Running Fast

Dustin stood at the door and waited for his friend to show up. It was like a bad dream when they didn't show up within the first few minutes, he got worried. His worries washed away as the familiar truck pulled into the black driveway.

"HEY!" He shouted happily, especially when he took Kim back and smiled.

"Good to see you to bro." Hunter gave him a high five.

"Long time so see." Tori smiled, handing Katie over to Hunter and walking towards the front door.

"She's half asleep, on the bed." Dustin added.

Tori nodded and peered in through the front door. She crept down the hall and up the stairs towards the bedroom. She popped her head through the door and watched for a minute. Brooke looked so peaceful, sleeping.

Tori walked in and sat on the bed beside her. Tori took Brooke's shoulders and shook her awake. Brooke groaned and sat up, face to face with Tori.

"Hey." Brooke said quietly.

"I just wanted you to know, I'm sorry."

"I'm the one who should be sorry, I mean if I knew you would hate me because I pushed you, I wouldn't have pushed you."

"It's my fault, I got scared when you hurt me because..." Tori hesitated. "My old boyfriend used to beat me up when he came home drunk. He thought I was useless or something and every night he would come home after drinking with Bob, you know him, and then make me feel bad for everything. Then one day after I tried to tell this guy, he didn't believe me, about it and he ended up saving me from myself. I wanted to just die, get myself out of the real world. When he came home that night, I took everything he threw out at me and then, when I was about to hang myself, the guy I was talking to saved me. He was too slow to help my old boyfriend, he used my noose and killed himself."

"Wow, so what happened to your 'Knight in Shining Armour', did he just disappear?"

"No, but let me finish. A few nights later at the guy's house, Bob came in and beat me up. I was unconscious for a few days, I think it was about three, and when I woke up, I was hurting. I looked at my stomach and there was like a cast or something. Bob killed my baby." Tori concluded.

"Oh my god, are you alright?" Brooke started to cry.

"I'm fine, but my 'Knight In Shining Armour' lost his brother that night. Ever since then, I can't stop thinking about him."

"Have you been cheating on Hunter?" Brooke asked rudely.

"Here's the part you're missing, he was the guy who saved me, Blake died that night." Tori replied.

Brooke just stared at the blonde in front of her. She let a few more tears fall from her welled-up eyes. Tori started crying too as they hugged each other. Eventually Dustin and Hunter walked into the room with Kim and Katie. Brooke ran towards Kim and pried her out of the carrier. Tori smiled at the happy picture then she smiled at Dustin. He returned the smile.

"Want to go home now?" Hunter asked.

"Yeah, yeah I do." She smiled.