I'm glad you guys all loved the roses and Jacob. It took a lot of research to get the flowers right. And I haven't yet read Twilight, so the Jacob thing is a little lost on me. It's actually my ex's middle name, which I love. So, this chapter is the emotional good-byes. I apologize if it's a little short. It's not too bad, though. Enjoy. :D
Chapter 16
I woke up Sunday morning with Jacob curled up next to me. He was too adorable. Shane never stops amazing me. I didn't wake the little guy up and crawled out of bed. Caitlyn and Anastasia were still asleep, but I couldn't be anymore. It was early, but I knew Mom would be up. Sure enough she was making breakfast already, and I could hear her in the kitchen. I crept through the living room, smiling at the sight of Shane, Nate, and Jason passed out on the floor. They'd stayed so late last night Mom didn't want them driving home.
I moved past them into the kitchen. "Need help?" I asked quietly moving over to where she was scrambling eyes.
Mom smiled at me. "Well, since you're up before him, why don't you get Jacob's food out of the cabinet under the sink where Shane put it. I think his bowl is out in the living room."
I nodded and made my way back to living room. I tried to be as quiet as possible but I still woke Nate up. "Mitch?" I mumbled looking up at me.
"Go back to sleep, Nate." I laughed softly.
"Okay." He dropped his head back down and went back to sleep.
I laughed and made my way back to the kitchen. I poured Jacob's food and water into the bowls and placed them on the floor in the holder. I stood up and felt arms wrap around me. I tried to turn around, but Shane was holding me rather tightly with his face buried into my back.
"Shane." I laughed.
"Uhm." He replied, holding tighter.
"Babe. Off." I said smacking his hand lightly. He gave in and let me turn around.
He kissed me quickly. "Morning."
"Morning." I laughed. "Why are you awake already?"
"You and Nate woke me up." He looked over at Mom who wasn't paying attention to us and whispered very quietly, "And I have this inability to sleep when I know my girlfriend is awake and not in bed with me."
I smiled. "Shane…" I giggled. Then we heard a soft whining noise and slight scratch. "I guess I forgot to leave the door open for him." I was about to head back up stairs when Jacob came running past me and to the door. He whined again and nudged Shane. Shane laughed and slipped on his sneakers that had been discarded the night before. I slipped on my own sneakers and we put his leash on him.
It was cold out when we left, making me wish I had grabbed a jacket. Shane didn't seem bothered by the cold though he was wearing just his undershirt. "Cold?" He asked, wrapping his arm around me.
I nodded. "A little."
He smirked. "I guess it's a good thing we weren't at my house." I looked at him confused. "You'd be wearing even less." I blushed and smacked him slightly. He kissed my head.
"Just remember who's gong to be all alone in their bed and who will have company every night." I said teasing him.
He pouted. "Okay, maybe I should take Jacob. You can share a bed with Caitlyn or Stas for all I care."
I mock gasped. "No! How dare you try and take my puppy. Besides, you could always share a bed with Nate or Jason." He shuddered at the thought and I laughed.
Jacob ran around my entire neighborhood, peeing about eight times. When we finally brought him back in, it was half an hour later and breakfast was done. Everyone but Dad and Jason were now awake.
Jacob had woken Caitlyn and Anastasia up, but they didn't seem to mind. Caitlyn and Nate were curled up on one end of the couch and Anastasia was curled up on the other. They watching cartoons. Jacob ran over to Jason and started licking him. Jason smiled in his sleep. Getting annoyed, Jacob barked at Jason, finally waking him up. "Wha? Oh, hey Jake!" He petted Jacob who barked happily before running back over to me.
"Go eat, pup." I pointed to the kitchen. He looked at me oddly. "Okay, fine." I picked him up and carried him to his food. Once he realized it was okay to eat, he started in on it. Shane and I laughed and helped Mom bring all the food out into the dining room.
I yelled up the stairs, "Dad! Breakfast!" A moment later my father came down. Caitlyn and Nate came in and sat on one side of the table, while Anastasia and Jason sat on the other. Mom was seated next to Dad, who was at the head of the table, leaving Shane at the other end with me next to him. We all began eating and laughing happily. I looked around felt at ease. This was how my family was supposed to be. I loved my real family, but this was my family. When we were older, I knew we'd still be just as close, and it would seem like noting had changed. Suddenly, Mom got quiet looking around as well.
"What's wrong, Mom?" I asked.
"Nothing, nothing." She tried to pass it off. "It's just, going to be weird." She admitted. "To go back to making dinner for 4 people instead of 7 or 8." We all looked down, remembering the guys would be gone by this time tomorrow. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring you guys down."
"It's okay, Connie. I don't think any of us have forgotten about it." Caitlyn said looking down at her eggs. All of us shook our heads no. After we realized how in sync it was, we began laughing, and the mood was lifted again.
