Mitchie could see Nate directly avoiding eye contact with her as he walked by.
She cursed under her breath.
Caitlyn popped up next to her and followed Mitchie's eyes to Nate.
Mitchie looked at her. "I have to apologize."
Caitlyn nodded. "Yeah, you probably do. His little heart's probably ripped to shreds knowing that you'll never want him as much as he wants you and-"
"Caitlyn!" Mitchie snapped.
Caitlyn came to her senses and clenched her teeth. "Oh. Right. Sorry. I was really getting in to it, huh?"
Mitchie nodded curtly and stood up.
"Good luck." Caitlyn patted Mitchie on the back. Mitchie offered a weak smile in return.
Mitchie took a deep breath and headed to where Nate was in the kitchen.
When she stepped inside Nate looked up at her. She held his gaze and walked toward him. She smiled in a very pathetic way and asked him if the seat across from him was taken. It wasn't.
"So, I really need to apologize for the way I acted yesterday. I was rude to you on your first day back. I don't know what got into me,"
Yes you do, Mitchie. You know exactly what got into you.
"I really should have stayed around to talk and not…" She shrugged.
No, you shouldn't have stayed. Because he likes you. He wants you, Mitchie. You're a heartbreaker.
"I'm sorry." She ended.
But you are sorry. You care too much.
Nate had been looking at her thoughtfully the whole time she'd been speaking.
He answered quickly.
"It's fine, Mitchie. I probably surprised you. You looked kind of flustered."
You were surprised, Mitchie. And flustered…quite flustered.
Mitchie cursed her thoughts at this moment. She didn't need to be thinking so much, on top of everything else.
She smiled, semi-relieved. "Good."
Nate smiled charmingly. "No problem."
There was a relaxing silence between them for a few moments before Nate started talking again.
"So, what's new with you, Mitchie? How are you? And could you use multiple syllables this time?" He grinned devilishly. Odd for Nate, Mitchie thought. He was usually the polite, no-nonsense type. She smiled, amused. She could tell him exactly what she told Caitlyn last night. That would be definitely more than enough for Nate. But no, Mitchie was much too nice for that.
"Well, I've been working, obviously. I still haven't gotten around to painting my apartment. I'm doing fine, nothing monumental in my life."
Lieslieslieslieslies.
"What about you?"
"Well, you know I was just in Paris. I was learning more about music and practicing and such. Paris is a great for writing and being inspired. And so beautiful." He looked at Mitchie with a slight smile on his lips as he said that. She squirmed a bit. He was so intense sometimes.
"Now I'm going to work on getting signed to a record label. And working here to write about it."
Mitchie nodded politely. If only he knew that in Mitchie's old life he was signed to a record label. And insanely famous and successful.
Just then, Jason walked into the kitchen. He spotted Mitchie and Nate and strolled over.
"Hey, guys. Are you two reconnecting?" Somehow, Jason's attempt to be inconspicuous turned out to be very obvious. His "casual" smile almost seemed giddy.
Nate smiled uncomfortably. "Um, yeah."
Jason nodded, like he was catching on to a secret. "Great, great. Well, I'll leave you two at it, then. To reconnect."
He walked away, whistling. Mitchie wanted to laugh at how Jason was acting, but couldn't because it really wasn't so funny, when you were in such a complicated situation.
"So, are you going to get any food?" Nate asked, bringing Mitchie back to Earth.
Ahhh. Sorry for the long wait. I thought it would be a shorter time. I had to do this quickly because I'm leaving for Green Bay for a week tomorrow morning (my birthday!! :D)and I didn't want to make you wait any longer. AND this is epic short, once again. Maybe this is just a short-chapter kind of story.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Pleaseplease review and thank you so much for reading!
And the Jonas Brothers' new album comes out on Tuesday! Are you guys as pumped as I am?!
xoxo :)
Oddball