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"A Brother's Betrayal"

"Dude, I knew it!" Dustin hisses silently to Shane with his eyes wide open. He had a bizarre look on his face as if he just won the lottery. "See, I told you they were romantically involved! You see!"

Shane grunted in annoyance. "Shh! They'll hear you."

"Oh sorry." They ducked their heads and peeked through the shrubbery.

Meanwhile, Tori could see the hurt and betrayed look in Blake's eyes as he continues to stare back and forth between them in disgust. At first he didn't know what Hunter meant when he said "we're an us now" until he noticed the way Tori looked at Hunter. He no longer sees the bitterness and irritated look in her eyes whenever she stares at him. Instead, they were filled with affection and longing desire. "Blake..." He turns his gaze over to her once she broke the long silence. "Listen, we've been wanting tell you..."

He lifted a hand for her to stop. She knew it was coming. "But you decided to keep it from me. Is that it?" The angered tone of his voice begins to increase in volume.

"No, that's not it." She sighs deeply, trying to get through him as best as she could. "I want you to understand."

"Understand what, Tor?! That you and my brother have been fooling around behind my back?!

"Bro, it's not her fault."

"Shut up, Hunter!" He glares angrily at him. "I'll get to you in a sec."

"I don't think so." The dirty blonde steps up in front of Tori to face the younger Bradley as if protecting her. She gulps down nervously as they face each other. "You will deal with me now."

Dustin looks at Shane worriedly. "Uh oh..."

"Is that how it is, bro?" Blake smirks as he slowly makes a fist by his side. He looked at Tori once again, and this time glared at her. "You betrayed me, Hunter. With a great number of women to choose from, why did it have to be Tori? Why did it have to be the woman I love more than anything in this world?!" Hunter averts from his gaze shamefully as Blake breathes down his neck. "Answer me!"

"Blake, please." Tori sniffs. "Don't do this..."

"You stay out of it!" Blake turns back to Hunter, waiting for his answer.

"It's your lost, little bro." He said without fear. "You left her remember?"

Blake glares at him. "You betrayed me!" He shouted outso fiercely. "And now you'll pay!!"

"NO!" Blake looks at him straight in the eye as he brings his fist up and punched Hunter abruptly on the right side of his face. He lost his balance and stumbled to the ground due to the tremendous force of the punch. Hunter touched his lip and noticed blood dripping down. He looks up and glares at him. "Blake!" Tori kneels down next to Hunter. "Are you out of your mind?!"

He ignores Tori and continues to stare maliciously at Hunter. "Come on, bro. Get up!"

Hunter refuses to lay a hand on his brother, but the fact that he punched him made him real angry. "Gladly." The dirty blonde pushed Tori out of the way and leg sweep Blake from off the ground. Tori watches on in horror as she tries to put a stop to this.

"That's enough! Both of you!" She grabbed Blake's arm from hitting Hunter as he turns around and shoved her out of the way. "Stop it!" Hunter ducked and blocked one of Blake's shots as he roundhouse kicked him to the stomach. Before things could get even worst, Dustin and Shane suddenly popped up from behind the bushes to separate them both.

"Hey, break it up!" Shane yells as he pulls Blake away from Hunter. But Blake didn't seem to get enough of what he wants as he easily releases himself from Shane's grip and wrestled the elder Bradley to the ground.

"YOU TRAITOR! How could you do this to me?! HUH?!"

"Blake!" Tori screamed terrifyingly. "Stop this!"

"I said, break it up!" Shane lifts Blake off of Hunter once more and stood between them. "ENOUGH!" The two finally stopped hustling, as they looked each other in the eyes with pure hatred. Dustin had a hold of Hunter when suddenly Blake pushes Shane out of the way.

"That's it. I'm out." He walks off without looking back. Tori, on the other hand, felt guilty and upset with the whole situation as she presses her lips together and follows him behind.

"Hey!"

Dustin tried to stop her, but Shane signaled him not to. Hunter grunted in slight pain as he wipes the blood from off his mouth.

"Hey." The goof nudges his shoulder. "You alright, dude?"

He scoffs rather pathetically. "Yeah, I'll be fine." Hunter straightened himself up.

"But Blake won't." Hunter turns around to face the concern Shane. "What are you gonna do about it?"

"Blake!" Tori calls out to him as he continues walking away from her. It felt like a half-mile walk around the beach since Blake hasn't stopped to answer her calls behind him. Tori was nearly screaming. "Come on, don't be like this."

"Tori, I don't want to talk."

"Well, I do!" She extends her arm and pulls his shoulder so that he would be facing her. Blake brushes his hair back and sighs upsettingly.

"Tell me, why Hunter? Of all people, why did you have to end up with my brother?" Blake was hurting so badly as he tries to not show it, but he made it quite obvious. "Tori, I'm still in love with you. Don't you get it?"

