Chapter 28: Coming Clean Part 2
Thanks to all those who reviewed as always, you guys are awesome! However, unfortunately I didn't get that many from the last update. So, depending on how many reviews I get this time will depend on whether or not I will continue. I apologize if this story has gotten way too long and if it's lost its excitement or whatever. This was my first fanfic to be posted on this site and you guys have definitely made me feel welcomed, but now maybe it's just time for me to stop here. Please read and leave a review and if not, thanks again to those who have stuck by me throughout this long story.
(Beep...beep...beep...) The sounds of machines and monitors filled the bland white colored room. There was no other noise than that of the machines that were keeping the handsome dirty blond motocross rider alive and the breathing of his blond goddess that was watching over him. The curtains in the room were open in hopes to shed light onto the two occupants. However, it was dark and gray outside. It was raining as it had been on and off through out the week.
Tori was sitting in a chair besides Hunter intently watching over him and praying that he would wake up any day now. It was almost a week ago since she found him lying a few feet away from his street bike during the nasty storm. It was almost a week ago when she saw in his eyes how she broke his heart and all due to her fear of loving him and losing him. It was almost a week ago since she last heard his voice or had been in his arms. Now here she was in the hospital waiting for him to wake up from the coma he had slipped into since that day. The doctors informed her and the rest of the group that he had suffered a lot of head trauma due to the fact that he did not have his helmet on at the time he was thrown off his bike. Tori stayed with him day and night. She refused to leave the hospital even after Cam and Leann offered to watch over Hunter so that she too could get some rest. Tori was stubborn and only left the room to go grab something to eat or to let someone have alone time with Hunter. She had Dustin or Shane bring her some clothes and things whenever they would stop by to visit and she would use the shower in Hunter's hospital room.
Her birthday was in two days and all she could wish, hope and pray for was that Hunter would wake up soon. She wanted to see his intense brown eyes, hear his soothing voice and she wanted to tell him that she loved him. Tori shifted in her chair for what seemed like the hundredth time. Her back was getting sore from the uncomfortable position, but she didn't care. Tori couldn't take the pain anymore and gave Hunter a quick kiss on the forehead and went to go stand by the window. She watched the cars drive by below and the people that were running from the hospital parking lot to the hospital entrance. She noticed that Dustin and Shane had arrived. "Great those two are going to try and get me to go home again," Tori said aloud as she shook her head in dismay. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and the two entered the room.
"Hey Tor," Shane said as he walked up to Tori and gave her a warm hug. Dustin walked up to Tori and did the same.
"Hey guys," Tori replied. "So, what brings you here?"
"Shane and I just wanted to come by and see if you would like some company." Dustin said as he sat in the chair that Tori once occupied.
Tori smiled and answered, "Sure, but don't try convincing me to go home because I won't leave here until I know that Hunter is okay."
"Yes ma'am," the two men replied in unison.
There was silence between the three when there was a grumbling sound coming from someone's stomach.
Shane rolled his eyes and looked straight at Dustin, "Didn't I tell you to eat before we came here?"
"I did, but I guess that I am still hungry...sorry. Uh Tori, do you want to come with me to the cafeteria and grab a bite to eat?"
Tori looked over at Hunter and then at monitors and all the machines, 'There's no change still.' Tori thought for a moment before she replied to her best friend, "Alright Dustin, let's go. Do you want anything, Shane?"
"No, I'm fine. You two go ahead and I'll hold the fort down from here." Shane said as he took a seat next to Hunter.
"Okay, come find us if anything changes." Tori completed as her and Dustin left the room.
Shane then turned his attention to his best friend and started talking, "Hey bro, it's me, Shane. Dustin and Tori just left to get something to eat so now we can talk a bit. Man...Hunter, you need to wake up. We are all here waiting for you. Tori has not left your side since you have been here. She really loves you. She was just scared that if she loved you too much that she would lose you and you can't blame her for that. You know what though, bro? This girl loves you more than she has anyone else. I can tell. So, don't you dare leave her here alone or us either. We need you here. Do you hear me Hunter? You are not going anywhere. You've got to fight this and wake up." Shane looked at Hunter hoping for a response...nothing. "Alright bro, be that way, but we are not giving up on you." Shane then settled into the chair and looked out the window.
