Thursday Later Afternoon:

"Ok so we leave tomorrow after classes." Blake told the gang.

Nick raised his hand. "Nick this isn't class if you want to ask a question all you have to do is ask." Tori said smiling at him.

"Is it ok if I bring some friends?"

Eric looked at his daughter clearly unsure of how to answer this. "That depends, who are they?" Tori asked.

"Well Abby, Ally, and Bret." He said slightly shy.

Blake looked at Tori holding back a smirk. "How do you know Bret?" Tori asked. Blake and Hunter were clearly a little miffed by this as well.

"Ally's boyfriend and all. I've been spending some time with Abby and Ally and Bret comes once and a while just to hang. He's pretty cool." Nick said.

Tori looked to her father and he knew this was his decision to make. Eric cleared his throat and Nick turned in his direction. "You and Bret can share a room, and the girls can share a room and I'll pay for both." Eric said.

Nick smiled. "Thanks dad." Eric nodded and got up to go get more coffee in Tori and Blake's kitchen and Tori followed leaving their friends in the living room to talk more about the Reefside trip.

"So?" Tori asked.

"I'm just glad he's making friends Tori." Eric said. "After you left Georgia he sort of became a bit of a loner. He had one friend at the most."

Tori sighed. "Momma told me." She said softly. "But it'll be good having kids his own age around I think it'll be an even better experience for him then just having Blake and Hunter take him around."

Eric agreed with a nod. "Are you sure you're set for this? I mean the baby and all?"

Tori smiled softly and nodded. "Well besides my nurses Blake, Hunter, Charlie, Dustin, Shane, Kapri, Marah, Cam, Lee Ann, Nick, and Eric's beliefs yes I'll be fine. I promise the baby will be fine."

Eric chuckled. "So I take it I'm not the only one who's asked?"

Tori shook her head with a grin. "No but it's ok really I understand why everybody feels it's important to look out for me and the baby."

Eric smiled. "I just want my grandbaby to be born happy and healthy."

Tori smiled sweetly. "And they will be I promise. My doctor already checked me this morning and said everything thing looked completely normal and healthy and told me to have a good time. Within limits of course." She explained.

Eric nodded. "Ok then I guess you have it covered."

Tori heard Cooper start to bark and she walked out of the kitchen and saw her at the door. She saw Blake come out of the living room and join her as they walked to the front door. Cooper stopped barking and Blake held her back as Tori answered the door. "Bradley residence?" A taller delivery guy asked.

Tori nodded. "Yep that's us." She said brightly.

The delivery guy smiled at Tori and handed her a clipboard with a paper to sign. Tori signed for the package and he left leaving the package on the front door step. "What is it?" Blake asked. He had grabbed Coop's leash and hooked it to her collar. Tori shrugged so Blake handed her the leash and he called for Hunter and they both brought the decent sized package into the house and left it in the hall.

Cooper started to sniff the box and once the door was shut Tori unhook her leash and she went sniff crazy. "Well whatever it is Coop can't wait to open it." Tori giggled.

Blake smiled at her and the black lab that was now almost full grown and weighed over fifty pounds with her hazel eyes and moist black nose trained on the box. Tori grabbed from Blake's pocket knife out of his back pocket and he stopped her taking the knife from her. "I don't think so." He said smirking at her.

Tori glared back playfully. "Oh come on I get to work with kitchen knives, but not a small pocket knife. What kind of sense does that make Blake?" She asked playfully.

"Bro, just let Tori do it." Hunter said grinning at his brother. Blake sometimes hated when Hunter would automatically side with Tori's these days. But he only did it because he knew Blake could be a little overly cautious and Tori being pregnant Blake was on the edge of going overboard sometime and Tori was going to go insane.

Blake handed Tori the butterfly knife after doing the five swift hand movements to flip it open. "Be careful." Blake cautioned.

Tori rolled her eyes at him playfully. "I will." She said slightly defeated at his protective nature.

Tori sliced the tape quickly on the box with the sharp knife and closed it with a few more swift hand movements and handed it back to Blake. "How'd you?" Blake asked looking at the closed butterfly knife.

"She had one growing up." Eric said coming into the hallway. The others minus Hunter and Eric were still in the living room chatting together laughing a lot.

