Being In Love Is Never Easy!
By: Sailorjj07
8. Guess who's back?
A/n: This chapter is going to be GOOD! At least, I hope so. Oh I'm giving you fair warning now. I think this is also around 9 pages, at the very least. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE LOVELY, LOVELY reviews! You guys are the best!!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Actions
(Me!)
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN!! Geez...TT
"Natalie...Natalie..."
Natalie groggily rolled over, as her name was called repeatedly. It was entirely too early for someone to wake her up. Who the heck was calling her?!
"Natalie, get up!"
"...Hmm?"
"Nat, it's time to get up now. Mom's already made breakfast." Tory heaved a sigh, as Natalie ignored him and rolled over. The girl could sometimes be impossible to wake up. He turned her towards him, and tried again, "Nat-! WHOA!"
Natalie rolled over onto him, almost straddling him, and a sleepy, lazy smirk crossed her face, "Why are you trying to wake me up? I don't wanna get up, Tor." Natalie yawned and placed a single hand on Tory's chest beneath her, then laid her head on his shoulder.
"N-Natalie, you h-have to get up...Mom said so." Nadalia laughed as a huge blush spread across Tory's face. Iceman covered her mouth for her though, to quiet her giggles.
"So? Torrryyyyy, I don't wanna..." Natalie closed her eyes this time, snuggling into the warm body beneath her. The bright red blush on Tory's face grew even brighter, and this time, even Iceman had trouble holding in his own laughter. Tory found his heart racing to a rhythm that was faster than ever before, and it was only because of Natalie's closeness.
"N-Natalie..."
"...Hmmmm?"
"Your mom says to get up."
"I know..." Natalie sighed, and rolled off of Tory, looking up at the ceiling. "Fine, I'll get up."
"Sorry Nat."
"No you're not."
"I am."
"Nu-uh."
Tory grinned nervously, and hugged Natalie as she continued to stare at the ceiling, "It's time for breakfast. See you downstairs, Nat."
"Ok." Tory walked out of the room, trying to calm his racing heart and his extremely hot face.
Natalie strolled over to her dresser, got out her clothes for the day, and took them to the bathroom, while Nadalia and Iceman tried not to laugh.
Downstairs
"Tory, did you finally get Natalie up?" Natalie's mom was spooning rice into bowls, as she spoke to Tory, "It's always been a task getting that girl up."
Tory nodded and moved the bottle from Anastasia's mouth, so that she could breathe, before placing it back in, "She got up though."
"Hey, no talking about my sleeping habits." Natalie walked in clothed, showered, and grinning. She was in a fairly good mood this morning. Nadalia laughed as a blush stained Tory's cheeks when her OP walked into the room.
"It's not like we weren't talking about anyone else. You're the only one who sleeps like that, besides Lan Hikari," Natalie's mom said, handing the rice bowls to the two sitting at the table. Natalie winked at Tory, who in turn bowed his head and stared at his food.
"Hey Tor, wanna go do something today?" Natalie asked, spooning rice in her mouth. She swallowed and ate a spoonful of scrambled eggs, and grabbed a piece of bacon from the center of the table.
"I actually wanted to watch a movie with you...if that's okay?" Tory answered, quietly, that blush coming back to his face. It would be the first time he asked Natalie somewhere, just the two of them, and so it was almost like...a date?
"Tory...are you..." Natalie glanced at her mom, who was humming away in the kitchen, and lowered her voice to a whisper, "Are you asking me...on a date?"
"Sort of...?"
"Tor, be honest. Are you or no?" Natalie put her hands on her hips and gave Tory a look that said, "Be honest".
"I am." Tory sighed, slightly dejected. What if she said no?
"Then yes! I would love to go! And I'm sure Momma wouldn't mind watching Anastasia for an hour or two...Right Momma?" Natalie beamed at her mother's back, and watched as she nodded.
"Yes, of course, I'll watch the baby for you. You two do need some fun time anyways."
"Thanks, Mom." Tory added, smiling at her joyfully. Natalie giggled at the look on Tory's face, and then turned to the PET at her hip.
"Nadalia, can you-?"
"Iceman and I are already on it. And we found one, but you have to just go. Don't ask what it is. We picked the movie for you two together. Your tickets will be ready when you get there." Nadalia answered, smirking at Natalie, who was almost surprised by her navi's quickness in completing a task BEFORE she had been asked to do it. (Keyword: Almost. Lol)
"What time are they for?"
