Hello again..here is the third chapter...I feel that its kinda weak but the character "Vanessa" needed to be introduced...trust me this story only gets better...also, I wont make you wait too long between chapters 'cuz the story has already been written for the most part..all i need to do is edit and type it out :) Im way excited about that! please read and review!! thanks so much for taking the time to check out my stuff! a couple of shout outs and i promise we'll get right to the chapter.....

Dyrne-Faemne--- Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!! Oh man i totally agree with you! we really need to clone him! and oh man, i sit there(im a dork and i have the whole season on tape and the dvd's) and i study the interraction between dustin and tori! you are so right..so right! imma check out your fic's too!!

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ok...now on with the story!!!!!!!!!!

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Ugghh...bikes! Bikes! Bikes!!! I mean, I love 'em but, damn. I think this week has been the week of bikes just breaking down. Broken down bikes that I have to fix. Since Hunter went to college, I'm the only mechanic at the store. I don't know how I ever did it by myself before Kelly hired Hunter. I am so done!

After work, I went home to take a nice, warm , needed shower. I feel a little better , but still exhausted. Here I am now, sitting in my car, on my way to Tori's house to pick her up. I'm stopped at a red light that seems to be taking forever to turn green. I turn to check myself in the rear view mirror. Just to double check. I'm wearing a brown button down collared short sleave, with a yellow t-shirt underneath, and some cargo pants. Yeah...the usual.. nothing special. At least my face looks ok..no grease marks. I've been trying so hard to make Tori notice me. I mean, really notice me. But to be honest, I'm on the verge of giving up completely. She'll never see me as anything but—

'BEEP! BEEP!'

Startled, I jump, snapping out of my daydream. I didn't notice that the light had turned green. And the cars behind me were pretty pissed.

"C'mon kid!! Pay attention!!" This middle-aged guy in a suit, driving a lexus, shouted at me from his car window.

"Um...sorry." I say, but I don't think he heard me. I quickly hit the gas and drive off. Feeling way vulnerable, I really don't feel up to fighting with anybody. Especially over a green light. Two blocks from Tori's house, I start to get nervous. What is up with me? I've known this girl for over 10 years...but lately, every time I see her, It's like seeing her for the very first time. And she's the most amazing girl I'd ever seen....

Ah, Tori's house.. I pull up in front and look at my cell phone. 7:04....I'm late. I'm surprised she hasn't called—

'RING, RING'

Woah! That was pretty freaky! Scared the hell out of me! And it's Tori...nervous....butterflies....

"Hey, Tor," I answer my phone after taking a deep breath.

"You're late! As usual! Oh, Dustin I guess you'll—"

"I'm right outside your place." I say, cutting her off.

"Oh..ok!" Her voice changes mighty quickly from angry to not so angry. I guess she wasn't all that mad after all, "I'm coming now!" -click-

"Um...ok..." I speak to no one on the other end. Oh man, I'm staring at her front door, my heart jumping out of my chest. I need to really smack myself out of this. And just then, the blue door to her house opens and there she is. She closes the door and locks it behind her with her key and insane amount of keychains. To be annoying, I beep the car horn....

"C'mon we don't have all day, lady!!" I yell at her. She throws an 'ill-yeah, whatever' glance at me, "Blah!Blah!Blah!" She sarcastically laughs as she heads for my car. And woah, dude....if anyone can look absolutely stunning in a regular old pair of wide-leg jeans, it's Tori..without a doubt..

"Five minutes late,huh?" Tori climbs into the passenger seat and closes the door. She automatically pulls on her safety belt.

"No, actually four minutes late." I correct her. She's wearing a super low cut, tight, almost see through, ocean blue tank top. Oh man, I need to stop staring at her chest...

"Yeah, whatever!" Tori chuckles, "You're still late...what did Sensei tell you about punctuality? Haven't you learned anything from ninja training?" Tori is smiling at me and I feel numb. She's gorgeous...

I find a way to break my oogling, "of course I did! C'mon now!" I say, driving off. Tori pulls out her CD case from her bag. She starts going through her CD's , looking way confused.

"Don't put on anything bogus!" I glance at her every 5 seconds. Dude, everyone that rides in my car takes over my radio. Whats up with that?

"Oh..hush!" Tori picks a CD from her case and pops it in the player.

"Lemme and Cambria??" I know Tori better than she thinks. And yup, it's Coheed and Cambria...again.

