A/N: Setting the tone down a bit on this chapter. But thanks again for the reviews! Shout outs to CamFan4Ever, Dcm3387, Blake-Toir88, Makia Durron, WingsOfADream, TVrocks, Jorgitosbabe, YellowCrimsonforever, Silver A - san - 88, UnKnown, and jenny who reviewed so far!!!
"Disastrous"
As soon as Tori and Hunter completed their shopping, the two went back to her apartment to get ready for the big night. Blake was scheduled to pick her up in about an hour or so. While Hunter resumed back on helping Tori to look nice, she was forced to put on a black skirt that went up to her knees and a 3/4 sleeve blue knit top that goes off the shoulder. Grunting, she looks up at Hunter as he begins taking out make up from the drawer. "How can you stand wearing this?" The blonde complains as she pulls down on the skirt uncomfortably while sitting down on a chair of Tori's room. "This top is making me itch."
Hunter rolls his eyes. "Stop being such a baby."
She scoffs. "Look who's talking? I'm not the one going, 'Oh please...go out with Blake? Please? Pretty Please?'" Tori adds in a mocking tone. Hunter glares at her. "Ha! Just be glad I'm doing this for you."
"I am." Hunter mutters as he goes down on his knees and adjusted himself so he's positioned eye level with her. Tori felt weird about this as he takes out a black, sharp pencil.
"What are you doing?" She asks curiously with her eyes fixed on the object.
He groans in annoyance. "I'm putting make-up on you. But first with the eyeliner."
"Whoa now, dude." Tori moves her head back away from it. "Nah uh. Since when do you start wearing that crap? I mean, you look beautiful already--I don't see why you need it." She blurts out of nowhere.
"What?" Hunter whispers breathlessly, surprise at what he just said. Tori turns to him and forces a smile. 'I can't believe I just said that.' She thought as she turns away from his gaze. Hunter was now deep in thought.
"Oh, don't act surprise. You know you're gorgeous." Tori stated with a smirk. And it was no lie. She secretly finds Tori an attractive woman, but what was ashamed to admit it due to their differences. The blonde didn't want to look stupid and suddenly become nice to her. It was the last thing she wanted.
"Aw." Hunter smiles back in pleased embarrassment. He'd never expected a nice compliment, especially from her. "That is so sweet of you to say, Hunter."
She sighs grudgingly. "Yeah, but it still doesn't mean I like you, so don't get too excited now." He nods as he puts a touch of shiny gloss on her lips and blue eyeshadow. Although she didn't need any make-up according to her statement, Hunter felt he didn't look good enough for Blake. He wanted to impress him on top of everything. "Dude, that's enough." Tori pushes his arm away from her face from putting any more make-up. "You're turning me into a clown."
"Well, you are one." He snaps back while doing the finishing touches on her hair. Tori plasters a funny look in a way to impersonate him. "Okay, you're all set." Hunter stood out of her way so that she could see herself on the mirror. She looks on, satisfied with the results.
"Wow, I guess the face painting stuff does make you look quite hot." Tori observers as she checks herself out. Her hair was straightened with added curls on the ends. It was lovely on her. "Or Should I say, it makes me quite hot." She adds proudly.
"Oh please!" Hunter rolls his eyes as she begins pouting her lips to look sexy. "Ugh, don't do that."
Tori frowns. "Fine. So is there anything else I should know?"
"Yeah. Don't be you."
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It was about 9 o'clock in the evening as Hunter waited for Blake's arrival in the apartment. An hour has passed when suddenly the younger Bradley entered the room. Surprise with his sudden appearance, Hunter rises up from the couch and stood in front of him. "That was kind of quick, bro. Did you have a great time?" He hopes.
Blake had a funny look on his face. "Bro, that was the worst date I ever been too!"
Hunter opens his eyes wide due to his abrupt response. "W-What?" He stumbles. "B-But I thought you'd have a great time with her--I mean, don't you like her?"
"Yeah." He sighs. "Of course I do, it's just that--I supposed she changed during the time I was gone, and err...I don't know. I guess I missed out a lot."
Hunter frowns. 'Oh, I'm so gonna kill Hunter.' He thought evilly. "Well, what happened?"
Blake chuckles at the thought. "Do you really wanna know?" He asks as the dirty blonde nods his head. 'Damn, it better not be that bad!' He thought angrily. "Well, I took her out at this really fancy restaurant and she didn't seem to be keen with the whole idea. I thought it would be romantic, but--"
"Are you kidding me?!" Hunter interrupted before he continues on with his story. "Fancy restaurants are difficult to get in and I'm--I mean she's complaining about it?"
Blake shrugs. "Bro, you don't even like fancy restaurants either so I don't see why you're going against it."
"Oh..." He chuckles vaguely. "Umm...I knew that. Go on."
