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Thanks so much for the reviews..thanks for reading my story and giving it a chance..you rock! Heres the next chapter..since I'm not a guy...I had to do a bit of research for this one..you'll understand what I mean.......
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It's been two weeks since moving day and I still haven't yet fully unpacked. A couple of boxes sit, unopened, on my bedroom floor. I don't want to do anything...I'm too tired.... I'm too wrecked.
Hunter and Blake are back at school. Thank God..Me and Blake haven't spoke or seen each other at all since our little confrontation outside of Storm Chargers.
I talk to Hunter on a regular basis, and it's a good thing he's not letting whatever's going on with me and his brother come between our friendship.
Shane has been crashing with me and Tori until he can find his own place. I think he might as well just stay with us because he'll be on the road with his skateboard demos for most of the time anyway. An apartment would be a waste.
Kelly was awesome enough to give me a sweet raise. Which helps a bunch with rent, bills and car insurance. Man, not to mention the price of gas, now! It's robbery, dude!
In the past two weeks, I haven't really gotten much sleep at all. Furnishing the apartment has been brutal. Not to mention work....Hitting the track. And man, I've been taking a beating on the freestyle ramp! I don't know whats gotten into my performance...dude, I cant land my jumps!! But maybe Kelly is right. Maybe I should take time off. Maybe I just need sleep. But, in my case, sleep is not an option...neither is time off...I have rent and bills to pay now. I never thought being an adult could be harder than being a hero. A power ranger. Dude, I don't know, but, I'd love to sit on my ass and relax..All this work is starting to catch up with me...
Tori, Shane and I chilled out with sensei the other day and, for once, it actually felt like a ninja's day off! Sensei really misses Cam, but he'll be home real soon. Despite the fact that we don't get to see sensei too much, he's way proud of us. And our busy schedules. We are to start special training again in the near future...well..as soon as I get some sleep...nah, but I really do miss it. The academy, Sensei...most of all the powers. Oh man, just to morph again..
As much time as me and Tori spend together, we might as well just be an item already! I mean, we've gotten even closer since we moved in together. I don't know..it's like, we're just so comfortable with each other and we enjoy each other's company...like, even more.
Shane said, I need to just tell her already. But I'm so afraid that her possible interest in me is all in my head. Just my hopes and wants blind folding reality. I mean, we're always hugging and laughing and I swear I feel her eyes saying more. She even fell asleep with me in my bed last night. Oh, dude, it was really hard for me to contain myself..and fall asleep... I just watched her and listened to her breath..Oh, man I sound like a stalking perv! But, dude.... I just don't know.. I mean, best friends hug and laugh a lot too.. I know, I'm just reading between lines that don't even exist..
As soon as I start to believe that maybe this can someday be – Blake calls and it's all over. He calls her and she gets excited. She runs into her room and closes the door to talk to him.
Like I'm dumb or something! Like I don't know who she's on the phone with..c'mon now! She said she hates what Blake is doing to me and he's wrong and it's ridiculous, but she still talks to him..what the hell? Through all of this confusion, heartache and stomach butterflies, it's all worth coming home from work to see Tori curled up on the couch in her pajamas, munchin' out and laughing at something on T.V......
"Hey, you're home early!" Tori looks over at me, laughing so hard she's in tears, "Oh, man this is great!"
I stand between her and the T.V. trying to see what's so funny.
"Move it!" She jumps up and pushes me out of her way, "You're not made of glass, ya know!"
"Sorry!" I say just happy that she touched me. Still standing, now on the side of the TV, Tori pats the soft cushion of the couch, "Sit, silly." She says.
I plop down close to her, still confused , why she's laughing so hard.
"What is this?" I say pointing at the rubbish in front of me.
"What? Are you serious?" Tori looks at me, disgusted.
"Quite." I don't get it...What's the big deal?
