"No Goodbye"

"Doctor Murphy on the front desk please, Doctor Murphy to the front desk. Thank you."

The intercom came on as Dustin slowly opens his eyes from 5 hours of exhaustion in the waiting room. He looks over at Marah who was sleeping peacefully by his side as he pulls her in closer and smiles. Staring at his love and having her there made it less hard to think about the results, but then again, the process of waiting even longer wasn't easy. Dustin felt thankful to have Marah there.

3:00 am.

Just moments later, a middle aged African American male doctor came walking in as Dustin quickly rises up and stands in front of him. The others began waking up as their fatigue faces turn into nervous anxiety. All eyes were on the doctor as he looks through the chart and pursed his lips. "Dustin Brooks right?"

He nods. "Yeah. That's me. Are my friends alright?" Dustin asks right away.

The doctor sighs. "Hi. I'm doctor BJ." The two shook hands.

"So doc..." Dustin takes a deep breath nervously, "any good news?"

Doctor BJ stares at Dustin and then turns his gaze over at the others behind him. He looks down at the clipboard and sighs. "Please sit down." The goofball stares at him weirdly as he takes a sit next to him. Doctor BJ lifts his eyeglasses up and begins flipping through papers. "I'm afraid I have some bad news."

"Oh no." Blake mutters from behind as butterflies came fluttering in his stomach.

Dustin wrinkles his forehead. "What is it, doc?"

Doctor BJ sighs. "Hunter is in a coma right now."

"Oh my God." Blake turns away in frustration as he bangs his head slightly against the wall.

Dustin stares at the doctor in disbelief. "Will he be okay?"

"Well yes." He replies with a nod. "But according to his x-rays, Hunter received many fracture bones including his spine and legs, which may take months for him to recover, or even a whole year. Till then, Hunter will be receiving special treatment including daily exercises on a wheelchair and when using crutches. But that's not all, " Doctor BJ pauses for a moment and continues, "He also lost abundance amounts of blood and we may have to go through a blood transfusion."

"Let me donate my blood just save my brother! Please!" Blake cries out desperately.

"You and Hunter aren't exactly blood-related." Doctor BJ gestures to him as Shane places a hand on Blake's shoulder for comfort. "If we do go through that process we must test your blood, and if yours doesn't match Hunter's then we'll have to find someone else with the same blood type. But I guarantee you that we will find a match."

Blake nods. "What about Tori?"

Doctor BJ heaves another sigh. "She got lucky. If Hunter wasn't there to catch her fall, Tori would be long gone."

"Well, how is she?" Dustin asks, wanting to get right through the point.

"Unfortunately, she's not doing too well..." Everyone in the room groaned despondently. Doctor BJ adds on, "I'm afraid Tori will have to go through a procedure where she needs special treatment and the best doctors out there."

"Well then, what the hell is wrong with her?!" Blake questions angrily.

Doctor BJ looks down at his papers and nods in dismay. "We believe she's pregnant, but after her sudden fall, Tori may be facing a difficult pregnancy, which may cost her and the baby's life."

"No way." Shane gasps under his breath.

"But," Doctor BJ includes, "we are not exactly certain. It could be an affection in the abdominal, we don't know."

He rolls his eyes. "You got to be kidding me." Blake looks at him in disbelief. "You're doctors for crying out loud! Aren't you trained to give accurate results?!"

"Come on, Blake." Cam tells him calmly. "Chill out."

"NO!"

"Listen, we are doing the best we can. But her condition won't do her any good here."

"So what do we do?" Blake asks who is now in the verge of tears.

"I need someone to pack some of Tori's stuff. We must get her into a helicopter by tonight and as soon as possible." Doctor BJ replies seriously.

Everyone in the room became sadly depressed, for they couldn't believe what they were hearing. They remained silent in the waiting room till Marah rises up from her chair. "I'll go and get Tori's stuff." She insisted on right away.

