"Scandelous"

It's been a chaotic month as Hunter and Tori managed to celebrate their 7 month anniversary at the beach together without any complications. They had a nice picnic and spent most of their time walking around, eating, swimming, and Hunter learning how to surf. It's been a crazy few weeks for him as he become even more distant towards Dustin. He was surprise of how serious Dustin was during their little talk. Hunter was use to seeing him as the airhead and all about fun. Hunter would only get a hi and bye from him whenever they crossed paths and met up with the others. Most of the time he would feel akward being around him, but it didn't bother the goofball too much at all. Dustin was great at covering it up and pretending things were cool as usual. The others don't seem to notice, except for their former roommate Blake that is. It was the quietness that made it all obvious to him during his stay in Blue Bay Harbor of their apartment. He wasn't exactly sure why, but he was going to find out sooner or later if one of them happens to open up. As for Natalie, she was busy doing photo shoots for the Sports Illustrated cover. The gang hasn't seen her since the night they left the club. This gave Tori less things to worry about.

The morning after, Hunter arrived at Storm Chargers once he dropped Tori off at the Wind Ninja Academy. People outside were whispering among themselves while he got off his truck. They were exchanging quizzical stares as if a familiar Hollywood star came walking by. He felt uncomfortable for being in the center of attention, but he just ignored their appearance and continued walking. As soon as he entered the store, Kelly came walking towards him with an evil eye. This made him feel nervous as she gestures him to come forth towards the customer service counter. Hunter gulps and presses his lips together as he slowly made his way over there. He had no idea why he felt nervous, but it was her look that terrified him. "Hey, Kel." He smiles while leaning against the counter table. The dirty blonde then frowns at the wicked glare his boss was giving him all of a sudden. "W-Why are you looking at me like that?" He wonders.

Kelly nods her head in dismay as she took something out from underneath. She looks up at Hunter and placed an Us Magazine on the counter. "What the hell is that?" She questions him with her arms crossed.

He wrinkles his forehead as he looks down and stares at the cover wide-eyed. Hunter quickly picks it up and examines it real carefully. A picture of him and Natalie kissing at the beach was on the front cover that read: Model Reunites With Her High School Sweetheart? Hunter couldn't believe what he was seeing as he rubs his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things. But unfortunately, it was real. "Oh my God!" He gasps with his eyes glued to the front cover. "W-Wha...h-how...OH MY GOD!" Hunter was completely speechless. He stares at Kelly in disbelief.

"So are you going to tell me what's going on or just stand there and act surprise?" She asks with her hands placed on her hips.

The dirty blonde was too shock to explain everything to her as he immediately flip the pages to the article. Once he turned to the page, there were more pictures of them together in the beach and images of them kissing. He skimmed through the page and began reading parts of it:

Swimsuit model, Natalie Jordan, 22, was spotted at the beach of Blue Bay Harbor with former boyfriend, Hunter Bradley, 23. The couple goes way back during high school of their senior prom. "I was completely in love with him." Jordan says in an interview with Diane Sawyer a few months ago. "We had our ups and downs, but I try not to think about it too much since it was only high school. But then again, he made me happy and no guy was able to do that." Rumor calls it that the break up resulted in Jordan's involvement with Hunter's younger brother, Blake Bradley, 22, pro motor cross rider of Factory Blue. Both brothers were adopted. After the break up, the young model graduated from high school and pursued life in modeling. After a few years of appearing in lingerie and swimwear ads such as Guess, Victoria Secret, and Calvin Klein, Jordan became the talk of the runway and received a contract to these lines, including Sports Illustrated. "I'm having a total blast!" Jordan informed. "Being single helps me focus more on my career, which is very important to me along with my friends and family. Plus, I don't get the chance to go out as often to find myself a boyfriend. [laughs] That's how busy I am nowadays." Hunter seem to not slow her down when the couple bumped into each other in Blue Bay Harbor a month ago. "Jordan and Bradley looked very happy together." Says an observer. "She made the first move and he basically followed her lead. It was cute."

