Chapter 6

"She's my WHAT?!" Shane yelled

"She's your daughter." Mitchie repeated "Please Shane calm down."

"No I won't calm down. I just found out I've had a daughter for the past four years. I'm not going to calm down. Why the Hell wouldn't you tell me?" He continued to yell as he began to pace the kitchen.

"Because Shane, things were just so complicated when I found out, and I was freaking out as it was. It's not like I could turn to you to lean on anymore. You were off trying to replace me, replace us and what we were. What was I supposed to do? I would have seemed like a very jealous, needy, desperate to get her boyfriend back ex-girlfriend. You are so DAMN frustrating." Mitchie screamed as she ran out of the kitchen in tears.

As she ran upstairs in tears everyone looked at her in sympathy. They had heard everything. Everyone was glad that Serena had gone up to her room to play. After a stunned moment Connie ran upstairs to prevent Serena from bothering Mitchie. She didn't want Serena to get yelled at by accident. Right after Connie went upstairs, Shane walked out of the kitchen completely stunned and furious.

"Hey dude, go after her, but this time don't yell at her ok." Jason said in a stern friend voice.

"Jason's right, go and talk to her. Don't yell, talk." Nate said in agreement.

"Fine, but I just wish she would have told me right away. And why didn't you two tell me huh?" Shane said as he sighed in frustration.

"We didn't tell you because she had asked us not to, and it was her place to tell you, not us." Nate said

"Fine I'll go talk to her." Shane said as he headed upstairs to Mitchie's room.

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Mitchie layed on the bed crying her eyes out. She knew he was going to mad, but the look in his eyes was so painful, so hurt. She just felt so guilty for not telling him. She crawled underneath the blankets and curled into a ball, and just cried even harder. A few minutes later she heard a knock on the door.

She groaned and then in the best voice she could muster yelled "GO AWAY!" Apparently who ever was at the door didn't listen. They had walked in anyway. They got under the covers, and just held Mitchie trying to calm her down. As soon as Mitchie felt calm enough, she looked up to see who it was. When she saw it was Shane she began to cry again. He just pulled her even closer.

"I'm sorry Mimi. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It's just really hurt to know that I couldn't or wouldn't tell me. I know I shouldn't have pushed you away, but it was so hard living without you." He took a deep breathe and sighed then he continued. "I was just afraid of loosing you, and then when it did happen, I became lost. You could even ask Nate and Jason, I was destroyed. Everytime we would come close to your town, or when we were and went past your old house I would just lose it. I was afraid of doing a show here, and then Nate and Jason finally convinced me to do one. They said that maybe I would be able to see you again. I got excited and scared. Unfortunately the scared part took over, and made me kind of lash out. I hope you can one day forgive me. I know what you did had to have been for a good reason. So I'm going to ask nicely this time, and hope you'll give me an explanation or something." Shane said with a hopeful look in his eyes.

"I know Shane. Nate and Jason explained everything to me, and the more you pushed me away, made it worse. It just made it even harder for me to tell you, and when your career took off I knew you would give it up for Serena and me. I didn't want you to do that. Now look at you, you're a pop star."

"That would be rock star." he chimed in.

"Whatever. Anyway I didn't want you to give up your dream. You deserved better then that. I was going to tell your parents about Serena, but I decided not to. I did make videos of everything, and took thousands of pictures. I marked the date on each one. I even had pictures taken of me during the pregnancy. Shane, I'm not going to say I forgive you, but I will tell you that I love you. I have never stopped loving you; I was just very hurt by you. And don't worry Serena knows that your her dad. I've already explained it to her. I told her that you were in an accident and you didn't remember her being born or anything, and that when you saw each other I had to talk to you first. She had to wait for me to tell her it was ok for her to call you daddy to your face and all. You've missed a lot Shane." Mitchie finally stopped and then snuggled into his arms. She missed this for the past 4 years.

They layed there in each others arms in silence for a while. They just wanted to enjoy each others company, and to the both of them it was home.

"We should get going down stairs. It's almost 11 and our breakfast is getting cold." Shane said breaking the silence and getting off of the bed.

"Oh why do you only have one picture/poster of me alone, and you have a bunch of Nate and Jason?" Shane asked curiously as he watched Mitchie get out of bed, and freshen herself up a bit in the mirror.

"Because I was mad at you, but the one I do have is the only one that I thought was the best of you ever, and besides in all of my other pictures of you no one recognizes you. That's the only one where you look like you do now." She said as she turned around to face him.

When they got downstairs they heard everyone laughing in the living room. When they entered everyone stopped laughing, and looked at them. Mitchie gave a small smile and nodded. No sooner did she do that did Serena come running up to Shane yelling "DADDY!" Shane scooped her up and swung her around. As he did so she giggled with happiness. Shane never thought that hearing that sound of happiness would make him so happy. After a few minutes of explaining that they had worked some things out, but not all; Mitchie and Shane went to finish their breakfasts.

By 1:00 p.m. the boys had all freshened up, taken their showers, and were all packed and ready to go. They had to be on the road soon so they could get a good night's sleep in the hotel before the interviews tomorrow. The boys would be announcing what their plans were for after the tour, which was ending in about 3 weeks or so.

"In about an hour we're going to be leaving. You know that right?" Shane said to Mitchie.

"Yeah I know. You know that just because we talked about a few things doesn't mean I'm not mad at you anymore. I'm still mad the only difference is that we are now on talking terms." She replied.

"I know. The fact that I get to hear your voice again makes me happy."

"Well why don't you go and play with our daughter before you leave. Don't worry about informing your parents I'll do it. Unless of course you want to tell them together?" Mitchie said as she tip toed a little to give him a peck on the cheek.

Shane did as he was told. He wasn't sure how to be a father, but he did know one thing he would follow his heart. Mitchie and he had made a promise to be together forever and he planned on marrying her one day. He planned on proposing after her senior year when they were young, but then everything happened and all of those dreams were gone. Now he can fulfill it once again.

'Maybe I'll propose before the end of senior year' Shane thought to himself.

Sorry it took so long guys. I hope you liked it. I do have Chapter 7 in the making. I'm going to be typing it while I write it so then it won't take so long with my busy schedule. Since I have half days for the next week due to finals I'll be able to get it up faster. Please review and tell me what you think.