"I'll go with you."

"Yeah. Me too." Both Kelly and Kapri wanted to help in any way possible as Marah looks at them and nods her head.

Marah turns her gaze over to Dustin and begins caressing his face gently at ease. "I'll be back, sweetie."

The goofball smiled a bit. "I love you." He pulls her in closer for a kiss before they parted ways. As soon as the couple let go, Marah turns around and lifts her eyebrows up when suddenly Natalie comes walking in to the waiting room. All eyes were on the troubled model as she pulls out a blue duffel bag.

"It's all taken care of." She says, placing the bag on a chair. She stares at them apologetically while lowering her head down in guilt. "Anyway, I heard what happened and I got here as soon as I can." Natalie choked on her tears, as the others gazed on the model in curiosity to hear what she has to say. "I'm sorry for the pain and anger I caused you all. This wouldn't happen if I wasn't here, so I'll be moving out of Blue Bay Harbor." She sniffs while everyone in the room exchange looks in surprise. "And I happen to be transferring where Tori will be taken to, so I will be there for her. Not only to make up for the mess I caused, but to make sure she makes it alive to get back to Hunter."

They stared at Natalie with great sympathy and continued to listen.

"You know..." The model lets out an uneasy chuckle. "I couldn't imagine seeing Hunter with another woman, or myself with another guy. But what I see in Tori is his happiness, and it just sucks to accept that because he was my first love." Natalie adds with a sudden weep. "And I can't change that." Blake looks down and closes his eyes. "And I'm sorry for hurting you." She suddenly faces him as Blake meets her eyes. "The pain I caused you wasn't meant to happen and I hope you can forgive me for that one day."

Marah, Kapri, and Kelly watch on with shimmering eyes while the model stares down at the ground.

"Well," she sighs with a deep breath, "I should get a move on."

Poor Natalie, they thought.

"Natalie, wait." Dustin stood behind her as she slowly turns around and faces him. He pursed his lips and sighs deeply. "You don't have to go you know."

"Yeah. Stay." Kelly insisted.

The others nodded. "Yeah. Please?"

Natalie felt surprised and ecstatic at their sudden invitation. She couldn't help, but smile. "Not until I bring Tori back home with me." She winks. "That's the most important thing right now." They nodded gratefully. "Bye now." Natalie says before leaving the room.

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Moments later

"Hey doc..." Blake approaches Doctor BJ before heading back to his other patients. "I was wondering if I could see my brother." He pleads when a sudden tear came streaming down his cheek from the corner of his eye.

The doctor slowly takes his glasses off and stares down at him remorsefully. "Of course you may. Follow me."

Blake smiles. "Thank you." He turns over to the others as they all nodded their heads, gesturing him to go on and see Hunter.

He follows behind as Doctor BJ guided him through the elevators to the 14th floor. Afterwards, they began walking through a long, dark hallway that led to room 209, Hunter's room. "You know your way back?" He asks.

Blake nods. "Yes."

"Alright. Remember Hunter is in a coma. He won't be waking up any time soon."

"I know. Thanks, Doctor."

"No problem." He turns around and leaves.

Blake faces the door and takes a deep breath before entering. He slowly turns the knob and opens the door nervously. Blake's eyes widens in distress as he sticks his head in and finds Hunter in a deep coma, covered in all sorts of tubes and needles sticking out from his body. He felt his heart wince in pain by watching the state his brother was in and as soon as Blake stepped foot inside the room, cold air came to his presence. He shivered a bit as he slowly makes his way over to the unconscious Hunter.

"My God..." Blake whispers while staring down at him miserably. He pulled out a chair nearby and places it next to Hunter's bedside. More tears build up in his dark brown eyes as he struggles to fight them back. "Bro..." Blake starts off softly while placing a hand on top of his. "The doctors said you're gonna be alright." He smiles tentatively and adds on. "You know...if it wasn't for you, Tori wouldn't make it."

