Disclaimer: The standard one… Don't you ever get tired of typing this at the beginning of every chapter?
AN: I'm terribly sorry for the long wait. I was busy doing projects and crap for school, so yeah. Sorry. xo; Thanks for the reviews people! Wow. I've never had this many reviews in a short span of time. Was it… 7 reviews in 3 days maybe? Wow. Thanks.
KirCo4ever: Thankies, Thankies. ; Yeah… I have issues putting things like family problems in my stories. oo; Yes, what would a story be without Dustin? 3 Thanks again.
Thalia-Sandy: Thankies. I continued finally! Yay!
Garnetred: Yeah. A few people think that it was sweet of Dustin. –shrug- I'm not really sure what I am going to do in this fic, so we will see. 3
Navy-Thunder: Well this story isn't over yet, is it?
YellowCrimsonforever: xD I'll try to update DoubleDead. I'm just having a bit of writer's block. –coughforgotwhatIwasgoingtomakehappencough- x3
CamFan4Ever: I know. Poor Tori.
Crimson-Ranger: Teehee. o.o
BlueAngel07: I updated as quick as I could.
Jorgitosbabe: I continued, so yeah. I hope you'll be satisfied with it. Though the chapter is kind of random… the first part anyway.
AN: I just realized that this chapter is… weird. I put random characters as people I know from school, so yeah. It might be a little out-of-character. Just warning you. xD Yeah. It's a long-ass chapter as you can see. oo; I might have to continue the school day in the next chapter. Most likely.
Chapter 2: Good Day, to Bad Day, to Worse. Part 1
Tori woke up the next morning and just stayed in bed, not feeling like going to school that day. She gave up, and then got out of bed at around 7:30 AM. "Shit!" she muttered to herself. Tori was usually gone by this time. Tori searched around in her clothes as fast as she could then put on baggy blue jeans, a white t-shirt with a strange blue design on the front, and blue-striped sneakers. She quickly put in her makeup and almost left her room when she remembered something. Her body seemed to calm down as she smiled to the necklace on her desk that she had gotten the day before on her birthday. She put it on then put her bag over her shoulders, finally walking out the door, trying not to wake up anyone that was still sleeping.
Her feet seemed to lead the way to school as her thoughts were somewhere else. When Tori looked up, she noticed that she was halfway to school. She yawned, wishing that she had gotten more than the 6 hours of sleep that she got last night. She had returned home late last night to her parents yelling at her for running off, then she just layed on her bed and cried for at least an hour. Tori felt a jolt of slight pain in her forehead and blushed a bit, noticing that she just ran into the fence pole in the schoolyard. She shook her head then continued to walk until she got to the opening of the fence and wondered why they had a fence anyway. It wasn't like anyone was going to run out of school anytime soon.
She stood in her usual spot by the monkey bars and leaned against the pole, letting her bag slip off her shoulders. She brought her wrist up and looked at her watch. She had almost 10 minutes before school officially started. Tori knew that Dustin wouldn't be coming for at least 5 more minutes, so she took the time to look at the people she knew around her. Tori looked to the steps of the school and saw Skater boy Shane, as she called him. Shane caught her eyes and waved slightly to her. Tori waved back then smiled half-heartedly. She continued looking until she saw the Bradley brothers leaning against a wall, looking at 'fine chicks' as they often called it. Tori raised her eyebrow slightly as they pointed to Marah and Kapri, the popular girls of her school, and muttered to each other. Tori hated those two with a passion. Well, she hated Kapri with a passion, but she could deal with Marah.
She heard a voice call her name and looked in front of her seeing Dustin standing there. "Hey, Tori. How did it go with your parents last night?" Dustin questioned her with a slight tilt of his head. "The same old thing… they yelled at me for running out of the house without letting them know where I went…" Tori sighed, "the same old thing." "Oh… Sorry if I made you miss your curfew." Tori smiled, "It's alright Dustin, really. Being with you outside without the fighting of my parents if better then trying to watch a rerun of your favorite show with them yelling." Dustin grinned, "Yeah. No one can resist this." Tori playfully punched him in the arm as he snickered, right when the bell rang. They walked together inside in silence, trying to get past the bunch of people trying to all get inside at once. Dustin glanced at the necklace around Tori's neck and smiled to himself, remembering the night before. He sighed happily then waved to Tori as she left him to go to her locker. Dustin walked to his locker, actually looking forward to Gym.
Tori and Dustin met up after they changed into their gym clothes and sat in the room where they waited for the morning announcements. Tori sat next to Dustin, slightly leaning on him, lost in her own thoughts once again. She started to doze off and rested her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes. Dustin smiled slightly then shook her lightly to wake her when it was time to go up to the actual gym. Tori's eyes fluttered open and she got up, following Dustin up to the gym.
The gym teacher announced that they were going to play kickball and a few students groaned in response. "Now I know that you may not like kickball," the teacher glared at Hunter Bradley for yelling, 'Hate it? You have to be kidding me!' "Anyways... I know that you may not like kickball, but part of the grade for gym goes to participation, so go for it!" Tori was relieved when she was chosen to be on Dustin's team then sat down on the bleachers next to Dustin to wait in line to kick. Every once and a while, Dustin and Tori would comment how people on their team kicked, then in what seemed to be a few seconds, it was Dustin's turn. Tori watched at Dustin concentrated on the ball that was being rolled to him feet then brought his leg back and kicked the ball as hard as he could. Everyone watched as the ball flew across the gym. Dustin sprinted to first base as the ball bounced once and someone missed catching it. Dustin stayed where he was at, and then it was Tori's turn to kick.
Someone from the other team in the field yelled to the other played to move in as Tori got into place. The ball came rolling to her and she tried to kick it, but it flew past her legs making her fall onto her butt. Dustin watched her and wondered if she was all right as the rest of the class laughed at Tori. Tori stood up, blushed a bright red, as she got ready for the next pitch. The class just kept laughing and she saw the teacher manage a snicker or two. Tori became so angry and just yelled, "Can we get the game continued please?!" The people who were laughing calmed down as the pitcher got ready to roll the ball to Tori. Tori was so angry at this point, as her fists were clenched into tight fists that made her hands bleed from her nails.
The pitcher finally rolled the ball, and Tori threw a death glare at the ball, and then swung her leg forward as it slammed into the ball. The whole class gasped as the ball flew with speed like a jet across the gym and out the open gym door, just barely missing the janitor. Tori ran as fast as she could to first base as Dustin managed to close his open mouth to run with her. They both hit home plate as someone brought the ball in, saying that it hit Kapri in the head. Tori snickered softly to herself about that then sat with Dustin at the end of the line, high-fiving him.
AN: Yeah, I'll have to cut it there, because Microsoft word tells me that it's 3 pages long.Well... I think it lied. Don't you?Oh well, part 2 is next chapter!
