"Need Of Answers"

"Man, what's taking her so long?" Hunter finally takes a seat on the couch next to Dustin after pacing back and forth nervously in the living room. Shane, Cam, Kapri, and Marah were sitting patiently and waiting for Tori to come out from the bathroom. They've been waiting for nearly an hour or so as Hunter began brushing his hair back in frustration. Dustin pursed his lips as he places a hand on his shoulder.

"It'll be okay." He says with a small smile.

The dirty blonde stares at him seriously. "Dude, it's not." Hunter retorts with a sarcastic chuckle. "Tori just fainted in my living room floor, she's been in the bathroom for almost 75 minutes, and I don't even know what's happening to her." He continues. "That's not normal, dude."

"Well, she's a girl. What do you expect really?" Kapri blurts out.

Shane looks at her. "Tori is not like you guys. No offense or anything."

"Yeah." Dustin nods. "It takes her like 10 minutes to get ready and she still looks good. But with you guys...it's takes a lifetime."

"And you don't look as good." Shane adds jokingly as Kapri smacks him on the back. "Ow!" He immediately moves away from the pink head, holding his hit shoulder. "I was kidding! You two are beautiful."

Hunter stares at his watch and began to go crazy. He couldn't take anymore of the waiting. "What if something is really wrong with her? I mean, we should be taking her to the hospital or something."

"I don't think her condition is anything serious." Cam replies quite reassuringly. "She's probably in shock."

"What? Seeing me on TV?" Hunter questions.

The computer wiz shrugs. "Maybe. We're not sure of that yet."

He looks down and sighs. "Great. But what about all the vomiting?"

"It could be a sudden reaction." He suggested. "Or she just felt sick to her stomach.

"Listen." Dustin rises up from the couch. "It's getting really late and you guys look worked!"

Hunter nods, looking at them. "Yeah. You can leave anytime yah know. We got this."

"No way." Shane nods his head in dismay. "I'm not going anywhere until I know Tori is alright."

"Yeah. Me too." Cam adds as Marah and Kapri agreed to stay as well.

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Meanwhile, as the others were waiting, Blake went chilling in Dustin's room to be alone, which used to be his. He found himself lying on the goofball's bed and staring at the ceiling. The image of Tori fainting repeated all over again in his head. He was terrified and motionless during the scene as he closes his eyes and thinks back on such a horrid moment.

"No!!" Hunter yells out as he continues to shake the fainted Tori. "Please!!!" He held his girlfriend's head close to him as Dustin immediately rushes to the kitchen to get a bucket of water. Cam and Blake knelt down beside Tori as Marah and kapri stood behind them worriedly. "She's still breathing!" Hunter felt her pulse and her weak breathing. Dustin rushed in the room as everyone stood back. He tilts the bucket upside down as water came falling down on Tori's face. The blonde quickly wakes up and gasps for air. Everyone sighed in relief. "Thank God! Tor, are you alright?" Hunter asks as she began coughing uncontrollably. The dirty blonde stares at her in concern as he sooths her back. Tori immediately took the bucket from the goofball and began throwing up.

"Oh, man." Shane looks away in disgust.

Dustin, too, began to feel sick. "Ugh. What did you eat?" He covers his mouth.

Tori suddenly gets up with the bucket and headed towards the bathroom. Hunter attempts to go after her, but stopped once he heard more puking from the blonde that echoed in everyone's ear.

Blake shook his head and slowly opens his eyes. I wonder if she came out yet, he thought while getting up from bed and stretching. He reached for the door and opens it. During a walk down the hall, the bathroom door suddenly opens. Blake wrinkles his forehead as Tori came walking out with a towel wrapped around her and water trickling down her face and her fit body. This brought the pro-motor cross rider at a loss for words as Tori came walking towards him.

"Hey." She smiles.

Blake stares blankly at her. She seems fine, he thought, VERY FINE. He shook his head and smiles back at her. "Hey. You feeling better?"

She nods. "I better go change."

"Oh. Yeah." He scratches his head while stepping aside for Tori to pass by. Blake turns around and watches Tori enter Hunter's room and shuts the door behind. "Whew." He wipes the sweat on his forehead while heading to the living room to join the others. "This is so not cool."

