Chapter 3 a Change of Plans
Angel Grove
"Ah home sweet hotel room." Hunter said and Tori rolled her eyes. it had been a short trip as of coarse Hunter had warped them there but the day itself had been very long and she was torn between wanting to stretch out on one of the two twin beds and sleep for a week or shower before talking to Blake. It had been Hunter's idea that they cal him and see if he wanted to go and have dinner. It's why they were going to call him now.
"I'm going to go grab a shower." Tori said after quickly filling a drawer in the dresser with what little clothing she brought. They were only supposed to be there three days so she really didn't need all that much.
"Right, I'm going to go give that brother of mine a call." Hunter said and moved to the bed near the door, it struck her it was a protective gesture, one she'd seen Dustin do when they were kids. He'd said that it was incase there was an attack. Good to see Hunter didn't let his guard down too far either.
Now Tori showered and brushed out her long golden tresses.
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Blue Bay harbor
Shane sighed.
He and Chad were in his apartment watching movies. The girls had had to run home.
"so think this will work?" Dustin looked at his friend.
"I hope so, we had to do something." Shane said.
"Hope she doesn't kill us if it doesn't." Dustin muttered thoughtfully.
"It wouldn't be a pretty sight." Cam agreed.
"Hey guys!" The pink clad girl called as the three guys looked up to see Marah and Capri walk in.
"Got the cheesy puffs." Marah said handing her boyfriend a bag.
"Thanks dude." Dustin grinned kissing her quickly.
"Kelly's not coming?" Capri asked and Cam shook his head.
"She was doing some last minute inventory." The green clad young man replied as …
"Gees doesn't she ever take a break?" Marah asked.
"That's just what I said." Cam put in adding. "She said not when it comes to Motocross.
"Dudes are we like gonna watch the movies are what?" Dustin said, gesturing to the
"I'll get the sodas." And she disappeared into the kitchen. Marah said.
"Dude I'm on top of that." Dustin called and Shane glanced to where the yellow clad young man was going. He wondered if Tori and Blake would ever be like that. He hoped so. Tori had been through a lot, so had Blake, they both deserved a little happiness.
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Angel Grove
"Hey tor, there's been a change of plans." Hunter called as his friend came out of the bathroom.
Tori frowned, had something happened to Blake? Was he ill?
"Why what's up?"
"There was a problem with his bike and since does his own maintenance he had to go work on it."
"Oh." She was relieved that he was ok but felt that weight starting in again due to the damper.
"Yeah fine." She mumbled, moving for the dresser, her back to Hunter.
He could see she was disappointed and it was late but he thought about a place he'd read about when he'd been trying to find out what sights to see.
"How about we go grab something anyway? It will be fun, I read about this place in the heart of town."
"I don't know, it's been a really long day."
"Right, come on, how often do either of us take time off?"
"But…"
"Nope, we're on vacation and we're going to have fun."
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At the track Blake adjusted a few things and then moved to the true problem. As he worked his mind shifted to the truth, Tori was there, she had finally come to see him. He'd thought about her a lot since he'd left Blue Bay harbor that it wasn't funny.
Tomorrow he'd see her at the race. He wished he'd been able to turn the bike over to someone else but he just couldn't make himself do it. No, it was his responsibility and he'd carry it out. Tomorrow night he'd spend time with his two favorite people.
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The pair found the Surf Spot with little trouble. Hunter got then a table in a corner and when a tall stout woman came over introducing herself as Adel Tori smiled. Maybe things weren't so different here as back home.
They ordered two megaship specials and settled back to wait.
"So, it's not much different from Blue Bay harbor."
"Nope, it's also been the center of a lot of monster attacks."
"It has?"
"Don't you ever do your homework?"
"Excuse me?"
"That's all of them?"
"No, just the astro team, the other teams were not to be divulged." Hunter told her and Tori thought that the idea was sound, after all their own team had never old anyone.
'See, that's Andros of…" As hunter gave her a history lesson she noticed a couple coming in, a tall well built young man with short cropped dark hair, and a pretty young woman with long blonde hair. They were a very striking couple. She knew she'd seen the man before but she couldn't place it.
"Hey Tori?"
"Hmm?"
"Oh, that's Jason Scotts and his wife Katherine."
"Hunter how do you know that?"
"Jason is only the second place marshal artist in the state."
"Oh wow."
'His wife is a dancer, with the Angel Grove ballet."
'That's right I have seen her, she was with the London unit as well." Tori smiled at the memory of the time they company had come to town and Tori's mother had taken her to see them perform. She'd not been into dinky stuff like dance but her mother had so loved it that she'd tried to enjoy it too.
When they moved to join another couple Tori's eyes truly widened.
"Who…" then Hunter nodded in understanding.
"Tom Oliver and his wife Kimberly."
"She won a gold at the pan global's." Tori murmured remembering watching the games with her father. When she'd been younger she'd thought of going into that sport but Surfing had she'd later learned been her calling. Still the brunette woman hadn't changed at all, her hair pulled atop her head, her chocolate eyes sparkling as she greeted the other couple.
"And Oliver teaches at the local high school and is still the first ranked marshal artist in the state." hunter nodded as their food came.
"Talk about a city full of famous faces." Tori said once Adel had gone.
"You wouldn't believe the half of it." hunter said a mischievous gleam in his eye.
"What?" Tori asked surprised. Shed not heard of anyone else from this city.
"Ever hear of Cassie Chan?" hunter asked as he took a bite of his cheese burger.
"The singer?" When she nodded he pointed to the wall where the ranger pictures were and Tori's eyes widened.
"She was a ranger?" It didn't bother him she'd not listened when he'd covered that a bit ago. He just liked the surprise in her blue eyes.
"And then there's Ashley hammon,"
"The designer." She murmured taking in the image of the perky yellow astro ranger.
He smiled and she wondered what else this town would hold. After all she'd thought it would just be the place she'd meet up with Blake. Now maybe this could be very interesting.
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The rest of the evening went well. They ate their meals and started out on their walk back for the hotel. hunter was glad that Tori wasn't looking so down. He didn't like to think of any of his friends being unhappy and since she was like a little sister to him…
Neither saw the car zig zagging on the street, neither knew what was about t happen until there was a loud screech of tiers…
TBC
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Hmm, I just hate cliff hangers, don't you? If you liked the chapter PLZ let me know, I'd like to know if you have any thoughts on it or suggestions for the coming chapters. Anyway PlZ R&R.