The Battle Inside

Chapter 3

Kirstie POV

We had to wake up early (I know, the horror!) because tour was starting again. I forced my eyes to open, and noticed that I was cuddled up to Avi. I had my head on his chest and he had an arm wrapped around. I felt warm and safe, I loved it, no lies there. I just hoped that we didn't, uh, DO anything...if you know what I'm talking about...

Anyways, I decided to get up before anyone else and make breakfast. I was in the middle of frying some bacon, when I had an idea. After I was finished with the bacon, I picked one up on a fork and carried it to where Avi was sleeping. I shoved the bacon in front of his face, and he instantly woke up. I tried my best to stifle a laugh as he just stared at it, eventually ripping it right off the fork. I was laughing my head off at what I just witnessed. He got up and glared at me.

"Did you get that on video?" He said almost angrily, but I could tell that he was close to burst out laughing as well.

"Nope." I said popping the 'p'. "I should've though! Thanks for the idea for next time." I smiled and winked at him.

"Well to bad. My turn." He grinned evily and tackled me. He shifted himself so that he his knees were on either side of me.

"AVRIEL?! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

"Oh nothing. What you should worry about is that the Tickle Monster has arrived."

Avi POV

I moved my hands to her sides and began to tickle her.

"NO! AVRIEL BENJAM- STOP THIS AT ONCE! BAD AVI! BAD!" She yelled. I was cracking up by the time I decided that she was tortured enough. I looked around and realized that everyone else was woken up by Kirstie's screaming and laughing along with. I was trying to hard to catch my breath from laughing so much, and so was she.

"I swear *gasp* Kaplan, that if *gasp* you ever do that again, I *gasp* will kill you!" I smirked at her pathetic threat. At this point, my younger sister, Alex, decided to walk in. It must have been an interesting sight; her older brother on top of the girl whom he has had a crush on forever, and to add to that,both of them were out of breath. I blushed madly as I quickly got off of Kirstie. I pulled her up, and then she went into the kitchen to finish breakfast. Scott followed to help and I went up and hugged Alex.

"Hey sis! What brings you here to this part of the world?" I asked once I let go; she moved out to live in England.

"What, can't your sister visit her brother?" She joked. She even had a slight British accent. She also had on some new clothes. A Union Jack shirt, another leather jacket, black jeans, a beanie, and new Converse shoes.

"Well, yeah, but seriously."

"Ugh. I got a new job here in LA, so I moved out of London and came back here."

"That's great!" I pulled her into another embrace.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. Where's Mitch?" I sighed and pointed to the couch. "Thanks." She gave me a quick kiss on the cheek then ran over to Mitch.

"MITCH!!!!" She screamed as she jumped onto him for a hug.

"OH MY GOSH ALEX!!!! I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!!" He screamed back. They just held onto each other and never let to go.

"Breakfast is ready guys!" Kirstie called out. Scott and her brought the food to table.

We were just about to dig in until Alex said, "Avi, what is this?" She smirked and showed her phone. There were two new Instagram posts from Kevin. One of them was the photo of the four of us asleep on the couches. The newest one was the same photo, but it was a close up of Kirstie and I cuddling together. I could even see a slight smile on my face. The caption read 'Awww! Look at those two. Aren't they the cutest? <3 @kirstintaylor12 @avi_kaplan #sleepwars'

"You are so dead." I growled as I stood up.

"Woah, calm down Kaplan." Kevin put his hands up.

"Whatever." I sat back down in my chair. Everyone started talking to each other, while I just sat there, picking at my food.

"Hey, you okay?" I glanced up at Kirstie.

"Lost my appetite. That's all. " I lied. I was really angry at Kevin for doing that to me. He knew that I liked her a lot, and that I didn't want anyone to find out.

"No you're not. Do you want to talk about it later? Our flight's still in a few hours, I could ask Kevin if we could swap seats so we can talk about it then. does that sound fine?"

"Yeah. Thank you Kirstie."

"Anytime Avi." She pecked the side of my head before she continued to eat. I finished the rest of my food and carried the dishes to the sink.

*A FEW HOURS LAYTAIR*

Kirstie POV

I managed to convince Kevin to switch seats with me. It took a tiny bit of bribery, most of it including chicken. Avi and I shoved our luggage into to compartments above us and took our seats.

Turns out, Alex was coming with us. Apparently, she helped designed the new stage layout and is helping with the lights. Surprise, surprise, instead of sitting next to her brother, she is next to Mitch, already joking around and messing with each other.

"So you want to talk about it?" I questioned Avi. He sighed and nodded his head. He went on to tell me about how he was upset with Kevin and blah blah blah. I could tell he was lying; he was a terrible liar. I didn't want to pry him though, so I just accepted it. I know he's going to tell me eventually. Now's just not right time I guess.

A/N Another update, yeah. I got bored soooo....

By the way, if any of you guys want to be in this story, comment or PM saying if you want someone else to fall for you, who want to be related to, or be best friends with. The ones that are taken are Avi's little sister and Mitch's best friend. Hope you guys enjoyed! Sorry for the crappy chapter.

LATER BROS! *brofist*