-Chapter 6-

The next day was quiet. Happy, Ralph and Toby spent the day at the garage finishing up paperwork. Toby started reorganizing his medical books while Happy taught Ralph the proper way to use a strain gauge in order to measure the amount of expansion the flame torch they were using had on a various items from the garage.

"Hey, Happy make sure you don't blow anything up, I'd really hate to have to visit you in the hospital, after Paige takes a few punches out on you" Toby said laughing.

"Very funny Doc. I think I know what I'm doing here. I am a genius" Happy replied.

But Happy did end up turning off the flame torch. "That's enough fire for today Ralphy let's pick this up next week with some liquid nitrogen" She said helping Ralph remove the eye goggles and flame resistant lab coat.

"Come here Ralphy-boy I got some stuff I want to give you" Toby said picking up two of his old medical books.

He handed them to Ralph and said "When I was around your age I umm- borrowed these two books from a nearby library. I kinda forgot to give them back but they were my first real medbooks. Why don't you take a whirl at these when you have time. They're pretty good reads"

"Cool thanks Toby. I like all the computer stuff Walter shows me and all the engineering stuff Happy knows, but I think learning about the body is probably something that I should master just in case someone gets hurt and you're not here to help!" Ralph said

"Good thinking kid, and just so you know" Toby said lowering his voice " You're the only one out of all these bozos that I can actually count on" Toby said giving Ralph a wink.

Ralph smiled up at Toby feeling happy and appreciated.

The day went on rather quickly. The three ate and hung out playing different mind and skill games. They did not notice when Walter, Paige, Sly and acabe walked through the garage door.

Ralph looked up after hearing the familiar sound of Paige's boots on the concrete floor.

"Mom!" Ralph said running into her open arms.

"Ahh Ralph I missed you so much! How was your weekend" Paige asked

"It was great!" Ralph said "We had a lot of fun together, right guys" Ralph said looking back a Happy and Toby.

"You betcha kid" Happy replied.

"One of the best ones I've ever had" Toby added.

"Oh Ms. Dineen you got one heck of son." Toby said giving Ralph another wink. Happy laughed at Toby's bad attempt of being subtle. They both knew that name could change at any moment but for now it was their little secret. Even Ralph laughed making it obvious the three had some kind of inside joke.

"Okay… I'm not sure what's going on here but I don't want to hear about it." Paige said gathering up her and Ralph's things

"I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I just want to sleep in my own bed tonight" she said

"Come on Ralph let's go home" she finished

"And thanks again guys I really appreciate it! I made sure to convice Walter to give you guys a few more days off just so you can get some real rest. Kids are hard, even little genius one" Paige said giving Toby and Happy a strong embrace.

Paige and Ralph left, while the rest of Scorpion packed up their things to head out as well.

Ironically Happy and Toby were the last to leave even though they technically had the day off.

"Come on babe let's go home" Toby said picking up his jacket and hat.

"In a minute" Happy yelled from the back of the garage as she rummaged through an box on the floor

"What are you looking for Happy?" Toby asked

"This!" Happy said pulling out an old deck of pocket cards that belonged to Toby.

Toby was a bit confused as to why Happy would want cards. He'd giving up gambling before they got married and he knew she didn't like playing.

"What do you need that for Happy?" Toby asked her.

"I don't need it we need it." She relied

"Um help me out here cause I still don't follow" Toby says just as confused as before.

"Well I was thinking" Happy said slipping the playing cards into her back pocket. "That we could have some fun tonight" she continued as she made her way to Toby.

Happy linked her hands on the base of his neck and and pulled his face down to hers.

"Let's play some poker tonight" she whispered

Toby was standing still hoping Happy was referring to what he thought she was.

"Look Happy If I'm thinking what you're thinking then lets the the hell out of here or else I won't be able to take it any longer" he said pulling her face up to meet his.

They kissed for a few minutes not caring about anything but each other.

Happy broke away from their embrace "Well let's get going then, these cards aren't gonna pang themselves"

-chapter 7 coming soon-

and it's about to get a little steamy at the Quintis House.