The next morning… Kristie woke up early and sat up in bed. She looked around the room and didn't just know some of the things from the past four years, she remembered everything. She was elated; she couldn't believe that all of her memories came back. She suddenly was faced with the moments of her kidnapping and Shane and Jeremy. These are the memories that she did not want to have. She ran out of her room and went down the hall to Avi's room and knocked before entering. Avi was sleeping peacefully, and was woken up by the knocking. He looked over towards the door and smiled when he saw Kirstie standing there in the doorway.
She ran up to him and said, "Avi, wake up, I remember now."
He sat up and said, "What?"
"I remember it all. I just woke up and it's like someone flipped a switch in my head. It's all back like it never went away. But, I also remember the kidnapping and Shane and Jeremy," Kirstie said crawling into the bed with Avi.
Avi moved over some and pulled her in close and held her and said, "You probably need to go talk to the police now that you remember everything just to make sure that Shane and Jeremy told them everything."
"I'll call the officer later, I'm just glad that they are both in jail," Kirstie says.
"Have you told Em that you got your memories back?" Avi asked.
"You were the first one that I wanted to see," Kirstie says holding Avi closer.
"I'm so happy for you, Kirstie, but I'm sorry that you remember the kidnapping. I was glad that you didn't have to remember that, I'm here if you want to talk about it, though." Avi says. Mitch slowly got up for the day and got ready, he really needed some coffee. He walked out into the hallway and knocked on Scott's door. He heard a hushed voice and then, "Come in."
He walked in and saw Scott lying in bed and there was a large lump beside him. Mitch knew instantly that it was Emma, but he decided to have a little fun. He walked over to Scott's bed and smiled and said, "Good morning, Scott."
Scott smiled and said, "Good morning, what's up?"
Mitch said, "Oh, I don't know, just woke up and felt like making some coffee. You wouldn't mind if I rest right here for a minute?" With that, Mitch plopped down on top of the large lump in the bed and laughed.
Emma laughed too and pulled the covers down from her head and said, "Mitch!"
Scott couldn't help but laugh too and said, "So much for hiding in here, Em."
Mitch sat up and shot a smirk to both Emma and Scott and said, "Well, I will see you two later and I'll talk to you both later." Mitch walked out of the room and shut the door and was very happy for his two friends.
Emma looked at Scott and said, "Well, I guess everyone will know now that I spent the night in here."
Scott curled up with Emma and said, "Who cares what they think."
"I guess I don't really care, I don't want people to get the wrong idea, we didn't do anything, you know. It's just this isn't really the type of thing that I normally do back at home," Emma says.
"Like what, spend the night with your boyfriends?" Scott asks.
"Yea, I don't really spend the night with guys that I am dating."
"Well, that's good, are you currently dating anyone right now by the way? I guess I should have asked that a lot sooner," Scott said with a little bit of nervousness in his voice.
"Nope, single girl, here," Emma says.
"Until now," Scott says as he pulls Emma closer and kisses her.
She pulls away and says, "So, I guess this is official now? Us."
"I would hope so, I don't really do this either, you know. I know that we never really came out and said, dating, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc. But, yes, I would like for you to be my girlfriend, would you?" Scott asked.
"I would love too, Scott," Emma said as she leaned towards him and kissed him. Later that day… After Kirstie shared her good news with everyone, they all went out to have a celebratory lunch. Kirstie leaned over to Emma who was sitting beside her and said, "Okay, spill it, you and Scott are very affectionate today."
"We are officially dating now," Emma says with a large grin from ear to ear.
Kirstie says, "Oh, I'm so happy for you Em. I have a question for you? Would you like to join us as part of our crew and travel with us and be my personal assistant?"
"Really, I don't know Kirstie, what about school? What about my job? I have to give this some thought, okay." Emma says.
"Okay, sure. If you need some time, just let me know," Kirstie says.
Kirstie then shoots a look over at Scott who already knew about wanting to ask Emma this and shrugged her shoulders. Emma looked down at her plate and played with her fork swirling it around her salad. She excused herself from the table and headed into the bathroom.
When she was gone, Scott came over and sat in Emma's chair and said, "What did she say?"
