Absolute Craziness

Tori giggled some more, making funny faces as she looked around, amazed by everything. Her eyes landed back on Hunter and she skipped over to the truck.

"Hey buddy." She practically yelled.

"Alright, you're coming home with me." Hunter replied.

"Where do you live?" Tori asked with a giggle.

Hunter rolled his eyes and forced her into the truck. She threw her head back against the seat and passed out. Hunter debated whether to leave her there or carry her into the house. He decided it was probably better if she was in the house.

Tori opened her blue eyes to find pitch black. She could see only a sliver of light coming from the door. Her feet moved towards it, almost hitting a lamp, and she opened the door to the bright sunshine.

She looked around the room and spotted three guys. Dustin, Shane and Hunter. Tori smiled as she moved closer to them. When she reached the couch, she halted in front of Hunter.

"Hey, you know what, I'm sorry." She broke the silence.

"Dude, you know what she's talking about?" Shane asked.

"Oh you guys don't know, I kind of said some things that weren't very nice before the drugs kicked in." Tori admitted.

"Some things?" Hunter laughed.

"Okay, a lot of things." Tori replied.

"Like what?" Dustin asked.

"I'd rather not say, it shouldn't have been said before." Tori bit her lip.

"You know what, it's fine, I kind of said some things that weren't nice either." Hunter stated.

"Can you tell me what because that's the part I don't remember." Tori smirked.

"Never mind."

"So, we cool?" Tori asked.

"Just one question, you pretend to hate me?" Hunter grinned.

"Pretend, of course I do, you're the most hated guy in town, it's fun to be friends with you." Tori joked. "I don't hate you totally."

"Hey, you guys do know that there's a fine line between love and hate right?" Dustin asked.

"I just said I didn't hate him, did you know that there's a fine line between stupid and genius?" Tori asked.

"Oh yeah, I haven't quite passed that line yet." Dustin laughed.

"Can I go home now-" Tori dropped her mouth.

"You remember that part?" Shane joked.

"Very clearly, that explains the nose and rib, and the horrible nightmare of my life, oh yeah, can't forget that stuff." Tori sighed.

"Then there are the happy things." Dustin voiced.

"I can't go back there." Tori flopped onto the floor and sat cross-legged.

"Well you can always stay here." Hunter forced himself to stay.

"I thought you hated me." Tori blurted.

"Dude, he crossed the line a while ago." Shane interrupted.

"This helps me a lot, you know 'cause my abusive, alcoholic boyfriend is hanging form the kitchen ceiling of my house which I cannot go back to and get my stuff because it's filled with horrible memories, then there's this guy who thinks I hate him, get high off drugs and say a bunch or stuff that I really didn't mean because…never mind."

"Because what?" Dustin asked.

"What?" Tori asked, she snapped back to reality.

"I think that we need to talk, privately." Hunter voiced and the two guys left.

"What?"

"Because what, you know that we care, I care, I'm sure you've probably figured out by now that I pretend not to like you so I wouldn't get close to you, so I couldn't fall for you but it backfired quite a bit."

"Life's a funny thing. But everything happens for a reason. You know, like when I was four, my mom died but she said that I would be okay and she would be there through my toughest moments. I think last night she was with you because I know that you really did believe me when I told you what was happening. I respect you for everything that you do. You're a brother, a friend, a worker. I mean besides Dustin and Shane no one really knows who you are, even I don't sometimes, but before I make a tough decision, I think, what would my friends do and usually it's what I think you would do because you take risks. Dustin plays it safe because his family expects him to do well and Shane tries not to get into trouble because his family won't always like what he does if he risks it. But you don't have anyone to answer to, and I remember how much I used to wish that I wasn't alone either. But if you can do it and watch your brother die, I can at least try. So when I say that you aren't loved by those around you, I hope I'm wrong because I do." Tori smiled.