Fall Tour in New York (Pentatonix Story)

Chapter 11 - New Day, New Beginnings

(Esther’s POV)

I wake up and turn over to my side and look at my clock.  It is 5:45AM.  Wow, it’s early.  I slowly sit up and yawn.  I get up and walk over to the window and look out into the world of NYC.  I see people walking busily and am envious because they don’t have to live through the embarrassment of my life today.  I went to my laptop and checked my e-mails and went to the one from my friend who had originally told me about my laptop getting hacked.  I was able to stop the virus last night and set up new passwords late last night.  She said that they decided not to run the story due to it being false.  I sent her a statement last night and didn’t know if she would get it in time.  It didn’t really matter; the damage to those that I cared about was already done.  I needed to talk to Scott still about this and he didn’t look too pleased with me last night.  He looked disappointed in me for some reason, how I wish I could go back and just tell Em that I didn’t like Scott.  Why did I say that?  I don’t know.  There’s no chance that Scott and I would ever be together, I know he loves Emma.  I do like Kevin, but it’s different.  I write to my friend and let her know that I am grateful for her company not running the story.  I send out an email to everyone in the group that the story will not run and again, apologized for any hurt that it may have caused.  About twenty minutes pass and I am caught completely off guard when I hear a soft knock at my door.  (Knock, knock)

Who in the world would be knocking at my door at this hour?  I get up and walk over to my door and ask through the closed door, “Who is it?”

“Scott,” Scott whispered through the door.

I closed my eyes and placed my palm on the door as I twisted the lock and before I opened the door, I took a deep breath.  I pulled the door opened and saw Scott standing there waiting for me to let him in.

“Scott, what’s wrong, it’s early?” I ask.  I’m still a little surprised that he’s here at my door.

“We need to talk, Esther,” Scott said very calmly.

I stand back a little and let Scott enter and then look down the darken hallway.  I close the door and turn towards Scott who is pacing back and forth.  He stops and sits in the chair by the desk and looks at me and I finally say, “What do we need to talk about, Scott?”

“Esther, we need to talk about everything that happened last night,” Scott said sincerely.

I walk over to my bed and sit down facing him.  I pull the blanket up around my legs and cross them.  I fold me hands in front of me as well and eventually look up at him.  “Scott, I’m sorry.  I didn’t mean to blurt out that I liked you, especially in front of everyone.  I wasn’t really thinking.”

“Esther, do you really like me?” Scott asked.

I look at him and feel myself blushing.  I reach for my face and hide my face in my hands and I nod my head.  I look at Scott and say, “I have really tried not liking you since you and Em got together.  I would never ask you to break up or anything like that.  I’m so sorry that I told her that I like you, I wish I could take that back.”

Scott looked at me, with a look of sympathy and said, “Esther, I like you too, but you know I don’t like you in that way.  You are such a wonderful girl and I know that there is someone out there who will love you unconditionally and you’ll love him too!”

I nodded, knowing what he was saying was true, who was I kidding, and Scott wasn’t leaving Emma for me.  I knew that last night.  I cleared my throat and said, “Does Emma hate me?”

Scott shook his head and said, “No, she doesn’t.  She’s confused, but she would never hate you.”

I smile slightly, only slightly, and then ask, “Is there anything else that you want to talk about?”