Different Beliefs

The next morning, Blake had left to go to work. He always came home with flowers of chocolates to apologize for the "evening disagreements" as he called them.. Tori sighed and hopped in the warm shower. She got dressed in her short-sleeved shirt but threw a sweater over it, Blake's orders. So no one knew what was happening.

Tori did not have a job, she pretended she did but really just went to Dustin and Shane's place to hang. It was safer there, as long as she made it home by seven. He usually came home before then but went out drinking, most of the time with Bob. He came home between seven and eleven, usually it was around ten but it was always good to be home before anything happened.

That morning, something was different. She did not stop at Dustin's house, she kept driving. She drove to Hunter's house, the house she had once known as Blake and Hunter's house. Her blue van was not nice anymore, she had once tried to run and been shoved into the door, denting it badly. Blake took a crowbar to it once as well; he swung out the front lights and cracked the back window.

Tori sat in the van, remembering everything that lead her to the house. Her conscience needed to get some things off her mind but her heart knew he might not accept them. She mustered up the courage to walk to the front door and knock.

"Hey, what's up?" Hunter asked, opening the door.

"I have to talk to you about something." Tori replied.

"You mean someone?" Hunter asked, inviting her in.

Tori walked into the kitchen and sat at the table. Hunter closed the door and seated himself in the second chair on the opposite side of the table. Tori had her hands on the table, folded nicely but fidgeting at the same time. Her leg was folded under her butt and her back was in a strait angle.

"Look, I know you don't want to believe he could do something like this but, it hurts me." Tori started.

"Look, it's not that I don't believe it, it's that I don't want to, I know my brother and as much as I respect him-"

"He would never do anything to hurt anybody, I know, you told me this before."

"But I also don't fully believe it because if he was having problems, he'd come to me." Hunter stated.

"Right, but you know, he is and when you get your head out of the clouds, maybe you'll see it too but until then, may you live a happy life." Tori retorted.

"Come on Tor." Hunter started.

Tori stood up and looked down at him. She glared at him and he looked back at her.

"Why don't you fight back then?" He asked.

"You remember when you came to Blue Bay Harbour and you were against us? How much stronger you guys were than the guys and I?" Tori asked.

"So?"

"I don't want to die." Tori blurted out and stormed out of the house.

"She's crazy." He muttered angrily to himself.