RECAP:

-Shane and Mitchie spent their last day together
-Shane gave Mitchie his special dogtag
-Mitchie left camp and is now returning home and going to school on monday (which is today in this chapter)

Note: Sorry but I was too lazy to write about Mitchie's last day of summer. I just wanted to skip to this chapter because I had some awesome ideas for it. Just in case you couldn't understand the last chapter, the last day of camp rock was a Saturday and Mitchie's last day of summer was the sunday after that so in this chapter, it is a monday which is Mitchie's first day of being a junior.

Back to the story:

! That was the sound on my alarm clock blaring in my face at 6:30 in the morning. Crap, I forgot today's my first day of being a junior. Ugh, why can't school start at noon? Then I'd get some sleep... I lazily get up and open my laptop next to me. I go to my itunes folder and look through my playlist. I click my 'controls' option and press 'shuffle'. It starts playing "California Girls" by Katy Perry. I then let my computer play its music while I walk to my bathroom and freshen up. I walk out of my bathroom to hear my computer changing songs. My emotions build up once I hear "your the voice I hear inside my head, the reason that I'm singing I need to find you, I gotta find you". The thought of Shane and all the moments we've had come back to me. I sit down at my table and look at myself in the mirror. I stare at the dogtag that Shane gave me. Today I will act more confident in school and show people who I really am. I put on a nice blu-ish gray blouse with tights and boots. I leave my hair down while a put a headband on. . (copy this into a new tab to see what mitchie is wearing) Lastly, I bring out Shane's dogtag and let it show on top of my blouse.
Once I finish getting ready I smile at my new self, turn off my computer and walk downstairs. "Oh morning honey." my mom says as I walk into the kitchen. "Hey mom." I reply. "Wow, nice outfit. I like it. You seem more confident." she says. I sit down as she brings me a plate of food. "Well yeah, I wanna re-invent myself." She smiles at me. "That's good. Well, eat up. Don't wanna be late for your first day."

Once I arrive at my school, I walk over to my locker - locker 238. I arrange my books on my shelf and prepare myself for my first class - history. Just as I am finishing, I hear people behind me. "Oh hey Masey." I turn around. "Oh. Hi to you too Ashley. By the way, it's Michelle aka Mitchie. But of course you know that." She and her little cheerleader posse just stare at me. "Uh huh. So uh, what did you do this summer? Sing karaoke all day to old folks at the retirement homes?" Her posse start giggling like that was a good joke. "Actually yes I did, and I unfortunately didn't see you in the audience." She then scowled at me.. like I cared. I chuckled. "Just kidding. I actually went to camp rock." She laughed. "Hah! Yeah right. Like you actually went to camp rock this summer. Oh, and let me guess, you met Connect 3 too and you're best friends!" she sarcastically said as she put her hand over her heart pretending to be amazed. Her posse started giggling even more. "Okay fine." I took my history book out of my locker then slammed it. "Look Ashley. I don't care if you don't believe anything I say. If I tell you I went to camp rock and you don't believe me, then fine. If I say I sang at the Final Jam with Shane Gray and you don't believe me, then that's fine too. Go ahead and live your life since you think it's way more glamorous than mine. Just remember that I have one special thing in my life that will always one-up you." I grin and walk to class as the first bell rings.

My morning went by nicely except for the part of telling my friends about my new boyfriend. Haha. I was in line in the cafeteria for food when I see my friends enter. They sit at our usual table and wave me over telling me to come over once I am finish. I order a BLT with a cookie and apple juice. As I step out of the line, I get startled as I come face-to-face with Ashley. "So, I've been thinking. If you really do know Connect 3, then I dare you to show me a picture or some kind of proof. Then I'll really know if you're telling the truth or just saying that to make your lame life seem cool." I scoff. "Uh I don't think so." I say as I try to walk around her. She follows and steps in front of me. "Excuse me, I'm talking to you." I don't answer and just stare at her. Then, she chuckles. "Oh I see. I was right. You don't have any proof whatsoever do you? Well, you think you can become little miss popular in just one day by saying you're close with the hottest band in the world? Well you can't, so save yourself the trouble and go back to your precious microphone." I give her a 'go-to-hell' look and bump her shoulder as I walk past her.

