Back to Shane's POV!
It was almost midnight, and Mitchie was fast asleep in the passenger seat. She'd had such a long day, and she looked so peaceful that I didn't want to wake her up. Since I didn't have a key to her apartment, I decided to let her and Joey spend the night at my place. I carried Joey in first and settled him on my bed. Then I went back to my car for Mitchie, and set her next to her son. i covered them with the blanket, then grabbed a spare pillow and quilt and headed to the living room couch.
Even as I laid in the darkness, I couldn't fall asleep. I still couldn't get over the fact that Mitchie was alive and well. And currently just down the hall. We'd just begun to start over in our relationship, but it was hard. There were so many thing we'd missed in each others lives. I didn't really know how to act around her anymore, or how she would react to different things.
I rolled over and looked up at the stars. The night was illuminated by a full moon, just like the last night at Camp Rock. Mitchie and I had snuck out for one last canoe ride, and to reflect on our summers. We'd pretty much ended up going in circles again, and laughing our heads off. I smiled and laughed quietly as I remembered how Mitchie's mom and Uncle Brown had found us asleep in the canoe the next morning. I began to match the stars to reasons why I loved Mitchie so much. I was doing fine until I realized I had run out of stars.
I got up to go to the bathroom, and on the way back, I stopped in the doorway of my bedroom to check on Mitchie and joey. They were both still sound asleep, and Mitchie was holding Joey in her sleep. I smiled at the scene before me, and walked to the side of the bed. i placed a kiss on both of their foreheads before heading back to the couch. As I laid back down, I looked out the window just in time to see a star streak across the sky.
"Please,' I whispered to no one in particular, "please, make Danielle give up. Let Mitchie and joey live their lives without fear." Then i fell into a dreamless sleep.