Because of you
Chapter 26
Christmas.
"Mitchie! Wake up! it's Christmas!" I hear Shane's frantic voice. "And it's snowing!" I then fee the pressure leave the bed and I hear faded footsteps running out of the room. I groan and slowly sit up in bed, looking around I smile, there are Christmas decorations everywhere. Shane must have done these in the night. I get up and walk out of the room and down the stairs to see even more tinsel and other Christmas things. I giggle when I see him sitting in front of the tree tapping his foot impatiently. "I didn't want to start without you" he says.
I got and sit next to him, pushing his presents towards him, his parents sent his down so he would get them all on the day. He smiles eagerly and opens the ones from his family first. He is clearly happy with each gift as he puts on every single item. I laugh at the hideous sweater his grandma had got him, yet he made it look cute. "Do you want mine now?" I ask him. He nods eagerly. I reach under the tree and pull out a small blue package. "Here, I hope you like it" I say as I hand it to him.
He rips off the packaging and glances at me before he opens it, revealing his bond inspired watch. He gasps and a golden smile appears on his perfect face. "I love you!" he yells as he throws his arms around me and pulls me into his lip. He presses kisses to every part of my face before he pulls the watch from its box and places it on his wrist. "It's perfect, I was actually going to buy myself one for Christmas but now I don't need too" he kisses my lips. "Now do you want yours?" he asks.
Now I get excited. "Yes!" I almost shriek. He chuckles softly before pulling three parcels from under the tree. I feel a little guilt as I only gave him one thing. "You didn't have to get me three, I would have been good with just one" I tell him.
He shakes his head. "I know you are feeling guilty" clearly I am not good at hiding things from him. "But don't, what you got me is amazing and I love it, that's all that matters" he tells me. My guilt fades and all I feel is excitement, and affection towards to man in front of me. "Now, open your presents" he orders as he pushes them towards me.
I waste no time in ripping the paper from them all. As I look at the three items in front of me I try not to cry. One of them was the shirt I wore to the very first campfire; it had a picture of Shane and me on it that I got on it at the end of Camp Rock. It was my favourite shirt and I thought I had lost it. "Where did you find this?" I ask him as I lift it over my head.
"You left it in my cabin and by the time I realised, you were gone, so I kept it, as a reminder…of you" he says softly. "I thought I would personalise it thought before I gave it back, so now, you have a reminder of me, well, my extremely handsome self" he says cockily as he shoots me a wink.
I giggle and push his arm. Looking down at the other two gifts I get a giddy feeling, one is a beautiful charm bracelet and the other is a piece of paper, it looked like a ticket. I pick it up and look at the writing on it. "Peggy?" I question.
He nods. "You know, Peggy from camp?"
My eyes widen when I realise just who it was. "Oh my gosh Peggy! She is having a concert, and we are going! Oh that's wonderful, I haven't seen her in so long, it will be good to catch up" I lean over and kiss his lips. "Thank you for my presents, they are lovely babe" I tell him affectionately.
He runs a finger down my face. "Only the best for you, I also have another surprise later but for now, why don't we go cook the dinner" I nod and follow him into the kitchen. Cooking is never fun but somehow Shane makes it that way. Let me just say by then time we have finished setting up food I am covered in most of it, as is he. "Well, looks like we wont be eating much of it as we are wearing most of it"
I giggle and fall into him. "Today has been perfect so far, im so lucky to have you," I say. "I love you," I whisper as I capture his lips in a tender kiss. I could never get tired of the feel of his lips on mine; it was the most exquisite feeling in the world. He chuckles against my lips. I pull back and look at him confused. "What is it?" I ask with my eyebrows raised.
He licks his lips. "You taste of potatoes" he chuckles again and I cant help but let out a loud shriek of laughter, I also accidentally snort. I turn a bright red when I realise the sound had come from me and Shane didn't hold back on laughing even harder. "You actually sounded like a pig Mitch!" I laugh harder at how amusing he thinks that it.
"Shut up Shane" I punch his arm softly. "Just keep an eye on the chicken while I go shower and get dressed".
He smirks. "How about I join you, we can wash each other" his hands find solace in the curve of my hips and he begins to rub them.
"Sorry buddy" I push his hands away. "None of that for now, maybe later, who knows?" I shrug before leaving the kitchen and a pouting Shane. I smile to myself as I enter the bathroom. Life was good.
