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"Shocked"

Hunter stood motionless in front of his friends as they avert from his gaze to avoid the tension. He couldn't believe what he was hearing as they all remained in awkward silence. "What baby?" He asked again while exchanging looks with the guys.

Shane scratches the back of his head. "Well uhhh..." He starts off uneasily. "I umm didn't want umm, you see I uhh...gee, this isn't--"

Dustin rolls his eyes. Stupid move, he thought. "It's nothing, dude."

"Oh no. I heard what I heard." Hunter says clearly. "There's something you guys aren't telling me and I want to know now."

"You know what, bro?" Blake steps in and faces him. "Maybe we should call for a check up to see if that hearing of yours is functioning well, and till then let's just um...get your bike fixed."

"No! I'm fine!" The dirty blonde snaps as all heads go up. He stares at each and every one of them seriously. "The word 'baby' just doesn't come out okay, and I sure know as hell this conversation isn't about sex ed." He adds with a chuckle. The guys look down, defeated. "Now, I won't ask again. Can you please tell me what's going on here?"

All eyes shift towards Dustin. He looks back at them suspiciously and sighs. Why do I have to do all the talking? He thought unwillingly as he continues to stare at their pleading faces. Dustin looks down and groans. "Alright! Fine." Dustin threw his hands up in the air and turns his gaze over to Hunter. "We do know something." He admits.

Hunter looks at him with his arms crossed. "Good. I'm listening."

"Alright, when you were at the hospital," The goofball begins nervously, "the doctors said that Tori may be going through a umm...a d-difficult pre-pregnancy." He stutters, looking down. "One that may cost her and the baby's life."

Hunter's eyes widened in surprise, "What?" He whispers. "Are you serious?"

"BUT!" Dustin continues on as he points a finger in the air, "They weren't sure if that was the case or not. I mean it could be something else…"

Blake nods his head in dismay as he places his hand on the dirty blonde's shoulder. He knew his brother was hurting. "Bro, I'm so sorry you had to hear that." 

Hunter shrugs his arm off him and looks away in shock. He rubs his face in frustration as he turns back to the guys. "I can't believe none of you told me about this. Didn't I have the right to know?"

"Look, we didn't want to make any assumptions at the time." Shane explains worriedly. "Like he said, the doctors don't even know. We didn't want to get your hopes up."

"So that made you guys decided to keep this huge issue away from me?" Hunter questions angrily. They bit their lips and turn away from his raging eyes. "I can't believe you would all do this to me! Especially you guys being my best friends! And you," he turns to Blake, "you of all people; my own brother! My God how could you?!"

"Hunter--"

"NO! Just forget it. Okay? I see how it is."

"Hey, Hunter." He felt someone tapping on his shoulder as he turns around in annoyance without keeping in mind who it could be. "WHAT?!"

Kelly stares at him, startled with his awkward and rude behavior. "Excuse me?"

Hunter closes his eyes and immediately felt ashamed at his sudden outburst. "I'm so sorry."

She arches her brow in suspicion, and lets go of it without a fuss. "Anyway, there's someone outside that needs to see you." She smirks.

Hunter shrugs inactively. "Kelly, just tell him I'm not here."

She pursed her lips. "Fine, suit it yourself. You got mail." His boss hands him a white envelope as he takes it from her and stares down at it. "But I'm telling yah, you want to see this person."

"Weird. Who's it from?" Hunter asks as he examines the squared envelope carefully. There was no return address or anything, just his full name printed on the front.

Kelly shrugs. "I don't know. You'll find out soon enough." She presses her lips together and grins, seemingly knowing what to expect as she stares at their blank faces.

The other guys watch on in curiosity. "Well? What are you waiting for, dude? Open it." Dustin says, looking over his shoulder in excitement. Hunter pursed his lips and begins tearing the flap open. He looks inside and takes out a card. The card revealed a picture of a blue bear holding the same color blanket and building blocks containing the letters D-A-D-D-Y. Hunter's eyes open wide as he flips the card and reads:

CONGRATULATIONS! IT'S A BABY BOY!

-Tori Hanson

Dustin gasps as he abruptly grabs the card from Hunter's grip and reads on in disbelief. "Oh my God. OH MY GOD" Was all he could say as a smile drew on his face. "Tori is alright! SHE'S ALRIGHT!" He exclaims in joy, pulling onto Shane's shoulders anxiously.

"So is the baby!" Shane adds in amazement. "Wow, I'm gonna be a Godfather!"

Dustin stops, dead in his tracks as he flashes a disgusting look at the skater boy. "You a Godfather?" He laughs sarcastically. "Oh please. It's gonna be me."

"What?! No way. Tori is gonna pick me to be the child's Godfather."