"She said that she wasn't sure and that she needed to think about it, sorry Scott." Kirstie said.
"I wonder why she didn't say yes right away, I thought that she would have jumped at the opportunity," Scott says disappointed.
"She didn't say no, she just said she needed to think about it, that's all. I'm sure that she will say yes, don't worry," Kirstie said. (Scott's POV)
I am sort of confused right now because I thought for sure that Emma would love to go on tour with us and travel with us around the world. It would mean that we would be together; we wouldn't have to have a long distance relationship. I go back to my seat and just sit there quietly. Mitch looks at me and knows something is bothering me and says, "Trouble in paradise already, Blondie?"
"No, try confusion," I say quietly.
Mitch puts his hand on my shoulder and says, "Don't worry, everything will be okay." (Emma's POV)
I go into the bathroom and go to the last stall and walk in and close the door and lean against the wall. I stand there and try my best to just relax and breathe. I feel like everything is happening so fast. A week ago, I was sitting at home getting a text message from Mitch to come out and surprise Kirstie. In that one week, I was confronted by Jeremy, pushed into his car, lost a best friend, my cousin was kidnapped and lost her memories, she regained her memories, and all during that time, I somehow managed to get a boyfriend, not only a boyfriend, but a guy who I actually really really like. I feel like I'm in this whirlwind and I will never find normal again. I don't know if I will be able to handle life on the road. I know that I would be able to see Kirstie and the gang and see Scott all the time if I go, but what about my life at home. I would be walking away from my school, my job, and my friends there. Do I really want to be Kirstie's personal assistant? Feeling like I have completely disappointed Kirstie in saying that I needed time to think about it was weighing on me too. I gathered myself and decided that I needed to get back to the table. When I arrived, I sat beside Kirstie and looked across the table at Scott and he seemed sad for some reason. I smiled at him and he slowly smiled back. I knew right away, that he knew about Kirstie's question to me and knew my answer to her, requesting more time. Surly, he was disappointed in me for saying that and I had no idea how I was going to explain this to him. (Third person POV) After lunch, everyone went out shopping in the local shops in the area. They all got a couple of items and headed back to the house. In the car, Emma couldn't help but notice the silence coming from Scott. Scott was driving and she was sitting in the passenger seat. Kevin and Mitch were sitting in the middle row while Avi and Kirstie were sitting in the last row. Scott wasn't even singing along to Beyoncé when one of her songs came on the radio. (Emma's POV)
"Scott, what's up?" I say breaking the silence between us. I said it softly enough to where he was the only one in the car that could hear me.
He shrugged and said, "Nothing, why?"
"Don't do that, tell me what's wrong?" I say.
"You should tell me what's wrong, you are the one not sure if you can go on the road with us?" he says with a little hurt in his voice.
I turn and face the road and am upset that he's upset over this, wasn't this my decision. I don't say another word until we get to the house. I walk in and go immediately to the guest room. I sense Scott following me to my room. Walking into my room, I busy myself with putting my clothes up, lining my shoes up on the floor, cleaning up my dresser. He walks in and shuts the door behind him and stands there. I finally look over at him and say, "What is it? What do you want to say?"
"Why don't you want to join us?" Scott says holding out his hands.
"Did she tell you that I said no, I told her I needed time to think about it, that's all," I say.
"What do you need to think about?" he asks.
"A lot of things, I really don't feel like getting into something right now, okay." I say really hoping that this uncomfortable conversation will be coming to an end soon.
"Em, we are communicating, you can be honest with me, what are you having to think about?" Scott asks.
I look at him and know that he's not going anywhere until he gets an answer. I walk over to the window in my room and look out at the beach and look back at him. He's standing there with his arms crossed and he looks so hurt, I did this. Walking up to him, I reach for his hands and look into his eyes and say, "This past week has been one of the craziest weeks of my entire life. So much has happened to me this week. I just needed some time to think about it, it's a big decision to just start my life over. I have my school, my work, my life back at home. This would mean changing all of that."
He pulls his hands away from me and says, "You don't think that we all understand that first hand, we do."
