A/N: Hey guys. If you haven't read "Wishing Well" then the next chapter may confuse you a bit due to a few mentionings that links back to the previous story, so I suggest you go on and read it...but I don't think it should be all that bad. Anyway...enjoy reading and don't forget to review as usual!

"Rewind"

FLASHBACK

"Hey mom! Dad." Tori came running across the living room with a teenage boy behind her.

He stood in front of the door and waves shyly to them. "Hello, Mr. & Mrs. Hanson."

They smile warmly at him. "Hey, Waldo."

"Dustin. Call me Dustin."

The Hanson's nodded their heads. "Alright, Dustin. Come on in."

Tori runs back to him and grabs his arm. "Well, Dustin and I have to work on our science project. We'll be in my room."

"Hold on, Victoria." Her beautiful mother, Mrs. Hanson, stopped her. The blonde turns around and faces both of her parents, sitting on the couch. "Your father and I need to speak with you."

She nods with a groan while turning to Dustin "Get started with our project. I'll be there in a sec."

He nods. "Okay." Dustin climbs up the stairs and stops in the middle of it to watch and listen carefully between the bars.

"We got a phone call from your principal." Mr. Hanson starts off in a low tone.

Tori gulps nervously. "Okay? And...?

"Well, she's been telling us how great of a student you are. You've been maintaining straight A's in all your classes, doing hours of community service, joined a variety of clubs and sports...Honey," he trails off with a wide smile on his face, "with your excellent performance you could get a scholarship and be accepted to any school you want."

Tori stares at him weirdly. "Well uh...that's great. But Dad...I know all that." She smiles as her older sister Roni rolls her eyes. The two look slightly the same, but Tori was a bit taller and much cuter looking. They were both beautiful either way.

Mr. Hanson nods. "Okay. Well your sister is graduating this year with high honors and we got news today that Stanford University accepted her. She'll be majoring in medicine and nursing." Tori sighs as if she heard it all. "I know it is only your sophomore year, but have you thought of what you want to major in college?"

"Well..." Tori purses her lips with a thought in mind. "Anything that has to do with performing arts. You know, dancing with the best and maybe become a famous surfer, or I don't know."

"Right. Like that's ever gonna happen." Roni murmurs with a quiet snicker.

"Shut up!"

"Enough, you two." Mr. Hanson nods his head in disapproval as he faces Tori. "Victoria, I admire your multiple talents...but you should aim for higher goals. What about majoring in physiology...or perhaps become a chemist. I know how much you love science."

"Dad, why would I want to become something that I don't even want to be?" She questions him. "It's great that Roni is fulfilling her dreams, but mine are so different from hers. I hope you can accept that..."

He faces his wife for backup support. "Come on, Maria. Help me put some sense into our daughter."

"Sam, don't do this. Not now. Please?"

Roni groans. "Don't tell me you're taking her side, Mom!"

"Veronica, stay out of this!"

"But--"

"Damn it, Roni! Stop trying to make my life miserable than it already is!" Tori yells out in frustration. "I can't take this anymore! No one appreciates me in this house, except maybe for Mom...but UGH!! I can't stand YOU or Dad!"

Mr. Hanson stares at her in shock as he brings his hand and slaps it across her face. Tori shrieks in pain as she places her hand on her cheek. "How dare you speak to your father with disrespect!" Dustin stood back in disbelief as the blonde begins to whimper. "You will do what I say and you will kiss your pathetic dreams goodbye!"

"NO!!!"

"Yo, Dustin?" Shane snaps his fingers in front of him as he brings the goofball's attention. "You alright?" He asks in concern after witnessing his friend staring off into space for an awfully long time.

He shakes out of it and sighs. "Yeah. Just thinking." The two waited outside in the cold, waiting for Hunter's arrival. "Dude, I still can't believe her family is here."

Shane nods. "Yeah...it must be really hard on her."

"No kidding. How can she handle all this, man? I mean...she hasn't spoken or seen her parents for years now and they suddenly show up during the most difficult time of her life? Shane, her family members are the last people on Earth that she would want to see! You should've seen the way they treated her, especially her father. Believe me I was there." Dustin clenched onto the bar in front of them even tighter.