"Anyway, so we're at this restaurant right and Tori started talking weird. I mean she kept calling me 'DUDE' and 'BRO. I don't know it was weird." Blake shudders. "Then she brought up today's race and started acting real bitter about how Dustin got lucky and how you should've been the one in second place. Tori kept going on and on about it--I just got really, annoyed afterwards." Hunter groans deeply. 'Oh I'm so gonna kill him.' He thought. "The food suddenly arrived and once we were eating, Tori gulped down a glass of soda and released the loudest, and longest burp I've ever heard in my entire life! I'm pretty sure she beat your record." The dirty blonde looks down in dismay. 'I'm going to kill him for good.' He kept that in mind as Blake resumed back on his talking. "It was so embarrassing. Everyone in the restaurant were giving us mixed stares, and looking at me as if I'm nuts for taking her out!"
Hunter sighs deeply. "So what happened next?" He asks, although he knew it was going to end up badly in the end.
"Well, I walked Tori over to her apartment to make sure she gets back home safely. Despite all the things that happened, I wanted to kiss her." Hunter's heart begins to pound nervously as his eyes grew larger. 'Maybe it's not that bad after all.' He wonders hopefully. "But unfortunately, Tori brushed me away and said our goodbyes with a little handshake that you and I always do. I thought she would invite me in, but instead...she slammed the door right on my face! And that's how it ended. Kind of weird huh? I always thought she was into me."
"She is!" Hunter retorts. "I'm pretty sure she's only playing hard to get."
Blake chuckles at the thought. "Nah, bro." He disagrees. "And I think I know why..."
"You do?" Hunter arches his brow in curiosity as Blake nods. "So why?"
He scoffs. "Bro, isn't it obvious?" The dirty blonde gives him a blank stare. "Tori is into you!"
Hunter flutters his eyes in shock. "What?! Y-You can't be serious."
"I am." Blake made a straight face. "You two are so much alike, bro. It's perfect!"
"Alike?!" He exclaims offensively. "Oh my God. We are complete opposites! How can you not see that?!"
Blake rolls his eyes. "Oh come on. You did have a crush on her. Can't deny that."
"That's no--" Hunter trails off as soon as he heard his last sentence. He turns to him stunningly, unsure of what he just heard. "Say what?" He asks again.
Blake grins. "You heard me. You thought Tori was cute when you first saw her. Not to mention how interested you were in the beginning." He adds while nudging on his shoulder. Hunter looks away and purses his lips. "But then again, you didn't want to be on the spot where two brothers like the same girl, which is always bad news. So instead, you just learn to not like her." He finishes off as Hunter remains silent. Blake notices and smirks. "Ha! Why are you all of a sudden quiet eh? You're thinking about her, aren't you?"
"Eww. He's--I mean she's the last person I would ever think about!" Hunter snaps appallingly. "She's all yours!"
Blake chuckles unpersuasively. "Okay, whatever you say. Listen, bro...I'll catch up with you later. I have a meeting to go to with Roger Hannah."
He nods, sighing as soon as Blake left the apartment. "Alright. Later."
'Oh I am so gonna kill Hunter!' The dirty blonde thought angrily. 'He's going down for this.'
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Meanwhile, Tori slips in to baby blue pajamas with dolphins printed on them and began parading around the apartment. She first started off by taking out junk food from cabinets and ice cream from the freezer--anything she could find to grub that night. Tori didn't eat much at the fancy restaurant and wasn't going to starve herself to death with only a few bites of salad and breadsticks. She was extremely hungry that the stuff Hunter told her not to eat slipped from the back of her mind. With that, Tori went inside her room and opened a bag of hot cheetos. As the blonde laid down on the bed to enjoy the spicy taste of chips in her mouth, she noticed a book sticking out from a pillow. Bewildered, Tori sticks her hand underneath it and took out a blue journal that belonged to the blonde. Although she agreed not to go through her belongings, Tori had the sudden urge to read some dirt written about her. 'Tori won't find out.' She thought evilly as she begins opening the journal and flipping through pages towards the recent entries.
July 2004
Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. HUNTER IS A JERK!!!! Did I forget to add that Hunter is a jerk??? HUNTER IS A MAJOR JERK!!!! The biggest jerk I'd ever laid eyes on!!!! I can't believe Dustin brought him to the concert!!! He just ruined my day!!! AHHHH!!! HUNTER IS A JERK!!! Hunter is a jerk!!! It's like I can go on writing the same thing over and over again! Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Hunter is a jerk. Ahh, my hand is beginning to hurt. But I will come back and fill up the whole damn page; the whole book if I have to!!! Hunter is a jerk and a trillion times more to the extent!!!