"I know you do, but I didn't ask for this life," I said and instantly regretted it. It didn't come out right because I see the hurt in his eyes.
He looked upset and said, "Why did you say you would be my girlfriend?"
This hurts me more than I thought it would, "Because I like you."
"If you like me, wouldn't you want to spend more time with me?" he asks.
"It's not that I don't want to spend time with you, that has nothing to do with this." I shoot back at him with a tone.
"It has everything to do with it," he shoots right back at me and with this he leaves my room and shuts the door loudly behind him.
I have never seen Scott upset or angry, so this was a first for me. I sit on my bed and wonder if I just lost the guy that I just started dating in the same day? I shake my head and try to play over the conversation in my mind. (Scott's POV)
I am so pissed off right now, I hate being upset and angry. I walk downstairs so that I can be alone. I sit down at the sound board and play some of the tracks that we recorded earlier this week and I just try and lose myself in the music. I completely jump out of my chair when Mitch taps me on the shoulder.
"Geez, Mitch, you scared the crap out of me," I say.
"What happened upstairs with you and Em, I haven't seen you this upset in a long time?" Mitch asks.
"Did you talk to Em?" I ask.
"She wouldn't talk to me, so I came to you, I don't like seeing you two like this," he says.
"I don't either; long story short, Kirstie asked Em to be her personal assistant and Em said that she had to think about it. I got upset because Em didn't make a decision right away and basically I just got pissed about it. I'm still pissed about it, okay." I say.
Mitch sits back and looks at me and says, "Scott, you are so in love, aren't you."
"What are you talking about?" I say.
"You can't even see it yet, but you are. You are so hurt because you think that Em's answer of saying that she needed some time was something about you." he says.
"I don't know what to do now. I just stormed out of her room," I say.
"You should talk to her, you should try and let her explain, don't let this ruin your relationship, it just started," Mitch says.
I know Mitch is right and I just sit there and go back to working on our music. Mitch pats me on the back and walks back upstairs. (Kevin's POV)
Mitch, I, Avi, and Kirstie decide to all go to the beach and let the two little nonspeaking lovebirds alone in the house. Perhaps, they'll talk to each other when we are gone. We have a great time at the beach and the water is crystal clear. I take some photos and take some great shots of Mitch and Avi and Kirstie.
"Hi there," said a guy from my left. I turned to him and said, "Hi."
"Hi, my name is Matt, and this is my brother, Paul. We are locked out of our beach house three doors down and are waiting for the locksmith to come. Can we trouble you for some water?" Matt says.
I smile and say, "Of course, how long have you been locked out?"
"About five hours, we were going to just wait, but we started getting thirsty, we have been out at the beach all day and didn't know we locked ourselves out until just now. They told us it would be about two hours before he can get here," Matt said.
"Well, come on back to the house, we'll get you squared away, I'm Kevin by the way. This is Avi, Kristie, and Mitch." I say.
Paul looks up instantly at us and says, "Oh my goodness, I know you, you are amazing!"
Matt looks at Paul and says, "What?"
Paul rolls his eyes and says, "Please excuse my brother here. Matt, this is the group, Pentatonix. They are amazing!"
Matt smiles and says, "Sorry I haven't heard of you."
I look at Avi, Mitch, and Kirstie and laugh and say, "That's refreshing. A non-fan. Come on, guys, come inside."
We all head towards the house and Matt and Paul walk in with us. I go to the kitchen and grab some water bottles and give them each one. (Mitch's POV)
Paul is so cute, he's a little bit taller than me, has red hair, freckles, and emerald green eyes. He doesn't look like his brother Matt at all. Matt could be as tall as Scott and Kevin, he has dark brown hair, and brown eyes. I smile at Paul and he smiles back and says, "I love your voice, Mitch."
I smile and say, "Thank you, that's so kind of you to say."
Paul comes over and sits next to me and asks me about our songs and our tour, but not in a pushing way like Olivia. He is sincere and kind and very sweet to me. (Emma's POV)
I hear the gang come back and I guess it's time for me to come out of hiding. I will just try to avoid Scott for a little bit. I walk into the living room and am greeted by Kirstie who comes over to me and says, "You okay?"
