The Moon, The Sun, and Everything Else

Ten

"I'm going to go out there and count from ten. If you're don't come back before I reach one, I'm going home, and we're over." Kirstie looked at Avi dead on. She was serious about this one.

She stepped out of Scott and Mitch's door (the group had been hanging out there, and the two had started fighting once again), and started counting, loud enough for them to hear.

"She...she can't be serious." Avi sat back down at the table as Scott dealt him back into their game of cards.

"Okay, Avi, bid first." Scott said.

But Avi didn't hear anything.

10

"Kirstie!" Avi exclaimed, throwing the curtian open.

"OH MY GOSH!" She exclaimed. "You scared me half to death!"

"Sorry." He chuckled gently and sat on the bunk beside of hers. "Okay, we need to talk." He broke the tension between them.

"What about, Love?"

Avi winced at the cute name she called next to everyone. 'Yeah, Kirstie, we do need to talk about love'. He thought.

"Yeah, um...just, you haven't been you lately, and I wanted to make sure you're okay." Avi cleared his throat.

"Yeah, I'm totally fine. Just a bit off because off because tour just kicked off, and I'm just adjusting to being on the road again."

"Okay, that's good. Just making sure because I noticed you were getting clingy to Scott and Mitch, and I know you do that when something's wrong."

She nodded. "Anything else?"

He bit back his words. It's too soon. "Nope, I'm good. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Of course. There's no place I'd rather be." She winked towards him, referencing her analogy to one of his favorite songs to perform live.

"Okay, goodnight, Kirst."

"Goodnight."

Avi started leaving, and Kirstie called his name one more time. "Wait, Avi?"

"Yeah?" He turned back around.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

9

"Hey, Guys, um...we need to talk." Kirstie walked into the recording studio with a sad look on her face.

Panic immediately washed over Avi.

"Sure, what's up?" They all shifted around in our seats.

"Um...I just got off the phone, and...we're being nominated for a Grammy." A smile crept up to her face as she watched all of our expressions change slowly.

"I HATE YOU! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DYING OR SOMETHING!" Mitch exclaimed and everyone shoved into a group hug.

"You're a jerk." Avi muttered into Kirstie's hair, where he found himself in the group hug.

"I know."

"And I love you."

"I know."

8

"Kirst, what's wrong?" Avi asked her, hearing her shushed crying in the lounge.

"The...the..." Her voice shook.

"The what, Babe, you have to talk to me."

"Instagram."