"12:30 and THEN we have the REST of the day planned. With Tory's help, of course. This is going to be your best first date ever! We promise." Iceman told Natalie, grinning his face off the entire time. Natalie shook her head, wondering what the two navis would have schemed together for her and Tory.
"Well, then I guess we better get ready for this ultra wonderful date thing, huh?" Natalie asked, turning to face Tory, who was still grinning like an idiot.
"Yes, I think so."
"Well come on! We only have two hours!!" Snatching up Tory's hand, Natalie waited until he handed the baby to her mother and then drug him upstairs with her.
At 11:45 A.M.
"SEE! LOOK Tory! I TOLD you! It's right there!" Natalie was pointing madly at the church that hadn't been there the day before, but was now there in the same spot that it had been. The couple was on there way to the movie theatre and had walked directly past the spot where the church was supposed to have been, but wasn't. At least, it wasn't the last time the walked there together. Now it was there in broad daylight, as if a constant reminder that it did indeed exist.
"...Wow..." Was all Tory could manage, because he had remember that a church was NOT there the day before.
"What's going on? Churches just don't appear and disappear out of the blue...Maybe we were in a DA?" Natalie suggested, trying to come up with a good reason as to why this was happening.
"A Dimensional Area? No, I think we would've known if we were in a Dimensional Area, Nat."
"But then what else-?"
"I have no idea..." Tory stared at the church, even stopping in front of its marble steps, memorizing everything about it. He had never seen the building before in his life and for it to vanish and come back again, he didn't know if he would ever see it again. Plus, something just wasn't right about it.
"Well, no use in worrying about it right now. We can check it out when we are on our way home." Natalie said, taking Tory's hand and continuing on. Tory nodded, allowing Natalie to lead him away, though he was still glancing at the church until the walked so far that he couldn't see it anymore. Something was weird about that church...
At the Movies
"I wonder what they picked?" Natalie stated excitedly, grasping Tory's arm like a little lost puppy to it's a new owner. A blush ran across the shy boy's cheeks, but he tried to ignore that fact and just enjoy being there with Natalie. She grinned at Tory's blush and led him to the ticket kiosk, where they got their tickets and went inside. Natalie waved excitedly when she saw Lan and Maylu, which brought another bright blush from Tory.
"Nat! Tory! What are you two doing here?" Maylu cried, hugging Natalie like she hadn't seen her at school the day before. Natalie laughed and hugged Maylu back, knowing what her friend was thinking before she asked any questions. While Natalie was tight her embrace, Maylu asked in a whisper, "Are you two on a date?"
"Yes!" Natalie whispered back, excitedly. She was so happy that she could share her joy with someone, especially Maylu. She knew Yai would probably call her when she got home, if Maylu got back before she did.
"Hey Tory, what's up?" Lan questioned, grinning at Tory, who nodded and smiled shyly. he couldn't bring himself to say anything because at the moment, he was blushing too much for his own good.
"So what are you two here to see?" Maylu had finally released Natalie, only for her to go back to Tory and cling to his arm again.
"Actually, we don't really know. Nadalia and Iceman picked the movie out, and I didn't even bother to look at the tickets. But the guy told us where the theatre was, so that's where we're going." Natalie answered, knowing that her answer sounded kind of silly, though in truth she didn't care all that much either way.
"Well, let me look at your tickets." Maylu said, holding her hand out for the tickets. Tory handed them wordlessly to her and her smile grew, "You're seeing the same movie as us! We can sit together!"
"Can we get some popcorn first, Maylu? I'm kind of hungry..." Lan smiled sheepishly at Maylu, as she put her hands on her hips, and Natalie laughed along with Tory. That relieved the slight shyness in Tory and he found himself smiling wider, because, not only was he on his very first date with the most wonderful girl he had ever met, but now Lan and Maylu were there to share that with him. That made Tory so happy that he wasn't nervous about messing up the date.
"Yes Lan, we can get some popcorn. How 'bout you two get us some seats?" Maylu turned to Tory and Natalie, giving them a smile that said everything would go fine. They both nodded and walked away, arm in arm, towards the theatre.
