Chapter 2 - Tensions

They started the show with Daft Punk, and the crowd was excited. In the middle of the concert, Avi got distracted looking too much at Kirstie. He forgot some of his parts of a few songs. Kevin was staring at him like saying "what's wrong with you, man?". The people didn't notice it too much, but the rest of the group members surely did. Scott noticed Avi looking at Kirstie and understood why he was distracted. That was something bad because now the two of them were with the head in another place. Scott totally forgot the choreography and crashed with Mitch twice while Kirstie was singing Rather be. Avi tried to focus but couldn't help it, he thought that Kirstie was beautiful and her voice was amazing while she sang her solo. Kirstie was very worried, Avi and Scott don't used to act like that, and she just didn't know what was happening to her friends.

Fortunately, the crowd seemed to think that was planned and loved it. The show finished, the group gave the thanks to their fans and went to backstage... Where Esther was waiting them.

"Can you please explain to me what the hell was that? You almost ruin the entire show!" She yelled at them.

"Yeah guys, what were you doing?" Kirstie asked very worried.

"It was my fault, Esther," Scott said, "I was nervous, I just couldn't focus..."

"No, sister, it was my fault," Avi interrupted him, "I got distracted and all went bad 'cause of it."

"But we did it awesome in shows before... What was different here?" Kirstie wanted to know.

Avi and Scott turned at her, like they were giving her the answer just with a look. Mitch was the only one who noticed it. "Hey is ok, everyone has a bad day sometimes. We are lucky that the crowd thought that we did it on porpoise..." He said.

"So lucky..." Esther said threateningly.

"... And you two just have to rest, tomorrow is gonna be better, you'll see!" Mitch said.

After that, they all where going to the tour bus. Kirstie hadn't said anything along the way, she was thinking about this day. First the nightmare... Well, another nightmare, then her friends hiding something to her and now Avi and Scott acting weird. They were now in front of the bus door.

"Kirstie, honey, can you bring us something to drink, please? Scott and I have to talk about the new episode of Superfruit." Mitch said and then took Scott apart.

"Yeah, Avi and I have to talk about the new arrangement for Adele's song." Kevin added and took Avi at the opposite side.

Kirstie was standing there for about two minutes, looking to the ways her friends took. "Great, another reason to be confused about." She thought. She decided to go inside. In the mini fridge were just a few sodas. She was going to bring them to Scott and Mitch when her phone rang. It was her mom. She answered a talked for a while.

"We still have a couple days for filming the new episode..." Scott was saying.

"That's not really what I wanna talk to you. What happened to you today?"

Scott looked at his best friend, and very serious he said: "I'm in love with Kirstie."

"Wait... Really?" Mitch said surprised.

"I thought I was very obvious."

"Oh you are! It's just that I didn't think you were to accept it so easily. You're lucky that she didn't notice it."

"You think so?" Scott said while he sat on the floor.

"Yeah, I'm sure about it. Hey... Are you ok?" Mitch was genuinely worried about his best friend and the entire situation.

"I don't know... I feel like I couldn't breathe. Like something too big was crashing my chest and it grow up every time I see her but, at the same time, I'm very happy just for seeing her... Is that even normal?"

"That's a broken heart, my friend." Mitch said putting a hand on Scott's shoulder.

"I don't think so. How can my heart be broken if nothing have happened for it to be?"

"Maybe it is because you know that you shouldn't date her."

"Shouldn't I?"

"No, well, I mean..."

"Yeah, I know what you mean..." Scott interrupted him and looked at the floor with the saddest face Mitch had ever seen in him.

"Scotty, if there is a way for you to be happy and for Pentatonix to be fine, I'll do anything to find it." Mitch said very honestly.

"Thanks, Mitch... And don't call me Scotty."

"Why, Scotty?" Mitch said smiling.

"Stop it." Scott said and now the both of them were laughing.

"Will you tell me what's happening?" Kevin asked to Avi.

"I'm not very sure... I know I almost screwed it tonight, I'm sorry."

"Why were you so distracted? We have done it awesome in shows before..."

"This show was different..." Avi said trying to avoid the conversation.

"But why? Hey bro, you can tell me anything."

"It's... I think it's because, before the show started, Scott was talking to Kirstie and I could say Mitch noticed how I looked at her and... Oh God, I don't think it's a secret anymore."

"Do you like Kirstie?"

"I love her." Avi said looking nowhere.

"Since when?" Kevin was shocked.

"A few weeks before the tour started... I'm sorry I didn't tell you."

"Why didn't you?"

"I know this is going to be a problem. Neither of us can date a member of the group. It would be awkward if we have a fight or something like that. I thought about it a lot when I discovered my feelings for her, I knew I'd live with her in a bus for almost three months and that I possibly couldn't hide my feelings for a long time. I knew the truth will be out some day, but I never thought how bad it would feel... Not like this, not now ruining a show."

Kevin hated to see his best friend so down, but he didn't know very well how to make him feel better. How can he cure a broken heart? "How did this happen?" He ended asking him.

"How I fell in love with her? Mmm... We were in one of the rehearsals for the tour, Kirstie was singing Rather be and she looked so happy with that song; she loves it. I was looking at her and thinking that I´ve never saw her that passionate with a song before. She was walking through the stage and smiling with that little twist she does with her mouth; she was so adorable... I remember that, when the rehearsal was ending, I thought that I passed all the time just looking at her. That wasn't normal but... I couldn't stop. It was like I just needed to look her for stay alive. The sensation is weird... It's like... I can't even describe it, but I feel it every time I see her, and now, just for thinking of her."

Kevin didn't know what to say. It was a very big crush, but even so Avi was bad and that killed him. "What would happen if Avi and Kirstie dated?" He thought, and then he remembered Scott. Mitch and him saw him with Kirstie, it's obvious that Scott has a crush on Kirstie too. Kevin wasn't sure if he should tell it to Avi, he maybe already knows, Avi saw them first than Mitch and him.

"What about the party? Will you be ok?" Kevin felt so frustrating because he was bad with this things, he didn't know how to make him feel better.

"I have to... It's a very special day and I don't want Kirstie to get worried for me. Something is happening with her and I don't want her to feel worst."

"That's true, she wasn't as happy as usual this morning. Oh god, everything is getting complicated now. It's like no one knows what's happening with the others." Kevin said.

"I don't want to see her sad."

"Neither of us wants that... She'll tell us when she's ready, I guess."

"Yes, probably... I just hope it won't be anything bad." Avi said looking the dark sky.