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SHANE POV
"Jason there is no way I'm wearing that" I pointed in disgust at the Halloween outfit he had hired me, there was no way in hell that I was going to dress up as a life size whoopee cushion.
"What! Why not?" I looked at him, wasn't it obvious that dressing up in a large circular pink rubber costume could be deemed as social suicide let alone completely humiliating.
"Because....it's not cool Jason" his face fell
"But you promised me you'd wear whatever I picked to say thanks for me getting Mitchie to talk to you again"
I sighed, he was right. I really did owe him a lot "Okay I'll wear the bloody costume" his face broke out in a massive grin "But I don't see why you get to go as a power ranger"
"It's because I have magical powers."
"Whatever you say Jase, what ever you say..." I said before walking into the bathroom with my outfit.
I walked out the bathroom several minutes later to find my room empty, I reluctantly dragged myself down the stairs to hear Mitchie, Nate and Jason laughing hysterically over something Jason had probably said.
I turned around and took a look at myself in the full length mirror, I looked hideous. I inhaled deeply as I made my way into the kitchen, knowing that I would soon become the cause of a long and painful cry of laughter from the trio.
"Oh... my...god...please tell me I'm not imagining this" Mitchie said as she looked at me shocked and amused. I took a good look at her; she was dressed in blue, red and yellow lyrcra as superwoman, with a skirt that ended an inch or two above her knees. She looked incredible.
My fantasying ended when I heard Nate speak up "Dude, you look like something crossed between a condom and candyfloss"
I rolled my eyes "Thanks Nate, you just look stupid" his face fell momentarily before laughing again. He was dressed up jack sparrow from pirates of the Caribbean
"Whatever dude, you're still a freaking whoopee cushion "I glanced at Jason who looked utterly content at my humiliation
I walked over to take a seat opposite Mitchie, for her to imitate a farting sound as I did so "Very mature Mitchie" I couldn't help but smile as she looked at me innocently
"I'm sorry Shane but your costume really blows me away" she erupted into laughter as she clutched her stomach. After a minute or two she composed herself again "I'm really sorry that was totally out of order I..." I was about to accept her apology when a flash went off in front of me. I was blinded momentarily before I registered what had happened.
I shot her an unimpressed look as she lowered her camera; she bit her lip, looking slightly guilty
"Oh I'm going to so get you back Mitchie Torres" she raised an eyebrow as I stood up and extended my arms, grabbing her sides
"Don't you dare....SHANEEE!!!!!!!!" she squirmed in my embrace as I began to tickle her "SHANE PLEASE STOP, S-SHANE!"
"Not until you that I'm the most attractive whoopee cushion you've ever laid eyes on"
"O-o-okay...ShaneYou'reTheHottestWoopieCushionOnTheFaceOfTheEarth" she hurried out the sentence in one breath as I finally released her from my hold. I just smirked at her as she narrowed her eyes at me
"So Jason, what do you have planned for us tonight then?" Nate asked, curious to why he had been forced to dress up.
"Well...We're going trick or treating!" He jumped up and down on the spot excitedly as I once again rolled my eyes at him
"Jason, we're 18 and 16 years old, don't you think we're a little too old to be knocking on peoples doors begging for candy?"
"NO!" mitchie and Jason both said in unison, which caused Nate to chuckle, I threw my hands up in defeat
"Okay, fine we'll go trick or treating, but after can we watch some horror films?"
"But they scare me!" Jason piped up
"All the more reason to watch them"
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MITCHIE POV
I ran down the pathway to the Grey's house breathing heavily as the three guys were chasing me
"MICHELLE TORRES!"Nate bellowed
"GIVE US BACK "Shane added
"OUR CANDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" Jason whined
I laughed evilly as I let myself in the unlocked front door and hurried into the living room and hid behind the sofa. I tried to calm my breathing as quickly as I could, not wanting to make it obvious where I was hiding. I heard the front door click shut and footsteps enter the hall
"Come out, come out wherever you are" Nate said in a singsong voice. I pursed my lips together tightly as I heard one set of footsteps enter the room and creak on the wooden floor.
The footsteps got closer and closer as I could now the shadow of one of them from the side of the sofa
"BOOO!"
I let out a shriek and rose to my feet as Shanes face appeared only inches away from me, I hit his arm playfully
"Shit Shane! You scared the living daylights out of me"
"Ah that's what you get for stealing my candy"
I put on my best puppy dog expression, as my hands dripped tighter around the bag of treats. I wasn't going to give them up without a fight.
