(Kirstie's POV)
I turn onto my back and stretch. The morning sun is coming in through the windows and I slowly sit up in my bed. I turn and see Avi still sound asleep. I smile and lean down and kiss him on his forehead. I get up and go to the bathroom and see of Emma's stuff still here. I feel guilty, hoping she doesn't need anything. I walk out into the hall pulling the door closed softly. I walk down the hall and see that Mitch's door is still closed. I walk past Scott's door and it's open. I look in and no sign of Scott. I am surprised he's up already. I head out into the living room and past the kitchen to the other side of the house. I see the Guest room door open as well. I walk in and no sign of Emma. I turn back around and look on the deck and then up into the loft from the living room. Still no sign of Emma or Scott, I'm curious now. I look over to the basement door and open it and hear a TV on. I walk downstairs and see Scott and Emma sleeping on the couch. I almost want to take a picture, but I don't. They look so peaceful. I turn off the TV and turn around and see Scott stirring. He sits forward slowly moving Emma's arm that was wrapped around him. He rubs his eyes and looks at me.
I smile and say, "How did you sleep?"
"Fine, I need coffee," Scott says standing up. He looks back at Emma and sees that she's still sleeping. He then turns to me and says, "What?"
I smile and stand and say, "Nothing, just observing, that's all."
"Nothing happened, we just fell asleep watching TV," Scott said.
"It didn't look like nothing. It looked like you two were all cuddled on the couch," I say with a smile.
(Scott's POV)
"Stop it, Kirstie," I say. I head towards the stairs and turn to make sure that Kirstie is coming as well, I don't want to wake up Emma. She was sleeping so peacefully. We head upstairs to the kitchen. I start some coffee and wait for it to brew. I head outside onto the deck and look out at the beach. Kirstie joins me and says, "So, do you have something you want to say?"
"No," I say with a smile.
"Scott," Kirstie says.
"Kir, no. I'm not talking about it with you," I say. I put my arm around her shoulder and say, "Okay, just like the movie, let it go."
Kirstie laughs and we both jump into the song, "Let it Go…" We both laugh and head back inside. The coffee is done and I pour a cup and offer one to Kirstie as well. We sit at the table and I look up at Kirstie and ask, "Any word from Jeremy?"
She shakes her head no.
I tell her, "Good, I'm glad. Maybe he got the hint this time."
She looks concerned and says, "I hope so."
"How are you and Avi?" I ask.
"Amazing," she says with a smile that would brighten any room. I smile and am glad to see her so happy.
(Mitch's POV)
I walk out to the kitchen and say, "I smell coffee."
Scott looks at me and says, "Good Morning, Sunshine."
I say, "Morning, Blondie." I walk over and pour a cup for me and sit down at the table. "Are we talking about anything good?"
Kirstie looks at Scott and then at me and smiles and says, "Why don't you ask Scott where he slept last night?"
I look at Scott who is shooting a look towards Kirstie and I laugh, "Scott, where did you sleep last night?"
"Kirstie, seriously…" Scott says. He gets up and brings his coffee with him and heads into his bedroom and we hear the door close.
Kirstie looks at me and laughs and says, "It's so good to tease him for once, all this time, and he was always teasing me about Avi."
"Um, what did I miss?" I say still trying to wake up. I take another sip of coffee.
"Well, Scott and Emma fell asleep last night downstairs all cuddled up together on the couch. I saw them this morning." Kirstie says.
"Oh, that's nothing, they are just good friends," I say.
"It was cute, I was just teasing him anyway," Kirstie says.
"Where did you sleep last night?" I say with a smirk.
"In my bed, why?" Kirstie says.
"Did you and Avi have a good night?" I say with a wink.
Kirstie laughs and says, "Yes, but not what you are thinking. Get your mind out of the gutter."
I get up to go check on Scott. I walk up to his door and knock. He says, "Come in."
I walk in and he's sitting in the chair near the window looking at his phone. I sit on his bed facing him and look at him. He looks up and says, "What?"
"Do you like Emma?" I ask.
"Why?" he says.
"Just curious," I say.
"I don't know," he finally says.
I laugh and say, "I knew that kiss was more than just a little peck."
Scott looks up from his phone and says, "What are you talking about?"
"Last night, that kiss with you and Emma. There was some serious eyes going between the two of you. I'm never wrong about these things. I called Avi and Kirstie getting together long ago," I say with a smile.
Scott sighs.
"So, I'm not wrong, am I," I say.
Scott looks at me and doesn't say anything. He just sits there and sips his coffee. He raises his eyebrows and I stand up and say, "I knew it." I head out to the living room and turn back towards Scott and say, "Bye, lover boy."
Scott shakes his head and looks back at his phone.
(Emma's POV)
I wake up and am a little disoriented at first. I sit up and see that Scott is no longer here and the TV is off. I straighten up the blankets and pillows and head back upstairs. I walk into the kitchen and am blinded by the light of the windows. "Wow, it's so bright." I say.
Kirstie looks at me and smiles, "Morning, sleepyhead."
I grab a glass and get some orange juice and sit down at the table in front of Kirstie.
"Kirstie, I was thinking about it and I'm going to grab my stuff and move over to the guest room. I don't want to intrude on you and Avi." I say.
"Sorry about that, Em. I feel awful. I should have just gone to Avi's room." Kirstie says.
"I saw that you fell asleep downstairs this morning, I fell asleep down there the other day, that couch is so comfortable," Kirstie says.
I look at her and ask, "You came down there this morning?"
She smiles and says, "Yep, and I saw you and Scott."
I feel my cheeks get warm and look down at the table to try and hide my face. I look at her and say, "It was innocent. Nothing happened. We just watched TV."