The guys left after breakfast. Anastasia had been planning on spending the night to begin with, and would be our ride to the guys' party later. We spent the rest of the day hanging out until it was time to get ready.
"My god. You take forever." Anastasia complained laying on my bed. Caitlyn and I stuck our tongues out.
"Your hair isn't ridiculously curly." Caitlyn argued.
"Or ridiculously straight." I added.
Sticking out her tongue back, Anastasia replied, "No, it's ridiculously wavy so I've got the worst of both worlds." We laughed.
"You should see how long it takes Shane and Nate to do their hair in the morning. Nate woke up before me and it still took him until about when I was done with mine." Caitlyn laughed.
"Oh, right. You and Nate spent Christmas out at his place in PA, right?" Anastasia asked.
"Yup." Caitlyn said.
"I was gonna say, you've woken up with Nate? Hmm… Miss Gellar you've some explaining to do." Anastasia teased, but at the shared look between Caitlyn and I, she stopped laughing. "Wait, you have? I thought they all wore purity rings?"
"It was a mistake. Heat of the moment thing. We haven't since, but…" Caitlyn explained hurried.
"Chill, Cait. I won't judge. Believe me. I'm the last person who will judge you. My brother is the result of premarital sex. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be here."
"Wow. I didn't know that. I thought you had your own purity ring?" I asked, since we'd actually talked about this before.
"I do. I have it because of my parents and my brother, because while I understand they were in love, yada yada, and they didn't mean for it to happen, I don't want it to happen to me. I wanted to give myself a bit of a barrier to keep my self from repeating their mistake. I don't want to even risk having kids until I'm married. No matter how good sex supposedly is." She explained.
Caitlyn nodded, "Makes sense. I think that was what Nate's point was. He wanted to keep the band from getting caught up in the rock star life and girls using them, and possibly ruining their careers."
"Oh! That's why he was upset after the Erica thing but didn't think twice about sleeping with you!" I put together. "He knows you aren't out to get his money or fame. Were Erica was."
"Erica?" Anastasia interrupted.
"Shane's ex-girlfriend." I answered simply. "Not our story to share."
Anastasia raised her hands in understanding. "Got it. Say no more. Are you girls ready yet?"
"Am I sleek and curly?" Caitlyn asked turning to her. Anastasia nodded.
"Am I sleek and straight?" I asked.
"Yes, you two are good. Now let's go!" She cried pulling us downstairs.
"Bye, Mom!" I yelled. Jacob ran over to me. "Bye, Jacob. I'll be home later." I petted him softly. He whined a little but barked happily as I left.
By the time we made it to the apartment, the party had been in full swing for a while. Fashionably late, but what did we care?
"Mitchie! Caitlyn! Stas?" Nicky yelled running over to us. "I didn't know you guys were that close."
"Jason and I have been dating since Valentine's Day, Nicky." Anastasia explained laughing.
"Oh, cool. Another older sister." Nicky hugged Anastasia for a moment.
We stood around talking to Nicky for a while. I felt arms wrap around me and a kiss press into my shoulder. I turned my head and kissed Shane's cheek. "Hey."
"Can I steal you?" He asked.
I shrugged. "Ask them." I gestured to the other three girls.
"Girls?" He pouted.
They laughed. "Convince us why." Anastasia said teasing him.
"Hmm, because Jason and Nate would like to see their girlfriends as well?"
Realization hit the two of them as they remembered they hadn't seen their boyfriends yet. Shane started to pull me away as they took off in search of their boyfriends.
"No! Mitchie you can't leave me!" Nicky said grabbing my hand.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Riley is here." She whined.
"And?" I asked.
"He keeps looking at me."
"And? I thought you liked him?"
"I do." She whined.
"Not seeing the problem," I laughed.
"I haven't seen him/talked to him since the party." She pouted.
"Ooh. I get it. You didn't like him then, because you had a boyfriend. Now, you don't and your worried you'll make a fool out of yourself." I surmised.
Nicky mumbled, "Basically."
I laughed as Riley made his way over to us. "Suck it up."
"Wha-" She started saying before Riley wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Hi Riley." I greeted. "Did you come to rescue Nicky again?"
"Actually," He laughed. "I came to rescue Shane, who looks like he'd much rather have his girlfriend in private." I laughed as Shane nodded a bit. "By consequence that means I have to distract Nicky, which gives me an excuse to hang out with her all night again." Nicky was blushing.
"By all means, take her." Shane said pulling me away. "Love you, Nick!" He called over his shoulder.
I laughed and collapsed onto his bed. He closed the door behind us, but not completely. He didn't want to give anyone the wrong idea. He laid next to me and pulled me into his arms. We laid in silence for a while before Shane finally spoke.
"I'm going to miss you." He whispered into my hair.
"I know. I'm going to miss you, too." I whispered back. Laughing, I added, "So is Jacob. He misses you already."
