The next week was… interesting.
Zeke woke up sick the next day, and Shauna developed a cough, though she kept on treating everybody – including herself. The next one to get sick after Zeke and Shauna was Chris, then Marlene, and then Uriah. Lynn had had to leave last night right after the Truth or Dare game, but Shauna sent her an email. Lynn responded that she was in bed drinking hot cocoa, because she had a high fever and was cold. Shauna sent her a long list of things she needed to do, and all that jazz. Will had been vaccinated when he revisited Erudite to see Cara again. Caleb and Cara were dating now.
The time finally came when Tobias and I were not sick, signaling the end of the round. Everyone soon got better, and the day came when they left. Chris stayed for a day longer than them, explaining that "Will wants to surprise me with an apartment do over."
"Well, as long as you're here, you might as well be a witness." Tobias shrugged.
"Witness to what?" Chris asked eagerly.
He leaned over and whispered in her ear. She flushed purple in excitement and grabbed her purse. "I've got to go shopping for this!" She squealed. "Tobias, Tris, you coming?"
"No." I said firmly. "Tobias and I are having some us time in the bedroom."
Tobias looked at me in a way that made me blush. Chris shrugged and ran out the door. I closed it and herded Tobias in our bedroom.
"Alright, Tobias. What the heck is going on?" One of my wings swatted his back.
"Hey!" He protested, trying not to laugh. I then realized that the great Toby Man was ticklish.
"The Great Toby Man?" Tobias said, looking terrified.
"Oh." I said. "I said that out loud?" I climbed onto his lap and wrapped my legs around his waist and ran my hands over his stomach. He moaned. "Tris… Tris please… you can't be so cruel…"
"Can't I?" I asked, and proceeded to find his ticklish spots. He wiggled out from under me and turned me over so we were facing each other, lying on the bed.
"I know where to tickle you." He warned. "Don't even think about it."
I tickled behind his knee. He laughed softly. "Oh, you asked for it!"
He rolled closer to me and kissed me, right below the jaw. I blushed and moaned. "Okay, okay, fine you win."
He didn't stop, he ran his hands down to my stomach, tickling it. I was in a hopeless and helpless situation. I just went limp and let him do his payback, though I admit I begged him to stop many times, however faintly.
I soon became aware of a presence in the doorway. "Tobias… Toby man, put your shirt back on, Christina's back."
Chris stood there with a load of shopping bags, which she dumped on my desk. "I didn't want to interrupt you guys." She said, smirking. "But, Tobias, I have to dress Tris."
He nodded, a bit of red on his face, as he pulled his shirt back on and left Chris to torture me.