Tori ran backstage. She leaned against the wall and sank to the floor in
tears.
Blake blinked, coming out of his daze. He saw Tori leaving the stage quickly.
"What's going on?" Taryn asked. Shane and Dustin simply shrugged.
Adam watched Tori walk off. He looked at Helen. She shrugged. He sighed and took off his guitar, going after Tori. He found her sitting on the ground.
"Go away." She said through her tears. Adam sat next to her.
"What's wrong?" He asked. "Why are you crying? They loved ya out there." He said, trying to cheer her up. Tori shook her head.
"Not all of them." She said, meaning someone in particular. Adam put an arm around her.
"You mean, that guy who was staring at you the entire time?" He asked.
"I totally scared him off. God, now he's gonna think I'm some pathedic loser freak."
"Hey," Adam said gently, tilting her head up. "You're my cousin. And my cousin is not a pathedic loser freak."
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"Well?" Blake asked Hunter. He had just asked Helen what had happened.
"She said that Adam took her home." Hunter said. Blake looked at him puzzled.
"What?" Blake asked. Hunter shrugged.
"I don't know, just telling you what I was told." He said. He looked at his watch. "Come on man, it's late. You can talk to her tomorrow." Blake sighed and nodded. The two headed home.
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The following day, Blake, Hunter and Dustin where working at Storm Chasers.
"Have you seen Tori at all today?" Blake asked Dustin. Dustin shook his head.
"Not since last night." Dustin said. The door swung open as Tori walked in. "Oh, speak of the devil. Hey Tor." He said.
"Hey Dustin." She said, walking over. "Do you know if Kelly got the shipment of board wax in yet?"
"Uh, no, but let me go ask her." He said as he went off to find his boss, leaving Blake and Tori. Tori didn't look at him. Blake smiled.
"Hey." He said. Tori looked at him.
"Oh, hi." She said coolly. Blake's smile slowly faded. Something was wrong. Her attitude towards him now had greatly changed since the day before.
"What's up?" He asked. Tori shrugged.
"Nothing." She said.
"You were really great last night." He said. Tori looked at him, her eyes narrow.
"Right." She said coldly. Blake looked at her puzzled.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
"Yeah, fine, couldn't be better." She said. Blake was about to say something when Dustin came back.
"Hey, talked to Kels, she says the shipment should be here in about two days." He said.
"OK." Tori said, and with that, she turned and left. Dustin looked at Blake.
"Is it me, or was she just giving you the cold shoulder?" He asked worriedly. Blake sighed.
"I don't know."
"Well, I don't know much about girls, but, maybe you should go after her?" Dustin suggested. Blake looked at him.
"Cover for me?" He asked, referring to Kelly.
"Yeah." Dustin nodded.
"Thanks." Blake said, and with that he left the store, following Tori.
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Tori was just about to get into her car when Blake caught up to her.
"I can't help think I've done something to offend you, and that thought really bugs me." He said, coming up behind her. Tori turned and glared at him.
"Well, too bad." She said. "I'm really not in the mood for your little games, so, I'll be seeing ya." She put her keys in her car, about to open it. Blake reached over and put his hand on the door handle, keeping it shut.
"Mind running that one by me again?" He asked. Tori said nothing. He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry if I've somehow given you the wrong impression, but I'm not-" Tori looked at him, knowing what he was about to say, and decided to save her pride and ego from actually hearing those words, and said them for him.
"I'm not interested in you." She blurted out. Blake stopped and looked at her.
"What?" He asked, taken aback.
"Yeah, sorry for acting like the whole, swooning girl or something, but I guess the girl in me got extra girly and got all doe eyed for her knight in shining armor." She said coolly.
"But I thought.." His voice trailed off. Tori forced a laugh.
"God no." She said. "I mean, no offense, but I really don't see you that way." A voice in Tori's head screamed at her for telling such a flat out lie. Blake took his hand off the door.
"What about last night?" He asked.
"What about last night?"
"You..Kept your eyes on me." He pointed out. Tori fought back the urge to just stop the charade and kiss him, but she knew that would freak him out, since he had no interest in her.
"Well, yeah, so?" She replied. "I just needed a focus point, to keep from totally freaking out. You were sitting there, so I just picked you." Blake blinked.
"Oh." He said. He looked away, not wanting Tori to see the hurt in his eyes. "Well, ok then. Guess that was cleared up. Bye." He walked away quickly, feeling his heart break piece by piece. Tori watched him leave and got in her car, where she finally let her true emotions out and rested her head against the steering wheel in tears.