Shane sighs as he places a hand on his shoulder. "Yeah, I know what you mean." He removes his hand off him and folds his arms. "I wonder what they're talking about at this very moment..."

"Mom? Dad?" Tori whispers in disbelief as she watches her aging parents and grown up sister walk in the room. "Roni?"

She smiles sweetly at her. "Hey, little sis. How are you feeling?"

Tori presses her lips together. "I'm fine, but what are you guys doing here?" She asks surprisingly.

"Honey..." Her mother steals a seat next to her as Mr. Hanson follows behind, alongside their daughter. "We came to visit you."

She wrinkles her forehead. " B-But how did you find out about my condition?"

"We found out on television." Her father stated sternly. "The people back home spread the news."

Roni nods. "Yup. I got a call from Dad and pretty much told me everything. So the last thing I did was pack my things and fly over here to visit you."

"Yeah, sweetie. We were worried sick and we wanted to make sure that everything is okay." Mrs. Hanson adds as she strokes Tori's hair at ease.

The blonde looks down. "Oh...I see…" She sighs, still feeling quite shock with her family's unexpected arrival.

"Well, it seems as if our daughter isn't thrilled to see us." Mr. Hanson says in an upset tone. His wife turns to him with a glare.

"Not now, Sam! She has leukemia for God's sake! She doesn't need anymore stress."

He sighs. "I'm sorry, Maria...but you have to admit..." Mr. Hanson trails off while looking at her. "Victoria messed up big time. Did you see her a few years ago on television? Don't you remember anything?!" He raises his voice up angrily. "She embarrassed us back home!"

"Sam! When are you going to realize that they were young adults then! People make mistakes--"

"I get that, Maria. But no one makes a fool of this family."

Tori rolls her eyes. "God, it's nice to know that you haven't changed, Dad."

He turns around and gives his daughter the most distasteful look she has yet seen from her father; One that brought chills to her bones.

"Knock, knock."

Dustin slowly turns around and smirks. "Who's there?"

"Pee."

He wrinkles his forehead. "Uh...pee who?"

"PEE YOU!" Shane held his stomach and begins laughing hysterically. The goofball rolls his eyes.

"Dude, you got that from me." Dustin releases a small chuckle.

"Yeah, isn't it funny?!" Shane laughs as he punches him playfully on the shoulder.

He smiles. "Right. And I thought I was supposed to be the mellow, reflective dude."

"You still are." The skaterboy reassures him. "You just need to lighten up a bit."

Dustin groans. "I know, but it's just hard."

"Give it a chance, man. Maybe Tori's parents have changed."

"Yeah, that would take a miracle for that to happen." He splutters out in disbelief.

Suddenly, the loud shuffling coming their way interrupted them, as the two turned around and spot Hunter running towards the hospital entrance. They exchange looks before yelling across to get to him. "Hunter! NO! Stop!"

The dirty blonde could hear the call of his name as he turns around in an abrupt halt. "What?" He asks breathlessly, staring at Shane and Dustin before entering through the slide doors.

"Dude, where have you been?"

Hunter grunts. "Out...thinking. Then went to the apartment."

The two stared at each other in silence.

"Well while I'm at it, I guess I should tell you guys..."

Shane arches his brow. "Tell us what?"

"You know the money that I have been saving up since Tori and I gotten together?"

"You mean all that cash stored in the cookie jar?" Dustin questions as Hunter nods his head. "Yeah, what about it?"

"Well I actually spent it."

The goofball wrinkles his forehead. "On what?"

Hunter takes a deep breath as he digs through his pockets and takes out a small black box. The guys looked at it and gasps. "Oh my God..."

"You spent all that money for a box?!" Shane exclaims exaggeratedly. "I don't know, dude…but isn't that kind of…lame?"

Hunter bobs his head to the side in annoyance. "No, you idiot. I got this." He opens the box and reveals a dazzling blue topaz diamond ring as Shane and Dustin stares at it in amazement.

"WOW! This is so sweet of you, man. But--" The skaterboy trails off while scratching the back of his head. "I'm not big with rings."

Hunter and Dustin roll their eyes. "Dude, the ring isn't for you. It's for Tori."

Shane bit his lip. "Oh...that's right. Well, you could have just said that."

