"Honestly guys, what were you thinking?" Alex quickly ran the nail polish brush over her pinky toe nail.

Miley was waiting for the nail polish on her toe nails to dry, "What happened to our unspoken agreement that we wouldn't interrupt each other when we were having a moment with our respective guys?"

Alex sounded like a concerned older sister, "Your guys? No, you just met them. I'm really surprised at you guys. For different reasons though."

Miley was tired of the constant reprimanding that she got when they all woke up that morning but she asked anyways, "Why?"

Alex looked accusingly at Miley, "You are the one whose relationship was badly ended with Lennart."

Miley quickly said, "Please don't mention that. I don't want to talk about it."

"Fine then. Don't give me a reason to bring it back up. And you Mitchie... Really? What is wrong with you?"

Mitchie was fed up, "Why does everybody keep asking me that?"

Alex straightened up and spread her toes out to look at the result of her finished painting, "Mitchie, I think it's best you start talking to Shane again."

"Why?"

"Because Mitchie, you've changed ever since Shane got Chelsea."

"Do you even think he loves her?"

Alex and Miley's eyes darted up to Mitchie's saddened face. Sadly Alex managed to say, "Mitchie..."

Mitchie became defensive, "What? All I asked was a simple question."

Miley went to the bathroom after rubbing Mitchie's back. Alex reached over to her cell phone resting on Mitchie's carpet. She dialed Shane's number and gave it over to Mitchie, "Mitchie talk."

Mitchie took the phone to her ear to hear, "Hello?" It was Shane's silky smooth voice.

Mitchie instantly grew angry with Alex. She pulled the phone a few inches away from her ear but close enough for Shane to hear every word that was about to come out of Mitchie's mouth, "Alex! I can not believe you think that I would want to talk to Shane. He doesn't even want to talk to me. He won't even talk to me in person. He avoids me every chance he gets and I'm over it. He's rude and I hate him..." Mitchie dropped the phone as tears ran to her eyes. Her voice dropped down to a barely audible volume, "He hates me." Mitchie buried her face in her hands, "Why, Alex? Why am I not good enough for him?"

Shane's mouth dropped and he sat down gingerly on the couch as he listened to Mitchie's breakdown. He felt a pounding in his head and his hearing begin to close up. His breath was taken away from him as he sat there waiting for more of Mitchie's voice.

He heard Alex next. Alex reached over and grabbed Mitchie into a hug as Mitchie poured her tears onto Alex's shirt. He heard Alex try to comfort Mitchie but then, he guesses, Alex pressed 'End' on their call.

Shane rushed over to Mitchie's house. He ran up to the house and placed his hand on the door knob but pulled it off just as quickly as he had placed there. He began to grow angry. His mind was having a tornado of thoughts. She called him on purpose. She just wanted to guilt-trip him. Well, if that's all she wanted to do...she wasn't going to get it out of him.

He was walking back to his car when he heard a broken voice call his name, "Shane?" he turned around to see Mitchie who was hastily wiping her face. Her voice strengthened, "What are you doing here?"

Shane was at loss for words, "Uh." He froze and just stared at Mitchie who looked like she was going to break down again.

Mitchie stood looking at Shane through tear-blurred eyes. Her face was a bit red from when she was crying and her eye-makeup was running. She must've looked like a monster, but to Shane she still looked beautiful. Her nose was running and she swiped the running mucus away. She held in her incoming tears but Shane knew her well enough that her eyes were brimming with tears. Mitchie let out a sigh before sitting on the steps in front of the front door. She pushed her bangs out of her eyes revealing that her eyes were indeed watery. Every few seconds she would sniff to keep the mucus from running out of her nose. Shane still stood there, and Mitchie still stared. Finally, something broke through the silence after a few minutes.

Mitchie picked up her cell phone and with her wavering voice she answered, "Hello?"

"Oh, hey Scott."

"Yeah, I'm about to get going. Why?"

"Oh yeah, that's fine. Don't worry, I won't feel bad. Yeah, when I said yes last night, I didn't expect you to be with me all the time."

