A/N: Welcome to the next installment for my three part trilogy story. This is my last installment. The sequal to The Bitter End which is the secret to Far Behind. If you have not read them, there really good!!! And you might need to read it to know what's going on... Anyway enjoy! Be warn, there will be alot of jumping around in time eras. Like I wont be focusing too much at one stage of age for too long. You'll see as I go. Read and review!!

How's It Going To Be

Chapter 1: Christmas Proposal
By Dcm3387

3 years later

On the outskirt of Blue Bay Harbor, a small house was covered in Christmas decoration and lights. The snow was falling from the dark sky, the silver moon doing it's best to shine through. 3 years since a lost of a good friend, the rangers of Blue Bay have moved on, still keeping him in their hearts. It was Christmas Night and Tori was holding a party Christmas party for her friends that she hadn't seen for a whole year or two. At 24, Tori had finished College and moved into her own home, where she had been living ever since with her new son. Managing a job, and taking care of the home was not an easy task, but the stress became less after she fell in love with someone. He was a caring sweet man, and someone Tori could trust everything with. Shane had transferred college like he had informed, still trying to keep in contact whenever he could. Losing his parents were hard, but he had tried to put that pain far behind into the past. Blake had bought an apartment with his brother, but after a few months, Hunter had moved out leaving his little brother to pay off the rent himself. The young lad kept working on his moto skills, planning on continuing with Factory Blue in a few months. Cam had moved out east, where his invention had hit the market and created such a success. The former green ranger had opened a business that kept him busy, but happy. Hunter was the lucky one that Tori had fallen in love with. Moving out of his brother's apartment, he had been living with Tori and taking care of the child. The two of them got married when they were 23, the crimson blonde had been there through thick and thin for her. Though it was not Hunter's child, he still tried to act like a good father towards him, it was the least he could do to for his best friend, Dustin.

Tori lit a few candles in the dining room, the soft music was playing in the background. Turning, Tori brushed the hair out of her way and began fixing the blue drapes that were hanging on the window. She starred at the table, it was all set up and some food was almost done. Passing the shelf full of pictures, she stopped and took a glanced at them. Smiling, it was good to remember all the good times.

"Ow!" A masculine voice roared in the kitchen, "That's freaking hot."

She snickered a bit, pushing the swinging door open and walked into the kitchen. Hunter was sucking on his finger, glaring at the giant turkey on the pan. Tori stood there, crossing her arms, waiting for Hunter to notice her. After a few seconds, Hunter turned and waved.

"The Turkey attacked me."

"Right." She took a step forward, "You forgot the pan was hot, didn't you?"

He nodded and scratched his head, "Oh well."

"Did you check on Van?"

"Crap!" Hunter hit his forehead, "Van!"

She watched as he bolted out the kitchen door. Standing there, she listened to him running up the stairs and bursting into the room. Suddenly a foul smell hit her nose and she glanced at the stove. Her food was steaming out of control, running over she tried to turn the fire down and take the food off. Spilling the pot, the water rushed onto the floor.

"Hunter!" Tori screamed at the top of her lungs, "You are so dead!!"

Hunter walked over to the crib, cringing as he heard Tori's voice down below. Smiling, he saw Victor sleeping silently. Hating to wake him up, he picked the 2 year old up and heard a soft groan coming out from him.

"Shh." Hunter whispered, letting his head rest on his shoulder, "I just need to change you for the party." He spoke to him softly, "You get to see everyone. It's going to be fun."

The door bell rang, and Hunter walked out of the room with Van. Walking towards the stairs, he climbed down the steps and towards the door. Using one hand, he opened the door and Marah and Kelly came bursting in.

"Hey!" Marah exclaimed, letting Kelly come in and closing the door, "Ohhh." she squealed, "Is this him!?"

"Yeah." Hunter smiled, "Isn't he cool."

"I was so mad when I couldn't come and visit the day he was born." She just looked at the baby in awe, "He's so cute. Can I hold him? Please?"

Hunter handed her the baby and she held onto him tightly. With free arms, Kelly smirked and shoved the presents into his hands and took off her jacket.

"I wouldn't expect you to be taking care of a kid at this age." The red head turned to hang the coat, "I'm impressed Hunter."