Hunter's eyes remained closed with a few bandages on his face and a cast wrapped around his legs. Blake watched on in great sadness as he breaks out in tears. "You're a hero, Bro." He sobs between each word. "You need to wake up. Tori needs you." Blake stares at him carefully as he thinks back on the passionate moment he shared with Tori. He closes his eyes in blame as sudden hatred cast over him. "Oh my God." He whispers while opening them again. "It was all my fault. If I wasn't so impulsive all this wouldn't happen!" Blake clenches his fist together in anger as he sobs uncontrollably on Hunter's bedside. He slowly looks up in hope for a miracle. Please forgive me God, Blake thought to himself while looking back down at his brother. Have him forgive me.

Just moments after, he fell into a deep sleep.

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"You invited Tori to go to the movies with us?" Hunter asks with his arms crossed.

Blake nods. "Yeah, man. If that's alright with you."

"Uh yeah." He replies grudgingly while placing the CLOSED sign in front of Storm Chargers. "Sure…" Hunter pursed his lips and sighs.

Blake wrinkles his forehead. "What?" He asks feeling quite annoyed with the way he acts when it comes to Tori.

"Oh nothing." The dirty blonde places his hands up defensively. "I thought it was just us two, but I guess not." He turns around and rolls his eyes.

Kelly walks in after listening from the back. She turns her gaze over to Blake and smirks. "He's just jealous." His boss whispers to him while walking towards Hunter.

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"Blake?" A voice groans nearby as he slowly opens his eyes and sees nothing, but a vague blur. "Blake?" It calls again weakly. He rubs his eyes until he was able to see clearly again. Blake looks over at Hunter who was slowly opening his eyes and staring back at him.

"Oh my God! Hunter!" He jumps up in joy, knocking the chair down. "You're awake!"

The dirty blonde smiles, "Nice to see you, bro." He replies weakly.

Blake brings the chair back up and quickly sits down on it. "How are you feeling?" He asks, extremely elated to see his brother alive and talking again.

"What do you think?" Hunter grunts in pain as he attempts to get up. "I feel like shit."

"Whoa now. Take it easy." Blake smoothly lays him back against the pillow. The dirty blonde sighs. "You just got out of a coma. Do you happen to remember anything?" He asks.

Hunter just shrugs. "I remember listening to your voice and giving me that touchy crap."

Blake chuckles. "You heard everything."

"Parts of it." He nods with a smile. "Especially when you said that I was a hero...although," He trails off for a moment and continues, "I don't quite understand how so." Blake looks down and bit his bottom lip. Oh no, he thought nervously. He doesn't remember? Blake wonders as his gaze remained lock to a confused Hunter who suddenly closes his eyes to think back on what happened.

"AHHH" The blonde screams as she lost her grip and comes falling down right before everyone's eyes.

"NOOO!" Hunter cries out as he positions himself underneath her fall with both his arms out. He looks up in terror as the force of her weight came knocking him down. A charm bracelet landed between them as he slowly blacks out unconsciously.

Then it hit him as the dirty blonde opens his eyes wide. "Oh my God!" He gasps breathlessly. "TORI!"

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TO BE CONTINUED....

It aint over till it's over

End of Part 2: "Wishing Well"

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NOTE: Thanks again for the lovely reviews and wonderful comments!!! All those reviewers who stayed behind me with this story ROCK! Thanks for being patient with me! This wasn't easy, but I managed to pull it through, thanks to all of your support!

Preview to Part 3: "One last Cry"

With Natalie's help, would she and Tori finally put their differences aside and create a sudden friendship? Will Hunter be able to recover from his courageous attempt to save the one he truly loves? And what is really wrong with Tori? Is she pregnant? Sick? Will the two find their way back together at the end when Tori reveals a hidden secret, or would a miracle bring them hope for a second chance? Stay tune for the conclusion and final story of the series. COMING SOON!