Blake blinked, coming out of his daze. He saw Tori leaving the stage quickly.
"What's going on?" Taryn asked. Shane and Dustin simply shrugged.
Adam watched Tori walk off. He looked at Helen. She shrugged. He sighed and took off his guitar, going after Tori. He found her sitting on the ground.
"Go away." She said through her tears. Adam sat next to her.
"What's wrong?" He asked. "Why are you crying? They loved ya out there." He said, trying to cheer her up. Tori shook her head.
"Not all of them." She said, meaning someone in particular. Adam put an arm around her.
"You mean, that guy who was staring at you the entire time?" He asked.
"I totally scared him off. God, now he's gonna think I'm some pathedic loser freak."
"Hey," Adam said gently, tilting her head up. "You're my cousin. And my cousin is not a pathedic loser freak."
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"Well?" Blake asked Hunter. He had just asked Helen what had happened.
"She said that Adam took her home." Hunter said. Blake looked at him puzzled.
"What?" Blake asked. Hunter shrugged.
"I don't know, just telling you what I was told." He said. He looked at his watch. "Come on man, it's late. You can talk to her tomorrow." Blake sighed and nodded. The two headed home.
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The following day, Blake, Hunter and Dustin where working at Storm Chasers.
"Have you seen Tori at all today?" Blake asked Dustin. Dustin shook his head.
"Not since last night." Dustin said. The door swung open as Tori walked in. "Oh, speak of the devil. Hey Tor." He said.
"Hey Dustin." She said, walking over. "Do you know if Kelly got the shipment of board wax in yet?"
"Uh, no, but let me go ask her." He said as he went off to find his boss, leaving Blake and Tori. Tori didn't look at him. Blake smiled.
"Hey." He said. Tori looked at him.
"Oh, hi." She said coolly. Blake's smile slowly faded. Something was wrong. Her attitude towards him now had greatly changed since the day before.
"What's up?" He asked. Tori shrugged.
"Nothing." She said.
"You were really great last night." He said. Tori looked at him, her eyes narrow.
"Right." She said coldly. Blake looked at her puzzled.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
"Yeah, fine, couldn't be better." She said. Blake was about to say something when Dustin came back.
"Hey, talked to Kels, she says the shipment should be here in about two days." He said.
"OK." Tori said, and with that, she turned and left. Dustin looked at Blake.
"Is it me, or was she just giving you the cold shoulder?" He asked worriedly. Blake sighed.
"I don't know."
"Well, I don't know much about girls, but, maybe you should go after her?" Dustin suggested. Blake looked at him.
"Cover for me?" He asked, referring to Kelly.
"Yeah." Dustin nodded.
"Thanks." Blake said, and with that he left the store, following Tori.
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Tori was just about to get into her car when Blake caught up to her.
"I can't help think I've done something to offend you, and that thought really bugs me." He said, coming up behind her. Tori turned and glared at him.
"Well, too bad." She said. "I'm really not in the mood for your little games, so, I'll be seeing ya." She put her keys in her car, about to open it. Blake reached over and put his hand on the door handle, keeping it shut.
"Mind running that one by me again?" He asked. Tori said nothing. He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry if I've somehow given you the wrong impression, but I'm not-" Tori looked at him, knowing what he was about to say, and decided to save her pride and ego from actually hearing those words, and said them for him.
"I'm not interested in you." She blurted out. Blake stopped and looked at her.
"What?" He asked, taken aback.
"Yeah, sorry for acting like the whole, swooning girl or something, but I guess the girl in me got extra girly and got all doe eyed for her knight in shining armor." She said coolly.
"But I thought.." His voice trailed off. Tori forced a laugh.
"God no." She said. "I mean, no offense, but I really don't see you that way." A voice in Tori's head screamed at her for telling such a flat out lie. Blake took his hand off the door.
"What about last night?" He asked.
"What about last night?"
"You..Kept your eyes on me." He pointed out. Tori fought back the urge to just stop the charade and kiss him, but she knew that would freak him out, since he had no interest in her.
"Well, yeah, so?" She replied. "I just needed a focus point, to keep from totally freaking out. You were sitting there, so I just picked you." Blake blinked.
"Oh." He said. He looked away, not wanting Tori to see the hurt in his eyes. "Well, ok then. Guess that was cleared up. Bye." He walked away quickly, feeling his heart break piece by piece. Tori watched him leave and got in her car, where she finally let her true emotions out and rested her head against the steering wheel in tears.