March 2009


After much negotiation, Toby decided he was going to talk to Justine, he even had the whole dialogue ready in his mind. He tried to approach her in a cool fashion, but ended up forgetting that he was wearing heelys, and slipped over on both feet, landing flat on his back. He cursed in his head, and attempted to sit up.

"Maybe she didn't notice.." Toby prayed, but to his regret, as he sat up, the first face he saw was hers.

"Need a hand?" Justine giggled, as she bent over and offered her arm to grab on to.

"H-hi." Toby stuttered, forgetting that the dialogue he had planned in his head was now invalid.

"Hey down there!" Justine replied, referring to Toby who was still laying on the floor. He quickly got up, and brushed the dust and dirt off his shirt. While he was doing this, Justine studied it.

"Tob.. Tobus.."

Toby laughed at her feeble attempts.

"TOBUSCUS!" he exclaimed in his manly voice. Justine tried copying him, making them both crease with laughter.

After establishing how to pronounce Toby's channel name, they chatted for about another hour, about anything and everything. (Which was a pretty decent conversation, considering it had started with Toby falling over). Usually, Justine had to suppress her weirdness when meeting new people, but with Toby, she could just be herself, like he had been her friend for years. Tanya had been inside for most of the day, as she didn't want to "phat-dip". She poked her head out of the curtain to see Justine giggling at something silly Toby had done, and this made Tanya change moods completely. She strolled outside in her heels and walked up to Toby. Even though Toby was in the middle of a sentence, Tanya grabbed the back of his neck, and pulled him into a kiss, right in front of Justine. Justine felt her heart sink, Toby hadn't told her anything about a girlfriend, not that she cared. He didn't even mention that he was here with someone, not that she cared.

Toby struggled to push Tanya away without looking too brutal, but managed to after a few seconds. He looked straight at Justine, who appeared as if she had just been hit by a ton of bricks. The two just stared at eachother for a few seconds, like what they had been talking about for the past hour had vanished from their minds. Tanya then coughed to get Toby's attention.

"Oh, erm, uhh, this is Tanya." Toby said plainly, showing no enthusiasm, unlike when he was introducing her to all the other YouTubers.

"Yeah, I'm Toby's girlfriend." Tanya stated, as if it would be unclear if she didn't confirm it.

"Well. At least they're not married." Justine thought, finding it hard to see the positive, which was unlike her usual optimistic personality. The three just stood in the garden for a while, in silence.

"Toby Woby, Let's leave now, I've had enough for a day." Tanya said with a pout. Toby only stared at her with confusion.

"Since when has she called me "Toby Woby?""

"Nice meeting you." Justine said calmly, her bubbly personality virtually non-existent.

"You too." Toby replied with an awkward smile, as Tanya dragged him to the car. Justine showed a faint smile, but frowned as soon as he was out of sight. She walked inside sluggishly and slumped on a sofa.

"Don't worry. He's not worth it." Justine jumped and looked to her left, not even realising Olga had sat next to her.

"He's not worth it." Olga repeated, and hugged Justine.

"Come on, let's get out of here." Olga reached out her hand to help Justine get up, and they walked back to Olga's car.


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