A/N: The song on here is called "My Immortal" By Evanescence. I must say, this was a difficult chapter, so I really hope you guys enjoy it! Anyways, have fun and don't forget to leave a review!

"Broken Bracelet"

"We should celebrate!" Blake exclaims excitedly as he lifts Nathan up in the air.

"Dude, I am so down with that!" Dustin places his arm around Tori and Hunter. He was sure feeling really excited for the both of them, and so was everyone else in the room. However, no one could feel any happier, but the bride to be and her future husband.

"Alright." Mr. Hanson suddenly comes in from the kitchen with a few glasses and a bottle of wine. "This calls for champagne." Everyone surrounded the coffee table with a glass in hand. They watched the old man pop the cork open and pour some of the beverage. "Here's a toast..." They all lift their glasses up, facing Mr. Hanson. "To a wonderful and everlasting marriage. Cheers."

"Cheers!" They chorused in unison and drank up. Dustin looks to his side as Nathan tries reaching over for his glass. Without Blake noticing, he starts to toy with the little kid.

"Hey, dude. You want some of this? Huh, huh?" He places the glass near him and pulls it away from his grasp. Dustin laughs playfully. "Maybe a little sip? Ha! I don't think so." Blake spots this from the corner of his eye and immediately turns to him.

"DUSTIN!"

The goofball stares at him innocently. "What?!"

Tori and Hunter exchange looks, giggling. "Victoria, Hun?" Mrs. Hanson calls out to her daughter with a thought in mind. The blonde turns to her beloved mother with a delighted smile on her face. "Does a beach party sound fun?" She asks. Tori and Hunter turn to each other with quizzical stares.

"Sounds fun."

my immortal

I'm so tired of being here

suppressed by all my childish fears

and if you have to leave

i wish that you would just leave

because your presence still lingers here

and it won't leave me alone

Meanwhile, Natalie stayed inside the house, across from Tori's, watching workers do some rebuilding and painting to her home from the open window panes. Natalie looks away, sighing deeply at the thought of leaving everything behind in Blue Bay Harbor--and by everything, she was thinking none other than Hunter. She finally came to her senses that there was no point in staying and watch him fall in love with someone else. As much as Natalie want to stay and resume her fight to win him back, her plan in manipulating the inseparable couple was useless; it sickened her.

Natalie found that she was now lost in her own world, as she resumed back on her packing. She was boxing stuff from the livingroom, and came by to a picture frame of her and Hunter together in their first high school prom. Natalie pauses, staring at it as she picks it up from a table stand and pulls the picture frame close to her, embracing it with arms. "Oh Hunter..." She whispers, tracing his face on the picture with her fingertips. "I didn't think it would be this difficult just to let you go..."

these wounds won't seem to heal

this pain is just too real

there's just too much that time cannot erase

when you cried i'd wipe away all of your tears

when you'd scream i'd fight away all of your fears

and i've held your hand through all of these years

but you still have all of me

After a few moments of reminiscing, Natalie lost her train of thought as soon as she hears a knock on the door. Hesitating to answer it, she quickly places the picture frame in the box and wipes away her tears. "Coming!" She yells while walking towards the door in exasperation. Natalie takes a quick glance at herself in the mirror to make sure the make-up wasn't mess up. Once she was satisfied with her look, she stood in front of the door and opened it to see Blake and her son on the other side.

"Hey." Blake smiles as he watches a guy carry out a bucket of paint from behind him. "So uhh...what's up with all the construction workers?" He asks curiously, turning around.

Natalie looks at him and shrugs. "How else am I gonna convince people to buy the place if it doesn't get a complete makeover?" She questions him with her arms crossed.

Blake arches his brow and noticed a few boxes stacked on top of one another inside the house. "What do you mean? Are you actually selling the place?"

She pauses for a brief moment before nodding her head. "Yeah. I'm leaving."

"What?"

"You heard me, Blake."

He searches Natalie carefully in the eye. "B-But why?" Blake was confused he wanted an explanation.

"Well, for one thing," She starts off with a heavy sigh of disappointment, "I can't stand living here and watch Tori do a victory dance on my face, proving to me she's the better woman for Hunter because she is and I've lost!" Natalie exclaims ruthlessly. "Now if you have a reason for me to stay, I'd like to hear it. Please." She crosses her arms, and waits for his response. Blake stood there, speechless. "Well?"

He nods his head in dismay. "I don't believe this. All you could possibly think about is Hunter, but not Nathan?"

