A/N I DON'T OWN ANYTHING! I forgot to mention in the last chapter that the song I used was Family Portrait by Pink and that I don't own that either.

Mitchie and her father headed inside and Mitchie went to her room to do her homework. During that time she heard the doorbell ring. She ignored it figuring her father would get it and knew that it wouldn't be for her. She finished up her homework and went into the kitchen in search of some dinner. Then she heard a strange noise coming from her father's room. She went over and knocked on the door.

"Dad are you ok in there?"

She got no answer. She opened the door and gasped. Her eyes filled with tears as she started to shake.

"Dad how could you?"

Her father turned to her in surprise. He was in bed with the same women that he was with at the school. They were both naked. It was very clear what just happen.

"Mitchie this isn't what it looks like."

"Oh yeah then please explain it to me?"

"She kissed me."

"Dad this isn't high school. You are a grown man. You wanted it just as much as she did,"

"Mitchie this isn't as bad as it seems."

"You cheated on Mom how is that not bad?"

"Your mom doesn't know."

"Yeah but I know."

"You're not going to tell her are you? You know if you tell her we will break up and get a divorce. You don't want that. You have to keep my secret Mitchie for the good of this family."

Mitchie just ran back into her room. She slammed her door shut and curled up in the corner crying. She knew she had to tell her mother but them getting a divorce a scared her to death. She stayed in her room crying her eyes out all alone.

About an hour later Shane and Connie came back inside. Something already felt wrong to Shane. He had this gut feeling something was wrong.

"Steve where is Mitchie?" Connie asked as he came out of the bedroom fully dressed.

"In her room. She locked herself in there and won't come out."

"Why what's wrong?" Shane asked.

"How should I know?"

"What did you do Steve?"

"Nothing."

Shane went off to Mitchie's room. His heart broke as he saw her curled into a ball crying her eyes out. He could tell she had been crying for a long time because of how puffy and red her eyes were. He rushed to her side.

"Baby what's wrong?" he touched her shoulder.

She pulled away whimpering trying to hide herself in the wall.

"Baby please tell me. It's Shane. What's the matter?"

"Shane?" she whimpered her voice barely there.

"It's me baby. It's ok now I'm here."

Mitchie reached out to him and he took her into his arms and held her close. She cried into his chest clinging to him tightly.

"Don't leave me. Don't leave me!" she cried.

"I'm not going anywhere baby girl. Shhhh just calm down."

Shane rubbed her back and started to sing to her. She calmed down. He kissed her head.

"Can you tell me what made you so upset?"

"I don't know what to do." She whimpered.

"About what?"

"My dad."

"What about him?"

"He's….He is….My dad he's…."

"Come on baby you can tell me anything you know that."

"My dad is cheating on my mom. I saw him in bed with another women while you guys were out. But I don't know if I should tell my mom or not because then they will get a divorce and I don't want them to get a divorce."

"Baby…a divorce is what they need through. Forcing them to stay together is going to make things worse. They will continue to fight and yell at each other and that's not good for anyone. Plus your mom will found out at some point. How do you think she will feel if she finds out you knew and didn't tell her."

"I'm scared Shane I can't hurt my mom like that. What if she blames me?"

"She isn't going to blame you because it's not your fault."

"I'm scared Shane."

"What is scaring you the most right now?"

"Them getting a divorce."

"Why does that scare you so much?

"One of the kids at my school her parents got a divorce then her mom remarried right away and the guy is a total jerk. He hits them and stuff. I don't want to go through that."

"Mitchie your mom is smart. She will not get with some guy just because she can. She will look out for you and do what is best for both of you. That's a promise."

"Promises can easily be broken Shane."

"You're right. A swear isn't so easy to break though. I swear to you on my music career and my life that everything will work out just fine and you and your mom will be happy."

"I love you."

"I love you baby girl. Are you ready to talk to your mom?"

"Only if you stay with me when I do."

"Of course. I'll be right back."

Shane got up and left the room. He found Connie in the kitchen.

"Mrs. Torres Mitchie would like to speak with you."

Connie stopped what she was doing and followed Shane into Mitchie's room. Shane closed the door and sat behind Mitchie holding her close. "Just tell her what you told me baby. You can do it."

"Mom, dad is…dad is…" Mitchie took a deep breath preparing herself to stab her mother in the heart. "Dad is cheating on you."

"What?"

"I saw him in bed with another woman while you and Shane were out. He was with the same women at school today too."

"Mitchie are you sure that's what you saw?"

"They were both in bed naked together."

Connie sighed. "Ok, thank you for telling me baby I know it wasn't easy. Why don't you and Shane got down to the park for a while. I want to speak to your father."

Shane and Mitchie stood up. They walked out with Connie behind them. Steve stopped them in the kitchen.

"What's going on?"

"Mitchie and I are going over to the park."

"Why?"

"Because we want to." Shane answered.

"Dad please just let us go." Mitchie said softly.

"You told them didn't you?"

Mitchie hid herself behind Shane, for the first time in her life she was scared of her father.

"Yes, Steve she did. Now before we talk I want Mitchie and Shane out of here so they don't have to hear us fighting." Connie said.

"Fine."

Mitchie and Shane left house and went over to the park. They sat down on the swings again.

"Want me to push you?" Shane asked.

She shook her head.

"What do you want?"

She only shrugged her shoulders.

Shane was getting worried. Why wasn't she speaking?

"Please speak to me Mitchie. I want to help you."

Mitchie didn't say anything.

Shane sighed. "Can I do anything?"

Finally she nodded.

"What? Just name it and I'll do it."

Mitchie got up from her swing and went over to Shane. She sat on his lap. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her legs up over his. Using his feet he gently rocked them back and forth. He rubbed her back as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"Sing…" a soft scared voice whispered.

Shane kissed her head and started to sing for her. Mitchie relaxed. There in that moment, in Shane's arms, rocking back and forth, as he sang to her, it was peace. All her worries and fear faded away as he sang. She was even happy for a few minutes. This was her favorite spot to be.

After a few moments of just sitting there holding her Shane finally spoke.

"Can you tell me what you're thinking?"

"It's all my fault. I ruined my parents marriage."

"Nothing is your fault Mitchie. You didn't tell your father to cheat. You didn't make them fight. It's not your fault."

"Are they going to get a divorce?"

"I think so. If someone cheats it usually ends in divorce."

"Shane I'm scared."

"I know you are but I promise I'm going to be by your side helping you through this."

"Thank you Shane."

"You're welcome."

Just then Mitchie's cell phone rang. She grabbed it and saw she had a text. It was from her mom.

"My mom says she wants us home. She needs to speak with us."

"Come on then. Let's go home."

Mitchie and Shane head back home. They had a bad feeling they knew what would happen when they went home.

A/N Mitchie's worst fear comes true and she finds just who her father is dating.