Here is the new chapter and thanks everyone for the reviews! One of the reviewers asked when I was going to introduce Shane's sister and the answer is probably around the next chapter or the one after that. And I was told that in the last chapter I wrote one time Kevin instead of Jason. Sorry!

"Now please welcome Mitchie Torres singing her own song 'This Is Me.'"

I pushed my nervousness aside and walked out onto the stage as the familiar tune started to play. I was doing great and the crowd was loving it. I was soon going to sing Shane's part and I looked out into the audience to find him, but he wasn't there. My heart sank. I was about to sing Shane's part when he walked out onto the stage singing his part. I was so surprised, I didn't know he was going to sing with me. I started to think if I might get in trouble but all I cared about was singing with Shane on that stage. The crowd noticing that it was part of Connect 3 started going crazy. We soon finished the song and exited the stage.

"How did you get a microphone to sing on stage with me?"

"It just turns out that your principal has 3 daughters that love Connect 3."

As the next act went on Caitlyn came backstage to congratulate me.

"Mitchie that was great!"

"Thanks."

"Now all we have to do is wait and get your money and then we can leave."

"Caitlyn we don't know if I won."

"Your amazing you have to be the winner."

No matter how much I tried to contradict Caitlyn she wouldn't budge on her decision. Finally all the contestants were done and the judges decided on a winner. My principal walked onto the stage with the piece of paper that hopefully had my name on it.

"And the winner of this year's talent show is... Kathy Winsdell."

I was jumping up and down with joy until I realized I didn't win.

"There has to be a mistake!" Caitlyn said.
"Wait a minute there's been a mistake. Kathy Winsdell is not the winner the real winner for the talent show is Mitchie Torres."

"See I was right!"

This time it didn't take much time for me too realize that I was the winner. I walked out onto the stage and accepted my trophy and the check for $100 and then left with Shane and Caitlyn out into the parking lot. I saw Nate and Jason leaning against Shane's Hummer.

"That bird was totally cool!"

"It wasn't that cool, Jason."

"Yes it was, dude."

"No it wasn't."

"I think I know more about birds than you do."

"Fine. Just drop it."

I laughed at there argument and gave them each a quick hug and got into the car. We were just pulling out of the parking lot when a herd of girls came running out of the school at full speed.

"So your mom said you and Caitlyn could come spend the weekend at our apartment. She said she would pack some of your things and you could pack the rest when we got to your house."

"Okay. Did she just give you permission or did you ask?"

"Actually she just gave me permission."

"That's odd."

We soon pulled into my driveway and we all went inside and then Caitlyn and I went upstairs to pack a few things. Soon we were on our way to New York.

It was about an hour and a half before we got there. We all entered the house and then Caitlyn and I went and put our bags in our rooms. Afterward we were all sitting on the couch trying to figure out where we wanted to eat. We decided to go to an Italian restaurant called Linguini's. While we ate we talked about random things.

"Do you have anything special you want to do tomorrow?"

"Hmm... let me think. What does a girl want to do in New York? Shopping!"

"Okay... maybe."

"Oh, you're coming."

Before Shane could say anything back Nate interrupted our conversation.

"So, you guys want to catch a movie after we get done eating?"

"Sure." Shane said.

"Fine with me." I said.

"Yes!" Jason said.

"Absolutely." Caitlyn said.

So it was settled. After we got done eating we went and saw the movie 'Scream till you stop screaming.' It was a good movie but was kind of weird. After we just happened to stop at a video game store to get a new video game. We were going to get 'buzz' but Jason insisted on getting one about birds. When we got back to the apartment Jason instantly pulled it out and inserted it into the Wii. The first one to play against Jason was Nate, but Nate lost. Next was Shane, but Shane lost. Next was Caitlyn, but Caitlyn lost. Then it was me and I was certain I was going to lose until I flew into the 500 bonus ring. I was the only one to beat Jason.

"Gosh Jason! Your good at this game!" Caitlyn screamed with frustration.

"Well I do LOVE birds!"

After that we all went to sleep.

The next morning I woke up next to Shane. He was still sleeping so I got up and took a shower. I was excited about going shopping. When I got out of the shower Shane was watching TV. We heard a knock on the door and Caitlyn's head poked in.

"Nate's got pancakes!"

Once I smelled the food I was hungry. After we ate pancakes Shane took a shower and so did Nate. Nate and Caitlyn were going shopping with us too. We had asked Jason if he wanted to come but suspiciously yelled 'No!' I think something is going on but I would just have too wait to figure it out. While we were waiting for Shane and Nate to get ready I watched Jason stomp Caitlyn at the game we got yesterday. Soon we were on our way shopping. Nate and Caitlyn went off in some direction while Shane and I entered this dress shop.

"So, I was wanting to get you a nice dress and some shoes so we can have dinner with my parents tonight."

"You mean we're having dinner with your parents tonight?"

"Yes. I think I stated that."

"Way to tell me ahead of time."

"I'm sorry. I didn't think about it until I was getting ready this morning and I called this morning and made plans."

"That's okay. So, what are your parents names again?"

"David and Emily. I also have a sister, Lauren, she's 20. I also have a brother, Zach, although it's spelled Zachary and he's 1 year younger than you."

"Okay. What color of a dress do you think I should wear?"

"Definitely green."

"Okay. I'll start looking around. You look near the back while I look near the front."

"You just wanna get farther away from me don't you?" He teased.

After looking around a while and I couldn't find anything I went to find Shane. He was looking at a strapless pale green dress with a few sequins around the waist. I walked up to him.

"Find anything interesting?" He asked me.

"Nothing but you."

"Aww... your so cute." He said kissing me quickly.

"I see you found something."

"Yeah, I don't know if you'll like it though."

"Well let me try it on."

It turned out that the dress fit perfectly and we decided to get it. When we went to check out we asked the cashier if she happened to have any shoes that would match the dress. She just happened to have some that were perfect. They were white heals with pale green sequins on them. After we got done we were exiting the store when Nate and Caitlyn asked us if we were ready to go. We went back to the apartment deposited our bags in our room and picked up Jason to go eat Chinese. After that we decided to lay around till it was time for me to get ready.

End of chapter! Please review!