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Second Chance

The young woman whirled around her hair flying behind her. She looked a bit confused and then a smile, a real smile, crossed her face "Hey." She said softly.

Blake swallowed and closed the distance between them. "Did you just get done with Sensei?"

"Yeah. What are you doing here?" Blake closed his eyes and looked down. "Not that I don't want to see you—here that is. I just…I thought everyone had gone home."

"I did. But, I uh, I came back."

"Well, I can see that." Tori said in a teasing voice. "But why? Did you want to talk to Sensei?"

"Actually I came back…for you." Tori blushed and looked down at the ground. "Want to go for a walk?" Blake asked not sure what to do next.

"Yeah, sounds good."

The two started walking. They weren't walking anywhere in particular, but they were walking and enjoying each other's companies.

"So Tor, a long couple of months. I'm sorry you had to go through it."

"Thanks. It wasn't that hard."

The young man nodded, "Did you want to stay there?"

"I did." Tori saw Blake stiffen up so she stopped walking, causing him to stop and look at her. "Do you remember the necklace I was wearing?"

"I remember."

"That was stopping me from remembering all of this." She gestured her hands around indicating the earth.

"Huh. Tricky." Blake began walking again with Tori quickly picking up the pace next to him. They were trying to keep Tori there and make it seem like it was their idea. The thought that he had been really close to loosing Tori again grabbed at this heart and pulled on it causing as much ache as it did for him to be right next to her and yet be so far away.

"Yeah, but I don't think Gareth had any part in the necklace."

"I heard. He loves you." Blake said with more bitterness in his voice than he meant to. Gareth had been able to say those treasured words to his Tori before Blake could. That wasn't right, it wasn't fair.

"Yeah, well that's someone." Tori murmured and yet somehow Blake had heard.

How could she think that? She above most others deserved that kind of love. "Tor," He stopped and looked at her putting his hands on her shoulders, "you think he's the only one that loves you?"

"He's the only one who has said it."

Blake sighed and let go of her arms and brought his hand down causing his fingers to run slightly down her arm which was heaven to both of them. They stood in front of the each other doing nothing for at least ten minutes. Blake slowly reached for one of her hands and pulled it to his mouth and gently laid a kiss on top it. Tori's heart started beating faster. Tori took a step closer closing any distance and closed her eyes as their foreheads leaned together. Blake opened his eyes and saw that Tori's were closed. He pulled a little away and raised her chin with his finger. "Hey, did you love him?"

"Why would you think I loved him?"

Blake's eyes flickered away for a second before looking back into her gentle pools of blue. "I saw the way you two were at the end and," He looked down for a minute before finishing, "you were going to marry him."

"Yeah, but sometimes things don't always work out the way they seem like they're going to. I mean you could think you like someone and then realize it's really another person."

Blake nodded and stepped back out of their intimate embrace. "Come on." Tori didn't let Blake see how upset she was. She was going to stay strong, he was doing it again. Bringing her in so far and then pulling away as if he had no feelings for her that way. He seemed like he liked her, but then he'd do pull away. "So tell me about the planet."

Tori nodded. "Well, they were supposed to be a very peaceful people."

Raising an eyebrow Blake asked, "Supposed to be?"

"Well, they had warriors in order to help protect them, it worked you know. Except they had some dark secrets."

"Like what?"

"You know those cells they were going to put you guys in?"

"Uh-huh."

"You'd be down there, alone, with nothing to defend yourselves and there are horrible monsters as well as spirits who are in there just to kill you. Plus they had their secret societies. They would act like everything is fine, but they were always plotting to do something. There weren't many, I only knew of one. You guys actually met the leader."

It suddenly dawned on Blake, "Bartram."

"Yeah. He was actually going to try and bargain me in with these people that they were having the war with. But Gareth saved me again."

"You know, if I was there I'd have saved you." Blake didn't realize what he had said until he saw that Tori had stopped.

