A/N: Wow. I can't believe how many people have responded to this. I am so glad you like it. As promised, here's the next chapter. Thanks for reading!

-Kadence

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Chapter 3

"Miss. Torres?" Mr. Davison said. "We're ready for you."

"Good luck," Shane said.

"You boys might as well join us," Mr. Davison said. "This involves you too."

"Oh, now you've done it Shane," Nate said. "Your little outburst probably just got us fired."

"Uncle Brown, you don't think I..." Shane asked.

"Both of you boys relax," Brown said. "I'm sure everything is fine. Let's just see what's going on."

"Have a seat," Mr. Davison said. "First of all, no boys, you are not fired. We're certainly not letting go of our most successful artists."

"See?" Brown said, as relief splashed across Nate and Shane's faces. Jason apparently hadn't been at all concerned.

"Especially for doing something like sticking up for our newest artist," Mr. Davison added.

"You mean?" Mitchie began.

"Yes, Miss. Torres," Elliot said. "Lava Records has a three album deal for you. You'll begin writing and recording immediately, and you will be the opening act for Connect Three's upcoming tour."

"Oh my God, thank you," Mitchie said.

"We all agree that you are going to do very well here," Mr. Davison said.

"And Miss. Torres, I do believe I owe you an apology. I think I was border-lining on the disrespectful with you, and I don't think you deserved that," Elliott said. "It was a very noble thing you did, stepping up to become your niece's guardian, and I want you to know that we will make sure you have adequate childcare for her when you're here working, and on the road."

"Thank you," Mitchie said.

"Brown, we are planning on having Miss. Torres work very closely with your boys, so we were hoping you would consider coming on as her manager," Mr. Davison said.

"Absolutely," Brown said immediately. "You've made an amazing discovery in this girl, and I would be delighted to work with her."

"Excellent," Mr. Davison said. "So, Miss. Torres, this is your contract. Brown will go over it with you so you understand everything. You can bring it back here, signed, later on and you'll get started working tomorrow. Things are going to be happening very quickly for you my dear; I hope you're ready."

"I am most definitely ready," Mitchie said. "Thank you all so much. I won't let you down."

"We know you won't," Elliott said.

Mitchie shifted Sky so she could shake hands, but the baby wasn't in the mood to cooperate.

"I can take her for you," Brown offered.

"Thanks," Mitchie said, handing the baby to her new manager.

With her hands free she went around to shake everyone's hands. She reached Elliott last.

"I meant what I said," Elliott said. "I shouldn't have judged you earlier. You are going to do great things with us. And I'm just glad that boy over there made me realize it."

"Thank you," Mitchie said, shaking his hand as she looked over at Shane smiling.

"Take your time going over everything and have them show you around," Mr. Davison said. "Just drop this by my office later and we'll be ready to get to work."

"Thank you again, for everything," Mitchie said. "I can't believe this is all happening."

"Believe it, sweetheart. Success is yours for the taking," Mr. Davison said.

He then left the room, leaving Mitchie with Connect Three and Brown, holding Sky.

"Wow," Mitchie said. "This is amazing."

"Congratulations," Brown said, handing Sky back to her. "You earned it."

"Thanks," Mitchie said.

"So, shall we get started?" Nate asked, ever the businessman.

"Actually, um, I'm kind of hungry," Mitchie said. "I was too nervous to eat this morning. And I need to feed Sky too."

"I'm hungry too," Jason said.

"I could eat," Shane said.

"Alright boys," Brown said. Let's go eat. Mitchie, we can go over the contract while we're eating and then we'll give you a tour of the studio when we get back."

"Hey Brown, Big Man's not here," Nate said. "Maybe we should avoid any trips out without security."

"We can go back to my sist...my house," Mitchie offered. "It's only 15 minutes from here and I've got plenty of food."

The group quickly agreed that that was the best idea, so Mitchie started to pack up the diaper bag.

"See you in a few," Mitchie said, picking up Sky's carrier, having buckled her in.