"It's 'Angel'!!! You know, Buffy and Angel? Like, duh!!!" Tori really lost me...Well, whatever 'Angel' is, it's pretty lame.
"Yeah..well..whatever this stuff is... it's uh...kinda lame-o." Bravely, I say out loud.
"You did not just go there!" Tori almost instantaneously smacks me with a throw pillow, giggling.
I grab her and proceed to tickle her rib cage and her stomach.
"Aaaaahhhhh!!!! Noooooooo!" Tori's wailing mixture of wrath and happiness, only makes me attack her more.
She's wiggling in my grasp, and my hands find their way under her shirt, tickling her bare flesh. Her eyes widen and she lets out a slight squeal as she notices my hands touch her skin.
"That tickles! Oh man, you're gonna get it, Earth brat!!!" She growls.
"Really, now?" I laugh, holding her squirming body in my arms. Tori reaches for the pillow she had thrown at me, and started hitting me with it. Laughing hysterically, I lose my grip and she breaks free jumping up in front of me. She motions for me to get up and fight her.
"C'mon!!" Her face, red. She's breathing heavy from laughing and her hair is tossled. She's smiling uncontrollably, "Scaredy cat!! C'mon!" She taunts, looking absolutely beautiful.
"We're gonna break the table!" I laugh, still sitting on the couch.
"Fine then!" Tori starts to drag our coffee table from the middle of the living room, to the front of the door.
"Are you serious?" I scratch my head, laughing. She really wants to fight? Ha!
"C'mon! No excuses now, pretty boy!" Tori mocks.
My mouth drops to a look of shock...She did not just go there..." Oh, you're gonna get it, bad!"
I jump up from the couch as Tori giggles. I poke her in the stomach lightly to tickle her some more.
"Aaahhhaaaahhhhhaaaa!!" Tori squeals. She leaps at me and I run. Tori starts chasing me around the apartment. Laughter and loud screams travel through every room. Suddenly, Tori jumps on my back as we re-enter the living room, catching me by surprise, I lose balance and stumble to the floor, Tori still on top of me. My knees Sting from falling on them. Dammit! That hurt!
Now, on the floor, our wrestling match continues. Tori, tickling me now, moved off of my back. She pushed me down on my back and jumped on my stomach..Ouch!
"Oh, man!" I scream between the laughter that's starting to make my tummy hurt, "Tori!! I'm so gonna make you pay for this!!"
"Oh, yeah? Ha!" Tori moves her body down to sit on my legs. I wiggle, not to get away, just a reaction to the tickles. She can stay on top of me all she wants...
She pulls up my shirt and places her soft lips to my stomach. Her lips, glued to my bare flesh, She blows, making a loud fart noise.
"Oh my God!! That tickles!!" I wail. And it really does tickle.. But I really do want to tell her how her lips touching my skin sent shooting trembles throughout my entire body.
Tori looks up at me, laughing so hard her whole face was flushed a bright red. Her face read, 'Ha! I win!' and she seems proud of tackling me to the floor.
"Nice!" I humor her. I feel so content. I love her so much. I feel tears begin to gather behind my eyes. No...She can't see me cry. She can't know..Dammit.. I am such a cake...But she's so amazing....dude..
Just then, I feel the worst pain I've probably ever felt. Sharp, brutal pain from my crotch, shoots to my stomach. I can't breathe, it hurts so much... I try to scream, but instead let out a whimper. I can't find my voice.
"Oh, my God! Oh no! Dustin, I am so sorry!! Oh no! Oh..." Tori, guilt in her voice, tries to console me.
As soon as I felt the near fatal blow, my body instinctively turned over and curled up into a ball. I squirm around the floor like a little baby. The pain...Oh God!! Shoot me!! It's unbearable...
"Dustin...." Tori's voice goes in and out, as all I can do is focus on how much my nutts hurt.
As Tori attempted to climb off of me, she had accidentally kneed me right in the nutts.
I let out a moan, still squirming, holding myself, my face buried into the carpet. Tori is rubbing my back...
