girl, she knows what girls like, this is what I need to do!"

"But our concert isn't for like 3 months." Shane reminded him. A silent pause. "But I can probably talk to our manager. He'll understand."

"Good." Nate said. He grabbed a piece of paper and began writing furiously. Everything spilled out about how sorry he was. If Alex won't forgive him, at least she would know that he loved her.


Ooh, is Nate's plan gonna work? Find out in the next chappy! :) Tell me if you can guess what song he's gonna sing for her. It's pretty easy... at least for me cuz I'm writing this whole thing.

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