Again, as usual, thanks for the awesome reviews. I was amazed at the amount of feedback I had for the last challenge. You reviewers rock so much! I really respect you all, taking two minutes out of you time to review. You are all awesome! Ahem, on with the fic.

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"Green-Eyed Monster"

Tori pushed open the door to Stormchargers the next day. Her blue eyes scanned the store for any of her friends. She found Dustin making his way to the window display with a surfboard in tow. He stopped as he noticed her there.

"Hey, Hanson," he grinned, "what's up?" He balanced the surfboard against the wall.

Tori dug her hands into her pockets and shrugged. "Nothing."

"I know you too well to know it's never nothing," Dustin said in a knowing voice.

The blonde diverted her gaze and looked around the store. "Hunter not in today?" she asked as casually as possible.

Dustin shook his head. "Nah, he said something about a date. It's his day off anyway."

"A date?" she breathed in shock. Her friend stared at her.

"What's the problem? We've never heard about Hunter's love life before. It's time he got one." Dustin turned his attention to getting the surfboard to balance on the display, which gave Tori time to recover herself.

"So, who is this girl then?" she pursued, still trying to sound as uninterested as she could.

Before Dustin could answer, the surfboard fell backwards. He caught it before it hit the ground and he straightened it up. "Um, something about a friend from the track's sister, but I can't be sure. Things go in one ear and out the other with me." He grinned goofily.

"Yeah," she replied half-heartedly. "I'll see you later."

"Sure thing, dude."

Tori turned on her heel and was about to make for the door when she stopped in her tracks upon seeing who managed to get in through the door first.

"Hey, Tori, Dustin," Hunter said with a grimace. He was dressed in his usual jeans and crimson t-shirt. His hands were in his pockets and he looked generally more cheerful than he usually would.

"Hi," was all Tori could manage.

Hunter frowned. "You okay?"

Tori shook him off quickly. "Yeah, course I am. Never been better." She ran a hand through her hair nervously. "I need to get going; classes in ten minutes. See you around." She broke into a hurried walk and left the store, leaving Hunter's eyes to follow her out, confused.

"What's up with her?" he inquired to Dustin.

"Huh?" the brunette looked up from the same surfboard that he had begun to wax. "Oh, Tori? I dunno."

"Come on Dustin, what did you say to her?"

"Erm, something about your day off. How did your date go anyway?"

"Date?" Hunter asked, perplexed. "Oh, you mean Adam's sister? She just needed a hand with her bike." He paused for a moment and thought over what Dustin had said. Realisation hit him. "Hold on, did you tell Tori I was on a date today?"

Dustin stopped what he was doing and finally stepped away from the surfboard. "Yeah, sorry, must have got mixed up."

Hunter's face looked murderous. "Thanks, Dustin, thanks a lot." He turned and stormed out of the store.

Dustin shrugged and picked up his waxing rag again. "Dunno what's got his knickers in a twist. Why would he care if Tori thought he went on a date anyways?" He shrugged his shoulders and carried on with his work.