Pentatonix... Touring and Finding Love

Chapter Four

“What are you talking about, Scott.” Kirstie said, not liking the tone in his voice.
“You know what I am talking about, you and Avi.” Scott said.
“What about it?” Kirstie snapped back.
“Do you like Avi?” Scott asked.  “You didn’t seem so sure earlier today when we talked.”
“I want to see where this goes with Avi; he really seems to like me a lot.” Kirstie said.  “Why are you upset about this?”
“I don’t know.  I just don’t want to see you get hurt.” Scott said.
“It’s Avi; he’s not going to hurt me.” Kirstie said.  She thought to herself, I just hope that I don’t end up hurting him. 
“Why are you going on a date with someone that you don’t even know if you like or not?  It doesn’t make any sense to me.” Scott said.
“Why do you care so much about this?” Kirstie said quickly.
Kirstie got up from the table and headed inside passing Mitch who was smiling at her and gave her a wink.  She couldn’t help but smile at Mitch. He always could make her smile. 
Mitch walked over to the table and sat across from his best friend.  “Okay, spill it.  What’s going on with you?  Why are you giving our best friend such a hard time about this?”
Scott placed his head in his hands and sighed.  After about a long minute, he took a deep breath and turned around to make sure everyone else was gone.  He looked back at Mitch and said very quietly, “I think I’m in love with Kirstie.”
Mitch almost screamed with excitement, but remained calm, somewhat.  “Did you tell her?”
Scott looked at Mitch and gave him a look.
Mitch teased, “So, you really don’t like the fact that Avi and her are going out on a date, do you?”
Scott said, “No, and I don’t even know what to do now.  I just feel this jealously now and I hate that.  I am not this person.  I basically just gave her the third degree for going on a date with one of the sweetest guys I know and love.” 
Mitch smiled and said, “You know, don’t worry.  These things always have a way of working themselves out.  At least now you know how you feel.  When did you start feeling this way?”
“I don’t know.  Being on this tour really brought us all a lot closer.  I have just gravitated towards her.  The thing is Mitch; I don’t think that she sees me this way at all.  I think that I’m just this big brother to her that has been there since high school.  I am the definitely in the friend zone.”  Scott said with a small smile.
“See, there you go, smiling already.”  Mitch said.
“Do you think that she and Avi are going to date?” Scott asked.
“I don’t know.  I know that Avi is very much smitten with Kirstie.  I think that she’s trying to figure it out and doesn’t really know.  I do know this; she’s not going to like it if you keep questioning her about it.” Mitch said.  
“I know.  I need to go and talk to her, but not right now.  I need to pull myself together and just be happy for them.” Scott said trying to grin.
“It’ll be okay.  Oh, and I think that we are all going to go do something together this afternoon, so pull yourself together quickly.” Mitch said.
Mitch got up from the table and headed back inside.  He wanted to talk to Kirstie and make sure that she was okay.  He found her in the back of the tour bus listening to music and flipping through some magazines.  He sat down beside her and said, “Hi!”
Kirstie pulled the ear buds out of her ears and smiled, “Hi”.
“So, Avi asked you out?  I knew he would.” Mitch said.
“Yes, I guess everyone knows now.”  Kirstie said with some hesitation in her voice.
“No worries, there.  Everyone will be fine with this.” Mitch promised.
“I don’t know about everyone?” Kirstie said.
“Scott will be fine.  You know how he gets sometimes.” Mitch said trying to smooth things over. 
“You think so, Mitch?  He seemed really strange.  He seemed almost, never mind.” Kirstie said cutting herself off. 
“He seemed what?” Mitch asked.
“Nothing, don’t worry about it.” Kirstie said.
“What are we going to do today?” Kevin said coming into the back room.
“Hmm…, what’s there to do in Rosemount, Minnesota?” Mitch asked.
“I know what we could do and it would be so much fun.  There’s a snow tubing place nearby, Buck Hill.  We could go do that, it’ll be fun.  We’ve done that before and loved it.” Kirstie answered. 
“Yes, that’s just what we need.  I’ll grab the fellas.  Y’all get ready.  I’ll tell the bus driver.” Kevin said heading out of the back room.
“What are you and Avi going to do tonight?” Mitch asked.
“I don’t know.  Probably something simple, like dinner.” Kirstie answered.
“Are you happy?” Mitch asked.
“Yes.  I am very happy.  I just don’t want to hurt anyone.” Kirstie answered.
“Just be honest and true to yourself.  And to be honest, Kirstie, I don’t think that you could hurt anyone.  You are one of the most amazing girls that I know.  I’m happy for you.” Mitch said giving her a hug. 
She smiled and said, “Thank you Mitch, I love you too!”
She looked up and saw Scott standing there in the doorway.  “You okay now?” she asked.
“I’m sorry.  I guess I haven’t had enough caffeine today.  I’m so happy for you, honest.” Scott said sitting down.  He leaned over and gave Kirstie a small side hug and leaned back over.  He just had to put aside his feelings for now and let this happen, whatever what was going to happen between Avi and Kirstie. 
Kirstie and Mitch and Scott were laughing in no time and talking about old times and adventures that they had.  Avi came through the back door and looked at the three of them.  “Hate to break up the party, but can I steal Kirstie away for a minute?” 
Avi leaned down towards Kirstie and reached for her hand and pulled her up to her feet.  She wasn’t used to Avi showing affection in front of the others, even though this was a small amount.  She smiled back at Mitch and Scott and said she would be back in a little while. 
Avi took Kirstie to the small couch in the front of the tour bus.  “What do you want to do tonight?”
“I was thinking something simple, just a dinner.” Kirstie answered.
“That sounds great, quiet dinner alone, just the two of us.” Avi said reaching for her hand.
She was surprised at how relaxed Avi seemed now.  He wasn’t nervous at all around her now.  She smiled and wondered if she could feel the same way for Avi as he clearly felt for her.