Nationals:
Two Weeks Later:
The last two weeks had been rather hectic for Tori. She had rescheduled all the accounts that had deadlines that were close and then scheduled her others for sometime after she returned from Nationals.
Tori and Blake were loading up the truck and getting ready to drive to Reefside, which was only a few hours drive away from blue bay. Hunter and Peyton were riding down in his truck and Dustin was taking Marah in the Storm chargers van.
"So is everything loaded up?" Tori asked coming out and throwing her duffel on the back floorboard of the cab. Rox was sitting nicely on the back seat and ready to go.
Blake grabbed out his keys from his jacket. "Bike, bags, dog, dog stuff, wife…" He checked off on his fingers jokingly. "Yep I think we have everything." He said.
Tori climbed into the front seat of the cab and Blake right along side her in the drivers seat. "So I come after the dog stuff?" Tori asked playfully frowning at him.
Blake looked over and smiled. "No I was checking off my list backwards. You're number one." He said.
Tori giggled and scooted over close to him and gave him a soft kiss. " I like number one better." She commented teasingly.
Blake smiled. "Of course you do. Buckle up." Tori and he did just that and Blake pulled away from the curb and they left their little house behind for a few weeks.
Tori and Blake drove in silence. Blake had one arm slung around Tori's shoulder while her head rested on his, and his other hand one the steering wheel. And Rox road silently in the back snoozing. Hunter and Blake met Dustin and storm chargers and then the three left heading out of town following one another.
About an hour passed of just driving in silence and Blake looked down at Tori who was silently sleeping. He smiled to himself. She hadn't been sleeping much the last two weeks with all the work she was trying to do before leaving. Blake loved her so much knowing she was doing everything that she was doing so she could be there for him and support him.
He didn't want to admit how nervous he would be if Tori wasn't there to keep him focused and clear headed. Tori wriggled knocking Blake out of his thoughts and yawned. Her head lifted from Blake's shoulder and then fell right back. "How long was I out?" She asked.
"About an hour or so. You can go back to sleep if you want." Blake said kissing the top of her head not taking his attention to far from the road ahead.
Tori let out a deep yawn. "Neh."
"You sure? You haven't been sleeping much." Blake said sweetly.
Tori's head bobbed gently on Blake's shoulder. "I'm sure I'll sleep just fine tonight. If I sleep to long now I won't sleep tonight."
"Well I can't say that's a bad thing." Blake commented jokingly.
Tori softly giggled. "You know it might be a bad thing." Tori commented.
"How?" Blake asked sarcastically.
"Well your first race is tomorrow around ten. If you and I were together tonight you for sure wouldn't make it unless I dragged you out of bed. Then you wouldn't place for the next races and it would suck." Tori explained.
Blake sighed. "Good point."
Tori smiled. "So until your races are over, no sex on the weekends."
"Fine." Blake agreed reluctantly. Then a grin appeared on his face. "That gives us five out of seven days a week to have fun after practice."
Tori laughed lightly. "Who knows, maybe before practice as well." She said quietly with an alluring tone.
"Hell who needs practice?" Blake said brightly making Tori laugh. "I mean it's just a waist of time. I'll skip for the next two weeks."
Tori rolled her eyes smiling uncontrollably. "We're gonna need at least a few hours break in between, so you will be attending practice. Not to mention I have photos to take for work."
"Well a guy could hope for a somewhat second honeymoon." Blake said jokingly sarcastic.
"God you are such a horn dog." Tori commented flatly.
"We've been over this. I'm a pig but you still love me." He said confidently.
Tori smiled. "Oh right back in the Bahamas. I remember."
"Something was said about skivvies and then we made love in the shower and then again in the bed, twice." Blake said proudly.
Tori couldn't help laughing. "I called you a pig because it took me stripping down to my skivvies to get you out of bed and then you made the comment…"
"That it sometimes takes you stripping down to your skivvies to get me in bed too. And that is still true to this day." He said jokingly.
Tori slapped his chest playfully. "You pig." She accused flatly with a small smile.
"But you love this pig." Blake exclaimed.
Tori giggled. "Of course I do. And if I remember correctly we were like a half hour late for lunch." Tori laughed.
Blake chuckled. "Yeah and Hunter and the guys were cracking jokes until Peyton slapped all of them upside the head and told them to shut up. And then she threatened Hunter…"
"No sex the rest of vacation. I remember the look on Hunter's face was priceless." Tori laughed. Tori and Blake shared a long laugh and then things in the truck quieted.