Smiling softly, I say, "Yea, I will be." I look around the living room and wonder who the new guys are. Kirstie introduces me to the group and says, "Matt, Paul, this is my cousin, Emma."
Matt and Paul both wave and say hey.
I smile and say, "Hi there."
I just assume that they know someone here and head into the kitchen and get a drink. I go to the table where Avi is sitting. He looks over at me like a big brother would and says, "Em, you okay?"
"Yes, Avi, thanks." I say.
Avi and I start talking and he explains about Matt and Paul and the trouble they had with being locked out of their house. We then start talking about some random YouTube video and we both start laughing that I don't see Matt coming over and sitting next to me. He smiles at me and says, "I saw that, it was so funny!"
I smile politely and say, "Yea, it is."
Avi then asks about a different video and Matt talks about that one too. I look around the room and I see that Mitch is talking with Paul, Matt's brother, and they seem to be really into their conversation. I smile at that. Kirstie joins us at the table and sits next to Avi. Matt looks at his phone and says, "It shouldn't be too much longer, the locksmith said that he would call me when he arrived at the house. I can't thank y'all enough for letting us hang out while we wait."
Avi smiled and said, "Anytime." (Scott's POV)
I decide to head back upstairs as it's been a little while and I'm cooled off. I decide to talk to Emma. I step upstairs and am surprised by the additional guests and all of the laughter I hear. Mainly, all the laughter I hear from Emma. Wasn't she upset? I walk over to the table and see her, Avi, Kirstie, Kevin, and some guy sitting at the table laughing like it was going out of style or something. I say, "Hey guys."
Emma looks at me as her laughter fades. I see that she's still hurt. Matt stands up and reaches out his hand and says, "Hi, you must be Scott, I'm Matt. I'm staying a couple of houses down. Over there, is my brother Paul."
I shake his hand and look over to Paul who is in the living room talking with Mitch and wave. I see Paul smile and say, "Hi Scott!" I smile and sit down at the head of the table between Avi and Emma.
Mitch and Paul come over to the table and Mitch announces that Paul and Matt will be staying for dinner.
Avi says, "Great, new friends are always welcome!"
Matt leaned over to Em and whispered, "I'm glad I can hang out longer."
Did he think that I couldn't hear him? I sit there and feel this jealously come within me and I barely hold myself together.
She ran up to him and said, "Avi, wake up, I remember now."
He sat up and said, "What?"
"I remember it all. I just woke up and it's like someone flipped a switch in my head. It's all back like it never went away. But, I also remember the kidnapping and Shane and Jeremy," Kirstie said crawling into the bed with Avi.
Avi moved over some and pulled her in close and held her and said, "You probably need to go talk to the police now that you remember everything just to make sure that Shane and Jeremy told them everything."
"I'll call the officer later, I'm just glad that they are both in jail," Kirstie says.
"Have you told Em that you got your memories back?" Avi asked.
"You were the first one that I wanted to see," Kirstie says holding Avi closer.
"I'm so happy for you, Kirstie, but I'm sorry that you remember the kidnapping. I was glad that you didn't have to remember that, I'm here if you want to talk about it, though." Avi says. Mitch slowly got up for the day and got ready, he really needed some coffee. He walked out into the hallway and knocked on Scott's door. He heard a hushed voice and then, "Come in."
He walked in and saw Scott lying in bed and there was a large lump beside him. Mitch knew instantly that it was Emma, but he decided to have a little fun. He walked over to Scott's bed and smiled and said, "Good morning, Scott."
Scott smiled and said, "Good morning, what's up?"
Mitch said, "Oh, I don't know, just woke up and felt like making some coffee. You wouldn't mind if I rest right here for a minute?" With that, Mitch plopped down on top of the large lump in the bed and laughed.
Emma laughed too and pulled the covers down from her head and said, "Mitch!"
Scott couldn't help but laugh too and said, "So much for hiding in here, Em."
Mitch sat up and shot a smirk to both Emma and Scott and said, "Well, I will see you two later and I'll talk to you both later." Mitch walked out of the room and shut the door and was very happy for his two friends.
