(Kirstie's POV)
Avi and I lost complete track of time. I sat up and looked at my phone. I looked over at Avi who looked so peaceful. "Avi, we should head back, it's almost 12:30. We've been out here for about four hours."
"Wow, really," Avi says and then sits up and stretches. "I was completely relaxing and just enjoying the company." He smiles over at me and I feel my heart race a little bit. I stand up and say, "Come on.. Let's go. I want to shower and change before Emma gets here."
Avi slowly gets up and we both start to gather all of the beach supplies. We leave the chairs and umbrella because no one seemed to bother them. We headed back inside and Avi stops me before we get too close to the house and says, "I really did have a wonderful beach date with you."
"It was a pretty great first date," I say smiling.
He leans down and softly kisses me leaving me only wanting more. I smile as he kisses me and kiss him back as well. We pull apart and head towards the house. I feel as if I'm on cloud nine and nothing could get me down even if it tried. As we got closer to the house, I darted in and grabbed a water bottle and headed to my room to shower. I lock the door and head into the shower and let the hot water wash away all the sunscreen and sand. I get out and change into some shorts and a sleeveless top. I put some gel into my hair to let the wave not get frizzy and dry a little bit. I don't really need any makeup because I've been able to get so much sun already. I put some moisturizer on and some lip gloss and I grab some ballet flats. I opt for my flats, even though they will make me a little shorter than my normal height that everyone is used too. I normally wear heels or wedges. I head out into the living room area and see that Scott was making everyone some lunch.
"Wow, Scott, this is nice of you," I say as I walk up to the counter in the kitchen. Scott looks over at me and then at my feet and smiles, "Hey shorty."
"Hey." I shot back, "I can't help it if I'm not freakishly tall like you."
"Only kidding," he looked over at me.
"Did you and Avi have a good time at the beach; y'all were out there for hours." Scott said as he continued making turkey and cheese sandwiches.
"Yes, it was perfect," I say as I look around the room for him. He must be in his room still getting ready.
"I'm so glad, K. Hey, when does Emma get here?" Scott asked.
"I don't know. I was going to call her in a bit and see when she was planning on getting here. Between you and me, I'm a little nervous about Olivia. I hope that this is going to be okay." I say.
"Too late now," Scott said and then added with a smile, "I'm sure that it'll be fine."
Avi comes out and comes over and grabs a sandwich and says, "Thanks Scott, I was starving."
Scott smirks, "I wasn't finished, I'm still working on the last one, Avi."
"Says the person who was stealing bacon this morning. Hmmm.." Avi said with a laugh.
"Touché, sir, touché." Scott says with a laugh.
Avi laughs and goes to the table and sits. Avi looks at me and winks and points to the empty chair beside him. I grab a plate and bring my sandwich over to the table and sit beside him. Avi smiles at me and we share glances and looks as we eat in our own little world of Avi and Kirstie. Mitch comes over and sits directly across from me and clears his throat.
"Umm…. Can I sit here or is this a table for two?" Mitch says.
"You can sit." I say with a small smirk.
Mitch raises his eyebrow at me and I know that he's going to corner me at some point wanting details. I laugh to myself because I know my best friend so well. Scott and Kevin grab plates and head over with some chips. We all sit around the table and talk and laugh. We laugh a lot when we are together. It doesn't take much to make one of crack.
(Emma's POV)
My friend, Olivia, and I are headed out to spend the week with my cousin, Kirstie, and her friends, who happen to be part of the wonderful singing group, Pentatonix. I played my latest mix CD of Pentatonix for the road trip. We sang along with the group and laughed at the parts we couldn't quite get.
"Okay, Em, where are we going," Olivia asks for the tenth time.
"I'll tell you. We are headed to a beach house for the next week on the coast. My cousin, Kirstie, is there." I say.
"Kirstie, really, I'll get to meet her finally!" Olivia squeals.
"Yes, she's there with some other friends of hers." I say.
