Oh my god guys, you are amazing, as I write this I've had 18 reviews on this story, 7 from the last chapter alone! Along with 5 favourites and 10 alerts! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed!!! Anyway here is chapter four, I hope you like it! Any suggestions, review or pm me! ENJOY! ps how many of you watched the live broadcast yesturday on justin (dot) tv... tell me what you thought... nick was fineeeeeeee. i think i have joe's hat! lol
CHAPTER FOUR:
Mitchie POV:
Okay so that was slightly weird. Why would Shane just hang up like that? If he had done it by accident he would have called straight back, but he didn't. Did I say something to upset him? Even the hanging up of a phone call got to me.
I leaned back into my pillow deliberating what I should do today, it was Saturday and I haven't socialised with anyone but my family and the phone for a while now. I bit my bottom lip whilst thinking what I could do today, I could go shopping? It's been a while since I've done some retail therapy, plus I got paid yesterday. But do I really want to go on my own? Hmm... I guess I could call Nate, he's probably busy but it's worth a shot.
"Hello?" a groggy voice answered. I take it that the Grey's aren't early risers, taking in to consideration its nearly 11am
"Hi Nate It's...Mitchie"
"Mitchie? And what do I owe this phone call for?"He sounded surprised and to be honest I couldn't blame him.
It was known fact by the majority of my school that Nate used to have a somewhat large crush on me back in junior high, which resulted in him and Shane constantly bickering over me, not because Shane saw me in a romantic way at all, just because Shane got to hang out with me and Nate didn't.
"Just wondered if you fancied going to the mall or something, don't worry if you have plans, which you probably do..."
He chuckled at my rambling "Yeah sure, you must be bored if you've resulted to me, Shane too busy to talk to you?"
I paused and sighed "Yeah something like that?" I questioned my own sentence, beginning to wonder if he was too busy to talk to me, if he had found a replacement.
"Really?!" he sounded surprised.
"To be honest Nate, who knows. So where and what time do you want to meet? 12:30 sound okay for you?
"Yeah absolutely fine, I guess I'll meet you by my car seeming as we do only live 3 houses away from one another." He laughed, causing me to laugh back
"Okay see you soon" I hung up the phone smiling, hoping that I was on my way to making a new friend.
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Shane's POV
I couldn't stop pacing my room,i was sure that i was wearing the carpet down. I had tried several times to physically stop my legs from moving me from one side of my room to another, but I couldn't. My mind was racing, trying to process everything that had happened in the past 24 hours, some still unclear.
All I knew is that I went against all my morals, disappointing not only myself, but everyone who was close to me, well only if they found out that was. And There is no way I was going to openly admit it.
I had always been proud of myself to be unlike the usual stereotypical teenage male, but now I was just as bad as them. Yes that's right I ended up sleeping with Sarah, a girl who I had only known a matter of hours, and to make matters worse, we were both completely and utterly out of our heads drunk. And then to top it all off I left her alone, in her cold apartment sound asleep. That's why I hung up on mitchie.
I had made a promise to myself when I was 13 that I would wait, wait until I had found someone who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with before commiting myself in a physical relationship, and that person certainly wasn't Sarah, sure she was nice and completely flawless, from what I know of her, but she wasn't the one.
I had a mixed response when people at school found out about my promise, which to my amazement had lasted 3 years before being spread around. How it even got out i still dont know. Some, who were mostly girls respected my decision , and the others? Well they called me gay. Having a girl for a best friend and being one of the few virgins left in high school and caring about my appearence,qualified me as homosexual. Personally I couldn't care less what people thought, and even if I was gay, there is nothing wrong with that,I would still be the same person.
The taunting continued for a few weeks as I tried my best to ignore the sarcastic and cruel comments being thrown at me left right and centre , but they were getting to me. I couldn't understand why my personal life had become the main topic of conversation for so many people. Mitchie told me it was because the guys were jealous. Jealous that I was all their girlfriends were talking about saying 'why can't more guys be like him'. I didn't believe her, what sixteen year old boy would?
But now here I am, overwhelmed with the urge to hit something, and the only thing I was worried about- What would Mitchie think?
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Mitchie POV
I hurry down my stairs, checking myself out in the mirror at the bottom. I had decided on a pair of dark blue skinny jeans, a long lined grey cardigan with a simple white vest top underneath. I pushed my straight hair back behind my ears, as I grabbed my purse and made my way out the front door.
