A/N: Alright, so after receiving some pretty threatening reviews and emails lol, Becky and Myself (Teal) have finally decided to give you (the readers) a new chapter of ATF: Book 2! Anyways, we appoligize for the (believe it or not) almost year long no update policy that we both had. We got sidetracked with writing Twisted Emotions, a DT based fic (which was just completed and will have a sequel or two lol.) We also plan to give you all a nice and beautiful update of Sparks sooner or later. Just stay turned!
Chapter 7:
Summer lay in her hospital bed staring out the window. She hadn't brought herself to calling Hunter yet, but she couldn't. It was hard saying that she wanted to go back to school to get her degree. She wanted to back to NYC, because it was her home. Sighing, the blond picked up the phone and dialed Hunter's number. She waited a few moments before Blake answered the phone.
"Hello?" He asked. Summer's fingers pulled at the hospital blanket covering her legs. "Hey Blake, it's uh, Summer… Is Hunter there?" She asked. Blake chuckled.
"Yeah let me get him for you." He replied. Summer waited a few moments before Hunter came over the line. "Hey Summer, what's wrong?" He asked. His concern made her smile.
"I need you to come to the hospital. We need to talk." She finished. Hunter promised to be there within a few minutes and hung up the phone. As promised, a few moments later streaked into the hospital room, appearing at the end of Summer's bed. He smiled at her and crossed over so that he was standing beside her. He kissed her lips gently and pulled a chair up next to the bed.
"What's up?" he asked, taking her tiny hand in his. She smiled. "I have something I want to run by you." She replied. Hunter nodded. "Im listening." Summer took a deep breath, there was no easy way to say it, but it had to be said.
"Hunter…this is hard to say… But I wanna go back to New York." She said, trying to keep her voice even. There was no denying that she was upset and didn't want Hunter to do what Tori had done. Hunter looked at her.
"You…..what? Summer… your not serious are you!" He asked. Summer looked at him. "Im completely serious Hunter. I want to go back to New York." Hunter's mouth fell open. It opened and closed, trying to say something. Hunter finally managed to string together a coherent sentence.
"What about fighting Lothor?" He questioned. Summer smiled weakly. "Hunter, in about two months, im not going to be able to do much of anything, let alone fighting." She replied, referring to the fact that the twins would overtake her tiny frame, making her incredibly large. Hunter looked at her.
"But what about Blue Bay? What about the team? What about us?" He asked. Summer looked down and took a breath.
"I'm going to miss being here, and with the team… And most of all with you… But if you were to ever get a riding contract, you'd be traveling all over the world… And after I have the twins, I wanna get back into wakeboarding, but I also want to have something to fall back on… And I think that going back to NYC will give me the best options." She finished. Hunter stared at her.
"So that's it? You want to go back to New York so you can figure out your options? Why can't you do that here? There are plenty of schools and places here in California that can help you do that Summer, why do you need to go back to New York to do this!" Hunter cried. He absolutely refused to believe that Summer wanted to go back to New York without him. Summer stared at him.
"I want to go back, because my grandparents are there. And I want my children to know their great-grandparents!" She exclaimed. Hunter's eyes narrowed. "Your children?" He snarled.
"What happened to our children? Or are you gonna up and leave after Christmas, disappear forever and change your name so I'll never get to meet the children I helped to put inside you!" He blew up. Summer just looked at him.
"I cannot believe you would actually think I'd do that Hunter." She whispered, tears in her eyes. Hunter ignored the tears and the hurt in her voice. He snorted loudly.
"Well it sure as hell seems like that's what you want to do." He growled out. Tears silently leaked down Summer's cheeks. "I thought you'd understand Hunter. But I can tell that you don't want me to go. So here's my proposition. Either you let me go with the promise that I will come back, or I'll go without your permission, and you won't see these babies ever again." She spat. Hunter stared at her.
"So, that's it, huh?" Hunter said. "Just forget about everything we've had, everything we could possibly have had in the future and just pack up and leave?" He asked. "Would you stop being a fucking child about this?" Summer snapped.
"Why can't you just let me go to New York?" She paused. "Wait a second, what am I saying? I don't need your permission. You're my boyfriend, not my father." Hunter got up to his feet. "Fine, do whatever the fuck you want." Hunter growled.
"I'll tell Joey to come get you tomorrow." He said. And with that he stalked out of the hospital room. Summer watched him leave. She chocked out a sob and fell back in bed, crying into her pillow. Hunter stood outside her room and heard the muffled sobs coming from her room. He took a deep breath and stormed away from the crying and went outside. Once he had reached the outside, he angrily streaked home.
The angry streak bounced into the house and Hunter stormed past Blake, who was sitting on the couch, flipping channels. Blake turned and looked at his brother.
"What's wrong man?" He asked. Hunter spun and looked at his younger brother.
"My whore of a girlfriend is moving to New York!" He screamed. Blake was taken aback. "What do you mean?" He questioned. Hunter's eyes glared at Blake, just becoming tiny narrow slits.
"She's moving back to New York because she wants her children to be close to her grandparents!" He blew up. Blake let out a whistle as Hunter stormed up the steps.
