Chapter 11: Honey, Pineapples and Ham
Later that evening Dustin entered his apartment in search of Shane. "Hey Shane, are you home man?"
"Yeah, I'm in the spare room." Shane and Dustin had a decent size apartment. It had three bedrooms. One was his, one was Shane's and one was the spare room. The two called it the spare room since that's exactly what it was. The spare room was actually the master bedroom of the place. It was big enough to hold a desk with a computer, a small couch and a TV complete with a Playstation 2 and DVD/VCR combo. They used this room whenever they wanted their own space if the other was already in the living room. Tori was originally going to move in with them, but decided to get her own two bedroom apartment.
Dustin found Shane surfing the net looking for more skate parks around California. "Hey man, we need to talk." Dustin said as he sat on the small couch.
"Sure, what's up?" Shane asked as he minimized the window on the screen and turned to face Dustin.
"Have you noticed anything different between Hunter and Tori?" Dustin asked as he scratched his head.
"Ahh no...why, should I notice something?"
"Well dude, I mean they are together all the time when she is not with us."
"Okay Dustin, are you jealous or something? You know Tori; she has a lot of guy friends and not too many female friends. If she's not with us, whom else would she be with? Besides, if Blake were here the two would still be around each other a lot. They are brothers after all." Shane just didn't understand what the big deal was about Hunter and Tori. Dustin was just seeing way too much into this.
"Dude, there's something between those two and I just think that everyone is too blind to see it. As a matter of fact her and Hunter are going to the movies tonight." Dustin stated.
"The movies? Just the two of them? Hmm, maybe you're onto something." Shane said as he pondered the thought of Hunter and Tori going to the movies together.
"Maybe Marah and I should go check out the movie, Honey tonight." Dustin said as he schemed up a plan to spy on his two blond friends.
"Yeah, you go do that and keep me informed man. I've got to get going, I am suppose to meet the guys at the skate park." Shane said as he got up to leave.
Dustin went to shower and get ready for his date with Marah. Meanwhile...Hunter pulled up to the complex and got out of his crimson pick up. He walked up to Tori's apartment door. (AN: Have you ever seen the beach house apartments on 90210? Well, that's the type of complex Shane, Dustin and Tori live in.) He proceeded to ring the doorbell. He waited a few seconds then the blond goddess that occupied the apartment greeted him. "Hey Hunter."
"Hey Tor, you ready to go?" Hunter asked as he checked her out. She looked really good tonight. She was wearing a light blue top that went off the shoulders a little bit and bared her midriff with a pair of navy blue Capri pants and white sandals. She had her half her hair pinned up and the rest down in longs waves of curls. Hunter was wearing a pair of black cargo pants with a crimson and black baseball shirt.
"Yeah, let's go." Tori then walked out with Hunter, locked her door and headed for Hunter's pick up.
Once they were in the parking lot of the theater, Hunter noticed a yellow Chevrolet Avalanche parked a few cars down. 'Nah, Dustin can't be here on his date with Marah.'
"Hunter, you okay? You seem kind of quiet tonight." Tori said as the two neared the door of the theater.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I was just distracted there for a minute. Sorry." He said as he plastered a smile on his face.
"Two for the eight o'clock show of Honey, please." Tori told the guy at the ticket booth.
"That will be eighteen dollars." The guy said as he looked up to the girl who was talking to him. "Hey Tori, fancy seeing you here."
"Hey Kyle! I forgot that you worked here part time. I just saw you at the academy yesterday."
"Yeah, small world huh? Well, for you the tickets will be twelve dollars. I'll give you the student discount." Kyle said as he handed the tickets to her.
"Here, I got it Tor." Hunter said as he handed Kyle a twenty-dollar bill. Hunter seemed to get a little jealous at the exchange between the two. 'Who is this guy?' Hunter thought.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Hunter this is Kyle a student from the Wind Ninja Academy. Kyle this is Hunter, my friend and head teacher at the Thunder Ninja Academy." Tori introduced the two as to relieve some of the tension that seemed to arise between the two.
'I thought she was with that Blake guy.' Kyle thought, but dismissed it. "Nice to meet you."
"Yeah, same here." Hunter said.
"Well, we better get going, come on Hunter. Bye Kyle, see you on Monday." Tori then dragged Hunter to the concession stand inside the theater.