Meanwhile Tori and Dustin were in the cafeteria. Dustin was eating a sandwich and some chips while Tori had a salad. "Tori, is that all you are going to eat?"
Tori put her fork down and replied, "Yes, why?"
"It's nothing...I just think that you need to eat more. You look like you've lost weight since Hunter's been in here and not only that you haven't even left this place since then."
Tori looked straight at Dustin and saw in his eyes the deep concern that he had for her. She couldn't be mad at him for caring. "If it makes you feel better, I'll buy a sandwich and bring it up with me for later."
"Okay and I'll buy us a couple of slices of chocolate cake. The cake here is awesome!" Dustin mentioned as he rubbed his hands together in delight.
Tori let out a small chuckle and replied; "Only you can find the hospital's cafeteria food appetizing."
"Well, what can I say? Food is food. Tori...promise me something okay?"
"What is it Dustin?"
"Just promise me as soon as Hunter wakes up you will go home for one day and rest. You will be no good to Hunter if you are tired and what not. He's going to need you so, why not take of yourself too."
"Yes Dustin, I promise."
"I mean it Tor. I swear you two are really meant for each other. He was just as stubborn when you were in the hospital."
"Yeah really? Well, I guess we really love each other huh?"
"Yes Tori. I understand why you are scared, but you really need to let go of that fear. Hunter is still here Tori. He's a fighter and he's not going anywhere. So, as soon as he wakes up you better let him know how much you love him because I can tell that you love him more than he thinks you do."
A solitaire tear fell from Tori's sea blue eyes. Dustin was right and she couldn't wait for Hunter to wake up. Then an idea popped into Tori's head. "Hey Dustin, can you do a huge favor for me?"
"Sure Tor, anything."
"Go to my apartment and go get..." Tori quietly told Dustin the rest of her idea as a smile crept on both of their faces.
"Okay and you are sure you trust me to do this?" Dustin asked.
"Yes and thank you Dustin. You are the best!" Tori said as she got up from her seat and gave him a hug."
"You're welcome Tor. Why don't we go back upstairs and I'll get Shane to go with me."
"Alright let's go."
A few hours later night fell upon the two occupants. Tori had finished eating the sandwich that she had bought from the cafeteria and was now staring out the window. She was watching the rain splash against the glass. It was dark and gloomy still. She looked over her shoulder to see if Hunter had moved or woken up yet. She then turned her attention back to the quiet storm outside. She wrapped her arms around herself as she thought back on the time that her and Hunter shared.
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned
'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect
Trying to fit a square into a circle
Was no lie
I defy
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
*~*~*Flashbacks*~*~*
"You shouldn't have to go through this alone. You're not the only one that's going to miss him you know." Hunter said as he pulled Tori back into his embrace.
Tori caught a glimpse of a tear that escaped his eyes before he pulled her back into his arms again, "Thanks for always being there for me, Hunter. I don't know where I would be with out you."
~*~*~*
Hunter looked down at the blond beauty. He just wanted to hold her so badly. "Um, excuse me, but may I sit here?"
Tori looked up and was practically in a standing position in a millisecond. She threw her arms around his neck and gave him a tight hug. "Oh my gosh Hunter, what are you doing here?"
"I decided that I have spent enough time at the academy and that I needed to go home."
Tori flashed him a big smile, a smile that he had not seen in a long while. The two just stood there holding hands for few seconds. "Well, want to join me for a few?"
"There's nothing else that I would rather do."
~*~*~*~*
"So much for promises."
"Tori, don't say that. I actually made a promise to Blake before he left. I promised him that I would take care of you while he was gone and that you would never be lonely. Please tell me, that I've lived up to it."
"Yes, Hunter you have and I thank you. You've been great and I love you for it"
"I love you too, Tor."
"Let's just continue to take things slow. I hate to say this, but I guess my heart is still fragile." Tori finished as she let out a small chuckle from how weak she thought she sounded.