"So...I wonder how Tory got the nerve to ask her to the movies today...I suggested it to him, but I didn't think he would actually do it." Lan whispered to Maylu, as the two had disappeared from sight. Maylu nodded and stood in line with her boyfriend, holding his hand happily.
"Wow, Lan, I'm proud of you. I didn't think you knew ANYTHING about getting a girlfriend and here you are helping Tory out with Natalie."
"I got you, didn't I?" Lan grinned at this, and Maylu laughed loudly.
"Lan, I don't count. I was in love with you before we were going out." Maylu answered, matter of factly, and then she ordered their popcorn, along with a large drink and then one of each for the other two.
"Hmmm, you do have a point, I guess."
"Lan, don't think too hard about it." Maylu giggled again, and tapped her boyfriend on the nose, since his hands were now full with a single tray holding both large drinks and popcorns.
"Maylu, if I didn't love you so much..." Lan told her, grinning and laughing at her obviously good mood. He followed Maylu to the theatre where they spotted Tory and Natalie sitting together, with two empty seats beside them. Maylu sat down first, and then Lan after, while Natalie took her popcorn and drink from Lan's tray when he walked by her.
"Hey, how much was this?" Natalie asked, handing Tory the bag of popcorn, while she put the drink in the cup holder between them.
"Doesn't matter." Lan said, starting to munch on popcorn already. Maylu nodded in agreement and the theatre began to grown darker.
"Well, let's see if this movie is any good..." Natalie whispered to Tory, who laughed and ate some popcorn from the bag.
45 Minutes Later
"I REFUSE TO BE YOUR SLOPPY SECONDS! I'M NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN GIVE AND TAKE AWAY! I'M NOT!"
Both Natalie and Tory stared wide eyed at the movie screen. Sloppy seconds...that was in the note...
"Nat..."
"Tory..."
They had both whispered to each other at the same time, to convey their thoughts to one another. But one look at the other told them that they didn't have to...They were both thinking the exact same thing, at the exact same time.
"That's what sloppy seconds are..."
"That note..."
"Was talking about me." Natalie's hand shook as she pointed at herself, as if to physically say the word "me". Natalie couldn't believe it...there was no way...At all. She shook her head, and tried to clear her head. She was on her first date with Tory, for goodness sakes! She couldn't be scared...She couldn't have flashbacks...not right now.
"Nat?"
"...yeah?"
"Don't worry..."
"Tor..."
"Nat, don't worry."
"I'm trying." Natalie leaned forward, and met foreheads with Tory, who placed a hand on the back of her head to hold her there.
"Well don't try...just...just do it. Stop worrying..." Tory whispered to her and Natalie nodded, though there forehead's were still touching. They stayed like that for two seconds, which was all the time that Tory needed to gather his courage, then he leaned forward and kissed her lips softly; just enough to distract her thoughts. Natalie tried not to show her surprise or her enjoyment, but the blush on her face said it all for her.
"Tor..."
"Shhhh, the movie is still going on." Tory smiled at Natalie, releasing her head and turning back to face the movie screen. Tory had done the right thing too, because after that, it was all Natalie could think about. Natalie leaned back in her chair and tried to focus her thoughts on the movie, but now she couldn't. At all.
An hour later, at 2:15 P.M.
"Wow, that was actually a pretty good movie." Maylu told Lan and the others, while she pressed a few buttons on Roll's PET. The navis had been watching the movie too, and were all talking to each other about it, when Maylu had logged Roll out. "Megaman go back to your own PET!"
"It's not my fault you logged Roll out while I was holding her." Megaman answered, grinning at his girlfriend, who was blushing brightly. He ran his fingertips across the blush on her cheeks, making her blush more.
"Geez. Lan, please get Megaman out of my PET before Roll dies from blushing so much." Maylu giggled as Roll's blush brightened even more and she gave an angry huff at her OP.
"Maylu, leave me alone!" Roll cried, in exasperation. Nadalia laughed and so did Iceman, though they were both back in their own PETs.
"Nat, are you hungry? Cause I am." Tory stated, glancing at Natalie out of the corner of his eye. She was holding onto his arm again, and this time she was leaning on his shoulder too, with her eyes closed as the walked.
Natalie opened her eyes, "Actually, I was just thinking about that. Why don't we go somewhere and get something to eat? I'm starving now that I think about."
"Yeah, no kidding. That popcorn didn't help at all." Lan interjected, even though neither of them had actually been talking to him.