Shane's POV:

I knock on the door. I wait patiently outside for a few seconds before I see the door opening. "Oh hi Shane! It's so nice to see you!" Mrs. Torres greets me with a hug. "Hi Mrs. Torres. It's good to see you too." I reply. "Come in." she says. I walk in. "Thank you." She walks over to the dining table and sits down. "Have a seat." I walk over and sit down. "Thank you." I look around then back to the table. I notice the edges and wince as I remember Mitchie's story about hitting her head when that jackass Cody abused her. "So Shane, what brings you here?" I look at her and smile. "Well, first off all I'm sorry to barge in like this Mrs. Torres, but me and my band have this week off. And since today was Mitchie's first day at school, I decided to come over and ask if it's alright with you that I pick her up." She smiled at me. "Well that's very thoughtful Shane and yes, it's fine with me. I'll be honest with you, I really appreciate how kind you've been and how much you've been giving for my daughter. You know, I don't know if she's told you this, but her old boyfriend was just a disprespectful jerk to her and I'm so happy she's met you. Thank you." I nod at her. "Yes, she's told me everything and it's my pleasure. And I'll be honest with you too, I'm really fond of your daughter Mrs. Torres. I'm sorry if this is a big deal but I honestly like her and hope that you and Mr. Torres will give me permission to date her if you don't mind." She just stares at me then slowly a smile starts to form on her face. "You know what Shane? I already see you being part of our family. Mitchie's dad and I can tell how much you two like each other and don't worry about Mitchie's dad. We talked and he likes you. But I must warn you that if anything ever does happen, Mr. Torres might change his mind." I nod appreciatively. "Of course, Mrs. Torres. I understand and I promise nothing will ever happen to your daughter. I will always be there for her." Mrs. Torres then gets up and hugs me. I hug back, thankful that that's over. "Well, it's 2:10. Mitchie is in her last class. You better get going if you wanna pick up Mitchie." I nod. "Okay. Um, Mrs. Torres, I sorta don't know the way there." She laughs then starts to tell me where to go. "Alright, well after you get to the end of our street, turn left. Keep going until you reach Cedar Drive. Turn right and go around the city buildings. After that, make another right and then you'll see her high school. It's called West Ridge High. It has a big fountain in front of it with a statue of a bear. Can't miss it." I memorize the directions then nod. "Okay, thank you Mrs. Torres." I start to head out the door. "Your welcome, oh and Shane?" I turn around. "Call me Connie." I smile. "Alright, thanks Connie." I turn back around and head to my blue convertible mustang.

Mitchie's POV:

I ignore Ashley and her stupid posse for the rest of the day. I am in my last class now which is AP Spanish. I listen to Senora Rodriguez go on and on speaking the language. It's hard to concentrate when you know you have to go to school and your boyfriend is going to be spending this week just chilling and doing anything. "Mitchie, esta bien tu?" (mitchie, are you okay?) I nod my head and answer her back. "Si estoy bien. No es nada." (Yes, I'm okay. It's nothing.) She nods and continues doing what she's doing. I stare blankly into space for the next 40 minutes thinking. That's when I hear the bell ring. All of us students grab our bags and books and rush out of the room. I am exiting the classroom as I hear senora rodriguez yell, "No se olvide sus papeles debidos el miercoles!" (don't forget your papers due on wednesday!" I rush to my locker looking forward to walking home in peace. I grab my books and put them in my handbag then exits the doors. All the students are hanging out talking outside the school. I make my way down the stairs as some people stare at me and my new self. Then, I see Ashley making her way towards me, shoving 'unimportant' people out of the way. "So Mitchie. Your first day hasn't been going good so far considering how the whole school already thinks you're a worthless liar. Just admit that you don't know Connect 3 and give up." I stare at her. "I thought I already dealt with you..and exactly why would I want to do that?" "Because. You will never own 'my school' and steal my reputation." By now, a few people have gathered to see what was going on. "Look Ashley, I'm not interested in 'stealing' your reputation or whatver stupid thing you own. I have my own reputation and even if it's lame to some people, I don't care. All I know is that now, I intend to make this year count and keep your nosy, conceited self and your posse out of the way." Her expression becomes frustrated. "Excuse me?" she says. "You're excused." I say walking past her. She follows and stops in front of me. "Conceited? Alright listen Torres. No matter what you say or do this year will change anything. Me and my cheer team are still the hottest and most popular girls in the school so don't even think, about crossing the line with me. Your life will still be the same thing as last year - boring and worthless."