Once they were inside Hunter bought him and Tori a tub of popcorn and some sodas. They went to look for their seats. Hunter had this weird feeling like he was being watched. Once him and Tori sat down he looked behind him and sure enough he found Dustin with Marah a few rows back. Dustin just threw him a thumbs up signal. 'Oh man! This is going to be long night.' Hunter thought as slid further down into the seat.
About an hour or so later the movie ended and Tori was in a pretty cheery mood. She loved all the dancing that was in the movie. She secretly wished that she could dance like Jessica Alba. "Hunter, are ready you for that Hawaiian pizza?"
Hunter who had been entranced by Jessica Alba's beauty was practically drooling when the movie finished. "Huh? Oh yeah, let's go." The two got up and walked out of the theater. They bumped into Dustin and Marah in the parking lot.
"Hey Dustin and Marah! What are you two doing here?" Tori asked as she left Hunter's side.
"Hey Tori, we just got done watching Honey and you?" Marah asked as she turned from Dustin.
"Hunter and I saw Honey too. Wasn't all the dancing awesome or what?" The girls chatted for a bit. It was very rare to see Tori act like this since she was always with the guys.
"So Hunter, are you and Tori going out to eat?" Dustin asked as he watched his new girlfriend and his best friend chat away.
"We're going for pizza, do you two want to join us?" Hunter replied.
"Sure, why not. It looks like the girls have a lot to talk about."
~*~*At the pizza place~*~
Dustin and Marah sat at one side of the booth while Hunter and Tori sat on the other side. They had ordered one large pizza with pineapples and ham in which Hunter and Tori shared. The other large pizza had sausage, pepperoni and green peppers. Dustin and Marah shared that one. The four ate in a comfortable silence that is until Dustin spoke up. "Don't you and Hunter ever sick of eating that kind of pizza. It's not normal dude, I wouldn't even call it a pizza."
"I never really had this on pizza before until Hunter had me try it once during one of our movie nights at his house. Now, I'm hooked!" Tori said as she polished off her second slice.
"Thank goodness that she liked it because Blake can't stand it." Hunter said.
"Yeah, he doesn't know what he's missing!" Tori said in delight.
'Yeah that's not the only thing that he's missing.' Dustin thought as he put on a big smile to cover up what he was thinking.
AN: So, Tori and Hunter are getting pretty close and they don't even realize it uh oh! Stay tuned to see what happens next. Read and review please. Thanks!
Later that evening Dustin entered his apartment in search of Shane. "Hey Shane, are you home man?"
"Yeah, I'm in the spare room." Shane and Dustin had a decent size apartment. It had three bedrooms. One was his, one was Shane's and one was the spare room. The two called it the spare room since that's exactly what it was. The spare room was actually the master bedroom of the place. It was big enough to hold a desk with a computer, a small couch and a TV complete with a Playstation 2 and DVD/VCR combo. They used this room whenever they wanted their own space if the other was already in the living room. Tori was originally going to move in with them, but decided to get her own two bedroom apartment.
Dustin found Shane surfing the net looking for more skate parks around California. "Hey man, we need to talk." Dustin said as he sat on the small couch.
"Sure, what's up?" Shane asked as he minimized the window on the screen and turned to face Dustin.
"Have you noticed anything different between Hunter and Tori?" Dustin asked as he scratched his head.
"Ahh no...why, should I notice something?"
"Well dude, I mean they are together all the time when she is not with us."
"Okay Dustin, are you jealous or something? You know Tori; she has a lot of guy friends and not too many female friends. If she's not with us, whom else would she be with? Besides, if Blake were here the two would still be around each other a lot. They are brothers after all." Shane just didn't understand what the big deal was about Hunter and Tori. Dustin was just seeing way too much into this.
"Dude, there's something between those two and I just think that everyone is too blind to see it. As a matter of fact her and Hunter are going to the movies tonight." Dustin stated.
"The movies? Just the two of them? Hmm, maybe you're onto something." Shane said as he pondered the thought of Hunter and Tori going to the movies together.
"Maybe Marah and I should go check out the movie, Honey tonight." Dustin said as he schemed up a plan to spy on his two blond friends.
"Yeah, you go do that and keep me informed man. I've got to get going, I am suppose to meet the guys at the skate park." Shane said as he got up to leave.
Dustin went to shower and get ready for his date with Marah. Meanwhile...Hunter pulled up to the complex and got out of his crimson pick up. He walked up to Tori's apartment door. (AN: Have you ever seen the beach house apartments on 90210? Well, that's the type of complex Shane, Dustin and Tori live in.) He proceeded to ring the doorbell. He waited a few seconds then the blond goddess that occupied the apartment greeted him. "Hey Hunter."
