Chapter 11

AN 1: Hey there everyone. Wow I wrote this chapter and typed it up in four hours that's a record for me.

The next time Shane saw Miley and Mitchie was a few hours later and Lily was with them

Mitchie and Miley were each carrying a large cardboard box clearly marked potato chips. Lily was walking between them happily munching on a bag of chips that he could only assume she had stolen from Miley's open box.

The girls were so busy chatting and laughing that they didn't see Shane until they were stood right in front of him.

"Hey Guy's" he greeted them with a warm genuine smile.

"Are you hungry" he asked looking at the boxes they were carrying.

"Just a little bit" Mitchie answered giving Miley and Lily a smile

"Do you have a minute?" he asked

"I'd like to run something by you"

The girls were a little hesitant, they wanted to stay but Connie had said that she needed to chips A.S.A.P.

Miley and Mitchie had told Lily all about their earlier meeting with Shane (only leaving out the fact that Shane now knew her name)

"I'll take the chips" she offered trying to take both Miley's and Mitchie's boxes with out dropping the bag that she had been eating.

"Then you two can go help Shane"

"Actually" said Shane quickly "I'd like you to hear it too Lily"

Lily froze for a moment, he knew her name and the way he said it made her smile.

Shane couldn't help smiling either, he liked calling her by her real name and he liked the effect him saying it seemed to have on her.

Minutes later the three girls were sat at the dock in front of Shane who had his guitar in his lap.

Shane took a deep breath and began to sing before he could lose his nerve. Thought he couldn't understand why singing in front of these three girls made him nervous when stadiums full of fans didn't.

"# Every time I think I'm closer to the heart of what it means to know just who I am. Think I've finally found a better place to start but no one seems to understand#"

Then Shane did the one thing he had promise him self he wouldn't do, he looked striate into Lily's eyes.

Lily found it hard to look away from Shane even though the way he was looking at her made her feel slightly uneasy. She had never seen him look so intense.

"# You're the voice I hear inside my head the reason that I'm singing. I need to find you. I got to find you. You're the missing piece I need the song inside of me. I need to find you. I got to find you#"

As Shane finished his song he finally broke eye contact with Lily.

"I heard these two girls jamming" he told them

"They both had grate voices but one of them was so raw and honest, she put her heart and sole into what she was singing. She reminded me of what I love so much about music in the first place. He explained

"So I started to play around with some chords. I know it's not finished, but-" Shane's voice drifted off as if he wasn't sure what else to say.

"It was really good" said Mitchie who was the first to find her voice.

"Really?" Shane asked doubtfully

"Really" Miley reassured him

"It was amazing" Lily gushed

"It's my new favourite song" she told him

Shane still looked unsure

"Hey" said Lily softly reaching out and placing a hand on his shoulder

"I don't lie" she told him, again Shane and Lily locked eyes.

Miley and Mitchie got the feeling that their present's was no loner required. They picked up their boxes of chips and slipped away, neither Shane nor Lily noticed them leave.

Lily was beginning to feel uncomfortable under Shane's gaze

"What?" she asked taking her hand off Shane's shoulder and placed it self consciously over her nose.

"Do I have bogies or something?"

Shane had to laugh only Lily would come out with something like that.

"No" he reassured her softly; taking the hand that was covering her nose and helping her to her feet

"You're just very different Lily" he told her

He could see the uncertainty in her eyes but she didn't voice it, she didn't' have to Shane knew what she was thinking

"In a really good way" he assured her with a smile

Mitchie and Miley were still trying to vacate the area as quickly and quietly as possible. Mitchie didn't notice the twig beneath her foot until it was too late.

The small snap was enough to bring Shane and Lily back to reality

Lily turned just in time to see Mitchie and Miley disappeared in the direction of the kitchen.

"I should go too" she said in almost a whisper

"OK" Shane agreed but he didn't want to let her leave

"I'll see you around?" he asked trying to sound normal

"Of cause" she assured him with a big smile before racing off after the others, leaving Shane standing on the dock with a goofy smile plastered across his face.

When Lily reached the kitchen Miley and Mitchie had already been assigned jobs

"Oh look hands nine and ten have arrived" Caitlyn joked as lily bounced in the door

"And check out the smile they bought with them" Mitchie added

Lily just waved at her friends and went to fetch her apron.

"Lily's got it bad" Miley whispered as soon as Lily was out of sight.

"If the scene out on the dock was anything to go by so does Shane" Mitchie said also in a whisper

"Do you think the two of them will figure out how they feel on there own" asked Caitlyn hopefully

"Have you actually met Lily?" Miley asked in disbelief"

"So do you think there going to need our help?" asked Mitchie feeling a bit uncomfortable interfering in someone else's love life.

"I don't think it, I know it" said Miley her eyes glinting with determination. Caitlyn and Mitchie shared a weary glance they didn't think Lily would like them interfering but they both wanted her to be happy.

"Is operation match maker a go?" Miley asked sticking her hand out in front of her. Caitlyn and Mitchie only hesitated for a moment before placing their hands over Miley's. Confirming that for better or worse they were in.

AN 2: I'm sorry this chapter was so short but I must admit it is one of my favourite chapters so far let me know what you think.

Thanks for reading

Millie