Thanksgiving was upon them and of course Mitchie was invited over to the Gray household for a family-gathering day. Mitchie went over just because she loved most of the Gray family. Alex, Justin, Max and Miley joined her. They all piled into the Gray house. They were greeted by Mrs. Gray. Even though the Russo and Torres parents weren't home, the Torres and Russo kids managed to bring something over. Miley just shared with Mitchie. Mrs. Gray grabbed the items out of their hands as she thanked them for bringing something and she brought it to the kitchen. Mr. Gray said hello to them and patted the boys on the back leading them over to watch some parades and pre-football buzz on T.V.

"Justin, how's Becky?" Mr. Gray asked Justin with an authority only a father could possess.

"She's very well, sir, thank you." Justin answered back with respect he wouldn't have given his own father.

"That's good, son, hopefully if you two are still together next year around this time, she can join us for Thanksgiving dinner." Justin nodded at the suggestion. Then Mr. Gray focused his questions on Nate. "Nate, you and Alex doing good?" Nate nodded being half distracted by the footage on T.V. "Max, Frankie, band practicing? Getting along well?" Max and Frankie took a second out of playing cards to nod before getting back to goldfish. "Jason, tabloids say you and Cora are over? Is that true? Why didn't you tell us?"

Jason was in a reclined position with his arms crossed over his chest. He snorted and proceeded to answer his father's question. "Nah, I never got back together with Cora."

Mr. Gray nodded and looked at Shane who he saved for last. "Shane," Shane untensed his body knowing that he couldn't hide from his father while sitting there, "how's Mitchie? You two still dating?" Shane shyly shook his head.

"No, Dad, me and Mitchie never started dating. I don't even know why people keep thinking that we ever did." All of the boys stopped what they were doing and stared at Shane with what seemed like uninterested eyes. Shane had said it so vehemently that it caught all of their attention.

Mr. Gray nodded but didn't let his son get the best of him, "Do you want to try that again?"

Shane audibly sighed, "Fine, yeah. I'm dating Chelsea and she's absolutely peachy. Thanks for asking, Dad." Shane sunk in his seat and crossed his arms like a five-year old who couldn't get that cookie before dinner.

Christmas came and took over everybody's spare seconds. Just like in The Grinch, everybody was psyched for Christmas and they decorated their homes to perfection.

"Mitchie, are you ready to go over to the Grays'? Nate already took all of the presents over last night so that we didn't have to lug them over in our nice dresses." Alex smiled as she walked into Mitchie's room. When she got there, she saw Mitchie was sprawled out on her unmade bed playing with the tips of her hair. "What are you doing? We have to be there in like fifteen minutes! Where's Miley?"

Mitchie blew the bangs out of her eyes. "Alex, I made sure I bought a present for everybody going to the Grays' today. I hope that they appreciate it."

Alex knew exactly what Mitchie was talking about. "If he doesn't like it, just don't take it too personally. He's being a huge baby and doesn't really understand how to be friends with you. It's obvious he still wants you."

"Alex, I just want to avoid anything that's awkward. I don't want to have to deal with seeing his brooding face today. Why, oh why, does he have to be a Gray?"

"Mitch, stop being so dramatic and let's go. I'm not going to wait here forever for you to get dressed. Let's go!" Alex pulled Mitchie out of bed and threw a pretty dress at her.

When the girls got there, they were dressed to the nines. Alex quickly went inside to find Nate. Miley stayed behind with Mitchie and kicked around the fake snow that the Grays had spread all over their yard. "So, this is going to be an interesting day, isn't it Mitch."

Mitchie nodded but didn't say more. Shane came out of the house with his hands in his dress pants' pockets. He looked uninterested but Miley could tell that he was scanning the yard to see if Mitchie had come. When Miley caught his eye, Shane quickly spun around and walked inside. "Let's go in, Mitchie." Miley grabbed her friend's hand and pulled her inside.

Once inside, Mitchie could smell the lingering scent of food in the air. She missed when it was like that at her house. Mrs. Gray saw the two girls and walked over to give them hugs. "Girls, you look absolutely magnificent in those dresses." Today, they opted for a more conservative look. They didn't want to look like prostitutes in front of the only people they could call family. "Come, we're going to eat and then open presents."

