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Trying To Apologize

Blake woke up the sun was already high in the sky. He stretched and got dressed. The ball had been longer than he thought. He had gotten completely lost in his thoughts while he danced with Shane's cousin. It wasn't until after Shane taped him on the shoulder that he had realized he had missed something important. Shane had informed him that he was on the floor during the dance of the engaged couples. Blake couldn't believe that he had completely missed that. He felt so horrible afterwards the he kept looking around for Tori, but he couldn't find her anywhere and to top that off, Hunter had been missing until a little later that night. After looking around the castle a bit he had decided against going outside and instead headed back to the rooms where he found Hunter coming from the other direction. Neither talked about what had happened but instead just went to bed.

As Blake left his room he looked up to see Hunter coming out of his own room from across the hall, "How'd you sleep?"

"Good. You?"

"Fine. So what's going on today?"

Hunter shrugged, "Nothing much from what Shane said. A bunch of those who live far away are leaving today."

"So you stay away from April?"

"Yep."

"Where'd you go?"

"Somewhere she wouldn't look."

"Right."

"Shall we go to breakfast?"

"Sounds good."

As they turned towards the dining room they noticed a few people leaving. They weren't going to be leaving until the next day. Blake's mind wondered to Tori and if she had left. She had a longer ride than they did. He should be glad if she left early, yet he was feeling a little upset if she had. Maybe she left during the dance? No, it was too late and no one did that. As he and Hunter sat down at the table he noticed that Leanne was sitting with Cam further down. Blake couldn't help but smile when he realized that Tori was indeed still there.

Halfway through breakfast Hunter lightly elbowed him, "Aren't you done yet?"

"No."

"Well look, I told Shane that I'd meet him outside to spar, so are you coming?"

"You go ahead I don't mind."

"Blake."

"Hunter, I haven't finished yet."

"Are you going to?"

"Not sure. But go ahead and I'll see you later."

"Alright." Hunter stood and was gone.

After finally finishing his breakfast Blake slowly stood and realized that he indeed was the only person in the room. Tori hadn't come in at all. He walked out of the room and headed down the hall; he'd probably go watch Hunter and Shane. She didn't leave yet, but there was no sign of her. He didn't even see Kelly.

He ended up wandering around the castle for a bit. After a while he decided that he couldn't find Tori and that he would just go and watch Shane and Hunter. Fortunately for him he did found the blonde he had been looking for, just as he rounded the corner, they were a step apart.

"Tori."

"What?"

That was harsh sounding. He decided to just shrug it off, "Where've you been?"

"Oh, now you want to know?"

"What's that supposed to be mean?"

Tori stood straighter and looked straight into his eyes, "I think you know what that means."

"No I really don't."

This time she folded her arms, "Well I guess I see where you place things like that."

"Look I don't know why you're so upset about that, whatever it is you're talking about, you don't have to get mad about it."

"I am not mad."

"Really? What did something spill on your dress last night?"

Tori's mouth fell open. For a minute Blake wanted to step back from all the anger that flashed in her eyes but his pride made him stand there until she turned around and walked off. Blake slowly wandered until her got to Hunter's room. He sat on the bed and waited for Hunter to get back.

He didn't have to wait to long. Hunter came in and looked at Blake with a questioningly look, "Where were you?"

"No where important. Can we leave?"

Hunter raised an eyebrow, "You want to leave now?"

"Yeah. I know we were supposed to leave tomorrow, but let's just go home."

Hunter nodded, "Alright. We'll let them know and then we'll head off."

Tori was walking around in the back of the castle by the woods; she loved coming here when she visited Shane, it was always so peaceful here. Maybe she shouldn't have been so hard on him. But then again he insulted her with dancing with someone else when he should have been with her. Then her mind came back with the fact that she had insulted him when they were first supposed to meet. So what was the difference? She had actually started to like him. Like? No, she didn't like him.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around quickly and smiled when she saw Shane. "Hi."

"Hey Tori. You okay? You left early last night and I haven't seen you all day today."

She shrugged, "I'm fine, just thinking about things."

Shane nodded. The two walked for a while in silence before Shane started speaking again, "Look I'm sorry about last night."

Tori's heart started beating faster, how did Shane know about how she felt? "What do you mean?"

"Blake not dancing with you when that song came on." Tori just kept looking away as Shane kept talking, "It's my fault."

The blonde turned quickly and looked at the taller man, "What do you mean?"

"That was my cousin from down south; she didn't know that many people and I thought it would be nice if she could dance with someone, so I offered Blake. So don't be upset with him, if you are, because I'm the one that had him dance with her."

Tori stopped walking, "You mean…Blake…and you…" She trailed off and looked into the distance again.

"Right." Shane smiled. "So shall we go back in?"

"Yes."

After the two got inside Tori began looking around for Blake, she hadn't spotted him or his brother. Her eyes finally rested on Kelly who she hurried over too, "Kelly, have you seen Blake?"

"Blake? Blake and Hunter left."

"Left?"

"They went back home."

Tori felt her heart fell, "Already?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure? How do you know?"

Kelly looked away, "Umm, how about you get something to eat okay?"

Tori frowned at Kelly and decided to go with her idea and get something to eat. Now she really wished she hadn't treated him like that. And the next time she would see him wouldn't be until she went to his castle. Maybe, maybe by then he would have forgotten…