"That was a fun trip." Blake commented sighing contently.
Tori nodded her head slightly on Blake's shoulder. "Yeah it was. We'll have to go again at some point."
"Do you think if Hunter proposed next to the track in front of everyone Peyton would be upset?" Blake asked out of the blue.
Tori sat up and looked surprised. "What?"
"Hunter is thinking about proposing to Peyton after his first race." Blake said. Tori smiled brightly.
"Really?" Blake nodded. "I don't think she would be upset at all. She's been driving me nuts talking about how he hasn't done it yet."
Blake glanced over at Tori and then back at the road. "He doesn't think what I did is what he wants to do. He would rather be spontaneous and unplanned. Well not totally unplanned." Blake explained. Tori rested back in his one armed embrace.
"No I think Peyton would be too happy to care." Tori said contently. "When did you guys talk about this?"
"Last week. Hunter's been bugging out. He has the ring he just can't seem to pick the right time. I told him after he wins would be good, then he said after he finishes would be fine to."
"You've known for a week and you didn't tell me." Tori said a little stunned.
Blake shrugged slightly. "I guess it slipped my mind until now. It was just shoptalk and I usually forget about all that after I leave work. Not to mention you've been coming home around nine at night the last two weeks."
Tori sighed. "I know, but that wont be the case once we get home. It's been kind of a long two weeks."
"Thank you." Blake kissed her head affectionately.
"For?" Tori asked.
"Working all the crazy hours and stuffing four weeks of jobs into two. I know you did it for me and I just wanted to say thank you." Tori tilted her head up and looked at Blake's bright brown eyes.
Tori smiled faintly. "I want to be there for this. This is really important and I didn't want to miss it. Not to mention who's going to keep you sane the next two weeks if not your lovely wife."
"You know me to well." Blake claimed lovingly. "Besides with you there I have all the luck I need to win."
Tori smiled brightly. "I know you're going to win. There's no doubt in my mind that you are going to win. And I want to be there when you do. I love you Thunderboy."
"Love you too Blue. Always." He kissed her head again softly and they remained silent the rest of the drive to Reefside.
Thursday:
Almost a week after arrival:
Tori collapsed next to Blake panting for air. "Ok you had a really great practice." Tori giggled. Blake leaned on his side pulling Tori close with on arm over her stomach and his head propped up by the other.
"Told you, you couldn't say no." He mocked.
"Not true. I just figured since we can't for the next two days at least, that I'd just give you what you want." Tori said looking at him with a very serious stare.
Blake frowned at her playfully. "Yeah right."
Tori laughed. "I guess it's a good thing we don't have time to argue cause we have to go have dinner with the guys. Shane and Kapri came today remember?"
"Why is it a good thing we don't have time to argue?" Blake asked randomly as Tori grabbed her oversized Motocross shirt off the floor and slipped it over her head.
"Because I would win." She deadpanned getting up and going into the bathroom.
Blake walked in after her as she turned the shower on. "What make's you so certain you'd win?" He asked.
Tori smirked at him. "Do I need to go over again what we went over in the Bahamas?" Tori asked.
Blake closed his eyes remembering that simply seductive teasing speech and gulped. "No we don't."
"Good. Now get in the shower with me and wash up." Tori stripped of her shirt and they both climbed in the shower to wash up. Tori turned to Blake and giggled. "How did you get mud in your hair?" She asked putting shampoo in her hand and shampooing his head for him.
Blake shrugged smirking. "I don't know."
"Did you ride without your helmet again?" She asked with a playful smile. Blake shook his head. "Were you and Hunter wrestling?" Blake's lips curved into a shy grin.
"Maybe." He said softly over the raining showerhead.
Tori giggled. "You two sometimes I swear I just wanted to tie you both to chairs. Rinse."
Blake grinned as she turned them so the shower was pouring down on him. "Hey no objections here." Blake commented sarcastically as he rinsed the shampoo from his head. "Better?" Blake asked as he finished getting the shampoo out of his hair. Tori smiled.
"Much." She said sweetly. "Now please act surprised when…" Tori was taken off guard when Blake grabbed the back of her legs and lifted her up. Tori chuckled. "Put me down." She said smiling at him. Blake shook his head. Tori wrapped her legs around his waist and he backed her against the wall gently. "Blake, we can't we have to go meet everyone for dinner."