"Give them back"
"No" I said sweetly, backing away against the wall. Shane took a step closer
"Mitchie" he warned playfully as he took yet another step towards me, my back now firmly against the cold wall.
I smirked "Make me"; Shane brought his face closer to mine as he put his hands on my waist, not taking his eyes off me. I knew full well he was planning to tickle me but it still caused me to gulp hard, as I felt my body tense up at our closeness, his warm breath hitting my cheek. I broke our gaze as I reverted my eyes to his hands which were still placed at my sides.
This was not helping my self control.
"Oh there you two are!" Jason said happily as he skipped into the room. Shane pulled away from me as I saw his cheeks turn crimson.
The rest of our evening was spent huddled up on the sofas with numerous blankets and packets of junk food watching all five SAW films back to back. I was sat in between Jason and Shane, whilst Nate had fallen into a deep sleep on the floor.
I squinted my eyes; not wanting to see yet another person get bludgeoned to death. I looked to my left to see Jason shaking uncontrollably, obviously petrified, yet he hadn't once complained. That's what I loved about him. Even though I had only known him a couple of days it had become apparent to me that he was a genuinely optimistic person who always put others before himself, even if that meant him suffering as a result.
Shane on the other hand didn't look phased in the slightest. I yawned as I laid my head on his chest, feeling my eyes drop slightly. He wrapped his arm around my body, bringing me closer to him. I couldn't help but relax as I inhaled his cologne. I had missed this, the closeness and security that Shane provided me. Sure Nate had been protective of me as well, when it came to high school gossipers and creepy guys hitting on me, but it wasn't the same as Shane's. With him I felt like I was safe, that no one or anything could hurt me. I finally felt myself drift to sleep as I felt Shane ...run his fingers through my hair, placing a small kiss on the top of my head
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3 days later...
I stood next to Nate with is arm draped around my shoulders as we watched Shane and Jason pack the last of their belongings back into the boot of Shanes car. The past few days had been the best I have had since I can remember; I had regained one of my best friends and made another. Even though there was still a small amount of tension between Nate and me since our kiss, we had said to one another that we wouldn't speak a word about it till the guys had left.
They closed the boot as Jason came hurtling towards me at a million miles per hour and causing me to fall backwards on the grass, thank god I was standing on the lawn and not the concrete pavement
"I'm going to miss you Mitchie!" I laughed, even though I was currently being crushed under Jason's bodyweight
"I'm going to miss you too Jason"
He got up off me as I sat up and sat beside me "Look after Shane for me will you?" I asked in a low voice, not wanting him to hear, as much as I wanted to be there for Shane, I knew that there was some things I simply couldn't be around to assist with...with school and that. He nodded "And tell that so called brother of mine to come and get off his girlfriend for at least a day and come and visit his favourite sibling."
"Will do Mitch! Now you've got to call me all the time and fill me in on everything that's happened. I want to know what you had for breakfast, lunch, dinner and any other snack or beverage you may have consumed in between. That and any other important thing. You've got to call me more than Shane because let's face it, even though he's ridiculously handsome, he's far less significant compared to me"
I rolled my eyes and continued to laugh as I pulled myself and Jason to our feet "Okay"; he smiled and got into the passenger seat.
I watched with a smile upon my face as Nate hugged his brother goodbye, I guess even something like catching us kissing really couldn't effect the solid relationship they had. Shane pulled away, and looked at me, nodding, motioning me to follow him over to a spot out of the ear shot of the others.
"So I guess this is goodbye...again" I said, trying to sound as light hearted as I possibly could
"I don't want to go back" he whined, causing me to smile "I've finally got my Mitchie back and now I have to go back to shitty college with shitty people and I have to see shitty Sarah"
"Shane that's no way to talk about the mother of your child"
"But-"
"No buts, apologise"
"To who!? It's not like I said it to her face"
"Apologise" I repeated sternly
He sighed "I'm sorry...now can I have a hug?" I couldn't resist his sweet voice; I nodded and extended my arms as he embraced me, leaning his chin on my forehead. After what felt like minutes, I began to pull away, yet I was stopped my his strong arms
"Shane you're going to have to let me go at some point you know"
"No I don't, why can't we just stay like this forever" As much as I'd love to stay in his embrace forever I knew that if he didn't leave soon, he wouldn't ever leave, or more to the point- I wouldn't let him
"C'mon Shane, you can hug me all you want when you come down next" he pulled away seeming content until I said "Until then you can use Jason as a substitute"
He shot me a disgusted look "No thanks I'd rather hug a corpse"
"HEY!"Jason piped up looking obviously offended; man does he have good hearing
"I'm joking!" Shane tried to reassure him before looking at me mouthing 'I'm really not' I rolled my eyes and pushed Shane in the direction of the car
"Do I really have to go?"
