Chapter Two – Welcome to Superfruit
A few days passed and Mitch and Scott were busy setting up their camera and lights for the Superfruit Q&A episode with all five members of Pentatonix. "This is exciting to have everyone here, I believe that this is a first for us, Scott," Mitch said moving one of the lights slightly towards the couch.
"Yea, it'll be great, I think that our fans will absolutely love it," Scott replied back as he was setting up the final touches for the camera on the tri-pod.
Avi and Kevin walked into the apartment and Avi asked, "Is this being filmed live?"
"No, we record it, edit it, and then we will post it up tomorrow. So, almost live," Scott said.
"I have already sent out a tweet for all of us, we will have Esther here to read the tweets for us since there are so many of us here today," Mitch said.
"But, I don't have to be on camera, right?" Esther asked shyly. "I was planning on sitting behind the camera over here."
Mitch smiled and said, "No, you don't have to be on camera, but your voice will be if that's okay. This is kind of scary; Scott and I usually get to read the tweets first and then pick the questions we want to answer. Esther, you have to be good to all of us, please."
"I didn't think about that," Scott said with a look towards Mitch.
"This will be awesome," Esther said glancing over some tweets already, "I've got some good ones here."
Kirstie came into the apartment with drinks for everyone from Starbucks and said, "Okay, I think that I have everyone covered."
Avi came over and greeted Kirstie and said, "Thanks sweetie," and gave Kirstie a hug and kiss.
Kirstie came over to the couch and said, "Um, where are we all sitting?"
"I was thinking that Avi and Kevin could sit up front here and Mitch, you, and I could sit on the couch like we have done in other videos," Scott said pointing.
They all got into their seats and Esther looked through the lenses and said, "Looks good, tell me when and I'll start recording."
Mitch said, "Okay, you can record now."
Mitch and Scott introduced the show as they always did, "Hello, and welcome to Superfruit, the best show on the internet…"
Mitch then tells the camera, "Today is a very special day, we have all members of Pentatonix here today for your questions!"
"Yes, and Esther will be asking the questions to us, so let's get started," Scott said and then looked over at Mitch and said, "I'm scared. We always have our phones."
Esther laughed and said, "Okay, this question comes to us from megthumper, Avi, are you dating someone and if so, who?"
Avi shot a look at Esther who was laughing behind the camera as Kirstie was turning bright red. The fans had assumed this for a little while now that Avi and Kirstie were dating, but they never came out and actually told the public about it. Avi smiled and said, "Well, Meg, yes, I am dating someone and I don't know if I should say who at the moment." He then glanced back over at Kirstie and winked and Kirstie shook her head knowing that would be a giveaway.
Kevin said, "I love that question!"
Esther giggled and said, "Okay, everyone, next question, AsenaAyvalioglu, asks who in Pentatonix has the best voice?"
"Asena, I think we can all agree that Mitch sings like an angel," Scott said and everyone agreed.
"Aw, that's nice, but you are all great too," Mitch said smiling.
Esther smiled and said, "Next question, this one is for you Kirstie, PTXPTXPTXPTXPTX, wants to know who is that special someone in your life?"
Kirstie smiled and said, "Well, PTX times 5, I do have a special someone in my life, he's right here in this room too." Kirstie grinned from ear to ear and could see Avi blushing.
Scott and Mitch laughed and Scott nudged Kirstie and said, "Just tell them already, they already know."
"Okay, okay, Avi and I are dating everyone, there, it's out there," Kirstie said.
Avi turned and said, "Really, are you okay with it being out there, Kirstie?"
"Of course, but I will say, for all you girls out there that are about to send me some hate, please don't," Kirstie said with a smile towards the camera.
Esther said, "These questions are going better than I thought, we are already breaking through and sharing some secrets with our fans! Onto the next question, looks like this one is for you, Kevin. It comes from pentaholic007, who would you trade positions within the group if you could sing their part?"
"That's an easy one, I would say Mitch, I know, I know, we always say this, but his voice is amazing, the things that he can do with his voice are truly unbelievable," Kevin said with a wide smile.
"That's nice, Kevin, thanks," Mitch said.
Esther said, "Next question, this is for the group, from TwnynkLovesPTX, tell us something about yourself that no one knows."
Esther then adds, "We'll start with you, Avi and work our way around."
Avi says, "Well, seeing that everyone just found out about me and Kirst, I think that I'm good for that one." Avi smiles and looks back at Kirstie and winks.
Kevin says, "Um, I'll say, I have this irrational fear of spiders, I know, I look like this big tough guy, but I really hate spiders."
They all laugh and nod in agreement.
Kirstie thinks and ponders for a quick second and says, "Ah, okay, here's a secret of mine that I don't think even the guys here know, not even Avi," and she laughs to herself as they all look at her and she debates on not saying it at first, but then says, "I have always wanted to be the 'chair girl' in the song, "Let's Get It On."
They all laugh and then Avi says, "Next concert, that is so happening, Kirstie!"
"No, no, it's fine, let one of our fans do that," Kirstie said pointing out to the camera.
"I think that they wouldn't mind you doing it," Mitch said with a smile and then said, "It would be so funny!"