"Yeah, I love you too." Mitchie hung up and held her cell phone in both her hands in her lap as she looked back up to Shane who was still standing there. Mitchie stood up and walked back into the house without saying anything else to Shane.

"Next act up is Mitchie Torres. So, let's give her an awesome round of applause." The emcee quickly got off stage as Mitchie sat on the wooden stool under the spotlight and the microphone in her face. She began to strum and emotionally sing the words that she had written down during her lowest moments of anguish.

Did you forget that I was even alive?
Did you forget everything we ever had?
Did you forget, did you forget about me?

Mitchie's eyes began to water.

Did you regret ever standing by my side?
Did you forget what we were feeling inside?
Now I'm left to forget about us

But somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song, you can't forget it

So now I guess this is where we have to stand
Did you regret ever holding my hand?
Never again, please don't forget, don't forget

We had it all, we were just about to fall
Even more in love, than we were before
I won't forget, I won't forget about us

But somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song you can't forget it

A tear rolled down her cheek as she squeezed her eyes shut.

Somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song, you can't forget it at all

And at last all the pictures have been burned
And all the past is just a lesson that we've learned
I won't forget, please don't forget us

Somewhere we went wrong
Our love is like a song but you won't sing along
You've forgotten about us
Don't forget

After she finished, her eyes naturally went to Shane's to see if he approved, disapproved or at least had any emotion at all. What she saw was unsettling. Shane was being kissed up and down by Chelsea and all she could bare to see was his eyes. They were intense but she couldn't decipher what they meant. What was she expecting anyways? Her eyes flicked to her friends who were cheering her on but they obviously knew what the song was about and who it was about. That fact just could not be hidden and there was no use in trying to. Maybe that was her purging what unknowingly plagued her? She thought she was doing quite well with the just friends scenario with Shane but she must admit he did become bitter. And it did seem like he forgot just how important he was to her. More importantly, it was like he forgot that he said that he loved her. It might have been that Shane wasn't Prince Charming anymore, or it might have been the time when she overheard Chelsea crying in the nurse's office over a pregnancy test, Mitchie fell out of whatever feeling she had for Shane. Of course, him being her very first serious relationship, he was always going to have a certain spot in her mind. But the matter of the fact was, it all happened too fast. It happened in just a few weeks before they became that sickeningly sweet couple. He certainly had moved on fast though. Too fast for Mitchie's liking but hey it was his life. Mitchie slid off the wooden stool and joined her friends at the small round coffee table in the middle of their local Starbucks.

"Hey guys!" Regardless of how much sadness Shane had just caused her to feel, Mitchie still wanted to seem bright.

Alex gave her best friend a hug, "Aww Mitchie, you were awesome!"

Miley rubbed Mitchie's arm, "Yeah, you were great. That guy doesn't know what he's missing."

Nate cleared his throat, "Actually, I think he does." The group looked up to where Nate was looking, to find Shane walking their way, surprisingly without the constantly-attatched-at-his-hip Chelsea.

Mitchie didn't know if she should greet him and ask him to join them. She had conflicting thoughts. But luckily, Shane took the initiative, "Hey guys!"

Alex and Nate had remained friendly with Shane. Miley, on the other hand, had grown hateful toward Shane. She huffed and leaned back in her chair loudly, "What do you want, Shane? You're disrupting our enjoyment of the show."

Mitchie let her hands fall in to her lap as she stared at them. Alex leaned into Mitchie a little bit. Nate still had his arm around the back of Alex's chair. Shane's face twisted with an expression of what's her problem?, "Yeah, um, Mitchie you did an awesome job. Maybe we could get back to writing music again."

Mitchie still looked at her hands as she replied to him, "I don't need to get back to writing music again because I have been writing music."

"Together."

"Oh, yeah. Well then." Mitchie looked up at Shane who was leaning in balancing himself on the back of Mitchie's chair and on the table while towering over Mitchie, "I suppose the best thing to do before writing music together is actually start talking to each other."

Shane smiled, "What do you mean? We've been talking."

