A few days later, Toby had been in contact with adoption agencies and child services trying to get as much information as possible so they could make a decision on whether it was something they wanted to do. He was also trying to figure out if adoption or fostering would be best for them. He was much better at talking over the phone, and had much more patience than Happy did for receptionists, wait times, and getting the correct information.
That afternoon Happy was working at her station, she was banging on a piece of metal.
"Hey" he said walking up to her.
She stopped hitting the metal.
"What's up?" She said putting her hammer down
"Marry me." He said in a serious tone.
She laughed it off and threw a rag at him after she cleaned her hands off.
"I'm serious this time Happy." He said again with a serious tone.
She was kind of stunned and didn't say anything. She just stared at him waiting for him to continue.
"I love you, and I really do want to spend the rest of my life with you. I would have done it in a more romantic way, but you're not into that kind of stuff. I was going to wait a while longer but according to all the adoption agencies, we need to be legally married before we can start the adoption process. I have rings though." He said as he pulled out a set of rings from his pocket.
She was still standing there stunned.
He had an engagement ring, and the set of wedding rings. The engagement ring was simple. It was a simple silver band and had small sunken in black diamond. He thought it was more practical given their jobs, he didn't want the rings to get in the way. Besides, black was more her colour. The wedding rings were both plain silver bands with engravings.
"Do you want me to get down on one knee? Is that too traditional and cheesy for you? I'll do it, I want to, but I'm a mildly afraid you'll hit me." He said slowly reaching for her hand and holding it while he was getting down on one knee, with the ring in his other hand.
She pulled her hand away and then tugged on his jacket and raised him back up to standing position.
"Get off the ground dumbass." Was all she said in a stern voice.
"Are you going to hit me? Was getting down on one knee too much? Do you not like the ring? Happy, if you don't want to get married we can't adopt. It's a formality." He said. He was really confused as to what was going on, she hadn't said no, but she hadn't said yes.
She pulled him into a kiss. And then spoke up. "The ring is perfect. I'm not going to hit you, but getting on one knee is too cheesy for me." She smiled at him "I do want to marry you Toby and not just because of some bureaucratic junk to adopt, but because I really do want to marry you."
He slowly slid the engagement ring on her finger. They both smiled and shared another kiss.
"How long have you had these for?" She asked him studying the ring on her finger and the two wedding bands he had in his hand.
"I've had them for about 2 months. I wanted to propose, I just didn't know if you were ready for that next step, and I didn't know how I'd do it. You were willing to commit to a baby with me, which I took as you were also ready to commit to marriage. Having to be legally married to adopt gave me the perfect excuse to make it casual and not go full "Toby" and mess it up." He said smiling.
"I'm glad you didn't go full "Toby". When do you want to get married? We need the papers to start the adoption process, so the sooner the better." She said, she was still holding on to his jacket, and he had his arms around her waist.
She starred at him for a few moments and then said "Let's do it right now. I know it's crazy, but let's run down to the office right now and sign the papers. I don't need a ceremony or a white dress…we both know a white dress isn't for me." They laughed and she continued "Toby, I want to marry you, and we need this done as soon as we can so that we can start the adoption process, so marry me right now." She smiled as she moved her hands to his chest.
"You're insane Happy Quinn. Let's do it." He pulled her into a hug and they kissed passionately and then headed out of the garage holding hands.
As they were walking out smiling like idiots, Paige stopped them.
"Where are you guys going in such a smiley mood? Wait. Do I want to know?" She asked cautiously.
Happy rolled her eyes, and Toby spoke up "We're going to get married. We'll see you guys in a bit." He said as they kept walking and laughing at Paige's reaction.
Paige stood there stunned. Before speaking up. "What? You're crazy! You're not even going to have a wedding ceremony or party?" She asked stopping them again by standing in front of them.
"Paige, we need to get married so we can start the adoption process. It's a formality. We don't need a wedding party or a ceremony." Said Happy smiling.
"Okay hold up. Adoption? Wedding? What the hell! When did all this happen?" She was so confused by everything that was being thrown at her. Toby and Happy just laughed at her confusion in the nicest way.
"We decided we wanted to adopt a few nights ago, the process takes about a year, give or take. We want to get it started, but we need to be legally married to start. I proposed about 15 minutes ago, and we're on our way to the office going to sign the papers." Said Toby explaining everything to the poor confused liaison who was still stunned.
"You geniuses really like short engagements don't you? We don't get a wedding for you guys either? Do you geniuses just get married out of necessity? I want to throw a wedding, or at least a party for you guys!" said Paige crossing her arms. "Can we have a BBQ on the roof tonight? We don't have time to plan any other parties, but we should still celebrate, it's exciting! An adoption and a wedding, that's cause for celebration!" She said smiling now.
They remembered how the last time one of them got married it was Sylvester and Megan almost 3 years ago. Which was done as a last resort to protect her interests. Megan was sick, so they never got a wedding or parties. Toby and Happy both realized that they were also depriving their friends of a celebration. No one was able to celebrate the last marriage within the team due to the circumstances.
Happy and Toby shared a look, and decided they would let Paige throw them a party that night.
"Great, well, I'm going to go make Miss Quinn my wife, and I expect the best burgers ever tonight, Miss Dineen." Said Toby with a smile as they walked out of the garage.
*A LITTLE WHILE LATER*
They signed the papers down at the office, and Toby sent their friends a text that said "We got hitched!" with a photo of them smiling with their hands held up showing off their wedding bands.
Walter received the text and immediately went to find Paige.
"What is going on?" He said as he walked up on to the roof where she was setting things up, he was holding his phone and the photo out to show her.
"They got married. They needed to so they could start the adoption process. We're having a BBQ tonight to celebrate." She explained to him with a smile.
"And they just decided all of this today?" he asked crossing his arms. He wasn't mad, he was just confused as to when all of this occurred.
"This week, yes." She responded putting some decorations down on the table.
"Interesting. And no one was informed of this previously?" He asked.
"It's personal. They don't need to tell us everything about their lives. Just like they don't need to know everything about us, right?" She said hugging him.
"You're right." He said holding her back and kissing the top of her head.
"I mean, I'm sure they've probably figured it out by now that we're together. Maybe we should tell them soon though, not today, it's their day." Said Paige.
"Yes, they should know." Agreed Walter kissing her. "I assume this is all for a celebration tonight? You've planned a beautiful party by the way." He smiled.
"Thank you, Walter" she said as she pulled away and went back to placing decorations.
A while later, Toby and Happy walked up to the roof together holding hands, and everyone they cared about was there to greet and congratulate them. They all had a great night together at the BBQ celebrating.