The goofball rolls his eyes. "Yeah right! He's so not gonna learn skateboarding!"

"You want to start something?"

"Yeah?"

"YEAH!"

"Guys?" Kelly hisses to them as they turn around and gave her their full attention. "Yeah um...I'm afraid it's neither your choice nor Tori's in deciding who gets to be the Godfather."

The two wrinkle their foreheads. "What? Why?"

"Wait a minute." Hunter pulls Kelly towards him as he searches her hazel nut eyes. "You knew about this too?"

She looks away and bit her lip innocently. "Uhh...maybe?"

"Oh my God. You do, don't you?"

Kelly slumps her shoulders and nods. "I'm sorry."

"This is just great! Who else knows about this?"

Dustin looks up to think. "Oh umm...just Marah, Kapri, and…Cam."

"What?!" Hunter splutters in exaggeration. "God, I don't believe this!"

"Bro, take it easy." Blake tells him coolly. "You're a father now. Just be happy the waiting and pain is over." He says with a smile.

They all bobbed their heads. "He's right."

Hunter looks down at him and nods with a sigh. He knew his brother was right, but it just killed him to know about it now while the others knew all along. It made him feel bad, that all this time he could have helped and guided Tori with her difficult pregnancy, but unfortunately, he didn't have a chance to, or the choice for that matter. Hunter shook his head and smiles at the thought of a new son, and Tori, still being alive. Life for him suddenly felt overwhelming. "Yeah. This is great."

Dustin grins as he wraps his arms around Hunter. "Listen dude, since you're a dad now...you know, I would make a great Godfather."

Shane pushes him aside. "No. Pick me, dude.

"No, no! Me!"

Blake rolls his eyes. "Here we go again."

"Guys." Hunter laughs as he stood between the two. "You know you could have more than one Godfather right?"

Dustin and Shane exchange looks. "Oh..." They said in unison. "Well umm...no."

He chuckles. "Just so we're on the right page here, is there anything else you want to tell me?" Hunter asks to make sure the guys weren't keeping any more secrets from him. They nodded their heads in dismay and turn they gaze over at the nervous Kelly.

"Don't look at me!" She retorts. "I don't know anything." Kelly lied secretly as she kept a straight face.

The guys exchange looks.

"Well, this calls for a little celebration!" Dustin exclaims elatedly. "What do you say?" He looks at Hunter, and waits for a response. But before the dirty blonde could say anything, he was interrupted by a scent that brought chills to his spine. Could it be whom he thought and hope it could be?

"Actually, there is something else you should know." A familiar voice spoke from behind.

Oh my God, Hunter thought breathlessly. Could it be? The dirty blonde wondered for a moment, making sure he was thinking straight and not just hearing things. No way. He shook his head and slowly turns around. His eyes extended at the familiar figure. He couldn't believe whom he was seeing. Hunter knew it. He felt her presence and smelled her endless scent that was still utterly fresh. Is she real? Oh yes, definitely.

"Tori?"

The now pale faced and much thinner, but still fit blonde smiled back. She was wearing her usual attire, jeans and a simple blue top. Her hair was down in curls and fairly looking shiny. The guys glanced on; stunned to have Tori stand right before them with their very own eyes. It's been long months since they last seen or spoken to her, which made it even more of a shock to them. They remained quiet as Kelly and the guys watched in awed at the reunion, as they like to call it, of the once perfect couple.

"Hunter." She whispers weakly as they stood inches apart from each other. "I-I have something to tell you."

The dirty blonde moves in closer, with the sudden urge to hold her into his arms again. "I read the card." He replies heartedly. "I know." It never occurred to him that Tori had something important to say, but he didn't care at the moment. He was absolutely surprised and happy to see her. That was all. Hunter searches her eyes carefully as he resists fighting back tears.

"No. It's not what you think." She pauses as her sea blue eyes began closing in and out. "The baby--"

 "Tori? What about the baby?" He asks worriedly.

She looks down and presses her lips together. It's not--" Tori chokes on her words as tears suddenly stream down her pale cheeks. Shane, Dustin, Kelly and Blake look on in confusion.

"It's not what?"

Before Hunter could get an answer from her, Tori began losing her sense of balance. He places his hands on her shoulders to keep steadiness. "I'm so dizzy, Hunter." The blonde says faintly. He had no idea what to do as she rolls her eyes back. She opens them once again and sees nothing, but a vague blur.

"Tori? Talk to me."

"Hunter, I—"

Just seconds after, the blonde fell into his arms unconsciously.

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A/N: What is Tori trying to tell Hunter??? And what does that have to do with the baby? Here's a little hint: Why would Tori send in a congratulations newborn baby card? I probably gave it away, or made it even more confusing, but stay tune for the answer and much more!!!