"Well Lan, since we're all hungry, let's go get some food. What do you guys want?" Natalie asked, glancing around at their little group.
"Curry!"
"Lan, you ALWAYS want curry."
"Yeah, I know, but the curry at the placed owned by the World Three people is the best!" Lan shouted, pumping his fist in the air. Just the thought of their noodles made his mouth water.
"You do have a point." Tory said, nodding in agreement with Lan. They actually did have really good curry, despite the fact that they were the world's most awful villains. They had really sucked at their job as bad guys, but that was besides the point. Tory felt Natalie stiffen up, just a little bit. It was probably at the mention of World Three, even though the retired members weren't there when she was. They probably wouldn't even know her.
"Well? Nat, what do you say? Want to go there?" Lan questioned, and Natalie nodded silently. She would be alright, even if the store was owned by older World Three members. It wasn't like they were Dr. Wily or anyone that was there when she had been a part of that weird, dark, abusive group. She only knew the people because of the curry restaurant they owned and they were pretty friendly and nice to her every time she had gone.
"Sure, let's go. I'm in the mood for some curry anyway."
"YEAH! LET'S GO!" Lan cried excitedly, pumping his fist in the air again. Maylu looked around them at the people staring and dragged her boyfriend out of the theatre with Natalie and Tory in tow.
At Maha Ichiban, at 2:30 P.M.
"If it isn't Lan and his friends. Welcome to our shop." Yahoot was behind the counter when they walked in, smiling and laughing among each other. He nodded towards the kids and waited for them to take a seat, before nodding at Maddy.
"Well, well, Lan, I guess you just wanted to get beat up so badly that you had to find me on a Saturday?" As they rounded the corner of the closest booth, Lan gaped at Chaud and Yai, who were sharing a soda together.
"Wow! Hi Natalie! And Tory too, of course." Yai smiled and waved at them, happy that her friends were there, along with the love of her life, of course.
"What we don't get a hi too Yai?" Maylu asked, as she sat down next to Chaud in the booth. Natalie, Tory and Lan sat down on the other side of the table and all six grinned at each other.
"Hi Maylu. Hello Lan. What are you guys up to?"
"We just got out of the movies. And you know how Lan is after a movie." Maylu told Yai, winking at Lan playfully from the other side of the table. Chaud rolled his eyes and put his arm around Yai's shoulders, sipping out of the straw for a moment. He glanced at Tory and Natalie, which caused both to blush. Chaud had regarded them as a couple!
"Hey! I'm not the only one. Natalie and Tory were hungry too!" Lan said, pouting slightly. Maylu was trying to make him sound like he was always hungry. Which he was, but, that was beside the point.
"So whaddya want?" Maddy questioned, glaring at Maylu and Yai before turning to Natalie and smiling at her. She liked Natalie because Natalie never called her old.
"We would like some chicken curry, old lady." Yai told her, smirking at Maylu who laughed. Maddy gave a growl, but wrote it down anyway, before walking over to Yahoot and telling him what to make.
"Lan, how ya doin'?" Lan turned to find the man he called Mr. Match, lounging in the booth behind them.
"I'm fine, Mr. Match. How are you?"
"As well as can be expected, I guess. I heard some rumors and sent Fireman to check it out, though he ain't came back yet, so I'm starting to wonder what happened."
"What were the rumors about?"
"That someone from World Three was causing some problems, but that can't be cause all of us are here. And we would know wither or not we were causing problems."
"I sent Elecman with him and he hasn't said much either." Count Zap called, from behind the counter. He was currently putting out the plates so it would be easier for Yahoot to fill them.
"I wonder what happened?" Maylu glanced around at the table, though she realized that Natalie had turned her head, and was now facing the window.
"Apparently, someone had hacked into some of the military's systems and stole a few research programs...And that same someone was destroying everything in it's path to get there." Maddy added, spinning around on the bar stool by the group's table. A few more customers walked in and she hopped up, going to take their order.
"FOOD'S HERE!" Zap placed the food on the table with a happy grin, at the money he was SURE to get from this group. He handed out plates all around, and everyone started eating, causing Match to get up. It was rude to bother people while they were eating.
"So I wonder who it could be? I know Wily isn't back and everyone else that was in World Three quit." Lan said, when he had inhaled all of his food.