His words struck Natalie in a way so deep; it didn't sink in at all till she realized she forgot all about her son. She finds herself gazing into Nathan's sensible, tiny eyes and smiling weakly at him. As time passed, Natalie grew up to love him dearly. Not only would she have to give up Hunter to move on and continue pursuing life as a professional model, she would also have to give up her son, Nathan as well.

"I can't keep him." She whispers as her voice start to shake up a bit in tears. Blake stares at her, bewildered.

"What are you talking about? You can't just abandon your son."

"What choice do I have, Blake?" Natalie groans despondently. "I've screwed up many times and I don't think it's healthy for Nathan to have someone like me be a part of his life."

"Oh come on." Blake rolls his eyes at such illogical statement; it was beginning to worry him. "Please...I can't take care of him on my own."

Natalie stares deeply into his pleading eyes. She had to avert from his gaze to avoid the feeling of guilt. "You have Hunter and the boys. Not to mention, Tori..." She adds with a tone of disapproval. "And I'll be able to send money for child support. You'll have full custody of Nathan, so take advantage of it."

"But he needs a mother."

Natalie groans as she brushes her hair back in frustration. She didn't have time to argue, and debate whether she should leave or not. It was the last thing she wanted on such a hectic day. "You know what? Let's talk about this later. I have enough to worry about right now." Blake nods. "So why are you here?" She asks, wondering why he came to visit the first place.

"Oh yeah...opps." A chuckle escaped from his lips as he looks over at his son. "I came by to ask you if it would be okay if I take Nathan along to the beach."

Natalie shrugs indolently. "Whatever. He's your son. However," she trails off with a curious stare, "may I ask what the occasion is?"

Blake licks his lips, not sure if it was the right time to tell her. But then again, she'll find out sooner or later. Why not? He thought as he faces her. "Well, we're having a beach party to celebrate..." Blake breaks into a long pause before continuing on. "To umm celebrate, Tori and Hunter's engagement..."

Natalie's eyes grew large as her heart dropped to the floor. "What?"

Blake went to silent mode. He knew she heard him. "They're engaged. Hunter proposed to her this morning." He reinforces his answer. Natalie averts from his gaze feeling heartbroken.

"Oh..." Was all that came out from her mouth as she looks down, at a loss for words. Emotions went running high as Natalie tries desperately to fight back tears. Blake noticed how deeply hurt her she was as he looks on with empathy.

"Listen, Natalie...I'm so sorry--"

"No." She interrupts as she puts her hand up to stop him from going any farther. "It's okay. After all, this could be a good thing for me. To move on that is."

Blake nods solemnly. "Well, I should be going. Pretty busy day..."

"Oh yeah." Natalie chuckles as she plants a small kiss on Nathan's bald head. "Have fun, my little one." Blake couldn't help, but smile at her change of mood. It was a gentle and kind hearted side of her that he learned to love. "And stay out of trouble."

"We will. Later."

Natalie waves off a goodbye to the duo as she steps back inside the house and closes the door behind. She stood against a wall and began crying her eyes out in absolute outrage. Hearing the news upset her so much, Natalie had the urge break something before going out of hand. After long minutes feeling hopeless and flooding herself with tears, Natalie gained her balance and faced the mirror. Her eyes were swollen from tears, and dark make-up smudged all over her face. From then on, Natalie noticed how miserable and a mess she was as she abruptly threw one of her high-heeled shoes towards her reflection and shattered the glass to pieces. The distressed model dropped to her knees, looking up.

"Forgive me God for what I'm about to do." She gulps down hard as more tears stream down her cheeks. "And understand that there's no other way...but this..."

you used to captivate me

by your resonating light

but now i'm bound by the life you left behind

your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams

your voice it chased away all the sanity in me

"Tori! Heads up!"

The blonde turns around and watched on as Shane tosses the Frisbee up in the air towards her direction. Tori stares at it carefully as she dives to the sand and caught it at ease. "Ha! Got it!" She rises up and throws it back to Dustin. Tori wore a simple swimsuit that consists of a white halter with striped piecing panels on top in shades of blue. For her bottoms, she had on light blue boardshorts with Velcro fly and side pockets.

"Hey, beautiful." Tori turns around and faces the shirtless Hunter, wearing his crimson swimming trunks. She smiles sweetly at him as he chews on a barbeque rib.

"You pig." Tori blurts out with a laugh.

