A/N: Okay, people, here's the next chapter. At least it didn't take as long to update this time! :P Thank you to Jaymee and Fae for helping me out/giving me feedback. Love you guys (: Hehehe.
Disclaimer: I don't own WOWP or CR, if I did, I'd be rich and famous and stuff and probably wouldn't be writing this ;)
Normal POV
Shane smiled. "Well, Mitchie, have you been here before?"
Mitchie grinned and shook her head. "Nope, I'm kinda here looking for a friend. We just flew in last night and we'll be here for a few days. Have you been here before?"
"Nah, but I've heard they have awesome ketchup."
"So you heard too huh?" she giggled.
"Well, are you here with anyone?"
"Just my friend's brother. I'm here with her family for a while," Mitchie explained, not wanting to go too in depth for fear of getting upset. She looked down at her feet, seeming uncomfortable, then looked up at Shane and smiled. "Are you here with anyone?"
Shane nodded, "Yep. My brothers and… a friend of ours. Hey, do you want to sit with us? You can invite your friend's brother too."
"Ah, that's sweet but I have to go… look around."
His face fell, so Mitchie quickly took a pen and sticky note from her purse. "But here," she said, jotting ten digits down, "is my number."
Mitchie smiled, grabbed her and Justin's order, and walked out the door.
Shane smiled widely as he brought the napkins back to the table.
"I saw you and that girl talking, Shane. Sooo…" Alex said, raising her eyebrows up and down.
"Sooo what?" Shane grinned, "Sooo she gave me her number."
Alex clapped her hands together, "Aww, Shane, that's awesome! What's her name?"
"Mitchie," Shane blushed and looked down at his hands.
"Looks like someone's got a crush," Alex joked in a sing-song tone.
"So what? It's not like you and my brother aren't always thinking about each other. Whenever you're gone, you're like all he talks about."
She quickly looked down and blushed, but smiled and wrinkled her nose. "Really?" she questioned. Shane nodded, and Alex grinned even wider.
She looked up and saw Nate and Jason walking back to the table, food in hands. Alex smiled and shifted in her seat, suddenly interested in playing with her fingers.
Nate sat down next to her so that she was in between him and Frankie. To Frankie's left was Shane, to Shane's left was Jason, and to Jason's left was Nate.
After several minutes of awkward silence, Alex decided to run through a list of names in her head.
Anna, Ally, Amy, Amanda, Alisha… she rejected the possibility of each one being her name while slowly chewing a French fry. Alaina…nope.
"So I never asked you guys, but do either of you have jobs?" Alex resorted to more awkward conversation. It was better than awkward silence.
Jason nodded, "Yeah, we're in a band… called Connect 3. I'd ask if you've heard of it but you probably don't know."
She wrinkled her nose and smiled, "Nope, never heard of it… well, I probably have actually. So where do you play? Or is your band just for fun?"
"No, our band is pretty serious," Shane chuckled, "We go on tour for a month every summer and play some shows here and there when we can."
"Wow so you're famous?"
"I like to think of us as rising talents… but yeah, I guess," Shane laughed.
Alex laughed and rolled her eyes. "Yeah," she giggled, "okay."
The next day, Mitchie woke up to the hot sun beating on her face. Rolling out of bed to close the curtains, Mitchie slowly made her way to her phone on its charger. She had two new messages. One was from Teresa telling her they had already left to look around for Alex but that they had left some money on the nightstand for breakfast.
She smiled when she read the next text.
morning! how are ya? this is shane, btw. :)
Mitchie brushed several strands of hair behind her ear and replied.
good morning to you too. :D im pretty good. missing one of my friends, but im good. howsa goin with you?
She smiled even wider when she set her phone on the dresser and got dressed. Shane seemed like an awesome guy, which was rare for boys around his age. Mitchie pulled on a pastel pink sundress and a wide white belt. She did her usual makeup and straightened her dark hair. She looked over to her nightstand when she heard her phone vibrating.
im good. just woke up and im eating breakfast. anyways, are you busy 2nite?
Mitchie was grinning so widely that it almost ached.
nope! well, ill be free around 5:30. :) why?
