AN:/ 's publisher wasn't working last night (not cool!) so the last chapter came out a little late, I hope you enjoy this one as well!
Walter's breath quickened as he searched his room inside and out. Maybe someone had come into his room and moved it. He checked under his bed, in his drawers, and he even dug through his laundry bin. The letter was nowhere to be found, Walter was tempted to start crying again but he couldn't he had to keep a straight face. He couldn't let the team know, and suddenly it hit him. He knew who had the letter, Paige.
/ As the Days Go On
Paige was waiting for Walter to come back downstairs, he'd been in his room for a long time. She could tell something was up with him but she couldn't put her finger on what it was. And then she remembered, the letter, the crumpled sheet of paper she'd picked up out of Walter's room. She'd stuffed in her pocket for later. She was sick and tired of waiting and the other team members were self occupied so she did the only thing she could do, she uncrumpled Walter's letter and she read it.
/ As the Days Go On
They'd arrived at the museum much later than expected around 12:00 pm. Happy and Toby headed off the mechanics and machines history exhibit (well Happy did and Toby followed her.) While Walter was guided by Paige over to a section on Astronomy. She took his hand again much to his discomfort and seemed to lead Walter around the museum. At one point Walter stopped and looked at one of the information boards on the sun. He glanced at it then looked back at Paige then back at the board as he squeezed her hand. "The sun is only 149, 500, 000 kilometres from Earth." He whispered to her.
"Hmm?" Paige asked not understanding what Walter has said.
"The board is wrong." he replied this time in a much louder voice.
"Then fix it." Paige replied squeezing his hand back and smiling.
Walter took a pen from Paige's purse and hovered it over the board as if he was about to write. "Ahem." came a voice from behind.
/ As the Days Go On
Toby was still following Happy through the "History of Mechanics and Machines" exhibit in which she was tinkering with all the interactives and making them much more interesting. "I still wonder how you make such cold hearted machines so delicate and beautiful." Toby said
"What are you doing here?" Happy asked spinning around, in her hands were a wrench and a crowbar.
"I was exploring the exhibit and I ran into you." Toby lied.
"Liar." Happy shot back. "Why don't you to the history of medicine exhibit, it's be more to your tastes."
"I like watching you work." Toby replied.
"More like you like watching me." Happy replied. "It scares me sometimes you know." She replied her voice getting softer.
"I know Happy, I know." Toby replied a small smile crossing his face as he looked at her. And she turned her gaze his way as well and smiled back.
/ As the Days Go On
"And so you see, the sun is truly 149, 500, 000 kilometres away from the sun not 300, 000, 000."
"And that's why you we're trying to write on my exhibit?" The curator asked.
"Sir, the point of this place is to educate people with facts and you can't educate anyone if the facts are just plain wrong." Walter replied chuckling. Paige shot a glare at him. "Ok, I'm sorry." Walter replied his voice more somber. When he apologized he thought of just a few hours ago when he was crying over Megan and how he kept weeping "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I could have saved you." Apologizing made his heart ache, he shouldn't be apologizing to the museum curator, heck he shouldn't even be the museum. He should be by his sisters side making those final remarks, but he had to keep this too himself. He had too.
/ As the Days Go On
After Walter's apology the curator had let them go. "I'm sorry." Paige replied as the exited the room and proceeded to wander the museum.
"No, why are you apologizing Paige you did nothing wrong."
"I encouraged you, I shouldn't have given you the idea of correcting the board." Paige replied.
"No I'm sorry." Walter replied, at least apologizing to her didn't hurt as much, she was like Megan in a way because she understood him. Apologizing to Paige made him feel well, happy. She took his hand again and smiled then wrapped him in her embrace. "So you still up for parent teacher interviews tonight." she whispered into his ear her breath tickling him.
"Um...uh...of course P-paige."
"Good." Paige replied, she was tempted to press a kiss to cheek his cheek but she held back. Walter was in a more fragile emotional state than usual and she knew why but before she confronted him, he needed to open up to her. And she knew just the way to do it.
AN:/ I just thought this was a sweet way to end this chapter. I shall hopefully have another one up by tomorrow. I hope everyone enjoyed!