"We've been late before." He said smirking at her as he leaned in.
Tori turned her head and his lips caught her cheek. "Yeah but we can't make Kapri wait any longer to tell her good news. It's driving her insane." Blake pulled away with a pouty face.
"Fine." Tori released his waist and he slowly set her down.
"So act surprised when they tell the others, cause she doesn't know you were in the room when she told me." Tori said grinning.
Blake nodded. "You know it took them longer then the rest of us to move in together."
"Well Kapri isn't exactly like me, Marah, or Peyton. She actually knows and understands the meaning of slow." Tori said jokingly. Blake kissed her sweetly.
"You gonna wash your hair?" He asked. Tori shook her head.
"Nope I'm just rinsing off the sweat." She said giving him a light kiss. "I showered about two hours before you got back."
Just then Rox barked pulling Tori and Blake away from each other more. "Someone must be at the door." Blake stated. Tori turned off the shower and they each grabbed a towel from the rack and went to the door. Blake opened it to find Hunter. "Hey bro." Blake said.
"Hey can I talk to Tori?" He asked. Tori grabbed her rob and wrapped it around her toweled body and went over closer to the door. "Hey Tor."
"Hunter you can come in." Tori said pushing Blake out of the way.
"But…" Blake stuttered.
Tori grinned at him. "Wasn't gonna happen trust me." Blake rolled his eyes and grabbed some clothes from his bag and headed into the bathroom to get dressed.
"I wasn't interrupting was I?" Hunter asked. He stood near the tossed bed, hands buried in his pockets, and looking absolutely nervous.
Tori shook her head. "What's up?"
"Uh well I need your opinion on something." Tori nodded her head in understanding. "Ok so I want to propose to Peyton."
"Yeah Blake told me." Tori said urging him on.
"Well I don't know when to do this." He said timidly.
Tori smiled. "Hunter, Peyton just wants you to propose she doesn't care when you do it as long as you do."
"Look." He pulled out a ring box and showed the ring to Tori. It was a thin white gold band with alternating rubies and emeralds. Tori smiled and looked down at her engagement ring.
"Hunter just ask her." Tori insisted.
"That's what I said." Blake commented coming out of the bathroom. He saw the ring. "Nice. Mom go with you?"
Hunter chuckled. "Dad actually."
"Look you want my advice?" Tori asked. Hunter nodded. "Do you have those moments with her that make you think god I can't imagine life without her doing that?"
"All the time." He said looking a little confused.
Tori smiled. "Next time you find yourself thinking that drop down on your knee and pull out the ring. It should all just go from there."
"That is brilliant." Blake exclaimed. "Told you she was smart." He said kissing Tori's cheek.
Hunter smiled and nodded. "You're right."
"I know." Tori said smugly smiling vibrantly. Hunter walked passed Tori for the door.
"Thanks Tor!" He called leaving the room.
Dinner:
"So what's this great news?" Marah asked her sister. The group was sitting around a table in a restaurant just down the street from the hotel where they were staying.
Shane put his arm around Kapri's shoulder. "We're moving in together." Kapri said brightly.
Everyone smiled, but remained silent. "Well?" Shane asked.
"Dude, we sort of figured. Kapri sleeps over at your place enough. It's always the first sign." Dustin said kissing Marah's temple.
Tori and Blake just laughed lightly at their friends. "Dude congrats." Blake said seeing the surprising disappointment on Shane's face.
Shane smiled. "Thanks."
"So when?" Tori asked.
"Yesterday actually." Kapri said. Tori smiled.
"Well just don't get sick of each other and everything will be fine." Tori joked.
"You and Blake ever get sick of each other?" Kapri teased.
Tori nodded. "A couple times. He made me so mad I wanted to through him in the ocean."
"But she didn't." Blake said grinning at Tori.
Tori smiled. "He's right, but I do remember him sleeping on the couch twice."
"Ok let's not go there." Blake said.
"So the happy couple does fight." Peyton remarked talking for the first time since they had arrived.
Tori and Blake chuckled. "Very rarely." They both said sending each other into fits of laughter.
Everyone around them chuckled at the only married couple in the group. Their meal came and things settled while they ate. They talked long into the night until it was time for the restaurant to close and the guys agreed they needed rest for practice the next day.