Natalie picked at her food for a bit, before shaking her head, and eating it all quickly. She was trying to force the thoughts; the "what ifs" that were coming to mind. Tory focused his ears and eyes on the girl beside him, though on the outside he was eating quietly, just like he normally did. Finally, he saw Natalie finish all her food and take a deep, slow breath. She sat her spoon down and look seriously at the other five people around her.
Then she raised her hand,"Mr. Match, Maddy, can you two come over here for a second?" And Tory's brain ran like clockwork. He knew exactly what Natalie was doing and what Natalie was about to say, as soon as she had called those two over. The two came, as requested and Natalie reached into her back pocket, and pulled out...
The note.
"Huh? What's this?" Match asked her, regarding the folded piece of paper oddly. He took it as Natalie offered it to him, and then looked up at her expectantly.
"Read that and tell me what you think." Natalie's voice was cool, and unusually calm, which was never something that you got from such a playful girl. Tory took hold of her hand under the table, and Natalie breathed a slight sigh; it gave her relief to know that he was supporting her decision.
Match read the letter, then handed it to Maddy, who then gave it to Zap, and finally he gave the letter to Yahoot behind the counter. When all four had read it, Maddy handed it back to Natalie, and she simply handed it to Chaud. Chaud opened the letter and read it, with Maylu and Yai reading over his shoulder. Lan was the last to read it though, because when he handed it to Tory, he gave it back to Natalie.
"Who is that from?" Maddy had felt the need to ask, before any other questions were directed at the girl she barely knew.
Natalie shrugged her shoulders, "We don't know."
"Who is 'we'?"
"Me and Tory." Natalie replied, her voice extremely solemn. Maddy nodded and turned to look at the faces of the rest of the group. Why did they look so worried all of the sudden?
"So who's it from?" Match asked, and this time Tory answered him.
"We don't know. We found it in my sleeping bag."
"In YOUR sleeping bag? So this was...directed at you, Tory?" This time Maylu had a question and both Tory and Natalie nodded in answer.
"Yeah, it is..." Natalie said quietly, her voice trailing off when she hadn't meant to. The worried look that crossed Maylu's face was horrible for Natalie to see and she soon realized that even Yai was thinking the same thing as she had been. "Mr. Match, Maddy, can I ask you a question? What exactly are 'sloppy seconds'?"
"Well when a boy and a girl are boyfriend and girlfriend..." Maddy started, but then turned to Match because she was at a slight loss for words.
"And then they break up..." Match added on, and Count Zap found himself having to finish the sentence.
"It's usually an insult to their ex and the ex's new boyfriend or girlfriend to call them a 'sloppy second'."
"Oh no..." Natalie covered her mouth as the words slipped out, and she felt Tory's grip on her hand tighten.
"Natalie, who was your boyfriend before Tory?" Maddy asked, and watched as the girl removed the shaky hand from her mouth. Neither denied that Tory was NOT her boyfriend, because at the moment that didn't even matter. The thoughts swirling through Natalie's head made her unable to speak and so Tory answered for her.
"Dex."
At the single name, Tory received several unbelieving looks because everyone had known the truth...Dex had killed himself.
"There's no way, Tor.." Lan stated, trying to make himself believe what he spoke. But no one could deny that the letter was indeed talking about Natalie and no one could shake the fact that the letter was there.
"But he's the only person." Yai said, leaning against Chaud. There was no way Dex could be back, because he was dead. There was just no way!
"Yai's right..." Natalie shakily told them, leaning against Tory and closing her eyes tight. She felt like crying now.
"And this World Three person who's stealing stuff...There's that too." Match added, wondering just how it was possible for this kid to be alive again. He remembered reading the story in the newspaper about the kid that killed himself, so how was he writing letters to an ex girlfriend if he was dead?
"But how?" Maddy asked, looking around at all the worried faces. (With the exception of Chaud, of course.)
"I don't know but,-"
"Match! You'll never believe what just happened to us!" Elecman chose at that moment to materialize back into his PET, wiping sweat off his brow. One of his pylons was broken and he held his left arm in pain. Slowly Fireman came back to his PET too and didn't say a word, slightly angry with himself for having to log out.
"What happened? Are you two alright?" Count Zap cried, staring down at his PET. He slotted in a healing chip for his navi.
