Ch. 10

Later that evening, after everything had been settled and arranged, Toby and I sat on the plush covers of the king sized bed watching late night television. He had his arm around my shoulders and I was laying on his chest. I listened to his breathing, the in and outs of each breath making me woozy. I hadn't been getting a lot of sleep lately.

"Toby?" I asked, sitting up.

"Hrm?" he made a noise that sounded half like a real word and half like a brain eating zombie.

"I'm going to go use the bathroom, ok?"

"Sure." I slid off the bed and dragged my feet across the comfy carpet until they hit the cold tile of the bathroom. I splashed some water on my face and then after wiping it off, looked in the mirror. Where was I going with my life? I didn't even know what I was doing in college.

Was Toby going to get annoyed if I didn't want to be a youtuber? I was extremely camera shy, and I know I probably should not have known this, but I knew for a fact that his past girlfriends had been youtubers.

That was when the naughty thoughts entered my mind. He probably wasn't a virgin, unlike me. Jesus! Why the hell was I thinking about that? Shut the hell up brain!

All of a sudden, quiet mumbling was coming from the front room. I cautiously opened the door and peeked out.

"Audience? What are you doing under my pillow? What if I laid on you? I weigh quite a lot you know!" Toby chuckled and then did his intro.

I could tell he was trying to be quiet. He didn't want me to know he was vlogging. Why was that?

I patiently waited until he was done. Then I slipped out of the bathroom and went back to the bed, crawling back into Toby's arms. That question could wait.

The next thing I knew, loud rain was pounding on the roof. I shot up, and turned to see Toby rolled over with his mouth slightly open, quiet snores coming from his mouth. I fell to the floor in a panic and back up to the door.

Holy shit! I had stayed the night with a guy I had known for three days! It was an accident, I didn't mean too...

I shook up my embarrassment and stood up smoothing my clothes, trying to remove some of the wrinkles. I had slept in my contacts once again... ugh. I padded into the bathroom and removed them, and then I fished my glasses out of my purse and put them on. Ah, much better.

I checked the time on my phone, it was almost nine. The flight took off at noon. Toby's original flight had left at seven. I wasn't going to get too fancied up for a plane ride, but we did have to get ready to go. I hadn't even packed yet.

Toby!" I poked his cheek, and he opened his eyes.

"Moring," he whispered groggily. I smiled.

"We have to get ready to go! The flight leaves at noon!" I warned him. He hopped out of bed.

"Yeah of course!" Toby skipped around the room, tossing random things in his suitcase and not even bothering to organize them. My OCD started acting up, but I ignored it and helped him pack. Well, throw things in his suitcase. While we cleaned up, I heard him humming a song I wasn't familiar with. I was guessing it was one of his.

"What are you humming?" I asked as I swiped a pair of jeans, folded them in half and set them neatly in his suitcase.

"Safety Torch," he mumbled, not looking up. It was one of his songs.

"I don't think I've seen that one," I concluded, finding another shirt and putting it away. Man, he was really unorganized. I headed to the bathroom to grab any toiletries.

Finally we were ready. I slipped on my shoes and opened the door, slinging my purse over my shoulders. I shivered as the cool air conditioned breeze hit me.

"Here." Toby removed his nice black jacket and helped me slip my arms into it.

"Why thank you." I smiled at him and he winked. Toby wandered over to the front desk to check out and I headed to his car. I still couldn't believe I was going to Los Angeles for the first time. Not only that, with a guy. A guy! If only my sister could see me now...

"Hey gurl!" Toby grabbed my shoulders. I jumped and then turned and looked at him.

"God dammit." I mumbled as Toby laughed hysterically to the point where tears were rolling down his cheeks. I sighed as I hopped in the car and Toby got into his side. He looked at me.

"You ready?" He questioned, his glamorous malachite eyes glittering. I nodded my head, and he started the car.

When we arrived at my dorm, we quickly ran through the long narrow hallways and I unlocked my pain in the rear end front door. While I frantically packed, Toby used this time to shave and do whatever he usually did in the mornings. After I had packed what seemed to be a reasonable amount of clothes, I took a quick but refreshing shower and changed into a marble white shirt and a blue cardigan over it topping it off with a grey scarf. Then I quickly blow dried my hair and out on my makeup. Toby waited patiently, leaning against the front door as he watched me check and double check to make sure I had everything I needed.

After what seemed like a million days, we were ready to go. I took a deep breath and locked the dorm. Toby put his hand on my shoulder. I turned around. He wasn't wearing a 'Tobuscus' shirt, which frankly, I was a little happy about. I didn't dare tell him that though.

He pulled me into a hug. We stood there for about a minute before I cleared my throat. "We should...uh-"

"Yeah yeah, of course!" He let go and dragged me down the hallway, preparing for our adventure to the city of concrete.