Hunter gives her a mocking stare. "Hey...don't blame me. This stuff is good." He states notably. "Perhaps, you can get a few pointers from your old man when it comes to cooking." Tori's mouth open in shock as she punches him hard on the shoulder and leave him to wince in pain. "Ow...okay, I take that back." He grunted while rubbing his shoulder. Tori gives him the evil glare before plastering an amused smirk. Suddenly, the bushes behind them began shifting randomly as she turns to it with a watchful eye. The wind was light and invisible, there was no way it could be it. As Tori studies it carefully, a brown head appeared above the bushes. Her eyes grew large as a surprise gasp escapes her lips.

"Tori." She turns to Hunter, so dazed and confused. "Are you okay?" He asks worriedly. Tori turns back around and noticed the bushes were still, with no one behind it.

She pursed her lips. "I'm fine. I thought I saw someone that's all." She chuckles.

He glances over at the bushes and smirks.

"Well...anyways...last one in the water is a little boy!" Tori yells out, shoving Hunter to the side. He looks on with a huge grin, as he tosses the meatless rib and chases after her. The others watch on in awed.

"You know, if I ever get married...I'm gonna want so many kids."

Dustin suddenly spits his drink out, as he stares at Marah in disbelief. Kapri, Shane, Blake, and Cam moved out of the way as soon as they felt the spraying beverage touched their skins. "How many is many?" He asks, wiping his mouth.

Marah shrugs as they all sat on their blankets, enjoying a little tan under the sun. "I'm not sure. Maybe 20?"

"20?!" Dustin shrieks. Cam nods his head in dismay, sneering from behind at the thought of 20 nieces and nephews.

"You know..." Shane starts off as he takes out a soda can from the cooler. "Let's make another toast." The others exchange glances before nodding their heads to join him. "To the next best man," he smirks, "and that would be me." Their exciting smiles suddenly turned into frowns as Shane begins drinking up.

"Uh...who says you're gonna be the best man?" Dustin questions in amusement. "We all know who it's going to be."

"Who?" Blake jumps in the conversation with his brow raised. "Me?"

"Pshh...you?" The goofball laughs as he smiles proudly at himself. "It's gonna be me, dude!"

"Oh please!" Cam coughs out his laughter as the others rolled their eyes at his ludicrous idea. "That is the funniest thing you've said yet, Dustin! There's no way he'll pick you."

He beams coldly at him. "Oh yeah? What makes you so sure he'll pick you?"

Kapri rolls her eyes. "Who cares?! It's all about me becoming the maid of honor."

"No way!" Marah gasps exaggeratedly. "I want to be the maid of honor!"

"Well, you can't. There only could be one."

Oh boy, Cam thought as the two girls begin arguing. Dustin, Blake, and Shane went at is as well.

Meanwhile, Hunter surrendered as soon as Tori went swimming further into the deep end of the water. He honestly wasn't too fond with the ocean, especially when the swells are high. He stayed in the shallow end where the water went over to his waist. Tori continued to thread in water as she pouts her lips from afar. "Aww...come on. You're no fun!" She exclaims ducking her head underwater. Hunter groans as he sits in the water and waits for Tori to come out. After what seems to be an awfully long time, the dirty blonde was beginning to worry about how long she was able to hold her breath.

"Tori?" He calls out as anxiety took over his nerves. "Tori?!"

"BOO!"

"AHH!" Hunter fell into the water backwards as soon as a figure appeared right before him out of nowhere. Tori pulls her soaked blonde hair back and chuckles at the fallen Hunter.

"Opps..." She giggles innocently as he gives him a helping hand. Hunter grins as he reaches over and pulls Tori in with him. "Hey!"

"Now we're even." Tori comes out of the water with a dirty look on her face. Hunter flashes one of his seductive smiles as he wraps his arms around her waist. "Oh I can definitely get rid of that frown."

Tori flutters her eyes attractively, making Hunter feel weak in the knees. "Oh really?"

"Really." He smiles, slowly lowering himself for a kiss. When they were just inches away from touching lips, Tori opens her eyes and gasps--forcing Hunter to jerk his head back. He stares at her, bewildered. "What? What's wrong?"

"Oh my God..." Her gaze were focused in the water as the speed and height of waves starts coming their way in the far distance. Tori's eyes grew large as a smile drew across her face. Hunter continues to stare at her strangely.

"Are you okay?" He asks, raising a brow.

The blonde shook her head and meets his eyes once again. "Oh yeah. I'm feeling great!" She nods excitedly. "It's just the tides are so high and the swells are perfect--"

"Let me guess." Hunter stops her for a second, knowing what was on her tempted mind. "You want to hit a few waves."

Tori smiles. "YES! I haven't gone surfing for so long and--"

"Hey. Go right ahead. I'm not stopping you."