Scott laughs and says, "Avi and I can switch parts in the song!"
Kirstie nods and says, "That might work, okay, Scott, your turn."
Scott looks at the camera and says, "Hmmm, okay, something that you might not know about me, I am seeing someone too."
Mitch throws his hand playfully over his open mouth and says, "Really, you don't say."
Scott laughs and tells Mitch playfully, "shut up."
Mitch laughs and looks at the camera and says, "Okay, since we are giving out secrets today, Scott is dating Kirstie's cousin. Whhhaattt.."
Scott looks at Mitch and says, "Don't."
Mitch says, "Okay, a secret from me, or something that no one knows about me. I think that Scott has the best voice of the group, it's amazing. Honestly, boy can sing."
Scott smiles and says, "That's nice."
Esther then says, "Do we have time for more questions? Yes, of course we do, this is amazing! Our next question comes to us from mynameis55679, do you have any upcoming tours planned?"
"Yes, we do!" Scott exclaimed and said, "This is a perfect time to announce that we have an upcoming two month tour to New York City coming up, we will have tickets on sale starting tomorrow and we can't wait to be there in the city and meet all of you, our wonderful and amazing fans!"
"We are so excited!" Mitch chimed in.
"That's all the time we have for today for questions, now it's time for our Weekly Obsessions", Mitch sang.
"I'll go first, and then we can go to Mitch, Avi, Kevin, and Kristie," Scott said. "Okay, my weekly obsession has been this upcoming tour to NYC, I can't wait."
"Not to copy you, but that's mine too, I can't wait for our concerts, I think we are even doing a concert in the park one night, it will be so amazing!" Mitch said happily.
Avi smiled flirtatious and said, "My weekly obsession is that girl over there," pointing over to Kirstie and he smiled to the camera. Kirstie looked down in her lap and giggled.
Kevin then said, "Hmm, I would have to say the tour and someone that I have been crushing on recently."
"Whhatt, whoa, stop right there, someone you have been crushing on recently, who is this Kevin," Avi said shocked.
Kevin smiled and nodded towards the camera, "It's so easy to get them worked up, isn't it."
Kevin then looked over at Kirstie, "You're turn, Kristie."
"My weekly obsession besides that guy sitting over there is this amazing tour coming up!" Kirstie said with a crooked grin towards Avi.
"Everyone, here's a good song! Don't listen to anything else today!," Scott sang loudly.
Mitch and Kirstie laughed and Kirstie started with, "Okay, I have to say, I love the song, All About That Bass."
Mitch said, "You sure it's not because you are truly all about that bass," pointing to Avi and laughing.
Kirstie laughed and said, "You know, I never really thought about it that way!"
Scott said, "I am still loving Bang Bang, I know that I have said it before, but I love it!"
Mitch said, "Oooo, yeah, Bang Bang, we need to do the cover for that soon!"
Avi said, "I like this group I've been listening to lately, Postmodern Jukebox, they do a lot of covers and they are great, it's really jazzy, but there are some great covers."
Kevin nods and says, "I like Bang Bang too, I'm working on the music for us, guys, maybe you'll see a cover in our NYC concerts."
"Thank you everyone, that's all the time we have for today, thank you to Kirstie, Avi, and Kevin for joining us today on Superfruit. See you all in New York this fall, tickets go on sale tomorrow!"
Mitch looks at everyone and everyone nods and sings, "Gooooodbyeeeee".
Esther turns off the camera and says, "I think that is perfect just the way it is, guys, it was great!"
Kevin and Avi stand up from the floor cushions they were sitting on and Mitch says, "Kevin, you aren't going anywhere, who is this girl you are crushing on?"
Kevin smiled and said, "I'm not telling you."
Mitch frowned and said, "Kevin, you have to tell me, this sort of thing will kill me if I don't know."
"It will Kevin, and please tell him quickly," Scott said with a kidding smile.
"Maybe one day, Mitchie," Kevin said with a laugh.
Kirstie walked over to Avi and said, "So, I guess we are out there now, everyone will know this time tomorrow. You okay with that?"
"Yea, I think everyone knew anyway, well, our fans who came to the shows definitely knew something was up, the way I would look at you and sing to you." Avi said.
Kirstie smiled and leaned in and kissed Avi and hugged him, "I'm glad that it's out there, but I know there will be some disappointed fangirls."
"Stop, Kirstie, and what is this, you wanting to be the chair girl?" Avi said teasing.
"It's just something that I thought would be funny, but I think that the fans get such a kick out of, I wouldn't want to take that away from them." Kirstie said.
"Nope, you are going to be a chair girl, Kirstie, too late to back out of that one," Avi said with a loving look.
Scott looked over at Mitch and said, "I think that went really well, I still don't like not having my phone with me during the episode. And hey, what was that, telling the world I was seeing Kristie's cousin."
Mitch smiled and said, "That doesn't give anything away, I didn't show a picture of her or anything. But, now that I think of it, we should though, a quick second selfie of you two in the editing process, it'll be like a little flash. We should do that for Avi and Kirstie too."
Scott considered this and said, "Maybe, I'll check with Em."
TO BE CONTINUED
