Second Chance, Second Choice.

Chapter 13 - Truth

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Second Chance, Second Choice

Chapter 13 – Truth

No One's POV

Tori's night, spent on the floor was plagued by nightmares.

In the most vivid, she was scuba diving, far deep in some vast ocean. Turning around she saw Jade smiling and waving at her. As soon as Tori reached for her, a dark shape swims out of the depths and rips Jade away. Frantically, Tori swam down deeper into the cold darkness below, only to have the same dark shape come right back up straight at her.

Tori woke up in a cold sweat, just as the dark shape was about to engulf her.

She managed to get back to sleep, but it was a restless one. Yet another dream came. This time she was walking all alone on a deserted beach, beset by huge rocky cliffs. The sky was dark grey, a light rain fell and a cold wind blew off the ocean. But that was it. In the dream, Tori kept walking along the beach hoping to find something, someone. She couldn't leave the beach as the cliff's prevented it. After walking for hours, she grew increasingly cold and tired. Eventually it got dark and colder. The dream ended there as she collapsed from exhaustion, alone.

Waking up Sunday morning, Tori felt stiff and hungry; stiff from sleeping on the floor and hungry as she hadn't eaten anything since Friday night. There was of course her crushing guilt and anguish there as well. She also felt that strange pulling sensation, only it was a tiny bit stronger. That, she didn't understand.

What she did understand was that she was hungry. But it was her hunger that finally got her off the floor.

Looking at her clock she could see it was just past 11 in the morning. She emerged from her room and walked downstairs, to find watching TV.

"You look terrible." Said Trina, as she turned her head.

Pausing at the bottom of the stairs, Tori nodded. "I feel worse."

"Is your stomach better?"

"Huh?"

"Your stomach, you told mom you ate some bad food Friday night. Is it better?"

"Yeah."

"Then why do you look like that day when our cat, Mittens, died."

Tori sighed and sat down. "I screwed up."

"Screwed up what?"

"Pretty much everything, in the last 17 years."

"That's because you don't follow my example. I'm popular, talented and going to be a huge superstar. Do what I do and you'll be almost as famous as me."

That was typical deluded Trina talking, but the sheer absurdity of it made Tori semi chuckle.

"Maybe I should."

"That and just stop screwing up."

Trina looked at the clock and suddenly jumped off the couch. "Oh chizz, he's going to be here in 10 minutes. I have to get ready."

"Who?"

"Robbie."

"Why is he coming over?"

"We were both at that party last night. Oh and by the way Jade is just as uptight as you about me not missing my mammograms. Do you know she all but threatened to kick my ass if I did? What a weirdo."