She bit her lip, feeling slightly bad about the whole thing. "Are you sure? I mean...today is our day and--"

"Tori," he places a finger on her lips, smiling. "It's fine. I love you and that's all it matters. Now go."

She released a contented sigh as the blonde threw her arms around Hunter. "Thanks! You're the best!" Tori plants a quick kiss on his lips before swimming back to shore for her surfboard. Not trailing too far behind, Hunter swims back as well.

these wounds won't seem to heal

this pain is just too real

there's just too much that time cannot erase

"You are so stupid, it's only obvious!"

"I'm stupid?! Listen, I'm not the one with pink hair okay!"

Kapri gasps offensively as she touched noses with Marah. "That's it! You're going down!"

"Yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Bring it on, girlfriend!"

"Hey, I'm bringing it!"

"Girls..." Dustin groans, certainly not in the mood for this. "Please stop."

Without listening, the two women were off to their own world as they continued to go at it with each other. The guys looked on, back and forth, sighing. "This is going to take awhile." Blake blurts out.

Cam frowns in agreement. "Tell me about it."

Tori comes out from the water as she walks towards a spot where all her belongings were sitting. She snatches a towel from the ground and begins drying herself up with it. Hunter smiles as he approaches the other guys with the surfboards.

"Hey, dude." Dustin rises up from the ground, putting his arms around the dirty blonde. "You love me right?"

Hunter sneered at him. "What do you want?" He asks in a casual tone.

The goofball shrugs. "Nothing, man. Just answer the question."

He pauses for a moment and smiles. "Of course. Much love to yah."

"Ha! I told you guys! It's so gonna be me." Dustin says, putting on his shades.

Shane rolls his eyes, annoyed with his big ego. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean anything."

"You're just jealous, dude."

"I'm jealous?!" Shane splutters out with a laugh. "Of you?! Please!"

The goofball smirks. "Let's find out shall we? Hey, Hunter." He calls out, turning his gaze over to him. "Who's the better dude? Shane or me?"

"You should add neither to the list." Cam retorts sarcastically.

Dustin ignored him. "Dude, Hunter? You there?" The others exchange glances.

Hunter was off to another dimension, as his gaze remained focused on the bushes in a far distance. He studies it carefully as if he suspected an individual to be hiding behind them. Suddenly, he lost his train of thought as Dustin waved a hand in front of him. "Dude!"

"Huh? What?"

"Well? What's it gonna be?" He asks, arching his eyebrows.

Bewildered, Hunter gives him a blank stare. "Bro, I don't even know what you're talking about." He says, turning his gaze back to the bushes as it continues to sway back and forth in motion. For some odd reason, he felt someone's presence was behind them. "Guys...I'll be right back." Hunter squints his eyes as he slowly walks over to it.

when you cried i'd wipe away all of your tears

when you'd scream i'd fight away all of your fears

and i've held your hand through all of these years

but you still have all of me

As Hunter draws closer to the bushes, surrounded with palm tress and all sorts of tropical plants, he finds a black object sticking out from the green shrubbery. He stares at it intently and noticed the familiar object pointing towards Tori. Hunter glances over at her direction as she stood up, facing the water. He turns his gaze back to the bushes and noticed, Natalie carrying a hand gun. Hunter's eyes suddenly grew large. "Natalie!" She gasps, feeling startled as she faces him from afar. "What the hell are you doing?!"

As he looks at Natalie with mourning compassion, her eyes were stinging with endless tears and pure hatred. Nevertheless, did he think, she would go this far. "Natalie..." Hunter starts off calmly, slowly walking towards her. "Give me the gun. You don't want to do this."

"Get back, Hunter or I'll shoot your blonde bitch!" She retorts in fury. "I swear I will!"

"Okay. Okay." Hunter pants breathlessly. "Please...calm down, Natalie."

"NO!" She yells as he jerks his head back in surprise. "SHUT UP! You see how far you pushed me?! Huh?! If you haven't given up on us, none of this would have happened!"

Hunter felt horrified at that very moment; he had no idea what to do as he stares at the weapon she was holding so keenly to. "Natalie...please...drop the gun and let's talk about it, okay?"

She nods her head in dismay as tears continue to stream down his cheeks. "I said everything that needs to be said."

"Damn it, Natalie! You don't want to end up behind bars! Your life would be over!!!"

"That doesn't matter anymore! My life is nothing without you, Hunter!" She cries out. "I'll do anything. And if I can't have you..." She trails off, sobbing in pain, "then Tori won't either."

"Don't!"

