"Blake!
Blake, wait up!" Tori called after him as she tried to catch up to his
retreating form. Blake stopped. He couldn't bring himself to face her at the
moment, but he knew walking away wasn't the correct way to go. Tori finally
caught up to him and stood there for a bit. "Why did you run out?"
She asked. Blake sighed.
"I'm just really beginning to hate Truth or Dare." He said, still not
facing her. Tori sighed and grabbed his shoulder, gently turning him to face
her.
"Did you mean what you said just now?" She asked. Blake looked down.
"What, about hating Truth or Dare?" He joked bitterly.
"No, before that. What you said inside."
Tori said seriously.
"It doesn't matter, forget it." He turned to leave. Tori grabbed his
arm and walked over to be in front of him.
"It does matter, and I am not going to forget it. Now, answer my question.
Did you mean it?" She asked. Blake sighed.
"Of course I did." He said. He looked into her eyes. "When we
were all on that
"That you love me." Tori concluded. Blake nodded.
"Yeah." He said softly. "Look, I know
it was totally out of the blue and you are probably major ticked about me
saying it and really freaked and-" Blake's rambling was cut off by Tori
pressing her lips to his. Blake was surprised by this, but kissed her back.
After a while, they broke apart.
"I am ticked." She said. Blake looked at her.
"Oh.." He said.
"Ticked that it took a Truth or Dare game for you to
tell me." Tori smiled. Blake couldn't help give a hesitant smile,
his heart going a little at ease, but he sensed the comings of a 'but' just
around the bend. He scratched the back of his head nervously a bit.
"So....Do you...I mean..."
"Do I feel the same?" She asked, giving the words for him. Blake
nodded.
"Uh, yeah." He said. He looked at Tori. Tori
could see the fear of rejection and abandonment in his eyes. She took his hand
and sat down on the front lawn of Sonny's house, indicating for him do so as
well. He did.
"Blake, I like you, a lot." She said. Blake looked down, feeling his
heart breaking.
"Oh." Was all he could manage to say. He
sighed. "I'm sorry for putting this pressure on you. If you want to end
things between us, I'll totally understand." 'That's a lie.' He thought.
'If you want to end things between us, I'll fall to bits, but, pretend to
understand for you.'
"What part of 'I like you a lot' gives you the idea I want to end
things?" Tori said. Blake's head snapped up, a little surprised by her
saying that.
"But..I...I thought
that me saying I love you would be too weird and everything and you'd want to
end thing and such.." Tori giggled a bit at the
blank and confused look on his face.
"Sorry Blake, can't get rid of me that easily."
She smiled. She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze and leaned her head against
his shoulder a bit. "I like you a lot. I don't know if it is love or
whatever, but I know I've never felt this way about someone before." She
lifted her head and smiled at him. "I'd be willing to stick around and
find out if it is though." She said. Blake couldn't help laugh a bit in
the relief of not loosing her.
"I can live with that." He smiled.
"Good." Tori said. She leaned over and kissed him softly. "We
better get back inside, Dustin's probably having a heart attack from the fear
that you're going to kill him." Tori smiled. The two stood up.
"Who says I won't?" Blake smiled, putting an arm around her
shoulders. Tori laughed and put an arm around his waist.
"Now, now now, we can't be down a ranger."
She said lowly. Blake shrugged.
"Let Cybercam fill is place." Blake joked.
Tori laughed again.
"Then who would watch over the tech stuff in Opts?" Tori asked.
"Teach Sensei how to use computers?" He suggested. Tori bursted out laughing at the mental image of Sensei working
at the computer keyboard with his little paws.
"I don't think