Butterflies

Pairing: Shane/Mitchie

Authored by: xoAlmostFamous

A/N: Yeah, I'm back. With another full-lengther :) I sat down to write a oneshot, and this is what came out. Please let me know what you think!

-Caitlin

Have you ever seen the movie Never Been Kissed?

It's about a twentysomething journalist who goes undercover and back to high school for an article she's writing. Anyway, she was a total loser her first time around, so she tries to be popular. A couple "special" brownies and fashion disasters later, she ends up falling for her teacher, and eventually getting her first kiss.

Of course, the movie is a little bit more complicated than that, but it's one of my favorites.

Being the hopeless romantic that I am, I always thought I would have a high school sweetheart. Or, you know, even a boyfriend.

But here I am, three weeks to my high school graduation, single and never been kissed.

It's not that I'm complaining. I mean, I've done pretty well so far without a guy in my life. I'm a straight A student and captain of the tennis team. I'm also a decorated mathlete.

I don't really advertise that, though.

It's just, I'm eighteen years old, and GRADUATING. It's kind of a rite of passage.

It's not that I haven't tried. It's just that the only guy I have ever been interesting in kissing is my best friend.

"Hey Mitchie!"

Speak of the devil. Leave it up to Shane to interrupt my thoughts. It's weird though, him coming in to the library. I didn't think he even knew where it was.

Shane Gray is my best friend slash secret crush of 329047834 years. Okay, it might be a little bit shorter than that. Maybe it's only been four. But it feels like that long.

I've known Shane since we were little freshmen. I didn't know where the cafeteria was, and he generously showed me the way, and then let me sit at his table with him and his friends.

I think it was about then when my crush on him started. And I couldn't shake the feeling. It's kind of pathetic, really.

"Uh, Mitch? Are you with us?"

Shane's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. "Oh, yeah. Just thinking."

He made a funny face. "You shouldn't do that so much. It will make you wrinkly faster."

I smacked his shoulder and stuck my tongue out at him. "Meanie."

He laughed and the butterflies in my stomach went crazy. "Don't worry, Mitchie. Even when you're an old and wrinkly cat lady, I'll still love you."

"Wow. Thanks. I feel SO much better." I deadpanned.

"No problem. Anytime. Hey, can I copy your calculus homework?"

I scowled. "No way! That's the third time this week. I have to draw the line somewhere."

He put his hands together like he was praying. "Pretty please, Mitch. If you let me copy, I'll play you my song that I'm writing later."

I threw my head in my hands and groaned. That's another thing about Shane. He sings and plays guitar. He also writes all of his own music. I mean, it's hard to say no to that offer.

"I don't know, Shane. I really don't like that you copy off of me all of the time." I replied with all my willpower.

A look of real apology entered his eyes. "I'm sorry, Mitch. I shouldn't have asked you. You're too good of a best friend for me, you know that?"

I sighed. Best friend. "Oh, believe me. I know." A smile started to form on my face.

He grinned widely. "Well, I'll still play you my song later. I do want to know what you think about it."

Stupid butterflies. "Okay, I'll be over around six-ish, if that's alright."

He looked shocked. "What, no Geeks Anonymous meeting tonight?"

Offended, I gasped teasingly. "It is called the Mathletes, and no, we are not meeting tonight, thank you very much."

He snorted. "Yeah, mathletes is SO much better. Look, I gotta go, but I'll see you tonight, okay?"

I smiled slightly. "Okay. See you then."

As he was leaving. I sighed heavily. Stupid Shane. Stupid butterflies. Stupid crush.

Stupid me.

A/N: Sooo… yeah. This story won't be all that long, probably around ten or fifteen chapters. By the way, Mitchie and Shane are the same age in this story, and obviously, it's AU. Just a fun little project I'm working on, but I would love to know what you guys think!

Please review!

-Caitlin :)