Moments
Hi Fanfiction readers! This is my first ever chapter of fanfiction and I am still not entirely sure if it will turn out how I want it to. I will try and turn this into a full on "book" of about 30 chapters so I will try and post regularly and I will be open for any reviews. Just so you guys know, in each chapter I will be trying to focus on a different ship just coz I love them all and feel that they all need recognition in this story however for your information I am mostly a Waige shipper :) . Enjoy reading! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Scorpion or any of its characters. I'm just a massive fan that likes to write!
/MOMENTS
It has been a week since Toby has witnessed the slightly uncomfortable sight of Happy attempting to be a stand-up comic. Every time that thought swept across his mind he wanted to walk up to her and begin another one of his tricks to get her to go out with him. He never did. The reason being was that he promised to himself, in front of witnesses, that he was going to let her come to him. This was not as easy as he anticipated because even though he knew that deep down, Happy was missing him, she was making no effort to admit it. Each day the feeling of wanting pulled at the doctor, pushing him to make his move, yet somehow he resisted it.
Days seemed to go slower at the garage. Cabe made some appearances but never bearing a serious, death-threatening case that would take Toby's mind off of the Happy dilemma. After finishing his phycology books for the umpteenth time, he made his way over to the giant Russian rocket that now stood in his beloved "make out spot" (which Toby never used for that particular purpose). Walter was already there with his back turned towards the approaching Toby and was fiddling with some wires. As Toby sat down on the work table beside the rocket, Walter quickly glanced in his direction but just as swiftly turned back to his work. Toby, being a shrink, got the message that he was an unwanted guest at this time and got up to go to his desk. This turned out to be a very difficult task as he didn't notice a pile of silver screws laying beneath his heals which caused him to lose his balance and define gravity for a split second before plummeting to the floor.
"Ah, my gall blabber!" shrieked the young doctor, a little over the top just to make sure that Happy herd.
Walter snapped out of his working concentration unwillingly and awkwardly, curtesy of his lack of emotions and not feeling comfortable when experiencing physical contact, helped Toby to get up. The loud thud of Toby landing was herd by everyone and made them rush to the scene. Sylvester came first, speed walking his way to help Walter and grabbing Toby by his shoulder. When Toby straightened his up with a little pain to his back he saw Happy and Paige walking over to see what had happened.
"It's been the fourth time this week! We should put him on a leash or something" stated Happy, clearly unimpressed with the doc's behaviour.
She was right. Even Toby himself realised that since his bad encounter with Happy after the date disaster he has become more reckless. He felt like he was no longer able to stand anywhere without dropping or breaking something. Admitting to this however was not an option because he needed to stay strong and not let Happy see how badly he needed her. Times like this made him realise how good it was that he was the shrink and that no one else could psychoanalyse his situation. After getting himself cleaned up from that dusty floor that no one ever bothered to clean and telling everyone that he felt fine, he went to the kitchen and poured himself coffee. That coffee still tasted of cinnamon but he was desperate. Paige came in after him and watched him struggle to keep that one sip of the disgusting liquid down his system. As he turned around he saw Paige staring and responded with a simple question.
"What?"
"I could ask you the same thing" replied Paige crossing her arms and keeping a straight face.
"You don't think that we notice? We can all see that you are falling apart just because Happy doesn't want to go on another date with you but you have to pull yourself together. If you wait long enough she will come to you."
With that Paige walked away to her own desk and resumed to reading her book. Toby was left standing there making sure that that has just happened. Paige was smarter than all of them realised because even though she was just a normal, she had already been able to analyse Toby. He was definitely impressed but payed no particular attention to the content of her small speech as he had already known that and did not need to be reminded.
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After Toby's clumsy incident Happy returned to her work place. The lack of recent cases also frustrated her. She couldn't stand being around Toby without having to solve a case or do something useful. He expected too much of her. He wanted her to be his girlfriend but she wasn't ready for that type of commitment. Deeply inside she admitted to the fact that she felt something towards Toby but it was hard to determine if it was love. She had been friends with Toby for five years and felt scared to jeopardise that friendship that meant so much to her. Her fears were already confirmed when they scheduled the date. It was the first time that she ever felt so, well happy. All of her previous boyfriends were idiots that got bored of her after a week. Every fifth date ended with words like "sorry but I don't think that this is going to last" or "your just not my type". They all hurt her but she gave Toby a chance believing that he would never do something like that. That was back then before he stud her up. That one slip-up separated them that bit further and she had no intention of in making the same mistake. So the best thing to do was to stay distant, friends, and colleagues, nothing else.