I walked the short distance before knocking on the Grey's front door, for it to be automatically open by Nate. I looked at his attire, he was wearing that rag around his neck again, I rolled my eyes, thinking he wouldn't notice, but he did
"Are you rolling your eyes at me?" he asked. He didn't sound angry, more light hearted
"Err...no? Oh okay it's just that you always wear that 'scarf' and frankly, it's not the slightest bit trendy"
His mouth formed an 'o' shape "I'll have you know all the guys in London wear these!" pointing to the material loosley tied around his neck.
"And how would you know?! Besides we're not in England, we're in New Jersey of all places!" I laughed whilst raising an eyebrow
He sighed as he threw his hands up in defeat "Would it really make you feel better if I took it off?"
My face broke out into a big grin as I nodded. He smiled also as he removed it from his neck and placed it on a table by the front door. He grabbed his keys and shut the door quietly behind him.
I followed him to his near enough new metallic silver SUV he had got for his birthday from his parents, it was nothing compared to what I got for my sixteenth- an iPod. Don't get me wrong, I'm not jealous, just still shocked that he got such an extravagant present.
He opened the door for me as I climbed in. The one thing I love about Shane and Nate is that they were both such gentlemen, they were a real credit to their parents.
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"Oh c'mon they are so not the lyrics"
"They are!" I defended myself. We had been in the car about 10 minutes and the radio was blaring to the latest James Morrison and Nelly Furtado song, he shook his head, his eyes still fixed on the road ahead
"Nope."
"Well Mr. Wise guy what are they?"
"You can't play on broken strings
you can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real"
My jaw literally dropped, i thought Shane had a great voice, but Nate's....well his was amazing and completely calming at the same time. "Since when have you been able to sing like that?!" I asked, my mouth still probably hitting the floor. I turned towards him as he simply shrug his shoulders
"I don't know,always? I guess I've never been so wrapped up in music like Shane has, I mean I love to listen to it and I can play drums, guitar, bass and piano..."
"What!! Are you kidding me?" Wow this really proved how little I actually knew about him, i felt kind of bad, he had been part of my life for years, I practically lived at his house the majority of the time and yet I was completely oblivious
He just nodded "But unlike Shane I don't see music as a career, more as a hobby, a way of relieving stress...ideally I'd love to teach... eurgh that sounds a bit pathetic doesn't it?"
"Not at all! For years I've had this been stuck in my bonnet about becoming a teacher, to little kids though, I don't think I could handle teenagers, I'd be in a heap on the floor by the end of the first day."
Our conversation continued until we reached the mall, I was surprised at how easily we clicked and how much we didn't know about each other. unlike my prior thoughts i realised that we had a lot more in common than i thought. For instance we both shared the favourite film- Junoand our favourite colour- grey, slightly ironic isn't it?
Maybe I'll be okay now Shanes gone, I'll miss him like mad and I'm not replacing him, but I can see me and Nate getting on like a house on fire.
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Shane POV
It was two in the afternoon by the time Jake surfaced from his room with a certain Caitlyn, both of them looking like they had been pulled through a bush backwards. He walked her towards the door before kissing her goodbye. As he shut the door he turned around with the goofiest smile plastered across his face.
"And how are you on this beautiful day Mr Grey?" His overly happy voice only dampened my mood further. Surely he could tell by my face that I was neither in the mood function properly let alone hold a coherent conversation.
My reply was a simple grunt; I couldn't tell Jake what happened last night, like usual guys would, and why? Because he would instantly be on the phone to Mitchie telling her everything, whilst exaggerating insignificant details at the same time
"How was the party? Sorry I abandoned you." I rolled my eyes, of course he wasn't sorry "but" he said in a sing song voice "Where were you last night, someone didn't come home to the early hours"
Shit. Quick Shane think of a viable excuse...Err "I ended up crashing at that guy in our theory class, you know the blonde one...Chris?" Good save Shane, good save.
He laughed, a little too enthusiastically for my liking, as my head was still throbbing, and the room still slightly spinning. "Oh Cool, for a second I thought you had pulled! What a thought!"
Yeah what a thought...
Okay so not a particularly long chapter, but I wanted you guys to find out what he did, but as it said...some things are still unclear... Also thought I'd introduce Nate in the story a bit. DONT WORRY there will be quite a lot of Nate in this fic, and in the coming chapters, Jason will be introduced...which will be interesting... So tell me what you think. 5 reviews before I update or 3 and 2 alerts.
NEXT CHAPTER:
NATE AND MITCHIES MALL VISIT
NOT A NORMAL MONDAY MORNING FOR SHANE
AND A HEATED PHONE CONVERSATION