Pentatonix... Touring and Finding Love

Chapter Two

Next Morning….

Scott barely slept after he talked with Mitch.  He kept thinking about Kirstie and Avi.  Why did he care?  Why did it bother him so much if they liked each other?  He decided to talk with Avi to see how Avi felt?  Or he could talk to Kirstie.  He had to know.  Something in him was stirring and he didn’t really know what.  Scott got up and took a quick shower and got dressed and headed out.  He looked at his watch and saw that it was only 6:15 in the morning.  The sun was just coming up.  He decided to go for a walk.  He opened the door and saw that they were in a state park somewhere.  The air was crisp and he thought that this was perfect to clear his mind.  He headed out and found himself walking towards a bridge in the distance.  He saw Kirstie standing in the middle of the bridge and smiled. 

“Morning”, Scott said and he came up to her. 

“Morning, you are up early?” Kirstie said.

“I could say the same about you.” Scott said.

“I couldn’t sleep for some reason, I just decided to get up and take a walk.  I was feeding the ducks,” Kirstie said as she threw some bread crumbs into the water around the little family of ducks. 

“I see that.  So, I heard you and Mitch talking last night,” Scott said.

“Really, what did you hear?” questioned Kirstie.

“Do you like Avi?” Scott asked.

Kirstie was thrown back from the question.  She wasn’t expecting Scott to ask her that.  She didn’t really know how to respond.  She had hardly had time to answer Mitch last night.  She once again realized that she was taking a long time to respond to this question that her best friends kept asking her. 

“Why are you asking me that?” she finally answered.

“Just curious, he’s a great guy, and I heard that he might like you.  I was wondering if you felt the same way?” said Scott. 

“I don’t know.  I told Mitch the same thing.  I just don’t know.  I don’t know if Avi likes me.  That might just be Mitch trying to play matchmaker.” Kirstie said.

“Oh.” Scott said.

Kirstie looked at Scott and couldn’t help but wonder what it was that he was thinking.  Why did he ask her about Avi?  She really needed to talk to Avi, but how do you bring that conversation up with someone.  Scott looked back at Kirstie and said, “What are you thinking about?  You look like you are in deep thought.”

“Nothing, just thinking,” laughed Kirstie.

“I better head back, I’m getting hungry.  I haven’t even had coffee yet.” Kirstie added.

“Yes, I haven’t had any yet either.  I’ll head back with you.” Scott said and he put his arm around her and walked back to the tour bus.  As they walked up to the bus, Scott opened the door for Kirstie and let her walk in first.  She smiled and said, “Thanks.”

She went to the small kitchen and started some coffee.  She went to grab her phone and went to the table to sit.  She scrolled through her emails and texts from her family and friends.  She sent out responses and Avi got up.  He smiled at the coffee and poured himself a big cup along with Kirstie.  He walked over to the table and sat across from Kirstie and slid her coffee beside her hand.  She looked up and smiled.  “Thank you.”

“You are welcome.  But, you made it.  You should get some first,” Avi answered. 

Kirstie couldn’t help but smile at Avi as he sat across from her.  He just got up and his hair was crazy.  He must have noticed because he threw his hat on.  He loved quiet mornings with Kirstie.  He had slowly begun to realize that he really liked her; he didn’t know how to tell her.  He was sure that Mitch knew.  Mitch had a way with these things.   Kirstie and Avi started talking about the next concert they were doing and the songs that they were going to sing.  Scott came over to get some coffee and saw the way they were talking and he couldn’t help but notice it for himself.  Avi was looking at Kirstie differently.  He just didn’t know how he felt about this.  Kirstie looked over and saw Scott, “Come sit.”

Scott poured some cream and some sugar into his coffee and headed over to the table.  He sat beside Kirstie and she had scooted over to the window. 

“Morning Avi, how did you sleep?” Scott asked.

“Good, but someone almost stepped on me again this morning,” Avi said teasing Kirstie.

“Really, I’m so sorry.  I try and not touch your bunk.  But, it’s almost impossible with me being so short.” Kirstie said as she reached across and to pat Avi’s arm.

“It’s okay, I’m just teasing you.  Do you want to switch bunks?  You would be on the bottom level then?” Avi asked reaching to touch her hand. 

“That’s okay; I actually really like my top bunk.” Kirstie said pulling her hand back. She felt like there was a small connection there when she touched his arm, but she didn’t know.  Scott looked from Kirstie to Avi and back again.  He definitely felt like they were in the sparks of something.

Avi noticed something with Scott and asked him, “You okay? You seem like something is wrong?”

“I’m good.  I just didn’t sleep well last night.  Maybe I’ll go lay down for a bit.” Scott said as he got up. 

He looked at Kirstie and smiled to reassure her that he was okay.  He hopped into his bunk and pulled the curtain behind him and opened his window a little bit, just enough to feel the cool air on his face. 

Avi looked at Kirstie and said, “We should do something today.”

“Yes, that would be fun.  It’s our day off.  We can all go out and do something.” Kirstie said.

Avi really just wanted him and Kirstie to go alone, but he was fine with the group going.  He sighed.

Kirstie noticed and asked, “Change your mind already?”

“No, I was just hoping it would be me and you.” Avi said reaching for Kirstie’s hand.

Avi smiled at Kirstie and hoped that she would say yes.