Nothing Still
"Hey Dude, what happened?" Dustin asked.
Tori had been taken to the hospital after the Bob incident. She had managed to survive but something else was terribly wrong. Dustin and Shane were at the hospital as soon as Hunter called them.
Dustin stared at Hunter for a minute, waiting for an answer. Shane sat down beside him and put his face into his hands, wiping the disbelief off. He would never have guessed what came next.
"She was beat up again."
"By who?" Dustin asked.
"This guy, Bob. I guess he was Blake's drinking buddy. When I walked into the house, he had Tor against the wall, punching her."
"Bro, no way." Shane sighed.
"Yeah. I don't know the rest." Hunter replied.
"Man, she'll be fine." Dustin tried to reassure everyone, including himself.
"Yeah, I mean, she survived that every night before right?" Shane asked.
"True." Hunter ran his hands through his hair.
The three boys continued to reassure each other that Tori would be okay when their conversation was silenced by a female doctor. She stood tall in her white lab coat and had a slight smile to her lips. Her green eyes narrowed on the boys.
"She'll be fine in a few days." The doctor smiled.
"What happened?" Shane asked.
"You don't know?"
"No, except that she was being beat up when I came home." Hunter answered.
"Oh, well, I'll send someone right in to tell you about her."
"But she's going to live?" Shane asked.
"Of course." The doctor smiled one last time before disappearing into the crowded hallway.
"What do you think she means?" Shane asked.
"Bro, I don't know." Dustin answered.
"You?" Shane tapped Hunter on the shoulder.
"No idea."
It was finally a few hours later when the boys finally found out what happened but Tori was still not awake.