Tori looked at Blake and smirked with a shrug. "You never asked." She said with a sweet smiled.

Hunter chuckled softly. "Ok love birds open the box."

Tori looked at Blake and he smiled and opened the box. Inside was what looked like the pieces of a crib. "It was the one Veronica, Tori, and Nick used as babies." Eric said.

Tori looked at him and smiled. "This is great thanks." Tori said.

Blake smiled and the look of happiness on her face. "Yeah thanks really." Blake said nicely.

Eric nodded. "Your mother told me once to give to whomever had kids first. And she wants it to stay in the family so don't get ride of it pass it down."

Tori nodded. "Thanks dad." She said giving him a hug.

Later that night:

After everyone headed back home or to their respective academies Tori and Blake were left alone once again to enjoy each others company and comfort. Tori lay in bed staring at the ceiling humming softly as her hands lightly ran over her almost showing abdomen. It would still be a few more weeks till her belly really started to show, but Tori could tell the slight change as her shirts fit tighter then usually and she was finding that was wearing more if her loose fitting cargo pants out and about cause they were more comfortable then her jeans.

Tori looked up when Blake came into the room after a long time of cleaning the kitchen and he was smiling. "Come on." He said walking over to her and taking her hand in his. Tori sat up but didn't make any sign as to getting out of her bed.

"Where are we going?"

"I want to show you something. Come on." He said brightly. Tori looked at him skeptically. "Tori come on really you'll love it."

Tori sighed and smiled. She climbed out of bed and let Blake hold her hand and lead her from their room down to the opposite end of the upstairs hall. He came to the one guest room that had the door shut. They never shut that door. "Blake what is it?" Tori asked.

Blake grinned and opened the door of the guest room. The baby crib was set up in the corner and the bed hand been dismantled and set up against the wall for easier removal. "So?"

Tori smiled and turned her face to his beside her. "Blake you put it together all by yourself?"

Blake nodded. "Told you I was handy with tools."

Tori giggled. "Blake this is great thanks." She said smiling. Blake wrapped his arms around her from behind and his hands rested on her abdomen. Tori's hands stretched over his and their fingers laced and held there as they stood together looking at the room.

"Well I figured it was going to have to be put up sooner or later I just chose sooner." Blake said softly.

Tori smiled. "Blake you are the sweetest husband a girl could ask for." Tori said with a soft yawn.

Blake leaned forward planting a faint kiss on her cheek and Tori sighed contently. "Come on it's late let's go get some rest."

Tori turned her head and met his lips in a soft kiss. "Yeah that sounds like a great idea." So that's what they did. After staring into the room for a moment longer Tori and Blake turned and headed back to their room for a good nights sleep. Cooper was already resting soundly on the floor in Tori and Blake's room so they were quiet as they climbed into bed.

Getting to Reefside:

Eric was driving with Nick, Abby, Ally, and Bret being able to tune out teen talk with a nice country station on the radio. Hunter was riding with Charlie, in her Toyota Tacoma. Dustin, Shane, Marah and Kapri had Hunter's car and Tori and Blake were riding in Blake's new dark blue ford f-350 truck with Lee Ann and Cam sitting in the back seat.

Blake and Tori:

"So who talked who into coming?" Tori asked sarcastically looking back at Cam and Lee Ann.

Lee Ann grinned. Everyone knew Cam really didn't much care for these kinds of events. "I talked Cam into it."

Blake chuckled. "Yeah Lee that was kind of a no brainer. Cam hasn't been much for riding since after what happened with Cyber Cam."

Tori giggled. "Blake stop. Cam did just find until you tried getting him on a two fifty."

Cam groaned. "Never again." He said rubbing absentmindedly at his forehead.

Lee Ann kissed Cam's cheek. "Don't worry you don't have to ride anything you just have to watch." She said sweetly

Cam laughed lightly. "I cringe every time I get near a dirt bike."

"But dude what about the tsunami cycles?" Blake asked smirking at him in the rearview mirror.

"Everything was done from my computer remember?" Cam said chuckling faintly.

Tori, Blake, and Lee Ann had a good laugh and then things went silent for a while.

Hunter and Charlie:

Charlie looked over from her driver at Hunter and then right back to the road as she followed right behind Blake. "What's up?" Charlie asked Hunter who seemed a little blue.