"Mitchie!" I hear Shane's voice call out as I am slipping on my shirt. "Mitchie! Get down here" his voice is panicky and I run down the stairs, missing the bottom few and almost crashing down to the floor. I run into the kitchen to see Shane and a burnt chicken. "Sorry, Ivy was at the door, we were talking and I completely forgot about the chicken, im so sorry".
I sigh and run my hands through my damp hair. "Shit Shane, what are we going to eat now?" I ask him. Gnawing inside was the feeling of anger and jealousy. What the fuck was she doing at the door at Christmas, did se have a family to be around?
"There's pizza in the freezer" he shrugs.
I roll my eyes. "I guess that will have to do, and what did she want anyway?" I try not to sound bitter but by the look on Shane's face I clearly didn't try hard enough.
"She came to drop round Christmas cards" he holds up two. I fight the urge to roll my eyes again so I just look towards the burnt chicken. Well, this day has spiralled down in the space of twenty minutes. I was looking forward to a nice Christmas dinner as well. "Here" he hands me a card. I take it and place it on the side. "She is just trying to be nice Mitch, can't you try too"
"She made you burn the Chicken," I answer back lamely. "She ruined Christmas dinner" I huff as I walk back into the living room. I know I was being immature but right now I didn't care all that much, why couldn't she just leave us alone, especially Shane. We all know what he's like with blondes, he's had a thing for them in the past, in fact, most of his ex girlfriends were blonde. I fall onto the sofa and stare at the blank screen of the television.
"Mitchie please don't be mad, I don't want to fight on Christmas…it's pointless and a little immature" he says. I know I was being what he said but him actually saying it didn't help the anger that was bubbling inside me.
"Whatever Shane, just put the Pizza on" I grumble while grabbing the remote and switching the lifeless box of entertainment on. He sighs and walks into the kitchen, I watch every step he takes and suddenly my anger is replaced by embarrassment. "Shane!" I shout.
He re-enters the room with his arms crossed and his eyes away from me. "What" he says coldly.
I stand up and walk over to him, wrapping my arms around his waist and placing my head against his chest. He drops his arms but he doesn't wrap them around me. "Im sorry, I shouldn't have gotten angry at you, I don't want to fight either"
He still doesn't hug me. "You cant keep getting Jealous every time I talk to Ivy Mitch, we are just friends, I love you, ok?" he says. I nod my head and kiss his chest, right over his heart. He then links his arms around me. "I'll put the pizza on and we can watch the grinch" I smile up and him and run back to the sofa, quickly flicking through the channels in search of my favourite Christmas film.
"That pizza was delicious" I moan as I take the last bite.
Shane nods his head in agreement. "It was, possibly the greatest pizza ever, nothing better than good ol' Jersey food" he licks his lips and pats his flat muscular stomach. "You ready for your final present?" he asks, jumping onto his feet. "Well, surprise" he corrects himself.
"I don't know" I say cautiously. "Is it going to make me jump? I don't want to throw up on he floor" I tell him.
he chuckles and walks over to a set of drawers that were by the TV. "It wont make you jump, I promise, just stand up" I take a deep breath and do as im told. I felt slightly tired from all the pizza. He walks back over to me, one of his hands behind his back. I look up at him confused when he stops in front of me. he takes a deep breath and drop down onto one knee.
Everything shuts down inside me. no no no no no no NO! this cant be real.
"Mitchie" he takes another deep breath. "I love you, more than anyone else, well, you are the only person I have ever really loved, will you do me the honour…I mean…it would be great If you…erm" he sighs in frustration. "Mitch will you marry me"
Tears rush to my eyes as he opens the purple velvet box to reveal a shining ring. A million thoughts rush to my mind as I stare at the box. The main one that pulsed in my head was…I was too young for this. I wasn't ready, why did he have to do this now? I want even sure I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him…that sounded bad, I just…I didn't know what the future held for me, I loved him with all my heart but marriage? Being tied down for the rest of my life? I couldn't. Not yet.
After a minute of not saying anything I finally turned to a worried looking Shane, the answer on the tip of my tongue.
I closed my eyes and inhaled. This one answer could possibly ruin everything.
hello! it's been to long, and i am so sorry for that. i have been so busy coming with up idea's for the sequel to this story that i have neglected it (yes there will a sequel!) so anyway, there is only one more chapter left before this story has officially ended and i just wanted you all to know how grateful i am for all your reviews, all your kind words and for all of you who read this story. so, im going to stop rambling and let you review this chapter, it was a little boring but i promise you, the last one will be a lot longer and a lot more drama filled because c'mon, who doesn't love a little drama ? ;)