The last few days on set were long and somewhat lonely for Tori. Not having Rory around really showed how much she had come to rely on him. She still had Michelle and Emily to talk to, but it wasn't really the same.
On the last day after filming, Emily was taking all the extensions, clips and pins out of Michelle's hair as Tori packed up the makeup tools.
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"Is she still missing her favorite Scot?" Michelle asked Emily just as Madden had walked in.
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"Ah, I'm right here" he announced, catching the last of their conversation with a cheeky grin.
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"We're afraid it's another Scot" Emily smirked.
It seemed to take Madden a minuted before it realized who they were talking about. "Bit old for you isn't he?"
Exhausted by the conversation already, Tori sighed "It's not like that, they are just being silly gossips. Rory is just a... he's just a great friend".
The other three just smiled at each other until Tori couldn't stand being around them and finally grabbed her stuff and left the cabin. Later that day, everyone had jumped onto the minivans to head back to Belfast. Most people were planning to head back home before the halfway party in a weeks time. Tori didn't have any plans though and a part of her had hoped she would be able to hang out with Rory.
When everyone finally pulled up at the hotel which was across the street from the dock, Tori instantly recognized a certain sailboat still there. Straight away she felt her stomach flip and turned around to Emily who was sat next to her.
"Just great friends my ars" she smirked.
"Do I go over? He left without even a word".
"You're overthinking. As you said, you are both friends and I don't see why one friend can't go and visit another friend".
Tori nodded slowly in agreement as she chewed her bottom lip and looked back out of the window towards the dock. Fuck it, she thought and when the van finally came to a stop, she grabbed her bags and headed straight to his boat.
"Hello?" Tori called out as she stepped onto the deck of the boat and knocked on the small wooden door to the underdeck living quarters. It had started raining when she first reached the dock and it was coming down even heavier now as she continued to wait for some response.
Finally, after several minutes the door opened as a surprised Rory stood staring back at her. "Shit, come in before you freeze".
Shivering as rain dripped from her hair and face, Tori quickly stepped inside and watched as Rory went to grab her a towel.
"You want a cup of tea?"
"Why did you leave without saying anything?" She went straight into it, slightly hurt at his cold demeanor.
"You were working and I was finished..." he replied a little put out by the instant questioning.
Eye rolling, Tori dropped the towel on the side and scoffed slightly before turning around to leave. Just before she could reach the door, Rory quickly reached out to grab her hand and pull her back. "What do you want here Tori?"
"I... I dunno. I show up at your trailer drunk in the middle of the night and we have like this weird moment, then like a switch you put an end to it and then disappear the next morning... and now I come here and you act like... different. I don't get it, so I'm just going to leave".
Tori tried to leave again as he stood staring at her in silence, but his grip on her arm tightened slightly. "Rory" she sighed.
Slowly, he pulled at her arm until she had stepped closer towards him. Neither spoke a word as he put his finger under her chin and gently pulled her face up to look at him. Just as before, he gently glided his thumb over his lips and she quickly closed her eyes.
"You want that cup of tea or not then?" he finally smirked.
