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Nearly three weeks later as Mitchie was reading an open cold case file she nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Shane's voice behind her.
"Do you wanna go grab some dinner?"
"What?" Mitchie asked.
"Dinner you know that thing you do in the evening?" Shane said rolling his eyes before sitting down in front of her and looking curiously at the file.
Mitchie gulped and closed the file. "I... I..."
"You don't have to... I mean I'm not asking you out on a date... I'd just prefer having someone to eat dinner with... Well other than Nate and Caitlyn... they just giggle and be mushy..." Shane rambled.
"If it will keep you from rambling anymore then yes." Mitchie snapped. "Sorry... I've just had a somewhat rough day..." She murmured before standing up. She was slowly starting to feel comfortable around him. But it still scared her on how quickly she let him in.
What was going to happen if she did let this thing go to far?
Would she end up broken?
She sighed. "It's cool... I'm use to it... I ramble a little to much." Shane murmured "And you don't have to if you don't want to... I mean I can eat alone..."
Mitchie put her hand over his mouth. "It's fine. somewhat rough day. You've seen me breakdown. A rough day consists of at least four of those kinda breakdowns..." Mitchie mumbled as she glanced down at her feet. Shane pulled her hand from his mouth and smiled at her.
"I'm sorry." He said before standing up and lacing his hands with Mitchie's. "If you ever need someone to talk to you can come to me." Shane said before squeezing her hand and letting go. "So wanna get some food?"
Mitchie smiled at him and nodded to him. "So where are we eating?" She smirked. Shane grinned before jumping up out of his seat while grabbing her hand and pulling her along. Mitchie normally would be against any physical contact with any men but Shane seemed to calm her down. He made her feel safer than the other men. She was hoping he could be the one for her but she still kept herself reserved and away from getting to close.
"This little diner by the park. It's got a nice homey feeling to it."
"Fun!"
Mitchie grinned and skipped next to him as his one step equaled two of hers. She giggled as he stared at her. She trusted him enough to be friends he should know she wasn't some shy woman who randomly kicked ass when she needed to. "Is there something wrong?"
"How the fuck do you skip in heels?"
Mitchie giggled and shrugged. "I dunno. I guess you get use to it?" she laughed.
Shane rolled his eyes before tugging hard on her hand and pulling her into a little diner.
The bar seats were old and the vinyl was faded and the booths that lined the along the wall had fresh flowers in a little vase. Mitchie smiled and nearly panicked. It was similar to the one she had been in a long time ago. Shane felt her tense up and gave her hand a squeeze. "Something wrong?" Shane whispered pulling her now into a hug. She shook her head no before pulling away from him and wiping an eye.
He pulled her to one of the booths and sat her down. Taking a seat across from her Shane nudged her leg with his. "What's wrong?" He murmured as he raised his hand to the man behind the bar. The man smiled and raised his hand to wave.
"Who don't you know in this town?" Mitchie muttered. "It's a long story... You know how I tend to freak out a lot when alone with a guy?" She asked and she glanced at him before looking down. She watched his shadow on the table nodded up and down before continuing. "Well... Let's just say my taste in men has been crappy ever since I lost my parents at eighteen..." She muttered looking down.
"Lost?"
"Dead."
"Oh... I'm sorry... Is that why you have such a tight leash on Catalina you don't wanna loose her either?" Shane asked hoping he wasn't making an stupid question that would upset her.
"Part of it... I also lost a younger and older brother..." She said softly as she stared out the window. "We were on our last family vacation with my older brother before he was going over seas to study in England... The diner we stopped at was on a hit list for burglary... But my dad had to go play cop and try to stop them." She started her story.
Shane watched her curiously as he waved away the waiter after he brought the drinks. "He didn't know they had guns. They opened fire on the diner. I had taken Catalina to the bathroom cause my mom had this buddy system thing for when we were on trips. I was the only one who wasn't eating cause I had gotten sick in the car and didn't want to end up puking whatever I ate if I had ate there." Mitchie stopped to take a drink.
"Cat had just gotten done doing her thing before the first shots were fired after that it was like a constant stream of bullets flying in the air as we crawled our way into the largest stall that had a out of order sign on it. We sat there and cried. Terrified of what might happen. After so long it was quiet and nothing was happening. They didn't even bother checking the bathrooms and we were safe we stayed in there until we heard police enter the building." Mitchie started to murmur as she recalled the story.