Hunter slammed into his bedroom and began ripping Summer's clothing off the floor and flinging it into her bags. After the bags had been completely packed, he fired them down the stairs with such force that the pictures on the wall in his room shook. He stomped down the steps and grabbed them. He stopped and looked at Blake, who was staring at him.
"You know," Blake began "You're being incredibly childish." He finished. Hunter glared at him. "Fuck you Blake, I don't need this shit." He replied before leaving the house with Summer's bags. He streaked to Joey and Larissa's house and pounded obnoxiously on the door. Larissa soon answered it, looking wide awake but disheveled.
"What's wrong Hunter?" She asked. Hunter thrust Summer's bags full of clothing at the orange ranger. "Here. Give this to the whore when she comes back here tomorrow. Joey can pick her up." He snarled before leaving again. Larissa stared at Hunter.
"Joe!" She called out. Joey came up from her studio.
"What?" She asked. She saw the bag in her arms. "What's that?"
"Summer's clothes." Larissa said. "...Hunter brought them over..."
"He didn't have to do that. I mean we don't need to lie to David anymore, since he knows she's pregnant."
"Uh...I think Summer and him had a fight...He called her a whore." Larissa said.
"He WHAT?" Joey screamed. In that instant, Joey ran out the still open door. Larissa stood there.
"That can't be good." She said softly. "Shane!" She called. Shane, who had been over because Joey was painting his portrait, came up the stairs from the studio.
"What?" He asked. "Where's Joey?" Larissa opened her mouth to respond but the sound of someone getting punched and someone grunting as they hit the ground was heard. Shane sighed. "Say no more." He said as he ran out the door. Her fists were tightly clenched at her sides. Hunter was sitting on the ground, rubbing his jaw.
"Don't you EVER call Summer, or any woman for that matter, that name EVER again." Joey snarled. Hunter glared at her.
"I don't give two shits what you want." Hunter said as he got up. Joey tightened her jaw and went to hit him again, but Shane rushed over and pulled her back before she could.
"Whoa whoa Jo, no use beating Hunter up over it." He said as he fought to keep her back.
"Trust me; this is the perfect time to beat him up." Joey snarled. Shane sighed and pushed her towards the house.
"Joey, just go inside. Okay? I'll talk to him."
"No, no talking. Bloodshed is preferred." Joey said, glaring at Hunter. Shane shooed her onwards and she left, reluctantly. Shane looked down at Hunter, whose jaw was swelling.
"Care to explain?" Shane questioned. Hunter pushed himself up and patted the dust off his jeans. "Not really." Hunter snarled. Shane backed up hand in the air.
"Whoa man. I come in peace." The red ninja replied in his defense. Hunter sighed and kicked a stone on the ground. "Summer's leaving me, and I can't stop her."
"What happened?" Shane asked. Hunter sighed. He sat down at the curb and Shane sat beside him as Hunter told him what happened. After he finished, he sat, staring at the street as Shane went over what he was just told.
"Well," Shane said after a long while. "You're an idiot." Hunter's head snapped up to Shane and he had the meanest glare imaginable on his face.
"Excuse me?" He said lowly.
"First of all-Why the hell would you call Summer that name to Larissa and Joey? You know they're like sisters. I mean, do you remember what Summer did to me the day after I slapped Joey?" Shane asked. "If one of them is hurt by someone, the other two come down on that person ready to claw their eyes out. You should know that by now."
"I didn't touch Summer." Hunter said, thinking back to what Summer did to Shane when he slapped Joey.
"No, but you spoke unfavorably about her. Which is just as bad as physically hurting her." Shane said. Hunter sighed. "And do you want to know how else you're an idiot?" Shane asked.
"Sure, why not." Hunter breathed out.
"You got all pigheaded and stupid with Summer. All she wants to do is see her grandparents. It sounds to me that she had no intention of leaving you until you got all upset and pissy about it." Shane said. Hunter sighed and looked down.
"She also said that she wants to get an education, and that NYU would be a good place to go." Shane sat back a moment.
"Have you considered going with her?" Shane asked. Hunter looked at him.
"What?"
"You heard me." Shane said.
"Yeah, I did. I just wanted to make sure you're not shrooming or something." Hunter said. "I can't. I mean, it's one thing for Summer to take a hiatus from ranger duties because of the pregnancy, but I can't leave. And even if we weren't rangers, I can't leave Blake and you guys." Hunter said. Shane took Hunter by the shoulders.
"Yes you can. Jesus Hunter, you and Summer could move to China, and we'd still be friends. Time, and distance hold no boundaries over friendship…. Or love." He finished. Hunter stubbornly stood to his point.
"Yeah well...I'm not going to up root my life just because-"
"There you go being an idiot again." Shane said.
"Will you stop that?" Hunter growled.
"Look, if you truly love her, then you'll make a sacrifice to be with her, in this case the sacrifice being staying here. Now, here's the question you've got to ask yourself-do you love her enough?" Shane asked. Hunter looked at him.
"I don't know if I love her anymore Shane… I just don't know."