"Yes"
"Fine." He walked up to the car and got in waving at myself and Nate one last time before starting the ignition and driving off.
I felt the same as I did when I watched him leave for the first time, scared and upset. Yet this time, watching him go hurt even more, and I don't know why. Things between me and Shane had been different since we had made up, he had become a lot more confident when invading my personal space, and the looks he gave me would completely throw me. Sure we had always been a pretty close previously, in the respect that we weren't afraid to hug each other senseless or show gestures of affection like the occasional kiss on the cheek, but never to the extent he had been in the past couple of days.
I watched the car disappear in the distance before looking at Nate "So..."
"Nate, we need to talk about the other night"
"I know we said to wait until Shane left, but I thought it would be a little more than ten seconds" he laughed slightly
"Better to get it over with"
"I suppose, c'mon let's get inside" I followed him into the living room of the Greys house before making myself comfortable on one of the three sofas
"What happened the other night was a...mistake"
My face fell as I heard him say the last word, I didn't know how I even felt about Nate and if it was even romantic, but it didn't mean hearing that it was a mistake didn't hurt. He must have noticed my expression and continued quickly "Don't get me wrong, I really like you Mitchie, hell you're probably the most amazing girl I've ever come across, but I think that you and me are made to be best friends"
I felt the dagger being removed from my chest as he said those words, I sat back and thought about the situations- me and Nate being best friends compared to me and Nate being a couple.
Thinking about Nate and I being friends, hanging out, talking to each other about anything and everything seemed to fit perfectly yet when I thought about Nate and I kissing or being romantically involved, I simply couldn't imagine it being him...there was only one person I could see instead... Oh my god...Shane?!
I quickly stopped my thoughts, not wanting to begin an inner struggle with my head and my heart at the moment "you're right" I smiled "So everything's cool between us?"
"Of course Mitchie! I don't think I could function if me and you weren't okay...just look at Shane, you see what sort of effect you have on people"
Yeah just look at Shane...
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SHANE POV
I sat back in the student lounge staring at the ceiling, wow my life really was exciting, I didn't notice someone was sitting opposite me before they coughed. I reverted my gaze from the ceiling to the person in front of me- Sarah
"Hi Sarah" I said trying to be genuinely nice. My perception of her had changed since I had begun talking to Mitchie again, merely for the fact that I no longer resented her for causing me to lose the girl I love.
"Hi Shane, good vacation?"
"Yeah it was really good actually...so how are you? I mean morning sickness and everything?"
She looked at me surprised at me taking interest in how she was instead of me biting her head off "Err...Okay I guess, I mean vomiting the entire contents of your stomach every four or so hours isn't a walk in the park"
"Oh" It wasn't until now that I realised just how much this must be effecting Sarah. For the past few weeks I had been too wrapped up in my own self pity to care or even think what she may be going through. "I'm sorry Sarah"
"For what?"
"Everything, getting us into this mess, ignoring you, being an insensitive bastard..."
She laughed "It's okay Shane. It take two people to make a baby, plus its only what I expected, it is a pretty big thing to get to grips with"
"Well I've come to grips with it and I'm going to take responsibility, I'll be there every step of the way, and what better way for that to begin with you meeting the people who mean the most to me"
"What like meeting your family?" she asked, sounding apprehensive
"Yep, along with my best friend, so Sarah, would you spend thanksgiving with me and my family?"
Only a little Sarah part in there but hey, she's back and she's here to stay, so I've set the ball in motion with the whole thanks giving drama... should be good. So you know the drill REVIEW PLEASEEE! ILL LOVE YOU FOREVER
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SARAH AND JASON ARE INVITTED
LET THE TORRES-GREY TRADITIONS BEGIN
JAKE BRINGS CAITLYN ALONG
MITCHIES JEALOUS.