Hunter couldn't stand reading anymore of the material as he stopped and slowly closes the magazine. He rubs his eyes and scratches the back of his head in frustration. Great, he thought. Now I'm in front of magazine covers. Could life just get any worse? Kelly pursed her lips. "Look, I don't know what's the deal between you and Natalie, but you have to be careful when seen in public, especially with her." She tells him.

"Kel, it's not what you think."

She nods. "I know you would never hurt Tori. Just be careful. It's gonna get crazy out there." His boss adds with a chuckle.

Momentarily, Shane came running in Storm Chargers excitedly, holding up the exact same magazine. He looks around and grins as soon as he spotted Hunter from across the room. This made the dirty blonde sigh as he watches his skater friend run towards him. "Oh my God!" He splutters out exaggeratedly. "You're famous!"

Kelly rolls her eyes. "See. I proved my point." She murmurs while walking away.

Hunter stares at him weirdly. "What?" Shane shows him the magazine as the dirty blonde grunts in annoyance. "Yeah, I know. I've seen it."

"Dude, you have to sign it." He asks, handing him a pen.

"What?" The dirty blonde lets out a laugh. "You're kidding right? Why?"

Shane pats him on the back. "Because from years to come, it'll be worth something."

Hunter laughs and nods his head in dismay at such absurdness. At the same time, he felt upset for being watched and have his love life posted in public for everyone else to see. But this was just the beginning.

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Hours later, Hunter got out from work and picked up Tori along the way before heading to the apartment. Cam, Kapri, Marah, and Shane were all going to the apartment to crash. As soon as the couple arrived, they found the others on the couch, watching tv. "Hey, guys." Hunter and Tori walks in while closing the door behind. They turned around and smile.

"Hey!" The group greets them in unison. Marah and Dustin moved to the side of the bigger couch to leave room for Hunter and Tori to sit. Blake glances over at the couple and looks down with a sigh.

"So what's happening tonight?" Tori asks while Hunter puts an arm around her.

"Well, we're having pizza that's for sure." Dustin replies excitedly.

"Yeah." Shane smirks. "Then video games and more video games!"

The guys were thrilled about that.

Marah and Kapri rolled their eyes. "This is more of a guy's night out than all of us hanging." The goofball's girlfriend stated with a pout.

"I agree." The pink head adds.

Dustin looks at Marah and smiles. "Oh come on. You can play along."

"Yeah." Tori nudges her shoulder. "It'll be fun."

Shane suddenly blurts out laughing. "Yeah. We can just play easy on you ladies. No big deal. Unless, you all want to play hair and make up." The guys began snickering silently as the ladies glare evilly at them.

The blonde slowly moves her head and beams right at Hunter. He shuts up and smiles. "Uh I love you?" He plasters an innocent look.

Tori began impersonating him sarcastically. "You know, just because we're girls doesn't mean you guys have to play easy on us." She stated.

"Yeah." Marah and Kapri said in unison. "Bring it on."

"Hold up. Hold up." Shane clears out his throat with a smirk. "Is that a challenge?" He questions the blonde with his arms crossed.

Tori just shrugs. "Your cockiness don't scare me yah know. In fact, I think you just want to play easy on us so you guys don't have to worry about us girls beating you when it comes to the real playing."

Dustin, Blake, Hunter, and Shane all exchange looks for a moment of silence and burst out laughing at her. Cam just rolled his eyes with the ladies. "You hear that?" Shane nudges Hunter's shoulder. "You're girlfriend is asking for a challenge."

He too chuckles. "I hear that, dude. It's gonna be some challenge." The dirty blonde says in sarcasm.

"Well, what are you guys waiting for?" Tori asks while getting up.

Dustin leaned towards Hunter and whispers. "She's serious, dude." The dirty blonde smiled at the thought of Dustin somewhat interacting with him. "I'm so gonna laugh when you lose, but trust me, man. You wont." He winks.

"Don't be surprise too when you get beat, Dustin." The blonde overheard their little conversation as he looks up and made a face.

Shane rubs his hands together anxiously. "Alright, let's do this!"