It Starts With Goodbye
Chapter 13
Squirrels and Smart Moments
Apologies again for the update delay with the last chapter (coff LAURAS FAULT coff) lol, so the quick update is just our way of saying sorry!
'No Mitchie, you hang up first!' Shane said into the phone, while Nate and Jason rolled their eyes.
That was his third time to tell her to hang up.
'You know what?' Nate said, standing up. 'Why don't I just hang up first?'
And with that, he whipped the phone from Shane's hand, said 'Bye Mitchie,' hung up, and slammed it onto the table.
'Why'd you do that?' Shane asked, outraged.
'Well, basically, you've spent the past week on the phone telling Mitchie to hang up first, and then, you get off the phone, and tell us every single thing Mitchie's just said, including, but not limited to, what she had for breakfast, what colour scrunchie she's wearing, and what time she started practicing her new song at. Oh,' Nate said, obviously not finished, but pausing for breath. 'And then you start complaining about not being allowed tell her about LA week, when we never said you couldn't!'
'Yeah!,' Jason cried, from his corner of the room.
Shane looked form one to the other.
'I can't tell her about LA week,' he said, exasperated.
'Here we go again,' Jason said.
'And why not?' Nate asked him.
'We're not stopping you!' Jason added.
'Well thank you, Captain Obvious, for pointing that one out to me!' Shane said sarcastically.
'You welcome,' Jason smiled.
Shane just rolled his eyes.
'I want it to be a surprise,' he told the two. 'It'll be mid-term break, so she'll have no problems with school or anything, but I really just wanna surprise her.'
'Might I suggest,' Nate said slowly, as if talking to a young child. 'That you call Mitchie's mom, and talk to her about all this LA week "Surprise" bull your going on about.'
'Its not bull,' Shane defended. 'And, well, eh, I don't really think calling Connie would be such a great idea...'
He didn't elaborate, but that didn't stop Nate from asking him why.'
'Well...' Shane said, thinking back a week, to when he'd kissed Mitchie, and those two girls...What were they called? Lauren and Nora?
Well, anyway, they just stood there, as if they expected him to stop kissing her.
But Shane hadn't planned on stopping anytime soon.
A cough.
That was all it took for Mitchie to step back from him.
So abruptly that Shane, who was still dizzy from the rush of adrenalin that kissing Mitchie had brought him, had to grab onto the nearest thing to him, just to keep him upright.
Unfortunately, his eyes had still been closed, and the nearest thing to him had been Mitchie's mom.
'Oh, eh, hi, Mrs Torres,' Shane stammered.
'Shane,' she smiled at him, not unkindly. 'We haven't heard from you in quite some time.'
'Oh, well, eh.'
He tried to think of something to say, but was lost for words.
It wasn't as easy to bare his heart and soul to Connie Torres as it had been to share with her daughter.
A knock on the door caused Shane to stop stuttering.
Mitchie opened it, embarrassment visible in every movement.
There, standing on the step, were the other members of Connect 3: Nate with his hand pressed to his forehead: Jason wearing something resembling a birdhouse on his head, dancing along to a mini-Mcfly radio - The kind McDonalds were always dumping on people.
'I'm walking home.'
That was the first thing Nate had to say.
Shane wanted to get out, now that Connie had arrived, but he was strangely rooted to the spot.
He didn't want it to end - Him and Mitchie's time together.
Nate, noticing this, took a step forward.
'Leave,' he said, under his breath, so it was nothing more than a growl. 'Now.'
'Oh, hi Mitchie!' Jason said cheerfully, noticing her for the first time. 'What are you doing here?'
'I live here Jase.'
Nate made to smack him on the head, but hit the birdhouse instead.
'Owwww!' he yelled, but immediately regretted it, when he had to clutch his head in both hands.
'I'll be in the limo. Don't-' he turned to Jason. '-Follow me.'
And he stalked off, pulling out his phone as he went.
'Oh. My. God. Is that a...Birdhouse?' Jason barely dared say the last word, as if it was sacred. He was pointing at Mitchie's mom.
It was only then that Shane noticed what Connie was holding: A huge birdhouse.
'Yeah, Jason. it is!' She looked enthusiastic. 'Do you like birdhouses?'
'Do I like birdhouses?' he scoffed. 'I love them.'
'Oh, well then let me show you the one Mitchie's dad made me last summer. Its just out here.'
And she walked out the front door, Jason following closely behind.
Shane knew, although she disapproved of the fact that he hadn't called Mitchie, this was Connie's way of letting them say goodbye in private.
He stepped towards her.
She looked up at him form under those sooty black eyelashes.
'So...' she said, eyes blazing.
'So...' Shane repeated, before cupping her face in his hands and kissing her.
It was short - He knew her mom was nearby - But it was enough.
He just wanted something to remember her by.
'So, are you just gonna go back to Hollywood and not call again?' she asked, although she was smiling.
'No,' he said simply. 'Definitely not.'
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'So her mom caught you making out. She obviously doesn't mind if she left you alone together,' Nate said, snapping Shane back to reality.
'Yeah, I guess.' He didn't sound convincing though.
'Look, Shane,' Jason said, coming to stand beside him. 'The way I see it, you have two choices. You either want LA week to be a surprise or not. So either you tell Mitchie, so she can ask her mom and dad, or you call Mrs Torres. Its up to you.'
'When did you turn smart?' Nate asked, but Jason ignored him, and turned instead to Shane.
'So - What's it gonna be?'
'Well, your apparently smart. Why don't you just decide?'
'Sorry,' Jason said. 'I'm only allowed have, like, one smart moment every two years, so I ca...Oohhh, a squirrel!'
And he ran outside to stare at the tree the squirrel had just vacated.
So what do you guys want to happen next? We'd love to hear your thoughts!
"O--k--la ho ma, where the wind come's-"
Sorry, its the musical we're doing in November and the songs are STUCK IN MY HEAD!
I actually WOKE UP singing them this morning!
And I have to go back into school 2mrw, and sit through them for ANOTHER 4 hours!
Give me something to make me happy, and review! I'm sure it'll make Laura happy too! She's grounded this weekend, so lets try make her smile!
And besides, the next update depends on her, so if you want this story finished before Christmas (Which I do!), then you'll want to keep her happy!
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