Series presented by: Tori Bradley
AN: Response to the Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Themes Challenge
Set During 'Thunder Strangers Part 3'
Why?
Neither one of them was quite sure what to make of their current situation…
Tori stood on a cliff overlooking the ocean… her favorite place to go when things got to be too much.
Her mind was filled with images of him… when he saved her from Amphibidor… the first time they met… the way his smile just made her entire stomach turn over on itself…
Why?
Why was she feeling like this still? He had betrayed her trust and kidnapped the one person in her life that she thought of as a father. Her life was not picture perfect, and her family was Shane, Dustin, cam, and Sensei… he had tricked her and then fought her.
She had thought him to be different than the other guys she was interested in. That was an understatement. Never before had anyone made her feel this way.
Why?
Why was she having these feelings for him? What were these feelings? What did it all mean?
They knew the truth now about Lothor; their parents had come to them not two hours ago in the Cavern of Lost Souls and told everyone the story.
As she watched the sun dance on the water, she felt a presence behind her and her eyes widened when Blake showed himself.
"What are you doing up here?" she asked numbly. She wasn't quite sure what to say.
Blake shifted uneasily as he dug his hands into his pockets. "I needed to tell you something Tori," he began. "I wanted to say I'm sorry, for… everything. I never meant to hurt you the way I did."
Tori crossed her arms and lookeda t him with a soft, but annoyed look. "Is that it?" she asked.
Blake shifted again. "Hunter and I are going away for a while. We're not sure when we'll be back," he said softly.
Tori's face softened a bit. "Where are you going?"
"Not sure yet… just tell the guys we said goodbye," he said as he turned his back to her and walked down the winding path towards his truck.
As he disappeared from her sight, a tear made it's way down her face.
'If he hurt me,' she said to herself, 'Then why am I going to miss him so much?'