"It's harder then it looks, but hey." Hunter chuckled a bit, "He's grown on me."

Tori appeared in the room, her blue cashmere sweater had water spots all over it. She shook her head and forced a smile as everybody noticed her.

"You guys made it!" She looked around a bit, "Where's Ryan?"

"Ryan couldn't make it. Neither can my sister." She frowned.

"What happened to you?" Kelly pointed to her sweater.

"I made a mess in the kitchen." She sulked.

"Let me give you a hand." Kelly laughed, "We can make this work."

"That be great. You're the best Kelly. My parents decided to go to Italy, or they be here doing all this."

The two girls walked off and back towards the kitchen. Hunter and Marah walked into the living room, sitting down on the couch. Marah put Van on the floor, the young boy crawled all around. His short brown hair was all grown in, he was smiling as he reached to some toys on the floor. Marah just smiled.

"I want kids." She turned to Hunter, "He's so cute."

The door rang again, Hunter stood up to see Cam and Blake appearing. They were covered in snow, it must had been falling harder. The two of them brushed the snow off and walked into the living room.

"Hey!" Hunter exclaimed, dashing forward to give Cam a friendly hug, "It's been a while."

Cam put down the presents on a near by table, "Tell me about it. It's hard getting a vacation when you're afraid your corporation might fall while your away."

"Yeah um." Blake finally spoke up, "I ride a bike." He felt a little low compared to Cam's higher success.

Hunter laughed a bit, "Hey Bro, nice seeing you too."

He gave his brother a hug also, as the two of them looked down at Van who was playing with the blocks. Blake walked over and knelt down, handing him one.

"So am I going to be a step-uncle yet?" He snickered.

Hunter walked over, "Actually." He turned to see if Tori was going to come out, "Don't tell her yet, but I think im going to propose."

"Really?" Cam nearly shouted, "That's awesome!"

"That be so sweet!" Marah smiled, "Did you get a ring."

He pulled it out of his pocket, and opened the case, showing a nice diamond. It was beautiful and looked very expensive.

"I figure, I been dating her for a while. It's time to ask the question."

"Where's Shane?" Blake looked up, Van had pretty much crawled on his lap.

"Not sure if he's coming." Hunter thought for a sec.

Cam shook his head "He has too."

"He didn't come last year." Marah pointed out, a little disappointed, "Or the year before"

Kelly and Tori came bursting out. The two girls walked into the living room and behind the couch. Tori gasped and ran over to give Cam a hug and waving to Blake who was playing with Van. She was excited in seeing everyone once more. Taking a step back, she glanced at each and one of them.

"Dinner's ready. Is Shane coming?"

"He didn't give a response in saying he would." Hunter responded, "Let's just eat. Where all here basically."

"Wait? What about Amber?" Blake pointed out, "She coming?"

Tori shook her head, "She said she had a board meeting early the next day. Did you know she's a CEO? I mean, that's a high level payment job." She turned, "Let's eat!"

"Good idea." Kelly smirked, "I'm starving and the food looks edible."

"I been slaving in the kitchen all day. I would hope so!"

Blake picked up Van and brought him into the dinning room. The others all gathered and grabbed a seat, starring at all the wonderful food. The giant turkey, mash potatoes. The fresh bread and delicious corn on a cob. It all smelled awesome.

"Dig in guys!" Tori exclaimed

She grabbed Van and stuck him in the baby seat. Giving him pieces of meet. Van just looked at everyone, he hadn't made a peep in till now, "Mama" It called out.

"He's so cute!!!" Marah squealed, looking at its brown eyes and cute nose, "I love him."

"So why did you name him Victor?" Cam scratched under his chin, "I mean isn't that the name.. Of."

"Yes." Tori interuptted, "It was, I always loved that name, even if there were bad people by it." She forced a smile, "Besides. It was the first one that came to mind."

"Enough. Let's just eat!" Blake changed the subject, "I'm starving!"

A few hours had past and the whole party had moved back into the living room where they were all sitting around by the fire. Tori was leaning on Hunter, keeping warm as the others talked. The fire flickered a bit and there were all reflecting on the good times.

"You mean that time when Tori tried to promise to be at two places at once?" Marah smirked, "Trying impress Blake at the same time being at Shane's Demo."