"Hey Tor, you ready to go?" Hunter asked as he checked her out. She looked really good tonight. She was wearing a light blue top that went off the shoulders a little bit and bared her midriff with a pair of navy blue Capri pants and white sandals. She had her half her hair pinned up and the rest down in longs waves of curls. Hunter was wearing a pair of black cargo pants with a crimson and black baseball shirt.
"Yeah, let's go." Tori then walked out with Hunter, locked her door and headed for Hunter's pick up.
Once they were in the parking lot of the theater, Hunter noticed a yellow Chevrolet Avalanche parked a few cars down. 'Nah, Dustin can't be here on his date with Marah.'
"Hunter, you okay? You seem kind of quiet tonight." Tori said as the two neared the door of the theater.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I was just distracted there for a minute. Sorry." He said as he plastered a smile on his face.
"Two for the eight o'clock show of Honey, please." Tori told the guy at the ticket booth.
"That will be eighteen dollars." The guy said as he looked up to the girl who was talking to him. "Hey Tori, fancy seeing you here."
"Hey Kyle! I forgot that you worked here part time. I just saw you at the academy yesterday."
"Yeah, small world huh? Well, for you the tickets will be twelve dollars. I'll give you the student discount." Kyle said as he handed the tickets to her.
"Here, I got it Tor." Hunter said as he handed Kyle a twenty-dollar bill. Hunter seemed to get a little jealous at the exchange between the two. 'Who is this guy?' Hunter thought.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Hunter this is Kyle a student from the Wind Ninja Academy. Kyle this is Hunter, my friend and head teacher at the Thunder Ninja Academy." Tori introduced the two as to relieve some of the tension that seemed to arise between the two.
'I thought she was with that Blake guy.' Kyle thought, but dismissed it. "Nice to meet you."
"Yeah, same here." Hunter said.
"Well, we better get going, come on Hunter. Bye Kyle, see you on Monday." Tori then dragged Hunter to the concession stand inside the theater.
Once they were inside Hunter bought him and Tori a tub of popcorn and some sodas. They went to look for their seats. Hunter had this weird feeling like he was being watched. Once him and Tori sat down he looked behind him and sure enough he found Dustin with Marah a few rows back. Dustin just threw him a thumbs up signal. 'Oh man! This is going to be long night.' Hunter thought as slid further down into the seat.
About an hour or so later the movie ended and Tori was in a pretty cheery mood. She loved all the dancing that was in the movie. She secretly wished that she could dance like Jessica Alba. "Hunter, are ready you for that Hawaiian pizza?"
Hunter who had been entranced by Jessica Alba's beauty was practically drooling when the movie finished. "Huh? Oh yeah, let's go." The two got up and walked out of the theater. They bumped into Dustin and Marah in the parking lot.
"Hey Dustin and Marah! What are you two doing here?" Tori asked as she left Hunter's side.
"Hey Tori, we just got done watching Honey and you?" Marah asked as she turned from Dustin.
"Hunter and I saw Honey too. Wasn't all the dancing awesome or what?" The girls chatted for a bit. It was very rare to see Tori act like this since she was always with the guys.
"So Hunter, are you and Tori going out to eat?" Dustin asked as he watched his new girlfriend and his best friend chat away.
"We're going for pizza, do you two want to join us?" Hunter replied.
"Sure, why not. It looks like the girls have a lot to talk about."
~*~*At the pizza place~*~
Dustin and Marah sat at one side of the booth while Hunter and Tori sat on the other side. They had ordered one large pizza with pineapples and ham in which Hunter and Tori shared. The other large pizza had sausage, pepperoni and green peppers. Dustin and Marah shared that one. The four ate in a comfortable silence that is until Dustin spoke up. "Don't you and Hunter ever sick of eating that kind of pizza. It's not normal dude, I wouldn't even call it a pizza."
"I never really had this on pizza before until Hunter had me try it once during one of our movie nights at his house. Now, I'm hooked!" Tori said as she polished off her second slice.
"Thank goodness that she liked it because Blake can't stand it." Hunter said.
"Yeah, he doesn't know what he's missing!" Tori said in delight.
'Yeah that's not the only thing that he's missing.' Dustin thought as he put on a big smile to cover up what he was thinking.
AN: So, Tori and Hunter are getting pretty close and they don't even realize it uh oh! Stay tuned to see what happens next. Read and review please. Thanks!