Chapter 6

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Shortly after Shane leaves Mitchie wakes up and freaks out. She has no clue where she is and Shane is gone. She feels as though she is back with the kidnappers and starts to cry. The nurse comes to her but Mitchie wont talk to her or let her anywhere near her. The nurse sighs and walks to the phone, its time for Shane to come back.

While planning his uncles phone rings. Brown answers it and then hangs up shortly after saying okay. He looks at Shane and tells him, "Mitchie is awake but freaking out. Maybe you should go; Nate and I will finish planning this." Shane nods quickly then sprints to the first aid cabin.

Once he got there he went to Mitchie and pulled her into his arms while comforting her softly. After she calmed down she whispered, "I thought you saving me was just a dream. Please just stay here for a little while."

Shane nods and lies down on the bed and pulls her to his side. She whimpers slightly and Shane asks, "What's the matter Mitch?"

She murmurs, "My stomach hurt. Well actually my whole body hurts but my stomach and back hurts the worst."

Shane asks, "Is it okay if I lift your shirt up so I can see why it hurts?"

Mitchie nods and closes her eyes tightly. He lifts up her shirt and sees a huge bruise on her stomach. He tells her to turn so he can see her back. He looks at her back and sees deep scratches that look as though someone hit her repeatedly with an old fashioned whip. He gets her to turn back and tells her, "We will get stuff for that soon. For now just go to sleep. I will stay close."

She snuggles up slightly to Shanes' side, lays her head on his chest, and goes to sleep. After he is sure she is asleep he goes to sleep himself. When Shane wakes he frees himself from Mitchie and heads over to the nurse to tell her about Mitchies cuts and bruises. The nurse says she will look at her when Mitchie wakes but Shane has to be there. Shane agrees but hears crying and so he rushes back to Mitchie. Mitchie is awake and crying so Shane comforts her. When she stops crying Shane says, "Hey will it be alright if the nurse comes and looks at you?"

Mitchie looks frightened and so Shane adds, "I will be there the whole time." Mitchie agrees and Shane head to get the nurse. When he gets out of her eyesight Mitchie rushes to him. He laughs and tells her, "Mitch, I haven't even been out of your eyesight for 3 seconds…Well come on then."

Shane carefully picks up Mitchie and lets her wrap her legs around his waist. Her arms go around his neck with her head on his shoulder. He carries her to the nurse and tries to put her down but she just held on tighter. Shane sighs and says, "Well you can look at her back right now, it's the worst."

Mitchie starts to shake when the nurse lifts up her shirt so the nurse puts it back down and asks Shane to do it. He slowly lifts up her shirt after she stops shaking and all she does is cuddle closer to him. The nurse is finally able to see the cuts and she tells Shane that Mitchie needs to see a real doctor for them. Shane agrees and so he carries Mitchie to Browns cabin. Brown tells him that he can't leave until after final Jam that night. Shane brings Mitchie to her cabin and says, "Okay so can you please put on your swimsuit?"

Mitchie nods and grabs her green bikini before heading to the bathroom to change. When she comes out the sight makes Shane want to cry. He could see all the bruises and cuts all over her body. She grabs a shirt and gives it to Shane. He helps her put it on. She waits for him to pick her up. He shakes his head, takes hold of her hand and leads her to the pond. Shane tells her, "Okay so this water is cold so it will help dim the pain. Stay as close as possible and if it hurts too much tell me."

Mitchie slowly gets in the water, face showing her pain. She slowly treads water and 5 minutes later lifts her arms for him to pick her up. He carefully gets her on the dock and lets her lay down until she was dry. He picks her up and starts to bring her to her cabin. Mitchie shakes her head quickly. Shane looks at her and asks, "Don't you want to go to your cabin?"

Mitchie shakes her head again. Shane looks confused but asks, "Do you want to go to my cabin?"

She nods her head. Shane shrugs and heads to his cabin. Right after he walks through the doors he looks and sees Nate and Jason looking at them carefully. Shane puts Mitchie down and asks, "Why did you want to come here?"

Mitchie heads to his bag and pulls out a yellow shirt. Shane walks over to her and says, "That one is no good."

He hands her an olive green shirt, "This one is better with your skin tone."

