s t a t i c
(shanemitchienate)
by
katielynn
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chapter nine: would I get a reply?
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I don't meet up with Shane after school, because my head is still reeling from lunchtime. After my initial stuttering out a, "I have to get to class," I avoid him for the rest of the day. Because of course I like him, I just...don't know what to say. Homecoming was starting to sound so stupid, and now Shane's asked me...
"Mitchie Liz, you can't avoid him forever," Caity says comfortingly as we stuff ourselves with some of my mom's homemade cookie dough. "Why don't you text him or something?"
I swallow. Shane gave me his number a few days before, and I gave him mine, "in case of an emergency." I thought he'd just been playfully flirting, like he always does.
"But Caity, I don't even know if I want to go to Homecoming," I bite my lip. "It seems sort of silly now..."
Caity look horrified. "Michelle Elizabeth Torres! The guy like you like finally asks you out, and you decide that Homecoming is STUPID? Oh hell no."
The corners of my lips twitch, not because I find the situation funny but because the way Caity says "Oh hell no" makes me smile.
"What do you want me to do?" I sigh when she frowns at my smiling lips.
"I want you to say yes to Shane. Come on, Mitch. He's cute, he writes music, and he can actually pull off tight pants," Caity tells me and braids my hair idly.
Of course I want to say yes to Shane, but...what if he was just messing around? What if he regrets it? What if he's just using me for...you know!?
I bite my lower lip until it bleeds, and Caity hugs me. "What's wrong, M?"
"I'm afraid," I admit softly and rest my head on her shoulder. The way she curled her hair this morning distracts me, and I idly twist a thick brown tendril around my finger. She's lucky that she has a boyfriend, and he likes her without being all awkward and confusing like Shane is sometimes.
"Now or never," Caity says comfortingly and hands me my cell phone, formerly sitting on my dresser.
I breathe deeply and flip it open. The screen's reading shocks me. I don't see the picture of me and Caity in oversized sunglasses I set as my background, or the banner that says Shane Was HERE.
I see:
1 NEW TXT MSG: nate.
My heart doesn't pound until I flip it open and see, hey mitchie u want to go to hcoming w/ me? in plain black and white.
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oh another cliffhanger! lol i'm sorry guise. but there is a plan, and there will be a resolution...eventually. ;)
plz review with more than "so cute" or "i loved it" or "UD soon," thnx!