Just then, I hear a car honking really loud. All the students and I look over to see Shane rolling up the street in his blue convertible mustang with his aviator glasses on. Many students start talking and some girls start freaking out. "Hey Mitch!" he calls. He gets out of the car and walks over to the passenger side and leans against the door with his arms crossed. I start to smile as I realize now people are beginning to stare and start conversation. I look back at Ashley with a grin. "You wanna bet?" I says straight-up to her face as I walk past her. She stares at me and runs over to her posse as I head to my boyfriend. A lot of girls are screaming and freaking out trying to ask Shane for autographs and pictures. He signs a few of them and takes a few pics. A lot of guys are also talking to him making conversation. Once they see me walk over, they make way. Shane gets up from leaning on his car and walks closer to me. I see Ashley and her posse at the side of eye come closer to the car trying to hear and see everything. "Hey babe." Shane says as I come up to him and he gives me a kiss in front of the whole school. Ashley and her posse gasp amazed at what Shane just said and did. "What are you doing here?" I ask incredulously. "I thought you'd be in L.A. recording or just hanging out with Nate and Jason." He smiles at me. "Nope, I drove over by myself and went to your house to ask your mom if I could come pick you up." "Really? I hug him. Thank you!" He laughs. "Alright, well we better get going." I become confused. He grabs my hand as he turns around to open the passenger side door. "I wanna take you out." I smile at him as I get in his car. He closes the door then turns to the crowd. "Alright guys I'll see you soon! Thanks!" All the girls starting yelling 'bye' and 'i love you' while the guys just wave. I look back to see Ashley and her posse glaring angrily at me - most especially Ashley. I turn back around with a grin on. Shane gets into the seat next to me. "So, where's the frozen yogurt shop around here?" he asks as he puts on his seatbelt. He puts the key in and starts the engine. "Hmmm.. ooh! It's "Tuttimelon" down the street from my house!" Shane laughs. "Alright then. To tuttimelon!" I giggle at his weird-ness. He turns on his radio which starts playing "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas. I giggle as Shane starts to sing along while driving. As soon as the school is almost out of sight, he starts to dance in his seat. ""Haha stop that! You're embarrassing me!" I say while jokingly hitting him on the shoulder. He looks surprised at me. "I'm embarrassing you? Well I had no idea!" he joked sarcastically. I giggled again. "No, I'm just kidding. You definitely weren't a few minutes ago." He looked at me. "Thanks for what you did back there." I said smiling. He smiled back then took my hand in his. "No problem. I realized that if you really like someone, then you shouldn't be afraid to show it in front of anyone or be too lazy to do anything just for them. That's why I came all the way over here. Just for you." He kisses my hand. I smile once again and lean my head on his shoulder. "I missed you. Like, a lot." He chuckles. "Well, no worries. I'll be staying at my cousin's house just a few blocks from your house for a week, so I'll be there if you ever need me."

Just then, we pulled up to "Tuttimelon". (I just wanna say I love tuttimelon. there's one near my house and it's amazing! haha). Shane got out of the car and went to my side and opened my door. "Why, what a gentleman." I say jokingly to him. He smiles and says, "Anything for my lady." I giggle as he offers his hand. I take it and we enter the store. After a few minutes of looking at all the delicious choices, I get strawberry with gummy bears and peaches. Shane orders vanilla with gummy bears and fruitti pebbles. YUMMM. We sit at a table not too far from everyone else to try and avoid people and questions. "Hey, I can see we both love gummy bears." he says looking into my bowl. I giggle as I say, "Well who doesn't love them?" He looks at me with a face. "Weird people." (I'm not trying to offend you guys who don't like gummy bears if you possibly do) "So, how was your first day?" he asks me. "Well, it was okay I guess. If you don't include being glared at by most of the girls, interrogated by the head cheerleader and having really boring classes. Then yeah overall it was pretty okay." He chuckles. "Oh come on, it couldn't have been that bad. What kind of things did this head cheerleader chick say to you?" I put down my yogurt and start talking. "Well, her name is Ashley and she has been holding things over me ever since we arrived to the school as freshmen. Just because her dad is a music producer, her mom is a fashion designer and she owns the best house in the school doesn't mean she can stomp all over me each day. She came over to my locker and asked what I did this summer and she asked if I sang karaoke to the elderly at the retirement home." Shane looked up. "Aw whaat?" He said. "Exactly. Then I joked back saying that if I did, I unfortunately didn't see her there." Shane started laughing. "Hah, that's a good one." I smiled. "Well yeah. I told her that I actually went to camp rock and she didn't believe me. She was like, 'omg let me guess you met connect 3 and you're best friends'!" I said mocking her with a high voice. Shane made a "What the hell?" face. "Mhmmm. Then I just said that I have one special thing that will always one-up her. I walked away after that. She found out today that that thing is you." I smiled at him. He smiled back and took my hand. "Well I'm glad she did. You don't deserve to be treated like that Mitch." We stayed there for a while just catching up on things when eventually he had to take me home.

