Thank you to everybody who reviewed! Now, since it took me forever and a month to update the last chapter, I'm going to give you ANOTHER update. The one little caveat to that is that you will not be getting another update until after the weekend. I'm going to my Dad's this weekend and while I might be able to find a computer to work on, chances are slim that I'll spend much time with that, so I'm gonna have to say Monday at the earliest. But hey, I might surprise you and slap one on you tomorrow afternoon. You never know.

Anyways, I'm just gonna let you go on to read! :)

I sat quietly on the bed in the cabin I shared with my mom. After we had returned from the hospital, Brown immediately gave her a cabin and requested that I move into it. And by requested, I mean, he threatened to keep me from the Final Jam…again! Brown would make a good con-man…if the only way of conning a person was keeping them from the one highlight of the summer.

I couldn't believe that he and my mother were kissing! I thought Brown hated to be uncool! Well sorry to tell you Brown, but kissing my mom, totally uncool!

Actually, as much as I would love to be livid at both of them, I can't help but feel okay with it. I didn't like the idea of my mom moving on, but I was glad that she was finding happiness in someone. I was even happier when I finally realized that she found that happiness with Brown! I wasn't quite sure what that would mean for me and my group of friends, but it would be fine.

"I heard you wanted to see me?" a voice called from the door. I looked up and saw Peggy standing there, nervously looking at me. I nodded and patted the bed, signaling for her to sit down. She hesitantly took a seat and looked at me.

"I just want to say that I'm sorry for lashing out at you the other day in the hospital. I know that you and Shane had no idea what was happening with my dad and I totally get that I was wrong to lash out at you," I said, wanting to get right to the point. Peggy sighed and looked down at her hands sheepishly.

"We were never really dating Mitchie," Peggy said.

"Huh?"

"Shane and I were never dating. He asked me to be his girlfriend for awhile so everyone would get off his case of being obsessed with you. We were supposed to 'break up' at the end of Final Jam, but once you got him back under his spell, he begged me to get him out of it. I didn't know quite how to do it, so we improvised. Clearly, it didn't go that well," she said.

"So wait…why didn't you tell me all this at the hospital the other day?" I asked.

"Shane didn't want anyone to know. I'm still his friend. I'm not going to just tell everyone his secret. He's scared that everyone will think he's immature because he wasn't able to actually move on. I was hoping to tell you the other day at the hospital, but they I noticed that everyone was there, and I had to come up with another reason to be there" she admitted.

"And the whole three weeks before that?" I asked, still skeptical.

"I tried to find you, but every time I came close, you would suddenly disappear. That, or Shane was bugging you," she admitted. I sat back and thought about it. As I looked back, it did seem like something Shane would try to pull off. I looked at Peggy.

"So if I were to confront Shane about this, he'd back it up?" I asked. Peggy nodded, a small smile on her face.

"Come on Mitchie. Even if he and I were dating, he's still totally in love with you. And I know you're still in love with him," she said. I sighed and nodded.

"Yeah, but that's irrelevant. He and I aren't getting back together. It would just cause so much drama!" I exclaimed. Peggy sighed and nodded.

"Maybe…what are you working on?" she asked, looking down at my song book.

"Just some lyrics that have been stuck in my head since Shane told me a few days ago that he wanted to 'fix my heart' or something like that," I said, remembering the encounter. I hadn't seen him since then and I didn't really want to. I knew that it would just hurt us both if we saw each other.

"It's what's best for you, why can't you see that? I'm not what's best and you're just gonna get caught? Mitchie, I'm going to be honest…these aren't the best lyrics," she admitted. I sighed and nodded.

"I know. It would help if I had a melody or tune," I said. Peggy shot her head up and looked around the room.

"Where's your guitar?" she asked. I pointed towards the closet. She stood up and retrieved the guitar that had been left unplayed for a year.

"I have this tune in my head and maybe it can work for you," she said. I nodded for her to go ahead. She quietly began strumming the guitar and humming a melody. I smiled wide as the music floated to my ears.

"That's perfect!" I exclaimed.

"Really? Cause you can use it if you want," she said. I smiled and handed her the book.

"Can you help me with some of the lyrics first?"

The next few days were pretty eventless. Caitlyn and I tried to convince my mom to let me move back into our cabin, but my mom wouldn't hear of it, so Caitlyn moved in with us instead. I still hadn't told Brown or my mom about how I'd seen them locking lips at the hospital, but how does one really go about bringing up that conversation?