She says, "I know, I already grilled Scott about it."
I look at her with my mouth opened and say, "Seriously, that's a little mortifying."
"Nah, he was cool about it. Actually, he didn't really say anything at all." Kirstie says.
Mitch comes over and sits beside me and looks at me and smiles. I shake my head and smile. Mitch and Kirstie share a glance and then Mitch turns to me and says, "Emma, how are you doing?"
I look at Mitch and say, "Okay, I think." I'm wondering if I'm about to get the third degree.
Mitch and Kirstie keep looking at each other and then at me. I look at them and say, "You know I'm sitting right here."
Mitch says, "We know, Sweetie. I'm just happy to have you here this week." He gives me a hug leaning over in his chair. I stand up and look at Kirstie, "Is your bedroom safe? I need to go get my stuff."
Kirstie jumps up, "I'll go get it; I'll bring it the guest room for you."
I laugh and say, "I can help."
We head to her bedroom. I see that Scott's door is closed as we walk by. We head into Kirstie's room and I see Avi still sleeping in the bed. I slowly get all of my stuff together and we head out into the hall.
(Scott's POV)
I head back out to the kitchen to get more coffee. I see Mitch sitting watching some SpongeBob. I pour my coffee and sit beside Mitch on the couch. I ask, "Where's Kirstie?"
"She's helping Emma pack all her stuff," Mitch says.
"What, she's leaving!?" I ask.
Mitch looks at my face and laughs. "You should see your face. Emma is not leaving the house; she's moving her stuff over to the guest room."
I try to play it off and say, "Yea, I knew that."
"No, you clearly did not." Mitch says.
Shortly afterwards, we see Emma and Kirstie bring her stuff to the other bedroom. Mitch starts laughing again. I nudge him and say, "Stop it."
Kirstie stops and says, "What did we miss?"
Emma looks at me and smiles. I can't help but smile back. Mitch starts to talk and I cover his mouth with my hand. Kirstie says, "Come on, Em, let's go, they are being silly boys right now."
Emma walks out of the room and I let go of Mitch's mouth.
"Mitch," I say.
"Scott, I'm sorry, I won't tease you. I've just never seen you like this." Mitch says.
~~~Fast forward to the afternoon~~~
(Emma's POV)
We all headed to the beach. It is beautiful and it'll give me some time away from my phone. Olivia has been sending messages to me today, even after last night's messages. She must be really sorry. Scott, Kevin, and Avi all run into the water. Kirstie and I sit in the chairs for a bit. We are both relaxing and have our earbuds in and sunglasses on. We have the chairs reclined, so we don't see Avi coming up to us. He shakes his hair all over Kirstie and she jumps. We both laugh.
(Avi's POV)
"Come on, Kirstie, let's get in the water. The water is amazing. It's so clear today." I say leaning down and pulling her up.
She laughs and says, "Okay, fine. Come on, Em, let's go."
Emma shakes her head and says, "No, I'll come out in a bit, I want to sit a little bit longer."
Kristie shrugs and we both head into the water. I pick up Kirstie in my arms and we walk into the water and Kirstie looks at me and tells me, "You better not throw me."
I smile and say, "I would never do that." I place her in the water and lean into her and kiss her. We hug and then we head over to where the guys are.
(Scott's POV)
I see Emma sitting on the beach by herself and I wonder why she didn't come in. I look over at Kirstie and say, "Why didn't Em come in?"
Kirstie said, "I don't know, she just wanted to sit on the beach some more."
Kirstie then smiles and says, "Maybe you should go ask her to come in, I bet she would say yes."
I splash Kirstie which starts an all-out splash war. I swim away and Kevin and I enjoy the waves a bit. I can't help but glance back over at Emma. I look around and see that everyone seems busy talking. I slowly walk over to the beach chairs and towels. I sit on one of the towels near the chair that Emma is sitting in. I look over and say, "Emma, why aren't you coming into the water?"
She looks over at me and says, "I will, I was just soaking up some sun. You forget, I don't get to see beaches all the time."
I stand up and say, "Come on, then. Let's go."
We walk into the water and Kirstie says, "Yay, Emma!"
Emma then walks behind me because I guess she knew what was coming. She shielded herself behind me and Kirstie and Avi splash us like crazy. I hear Emma laughing behind me and I turn around and grab her waist and pull her in front of me.
"You are not missing out on this," I say.
"No, Scott, I don't want to get splashed," Emma laughs.
Emma falls back into the water and swims a little bit away. I swim towards Avi to get him back.
We have a great time at the beach and all decide to head back to the house to get some food.
(Third Person POV)
Everyone heads back inside and gets showered and changed. Meanwhile, they have two visitors outside the door, Olivia and Jeremy. They both are sitting on the front steps waiting for the gang to come back. They aren't sure where they are. You can't see the beach from the front of the house. Jeremy and Olivia are talking. Olivia thinks that Jeremy is very kind and sweet. Jeremy thinks that it was rude that Emma had her leave like that. Meanwhile, inside, everyone is in the kitchen laughing and getting some food. Emma looks at her phone and says, "Oh God."
Scott looks at her and says, "What's wrong?"
Emma looks at the group all in the kitchen searching for Kirstie's face and motions for her to come to her. Kirstie walks over and Emma shows her the text message she just got.
Text Message:
Em, it's me again. We really need to talk. I'm waiting outside the house. I'm here with a Jeremy. We decided to just wait for y'all to get back.
Kirstie looks shocked and they head over to the front door and peek through the peep hole. Kirstie puts her hand over her face to let Emma see now. Emma has the same reaction. The guys all come round to the living room and Avi says, "K, what is it?"
"Jeremy." Kirstie says.
"And Olivia." Emma says.
To Be Continued…