Author's Note! I got an anonymous review today, and it made me realize how unfair it was to keep this story unfinished. So, I logged onto my account, turned my iPod on shuffle, and started to write. Hopefully this is good enough, because I know there is no way that I can say how truly sorry I am for not updating. This is for anyone out there who is still reading this story and is actually enjoying it. I'm so grateful for you.

"Stupid, self-centered jerk. I can't believe I actually thought he had changed. He's still the same boy I met over the summer." Mitchie fumed to herself. It had been over two hours since she had seen Shane and Alexis lip-locked. In those two hours, she'd wandered the halls of the entire hotel and gone through every emotion ranging from depression to self-pity. She was now on anger.

Mitchie let out a loud groan as she slammed her back against the wall. Her legs gave out from under her and she slid to the floor. A few locks of her light brown bangs fell into her eyes, and she impatiently blew them out of the way. "I'm never dating again," She grumbled, pulling her knees up to her chest. She wrapped her arms around them and let her head fall onto her knees.

"Okay, whoever is making all this noise needs to-" A very distinctive female voice broke the silence of the hallway. She yanked her door open, letting her vibrant blue eyes scan the place. "Oh," She let out a surprised gasp. The girl lingered in her doorway for a few uncertain moments before she slowly made her over to the crying girl. "Um, are you okay?" She asked, placing a hand awkwardly on her shoulder.

"No," Mitchie mumbled into her knees.

"What . . . what's wrong?" Mitchie sniffed and sluggishly lifted her head. She wiped at her eyes to rid them of the tears. Suddenly, the comforting hand on her shoulder was snatched back by it's owner.

"Mitchie?" Mitchie turned her head and was surprised to see the familiar blonde head of Tess Tyler gawking at her.

"Tess?" The two girls jumped away from one another at the same time. An uncomfortable, stifling quiet followed as both girls fidgeted waiting for the other to say something first.

"Why were you crying?" Tess asked softly. Her gaze was staring fixedly down the hallway, her back facing Mitchie.

"What?" Mitchie furrowed her brow. Was Tess being . . . nice?

Tess let out an annoyed huff and turned back to face Mitchie.

"You were crying. Why?" Mitchie folded her arms across her chest and dropped her eyes to the floor. She lifted one shoulder in a noncommittal answer. After a few minutes, Tess started tapping her shoe and it was clear that Mitchie's answer was not sufficient.

"Shane," Was what she finally said. Tess clicked her tongue.

"What did he do now?" Mitchie was silent as she mulled over whether or not she should respond. What was Tess playing at? Why was she acting like she cared? Should she tell Tess what happened? It's not like Tess could make her feel any worse than she already did.

"He kissed Alexis." Even Tess, the queen of calm coolness, couldn't keep the shock from her face.

"Shane, your boyfriend, kissed Alexis, Nate's girlfriend?" Mitchie nodded. Tess narrowed her eyes, almost as if she were trying to figure out if Mitchie was telling the truth or not. Finally, Tess seemed to believe Mitchie. She grabbed Mitchie's arm and led her to her room. "Start from the beginning and tell me everything."

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Shane Grey paced her room anxiously. He raked a hand through his midnight black hair. What was he going to do? He couldn't tell Nate that Alexis kissed him, because he'd never believe him. And if he did tell Nate, then that meant that he'd have to tell Mitchie, and he really didn't want to do that.

A loud groan escaped his lips as he threw himself onto his bed. He covered his face with his hands and attempted to clear his thoughts. "Why does everything have to be so complicated?" He complained.

It would be so easy if he could just talk to Mitchie. She always knew exactly what to do. She helped him keep his head on and think straight. He would have felt better if she were here with him.

The one person he wanted talk to the most, was the one person he couldn't ever tell.

Another groan escaped his lips.

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"Wow, I can't believe he just let her kiss him," Tess said. She sat on her bed, her legs curled underneath her, while Mitchie recounted what had happen earlier that day.

"Yup, my boyfriend's a lying, cheating jerkface." Mitchie was lounging in a chair across the room. Once again, she had her legs pulled up to her chest and was resting her head against her knees.

"That just doesn't sound like Shane." Tess trailed off. Mitchie glared in Tess's direction. "Well, I mean, sure he can be a jerk a lot of the time. And maybe he does lie every once and awhile, but you shouldn't be complaining about that." Mitchie's glare hardened. Tess grinned back before quickly growing somber again. "But, Shane would never cheat on you. He cares about you too much. Trust me."

Mitchie's eyes darted across the room as she let those words sink in. She let out a long, slow breath before lifting her eyes back up to Tess's face.

"Alright, so what should I do?" Mitchie paused. She stared into Tess's eyes. "What would you do?" Tess raised her brow questionably.

"Do you want to know what you should do, or what I would do?"

Mitchie bit her lower lip as she thought over her options. If she reacted in the way that she usually would, then Shane would apologize and everything would go back to normal. If she reacted in the way Tess would, Shane would be begging her to take him back and he would promise to never do anything like that again. Mitchie was pretty sure that if she did things Tess's way, then Shane wouldn't ever cheat on her again. Mitchie's lips twisted up in a surprised smirk.

"What would you do?" Tess's grin returned to her face, but this time it was much bigger than before.

"Alright, now we're talking."

Authors Note! I know this chapter wasn't exactly that great. But, hopefully all you lovely readers will be so happy that I updated that they won't really mind that this story is crap. Sorry this chappie didn't have any Nate in it. I promise what Tess is doing is going to be important for the story and led to the moment where Tess and Nate get together.