Emma looked at Scott and said, "Well, I guess everyone will know now that I spent the night in here."
Scott curled up with Emma and said, "Who cares what they think."
"I guess I don't really care, I don't want people to get the wrong idea, we didn't do anything, you know. It's just this isn't really the type of thing that I normally do back at home," Emma says.
"Like what, spend the night with your boyfriends?" Scott asks.
"Yea, I don't really spend the night with guys that I am dating."
"Well, that's good, are you currently dating anyone right now by the way? I guess I should have asked that a lot sooner," Scott said with a little bit of nervousness in his voice.
"Nope, single girl, here," Emma says.
"Until now," Scott says as he pulls Emma closer and kisses her.
She pulls away and says, "So, I guess this is official now? Us."
"I would hope so, I don't really do this either, you know. I know that we never really came out and said, dating, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc. But, yes, I would like for you to be my girlfriend, would you?" Scott asked.
"I would love too, Scott," Emma said as she leaned towards him and kissed him. Later that day… After Kirstie shared her good news with everyone, they all went out to have a celebratory lunch. Kirstie leaned over to Emma who was sitting beside her and said, "Okay, spill it, you and Scott are very affectionate today."
"We are officially dating now," Emma says with a large grin from ear to ear.
Kirstie says, "Oh, I'm so happy for you Em. I have a question for you? Would you like to join us as part of our crew and travel with us and be my personal assistant?"
"Really, I don't know Kirstie, what about school? What about my job? I have to give this some thought, okay." Emma says.
"Okay, sure. If you need some time, just let me know," Kirstie says.
Kirstie then shoots a look over at Scott who already knew about wanting to ask Emma this and shrugged her shoulders. Emma looked down at her plate and played with her fork swirling it around her salad. She excused herself from the table and headed into the bathroom.
When she was gone, Scott came over and sat in Emma's chair and said, "What did she say?"
"She said that she wasn't sure and that she needed to think about it, sorry Scott." Kirstie said.
"I wonder why she didn't say yes right away, I thought that she would have jumped at the opportunity," Scott says disappointed.
"She didn't say no, she just said she needed to think about it, that's all. I'm sure that she will say yes, don't worry," Kirstie said. (Scott's POV)
I am sort of confused right now because I thought for sure that Emma would love to go on tour with us and travel with us around the world. It would mean that we would be together; we wouldn't have to have a long distance relationship. I go back to my seat and just sit there quietly. Mitch looks at me and knows something is bothering me and says, "Trouble in paradise already, Blondie?"
"No, try confusion," I say quietly.
Mitch puts his hand on my shoulder and says, "Don't worry, everything will be okay." (Emma's POV)
I go into the bathroom and go to the last stall and walk in and close the door and lean against the wall. I stand there and try my best to just relax and breathe. I feel like everything is happening so fast. A week ago, I was sitting at home getting a text message from Mitch to come out and surprise Kirstie. In that one week, I was confronted by Jeremy, pushed into his car, lost a best friend, my cousin was kidnapped and lost her memories, she regained her memories, and all during that time, I somehow managed to get a boyfriend, not only a boyfriend, but a guy who I actually really really like. I feel like I'm in this whirlwind and I will never find normal again. I don't know if I will be able to handle life on the road. I know that I would be able to see Kirstie and the gang and see Scott all the time if I go, but what about my life at home. I would be walking away from my school, my job, and my friends there. Do I really want to be Kirstie's personal assistant? Feeling like I have completely disappointed Kirstie in saying that I needed time to think about it was weighing on me too. I gathered myself and decided that I needed to get back to the table. When I arrived, I sat beside Kirstie and looked across the table at Scott and he seemed sad for some reason. I smiled at him and he slowly smiled back. I knew right away, that he knew about Kirstie's question to me and knew my answer to her, requesting more time. Surly, he was disappointed in me for saying that and I had no idea how I was going to explain this to him. (Third person POV) After lunch, everyone went out shopping in the local shops in the area. They all got a couple of items and headed back to the house. In the car, Emma couldn't help but notice the silence coming from Scott. Scott was driving and she was sitting in the passenger seat. Kevin and Mitch were sitting in the middle row while Avi and Kirstie were sitting in the last row. Scott wasn't even singing along to Beyoncé when one of her songs came on the radio. (Emma's POV)
"Scott, what's up?" I say breaking the silence between us. I said it softly enough to where he was the only one in the car that could hear me.