After they ate, everybody thanked Mrs. Gray. Mitchie was surprised that Shane hadn't gone out of his way to be surly to her today. As they all sat around the fireplace and situated themselves, Mr. Gray began to pass out the gifts tucked neatly under the Christmas tree. All of the gifts were passed out and of course, Frankie had the most big boxes. Everyone began to open presents left and right. Mitchie rushed to open her gifts so she could watch Shane open her's. She saved his gift to her for last and when she opened it, she could tell it wasn't from Shane but it was purchased by Mrs. Gray but Shane slapped his name on it. He seemed to be slowing down and lingering on other presents before he got to her's last. She looked around quickly and saw Nate and Alex fawning over the gifts they gave each other. She glanced at Miley who was still opening the box that Alex had given her. She then focused on Shane who finally was on her present. It wasn't a big box. It wasn't too small though. She could see how hesitant he was going to unwrap it. He ripped the wrapping paper little by little until it fell completely off of the box. He slowly lifted the top of the box off and was presented by the gift that Mitchie had purchased him. She looked at his face hoping to catch something. It seemed to light up with joy for a second but then the joy that she'd caused disappeared and was replaced by a bored facial expression. She had given him custom-made guitar picks with his initials engraved on them. She next saw him get up and give everybody a round of hugs. Of course, the round didn't include her.

When school came back in session, it was coffeehouse season again. The group was hanging out in the downstairs Gray studio. Miley brought her boyfriend, Andrew and they were fooling around in the bathroom. From what her besties could tell, Miley and Andrew had almost gone all the way. Chelsea was hanging out on the couch and she had gotten a bit chubby. Mitchie knew why... Shane should've known why. Alex and Nate, the perfect couple, were still together. Mitchie was also still together with Scott. Mitchie and Shane's relationship had remained the same up until the announcement of the upcoming coffeehouse. Their relationship had turned to an off and on one depending on the day. Today it was on, kinda.

"Oh my gosh... The sky is beautiful!" Mitchie and Shane were outside while everybody was inside. They were laying in the grass out in front of the house. Occasionally, Max and Frankie would run pass them with the soccer ball.

Shane laughed, "You're beautiful."

"Na uh! Shut up!" She hit him on the arm.

Shane grabbed his chest and began to groan, "AHH! MITCHIE! YOU HURT ME! IT HURTS SO BAD!"

Mitchie just stared at the sky. Shane said slyly, "You hurt me, now you have to make it go away."

Mitchie turned her head to look at Shane, "Really? And what would make it go away?"

"A kiss."

Mitchie propped herself up on one elbow and kissed Shane on the cheek. Shane pulled her down on top of him and began to make out with her as his hands roamed her curves. Mitchie ripped her lips away after a few seconds and slapped Shane across the cheek. She got herself up by pushing herself off the ground and off of Shane. She left in a huff down to the studio. Shane met her down there where Chelsea had began to whine for him. She was needy and nobody could deny that... even in euphemism way.

"Shaaane! Come sit next to me!" Shane obeyed.

Alex screamed from in front of the T.V. "So who's ready for coffeehouse?"

Everybody who was in it shot their hands in the air.

Mitchie sat in the wooden stool once again. She was in a different place in her life. She most certainly was not going to perform something like Don't Forget tonight. She began to strum a catchy tune. And she began to sing.

And I feel, I feel a deep connection
And I think, that we might be onto somethin, no
And I know it's somethin special
Seein you here is not coincidental, mhmm

Well I've been walkin, walkin behind enemy lines
And I've been fightin, fightin from the other side
I've been sayin, saying that I won't fall this time
But now I'm walkin, walking within enemy lines

Ooo, oh

See I was tryin to be everything you weren't expecting
All I ever wanted was to try and keep you guessing
But I'm falling way too fast
I just want this love to last forever, forever
And every time I feel this way
Oh, somethings changed for the better
(Whoa whoa whoa ooo)

And I've been walkin, walkin behind enemy lines
And I've been fightin, fightin from the other side
I've been sayin, sayin that I won't fall this time
But now I'm walkin, walkin within enemy lines

And now I'm walkin, walkin behind enemy lines
And now I'm fightin, fightin from the other side
I've been sayin, sayin I won't fall this time
Now I'm walkin, walkin within enemy lines

Once she hit the last chord, the crowd bust into applause. Mitchie sat down by her boyfriend and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips. Shane's table was right beside Mitchie's and his back was centimeters from hers. Once he saw her get up and heading toward the bathroom, he followed her. Mitchie opened the swing door of the ladies' bathroom and went in, Shane also went in, closing the door behind him. Mitchie came out of the stall and Shane let her wash her hands before he startled her.

She jumped once she saw him and she screamed at him, "Shane! This is the ladies' bathroom!"

"Who was that about?"

"Who else Shane?" Mitchie said in a 'no duh' tone.

"Well, I was thinking it was about me."

"It's not." Shane came up to her and pressed his body against hers causing her breath to be caught in her throat.