"Blake, I--"

"I know I've been a fool for leaving you, which is why I came back." His eyes were becoming watery. "I want you, Tori and I need you more than ever."

She slowly looks up with tears in her eyes. Why did he have to tell her all this when he was the one who broke off their relationship the first place? Why now? "But I need him, Blake." Her voice was trembling.

He couldn't believe what he was hearing as his lips parted in surprise. "Do you need him like you need me?" Blake questions all of a sudden.

"What?" She softly murmured at what was being asked. "That's not fair, Blake!"

"It's a simple question Tori. Do you need him like you need me? It's a yes or no answer."

"God, Blake. This is different! Don't make me choose!"

"Well you know what? You can't have me as a friend and Hunter as your significant other! You must choose one way or the other. You can't have both." He exclaims sharply. "This ruins everything! It will never be the same between us I promise you that!"

At that point, Tori's sea blue eyes were swollen from endless tears as she nods her head, realizing how much this was affecting them both. "Fine." She whispers sadly. "If that's what you want..." The blonde wiped away the last of her tears as she turns around and leaves Blake behind.

Meanwhile, Dustin and Shane stared at Hunter as he places the icepack to his cut lip. Awkward silence took over as it increases the tension surrounding them. "You won't win." He looks up as soon as one of them had the nerve to actually say something. Shane happens to be the first. "Someone is gonna get hurt one way or the other, Hunter. How can you even do this to yourself? And to your own brother for that matter?"

"Shane, please." He stops him from going any farther. "Don't start. I happen to really care about Tori, and I can't help the way I feel about her. If you think I'm just playing her, well you're wrong. I'm falling for her, man."

"But dude, you can't." Dustin rudely interrupts. "It's not gonna work out, Hunter. Not with you and Blake. How in the world is he supposed to cope with this?!"

"My brother left her remember? He left Tori with a broken heart and you guys were the ones trying to get her through the breakup." Hunter explains thoroughly. "So before you guys bag on me for making a move on Tori, think about what Blake has done." With that being said, he tosses the icepack into the garbage can nearby and walks off on his own. Hunter knew how protective Dustin and Shane were with Tori, but he wouldn't do a single thing to hurt her. However, he understood where they were coming from. In this case, Hunter is competing against his own brother for the undying affection of Tori and so many things could go wrong with that.

As Hunter walks alone in the depths of the beach, he found Tori sitting on a rock and staring out into the water. Blake was nowhere around, so he assumed it was safe to have a little chat with her without having to run into trouble.All he wanted out of this whole day was to see her. "Hey, there." She looks up with a forced smile.

"Hi..." Tori made room for Hunter as he took a seat right next to her. He could tell from right off the bat that something was in her mind, as she remains silent after their simple greeting.

"So how did it go with Blake?" She turned away and sighed deeply in response. He immediately knew what the answer was. "Not good huh? I'm sure we can work this out, right?" Hunter provided her with some reassurance, hoping it would help.

Tori bit her lip and looks up at him sincerely. He was getting a weird vibe from Tori; one that tells him bad news beforehand. "Look, Hunter." She started off meekly. Blake must've got to her because all of a sudden, she could hardly speak. "We—"

"Wait." He shuts his eyes, knowing exactly what happens next. Her voice stuttered through his ears, and when she lifted her head, he could see she was crying. "Let me guess. It's over between us isn't it?" He wishes he were wrong.

She sniffs as a faint sob escape from her trembling lips. "If you just let me explain..."

"No." Hunter retorts while rising up to his feet. "It's obviously clear to me that you've made your decision." He couldn't bare the pain he was feeling at the moment, and for the first time, he knew how it felt to get his heart broken, and it was one of the most hurtful things he had to endure in his life. As soon as Hunter got to his feet, he hesitated to look back at Tori, for it was hard enough to meet her eyes and say goodbye. "I think this time, it's my turn to walk away."

"Hunter, no."

The dirty blonde jerked back. "Bye, Tori." He releases himself from her grip and walked off without looking back--leaving Tori in dreadful tears as she collapsed on the ground and sob the night away.

It has been a long painful day once Hunter reached home. As he enters the livingroom, he finds Blake sitting in the couch, expectantly waiting for his arrival. Hunter sighed deeply, refusing to fight with him yet again. "I don't want any trouble with you, bro." Blake didn't say a single word in return as he continues to stare at him with pure hatred. "Well, I hope you're happy now." Hunter said rather faintly as if trying to hold back the anger build up inside of him; let alone the tears waiting to stream down his cheeks. "It's over between me and Tori. You win. I'm the idiot." There was a long pause. "So what? Are you gonna say something?" He waits for a reply.

"No." Blake finally responded in a vague tone. "I no longer have anything to say to you." With that, he rose up from his seat and leaves the room.

From that moment on, Hunter knew they're brotherly relationship was over.