Chapter Nine-
Mitchie rolled over in her bed for the thousandth time that night she had pretty much gotten no sleep but she wasn't expecting to get much shut eye after the debacle that occurred in her room the night before. She spent the entire night texting Caitlyn and when three in the morning rolled around she finally decided that maybe she should get some sleep. It was like this game she was playing with herself she would close her eyes and then face the left of the room two seconds later she would roll around and face the left way then it was time for her to roll and face up. Every now and then she would flip her pillow over or come out from the blankets. It was this one going game and she was sure by the sound of it that he constant moving was keep Peggy awake. She rolled over one more time and this time she actually got out of bed it was seven in the morning and Mitchie gave in, she wasn't going to be getting any sleep. Instead she slipped quietly into the bathroom and sent one more text to Cait to let her know that her attempt at any sleep had failed miserably.
Shane wasn't getting any much sleep either, granted Jason's constant snoring and sleep talking wasn't helping his situation. But unlike Mitchie's problems of having an on going battle with the position she would fall asleep in Shane sat up in his bed not making an attempt to go to sleep. He had a notebook opened in front of him with pages full of songs that he wrote while away at camp. He read through them all some of them inspired by the friendships he made, others inspired by reflection on the past three years of his life, and of course the songs that Mitchie had inspired him to write. Reading these songs made him long for summer and made him wish that him and Mitchie could have just stayed at camp rock forever away from his father, and the press, and of course crazy ex-girlfriends like Chelsea.
Shane's phone buzzed he looked over at his clock it was seven it the morning and his dad was looking to see him downstairs. Shane rolled his eyes and snuck out of the room attempting to not interrupt Jason babbling on about birds in his sleep. He went downstairs and met his dad in the dining area with Melanie. "Great," Shane whispered to himself, Melanie and Chris Shane's dad were the two main agents of the recording label and even though Rob wasn't there he knew that was going to be some business thing that Shane just didn't want to deal with right now.
"Shane good morning," Melanie said smiling at him, "sit down son," Chris followed up with. Shane sat down and the table went quiet really fast. Shane was rather confused so he cut in to break the silence, "Look guys whatever business you have to settle with me now really isn't the best time I haven't gotten any sleep last night," Shane explained. "No its nothing to do with business actually but we are worried about you, how are things with Mitchie if this is too much to handle with her being here we can call off the tour and you two can work separately," Chris said almost pleased with himself to suggest that Mitchie and Shane should be apart. Shane got pretty angry at that thought, "Why on earth would I want that?" Shane asked even though he and Mitchie were fighting there was no way he would want her to leave the tour then they would never be able to fix this problem.
"Look Shane Mitchie is a great girl but we are just saying that we don't want anything to distract you from your music so if there is something that is causing a problem with your music then we need to stop it," Melanie explained trying to sound concerned. "For the past three years you two and Rob were
the ones causing problems with my music and you didn't see me getting rid of you," Shane said with an extremely bitter tone. "Besides things are fine with my music in fact since Mitchie my music has never been better so thank you for your concern but if you brought me down her to split me and Mitchie up than forget it," Shane said about to stand up. "Actually Shane we brought you down here to discuss me and Melanie," Chris cut in. Shane's face dropped in utter confusion what the hell could him and Melanie have to talk about with him. Suddenly Shane looked down at the table he hadn't noticed before but Chris and Melanie's hands were linked and on her ring finger was the biggest diamond Shane had ever seen.
Melanie caught him staring and immediately pulled her hand away. "No fucking way!" Shane yelled causing the entire dining room to look straight at him. "Shane son please calm down and let us talk about this," his father pleaded. "What about mom, and me you were dating behind my back how long has this been going on for?" He asked. With the look in his fathers eyes though he didn't need the answer it was all written on the expression he had on his face. "So this is why mom is gone huh?" "You were cheating behind her back with Melanie and so she left," "She left and wouldn't take me with her because she said it was bad for my career and I never understood," Shane was absolutely furious. "Shane please let your father explain," Melanie pleaded. "Don't you talk to me, you ruined my life," Shane said in a tone that sounded as though his entire career had melted away into one big lie. "From now on you two talk to me about business and that is it and when Connect Three's recording contract is done I don't want to hear from either of you," Shane said standing up and storming out of the dining room.
