Pentatonix... Touring and Finding Love

Chapter Seven

Avi and Kirstie headed out to the restaurant.  Avi was still steaming from his argument with Scott.  He hated that he argued with Scott.  Scott was his best friend and here he was with the girl that he really liked.  He had the girl.  Right?  Avi reached for Kirstie’s hand, but she pulled away.  Kirstie stopped walking and turned towards Avi and said, “Should we really go to dinner tonight?  After everything that happened back there with Scott.”

“Yes, we should.  I want to take you out to dinner, Kirstie.  I want to show you how much I care about you.  I want us to date.  I want you to be my girlfriend.  In a way, I guess you already are, uh?”

“Um. Not really, we are just going on a date, Avi.”

“So, what is this to you?”

“A date with a really nice guy.” Kirstie said with a smile hoping to make Avi smile.

“Do you think that we can start dating?” Avi asked.

“Can we get through the first date?”

“Kirstie, I don’t know if you feel the same way that I do?  I’m getting the sense that you don’t feel the same way that I do.”

“I don’t know how I feel.  I just know that I like you and I wanted to go on a date.  Isn’t that enough?”

“Do you like anyone else?”

“Who are you talking about?” Kirstie asked.

“Perhaps a tall blonde guy we both know and who you were texting all afternoon with.” Avi said with jealously.

“Seriously,” Kirstie said.

“Yes, I am.  Do you like Scott?”

Kirstie was taken aback by the statement; she didn’t know how to answer it.  She felt like she was starting to like Avi, but now those feelings were being pushed down by this conversation.  She did not like confrontation.

“I’m not going to answer that; you should know the answer to that.” Kirstie said.

“I wonder if I do.  All I know is that you and I never text for hours on end.” Avi said.

“I’m so over this conversation, Avi.  Go have dinner by yourself.  I’m going for a walk.  I’m not hungry anymore.  We can talk later. Bye.” Kirstie said in a huff.  She turned around and walked down the street towards the little town square.  She wanted to be far from Avi right now.  Far from everything.  She just wanted to have a nice dinner.

Avi stood there in shock and couldn’t believe that she just walked away from him.  He was determined that she would come back and that they would go out again soon.  He headed over to a bar nearby where they were and got a beer.  He sat and drank and looked at his phone.  No messages.  No missed calls.  He finished his beer and headed back to the tour bus where he was sure that Kirstie would be.  He wanted to talk to her and apologize.  He got closer and saw Mitch and Scott sitting outside by the fire pit.

Mitch stood up, “Okay, this is a fight free zone, no fighting.”

“Don’t worry, Mitch, no fighting.  I’m just going to go inside and talk to Kirstie.” Avi said quietly.

Scott and Mitch looked puzzling at each other, “She’s not here.  Shouldn’t she be with you on your date?” Mitch said.

“No.  I ruined it and she took off.  I thought that she would be back here by now.  I went to a bar and then came back here.” Avi said.

“You just let her walk away?” Scott asked surprisingly.

“What was I supposed to do?” Avi asked.

Scott pulled out his phone to see if he had any missed calls, messages. Nothing. He sighed.  Mitch looked over at Scott and said, “No word?”

Scott shook his head. 

Avi said, “I’m going inside.  Scott, I’m sorry about earlier.  I was out of line.  I know that you and Kirstie are friends.  I’m really sorry.  I’m going to bed. See you two later.”

“It’s okay Avi.  Don’t worry about it.” Scott said and stood up and gave Avi a hug.

Scott pulled back and smiled and said, “See you tomorrow.”

Avi went into the tour bus and Mitch handed Scott his hoodie.  Scott looked down and Mitch laughed.  Scott said, “What’s so funny?”

“We both know that you are going to go try and find Kirstie.”

“I don’t know; I was going to let her have some space.  She’ll be back soon, it’s getting late.”

Kirstie was busy looking through old records in a record store she passed.  She loved looking at old music and finding songs that she could take and put a spin on.  She didn’t realize that she was being watched.  She continued to look and even put some headphones on and listened to some samples that they had.  She opened her eyes and saw that she was almost the only person in the place and she felt like she needed to go back to the tour bus.  She pulled out her phone and saw that her battery was at 5%.  Great, she thought to herself.  She grabbed a couple of records and headed to the register. 

“Will this be all, Miss,” the cashier said.

“Yes, thank you,” Kirstie answered.

“The total is $15.62,” the cashier said.

Kirstie handed over some cash and got her change.  The cashier bagged up her records and Kirstie headed out the store.  She was surprised at how dark it was and she suddenly felt like she was being watched.  She turned and saw no one.  She pulled out her phone in hopes of getting a quick message out to someone and they could come get her.  She saw a nearby Waffle House she could go wait in.  She texted Scott, TEXT: Hey Scott, come get me at the Waffle House down the road please. K.

Her phoned died just as she sent the message.  She hoped that her message went out and she headed over to the Waffle House.   As she walked up to the door, a tall man grabbed the door and said, “Hello, pretty young lady.  Are you all alone this evening?” 

Kirstie was instantly freaked out and backed away into parking lot away from the door and said, “No, my friend is coming soon.”