Hunter looked over and smiled softly. "Nothing."

"Hunter I'm your girlfriend. I know you better then you know yourself. You can't lie to me." Charlie said with a coaxing smile.

Hunter sighed. "I feel bad."

"About?"

"The way I promised and I haven't even gotten you a ring yet." Hunter said.

Charlie giggled. "Hunter I love the way you proposed."

"But it wasn't romantic like what Blake did for Tori…"

"Hunter it was your kind of romantic. It didn't need to be planned out or special cause I know that's just not who you are. It was spontaneous and fun and I don't need a ring to tell me that I'm engaged to you. I have you that's all I want." Charlie said sweetly.

Hunter grinned at her casually. "Really?" He asked.

Charlie smiled. "Really. I love the way you propose and expected nothing more or less to take the spot as the best moment in my life."

"There's a jewelry shop in Reefside that a friend told me about we could go and you can pick out your ring."

"Hunter…"

"Charlie you have to have a ring. It can be the simplest you can find and if it makes you happy that'll be enough for me." Hunter said smiling.

Charlie nodded knowing that arguing with him was unnecessary. She could either let him go and spend a fortune on something with lots of stones or go with him and pick something tasteful but simple. "Ok."

Hunter's Car:

"So how did you manage to be the one driving?" Kapri asked Shane. Dustin and Marah sat in the back seat.

Shane chuckled. "Hunter really doesn't trust many people with his car. It took some time to save up for so…"

"But he trusts you?" Kapri asked teasingly sarcastic.

Shane chuckled. "Well Dustin doesn't have the best driving record and Hunter hasn't really ever seen you and Marah drive."

Marah scoffed. "I'm a good driver ask Tori."

"Don't worry babe. Tori already said you were a good driver, but Hunter he's just a little protective." Dustin said.

Marah and Kapri nodded. "So Dustin when are we gonna get married?"
Dustin shrugged. "Whenever you set a date. I'm gonna put in some two sense here and there show up marry you and then we'll fly away on our honeymoon."

Marah giggled. "That sounds like fun Dusty. What do you think Bear?" Marah asked looking at the floorboard where the very large black lab Bear was resting. Bear barked once. "Bear likes that idea. But how do you feel about a spring wedding?"

Dustin nodded. "Whatever you want babe."

Marah smiled. "Ok. So Shane when are you gonna marry Kapri?"

Kapri snorted. "Mar we haven't even been a real couple that long give us a break."

Shane chuckled. "Yeah I mean it took me long enough to ask her on a date. Let us just enjoy dating for a while and then we'll think about the long run."

Kapri looked at Shane and grinned. "Really?"

Shane shrugged and smiled. "You never know."

Eric's Truck:

"So this'll be cool. But weird." Ally said.

"Why weird?" Bret asked his girlfriend.

Ally giggled. "We're going to be hanging around our Sensei's you don't find anything weird about that?" She asked.

Bret chuckled. "Nah not really they aren't that much older then us. Just a few years or so."

Abby giggled. "I agree with my sister."

"Oh come on you two really. Tori's awesome and I hang with the sensei's enough cause they are like my extended family, they are really cool." Nick said.

Abby smiled at him. "Well I guess it wont hurt to get to know them better. I mean Sensei Han- I mean Tori- has always been really cool."

Nick grinned. "See trust me. They are all a blast to just hang with."

Abby and Ally smiled and nodded. "Ok." They said together.

"So Nick do you know what the plans are for this weekend?" Bret asked.

Nick nodded. "Watch a few races, uh I think the guys said something about going to this cyber café to see some friends. And then we'll have some just hang out time to chill. We could go down to the boardwalk or something."

Bret nodded. "This is gonna be sick. I mean I haven't really done anything fun since forever. I'm either at the academy or working in my dad's garage during the summer."

Ally kissed Bret's cheek. "Well then we'll just have to make this weekend even more fun."

Abby rolled her eyes. "Get a room."

"Jealous." Ally stated smirking not looking away from Bret.

Abby snorted. "Not a chance."

Eric was sitting in the driver's seat listening to the radio and trying his best to tune out the teens but he found parts of their conversation amusing and tried to refrain from laughing and the twins Ally and Abby in the back seat. This was going to be a long weekend…