Elecman nodded, taking the chip gratefully and plopped down on the ground of his homepage, heaving a sigh, "We'll be fine. But hey, you remember that really big yellow navi? The one that used to hang out with Megaman all the time?"
Lan looked around at everyone and saw them staring at Count Zap's PET with their faces paling. It seemed he and Chaud were the only ones that were calm.
"Yes, I do. What about him, Elecman?"
"HE was the one stealing all that stuff. He stole some cloaking programs that the government had been testing."
"Cloaking programs? What exactly did they do?"
"They hide stuff in the Real World from being seen. All the tests had been successful and so he said he was taking them. Something about replacing the ones 'at home'."
"Did he say where that was?"
"No, he didn't, but I think we can possibly-"
"There's no need for that." Tory interjected, stopping the conversation between navi and OP. He now knew EXACTLY where to go, and exactly who he would find there.
"There isn't? Why not kid?"
"Because Natalie and I know where it is...There was a church-"
"Something else?! Geez..." Maddy gave an exasperated sigh. What was with all these things happening at the same time? And how did they tie into each other? Nothing was making sense to her. She turned to Tory, but he was more occupied with the girl beside him, who body was shaking so hard that HE was shaking too.
"Natalie..." Maylu whispered, watching as her friend covered her face with her hands. She watched as Natalie tried to breath slowly, and calm herself, but she was doing an awful job of it and everyone could tell. Tory put his arms around her and hugged her to him this time, hoping that would help her some.
"The church that we passed on the way home that keeps showing up and then going away again. I remember Natalie talking about it earlier." Iceman this time answered the group's questioning gaze, figuring the Tory need the time to help Natalie out anyway.
"A church that vanishes and appears? WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!" Maddy yelled, giving each of her ponytails a tug. Then untying her apron, she tossed it over the counter to Yahoot, and snatched up her PET from the bar. "Come on, you guys. We're going. Match, bring it! We're going to find this kid who's ticking me off and now. He's soiling the World Three name!"
"What? Why me?"
"Because you're my boyfriend! Now you heard me! Get up! You guys too. We're going to this church. And we're marching in there and asking this weird kid what he's doing and why!" Maddy demanded, and all six at the table got up, though Tory and Natalie did so extremely reluctantly.
"But there's no way it could be him..." Yai said, and this time even Chaud shook his head at her.
"Yai, he's the only one that could call Natalie a 'sloppy second', and not only that, how many people do you know own a big yellow navi. That's Gutsman. We all know that. It HAS to be him, there's no denying that." Chaud told her, taking her hand as the walked towards his limo. He opened the door for her, and then motioned for everyone else to get in. He knew that none of them would willingly walk to the place where they could possibly meet a dead person.
At the "Church"
"I thought you said it vanishes and appears?" Maddy asked, as she climbed out of the limo. She stood with her hands on her hips, as the rest slowly filed out of the car behind her.
"Just because it vanishes and appears doesn't mean we won't see it now. Maybe he wants us to see it, Maddy." Mr. Match said, regarding the building in front of him. It looked like a simple enough church, and it was almost kind of pretty, if it wasn't for the fact that it was housing a kid that was supposed to be dead.
"Maybe he's not in here and we're all blowing this way out of proportion." Maylu added, staring up at the church nervously. Yai and Chaud both shook their heads and started climbing the stairs.
"Well, let's see then." Chaud replied, reaching the top stair and opening the door. He held it open for Yai and then as it started to shut, Lan ran up and held it open for the oncoming people in their little group. Natalie and Tory walked in behind Maylu, Natalie grasping Tory like a lifejacket, and Tory simply staring straight forward. As Lan looked at him a little more, he almost thought Tory looked...angry. Now what was Tory mad for? Shrugging, he waited until Mr. Match got to the door and took Lan's spot, holding it open for Maddy. When all of them were inside, Match let the door shut and the group found themselves inside of an entrance area. It was a small little room, and in front of them stood a set of doors, which Chaud pushed open. What he saw made Maylu and Yai gasp, as well as him and Lan stare.
Natalie was the first one to speak however, and the amount of fear in her voice was enough for Maddy and Match to know who it was...
"Dex."
It was all Natalie got out before she fainted right there, with Dex standing almost 30 feet away from them. Tory caught her right before she hit the ground, but that didn't change that fact of what they saw. Dex was there, alive, and in front of them.
What the heck was going on?!
End Chapter 8