Cactus

Chapter 28 Oh, snap

(Mitch's POV)

"We're here!!!!"  I exclaimed, as I hopped off Ashley's car.

After lunch, Ashley offered Avi and I a ride to the air port.

Though Ashley is such a clumsy person, she drives carefully.

During the ride, I kept noticing Avi looking at the rear view mirror, peeking on Ash.

He tried really hard to not make it noticeable, but it's still so obvious.

He didn't talk much on the car, and he's emotions kept changing.

Well, this is what I assume:

At the begining of the ride, Avi was grinning like an idiot, because the whole car basically smelled like Ashley.  

Then, he began to realize that he's going to leave for three months, and he will not be able to see her.

A while later, he focused back to Ashley's cute little concentrated face, and he's all happy again.

Then, he thought of leaving again, so he was sad.

Poor Avi...

After some procedures, we were about to leave for the plane.

"So, I guess this is it." Ashley said to all of us as we reached the end of the hallway.

We all turned to her.

"Kiss us goodbye?"  I said with sadness.

"Okay."  She smiled at me warmly.

Now she will have to kiss Avi, otherwise it would be just unfair.

"Bye, Kirst, safe trip."  Ashley hugged her tightly.

"Thanks, love you."  Kirstie said.

"Love you too."  Ashley said as she kissed Kirstie's cheek.

Then she moved on to Kevin.

"I don't have to worry about you, right Kevin?"  She hugged him.

"No, of course not."  Kevin said.

"Good."  Ashley kissed his cheek.

"A quick question, though."  Kevin said before Ashley went on to the next person.

(Ashley's POV)

"Who are you gonna miss the most?"  Kevin asked me.

I took a look at all of their faces.

Kirstie, Kevin, Scott, Mitch, and........Avi.

"I'll miss every one of you equally."  I answered.

"Oh, you hesitated!  C'mon girl, who are you gonna miss the most?"  Kevin wriggle his eye brows.

I blushed.

And Scott cleared his throat.

"Pretty sure it'll be me."  Scott spoke.

I chuckled, and pulled him in for a hug.

"Oh, I'm gonna miss you."  I mumbled into his chest since he's so tall.

"I'll miss you too, love."  Scott said.

I tiptoed to kiss his cheek, but he pursed up his lips at me.

"Scott..."  I didn't break the hug, but I got my face away from his face.

“What?”  Scott mumbled through his pursed lips, and he had his eyes closed, leaning in closer to me.

I pinched his arm.

“Ow! That hurts so bad, ah....”  He gasped dramatically. 

“It’s not even that hard!”  I chuckled, and hit his arm.

“I’m playing with you.”  Scott smiled.

“I know.  Damn it, I’ll miss you a lot.”  I hugged him once again.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Avi looking quite uncomfortable.

He stared at Scott and I, more like glaring.

But when our eyes met, he looked away quickly.

“The queen is waiting.”  Mitch sassed.

I quickly kissed Scott’s cheek and turned to Mitch.

“Come.”  Mitch held up his arms to hug me.

He hugged me so tight that I couldn’t breath.  And he probably noticed it so he let go of me.

“Listen, no dating bad boys, okay?  And be careful when you’re in the kitchen, the bathroom, the living room, the... ”  

“So basically every where?”  I asked.

“Yes.”  Mitch said.

“I’ll be careful, don’t worry.  And no bad boys, I promise.”  I said as I kissed his cheek.

I pulled away from Mitch.

Omg, and there’s Avi.  Oh, god, how should I do this?

We so rarely touch, let alone hug...

But I’ll have to do it, or it would be just not fair.

I awkwardly walked towards him.

I was nervous as hell.

I carefully pulled him into a hug.

I swear it couldn’t be more awkward.

He’s arms were everywhere since he didn’t know where to put them.

After a few seconds, he finally put his hands on my back.

He pulled me in closer, and closed the little space between us.

I started to feel my cheeks burning up.

I breath heavily, and sucked in Avi’s decent scent.

Being so incredibly close to him, I could hear him chuckled with his deep voice. 

I felt comfortable eventually, and I closed my eyes to enjoy this....

After I eased up, I said something that I knew I shouldn’t have said.  But I did, I let it slip.

“I’m gonna miss you the most.”  I mumbled to his ear.

A/N:  Oh, snap.