Hunter let out his own chuckle and replied, "Don't worry, I'll handle with care."
~*~*End of Flashbacks~*~*~ (AN: Quiz...what chapters are these from? Ha ha ha! I'm just kidding.)
A smile crept onto Tori's beautiful face as the memories faded into the background of her mind. She walked away from the window and sat in the chair beside Hunter's bed. She took his hand into hers and brought it to her lips for a small warm kiss. Tears started to form and fell from her eyes and onto his hand. "Hey handsome...it's me. I'm still here and I think that it's time that I come clean..." Tori said as she decided to let him know how she felt inside and out in hopes to motivate him to wake up. "Hunter, it started off like this..."
I'm shedding
Shedding every color
Trying to find a pigment of truth
Beneath my skin
'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Then always staying in
Feel the wind
"And I don't know when I fell in love with you, but I know that I've always loved you. You have been strength in my time of weakness and you have been the shoulder that I could cry on and lean on. Hunter, I am no longer afraid to love you because I never want to lose you and I am sorry that it took something like this to make me realize it. I beg you to open your eyes and look at me. I'm right here and I will never leave you nor doubt our love again, just please wake up and give me another chance. You can't leave me or the rest of us here alone. You promised me that I would never be alone. So, don't you dare back out on me now. Do hear me, Hunter? Squeeze my hand or something to let me know that you hear me..." (Nothing...) Okay Hunter, you continue to be stubborn because I can play that game too. I'm not leaving here until you wake up and when you do, we can start over if you like. I just want you to wake up and be okay. I love you Hunter with all my heart and soul. You can't tell me that we are not meant to be together because I know that we are." Tori finished as she rested her head in the open space besides Hunter's head. She closed her eyes and let her tears continue to flow. As each tear dropped down onto the bed a glow began to encase around Hunter's body that Tori had failed to notice.
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall
Let the rain fall
I'm coming clean
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
AN: There's another chapter. It's up to all of you on whether not I continue. I can say this much. This story is almost at its end. So, please leave a review!! Thanks!
Thanks to all those who reviewed as always, you guys are awesome! However, unfortunately I didn't get that many from the last update. So, depending on how many reviews I get this time will depend on whether or not I will continue. I apologize if this story has gotten way too long and if it's lost its excitement or whatever. This was my first fanfic to be posted on this site and you guys have definitely made me feel welcomed, but now maybe it's just time for me to stop here. Please read and leave a review and if not, thanks again to those who have stuck by me throughout this long story.
(Beep...beep...beep...) The sounds of machines and monitors filled the bland white colored room. There was no other noise than that of the machines that were keeping the handsome dirty blond motocross rider alive and the breathing of his blond goddess that was watching over him. The curtains in the room were open in hopes to shed light onto the two occupants. However, it was dark and gray outside. It was raining as it had been on and off through out the week.
Tori was sitting in a chair besides Hunter intently watching over him and praying that he would wake up any day now. It was almost a week ago since she found him lying a few feet away from his street bike during the nasty storm. It was almost a week ago when she saw in his eyes how she broke his heart and all due to her fear of loving him and losing him. It was almost a week ago since she last heard his voice or had been in his arms. Now here she was in the hospital waiting for him to wake up from the coma he had slipped into since that day. The doctors informed her and the rest of the group that he had suffered a lot of head trauma due to the fact that he did not have his helmet on at the time he was thrown off his bike. Tori stayed with him day and night. She refused to leave the hospital even after Cam and Leann offered to watch over Hunter so that she too could get some rest. Tori was stubborn and only left the room to go grab something to eat or to let someone have alone time with Hunter. She had Dustin or Shane bring her some clothes and things whenever they would stop by to visit and she would use the shower in Hunter's hospital room.