All their eyes flew to Mitchie to see what she would respond with. Mitchie was humorous at first, "Ah hah, excuse me." Mitchie raised her hand and slightly nudged Shane out of her way as she got up. She slid by him but he didn't move far enough for her to get away untouched. As she tried to slip by, her chest was against his and her breath was caught. She looked up at his eyes and he looked down into hers. He could see her eyes were slightly gloomy. She couldn't tell what was going on through his eyes. And sadly, she use to be able to read him like an open book. Now she couldn't. She didn't even really know an inkling of what went on in his mind. All eyes were still on Mitchie. She skimmed by which reminded both of them of those times they spent so much time close to each other. As she quickly walked out of the dimly lit Starbucks, Shane quickly followed.

Once they got outside, Shane caught her by the wrist spinning her around, "Mitchie."

He could tell she was angry, "What, Shane?" She pushed him with the hand he held onto.

He stumbled back a few steps, "Mitchie." He slid his hand down her arm and reclasped her hand. He laid a soft single kiss on her hand, "Mitchie."

Her expression softened and so did her tone of voice, "Oh, Shane." But after a few seconds of him holding her hand and staring into her eyes. Mitchie pulled her hand back to her side.

"Shane. You know full well I have a boyfriend. I don't need to be stuck in this situation." Mitchie turned around and began to walk into the darkness of the parking lot.

Shane quickly tried to stop her by calling her, "MITCHIE!"

Mitchie spun around. Obviously her anger had returned, "What. Shane? Huh? Did you think that kissing me on the hand, reminding me that you and I are not together, did you think that I would melt right into your arms? Why Shane? Why now?" She stared looking in his eyes for an answer but she got nothing, "Yeah, that's what I thought. I hate you. Don't talk to me." Mitchie began to walk away again.

"Mitchie!" Mitchie considered continuing to walk but she turned around. What can she say, he was her weakness.

"What?"

"You got to know that your boyfriend is just trying to get into your pants."

"Yeah, I know. Maybe that's what I want him to do."

Shane was taken aback for a second, "Are you serious?"

"Yeah. Obviously, sex isn't that important anymore. It's not important to wait for someone special. I might as well get it over with, with someone who's experienced. Oh and someone who didn't get his girlfriend pregnant. By the way, your 'girlfriend' is pregnant."

"Mitchie, I never had sex with her."

"Well then I'm happy for you but I feel sorry for you because you're going around acting like you two are. Oh and by the way, how many times are you going to say that to me? So far the count is two on two different counts."

"Mitchie, I didn't have sex with anybody and I only wanted to have sex with y-"

Mitchie slapped Shane before he could finish. His hand immediately went up to rub his burning face. Alex, Nate, and Miley came out. They witnessed the slap but didn't hear anything they said.

As Alex was walking Mitchie away, Shane said cockily, "I'll call you later."

Mitchie turned around and almost attacked Shane but Alex and Miley held her back. Shane smiled cockily and went back into the Starbucks.

Alex tried to calm Mitchie down, "Mitchie, don't. It's not even worth it."

Miley cooed, "Yeah, Mitch, remember you've got to look absolutely hot for your twenty year old boyfriend you are going to see tonight."

Mitchie looked at Miley sadly, "I don't want to see him tonight."

Miley quickly said, "Wait, Mitch, I can't go alone."

"You're going to have to. Why can't you just not go?"

"Mitchie, I have to see my boo tonight."

"So...you just go. I'll tell Scott to watch over you."

As they dropped off Miley at the frat house, Scott came out to greet his girlfriend in his boxers and a t-shirt.

"Why hello there hottie," he said sexily.

Mitchie was tired and didn't want to play seductive, "Hi."

His hands went immediately to her bottom and he pulled her in closer so that she was now leaning on his front side, "What's the matter baby?"

Mitchie looked up at him and said slowly, "I'm not feeling well tonight, I'm going to go home. But, Miley's staying here and I need you to watch over her. Make sure they don't do anything stupid, you know what I mean. And if you let them get anywhere far, I'll know. And you will get punished in the non-kinky way."