"Of course!" Tori smiles, looking at me, looking at the road. I sigh and shake my head. But, honestly, Tori can do whatever she wants..and I can't mind it enough to tell her no. And just then, it hits me- I so don't know where I'm driving to...

"Um..Tori?" I turn down the blasting music, catching Tori's singing voice.

"Hey!" Tori pouts.

"Tori, where's Vanessa's house? I don't know where she lives remember?" I truly think that I have smart one potential...yeah, totally..I can so be the smart one!

"Oops! Sorry Dustin.... That would help if I told you that her house is totally back that way." Tori points behind us. Nice. Oh well, gotta pop a U-turn..

As Tori directs me to Vanessa's house, I find myself staring at her every chance I get. I hope she doesn't notice me checking her out, and thinks that I'm like some creepy pervert or something. I mean, I'm not, at all. But sometimes I think about it. You know, think about her...like that. Dammit! I really need to shake these thoughts before it becomes way too obvious, what I'm thinking about..yeah..that would be way embarrassing...

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"So this is Vanessa's house?" Duh, Dustin! Sound more like an idiot.... Tori looks over at me with a nod. "yup" Here we are, me and Tori..we walk up the stairs to Vanessa's front porch..Tori rings the doorbell to the huge, white house.

"Is she like, rich or something?" I lean in and whisper to Tori. She lets out a little giggle,"Just a little bit....oohh, here she comes.." Tori says as the thumps of footsteps come closer and closer until a figure is standing right behind the door. Suddenly, the door opens to reveal a tall brunette with big blue eyes.

"Tori!" She squealed hugging my blonde friend with crazy excitement.

"Hey Nessa!" Tori says seemingly startled. She points to me in an attempt to start the introduction process, "Oh! This is—"

"Hi..I'm Vanessa." Vanessa says, cutting Tori off, holding out her hand for me to shake, staring right at me.

"Dustin...uh..nice to meet you." I say. Feeling insanely awkward, I shake her hand.

"Likewise" Vanessa says, her eyes still glued to me. Tori's face turns sour and she lets out a sigh..."ok.." She mumbles under her breath. We walk into the huge house. Through a long ,creepy hallway , we make our way into a huge living room.

"Hey..where's Elaine?" Tori asks, puzzled to see an empty room.

"Oh, She so bailed! Something about not feeling well..whatever...she's full of shit." Vanessa barks. Woah! Chicks are way harsh... "Looks like it's just you, me and Dustin!" Vanessa looks at me smiling. Wow..I can't help but look away...sometimes making eye contact with pretty girls just doesn't work well with me...we sit and make ourselves comfy on the couch.

Vanessa and Tori talk and giggle ...I'm so lost and out of place for sure....

"So you guys are moving in together, huh?" Vanessa asks, placing her hand on my knee..Woah..shes so touching me... I sit stiff and very still...I never was too good with the ladies.

"Yeah" I smile and nod, "It's gonna be great."

"I can't wait!" Tori glances at me. Me, returning her glance with a smile, as usual.

"So much crap to move though...got so much work to do before we can actually settle." I say, unsure of anything that comes from my mouth at this point.

"Hey, you'll be on your own! That's so worth the headache of moving! So awesome!" Vanessa adds. And she's so right...but, she left out the part about how hard its gonna be to live with the girl I'm completely in love with..and the hardest part is that she doesn't even know...and the even harder part is that I can't tell her..and the mondo worst part of all is that even if I poured my bleeding heart all over the place in her name, she'd still only see me as Dustin, her best friend who's a real air- head...oh and did I mention a doofus...and a dork...should I stop now?

"So Dustin.." Vanessa breaks my daydream, "Tori's told me so much about you...But she left out the part that you are a major hottie!"

"huh?" What? Me? Dustin? Are you sure?? My cheeks turn bright red.. I giggle, "Um.. uh...." I don't know what to say to that! Dude, why can't Tori ever say anything like that?

Tori's face turns red," Um..wow...ok then.."she says, slight annoyance in her voice, "well that was random."

"Hey, it's the total truth!" Vanessa flirts. I'm way uncomfortable.. I'm way nervous..and way wishing it was Tori that was flirting with me.. I don't say much...just nodding, blushing and smiling as Vanessa flirts with me all night. I mean what do I say? Maybe she's just trying to be nice..who knows...Tori changes the subject..And vanessa turns it into a lets-flirt-with-Dustin conversation.... And this is how the rest of the night goes...of course until they pop in a movie and I fall asleep on the couch...