Her birthday was in two days and all she could wish, hope and pray for was that Hunter would wake up soon. She wanted to see his intense brown eyes, hear his soothing voice and she wanted to tell him that she loved him. Tori shifted in her chair for what seemed like the hundredth time. Her back was getting sore from the uncomfortable position, but she didn't care. Tori couldn't take the pain anymore and gave Hunter a quick kiss on the forehead and went to go stand by the window. She watched the cars drive by below and the people that were running from the hospital parking lot to the hospital entrance. She noticed that Dustin and Shane had arrived. "Great those two are going to try and get me to go home again," Tori said aloud as she shook her head in dismay. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and the two entered the room.
"Hey Tor," Shane said as he walked up to Tori and gave her a warm hug. Dustin walked up to Tori and did the same.
"Hey guys," Tori replied. "So, what brings you here?"
"Shane and I just wanted to come by and see if you would like some company." Dustin said as he sat in the chair that Tori once occupied.
Tori smiled and answered, "Sure, but don't try convincing me to go home because I won't leave here until I know that Hunter is okay."
"Yes ma'am," the two men replied in unison.
There was silence between the three when there was a grumbling sound coming from someone's stomach.
Shane rolled his eyes and looked straight at Dustin, "Didn't I tell you to eat before we came here?"
"I did, but I guess that I am still hungry...sorry. Uh Tori, do you want to come with me to the cafeteria and grab a bite to eat?"
Tori looked over at Hunter and then at monitors and all the machines, 'There's no change still.' Tori thought for a moment before she replied to her best friend, "Alright Dustin, let's go. Do you want anything, Shane?"
"No, I'm fine. You two go ahead and I'll hold the fort down from here." Shane said as he took a seat next to Hunter.
"Okay, come find us if anything changes." Tori completed as her and Dustin left the room.
Shane then turned his attention to his best friend and started talking, "Hey bro, it's me, Shane. Dustin and Tori just left to get something to eat so now we can talk a bit. Man...Hunter, you need to wake up. We are all here waiting for you. Tori has not left your side since you have been here. She really loves you. She was just scared that if she loved you too much that she would lose you and you can't blame her for that. You know what though, bro? This girl loves you more than she has anyone else. I can tell. So, don't you dare leave her here alone or us either. We need you here. Do you hear me Hunter? You are not going anywhere. You've got to fight this and wake up." Shane looked at Hunter hoping for a response...nothing. "Alright bro, be that way, but we are not giving up on you." Shane then settled into the chair and looked out the window.
Meanwhile Tori and Dustin were in the cafeteria. Dustin was eating a sandwich and some chips while Tori had a salad. "Tori, is that all you are going to eat?"
Tori put her fork down and replied, "Yes, why?"
"It's nothing...I just think that you need to eat more. You look like you've lost weight since Hunter's been in here and not only that you haven't even left this place since then."
Tori looked straight at Dustin and saw in his eyes the deep concern that he had for her. She couldn't be mad at him for caring. "If it makes you feel better, I'll buy a sandwich and bring it up with me for later."
"Okay and I'll buy us a couple of slices of chocolate cake. The cake here is awesome!" Dustin mentioned as he rubbed his hands together in delight.
Tori let out a small chuckle and replied; "Only you can find the hospital's cafeteria food appetizing."
"Well, what can I say? Food is food. Tori...promise me something okay?"
"What is it Dustin?"
"Just promise me as soon as Hunter wakes up you will go home for one day and rest. You will be no good to Hunter if you are tired and what not. He's going to need you so, why not take of yourself too."
"Yes Dustin, I promise."
"I mean it Tor. I swear you two are really meant for each other. He was just as stubborn when you were in the hospital."
"Yeah really? Well, I guess we really love each other huh?"
"Yes Tori. I understand why you are scared, but you really need to let go of that fear. Hunter is still here Tori. He's a fighter and he's not going anywhere. So, as soon as he wakes up you better let him know how much you love him because I can tell that you love him more than he thinks you do."
A solitaire tear fell from Tori's sea blue eyes. Dustin was right and she couldn't wait for Hunter to wake up. Then an idea popped into Tori's head. "Hey Dustin, can you do a huge favor for me?"
"Sure Tor, anything."
"Go to my apartment and go get..." Tori quietly told Dustin the rest of her idea as a smile crept on both of their faces.
"Okay and you are sure you trust me to do this?" Dustin asked.