He looks through his clothes for sweatpants but he doesn't have any with him. He turns and asks Nate, "Hey Nate, Do you have any sweatpants or basketball shorts?"

Nate replies, "I have both, which one do you want?"

Shane thinks about it and says, "Pull out both, then I will let Mitchie choose." Nate hops out of his chair and pulls out two pairs of basketball shorts and one pair of sweatpants.

Mitchie quickly grabs the gray sweatpants and heads to the bathroom to put the clothes on. When she comes out Shane and Nate are sitting on the couch with Jason on a seat all by himself. Mitchie walks over to Shane and sis down on his lap. She sits sideways so that she can see Nate but sits as far away from him as she can. Anytime he moves she moves closer to Shane. Soon enough Shane looks at her and asks, "Mitchie do you want to wear your own clothes tonight or the clothes you are wearing?"

Mitchie whispers, "These."

Shane nods and says, "Well time to head over to the hall."

Mitchie stands up so that Shane can stand up too. He picks her up and they follow Nate and Jason to the hall. Once there Nate adds an extra chair to the judging table. Shane looks at him gratefully. Shane then realizes that he has been wearing the same clothes as he was when Mitchie was kidnapped. He puts Mitchie down and tells her, "Hey stay here and I will be right back. Nate will watch you while im gone. He will protect you while im gone."

Mitchie whimpers but Shane had already started running to his cabin. Nate looks at Mitchie and says "All I expect of you is for you not to go after Shane by yourself."

Mitchie nods and goes over to take his hand. He grabs hers and they start walking really fast to the cabin. Once there Nate tells Mitchie, "I will wait outside…you can go in."

Mitchie walks in and sees Shane with his shirt off but runs and hugs him anyways. Shane laughs and tells her jokingly, "Sweetie I kinda can only put a shirt on if you aren't holing me, otherwise we would both be in my shirt and that would be too awkward to explain."

Mitchie lets go and sits on the couch facing him. While picking a shirt Shane asks, "Mitch, Where is Nate? Wasn't he supposed to be watching you? Wait I bet he is right outside the door. Am I right?"

Mitchie nods and Shane continues, "Why don't you wait outside momentarily so I can put some pants on."

Mitchie looks at him for a brief moment, runs up to him, hugs him, and says louder than she had been, "Hurry."

She hurries out the door and finds Nate still sitting on the stairs. She goes and hugs him. She gently whispers in his ear, "Thanks Nate."

When she pulls away he looks at her confused. He whispers back, "Thank you for trusting me."

Mitchie nods then looks at the door while it opens. Mitchie goes straight up to him and hugs him tightly. Shane looks at Nate and sees his confused face. Shane asks, "What's up?"

Nate looks at him and says, "She spoke to me and trusts me."

Shane looks at Mitchie proudly and asks, "Did you really?"

Mitchie nods and then Shane picks her up and spins her around. She giggles slightly at it. Shane tells them both, "Well we ought to be getting back now. Who knows what Jason has been doing without us?"

They hurry back to the hall and decide on putting Mitchie between Shane and Nate but putting Jason on the other side of Shane. They also move where the crowd will sit back a little more. Soon, in the hall people start coming in and filling it up. Mitchie slowly moves closer to Shane as more and more people come in. By the time the hall is full Mitchie is pretty much sharing a seat with Shane and Shanes arm was around her shoulder.

Brown says, "now for you Judges. Nate Black…"

Nate smiles and waves

"…Mitchie Torres and Shane Gray…"

Shane and Mitchie stand up and Shane waves

"…and Jason White."

Jason stands up and waves. They all sit down and judge the first people. Mitchie then realizes that she is supposed to sing last. She whispers into Shane's ear, "Shane I am supposed to be singing later tonight. I don't want to let Caitlyn down."

Shane agrees and says, "You will have to wait until Final Jam is over before you can sing because you are technically a judge and can't participate. I will have Nate text Caitlyn the change. Did you know that Nate and Caitlyn are going out?"

Mitchie raised an eyebrow, "Really now?"

Shane nods and goes back to judging. Mitchie then leans over to Nate and whispers, "Congrats dude. Im excited for you."

Nate looks at her confused at first then realizes what she meant and blushes. Mitchie quickly tells him to warn Caitlyn about her change in singing time.