The Truth Hurts
After Tori stormed out of Hunter's house, she sped down the street to Dustin's. Shane was home too but he was working in the backyard on the patio, perfecting some skateboard move.
The blonde burst trough the door and burst into tears. Dustin heard the door slam against the wall and ran to the front where Tori dove at him. She buried her tear-filled eyes into his shoulder and sobbed.
"Didn't go to well?" Dustin asked. "With Hunter?"
"He doesn't get it." Tori pushed herself away and looked him in the eye.
"Here, let me help you with something. Pretend I had a brother and he started beating up his girlfriend, do you think I would immediately believe her because she said so? Even if she was trained in martial arts?" Dustin asked.
"Well…no." Tori wiped her eyes and stopped crying.
"He just doesn't want to believe it so he finds something to pick at to make him think that he's not, but deep down, he believes you." Dustin said gingerly.
"Do you understand why I don't use martial arts against him?" Tori asked.
"You told me before but I wasn't listening."
"Do you think that if I was equally strengthened as he was he would find some hidden emotion and suddenly become stronger? Does that make sense?" Tori asked.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure you don't want to die." Dustin joked lightly.
"What's Shane doing?" Tori asked.
"He's perfecting his nose-grind something or other." Dustin replied with a laugh.
"Want to go watch?" Tori asked with a smile.
"Sure."
Dustin took her hand and led her outside to the grass area behind the patio. Tori hugged him and leaned against him as they sat in the grass, cheering Shane on. He looked over at Tori and she smiled.
He did the trick one last time and perfected it. It was a great feeling that everyone in the vicinity of the backyard had. Tori was proud and Dustin was excited. Shane was overjoyed, he had landed it. For the first time, he had not fallen off the board. The two on the grass could not wait for his next demo at the skate park, he would win and they knew it.