The Final Jam list went up. I'm pretty sure that the whole camp was shocked to see that Peggy and I are doing something together. Kind of. Peggy is playing guitar and I'm singing the song that we've been working on. I think the song would have been shit if Peggy hadn't helped, but she's convinced that I'd have fixed it sooner or later.

The Final Jam was in just a few more days and then it would be the end of camp. What was I going to do then? Would I fall back and ignore my friends? I don't think so. Especially if Brown and my mom are dating. Shane and I still haven't spoken though, so who really knows. He hasn't even tried talking to me. I think it hurt him when I told him that I wasn't just going to get back together with him, but I was in a hospital. Clearly, there were some important issues that needed to be worked out before I jump into a relationship with anybody.

My mom informed me that once we get back home, I'd be starting therapy. That didn't really surprise me, but I still didn't want to go to therapy. I wasn't going to fight with her though. I was just going to take it, because I knew it would be for the best.

"Mitchie, can I talk to you?" a familiar voice asked, breaking the peaceful silence. I groaned. I guess it was only a matter of time. I turned toward the door and smiled lightly at the nervous look on his face.

"Come on in," I said, inviting Shane into the room. He looked at me and motioned for me to stand up. I rolled my eyes, but stood up regardless. Without warning, he took my face in his hands and pulled me to his lips. I stood there for a second, shocked that this was happening, but a few moments later, I responded by kissing him back. It wasn't full of passion like our kisses from the first night of camp, but it was filled with love and adoration for one another. I felt like I could fly. I slowly pulled away and looked up into his eyes.

"This doesn't change anything," I whispered.

"It should, don't you think?" he whispered back. I pulled out of reach from him and sat back on my bed.

"Shane, there are so many things we'd have to discuss before even considering a relationship," I said.

"Like?" he asked.

"Like, why you didn't tell me you and Peggy weren't really together. Like why, after all that I've put you through, you'd still want me," I said.

"I didn't tell you that Peggy and I weren't really together, because I didn't want you to know. Nobody knew and I didn't want you to know why I did it. I didn't want you to know that you were the reason I was using Peggy. It's shallow and immature and I didn't want you to know that was my reason. And as for why I still want you? It's because I love you. I have loved you since I heard your voice. I fell in love with you before I even knew you and I can't seem to fall out of love. I'm hooked. I lost you once and I have no intention of letting you go anytime soon. So if you aren't ready now, I'll wait for as long as possible," he said. I shouldn't have been crying at that point, but I was. I love him.

I stood up and wrapped my arms around him and buried my face in his chest and began sobbing. I was so overwhelmed by his affection that there wasn't anything else I could do. I felt his arms wrap around me and stroke my back as my sobs quickly turned into hiccups.

"If I were to say I was ready, what would you say?" I asked hesitantly.

"I would say, good. Because I want to have you move into my house whenever you're ready. I want to marry you someday soon. I want to have children with you; Allison and Shane Jr. and I want to find a new house with you someday when we're expecting our third child that I have yet to name," Shane said. I chuckled lightly.

"We're going to rethink those names, but I love the sound of that," I said.

"So what do you say Mitchie? Please be mine again?" he whispered. I bit my lip and looked at my feet.

"I'd love to say yes, but I'm just not ready yet," I said quietly. I felt my heart break a little as Shane let out a groan of defeat.

"Okay. Whatever you need Mitchie," he whispered and kissed my forehead. I wrapped my arms around him again and sighed.

Life sucked sometimes.

I know that so many of you are craving for the Smitchie goodness that we all so desperately need, but I'm not letting Mitchie cave so soon! Besides, the next chapter will be the Final Jam (and yes, Mitchie will sing, as I promised) and maybe, just maybe, some sparks will fly at the Final Jam ;)

Anyways, as I'm sure most of you have noticed, FanFiction has recently started cracking down on their M-rated stories and while it's going to take awhile, I don't like taking chances, so my old co-writer, Aden, and I will be reuniting to edit our old stories "One Year" and "The Final Year" and we decided that since we're going to be editing those, why not completely rewrite them? I know most of you have only known us since we started this account, but we actually started on my old account, which I will be deleting soon. I may repost some on this account, but the chances are slim. They're old and sadly immature, so I'm not sure if I should repost them, or just keep them in the past.

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