She felt her heart skip a beat when she read his message back.
you wanna hang out tonight around 6?
After pulling on some white flip flops Mitchie replied.
sounds good. where should we meet?
For some reason Mitchie found what should be the most uncomfortable shoes comfortable. She had no idea where she acquired the trait, but she didn't mind it. She enjoyed being able to wear adorable shoes without the pain of pinching or sore feet.
let's meet at the burger place we were just at and well figure it out from there
Mitchie grabbed a pale pink tote and woke Justin up.
see you there. :)
"You ready to go?" she pried for the thirtieth time since she woke Justin up.
He nodded, and she sighed dramatically. "Finally!"
"What's got you so excited, Shane?" Alex asked, amused with Shane's sudden frenzy to tidy up before 5:30.
"I have a date with Mitchie tonight," he admitted awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck. This wasn't normal for Shane, he was usually the confident and outgoing guy who would laugh at behavior like this.
"Ooooh," she grinned, "you must really like this girl."
Shane gave a confirming nod and held up two shirts to his torso. "Which of these works best for, like, a walk on the beach?"
Alex giggled. "Definitely the grey tee-shirt." She pursed her lips and looked at the jeans on his bed that were ready to be worn. "But don't wear those," she referred to the denim pants on the mattress, "wear shorts if you're gonna be walking on the beach."
He nodded and immediately turned his attention back to getting ready. The Shane Gray was terrified for a date with a girl he just met.
"Trust me, you'll be fine," Alex raised her eyes and giggled at his sudden insecurity. She walked with him to the front door and gave him a quick hug before he departed, one hand fiddling with the keys in his pocket.
Alex turned and walked down the stairs to the basement. She turned the corner to find Nate and Frankie leaning over a small wooden box.
"What's that?" she asked them, placing her hand on Frankie's shoulder.
Both boys turned to her and smiled.
"Well, we were going through storage looking for some old CD's and found this box. I guess it belonged to our great grandmother and everyone forgot it was there," Nate gestured to it.
The box had small flowers carved into the top, a rose in the center of the polished wood lid, which was set next to the container. The inside was lined with royal blue velvet, and it contained four items. A small silver ring with a deep blue stone in the setting, a white handkerchief embroidered with the initials MCA, a journal with a brown leather cover and aging yellow tinted pages, and a tiny fabric doll with curly blonde hair and painted green eyes.
Letting out a deep breath that she'd realized she was holding, Alex stared at the objects. Frankie broke the sudden silence by claiming that he was hungry. She smiled and walked him upstairs into the kitchen, while Nate followed with the box in his hand and sat at the counter.
"What are you hungry for, sir?" Alex smiled.
"A ham sandwich!" he declared thoughtfully.
"And what would you like on said sandwich?"
"Ham, mayonnaise, lettuce, two squirts of mustard, and… tomato," Frankie said proudly.
Alex opened the fridge and placed the ingredients on the counter.
There were no sliced tomatoes, so she pulled out a fresh one and a knife and began slowly cutting into it until there was half of a tomato left.
Nate was looking through his great grandmother's box when he heard Alex hissing through her teeth and a knife dropping to the floor.
She clutched her left thumb as blood quickly trickled down, threatening to drip off of her wrist. Nate hurriedly grabbed several paper towels and, without thinking, grasped her wrist and pressed the towels to her wound. He pulled some disinfectant from the cabinet and wrapped a small bandage around the cut, since it wasn't as big as it was deep.
Alex blushed at the contact and weakly said, "Thanks."
"Does it still hurt?" Nate asked, seeming worried.
"A little, but I think it'll be okay," she smiled, looking into his eyes, and repeating, "Thanks."
"No problem," he replied breathlessly.
She smiled and jokingly raised her eyebrows at him, staring at his hand still gripping her wrist. He quickly dropped at and rubbed the back of his neck, a goofy smile on his face.
Both kept staring into the others' eyes, though.
Until Frankie loudly cleared his throat, and Alex went back to making his sandwich.
A/N: Well, there it is! Hope you liked it, don't forget to review. Because you know I love your feedback ^_^