It doesn't take long for Olivia to put two and two together, who else is with her, Emma, and you better not lie," Olivia says with her most serious tone.
This makes me laugh. I say, "I believe she told me, some guys, um, what were their names, Scott, Avi, Kevin, and Mitch."
"Shut the front door!" Olivia squeals. "Are you freaking kidding me, we are going to spend a week with PENTATONIX!"
"Okay, not if you are going to scream and squeal. You have to act normal, or try your best to act normal. They are normal people just like you and me. They just happen to be amazingly talented and gifted." I say.
I look over and see Olivia almost crying. "Are you crying?" I ask.
"No, I'm just freaking out. I can't believe that I'm going to actually get to spend the night with Scott, Avi, Mitch, Kevin, and Kirstie!" she squeals.
I pull the car over in a gas station and stop the car. I look over at Olivia and say, "Okay, get your screams and squeals out. Get out of the car and jump around and run around if need be."
"What are you talking about Emma?" Olivia looks at me so strangely.
"You can't go in there like some obsessed fangirl. Kirstie will kill me." I say smiling.
Olivia takes a breath and says, "Okay, I'm cool now."
"You sure?" I say waiting for it.
Olivia screams one last time and hugs my neck and says, "WE ARE GOING TO SEE PENTATONIX!"
I laugh out loud. "You good now?" I ask.
"Yes, I feel better, okay, what are we waiting for, let's go!" Olivia says.
"How close are we?" Olivia asks.
"I think we are about ten minutes away." I say waiting for her to squeal again. But, she did well, she just smiled and no squealing came. I took a breath and hoped that she would remain calm.
"Just be yourself, they will love you. You have been such a great friend to me this past year." I say.
"You have been such a great friend to me too." Olivia says.
We pull up to the house and park outside and both say, "Wow!"
"This place is amazing; I can't wait to see Kiristie!" I say jumping out of the car practically running up to the front door.
(Scott's POV)
We are all finishing up lunch and hear the doorbell. All I could think of was the jerk, Jeremy, from last night. I look at the group and say, "I'll get it. And if it's Jeremy, I'm kicking his ass. Just saying."
"Scott Hoying." Kirstie says.
I look back and shrug my shoulders, "What?"
I go to the door and open it and I see Emma. She looks a lot more grown up than I remembered. She's absolutely gorgeous. She has long, wavy light brown hair and those light gray eyes. I could look into them for days. I find my voice and say, "Hey Em!"
"Scott, it's so good to see you!" Emma says and hugs me. I feel my heart race a little bit and I don't really know why. This is Emma, Kirstie's cousin, who I have known since we were kids. Emma runs around me to Kirstie and they hug and scream with excitement. "Wow, that's loud." I say quietly.
I see, who I'm guessing, Emma's friend, Olivia, standing outside.
"Hi, I'm Scott, you must be Olivia. Come on in." I say stepping aside. Olivia seems quiet at first and doesn't really say anything but nods and grins. She is a little bit taller than Emma and has shoulder length jet black hair and dark brown eyes. Emma walks over to Olivia and introduces her to the room. We all politely say our hellos. Then, out of nowhere, fangirl.
"OH MY GOSH, IT'S SO GREAT TO MEET YOU ALL! I LOVE LOVE PENTATONIX AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. Can I take a photo of us together? Are you single? When is your next album coming out? Can I come to your next show? Can you sing a song for me? Can I post it on Twitter? Can I see an episode of SuperFruit being shot? I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN!" Olivia then goes around the room and attack-hugs every single member of the group and attempts to kiss them all. I was happy for once being so tall, she couldn't reach me for a kiss. Emma shakes her head and looks at Kirstie who is giving her a look.
We all stand there, Kevin, Avi, Mitch, Kirstie, and I, and are all sharing the same thought. I look over at Emma who seems embarrassed and is shaking her head.
(Kirstie's POV)
Okay, time for girl talk time. I grab the overly excited Olivia by the arm that has linked her onto Mitch. Mitch thanks me with his eyes and I loop my arm with Emma and we head to my bedroom. I look over my shoulders and say, "We are going to go have a little chat. I'll be back." I mouth 'sorry' to all of them.