"I'm sorry." Natalie whispers as she points the gun towards Tori, slowly pulling the trigger. Hunter looks on in terror as he starts picking his legs up and ninja streaking towards her.

"Tori! Get down!" She heard a faint cry as the blonde turns around, puzzled.

"Hunter?"

A loud gun shot went off, and in just a split second, Hunter stood in front of Tori as she begins screaming dreadfully in fear. The others stood up, holding their breaths as their gaze lingers on the gun shot incident. Hunter has his arms wrapped around Tori as she looks down and noticed blood on her. "Oh my God..." She gasps, raising her bloody hands frantically. "There's blood!" Tori starts to panic as she tries to find an injury or some kind of wound on herself. Without feeling a sharp pain inside, she realized it wasn't hers. "There's no wound! Hunter?" She looks up at him, utterly confused and scared to death.

"Tori..." He mumbles weakly.

In just a matter of seconds, Hunter lost his sense of balance and collapsed on the ground, faced down. Frightened, Tori cried for help as Dustin, Shane, Blake, Cam and the others went to get help in a heartbeat. Strangers in the beach watched on in terror, surrounding the couple. Meanwhile, Tori studies the wound on Hunter's back as she gently turns him over where he could face her. He hisses in pain as she lifts his head up and rests it on her lap. "You'll be okay..." She says calmly, forcing a smile. "Just relax. Help is on the way."

She could feel his body quivering uncontrollably from the cold as he struggles to stay still. Tori looks down at him, trying everything she could mentally to soothe her nerves. She grabs a towel nearby, hope to stop the bleeding. Just then, Hunter begins to slowly speak as his mouth strives to open. "I--I don't think I can m-make it." He trembled, swallowing down the pain he could feel on his back and towards his chest.

Tori wrinkles her forehead. "No..." She nods her head in dismay. "Don't say that. You'll be fine, okay?" The blonde reassured him, remaining strong for his sake.

"Tori." He whispers in a faint tone. She looks at him as a single tear rolls down her cheeks. "I'm sorry."

She presses her lips together, not knowing what to say or why he was all of a sudden sorry. "F-For what?" She asks, wiping away her tears.

Hunter reaches out and cupped her cheek, rubbing it softly with his thumb. "I wish I could be there and watch you walk down that aisle." He inquires softly as the image of them getting married appeared in his head. She looks down at him, at a loss for words. Hunter continues on with the throbbing pain escaping from his lips. "But I do hope one day you'll find someone else that will."

"Hunter, no!" Tori gulps down her tears as she gently caresses his face. "Don't say that! Listen to me!" She grabbed his face and looks directly into his weak eyes. "I love you and you can't leave me, Hunter." Tori chokes down on her words between relentless sobs. "You just can't..."

A smile drew across his face as he slowly takes out a piece of jewelry from his pocket. Hunter takes Tori's hand in and reveals the charm bracelet that was break in two due to the occurring accident that happened a few years ago. She looks at it, surprise to see he had it all along just when she thought she'd lost it for good. Tori slowly turns her gaze back to Hunter as his face begins to fade away. "Can you do me another favor?" He asks weakly.

Tori forced a smile. "Anything..."

"Take care of Blake...and tell him that I love him." She searches his eyes carefully, knowing this was a sign of goodbye. More tears filled her eyes as the crowd watched on in agony. "That goes for the other guys as well." Tori nods as she tightens her grip on his hand. Hunter was then losing it as he squeezes his eyes shut and begins breathing heavily due to the excruciating pain exerted throughout his whole body. He looks at Tori once more and smiles. "I'll love you forever..."

She covers her mouth and weeps. "And I love you..."

Paramedics came swarming in the scene as Tori was forced to move back. The Police Department began searching the place and questioning witnesses nearby. Blake pulled her close as they all watched on, praying for a miracle. A woman placed an oxygen mask over his mouth while others worked on the wound and his breathing. After a few cycles of CPR, they checked his vital signs, and unfortunately, there was no pulse. His eyes were now completely shut and motionless; they had no choice, but to move on and cover the body.

i've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

and though you're still with me

i've been alone all along

"I'm sorry, miss." A man stood up and faces Tori. "He's gone."

Her heart dropped as she turns around and looks at Blake. His eyes were covered up with tears and complete sadness; it broke her heart even more to see him grief over his brother's death. He was now alone, with no family left. Tori searches his eyes compassionately as she buried herself on his chest, crying out everything she had until there were no more tears left. Everyone else joined them as they did a little prayer on Hunter's behalf in silence.

A/N: Stay tune for the last chapter and final conclusion.