Several Days later…
The doctor released Kirstie to return back to the beach house. Her memories have not come back yet, but the doctors are still very hopeful and Kirstie remains positive that they will. Pulling up to the house Emma looked over at Kirstie and said, "We are home."
Kirstie got out of the car and looked at the house and the porch and couldn't help but feel like she has seen it before, everything looked very familiar to her. She was so pleased because that could mean that her memories were going to come back to her. She looked over at Emma and smiled and told her, "Em, I feel like I've been here before."
Emma walked over to her and hugged her and said, "Yes, take it a day at a time, Kirstie, it will come back."
Scott, Mitch, Kevin, and Avi were all waiting inside the house. Avi was pacing in the kitchen area and Kevin walked up to him and said, "Avi, it'll be okay, she will remember everything, she still feels those feelings, they are just buried right now."
Avi looked at Kevin and said, "It's so hard to be around her and not reach out to her and touch her and tell her everything."
Kevin put his arm around his best friend and said, "I know, I can't imagine what this is like for you. But, I do know that Kirstie is a very strong person and she will come through this and she will remember you."
"I hope so," Avi said with a heavy sigh.
The door opened and Emma walked in and everyone stood up and watched Kirstie walk in.
(Kirstie's POV)
I walk in and see this beautiful place and I look around and see my friends, Scott and Mitch, and my new friends, Kevin and Avi, and they are all smiling at me. I wish that I could blink and the memories would be gone. I smile back and look to Emma and say, "So, where's my room?"
Emma smiles and points me in the direction of my room and I walk in and see all of my stuff. I look through it and some of the things are things I do know, but some are new. I run my fingers along my photos and look at how happy I am in some of them. I hear someone at my door and turn around and see Mitch.
"Hey Mitchy," I say.
"Hey Kirstie, how's it going?" Mitch says.
"As good as it can go, I guess. I feel like I'm letting you all down." I say as I hold a photo of the entire Pentatonix group and show it to Mitch. "We are so amazing together?" I say.
"Yes, we should all sing something together; we have a studio downstairs, maybe it will trigger something?" Mitch asks.
It couldn't hurt and I nod excitedly.
(Avi's POV)
We all head downstairs to sing something and I try and not do anything stupid. We head into the sound studio and Emma sits at the controls. We decide that we would sing something that Kirstie would know from years ago. She seems so excited to hear all of sing together and I can't help but think of everytime that we have sung together.
"Let's sing something new," Kirstie asks.
"Okay, follow me in this song," Mitch says.
We start to sing, Run to You. Kirstie joins in right on queue and she seems like the old Kirstie for a moment. I look at her and smile and she smiles back. We finish the song and I look over at her and say, "Wow, Kirstie. Good job, that was great!"
She smiles and says, "I've been listening to our songs nonstop thanks to Emma's ipod, she really likes us, did you guys know that? She even has all of Scott's songs he records from way before."
I turn to Emma who is turning bright red and we all laugh. Emma says, "Kirstie."
Kirstie turns to Emma and says, "What, I thought it was sweet."
We sing a few more songs and finish up for the day. I ask to speak to Kirstie alone and everyone else heads upstairs. She seems nervous, but not too much. We go and sit on the couch and I face her and say, "I know that Emma told you that we were together."
"Yes, she told me. I'm sorry that I haven't said anything to you, I just feel bad and I don't want to hurt you. I wish that I could remember everything, Avi, I just can't," Kirstie said.
"It's okay, baby, I mean, Kirstie. We can take things one day at a time. I just want you to know that I am here for you and I will continue to be. Please don't feel bad or guilty or pressured," I say. I so want to hold her; but I know that I can't.
Kirstie looks at me and smiles and says, "You really are so sweet, Em told me that you were so wonderful to me." She reached out to me and touches my chin and for a second she stops. It's like I almost see in her eyes, the old Kirstie. I touch her hand and say, "What is it, do you remember something?"
Kirstie just shakes her head and says, "I don't know if it's memories or just something that I am thinking."
"You can tell me, what is it?" I ask.
"It's silly, don't worry about it," she says.
"You have to tell me now, what is it?" I ask with a small smile.
"It's just that when I touched your chin and felt your beard in my fingers, it just felt so normal, like something that I did all the time," Kirstie says.
"That's a good thing, and yes, I would think that it's a memory, you always run your fingers through my beard," I say.
She smiles and I want to pull her in and hug her.
(Kirstie's POV)
I have this urge to just reach out to Avi and touch him, hold him, kiss him. I don't know why, it's something in me; I look at Avi and just know that he is the one for me. I feel all giddy inside. Could this really be all of my memories coming back to me? I look at him and say, "Can I kiss you?"
He smiles and says, "You never have to ask, you can kiss me anytime."
My heart is pounding, my stomach is doing somersaults, and I feel like if I give into this feeling that I have towards Avi, it will bring back my memories. I lean in towards him and lightly kiss him. Once I do, my body remembers everything, even if my mind hasn't caught up yet. I give into the kiss. I reach for the back of his head and I feel his arms wrap slowly and cautiously around my waist. We kiss passionately for several minutes and in this time, no memories have been lost, no time has been lost, our bodies know each other so well, our souls know each other so well, and our hearts know each other so well. I can barely take all of the emotion that is being thrown at me in this moment and I pull away catching my breath.
He looks at me with such concern and say, "Kirstie, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that."
I laugh, "You didn't do anything wrong, Avi."
Avi smiled and said, "So, any memories triggered yet?"
Searching my thoughts, I say, "Don't know yet, but I do know that was the best kiss of my life. I felt like I was home. Even if I don't get my memories, I'm happy to have you in my life."
Avi reached for me and I gladly fell into his arms and we held each other.
Upstairs…
(Scott's POV)
Emma was walking around cleaning everything and I know it's because she's worried about Kirstie. I walk up behind her and put my arms around her waist and put my chin on her shoulder and say, "Em, stop cleaning everything."
She turns facing me and smiles and says, "Sorry, I tend to do this when I worry. I just really want Kirstie and Avi to be okay, Avi is perfect for her and I don't want her to lose that."
"She won't, Avi's not going anywhere." I say.
"So, you really have every song I have ever recorded?" I ask.
She blushes and says, "Well, not every single song, but, yes, I do. I told you, you have an amazing voice." She says the last part with a whisper and turns around to make sure that no one else heard her.
I pull her towards my room and she laughs and says, "Where are we going?"
"You have been spending all of your time at the hospital and I haven't been able to kiss you like I have been wanting too," Scott says.
I pull Emma into my room and shut the door and I lean down to her face and kiss her and she wraps her arms around my neck and I pull her into me. We kiss for a little while and we break away smiling. She looks at me and says, "I missed that kiss."
She then leans forward and kisses me quickly and says, "I should go."
"Why, is there more cleaning to be done," I tease.
She nudges me softly and says, "No, I just, I don't know, I just don't know where this is going and I don't really know how you feel about me, so I don't want it to get too serious."
I look at her speechless and she looks at me and says, "What did I say?"
I pull her to one of the chairs in my room and sit her down and kneel on my knees in front of her where we are face to face. I put my hands on her hers in her lap and say, "Em, I can't imagine my world without you in it. You are so important to me. The way I feel about you is more than how I have ever felt about anyone else before."
(Emma's POV)
I am once again blown away by this guy who sits in front of me. I never really thought that Scott would ever care for me the way that I care for him. I smile and say, "I feel the same way; I have felt that way about you for a while."
He then says, "Do you still need to go now?"
I look into those blue eyes and just melt and lean forward and kiss him and say, "Never."
To be continued…