Chp 7 – Can we just sing?
"You ready to go, Kirstie?" Scott asked as he was grabbing his keys and a coffee to go. Kirstie came out of the bedroom and said, "Do we have to go, it's going to be so awkward with Esther there, do you think she's going to be there?"
"Yea, I think that she'll be there, but it has been hours since this morning, maybe she's cooled down, I tried to call her, but she didn't answer," Scott said looking at his phone one last time.
"Okay, let's get this over with, I'm sure by now, everyone knows," Kirstie said.
"What exactly do they know, Kirst, do we even know?" Scott asked with a smile.
"I know, right, we kissed, but I don't really want to dive into a relationship right now because I just ended one with Aaron. I wouldn't mind seeing where things go, I do like you," Kirstie said as she walked up to Scott and hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.
Scott smiled and said, "I like you too and I can take things slow, I completely understand you not wanting to rush into anything."
They headed out the door and headed towards Scott's car and saw Aaron in the parking lot. Aaron was coming back from the store and had a bag of groceries in his hand. He looked up at Kirstie and then saw Scott standing behind her and he glared at him.
Kirstie said, "Aaron, can we talk?"
"No, I don't really want to talk to you right now, Kirstie, aren't you late for rehearsal anyway?" Aaron asked.
"No, not yet, Aaron, we need to talk, okay, please," Kirstie said.
Scott got in his car and started it and began to look at his phone again while Kirstie stood outside talking to Aaron. Scott would look up causally every now and then, but didn't want to seem like he was trying to eavesdrop or anything.
Kirstie walked over to Aaron and said, "It was a misunderstanding, this morning, okay."
"Which part, you sleeping with Scott last night after we broke up, or wait, what was the misunderstanding?" Aaron said upset.
"I didn't sleep with Scott last night, not that it's any of your business. Yes, I slept in his bed, but we didn't do anything," Kirstie said.
"You didn't do anything?" Aaron asked almost relieved.
"Let's just say, it was very PG, okay. Esther just walked in on something she thought was going on," Kirstie said.
"So, you did do something with him, did you kiss him?" Aaron asked looking over at Scott in his car.
"Yes, okay, we kissed. But, that's all," Kirstie said.
Aaron looked at Kirstie and then at Scott and then back at Kirstie and said, "You don't even see it, do you?"
"See what?" Kirstie asked.
"You are going to break his heart just like you broke mine," Aaron said.
Kirstie felt the words sting her and it hurt more than she wanted it too.
"Why would you say something like that?" Kirstie asked choking down her tears.
"It's the truth, Kirstie, sometimes the truth hurts," Aaron said.
"Sometimes lies hurt more, Aaron," Kirstie said turning around and jumping in Scott's car and watching Aaron walk away.
Scott looked over at Kirstie and asked, "You okay?"
"No, he's so mean, he told me that I was going to break your heart like I broke his," Kirstie said.
"Don't let his words upset you, he doesn't know what he's talking about, Kirst, okay," Scott said pulling her over into a hug.
They hugged for a little bit and then Scott said, "Okay, so we might be late to rehearsal if we don't leave now."
"Okay, let's go, I guess," Kirstie said.
Grace and Avi weren't speaking at the moment, even though they were both at the studio. Grace was in the background and Avi was trying to speak to her, "Gracie, please talk to me, okay."
"Fine, Avi, answer the question and I will," Grace said.
"Oh my goodness, you are still on this, aren't you," Avi said in a huff.
Esther came walking over and asked, "What's going on here between you two, why are you fighting, you never fight?"
Grace looked at Esther, "Tell your brother to answer my questions and we won't be fighting anymore."
Esther looked to Avi and then to Grace. Grace walked away to go talk to Mitch and Kevin who were on the other side of the room. Esther looked over at Avi who seemed very frustrated and said, "What's going on Avi?"
"She keeps asking me if I like Kirstie," Avi said quietly.
"So, tell her the truth, you don't, right?" Esther said and then saw something in Avi's eyes and threw her hand over her opened mouth and said, "No."
Avi pleaded with his sister with his eyes and said, "Esther, please."
"Since when?" Esther asked already knowing the answer to Grace's question.
Avi looked over at Grace and then at Esther and said, "I'm not discussing this with you, Esther."
"You better discuss it with someone because this is not even right to Gracie, she's so sweet, why is everyone so in love with Kirstie?" Esther said so bitter.
"Be quiet, Esther," Avi said as he walked away.
Kirstie and Scott walked into rehearsal and the room stopped talking. It actually became very quiet, almost creepy. Mitch broke the silence and came over and said, "Hey you two, ready for rehearsal?"
Kirstie nodded and walked over to Esther and said, "Esther, can we talk for a minute?"
"Sure, what's up?" Esther said sitting down.
"Look, I want you to know that I'm sorry if what you thought you saw this morning was hurtful, I never meant to hurt you, you are one of my best friends," Kirstie said.
"Why would you sleep with him? You knew how much I loved Scott and how much I still do," Esther said quietly trying not to look over at Scott who was walking up to the others.
"I didn't know you still loved him, I'm sorry for that. I didn't sleep with Scott. Yes, I slept in his bed, but, it wasn't what you thought this morning," Kirstie said.
"You didn't sleep together, really?" Esther said almost smiling.
"Yea, we didn't, feel better now?" Kirstie said.
Kirstie never thought that she would be discussing last night with so many people today. Was she kidding herself in thinking that Scott and she could actually date? All of these people in their lives would be hurt.
"I feel a lot better now, Kirstie, I knew you wouldn't do anything to hurt me," Esther said with a big hug.
Scott looked over and saw Esther hugging Kirstie and felt a little relief. Kevin wanting to lighten the mood said, "So, how was your night, Scott?"
Scott shot a look over at Kevin and saw that Avi was glaring at him, actually glaring. He looked at Avi and said, "What's going on, Avi?"
Avi quickly snapped out of it and said, "Nothing, nothing is wrong."
Scott walked over to Avi and pulled him aside and said, "Avi, man, what's up? I know you, what's with the look?"
"How could you? How could you after she just broke up with him, not even hours before, and you had to sleep with her," Avi said.
Scott was thrown back by this because of how stern Avi was being. Before Scott could say anything, Esther and Kirstie came over to the group and Esther announced to the group, "I'm so sorry guys, I was wrong. They didn't sleep together last night, it was a big misunderstanding."
"Esther, did you tell everyone?" Kirstie said shocked, but not really.
"Well, sorry, I was mad and upset, oh, and I sort of ran into Aaron too," Esther said turning red.
"Yea, thanks for that," Kirstie said.
"Okay, so now that everyone is up in our business, can we just sing now?" Scott said.
Avi looked at the floor and smiled, he was relieved. Avi looked over at Kirstie and felt like there was still a small chance for him, maybe. He then looked over at Grace who was staring him down. He knew that he was going to have to talk to Grace about everything sooner or later.