"Then... seeing them laying there... We broke down... I fell into a bad depression for about a year... Catalina reminded me this was the life style to have so I joined the academy at twenty..." She ended and took a long sip of her drink before wiping her eyes.
Shane sat there stuned. "I... I'm so sorry Mitch... did they catch them?" Mitchie shook her head no and let more tears fall. Shane mentally slapped him self in the forehead before moving from his side of the booth to her and pulled her into his arms where she brokedown again.
"Shhh..." He whispered as he stroked her hair. "I'm sorry I asked it was stupid of me." He muttered as he pressed his lips to her hair trying to calm her down. He felt Mitchie tense up as she felt the soft kiss in her hair but relaxed again in his arms.
Finally calming herself into just sniffling every now and then Mitchie pulled away from Shane and let a water laugh out as she glanced at his shirt. It was now ruined. "I'm sorry. I bet I look like a mess and I've ruined your shirt." She attempted to say with out her voice cracking.
Shane shooked his head before pulling her back into a hug. "I didn't mean to put you through that again. I'm so sorry." He sighed. "If I knew that story was your story I wouldn't have asked..." He murmured as he recalled the story she just told collaborated with a story that had been on the news at that time in their lives.
Mitchie pulled away for a second time. "Then there is the story of my bad taste in men." she muttered with a sad and angry smile.
"At twenty I decided I needed someone in my life other than my sister... So I went out... I found a nice guy... Or someone I thought was nice... We had dated off and on for about three months then he asked if I'd go into a serious relationship with him." Mitchie murmured as Shane tensed for a second.
"He was nice to me the first week or so then suddenly he was angry at me all the time and rude. He sometimes brought home another girl... We dealt with it for about a year until he broke up with me. I didn't dare break it off with him."
"Then there was another guy... He was such an asshole... I don't know what I ever saw in him... But I dated him for about six months. I refused to have sex before marriage and he flipped out... I ended up in the hospital for at least three days after that." She murmured as she felt Shane's arms bring her closer and could have sworn she heard him growl.
"Then... Then there was Steven. He was nice and treated me and Catalina like princesses. Well until he started coming home drunk at night at started to attempt rape on Catalina... I quickly ended and turned him over to the police..." Mitchie mumbled as she curled herself closer to Shane and rested her head on his shoulder.
Shane held her tightly and murmured soft Sorrys in her hair. Mitchie smiled before sitting back up and shaking her head.
"Don't be. It's nice to let someone in and what I've kept pent up inside out..." She smiled at him. "Now. are we eating here or just going to drink cold coffee and watered down sodas?" She asked as Shane smirked widely at her.
He signaled the waiter to come over again and they ordered food. While eating Shane would offer her bits of his dinner and in return she'd give him bits of hers. They nearly finished until Nate walked in and spotted the two.
"You guys are on a date?" He asked sitting down on the side that Shane was originally sitting on.
"N-"
"Yes." Mitchie cut Shane off and smiled at him and squeezed his hand before glancing at Nate she mouth the words confuse him to Shane and suddenly he understood her game.
"Yeah man... Why? Where is Cait?"
"Waiting at home... She made me go get food..." Nate shrugged before getting up he punched Shane in the shoulder lightly before going to the bar at the diner.
Mitchie smirked. "We should act like this never happened tomorrow." She whispered into his ear after she saw Nate watching them still. Shane laughed before going back to his dinner he held up a piece on his fork towards Mitchie's mouth.
Nate's eyes nearly popped out of his skull as he watched the two feed each other. He glanced at his phone to check the time and date. It was still twenty-eleven. But Nate shook his head before picking up the two bags of food off the counter he had paid for. "Thanks." He muttered to the poor waiter who Nate had glared at without realizing what he was doing.
Once Nate left Mitchie glanced out the window before bursting into a fit of giggles. "That. was. amazing." She said smiling at Shane who smiled back.
"It was... wasn't it?"
Mitchie nodded smiling and forgetting her breakdown finally.
I know it took me foreverrrrr to update but I hope you understand that the past two months have been super hectic for me and I'm not finding a lot of time to write anymore... :/ Soooooo. I hope this makes up for some of it. It's nearly 2,000 words. Which I was excited to get past 1,000. :D
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