"Yeah, I'm gonna miss him, too."
"It'll be over before you know it. We get out June 18."
"Ugh, that's so late!" He complained.
"No, actually that's early." I laughed.
"No, actually that's late compared to Massachusetts. I got out the end of May every year."
"Wow. That's super early for me." I laughed.
"You should transfer to a school in Mass so you can come on tour earlier." He suggested.
"Or not." I replied.
We talked for a little while longer before Nicky came bounding in the room and jumped on the bed next to me.
"Ohmygod!Rileyjustkissedme!" She squealed.
Shane and I looked at her. "What?" Shane asked utterly confused.
"Riley just kissed me… and I kissed him back, but then I freaked and ran in here!" She explained.
"Oh wow!" I said ignoring Shane who was now complaining. I rolled over so I was looking up at her from my side instead of twisting. Shane tightened his arm around me and pretended to ignore us.
"What am I supposed to do?" She asked.
I shrugged. "I don't have a lot of experience in this, sorry."
"Oh my god!" Shane groaned. "Just go back out there, find Riley, apologize. Tell him you really like him and that you got a little excited. Make that annoying puppy dog face you always make and ask him to forgive you. He'll probably say something about thinking it was cute and things will move on. Now go away!"
Nicky and I looked at him confused, but Nicky shrugged and left. "What was that?" I asked turning back over.
"That was me getting my sister to go away so I can spend time with my girlfriend." He kissed me.
Nicky had left the door open, and now the sounds of the party were pumping into the room full blast.
"We should really be out at that party, Shane." I said sitting up. He groaned and followed. When we left the room, I saw Nicky and Riley talking. Nicky pouted a bit and said something. Riley laughed and kissed her again. I think Nicky almost fainted. "Good work, big brother." I said pointing to where his baby sister was making out with a guy.
"She has to grow up sometime. Riley fears me. He's still new in this business and knows he shouldn't make too many waves."
"Wow. You amaze me." I laughed pulling him over to Caitlyn and Nate. They were dancing and making out. Shane and I spent the rest of the night with them dancing.
"Darn. It's like 11:30 already and we have school in the morning." Caitlyn said when she and Nate took a break.
"Already?" Nate pouted.
"Man." Shane complained. He saw Riley and Nicky dancing not too far from us. "Riley!' He called out to him. Riley appeared almost instantly. "We're gonna take the girls home. Jason should be able to handle things until we get back, but keep an eye out please?"
Riley nodded. "Good night, ladies." He bowed to us before heading back to Nicky, who waved good-bye at us.
"I haven't seen Kevin all night." I suddenly realized.
Shane laughed and pointed to the corner. "Kevin has been making out with his girlfriend the entire night, that's why." I laughed. For being 15, the two of them seemed to party a lot. And miss a lot of school.
Jason walked over to us with Anastasia. "You guys leaving?" He asked pouting.
"We have school." I answered hugging him.
"I'm gonna miss you, Mitchie!' He cried. "If you need to talk, just call. You can totally leave me like 40 voicemails and I will definitely listen to them all."
I laughed, tears stinging my eyes. "I know you will, Jase. I know you will." I hugged him even tighter. "I'm gonna miss you, too." Next it was Caitlyn's turn, who hugged him just as tightly and cried a little as well.
Of course, these good-byes weren't half as hard as the ones to come later on. I said good-bye to Nate while Caitlyn said good-bye to Shane. It was tearful, but not too bad. However, when Shane and I went inside to say good-bye so he could say good-bye to Jacob, I almost lost it all together.
"Hey." He whispered lifting my chin as it trembled. Tears had weld up in my eyes but hadn't yet fell. "Everything is going to be fine. I'll see you in a few weeks, okay?"
I wrapped my arms around his waist and cried into his chest. He held me as long as possible. Eventually Jacob started whining and we pulled apart. Shane squatted and petted him. "I'll see you soon, too, pup. Okay?" He spoke to the puppy. "Mommy'll have to do 'til I get back, okay?" I wanted to cry even harder. I might have.
"I'll be home soon enough." Shane whispered to me as he stood back up.
"No you won't." I teased. "I'll be coming to see you and then we'll be at Camp Rock."
"No." He shook his head. "Home is where the heart is. And when you're with me, I'm home." He said honestly. I know I was crying uncontrollably at that point.
He kissed me one last time and left. Caitlyn came in crying as well. As we climbed into my bed together, we cried a lot. Jacob laid between us and kept rolling on his back, looking between the two of us. Eventually, having no idea what was going on, he started crying, too.
Laughing through our tears, Caitlyn and I managed to fall asleep relatively peaceful after that.
My computer is going to revolt soon. I have the entire story written/saved in one file for easier refrencing while writing. The file is now 115 pages long and 48,000+ words. Then I have each chapter saved individually. If Jensen quits on me, you'll know why. ;p