Happy begun to once again pound a hammer into a piece of metal, creating a deeper dent in the middle. This was calming to her. It helped her remember that first time that she met Toby and the team. Back then she had no control over herself. She used to hit everything in sight. Now it was the same. Not much changed and that was what she liked. No change.
She was about to swap the nearly shattered piece of metal for a brand new piece when Cabe stormed in. This automatically shifted her concentration onto Cabe because he looked like he was baring a case. Everyone else rapidly gathered around Cabe, thirsty for something to do to occupy their currently dull day. He waited for no invitation and just begun to state the reason for his sudden appearance.
"Gather up your belonging everyone! You have just taken on a case with a private contractor willing to pay a substantial amount of money for your service."
That was all that it took for everyone to hastily take any belongings necessary for any type of case, which usually meant a laptop in a bag filled with various wires and two hard drives taken by Walter, Happy taking her shoulder bag containing different types of tools and Toby grabbing his laptop bag and hat if he happen to not be wearing it at the time.
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The whole cyclone drove in the black SUV to the destination where they would be performing their task in near silence. The only voice in the car was Cabe's as he explained what they would have to do when they got there. He told them that the private contractor was a woman that had inherited a large sum of money after her husband died but felt threatened by her husband's friends that were apparently targeting her in order to get their hands on the money. As Toby listened to the quick summary of the case, he watched out of the car window silently trying to figure out why the route that they were taking seemed so familiar to him. When the SUV slowed down and came to a halt, everyone stepped out. They were standing outside a small and welcoming bungalow. Cabe rang the doorbell whilst everyone else tried to observe the rest of the surroundings. The house looked well looked after and simple. Toby was digging deeper into his brain to try and figure out where he had seen that house and who was hiding behind its doors but the deeper he looked, the less his memory wanted to contribute to his search.
Once the door finally opened after Cabe showed the house's habitant his Homeland Security badge, the cyclone stepped inside. Toby offered for Happy to enter before him but she just did it anyway and completely ignored his gentlemanly gesture. He heard Cabe's voice coming from what seemed like the living area of the person and everyone else followed inside. After shutting the door carefully behind him, the shrink followed his friends to find Paige shaking the hand of a blond woman of which he could not see the face of, and reassuring her that scorpion will do everything to help her. Once everyone greeted the woman Toby pushed past to make the greeting himself until he saw the woman's face. He froze. His hand was slightly stretched out but Toby had no intention of shaking the woman's hand. He just stud there deepening his gaze into her eyes with his mouth slightly open.
"Hello Toby" said the woman as she took his hand and shook it gently.
Toby looked at her disgusted and fled from the uncomfortable scene. He found himself outside of the house taking his hat off and coming his fingers through his hair before placing his hat in its rightful place.
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The atmosphere inside felt awkward so Paige volunteered to go and find Toby to figure out what she had just experienced. Walter quickly grabbed her arm but let go of it as soon as he got her attention.
"Leave it I'll go" he offered but Paige was stubborn and explained that this was her job as the team's translator.
Walter nodded and let Paige do what he paid her to do. The moment that Paige left Cabe begun to introduce who was left of the cyclone to the next case and let the woman explain her circumstances that caused her to look for their help.
Meanwhile…
Paige found Toby sitting cross-legged on the grass outside the house, picking at the separate strands and ripping them out only to the throw them on the pavement. Paige sat down beside him and asked him why he just walked out on a client that was going to give him a very health pay check.
"You don't understand Paige that person in there is Amanda Billing. The woman that ripped out my heart and stepped on it countless times before" explained Toby with an emphasis on the woman's name as if he was sick just by saying it.
"Is that it? She was an old girlfriend that broke up with you? All of that drama because of that?" Paige exclaimed in a voice that Toby quickly realised meant that she felt appalled by his supposed actions.
"No. She was my fiancé"
So that is the end of my first chapter. I felt like Quintis was the easiest ship to start with and I hope that it worked. Did you guys like the cliff-hanger? Please feel free to leave any reviews or suggestions coz I would love to read them and use them to make this story even better. I will try to upload the second one pretty soon and try to add a bit more Waige to it! :)