The dirty blonde searches his eyes carefully. "What is the matter with you? It's like you and Dustin switched bodies or something."

He chuckles. "Don't even go there, man."

"Well anyway." Dustin growls while turning his gaze over to Hunter. "What are you planning to do with it?"

He looks down at the ring and smiles. "I'm going to give it to Tori and ask for her hand in marriage."

Shane drops a jaw. "No way!" He smiles excitedly for him. "This is awesome, dude! She'll flip!"

Hunter smiles. "Well, I'm kind of nervous and I would really appreciate both of your support."

"Dude, you definitely have mine!" He exclaims, throwing his arm around him. "What do you say, Dustin?" All eyes were on him as he pursed his lips, feeling unsure about this. Hunter and Shane wait for an answer. "Well? Are you cool with it?"

He slowly looks up at them. "You can't propose to her."

The two stared at him in surprise. Shane was for certain that Dustin would not refuse and stand against them, which shocked him to hear his awkward response. "And why not?" Shane asks with his arms crossed.

"Yeah." Hunter steps up front towards him. "Why not?"

Dustin sighs deeply and starts to give his explanation.

"I can't believe you had the nerve to say that to your father!"

"Well, it was quite easy!" Tori snaps back as she resumed her argument with Mr. Hanson. The mother and daughter watches on in terror without the words to say something back to stop it.

"You, Victoria exposed yourself in live television with your disturbing acts. You hit that poor woman, Natalie--or whoever her name is!"

"She threatened to steal my boyfriend, father! What was I supposed to do?! Let it all happen? NO. And besides, that was a long time ago. Natalie and I are cool now."

"Oh? She's a famous model. Do you have any idea how many angry fans are out there?!"

"In fact, yes. I know tons who completely hate her guts after what happened! God, father...get over it!"

"NO!" He yells angrily. "I am not letting this go until you give me a reasonable explanation."

"It's love, dad!"

"Love?" He questions with a sarcastic laugh. "Look at what love has done do you! You are still a child. What do you know about love?"

Tori rolls her eyes. "I'm 23 and completely in love."

"With who? That pathetic boy who you thought lost his virginity to you?"

Mrs. Hanson gasps. "Sam, that is enough!!! You've gone way too far!"

"What?! I'm just stating the truth! The world even knows about it!"

"Um Dad..." Roni tries to get both of her parent's attention as they continued to argue. She looks on at Tori, whose eyes begin to wander off.

"I can't believe I married such a selfish man like yourself!" Mrs. Hanson retorts abruptly.

"Dad..."

"You calling me selfish?" He laughs. "I only want what's best for our daughter."

"Dad..."

"Not now, Roni!"

"DAD!"

Both of her parents faced her. "What?!" They shouted in unison.

"It's Victoria. I think she's dead."

They all turned around and begin to panic as soon as her eyes were completely shut. Roni tries waking her up, but the blonde wouldn't open her eyes. "Oh no, baby. Please wake up!" Mrs. Hanson cries fearfully while stroking her pale face for comfort. She turns to her husband and glares at him. "Look what you did! Your anger is causing our own daughter's life! Roni, get a nurse over here quick!"

"Okay, mom."

Moments later, the door opens wide as Hunter stood next to the nurse, following with Shane, Dustin, Natalie, Blake, and baby Nathan behind. His eyes were first locked on the mysterious people surrounding Tori, but he figured that they were her parents after receiving a warning from Dustin. He then turns his gaze over to Tori, who looked dead from where he was standing. Hunter's eyes widens in fear as he comes to her rescue in a heartbeat.

"TORI!"

"You must leave right now." The nurse stood in front of Hunter and gestures everyone to exit the room.

"What happened?" Natalie asks as she peaks behind the door.

"No, visitors. Please! You all must leave for us to do our job!" The nurse begins to go crazy as nurses and doctors struggle to walk in due to the crowd blocking the way.

"B-But she needs me!"

"I understand that, but you'll lose her if you guys don't get out of here!" She exclaims to him seriously. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson plant a small kiss on their daughter's forehead before leaving the room.

"Please...I'm begging you." Hunter chokes on his words. "Save her."

The nurse nods. "We'll do whatever we can."

And with that, she shuts the door behind.