"Well, thanks for everything." I said as we pulled up in front of my house. I started to open my door to get out when Shane interrupted me. "Ah ah ah, you don't think I'm not coming in there with you? Like I said, I need to come inside and greet your parents to let them know I was the one who dropped you off and not some random pedofile. I want them to know they can trust me." I smirk and get out the same time he does. "And like I said, 'kissing up to my parents again' huh?" He chuckles as he throws his arm around my shoulder. "Trust me babe. It'll be worth it." We enter my house to see my mom in the kitchen with my dad doing the bills on the table with the tv blasting the sounds that is football.

"Oh hey sweetie, you're home." my mom says as she looks up from her cooking. My dad looks up to see Shane standing next to me. "Oh Shane. It's nice to see you again." He gets up to greet us. "It's nice to see you again sir." Shane replies as they shake hands. Pretty smooth, Shane. "Oh, Mitchie can you please get the extra pepper and salt from the shelf in the garage please?" I walk off hoping things will go well with Shane and my parents while I'm gone. "Thank you so much Shane for bringing Mitchie back home safe." my mom says as she picks up a pot of stir fry and puts it on the table. "It's no problem." "Would you be joining us for dinner?" she asks. "Oh, no ma'am. Thank you so much. But I really can't impose on you two like that. Plus, the band is having a special meeting later tonight that I have to go to." My father comments. "Oh, well then if you can't stay for dinner tonight, maybe you possibly can another night?" Shane being his smooth self continues with his 'politeness'. "Yes sir, definitely. I mean, if it's really okay. I wouldn't want to be any trouble." My dad once again takes my mom's place and does all the talking. "No no. It's no trouble at all. I trust you and my daughter and I'm glad you two are happy together so my wife and I are willing to have you over for dinner anytime. Just knowing how happy you make her is good enough for us." Shane smiles. "Thank you sir. It means a lot." What Shane and my parents don't know is that I heard half of their conversation. I was already back from the garage to hear. Omg, thank you so Shane. I walk into the kitchen to give my mom the pepper and salt then go back standing next to Shane. "Oh, well it's almost 7:00. I better get going. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Torres." Shane says. My parents say their goodbyes then I walk Shane out. "Well, that went really well. You did a good job." I say as we walk to his car. "What? You heard?" he asks me. I nod smiling. He answers back with a chuckle. "See? What'd I tell you? I told you it'd be worth it. They have my trust and now we can be together. No secrets." I laugh as he brings me in for a kiss. I smile into the kiss knowing that my life is really good right now. Sadly, he pulls away all too soon. "Sorry Mitch but I gotta go. I'll txt you okay?" I nod sadly as he gets in his car after kissing me one last time. I watch him drive off, his car fading into the distance.

Whew! Sorry if this chapter was sorta long. I just wanted to fit a few good things into this chapter. So I hoped you guys liked it and keep tuning in for more exciting things. Now here are a few things you can expect in the near future:

- Paparazzi sighting, possible front page :O

- Shane's old girlfriend comes back?

- Mitchie faces a clique of jealous and violent girls (Oh no!)

One last thing. It's kinda important. It's a word that starts with 'R' and it rhymes with 'through and 'new'. I think you can guess what it is =] Please and thank you!

Lovelovelove -SF4L-