"Hey! I completely forgot about it!" Tori exclaimed, "And I was excited when Blake invited me."

"Hunter wasn't." Blake grinned.

"At the time!" Hunter tried to defend himself.

"How did you manage?" Kelly curiously asked, "I saw you at the demo. But Blake mentioned you at the movies."

"Uh." Tori glanced around, "I left the movies early. I guess."

"Oh." She thought nothing of it, "Okay."

Tori got up and bent down to hand Van some more toys before standing back up. She turned tot he others and smiled, "Who wants dessert?"

"Actually." Hunter stood up, "There's something I need to do. Something I wanted to do for the longest time."

Kelly and Marah's face lite up in awe. This was it. He was going to do it!

She turned and looked at him, "What?"

Blake wasn't paying attention. He turned and looked up, "What desserts?" He asked, "Oh finally, maybe I can get my hands on pumpkin pie. Dustin loved pumpkin pies, eating them all. Damn man.." He snickered a bit.

Cam jabbed him in the gut, glaring at him but remaining silent. Tori glanced at him, her smile faded away at the reminder of Dustin. She turned and stormed off, opening the front door and slamming it shut. Hunter turned and glared at his older brother.

"Dude." Hunter groaned, "What was that!?"

"I'm sorry!" He tried to redeem himself, "I forgot we weren't suppose to mention his name! I didn't know you were going to propose!!!"

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It was dark, the grave yard was even darker when away from the city lights. The snow was falling lightly as Tori cuddled her arms together to keep warm. Walking down the path, she couldn't help but pay a visit. Tomorrow would be the 3rd year anniversary of his death, she wanted to pay a visit incase she got caught up in something the next day. And the fact that Blake reminded her when she tried the best to forget about him and move on. A tear fell down her face, she wiped it away and stepped through the snow and near his grave. Stopping, she noticed someone already standing over it. He was wearing a red winter coat, it stood out in the dark.

"Shane?" She arched her brows, she hadn't seen him for a whole year, was it really him, "Is that you?"

He turned around and looked at her, he had a grieving look on his face. Forcing her way through the snow, she stopped a few inches in front him and smiled.

"It's so good to see you again." She whispered.

Tori pulled him in for a hug, he didn't say a word, but just hugged back. After a few seconds, they broke away and there was still silence.

"What are you doing here?"

"I was in the neighborhood." He finally spoke up, "Thought I pay a visit."

"Me too." She smiled, "You should have came to the party. Van is growing up, don't you want to see him?"

Shane turned and began to walk, "I don't want anything to do with the kid."

"Why not!?" She called out to him, "Dustin wanted you to be his godfather. Why wont you accept it!?"

He turned and glared at her, "He never said that. Your only assuming, and I just can't okay!" He stormed off.

She knew he was still a bit angry at the lost of his parents, and his best friend. It was a major blow, it was a major blow to everyone, but Shane was taking it hard the most. Like Blake said, everyone tackles their lost in a different way. For Shane, instead of drugs it was alcohol. And Skating. Lots of skating. And staying away from his friends. She turned and knelt down at the grave, reading the tab, snuffling a bit.

"Oh god." She whispered, "I miss you. I miss you so much."

The cold air whirled around her, she sat there in the snow, just looking at the grave. Suddenly a streak passed her and she turned to see what it was. Standing up, she looked around. It was a familiar streak, as a ninja she could sort of make out who it was when they move that fast.

"Hello!?" She called out, "Who's there?"

"Tori?" Hunter's voice boomed in the distant.

Tori turned, "Oh Hunter. Was that you?"

"You mean just now?" He was referring to the voice, "Yeah."

"Come on. It's cold." He walked up to her and pulled her close, "Let's go back."

"I'm sorry." She broke away, "I know what you were going to ask."

"You do?"

"I can't accept it." She whispered, "I'm not ready." She looked back at the grave, "I thought I was. But I know I really am not."

He frowned and nodded, "I understand. Come on, let's at least get out of here before we catch a cold. We can come back tomorrow okay?"

She nodded and the two of them walked off, the blonde looked back at the grave before Hunter wrapped his arms around her. She sighed and leaned on him, walking along side him. The wind howled once more as it continue to snow into the wintery Christmas night.

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