"Really?" She asked looking into his eyes. She loved looking into Blake's eyes, they always had a sparkle of something else that was going on and yet it was filled with such, she wasn't sure exactly what it was except that it was a strong emotion in there that always made her blush when he would look at her.

"Yeah. Look Tori, I'm sorry about all that happened before, you know when you visited me?"

"That's okay."

"No, it's not. I treated you horribly, and it hurt."

Tori took his hand and they began walking again holding hands. "Thanks. Why did you?"

"I was having dreams. Horrible dreams. Of you dying. It was my fault. And this figure was telling me not to be with you to save you." Blake chuckled. "Now that I'm saying it out loud I don't know why I let it scare me so."

"You could've told me about the dreams."

"I actually couldn't remember them after I wake up."

"Then how do you remember them now?"

"I finally got to that guy because I couldn't stand seeing you get hurt" Tori bit her lip gently. "And I saw that he was Gareth—Hunter had sent me a picture of him and you." Tori half smiled and looked away. "Don't worry. I told the others and by that time you were already missing." The two stopped and he stroked her cheek. "I'm just sorry I had to make you go through all of it."

"Blake, it wasn't your fault. Gareth can control minds, so I know what it's like. But you want to know what kept the necklace from keeping me there?"

"What?"

"You were the one that triggered memories that weren't just in my mind."

"What do you mean?"

Tori blushed some more and quietly replied, "They were memories in my heart."

Blake's heart about jumped out of his chest. He cupped her cheek and slowly rubbed his thumb over her soft, smooth skin. "Really?"

"Yes. Blake. I came to realize that no matter what happens, no matter where or who I'm with, you're the one that I…" Tori closed her mouth now almost afraid of what she had been about to say. Blake had at some point put his other arm around her waist and she had somehow started playing with his hair on the nape of his neck with her other hand stroking his cheek.

"Tori I should have told you a while ago but I guess I was just too afraid of you not feeling the same. But after all this, I just, gosh Tori I can't stand to loose you again. It just hurts too much." He looked down and then back into her eyes, "I love you." He said with everything in him.

Tori smiled as Blake leaned towards her and she softly spoke, "I love you too Blake. You're the only one."

"Yeah?"

They leaned in and shared their first kiss which allowed them to share some of their love with each other. The longing the two felt soon turned it to a very passionate kiss which led to Blake leaning with Tori against a tree. They soon had to pull apart for air in which their hands took their time touching the other person, enjoying the other's feel. Blake looked to the sky to see how late it was and slowly pulled away. "Come on Tori, it's late. I'll walk you home."

On the way to Tori's apartment they didn't speak much until Tori spoke up, "Blake will you stay here tonight?"

Blake looked down. "I would love to Tor, but I have to leave tomorrow and Hunter."

"Right. I understand. You have to go back and race."

"I knew this wasn't going to work."

"No, don't say that. Why can't it work?" Tori had pulled her hand away and stared hard at Blake. "Do you not want it to work?"

"It's not that. It's just my schedule, I can't be here all the time and I can't ask you to leave all the time either."

"I know. But do you want to at least try?" Tori hoped Blake would think about what he was saying.

Immediately Blake replied, "Of course I want to try, I just don't want you to think I'm abandoning you or for us to loose each other again."

"Well we won't know unless we try."

Blake picked up her hand. "I want to try."

"Me too."

"So, tonight's my last night. Do you want to come back to my place, we could talk, if you don't mind Hunter?"

"Sure. Hunter will be fine too."

After getting back to Hunter and Blake's apartment Hunter gave Blake and Tori an all knowing smirk as they sat down. About a couple hours later Hunter gave Blake a look that told him he understood and Hunter headed off to his bedroom leaving the two new lovers to spend the rest of the night together. They spent it talking about everything they could think about along with the occasionally kisses and they fell asleep in each others arms knowing that they at last had each other.