He shrugged and said, "Nothing, why?"
"Don't do that, tell me what's wrong?" I say.
"You should tell me what's wrong, you are the one not sure if you can go on the road with us?" he says with a little hurt in his voice.
I turn and face the road and am upset that he's upset over this, wasn't this my decision. I don't say another word until we get to the house. I walk in and go immediately to the guest room. I sense Scott following me to my room. Walking into my room, I busy myself with putting my clothes up, lining my shoes up on the floor, cleaning up my dresser. He walks in and shuts the door behind him and stands there. I finally look over at him and say, "What is it? What do you want to say?"
"Why don't you want to join us?" Scott says holding out his hands.
"Did she tell you that I said no, I told her I needed time to think about it, that's all," I say.
"What do you need to think about?" he asks.
"A lot of things, I really don't feel like getting into something right now, okay." I say really hoping that this uncomfortable conversation will be coming to an end soon.
"Em, we are communicating, you can be honest with me, what are you having to think about?" Scott asks.
I look at him and know that he's not going anywhere until he gets an answer. I walk over to the window in my room and look out at the beach and look back at him. He's standing there with his arms crossed and he looks so hurt, I did this. Walking up to him, I reach for his hands and look into his eyes and say, "This past week has been one of the craziest weeks of my entire life. So much has happened to me this week. I just needed some time to think about it, it's a big decision to just start my life over. I have my school, my work, my life back at home. This would mean changing all of that."
He pulls his hands away from me and says, "You don't think that we all understand that first hand, we do."
"I know you do, but I didn't ask for this life," I said and instantly regretted it. It didn't come out right because I see the hurt in his eyes.
He looked upset and said, "Why did you say you would be my girlfriend?"
This hurts me more than I thought it would, "Because I like you."
"If you like me, wouldn't you want to spend more time with me?" he asks.
"It's not that I don't want to spend time with you, that has nothing to do with this." I shoot back at him with a tone.
"It has everything to do with it," he shoots right back at me and with this he leaves my room and shuts the door loudly behind him.
I have never seen Scott upset or angry, so this was a first for me. I sit on my bed and wonder if I just lost the guy that I just started dating in the same day? I shake my head and try to play over the conversation in my mind. (Scott's POV)
I am so pissed off right now, I hate being upset and angry. I walk downstairs so that I can be alone. I sit down at the sound board and play some of the tracks that we recorded earlier this week and I just try and lose myself in the music. I completely jump out of my chair when Mitch taps me on the shoulder.
"Geez, Mitch, you scared the crap out of me," I say.
"What happened upstairs with you and Em, I haven't seen you this upset in a long time?" Mitch asks.
"Did you talk to Em?" I ask.
"She wouldn't talk to me, so I came to you, I don't like seeing you two like this," he says.
"I don't either; long story short, Kirstie asked Em to be her personal assistant and Em said that she had to think about it. I got upset because Em didn't make a decision right away and basically I just got pissed about it. I'm still pissed about it, okay." I say.
Mitch sits back and looks at me and says, "Scott, you are so in love, aren't you."
"What are you talking about?" I say.
"You can't even see it yet, but you are. You are so hurt because you think that Em's answer of saying that she needed some time was something about you." he says.
"I don't know what to do now. I just stormed out of her room," I say.
"You should talk to her, you should try and let her explain, don't let this ruin your relationship, it just started," Mitch says.
I know Mitch is right and I just sit there and go back to working on our music. Mitch pats me on the back and walks back upstairs. (Kevin's POV)
Mitch, I, Avi, and Kirstie decide to all go to the beach and let the two little nonspeaking lovebirds alone in the house. Perhaps, they'll talk to each other when we are gone. We have a great time at the beach and the water is crystal clear. I take some photos and take some great shots of Mitch and Avi and Kirstie.
"Hi there," said a guy from my left. I turned to him and said, "Hi."