"Yes and thank you Dustin. You are the best!" Tori said as she got up from her seat and gave him a hug."
"You're welcome Tor. Why don't we go back upstairs and I'll get Shane to go with me."
"Alright let's go."
A few hours later night fell upon the two occupants. Tori had finished eating the sandwich that she had bought from the cafeteria and was now staring out the window. She was watching the rain splash against the glass. It was dark and gloomy still. She looked over her shoulder to see if Hunter had moved or woken up yet. She then turned her attention back to the quiet storm outside. She wrapped her arms around herself as she thought back on the time that her and Hunter shared.
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned
'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect
Trying to fit a square into a circle
Was no lie
I defy
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
*~*~*Flashbacks*~*~*
"You shouldn't have to go through this alone. You're not the only one that's going to miss him you know." Hunter said as he pulled Tori back into his embrace.
Tori caught a glimpse of a tear that escaped his eyes before he pulled her back into his arms again, "Thanks for always being there for me, Hunter. I don't know where I would be with out you."
~*~*~*
Hunter looked down at the blond beauty. He just wanted to hold her so badly. "Um, excuse me, but may I sit here?"
Tori looked up and was practically in a standing position in a millisecond. She threw her arms around his neck and gave him a tight hug. "Oh my gosh Hunter, what are you doing here?"
"I decided that I have spent enough time at the academy and that I needed to go home."
Tori flashed him a big smile, a smile that he had not seen in a long while. The two just stood there holding hands for few seconds. "Well, want to join me for a few?"
"There's nothing else that I would rather do."
~*~*~*~*
"So much for promises."
"Tori, don't say that. I actually made a promise to Blake before he left. I promised him that I would take care of you while he was gone and that you would never be lonely. Please tell me, that I've lived up to it."
"Yes, Hunter you have and I thank you. You've been great and I love you for it"
"I love you too, Tor."
"Let's just continue to take things slow. I hate to say this, but I guess my heart is still fragile." Tori finished as she let out a small chuckle from how weak she thought she sounded.
Hunter let out his own chuckle and replied, "Don't worry, I'll handle with care."
~*~*End of Flashbacks~*~*~ (AN: Quiz...what chapters are these from? Ha ha ha! I'm just kidding.)
A smile crept onto Tori's beautiful face as the memories faded into the background of her mind. She walked away from the window and sat in the chair beside Hunter's bed. She took his hand into hers and brought it to her lips for a small warm kiss. Tears started to form and fell from her eyes and onto his hand. "Hey handsome...it's me. I'm still here and I think that it's time that I come clean..." Tori said as she decided to let him know how she felt inside and out in hopes to motivate him to wake up. "Hunter, it started off like this..."
I'm shedding
Shedding every color
Trying to find a pigment of truth
Beneath my skin
'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Then always staying in
Feel the wind
"And I don't know when I fell in love with you, but I know that I've always loved you. You have been strength in my time of weakness and you have been the shoulder that I could cry on and lean on. Hunter, I am no longer afraid to love you because I never want to lose you and I am sorry that it took something like this to make me realize it. I beg you to open your eyes and look at me. I'm right here and I will never leave you nor doubt our love again, just please wake up and give me another chance. You can't leave me or the rest of us here alone. You promised me that I would never be alone. So, don't you dare back out on me now. Do hear me, Hunter? Squeeze my hand or something to let me know that you hear me..." (Nothing...) Okay Hunter, you continue to be stubborn because I can play that game too. I'm not leaving here until you wake up and when you do, we can start over if you like. I just want you to wake up and be okay. I love you Hunter with all my heart and soul. You can't tell me that we are not meant to be together because I know that we are." Tori finished as she rested her head in the open space besides Hunter's head. She closed her eyes and let her tears continue to flow. As each tear dropped down onto the bed a glow began to encase around Hunter's body that Tori had failed to notice.
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall
Let the rain fall
I'm coming clean
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
AN: There's another chapter. It's up to all of you on whether not I continue. I can say this much. This story is almost at its end. So, please leave a review!! Thanks!