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Moments later,

Dustin was dealing out cards as Shane and Cam persuaded Hunter to get in the game. After seconds of begging, the dirty blonde gave up and decided to play. This would keep him and everyone in the room from all the stress. Blake and the girls watched on curiously as they continue to wait for Tori.

"Hmm..." Hunter raised an eyebrow. "I'll stay." He places his cards upside down on the table.

Dustin looks over at the grinning Cam. "Me too."

"Shane?" He turns to the skater boy.

He stares at his cards carefully. "Hit me."

"Okay." Dustin suddenly punched him on the shoulder like he told him to. Shane grunts in pain as he stares evilly at the airhead. "What? You told me to hit you."

"Not intentionally, Dustin!" He says with his teeth clenched together. "You're supposed to give me a card. Not exactly HIT ME!"

He looks away in guilt. "Opps. Forgot. I don't deal, man."

Shane just rolls his eyes as Dustin gave him a card. He looks over it and smirks. "Alright. I'll stay."

Dustin takes a small peak at his cards and smiles. "Okay. Show all cards."

They flipped their hand and glance through what everyone got. Hunter got 18, Shane with 19, and Cam with 20. They looked over at Dustin who got 21. "Alright!" He grins. "I win!" The losers smacked their cards on the table. "I say with play again, but with money." He says sticking his tongue out. The three immediately backed out as they got up and took a seat on the couch. Momentarily, Tori came walking in the living room all dressed up. Everyone in the room turned around. 

"Oh my God. FINALLY!" Marah blurts out while she and Kapri approach her. "Are you okay, sweetie?"

The blonde stares at them wierdly and chuckles. "Guys, I'm fine. I aint dead." She replies in annoyance while taking a seat on the couch next to Hunter. He closes his eyes while Tori kissed him on the forehead. She moves back and smiles.

"You look tired." She observes the bags underneath his eyes. Tori began stroking his hair.

He sighs while taking her hand. "Are you sure you're alright?" Hunter asks again to make sure.

Tori rolls her eyes. "Yes, I'm fine. I'm just disgusted to see the world so nosy nowadays."

Hunter pursed his lips as the couple touched heads.

"Okay. Now that we know you're all alright. We should be heading home now." Shane suggested.

"Good idea." Kapri yawns.

The surfer chick rises up herself. "I didn't mean to worry you guys."

"Oh. Don't worry about it." Blake smiles. "It matters that you're okay now." The others nodded in agreement.

She smiles back at them. "Thanks. Well, I should be heading home too. It's getting late and I need to rest."

"Here. I'll take you home." Hunter insists as he began digging through his pockets for the keys.

Moments later, they all exchange hugs and left. Blake and Dustin stayed behind.

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While Blake and Dustin were cleaning up the apartment, the goofball had the urge to pop the question about Tori. He went over to help the Factor Blue rider with clearing out the coffee table. While doing so, Dustin suddenly gestures him to stop and sit down. Blake stares at him weirdly for a moment but followed his lead. Dustin, too, took a sit next to him while opening the pizza box. He offered Blake some as the two began eating the remains left. "Dude, just wondering..." Dustin starts off while chewing. "Do you still have feelings for Tori?"

Blake immediately gulps down on his pizza and looks over at him. "Tori?" He chuckles quite nervously. "No way!" Dustin gave him a serious impression. Blake slumps his shoulders down and sighs. "Okay, maybe a little. But is it that obvious?"

He shrugs. "Maybe. It's just a thought."

"Can I ask you a question?" Blake suddenly asks.

"Sure."

"What's up with you and Hunter?"

Dustin looks away and pursed his lips. "Nothing."

"Liar." Blake blurts out.

"Okay. Okay. I'm upset." He admits. "But I'm slowly getting over it..."

"Why? What did he do?"

Dustin looks at him. "What else? Natalie."

He nods. "Ohh...I see."

"What did you two see in her anyway? She's nothing but a wicked witch." The goofball retorts coldly.

"Whoa now." Blake chuckles. "She's really not."

"Maybe in high school."

"But seriously though. Once you get to know her good side, it's a whole different story. Natalie can be--" He pauses for a brief moment. "She can be jealous sometimes. In this case, she still has her heart on Hunter."

"Are you jealous?" Dustin questions him.

Blake presses his lips together and sighs. "Yes."