This is not why we picked a private beach house. We love our fans, but, not crazy fans that will be staying in the house with us for a week. I get to my room and have Olivia sit on the bed. She begins to rub her hands over the comforter and asks what material it is. I tell Olivia to sit there and stay please.
"Em, can I talk to you for a moment in the hallway?" I ask.
Emma walks slowly out into the hall and I shut the door and look at her and say, "Okay, what was that?"
"I'm so sorry, Kir, I had no idea that she was going to go completely mental. Oh my god, what am I going to do? Do you want me to leave? I will. I'm so sorry. This is not what you need right now."
"No, it's fine. Hopefully, she will calm down now." I say and then it hits me and I start laughing.
"What's so funny?" Emma asks.
"This, this is funny. She kind of freaked back there. I think she scared Mitch." I say with a light chuckle. I then say, "Okay, you go back in there and calm her down or try too."
Emma heads back into my room and I head out to the living room. The guys are all standing exactly where they were and Avi speaks first.
"Okay, that was weird." Avi said.
"I'm sorry, guys; I should have just told Emma that she could come." I say.
"It's okay, she's a fan, and we should embrace the love! But, no twitter, no Instagram, nothing like that." Kevin says.
"Definitely not and no SuperFruit episodes." Mitch says shaking his head from side to side.
This makes all of us just laugh. I walk over to my friend, Mitch, and say, "Are you okay?"
"I think so," he says.
I hear Emma behind me and we all turn towards her.
"Guys, I'm so sorry. I had no idea. I mean, we both are fans of your music, I just didn't realize that she was going to do that. She seemed calm when she walked in?" Emma said genuinely.
"It's okay Em, no worries," Avi says.
"It is great to see all of you, it's been too long," Emma says smiling at everyone. She looks at Scott and glances down and turns back towards the hall. Kirstie walks with her arm around Emma and says, "Let's go talk to Ms. Olivia."
I walk in and we don't see Olivia and I panic a little bit.
Emma walks in and says, "Olivia, where are you?"
Olivia speaks from the closet, "Over here."
I look at Emma and mouth, "Don't think so."
I go over to the closet and see this girl that I just met going through my clothes. "What are you doing? Get out of my closet!" I say sternly.
"Sorry, Kirstie, I just wanted to see if we were the same size. I mean, I think I'm little bit smaller, but that's okay. Some of us are just naturally thin, sorry." Olivia says.
I shoot a look over at Emma as if to say, what did she just say to me?
I then say, "Olivia, please get out of my closet now."
Olivia gets up and walks past me with a smile and says, "Okay, okay. I thought that we could share clothes."
"Okay, I'm just going to have to set a few ground rules with you. Sorry, but, if you are going to stay here, no twitter, no Instagram, no social networking sites at all, no photos. And no messing with my stuff. Period." I say as nicely as I can.
Olivia smiles and says, "Okay, now that is cleared up, what's the relationship status of Scott and Avi and Kevin? Are they taken? Do you know if they every hook up with fans?"
Emma says, "Olivia, what is going on with you? This isn't you. Where is the sweet, kind girl that I know?"
Olivia smirks, "Emma, you may not want to get some while we are here, but I am."
Emma looks at her friend with her mouth open and then looks at me shocked, shaking her head.
I look at Olivia and can't believe that this sweet, quiet girl has turned into this nosy, want-to-be slut. Olivia senses my anger growing as well as Emma's and says, "I'm sorry, Kirstie. I won't go into your stuff anymore. I shouldn't have done that. Can I go to my room now?"
I am confused because now Olivia seems fine. Okay, this girl definitely has some issues, I think to myself. I say, "Sure, you are probably tired. We have a spare room on the other side of the house. I'll bring you there."
We walk to the other side of the house and past the guys. They all look cautiously as we pass. I show Olivia her room and she settles in. Emma looks at me and says, "I'm going to talk to her, Kir, I'm so sorry."