Scott shook Mitchie and smiled, "Okay baby, your wish is my command." He leaned in to kiss Mitchie but at the last second she turned her head and gave him cheek. He took it though and kissed her lightly before letting go and letting her go back to Nate's car. He watched Nate's car take off before running back into the house.

In Nate's car, Alex sat in the back with Mitchie. All the way back to the Gray house, Alex embraced Mitchie as Mitchie just looked tired and possibly defeated. Nate asked as they got closer to his house, "Mitch, you want to go home or spend the night?"

Alex quickly answered for Mitchie, "Nate, I want her to hang out with us tonight."

Nate answered kindly, "Okay." He pulled up to the house and opened the door for his lady and Mitchie. The girls got out and went into the house where they were greeted by Mrs. Gray.

Nate locked up the car and the front door, said hi and gave a kiss to his mom and ran downstairs to the studio where he knew the girls would be. Mitchie had used the studio so many times before that she knew what to do to get it prepared for recording. She already started recording some back up singing for one of the songs Connect 3 was working on. Nate must admit after her screaming fight with Shane, she still sounded awesome.

Nate snuck up behind his girlfriend and gave her a kiss and hug. He seductively whispered in her ear, "Hi baby."

Alex boredly said, "Hey babe."

Nate's face scrunched up, "What? What's the matter?"

Alex turned around causing Nate to let go, "I'm worried about Mitchie. She's my best friend and she's hurting. I feel so useless. I can't help her."

They heard the front door slam shut and Nate immediately said, "Shane's home."

Shane came stomping down the stairs and immediately stopped once he saw Mitchie singing her heart out. He ran down the stairs to Nate and pushed Nate, "What is she doing here?"

Alex ran up to the both of them and tried to keep them at a safe distance, "Boys... Shane. Calm down."

Shane swiped Alex's hand off his arm. He looked over at the sound-proof booth and noticed that Mitchie was staring at him. He went into the see-through sound-proof booth and Nate and Alex could see he was yelling and Mitchie sat there looking like she was bored out of her mind. Nate and Alex quickly ran to the sound-control booth and shared the headphones to see what they were saying.

Shane was blowing his head off, "...SONG WAS PATHETIC! IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY. I SAID I LOVED YOU. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED? I TOLD YOU I LOVED YOU AND YOU SAID I DIDN'T. NOW I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND AND YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS THAT I HAVE HER AND YOU JUST HAVE SOME HORNY FRAT BOY. I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND WHO LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH ME. I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND. I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND. I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND SO HA! YOU DON'T OWN ME ANYMORE. DON'T EVEN TRY TO PLAY YOUR SWEET ACT AND TRY TO WIN ME BACK." Shane was in her face now but she still sat there.

She calmly said, "I'm sorry you thought my song was pathetic but it came from my heart. It wasn't meant for you to feel guilty. I know you said you loved me... but that's not what I wanted. That never crossed my mind of things I wanted. I said you didn't love me and I was right. I know you have a girlfriend... You obviously love her, and you should because she's carrying a child that should be very important to the two of you. I'm sure she loves spending time with you but you should know she also loves spending time with other boys. And my boyfriend... is my business. As far as I'm concerned he's a decent boyfriend. The best I've ever had."

"GOSH MITCHIE! GIVE ME SOME CREDIT!"

Mitchie looked at him with stone eyes, "We're done here. I'm done talking to you."

Alex and Nate were giving commentary of their own, "I'm happy for her for being so strong."

"Me too, but then again it is my brother."

"Nate! She's coming!" Mitchie came out of the sound-proof booth and into the sound-control booth. Nate and Alex tried to make it look like they weren't listening. Mitchie stopped and turned around to look into the sound-proof booth. Shane slammed his fist into the wall and he seemed angry. Alex bit her lip, "Mitchie... what are you doing?"

Mitchie said blankly, "I don't know, Alex. I don't know."

xoxoxo

Don't Forget by Demi Lovato. I'm sure you guys knew that but just in case somebody didn't know and wanted to check out the song :)

Thank you Laura, Bridgette, and BABY-E. :)

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