"Can I help you walk out?" Shane offered.

"That'd be great," Mitchie said. "Would you mind taking the diaper bag?"

"Sure," Shane said, picking up the bag. "Actually, can I get a ride with you? I mean, I could keep you company."

"That'd be nice, thank you," Mitchie said.

"Someone's got a crush," Nate said quietly to Jason.

**********

"Wow, this is a nice house," Shane said, as Mitchie pulled into the long driveway.

"Thanks," Mitchie said. "It was my sister's. I didn't want to uproot Sky so I moved in here. So I guess it's mine now."

"Haven't even recorded your first single and you're already in Bel Aire," Shane said with a laugh as they got out of the car.

"Yeah, that's kind of weird," Mitchie said.

"Oh, it gets weirder," Shane said.

"Why?" Mitchie asked.

"See that fence back there, all the way at the end of your backyard?" Shane asked.

"Yeah," Mitchie said, confused.

"On the other side of it is our backyard," Shane said. "Nate, Jason, and I bought that house behind you a few months ago."

"Wow," Mitchie said. "That is weird. I guess we won't ever have to go far to work together."

"Hey, we're here," Jason called, walking through the open gate into the backyard. "Hey, isn't that our yard?"

"Mitchie and I were just talking about that," Shane said. "Yeah, we're neighbors."

"That is so funny," Jason said.

"Come on in," Mitchie said, opening the back door. "My mom brought over some food for me the other day, she's a caterer so she's an awesome cook. Any objections to lasagna? I've got a pan in the fridge that just needs about 30 minutes in the oven."

"Lasagna sounds great. Especially home-cooked," Nate said. "Does anybody know when the last time we had a home-cooked meal was?"

"Not since Shane's parents visited almost two months ago and his mom cooked," Jason replied.

"Wow," Mitchie said. "Well now we know we're neighbors, that won't be a problem. My mom's always bringing food and I cook too."

"Awesome," Shane said, excitedly.

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"That was so good," Jason said again as the boys loaded the dishwasher for Mitchie while Mitchie gave Sky her bottle and went over the contract with Brown.

"You guys can leave that, really," Mitchie said. "I can do it later."

"It's not a problem," Nate insisted. "We don't mind helping clean up our mess."

"So I am under contract to release three albums with Lava?" Mitchie asked.

"Yes," Brown said. "You'll get an initial signing bonus now and in a week or so you'll get an advance for your first album. You'll get paid bonuses once the album is released, depending upon its success, plus royalties for each album sold and song played on the radio."

"Wow," Mitchie said.

"Because you write your own material, you will maintain ownership of all of your songs, whether you write something for yourself, or a song that another artist records," Brown said. "The label will be responsible for marketing you and since the studio is the label's building, there won't be any fees for studio time. I know this is a lot to take in, but I promise, I will be there for you every step of the way, and I know the boys will be there to help too."

"Thanks," Mitchie replied.

By then, Mitchie was pretty comfortable with everything in the contract itself, so she signed her name, dated it, and put it back in the manila envelope to drop by Mr. Davison's office when they returned to the building.

**********

Mitchie had returned to Lava with the boys and gotten a full tour of the building later that day. That night, she'd stopped by her parents and told them the good news. They were both so excited for her, but they had some news of their own.

They'd informed her that they had decided to get away for a while, hoping that being out of California would help them get over the loss of their older daughter. While Mitchie was glad they'd found their own way to deal, since she had her music, she was a little hurt that they would leave when they'd just promised they'd be there for her. Of course she couldn't say that to them though. When she left that night, she hugged and kissed both her parents and told them to enjoy their trip.

After she put Sky down for the night, Mitchie cried herself to sleep in her room. Despite her happiness because of the record deal, Mitchie couldn't help but feel abandoned. Tomorrow was her first day of writing and recording. And now she really was on her own with Sky.

She just hoped that she could do it...

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews and alerts. Please continue to let me know what you think. And if anyone has any ideas, I'm open to them as well.

Kadence