(Avi's POV)
Kirstie comes back into the living room and calls for a group meeting and we head downstairs where we know it is soundproof. We all head into the large living room down in the basement and I try my best to not be distracted by the awesomeness of this room. We all sit and Kirstie starts.
"Okay, group meeting, are we all okay? Do you want me to have Olivia stay somewhere else? Because I will gladly kick that girl out," Kirstie says angrily.
"She's harmless, she was just excited." Kevin said.
"I went into my room and that girl was going through my closet! You should have heard what she said to me and Emma just now," Kirstie said.
We all knew this was serious; Kirstie just doesn't get angry over anything.
"She's not a nice girl." Kirstie says crossing her arms in front of her leaning back on the couch.
I put my arm around her and say, "Sweetie, maybe she just was freaking out and now it's over. She seemed okay when you walked her to the other bedroom."
I think to myself, okay, I just called Kirstie sweetie in front of everyone. Maybe no one heard me.
Mitch leans over and says, "Awe." I shoot him a look and he straightens up.
"Scott?" I say. He is the unofficial leader of the group.
"I don't know. I don't like that she was going through Kirstie's stuff. If Kirstie's upset, that's not cool. I think that she was a little bit excited, but maybe Emma can talk to her and calm her down. She seemed nice when she first came into the house. We can take a vote, but I think it'll be fine for one night. We can see how things are tomorrow." Scott said.
"Sounds good to me," I say.
"Sounds good," Kevin says as well.
Mitch nods in agreement.
Kirstie frowns.
(Emma's POV)
I walk in and shut the door behind me. I look over at Olivia who is crying now. I go over and sit beside her on the bed. "Olivia, what happened back there? I've never known you to be like that."
"I don't know what came over me. I'm just so emotional. I wasn't expecting myself to act like that. I am so embarrassed. I can't stay here, Emma. I need to go back home, I am so mortified," Olivia says through tears.
"Olivia, don't feel that way. If you really feel you need to go, I'll let you go. I'll just rent a car to get back home." I say.
"I don't know Emma, I thought that I could be mature and grown up, but this crazy side of me comes out and I just feel like I need to get all of their attention." Olivia said.
I grab some tissues and hand them to her. I honestly don't know what to do. Part of me wishes that I just came here by myself and part of me wishes that she would leave.
"Emma, can you do me a favor?" Olivia asks.
"Sure, what's up?" I ask.
"Can you go get Kirstie; I need to apologize to her." Olivia says.
"I don't know if she's in the best of moods, right now. You kind of went through her stuff and were rude to her. I don't know if I feel comfortable having you stay here. I'm so sorry Olivia," I say.
Olivia looks at me and stands up. She looks very hurt. She grabs her stuff and the keys to my car and says, "Fine, I'm leaving. I'm staying in a hotel and then I'm going back home tomorrow morning."
I can't help but feel a little bit of relief and say, "Okay, I'm sorry."
"Don't be, some friend you turned out to be, Emma," Olivia says as she walks down the hall towards to front door and opens it and slams it.
I look around and notice that no one is in the upper level of the house and head downstairs as I see a light underneath the door. It gets really quiet as I head down and they all seemed relieved to see that it's just me. Kirstie looks pissed.
"Guys, I'm sorry for Olivia's behavior. Kirstie, I'm really sorry. You will be happy to know that she's gone. I asked her to leave," I say and then turn around to head back upstairs.
Kirstie gets up and says, "Em."
I turn around and come back down to where Kirstie and I are face to face. "What?" I say.
"Thank you, I know that was really difficult for you, but I appreciate it so much," she says and hugs me.
"I'm just so sorry, Kirstie, she was out of line," I whisper into her hair. I started to cry and Kirstie said, "Emma, don't cry."
"Emma," Mitch said coming over and hugging on me too.
"Next time, just leave your crazy friends at home," Mitch said trying to make me smile.
I smile and say, "I will try my best."