Tori smirks as soon as she finished reading. "Well, I guess it's nice to know that she doesn't completely hate me." She murmured while turning back a few pages. "Hmm...let's see here."
May 2003
Today, Shane and I finally get to see what the big deal is with these two fierce, fast motorocross boys Dustin's been bragging about for the past few days. Blake and Hunter were their names, and I have to admit, the tall dirty blonde one was cute!!! I think it was Hunter, but I'm not exactly sure. The other one kept staring at me! He's not that bad himself though. However, Shane is a bit suspicious about these two. I'm not sure what's inside his stubborn little head, but I guess we'll find out sooner or later. Anyway, time for surfing before the swell dies down. I'll write some more tomorrow.
"Uh huh" Tori closes the journal with a huge, flattered grin on her face. "She thought I was cute." The blonde chuckles at the thought. "Well, I'm not surprised."
"HUNTER!" A loud slam to the door echoed in the room as Tori rises up from the bed with a gasp. "WHERE ARE YOU?!" She hurriedly stuffed the journal back to its original position and hid the bag of hot cheetos underneath the bed as footsteps neared towards her direction. Tori loosens up, wiping the crumbs off herself and licking her fingers when suddenly Hunter walks in. She sits up casually on the bed with a smile.
"Hey, Tor. How was your day?" The blonde giggles in a girly tone.
Hunter narrows his eyes. "Don't give me that. You just ruined my chances with Blake!"
Tori acted surprise. "What did I do wrong?" She asks, placing a hand over her mouth as if she was in shock.
"EVERYTHING!" Hunter clenches his teeth together frustratingly. "You ignored some of things I told you NOT to do and now Blake thinks I like you!!!"
"What?!" Tori splutters out with a forced laugh. "Now that's crazy, man."
"Yeah, tell me about it." Hunter folds his arms and blew a few strands of hair away from his forehead. After a few seconds of standing there in silence, the subject gradually faded away as he turns his gaze over to Tori at ease. "What are you doing in my room anyway?" He asks in curiosity.
The bonde gulps. "Oh...just hanging."
The sound of her tone didn't quite convince him as he continues to stare at her suspiciously. "But why in my room? Did you touch anything?"
"NO!" Tori snaps. "I just came her to change..."
"But you just said you came here to hang."
She groans. "Hang, change same difference!"
Hunter nods his head weakly. "Right. What have you been really up to, Hunter?" He gives her an evil eye as if he suspected something to come out. Tori remain looking clueless as ever.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She pleads her innocence. Hunter wrinkles his forehead as soon as he noticed red crumbs on her pillow. Very curious to find out what the blonde has been hiding, he lifts the pillow up and observed a few more crumbs on the journal. He opens his eyes and snatches it away from her.
"Oh my God! You've been reading my journal, haven't you?!" Hunter screams.
"No." Tori keeps a straight, serious face. "Honest, I haven't."
"Don't lie! You've been also eating hot cheetos!" He proclaims as he takes out the bag from underneath her bed. "See! You PIG!"
"HEY! No one calls me a pig, except for Winkie!" She retorts back.
Hunter wrinkles his forehead. "Winkie?! Never heard of him."
"Of course you haven't. It's my monkey stuff animal."
He shook his head in disbelief. "Oh my God...you honestly believe your 'Winkie' talks to you?"
"He does! We understand each other."
Hunter rolls his eyes. "You can't be serious." Tori smiles wide. "This is total proof you're completely insane, Hunter!"
"I'm insane?! You're the one accusing me of reading your journal, which I haven't even read! Just because there's crumbs on it doesn't make me guilty."
He scoffs. "You are such a bad liar! Tell me, what part did you read?"
"I told you already--"
"What part, Hunter?!" He demands an answer, which startled her.
Defeated, Tori sighs. "Okay. Maybe I did read a little..."
His eyes widens. "Oh my God. What did you read?!"
"Well umm..." She stammers nervously. "Umm...Just two entries." The blonde winces; afraid she'll get hit.
"Which ones?!"
Tori bit her lip. "The last one and the part where you thought I was cute." Hunter shuts his eyes. 'Great, he thought stupidly. "So you thought I was cute, ehh?" She teases him. "Despite all the dirt you wrote about yours truly, you have a soft side for me, don't you?"
Hunter laughs. "Ugh. Don't hold your breath."
"Hey, just admit it--"
"LOOK!" The dirty blonde yells in a harsh tone that brought Tori's full attention. "You read my journal and lied to me! And for that, you're going down!" Hunter begins breathing down her face as Tori stares back at him immensely. "You ruin my life, I'm going to ruin yours."
"I have two words for you, Tor." She smiles while heading out the door. "BRING IT!"
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A/N: So what will it take for Tori and Hunter to bring each other down? Stay tune for more, folks! Coming soon…hopefully. =P