Chapter 2: Different Dustin

Blake and Dustin stood dumbfound for a few moments before Blake fully took in the scene. Tori was lying on her living room floor, clutching something in her hand, with a pool of blood surrounding her head. Blake instantly was at her side. After making sure she was defintiely alive, he started yelling at Dustin.

"Man, just don't stand there! CALL AN AMBULANCE!" He said taking off his over shirt, and stopping the bleeding from her head.

"RIGHT!" Dustin said scampering into the kitchen before Blake killed him.

"911 Emergancy response." The operater asnswered as she picked up the phone.

"I need an ambulance at 3521 Coral Ave." Dustin said quickly.

"What is your emergancy?" The operator asked as she typed in the adress Dustin gavae her.

"My friend passed out and hit her head. There's a pool of blood around it." Dustin explained quickly.

"Does she have a pulse?" The operator asked.

"Hold on, BLAKE, DOES TORI HAVE A PULSE?" Dustin yelled across the apartment. "YES! BUT FAINT!" Blake yelled back.

"A faint pulse?" The operator asked, as she heard Blake through the phone.

"Yes." Dustin responded.

"An amblance is on its way and should arrive shortly." The operator answered calmly.

"Thank you." Dustin hung up the phone and was now by Blake's side kneeling next to her. Blake began sinking into a fetal position, slowly and quietly saying things to himself. Dustin words just before Mrs. Rider called were replaying in his head. 'You never said them to her either, YOU were too scared, YOU didn't want to lose her like everyone else, well guess what, YOU LOST HER!' Blake began shaking uncontrolably. He silently whispered to himself, but Dustin heard him, "She's gone..I lost her, too...It's all my fault...just like my parents...I never told her...I was too scared..." Blake began crying, not a full out cry, only tears escaped him as he continued thinking Tori was dieing because of him.

Thankfully for Dustin, the Ambulance pulled up outside where Mrs. Rider was waiting. Dustin forgot to tell them what apartment. As they entered they gently placed Tori on a stretcher, then looked over at Blake, "Is he okay?" One of the men asked.

"He'll live. He's just a little shaken up." Dustin reasurred the guy. They placed her in the ambulance as Dustin dragged Blake to his car. Dustin knew Blake would flip later about him driving his car, but Dustin really didn't want Blake driving at the moment. They followed the ambulance to the hospital. Once Tori was admitted, Blake and Dustin sat in the waiting room. Dustin was filling out forms galore, while Blake was calling everyone. Soon Blake was done, and they were waiting for the guys and even Sensi to come. Hunter stopped at Niki's hotel and got her, although Blake didn't ask him to. Soon Cam, Shane, and Sensi entered. Sensi was in 'normal' clothes, wering a nice shirt and slacks. Dustin and Blake were both taken a little back by it.

"Why did he call us?" Shane asked Dustin with anger in his voice. Dustin just went back to filling out forms.

"Because I am filling out forms. And it stopped him from curling into a ball and crying and talking to himself." Dustin said simply.

"DUSTIN!" Blake said embarrassed.

"Okay, being that we couldn't understand him anyway, what is going on?" Cam asked nervously.

"Tori got drunk, like really bad. She started yelling at herself, and her landlord went to see if she was alright. Tori flipped out on her, so she called Dustin just after you two left. When we got there it was quiet. So we figured she passed out, but wanted to make sure she was alright. Well she did pass out, but in the middle of her living room, and she hit her head on the coffe table, cutting it open. She's lost a lot of blood, and has a cery faint pulse." Blake said as calmly as he could as tears trickled down his face

"I am going to KILL YOU!." Shane started quietly but his voice grew with every words til he screamed as he attempted to choke Blake, but was stopped by Sensi's hand resting on Shane arm.

"Shane, calm yourself!" Sensi instructed forcefully.

"Yes, sensi." Shane said still glaring at Blake with hatred in his eyes.

"If not for Blake, Tori may be dead at the moment." Dustin said as he handed the forms to Cam to fill out, concidering he left half the things empty because he was confused or didn't know.

"Its his fault she's here!" Shane argued back.

"True, but he gave me a ride to Tori's, almost literally flying down the road, and he reacted to see her faster than I did. The ambulance dude said if she bleed for another minute, she may not have had a pulse. Blake's the one who put his shirt on her head to stop the bleeding as soon as he found the source of the blood." Dustin argued, trying to defend Blake.

"Okay, why did I just her Dustin, of all people, making intelligent sense?" Hunter asked walking over to the group with Niki close behind.

"What is she doing here?" Shane asked not really caring if he hurt her feelings.

"Because Hunter explained everything to me as we walked around the acadamy. I feel like this is somehow my fault. Hunter was getting ready to leave when I called him to see if he knew where Blake was. I asked him to bring me with him.." Niki said quietly.

"So basically, you like, probably like, know more than like Blake like does?" Dustin said. Everyone laughed, even through everything, Dustin was still stupid, and had said 'like' four times too many.

"Yes, she probably does, because Blake knows shit." Shane said still laughing.

"I know more than you do." Blake retorted, but still laughing.

"Yeah, remember Sensi lectured him, then we yelled at him, then I amazingly made sense." Dustin said laughing as well.

"Good point." Cam said as he finished the paperwork Dustin gave him. They all stopped laughing as a Doctor approached them.

"Are you here for Ms. Hanson?" She asked.

"Yes, we are." Sensi replied.

"She's out of surgury and in recovery, but she is currently in an acoma state. We don't know when she'll wake up, it could be in a few hours or a few weeks. She lost a lot of blood." The doctor explained.

"Where is she?" Blake asked as he got up from his seat.

"Room 313 its on the second floor to your right." The doctor replied before he headed off. He made his way to the elevator, being followed by everyone else. He let Dustin in, but shut the door before the others could get in.

"Dude!" Dustin exclaimed as the door shut on the others.

"I need to see her, if everyone else goes up with her I can't see alone." Blake explained.

"So I came why?" Dustin asked very confused.

"Because by the time we get to her room, they be up here. You can keep them out for a few minutes. They'll listen to you, your her bestfriend." Blake said as the stepped out of the elevator towards the right. Dustin only nodded in agreement as they walked into her room. Blake's heart broke into a million pieces as he saw her hooked up to a bunch of machines. Her head bandaged up, and her face pale, she looked albino almost. He couldn't go in there. Instead he leaned against the wall and dropped into a sitting position, with his knees in his chest. He didn't care if the others found the room and saw him sitting there. He began crying. His head was buried in his arms and knees. Niki was about to go over to him when Shane cut her off. Before Cam or Hunter could stop him, Sensi stopped them.

"Let him. Blake needs tough love right now. Blake and Shane both need to understand things at the moment." Sensi said sternly. The boys and Niki walked into the room to see Tori lying there. Cam and Hunter winced at how she looked. Niki herself let a few tears fall. She knew this was all her fault. Only, nobody else knew that.

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Okay, Chapter's over. Hope you enjoyed. I wonder what Niki meant???

-Storm Strider