"Oh, Dustin..Oh no..I'm so, so sorry..." She sounds like she's about to cry. But I beat her to it. There...now I have more of a reason to release those held back tears.
I find my voice somewhere in my aching gut," It's ok...It's ok.." I say in a whispered moan.
"Um..here...I'll rub it.." Without thinking, Tori cupped at my manhood. Oh my God......
Now realizing what she was doing, she pulls her hand away, "Oh! Oh! I'm so...Oh, man..Oh..wow...Uuuggghhhh, I'm so fucking stupid!!" Embarrassed, sympathetic and way guilty, Tori gets up to walk away.
"Wait! Wait!" I yell out to her, finding the strength to lift my head and look at her, showing her I was ok...well...ok enough not to die, anyway..."Don't go...please.." I say, tears down my flushed face.
"Oh, Dustin... you're crying!" Tori quickly runs over to me falling to her knees to comfort me. The pain was slowly starting to subside, as Tori helped me attempt to sit up.
"Well... I didn't think the tears could be avoided, in this case.." I try to make a joke, but Tori's face is in a permanent state of disruption and guilt. I sit up slightly, leaning against her, as she runs her fingers through my hair.
"I am so sorry... I feel so horrible..oh, Dustin...I am so so sorry!"
"It's ok.. it was an accident..just promise me next accident you'll aim somewhere else, ok?" I joke.
Tori sighs, wrapping her arms around me, "Oh, Dustin! I'm sorry!"
Aside from the pain, being in Tori's arms, feeling her fingers on my scalp – Oh man..... I'm in heaven..wait a minute....did Tori grab my crotch?? OH!! Oh, dude! Tori grabbed my crotch!
The door knob turned and the door suddenly flung open, hitting the coffee table that Tori had pushed in front of it. Me and Tori look over to see Shane's head poking in from behind the door...
"What's going on in here?" Shane asks, crazy thoughts running through his mind – I can tell.
"Hold on a sec, Shane." Tori says, as we both stand up. My stomach is still twisting into knots and my man area feels a little swelled, but I somehow manage to get to my feet with a little help from the girl I love.
"I got it, just relax, ok.." Tori says, pushing me onto the couch. Ouch!!! Dude...she's dangerous! She runs over to pull the coffee table from the door, allowing Shane to come inside.
"What was all that about? Nope, forget it...you know what? I don't even wanna know!" Shane throws his hands over his ears, grinning at me. I shake my head at him. He and Tori both place the table where it belongs and sit on the couch next to me.
"So, what did you mean by that whole, 'Oh, what are you guys doing', comment?" Tori asks.
"What do you mean, what do I mean?" Shane asks, playing dumb.
"Shane! Seriously! You thought me and Dustin were-" Tori pauses. She couldn't find the words to finish her thought but Shane and I knew exactly how to fill in the blank.
"No! Of course not!" Shane laughs, lying his ass off.
"Whatever!" Tori blushes, fixing her hair, "You ok, Dustin? You're awfully quiet."
Laughing, I look at her, "I just got kneed in the nutts, Tori."
"Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh!!!!" Shane held his crotch and winced, feeling my pain.
"Sorry.." That look on Tori's face returns. Awe, man... I don't want her to feel bad...it was a mistake.
I wrap my arm around her and kiss her on her forehead. She looks up at me with innocent, caring eyes and I feel my insides melting. We look at each other, nervously. Or at least, I'm nervous.
"A-hem!" Shane clears his throat.
"Soo....." Tori says, breaking our stare and pulling away from me "What's on the tube?" She reaches for the remote.
Shane glances at me and winks. I sigh and I swear I feel so stupid right now. I'm even more confused than before. Me and Tori's relationship feels different. It really does...but I still think it's too good to be true. I think what I'm feeling is just my feelings for her growing even stronger. But, the past two weeks... I don't know.. I just don't know...