"Hi, my name is Matt, and this is my brother, Paul. We are locked out of our beach house three doors down and are waiting for the locksmith to come. Can we trouble you for some water?" Matt says.
I smile and say, "Of course, how long have you been locked out?"
"About five hours, we were going to just wait, but we started getting thirsty, we have been out at the beach all day and didn't know we locked ourselves out until just now. They told us it would be about two hours before he can get here," Matt said.
"Well, come on back to the house, we'll get you squared away, I'm Kevin by the way. This is Avi, Kristie, and Mitch." I say.
Paul looks up instantly at us and says, "Oh my goodness, I know you, you are amazing!"
Matt looks at Paul and says, "What?"
Paul rolls his eyes and says, "Please excuse my brother here. Matt, this is the group, Pentatonix. They are amazing!"
Matt smiles and says, "Sorry I haven't heard of you."
I look at Avi, Mitch, and Kirstie and laugh and say, "That's refreshing. A non-fan. Come on, guys, come inside."
We all head towards the house and Matt and Paul walk in with us. I go to the kitchen and grab some water bottles and give them each one. (Mitch's POV)
Paul is so cute, he's a little bit taller than me, has red hair, freckles, and emerald green eyes. He doesn't look like his brother Matt at all. Matt could be as tall as Scott and Kevin, he has dark brown hair, and brown eyes. I smile at Paul and he smiles back and says, "I love your voice, Mitch."
I smile and say, "Thank you, that's so kind of you to say."
Paul comes over and sits next to me and asks me about our songs and our tour, but not in a pushing way like Olivia. He is sincere and kind and very sweet to me. (Emma's POV)
I hear the gang come back and I guess it's time for me to come out of hiding. I will just try to avoid Scott for a little bit. I walk into the living room and am greeted by Kirstie who comes over to me and says, "You okay?"
Smiling softly, I say, "Yea, I will be." I look around the living room and wonder who the new guys are. Kirstie introduces me to the group and says, "Matt, Paul, this is my cousin, Emma."
Matt and Paul both wave and say hey.
I smile and say, "Hi there."
I just assume that they know someone here and head into the kitchen and get a drink. I go to the table where Avi is sitting. He looks over at me like a big brother would and says, "Em, you okay?"
"Yes, Avi, thanks." I say.
Avi and I start talking and he explains about Matt and Paul and the trouble they had with being locked out of their house. We then start talking about some random YouTube video and we both start laughing that I don't see Matt coming over and sitting next to me. He smiles at me and says, "I saw that, it was so funny!"
I smile politely and say, "Yea, it is."
Avi then asks about a different video and Matt talks about that one too. I look around the room and I see that Mitch is talking with Paul, Matt's brother, and they seem to be really into their conversation. I smile at that. Kirstie joins us at the table and sits next to Avi. Matt looks at his phone and says, "It shouldn't be too much longer, the locksmith said that he would call me when he arrived at the house. I can't thank y'all enough for letting us hang out while we wait."
Avi smiled and said, "Anytime." (Scott's POV)
I decide to head back upstairs as it's been a little while and I'm cooled off. I decide to talk to Emma. I step upstairs and am surprised by the additional guests and all of the laughter I hear. Mainly, all the laughter I hear from Emma. Wasn't she upset? I walk over to the table and see her, Avi, Kirstie, Kevin, and some guy sitting at the table laughing like it was going out of style or something. I say, "Hey guys."
Emma looks at me as her laughter fades. I see that she's still hurt. Matt stands up and reaches out his hand and says, "Hi, you must be Scott, I'm Matt. I'm staying a couple of houses down. Over there, is my brother Paul."
I shake his hand and look over to Paul who is in the living room talking with Mitch and wave. I see Paul smile and say, "Hi Scott!" I smile and sit down at the head of the table between Avi and Emma.
Mitch and Paul come over to the table and Mitch announces that Paul and Matt will be staying for dinner.
Avi says, "Great, new friends are always welcome!"
Matt leaned over to Em and whispered, "I'm glad I can hang out longer."
Did he think that I couldn't hear him? I sit there and feel this jealously come within me and I barely hold myself together.
To Be Continued…