Chp 9 – Telling the Truth

Kirstie thought a lot about the kiss from Avi on the way home from the studio and was very quiet in the car with Scott. He tried to ask her questions, but could tell that she was not here with him. He pulled into a nearby park and parked the car and turned off the car. Kirstie looked up and saw that they were in the park and turned to Scott and asked, "Why are we here?"

Sighing, Scott said, "Because you aren't here with me right now, what's going on with you? You have been out of it since earlier at the Studio."

Scott couldn't help but think that Avi likes Kirstie and he was worried that Avi told Kirstie outside and this is why she was acting so weird.

Kirstie looked into Scott's eyes and couldn't help but tell him the truth, "Avi told me he liked me."

"I figured it was something like that, is that all?" Scott asked.

"No," Kirstie quietly said looking down at her folded hands.

Scott reached for her hand and said, "What is it?"

"Avi kissed me," Kirstie said looking up into his eyes and added, "I'm sorry."

Scott pulled his hand back and looked out towards the park and sat silently for a few minutes. Kirstie could feel the tension and the awkwardness grow between them. After a few minutes, Kirstie looked over at Scott and asked, "Will you say something?"

Scott looked over and his face looked defeated and his eyes showed all of his hurt. He said, "Did you kiss him back?"

Kirstie dropped her face and Scott added, "So, where does that leave us?"

"I don't know, I like you so much Scott, but if I am being honest with myself, I have feelings for Avi too. I know that sounds completely crazy, but it's the truth. I didn't mean to kiss him, he caught me off guard, and I wasn't expecting it. It was just a little kiss," Kirstie said.

"You have feelings for Avi?" Scott asked looking more hurt if that was possible.

Kirstie knew that this was not going to be easy, but she was glad that she was being honest with Scott. The last thing that she wanted was to lie to Scott, he was her best friend, and she had such strong feelings for him too.

Scott then said, "Okay, okay. You have feelings for me and you have feelings for Avi, what do you want me to do about this?"

Kirstie shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't know, Scotty, I am just trying to be completely honest with you."

"Did you tell Avi the same thing?" Scott asked annoyed.

"No, he has no idea that I have feelings for him," Kirstie said.

Scott felt some relief in this news as maybe her feelings were stronger for Scott than Avi. Maybe he still had a chance. "Are you going to tell him?" Scott asked.

"I don't know. I want to figure things out first for myself, it's not fair for you or Avi or to me if I don't figure things out," Kirstie said hoping that Scott would understand where she was coming from.

Scott sighed and said, "Thank you for being honest with me, I'll be honest with you now." He turned to where he was facing her and looked her in the eyes and said, "I like you Kirstie, I really like you, I can give you time and space if you need it. I don't think that we should kiss anymore until you have figured out things; I'm about to start sharing you with Avi, so if it's him you choose, fine. But, if for some small chance that it's me you choose, then nothing would make me happier."

"Thank you Scott for being so understanding about this, I just feel like everything's happening so fast, I just broke up with Aaron and I never knew that you liked me or Avi, so it's a lot to take in right now." Kirstie said.

"I'll try and be understanding, but can you try and not kiss Avi until you figure things out?" Scott asked with a small smile.

"Yes, that I can promise you, I do plan on talking to him, but nothing more," Kirstie said.

"Okay, can I still punch Avi though?" Scott asked jokingly.

"Scott, that's not funny," Kirstie said already feeling like a weight was lifted off her shoulders.

"So, are you going to talk to Gracie?" Scott asked.

Kirstie shot a look over to Scott of panic, "I wasn't planning on it, she wouldn't understand."

"And you thought that I would?" Scott asked.

"I know you a lot better than her, I've known you for years and you would understand anything I told you," Kirstie said.

"Not everything," Scott said thinking if she ever chose Avi over him or did more than just kiss Avi.

Kirstie looked at Scott and said, "What wouldn't you understand?"

"Nothing, let's not think about it right now, but know that Avi and Esther are brother and sister and most likely he will tell her anyway." Scott said.

"Great, that means that Gracie will know soon, if she doesn't already know. How did things get so mixed up in my personal life so quickly?" Kirstie asked.

Scott started up the car and headed back to the apartment and Kirstie and Scott walked in to find Mitch on the couch watching SpongeBob petting Wyatt in his lap. Wyatt purred quietly and Mitch looked up at Scott and Kirstie and knew that they had a serious talk by the way they were walking and looking at him. There was space between them unlike earlier today where there was literally no space between them. Scott walked over and sat next to Mitch and Wyatt jumped over to his lap and Scott rubbed Wyatt's ears a little bit. Mitch looked over at Scott who seemed defeated and then over at Kirstie who sat in a nearby chair. She sighed and said, "I might as well tell Mitch because he'll hear from the both of us anyway."

Scott looked up and honestly said, "Well, you can tell him, I don't know if I want to listen to all of it again, if that's okay with you."

Scott stood up still holding Wyatt and went into his bedroom and they both heard the door shut quietly. Mitch turned to Kirstie and asked, "Okay, he's being weird, what's going on Kirst?"

Kirstie explained everything to Mitch and afterwards Mitch said, "Wow, Kirstie, what are you going to do?"

"I don't know, I really lov-, I mean, like Scott and I have feelings for-"Kirstie started.

"Back up there a second, girlfriend, do you love Scott?" Mitch asked quietly.

"I didn't mean to say that, Mitchie," Kirstie said with a smirk.

"Hmm, interesting," Mitch said teasingly.

"But seriously, you need to decide soon what you are going to do," Mitch added.

"I know, I know." Kirstie said.