Bridging Stat (Kris Statlander x OC)

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Kris

"So.... Have you made up your mind?" Zeke's question made me bite the inside of my cheek. I was still feeling like absolute garbage and had been going back and forth between going in for Collision tomorrow. My head shook and he chuckled. "You know.... It's honestly crazy how alike we are...." So he was seeing it too....

"I just...." My head fell into his chest and I groaned. A light chuckle escaped his lips as his arm draped around my shoulders. "I fucking hate this.... I feel like absolute shit but I know calling off makes it so much more complicated.... Wish I could just package up your heat and bring it with me because I'm fine when I'm with you but when I'm not...."

"You become a fucking vibrator...." I burst out laughing and he couldn't help but do the same.

"Pretty much." My response made him chuckle lightly before I could feel his lips press to the top of my head. I just about melted into him pressing him into the counter behind him even more but he didn't seem to mind in the slightest.

"You know.... If you want.... I uh...." I looked up at him for a moment. Why was he so nervous? "I could come with you...." His eyes met mine for a moment. "I mean.... Not trying to like force you into anything but if you want.... I don't mind...."

"You know how you didn't want me to road trip out here because it was too much to ask.... That's too much for me to ask of you...." His head shook.

"It wouldn't be.... But again I'm not going to overstep and force it. Just saying.... If you want some company if you decide to go I would be down to join you...." I couldn't help but think about it. It would make it all easier.... But then would mean introducing him to everyone.... I mean I know I could probably just keep him hidden in a suite or something but.... Would I really want to do that...? I'd much rather just introduce him to them in one go....

Fuck.... What do I do...? I mean we aren't dating....

"Butters where you at bitch?!" The unfamiliar voice jolted us apart. I could see Zeke fumble around for a second before he took a step in front of me just as a body came into the kitchen. "What the fuck...?" Well.... It was definitely another woman.... My answer just became all that easier.... Hell everything just became that much easier.... "You fuck your arm up and learn to cook breakfast? Who are you and what have you done with the Butters I know?"

"Still the same person I've always been Andy." For the first time in the time I've been here his tone changed. It was completely different from the calm and caring tone I had been getting. Now he almost seemed annoyed.... Like he was already done with the conversation even though it had just started.

"Now.... Now Butters.... Don't need the 'tude.... What's got you...?" I could see Zeke all but tense at the woman's next words. "Wait.... Is she here...?" Wait.... Had he told someone about me...? Maybe I was wrong.... Maybe this wasn't a girlfriend....

"Yes." He was blunt but didn't move and I was still well hidden behind him. At this point his entire body was rigid from the tension and as much as I wanted to touch him to make him relax there was still something off about this all.... Why was he so tense about all of this? Though.... I guess I would be if Willow had just shown up out of the blue and I'd have been thrown into introducing them both.... Fuck it.... If his words yesterday morning were true and he was like me.... He'd want a bit of reassurance....

"Do I get to meet her? Or are you going to keep hiding her?" My hand met his back right as the words came from Andy was it...? Almost instantly I felt him lean back into me.... Yeah.... He was like me.... A breath escaped his lips just as the tension left his body.

"Fuck it...." I just barely heard the words come from him before he started to move. "Fine...." Finally Zeke moved from in front of me. I bit the inside of my cheek as I came face to face with the other person he had been talking to. She looked familiar but I couldn't place why.... "Andy.... Kris...." He moved slightly before his hand discreetly found it way to my arm before squeezing and lord did I find it reassuring. "Kris.... This is Andrea...." When he trailed off she gave him a look before he stuttered out more making me bite back a laugh. "S-She's one of my oldest friends."

"You'd think after eighteen years and you'd learn how to introduce someone to your best friend...." Andrea said with a laugh before looking over at me. A warm smile grew along her lips and.... Fuck.... This actually might be easy.... Her hand outstretched towards me. "It's nice to finally meet the girl that got that idiot to answer a phone call...."

"I answered.... Just not every time...." As the words came from Zeke I could feel his fingers start to play with the fabric of the hoodie I was wearing. There's no way he was that nervous....

"You never answer. Don't lie." I laughed under my breath as I saw his eyes roll.

"You call me from the other side of the tour bus.... Why would I answer?" This time I laughed and could hear him do the same under his breath.

"Oh don't tell me she's like you...." When Zeke nodded Andrea groaned and I couldn't help but take notice. "God now I can't even be mad at you both because that's fucking cute." I blushed lightly as his hand gently ran along my arm. Yeah.... Maybe I should take him to Collision.... But.... Should I before we've even been on a date.... Kristen.... Can we be real with ourself for a second...?

Hasn't this entire time at his house been basically one long date?

"You good?" His words were quiet and only for me. I thought for a moment about how to respond before I could feel his fingers playing with the hem of my sleeve. Fuck it.... My fingers left the warm confines of the hoodie I was wearing before they laced with his and gently squeezed. He hesitated for a moment and I nearly froze before his thumb gently ran along mine. That was when I couldn't help but lean lightly into him. Once again he squeezed my hand. "Thank fuck...." Lord is he cute when he's nervous.

Andrea stayed for nearly two hours for a very pleasant conversation. Most of it included her telling me stories of Zeke when he was younger and embarrassing him.... But through out the entire time his hand stayed in mine, his thumb slowly moving along my skin. To say it was soothing was an understatement.

Zeke closed the door on Andrea before turning. His eyes met mine and I swear I could see every last ounce of tension leave his body. My arms outstretched offering him a hug which he instantly accepted. His arm wrapped around my waist as my arm wrapped around his neck, my other hand finding its way into his hair.

"I'm sorry.... That just...." He let out a breath.

"Threw you for a loop?" He chuckled and nodded. "Same...." I could feel his lips press to my shoulder and my arms tightened around him. "But...." I kissed his cheek gently. "You made all that so fucking easy."

"You're telling me...." His words were quiet. "To be completely honest with you.... You're the first...." He paused clearly struggling to find the word.... But. I would've too. He took a breath almost like he was psyching himself up for his next words. "Person that I have feelings for that I've introduced to her...." I swear I could feel my heart skip a fucking beat. He fucking admitted that he has feelings for me! "She's usually highly judgmental and honestly is a pain in my ass...." He pulled away slightly so he could look at me and it took everything in my power not to get lost in his eyes. "So for her to actually sit and have a conversation and not be an asshole with you.... Made that so much easier.... Because as much as she's a pain in my ass.... She is one of my best and oldest friends and having you get along with her lifts this fucking weight off my shoulders like you wouldn't believe...."

"I'll be honest with you.... When she first walked in all I thought was to run because I thought she was your girlfriend...." He laughed at my words and I couldn't help the smile that formed along my lips.

"To clear up any doubts on that. Never have and never would. She's engaged and never in a million years would that thought ever cross my mind.... I mean she tricked me into being her fucking dude of honor...." Now it was my turn to laugh.

"Now that's a weight lifted off my shoulders because...." His eyes found their way to mine. "I have feelings for you too and-...." I was cut off my his lips smashing into mine and fuck he could cut me off this way any day. His arm tightened around my waist and I melted into him. This time however I was carefully pressed into the counter. There was a difference to this kiss. Like he was trying to prove his words and so was I. His arm loosened from around me before his hand tangled in my hair. My hands dropped from his neck and hooked in his waistband. Fuck it. If he could bring me closer I could do the same. I pulled his body into mine and we fit fucking perfect together.

It was minutes later that we pulled away from each other. Both of us struggling to catch our breaths. Zeke's lips brushed my cheek before I finished what I had been saying.

"I'd like you to come with me tomorrow if you're still willing...."