Hey, ya'll! I was finally able to write chapter 3...Enjoy!

Oh, and about last chapter's final AN...if you're curious, yes, most of what happens in this stoy did happen to me...and I was Mitchie.

But forget about that...please enjoy the chapter.

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I feel her.... Slipping through my fingers,
Now she's gone, I'm sleeping with the light on,
And sharks swim through my veins now, that she's gone,
I'm sleeping with the light on.

Sleeping with the light on – Busted

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It wouldn't stop hurting…

This was just too much…

"I don't understand, Caitlyn…" I let out in a sigh. "All this time…I actually thought…" She sighed too and sat back beside me at the porch.

"Mitchie…" she started. "All I wanted u to know is that I don't think we'll ever work as great friends... and I noticed it a long time ago. I like the things you do for me…you know I do. But I think you noticed too, that we don't work as friends…and I didn't know how to say it…and now you came with these shocking news for me, 'cause nothing like this ever happened to me… so I don't know how to deal with it." I glanced at her. She seemed as confused as I was, and her eyes showed that hurting me made her feel bad…But that just wasn't enough to stop the tear that were running down my face.

"I'm sorry if I'm stupid, I'm just doing what I thought I was supposed to do." She said, looking down. I just stayed silent, avoiding her eyes…I felt her stare on me for long minutes and suddenly she had got up angrily.

"Really, I'm ALWAYS the blamed one for telling the truth!" she yelled. I looked up at her and I saw she too had tears in her eyes. "EVERYBODY says that they prefer to hear the truth than living in a lie… AND WHEN I GO AND TELL THE TRUTH, I GET ALL FUCKED UP!"

"I'm not mad at you…"I said. "I'm just hurt…that I can't help, and you know it." I noticed her expression softening at that moment and then she crossed her arms thinking.

"I think we should do one thing then…" she said. "D'you wanna hear it?"

"Go on…"

"I think we should take a break from eachother." She said. "…Just to forget all this mess." Well, that doesn't sound so bad… "Then we go back to normal."

"Yeah…" I said. "It's a good idea." Of course this would be hard…but I'd have to try my best to get over her...and fix everything.

"So, we're done?" she asked. I rubbed the back of my neck.

"I guess…"

"Um…just one more thing…" she said, seeming a bit nervous.

"What?" I asked.

"I think it'd be better if I moved out of our dorm." She said, shyly running her hand through her hair locks.

"Oh…" was all I managed to say. Well, she probably fears that I might pounce on her while she's sleeping or something…

"I mean, if we want our break to work…" she said. "We shouldn't like, share a room."

"Yeah…I guess you're right." I said, getting up and facing her. My eyes locked with hers. Wait...did she just blush?! She cleared her throat and lowered her gaze.

"So I guess I'll try and move in with Peggy, or any of the others." She said. I simply nodded. And with that, she went inside to start packing her things.

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Another helpless morning (at least for me) came after two days since Caitlyn moved out from our dorm. And I have to say…I just couldn't get used to not having her around. It just felt wrong.

One more thing that kept kicking on my mind was the task she had given me, the only thing that would make her come back to me and fix our now damaged friendship…getting over her.

She had said it to me like it was the easiest thing on the world. But it wasn't…

For me it was a slow and painful torture, the price I'd have to pay for having fallen for her.

It was just…too…hard.

"Mitchie?" I was interrupted from my early thoughts by a low soft voice that belonged to Nate Gray. I stopped to look at him and we just stayed there standing at the refectory's door.

"Oh…hi, Nate." I said, a bit cooler that I had meant to as I remembered the night I'd seen him and Caitlyn kissing, which always when I thought of it made sudden anger run though my body. He frowned and rubbed his neck shyly.

"Did I do anything wrong, Mitchie?" he asked. I felt guilty…I shouldn't get mad at him, and I shouldn't get mad at her either. They surely like eachother…and I should respect that. My expression softened as I answered.

"No…no." I said. "I'm sorry, Nate, I've just been kinda…having thought times lately." He sent me a sympathetic smile and opened the door for me, which I thanked by smiling back.

"Whoa…"I said. "So Caitlyn's got a perfect gentlemen for her, huh?" I playfully punched his arm and he chuckled.

"I try."

"Just promise one thing, Nate…" I said, my face changing into a serious expression.

"What?" he asked.

"Treat her right." I said, glancing at the table she was sitting on. I noticed that she was sharing it with Peggy, Lola, Barron, Tess, Sander and Ella…that, of course, meant that I would end up sitting alone. Nate glanced at her too and then turned to me.

"I will, I promise." He said, once more sending me a smile before walking to her table to join her. I just stood in the middle of the refectory looking around stupidly and Nate stopped halfway Caitlyn's table.

"Wanna join us?" he asked.

"Not today, Nate…" I said, sighing. "…Not today." With that, I walked to a empty table at a quiet corner, and at the second I sat there I got the feeling of a knot on my throat. I simply hated being alone like that…it killed me. I'd never been able to deal with sitting alone at a cafeteria table, 'cause for me that meant no one currently cared enough to make me company.

Well, at least today it seemed like the rule had an exception…as I noticed Shane approaching me.

"Oh, hey." I said, sending him a smile. He smiled back and took a seat in front of me.

"Hey." He said, and he instantly leaned closer so he couldn't be overheard. "So…how is the whole Caitlyn thing goin'?" I sighed deeply and looked down, which earned a frown from him.

"Not so good then, I guess…" he said. I could feel his gaze on me and I knew he was sending me a sympathetic glare.

"We had a really hard argument some days ago." I said, my heart aching from the thought of that night. "And she wanted to end up our friendship." I felt him moving nervously on his chair and I looked up, seeing concern on his face.

"Did she hurt you…?" he asked. For I moment I feared that if I told him full details about what happened, he would get mad at her and cause some sort of scandal…but I knew he could control himself, even if he was ego-boy, superstar Shane Gray.

"Yes, she did…she hurt me…" I said, and I couldn't help but to let a tear slide down my cheek. "…She hurt me badly."

"Gosh, I feared something like that would happen…"he mumbled.

"Luckily we managed to get into an agreement." I said. "We're kinda… 'taking a break', you know…so we can forget all the mess."

"Well, that's good…" he said while he played with his fork through his omelet distractedly. "Hopefully you two will get back to normal."

"There's just one thing, Shane…" I said, he looked up at me once more locking his attention on my eyes. "I'm trying my best, but I jus can't get over her…it's just too hard. And I hate it, I hate it 'cause it's the only freakin' thing I gotta do to fix our friendship and I can't even think of it!"

This time it was Shane who sighed. I felt him grabbing my hand and softly stroking it as in trying to comfort me.

"Mitchie…you really need to get ready for this…" he said. "I just gotta be honest… this is gonna be a long, painful road for you." I nodded shyly, showing him I understood. He was right…he was surely right.

This is gonna be everything but easy…

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