vacation

part five- performer

~The next day~

MITCH'S POV
I was able to get a gig today at a bar that I've sung at a few times. I wake up much later than I usually do. Since it's already noon I decide to get ready and rehearse, since my gig is at four. I choose to wear a button-up white top, with a black jacket, some black skinny jeans, and heeled black boots. I always try to look really nice for my performances. I choose a cute silver septum ring to put in my nose, and I apply a small amount of black eyeliner. After I'm ready I head into the living room and do some vocal warm-ups. I look through the list of songs I'm going to sing. I've chosen some of my new favorites, to switch things up. I sigh and sit back on the couch to go onto Instagram. I see that I have one text message.

From: scott <3

"What are you doing today?"

I text back immediately.
"I'm performing at the bar on Lynn st. In a few hours, just rehearsing.

"and you're not gonna invite me?"

I laugh
"I've been away from you than less than a day and you already miss me?"

He texts back a frowning face.

"alright, be there at 4, okay? And look nice"

SCOTT'S POV

Mitch just invited me to come see him perform. Well, I asked him to invite me, there is no way I could miss this opportunity to hear him sing. His voice makes me feel at home.Suddenly I get a call from kirstin.

I answer the phone.

"hey scott!" she starts the conversation.

"what's up kirstie"

"nothing... I was wondering what you were doing tonight? I was thinking we could do something. Maybe we could invite mitch!"

"uhhhh I'm going to a thing"

"what thing"

"just stuff, with a friend" I reply hesitantly.

"really? Don't lie, if you don't want to hang out with me just let me kn-"

"mitch invited me to a gig he has at a bar-"

"oh" I could hear the disappointment in her voice

"maybe you can ask mitch if I can go, why doesn't he want to see me-"

"I'm sorry, I haven't told him that we're still in touch, we haven't talked about you, but I'm sure if I just asked him!"

"wow, just like highschool, when you guys ditched me our sophomore year just because you guys decided to be fuck buddies!"

I know shes being sarcastic. But shes hurt. I know she is.

"Kirstieeee very funny"

Theres silence

"Its not like that! " i say out of spite.

"of course it is, you guys hooked up the very first night you hang out recently, I know that's all you care about, not our friendship"

I hear the phone hang up.

damn i-

I sigh. Of course this isn't the situation I intended. I was just so caught of with mitch, so happy to see him again, that I forgot about kirstin's feelings. We were all best friends in highschool and I don't deserve mitch any more than she does. I know what i did was fucked up, and I'll fix it, just not now, I'd much rather watch Netflix.

KIRSTIN'S POV

scott, mitch, and kirstin. The trio. that's what some people would refer to us as. Of course we were not popular, but we were still always known as the trio. It was like that forever. Once we started getting older, and scott and mitch both came out of the closet, I saw that they started to develop feelings for eachother. I was hurt considering me and mitch had dated, even though I never really had feelings for him, it was still wierd to me. It got worse when i found out they were ditching me to go hook up in Scott's mustang. I got over it eventually, and by the time we graduated we were just as close as ever, but once mitch moved away we lost all contact. I even drifted away from scott for a while, but we found eachother again, we even lived with each other for awhile! I had always wondered about where mitch was, what he was doing, obviously, because I cared about him, he had been my friend for close to ten years. Whenever I found out that scott and mitch had met again I was so thrilled! I missed mitch with all of my heart and I hoped that we could become a trio again! Thing didn't turn out how I would have liked though, I was just hoping this whole situation would change.

~Later that day~

MITCH'S POV
I stand backstage stress drinking. I dont dont know why I'm so nervous to perform tonight, I'm usually super relaxed. Maybe it's because I want to impress scott.

And now out next performer is mitch! He'll be performing a few songs.
I hear a voice come from the main room.

I chug the rest of my drink and stand up. I take a deep breath and head towards the small stage in the front of the bar. I hear a few quiet cheers and claps, but most people aren't paying much attention anyways. As they say, the performers are mostly here for background noise while people party. Once I reach the stage i scan the small audience for scott. I soon spot the tall blonde a few feet away from me, we meet eyes and he smiles.
Since my heart is racing I decide to skip my introduction and head right in into my first song.

I start the Intro to my song.

SCOTT'S POV
I watch as mitch sings his heart on stage. I could tell he was nervous at first but as he got going I could see the passion in his eyes as he does what he loves. He even began to dance and I admired the way he swayed his hips. After he ran through about 4 songs he began speaking.

"hey" he spoke into the mic shyly and a few people began to clap.

"so, um, I was thinking for my last song,,, I would sing an original of mine, its not perfect yet but, I hope you like it"

I grin at him and he smiled back.

"I cant believe I still get like this, my body on fire, breathless, I only wanna be alone with youuuu. Oh ooh woah ah oh" he looked at me, and began to smile.

"its alright I'm comin for you baby, so hold tight lemme break on you like a wave, and don't you pretend like you can feel it!" he began to get into it, as he started dancing again.

"I've got tonight if you say that you want it, oh yeah oh yeah, our paradise if you say you can go there, oh yeah oh yeah, sweet summer love vacation! Feelin' the good vibra-ations!"

I feel my heart beating fast. I listen to the lyrics and begin to wonder if they're about me.