Lovin' You Again

Secrets

My eyes flutter open to the openness of my bedroom. I feel a slight breeze on top of my head and a clutch on the side of my waist. I look up to see the familiar face of Avriel Kaplan, sleeping peacefully. I giggle at the sight of him, he's adorable when he's sleeping. I don't want to wake the former bass up, but I reckon it's getting close to the time where I need to go to work to meet with PTX. We're discussing the video shoot for Havana today. I'm not thrilled about it, but as long as Avi supports it, it makes things a little easier. I shift upwards and give him a soft kiss on the lips, hoping it'd wake him up. It doesn't, I could still feel the deep pattern of his breath. I kiss him again, a little longer this time, taking in the full softness of his lips. Just then I feel a stronger pressure against my lips and a hand wrapping around my waist. I smile into the kiss, not paying attention to the fact that I only kissed him to wake him up. He's responsive now and I know that he's fully awake. My hand slithers up to the back of his neck and I pull on his brown locks gently before moving it to caress his cheek. 

My smile grows wider, he's mine. He's finally mine after all these years. How did I make the mistake of missing out on this for long? 

The clock dings and I groan, hesitantly pulling away. Green meets hazel and he smiles. 
"Well good morning," The deep voice says, "Thank you for that greeting, I enjoyed it quite a bit." I chuckle and slap him on the arm. 

"It would've lasted longer if I didn't have to meet the band today," I say with a sigh. 

"Oh, have fun," He briefly says. We lock eyes for a second and I give him a peck on the lips again. He shows me his beautiful smile and I crawl off of him. I lug my way to my bedroom before he speaks one final time, "I guess I'll be going then, I'll see you later?" 

My head whips around to meet his face. I'm starting to get the vibe that Avi misses being in Pentatonix. Anytime I've mentioned seeing the band or any of our new work, he grows quiet. His eyes soften and his smile dims down. I wish for anything that he'd ask to be back in, but that choice is practically impossible without being asses. As much as I'm 50/50 about Matt, he's still a new member. And although Avi will always be our bass, we can't just kick Matt out for Avi's return. This life was never in Avi's favor. He struggled with never seeing his family. Even if he were to rejoin with me, I feel as though it wouldn't be the same. I sigh and walk up to him. I embrace him tightly and lay my head on his shoulder. He hugs me back, but tighter. Without saying anything, he pulls away before kissing my head. He heads to the door and gives me a peace-sign. 

I return the peace sign and head for my room.

"Kirstie?" He says.

I turn around again, "Yes?" 

"I love you."

"I love you too." He smiles cheekily and shuts the door behind him. I head to my room with a pip in my step, blushing madly. 

Before I know it I'm heading to our studio and head to the meeting room once again.  Except, I'm the one that's late. Scott, Mitch, and Matt are all glaring at me. "Hey Queen." Mitch says, almost with a hint of sarcasm. 

"Hi?" I shrug and take my place. 

Scott clears his throat, "Hey Kirstie, did you see that Avi mentioned us in a tweet yesterday?" 

I gulp. Shoot, I never considered that. "Oh did he? No I didn't, you know Avi and I don't follow each other anymore," That wasn't true, anymore at least. We followed each other again a little while ago. I'd never tell Scott or Mitch that of course. I eye Kevin and he returns my eye contact, assuring me he'd think of something. 

"But didn't you re-follow him?" Shit. What to say what to say????? 

"Hey guys, so what are we doing about the video?" Kevin cuts in. Scott and Mitch exchange eye contact but go into discussing the video. Kevin comes up with the idea of being in a nice living room, looking like it belonged to rich people. Scott and Mitch end up liking the idea and agree to it. I don't really have a preference all that much so I just agree to the video. We agree to take a lunch break. I scurry out of the room, grabbing my phone. I'm rushing to the lounge room, hoping to have time to myself. I feel someone grab my arm and I slap them. 

"OUCH! Kirstie!!!" Kevin exclaims.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Kevin! I'm a little frantic right now and you probably know why," I say, patting Kevin on the chest. While he sits next to me on the couch in the lounge room, I shoot a text to Avi.  

"No thanks for saving your butt?" He asks. 

I chuckle, "Thank you Kevin. I'm gonna tell them eventually, I just don't know how." 

"Yeah. It's gonna get harder and harder to hide it. Avi's tweet last night was a little risky. I haven't spoken to him in a long time, but now that he's with you we've kept in touch," he explains, "By the way, thank you. I haven't seen Avi this happy. His last relationship was with Aleen and that did not end well. She ended up using him like a cheap eraser." 

My heart twitches at the name. Aleen. A blonde, someone that Avi was crazy about for a good amount of time. Avi and I were still distant at the time so I didn't know all that much about their relationship. He still won't talk about her. How dare she use Avi like that. He's an angel. 
"He is?" 

"Oh yeah, we talk everyday now and it's hard for him to shut up about you. I have to constantly tell him that I see you daily." I chuckle. 

I tell Kevin that I'd like to be alone now and he understands completely. He gets off the couch before patting my shoulder tenderly. He heads for the door to leave and turns around, "He misses Pentatonix you know, but he's happy where he is." I smile at him and he leaves. 

I miss Avi again. 

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Expect next chapter to be a little throw off. I just thought of this great idea that would've made sense to have early on in the story. But I figured hey, better late than never am I right? 

Sorry if the dialogue in my stories are weird btw. I have a hard time transitioning throughout dialogue. XD I hope it's not terrible! 

And I severely hope you guys like this story! Also, sorry for the lack of updates on "More than a Kiss". Having a tiny bit of writer's block on that one. But, whenever I update I want it to be good, so. If I don't update within a certain amount of time, just keep in mind that when I do eventually update a story, it'll be a kickass chapter ;) Or at least I hope so! Haha!

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