He caressed her cheek and tucked her hair behind her ear. He gently kissed her and she was under his trance. This effect that he had on her had disappeared for awhile when they had broken up but now that he was actually showing signs of affection towards her again, the effect had seemed to reemerge in the least convenient time. His body led her's to a bathroom stall which he then locked behind him. The stall was a tight space but they managed to get comfortable staying close to each other without falling into the water filled toilet bowl. Mitchie's breath was shallow as Shane craned his neck down to kiss her harder than before. Shane's lips had trailed down to her collarbone causing her to whimper slightly. Shane had never gotten Mitchie in this position before. He had always been a good boy with Mitchie. Even during their sleepovers on tour, he slept on the floor leaving her the bed. His hands rested on her upper thighs. Mitchie was feeling butterflies in her stomach.

Out of all that Mitchie managed to say quietly, "Shane." in a reprimanding way but turned into a moan as Shane's lips went further down. She felt herself want to go further and she fought the urge to let him continue by pushing him off of her. She glared at him furiously.

"Shane! What do you think you're doing!"

Shane smugly replied, "Expressing my feelings."

Mitchie wanted so badly to knee Shane where it hurt but she refrained and settled for a biting remark, "Well go express your feelings with someone else." _

Chelsea was at the bathroom door when Mitchie was coming out causing there to be a stop, "Where's Shane?"

Mitchie looked at Chelsea like she was crazy, "Why are you asking me? I don't talk to him anymore."

Shane came busting out of the door and ran into Mitchie's back, "Oh gosh Mitchie, you just couldn't get enough of me could you." He almost started laughing but then he noticed why Mitchie had stopped, "Oh, hey Chels. What are you doing here?"

"Umm, yeah, what were you doing in the girls' bathroom... with Mitchie?"

Mitchie threw her hands up, "Hey, I just so happened to be in the bathroom. Shane walked in the wrong one that's all."

Shane let out that breath he unknowingly was holding, "Yeah."

Chelsea's facial expression eased but then her eyes quickly narrowed, "Then what were you saying earlier Shane? Huh? Are you both lying to me?" For each question, Chelsea was sticking her finger in their direction.

Surprisingly, Mitchie wasn't her sweet self, "Hey! Y'know what bitch if you want to obsess over Shane, go ahead and do that, but don't drag me into it. Me and Shane don't even hang out." Mitchie walked back to her table and sweetly kissed her boyfriend's lips.

Shane just watched as she went and his face turned sour when he saw Mitchie lay her lips on Scott's. Chelsea slapped Shane's arm, "Shane! What were you doing in the girls' bathroom?"

Shane said it in a normal way like it happened all of the time, "I got confused." And he shrugged it off boredly. Then a petite girl with light brown hair bumped into him. She dropped her purse on the ground and bent over to pick it up the same time as Shane. She got straight back up and hit him in the face with her head. He stumbled back and grabbed his nose with a groan. Chelsea rolled her eyes and left back for the table. The girl with light brown hair heard him groan and saw him hold his nose. She tried to rush up to him to see if he was okay accidentally slipping on some unknown slick clear liquid and stepping on his foot with the heel of her high heel. He yelped and went to grab his foot with his other hand. The girl tripped over her own feet and fell into Shane causing him to push the girls' bathroom door open and fall through onto the ground. The girl fell on top of him and immediately began to apologize profusely.

Shane looked at her and recognized her after a few seconds, "Oh... hi Audrey."

She still looked concerned, "Hi Shane... Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to.. It just happened."

Shane tried to slow her down or at least calm her down, "Yeah. It's okay. I'm fine. Don't worry about it."

Audrey giggled and seductively lowered her tone of voice, "Y'know. This is a really comfortable position."

The next week, people saw Mitchie as a complete goddess when it came to music. She just finished her second coffeehouse and was amazing. Most people were congratulatory towards Mitchie except of course, Shane (though he was trying to win her back sexually, he wasn't progressing in the area of winning her back through manners) and Chelsea. Audrey was constantly trailing behind her, Mitchie didn't mind too much but she didn't understand why anybody would want to follow her around. Mitchie had fallen back into wearing slutty dress after slutty dress, all supplied my Miley, her new boyfriend really liked her in them.

Mitchie was walking down the hallway toward the office to turn in the attendance sheet when someone rammed into her, pushing her into the girls' bathroom. She slammed up against the wall and grunted. Once she was able to regain her sense she looked up to the person's face whose body was pressed up against hers. She should've known. It was none other than Shane Gray.

xoxoxo

The song was Behind Enemy Lines by Demi Lovato

I suppose this chapter was partially just filler. Anyways I had to stop the chapter and warn you from here on out that this story will be rated M. Just a heads up.

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