Just as Shane walked out of the dining room he caught someone standing there out of the corner of his eye. "Shane," Mitchie pleaded as he continued to walk. "Mitchie I am sorry about last night I really am but please just leave me alone right now," Shane said darting for the elevator. "Don't walk away from me Shane you might be hurting but guess what so am I and I can make this better for you," she pleaded following him into the elevator. "No you can't no one can make this better okay and right now I don't want to hear or talk to anyone okay not even you," the elevator door opened at the third floor and Shane flew out and back into this room.
Of course Shane cared about how Mitchie was feeling right now and how she was upset but when things occur with Shane and his family the only thing he wants to do is lay in bed and dream about the times when his mom would take him out on long drives down to the beach and they would spend the entire day out by the water collecting sea shells and talking about how wonderful life would be if Shane were a famous rock star. No one would even understand how much Shane had missed his mother when she left at first it was like she died she never called or wrote and then one day about a year after she left she sent Shane a long letter explaining how proud she was of him and how one day he would understand why she left. Shane had always wished she would come back and now he knows that she probably never will.
At around ten o'clock the entire gang was up and downstairs eating breakfast except Shane of course. "He won't move out of his bed," Jason explained really worried. "I don't know what to do I already tried to talk to him and he was a complete asshole just like last night," Mitchie said playing with
the eggs on her plate she wasn't really that hungry this morning. "Mitchie you have to eat something we have a full day today and I understand that you are upset about Shane and about what happened last night but trust me interviews and photo shoots are no fun when you haven't eaten anything," Nate said concerned. Mitchie took a piece of her scrambled egg and then put it in her mouth, "Happy now?" Mitchie said. Nate shook his head and then looked over to see that Melanie, Chris and Rob were headed over. "Alright guys today is really busy we have an interview and photo shoot with Pop Informer magazine." Rob said. "Now I am going to stress how big of a deal this all is you guys all have to explain the ins and outs of your new sound," Melanie stressed. "As for you Mitchie they are going to ask you many questions about your relationship with Shane and they are probably going to want pictures," Chris said. Mitchie's mind started spinning, "You are allowed to take pictures and as for the questions they asked you can only tell them about how you met a camp and how much you enjoy being around him but please don't give away any details," Chris said.
After last night and today the last thing Mitchie could imagine doing was putting on a happy face and pretending that right now Mitchie and Shane had a happy go lucky relationship when really she thought it was falling to pieces. Mitchie then looked over to the door and saw Shane waiting there. Mitchie got up and excused herself and walked over to Shane.
Before she could say anything to him he wrapped his arms around her and buried his face into her shoulder. Mitchie didn't know what to do or say but if a hug was all Shane needed then she was happy to give it to him. "I'm sorry," Shane said. Mitchie was furious beyond belief about last night and didn't think just a sorry was going to fix it but she knew that Shane needed her. "I'm sorry to and I am also really angry but at the same time I am willing to let tonight go for now and we can talk about it later," Mitchie said. Shane smiled all he wanted to hear was that she would forgive him and they could work the rest out later.
Later on in the day they had the interview and photo shoot which was a lot more hectic and exciting then Mitchie had imagined. The pictures of her and Shane came out really hot she couldn't wait to tell her mom and even though the interviewer grilled Mitchie and Shane over their relationship they successfully didn't give away any details. It was actually kind of fun leaving the interviewer and all of the readers of the magazine wanting more.
The entire day had gone so well that by the time they got to the arena for the concert that night Shane had forgotten all about the awful fight with Mitchie and the news of his father's engagement. The show had gone better then Shane or Mitchie could have imagined considering the night before both of them were wondering what was going to become of the tour if they didn't make amends.
The two of them were back to their happy relationship but once the show had ended and they had checked out of the hotel and were now back on the bus headed over to Texas they knew that they had a lot of talk about. Mitchie was more nervous than Shane was though because ever since his little news about his virginity Mitchie had placed Shane on this platform that was high above boyfriend status but now she saw him as this man who has ten times more experience then she would ever dream of having. It also made her self- conscience of the way that she look and acted she knew that she was going
to have to kick everything up a notch if she was going to measure up to the girls he has been to before. All this made Mitchie's head spin and that night she layed down next to Shane and as he wrapped his arm around her waist before going to bed Mitchie thought about ways she could keep Shane interested in her.
"I love you," Shane whispered in her ear before going to sleep. Mitchie rolled over and smiled at him in those words Mitchie had known that she was being stupid and she tried to push all those bad thoughts out of her head and concentrate on all the good things that were happening in her life. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.