Hey I'm back. Most likely I will continue my pattern of posting on Sundays but might be taking a few week or two breaks cause of school. I will try to say when I wont be posting before I do. But there will definitely be a post next week. This week is a short one but I will try for next weeks to be a bit longer.
14. Smile
When Toby first met Happy he rarely ever got to see her perfect smile, but the longer he has known her the more often that perfect gem shows. That was part of the reason Toby always make a fool of himself and joked around. Just to see if he could get her to use the twelve muscles in her face.
In the first few months of her joining the team Happy stayed distant and to herself. She of course helped Walter with anything he needed her expertise on but mostly stayed in the garage hidden behind her tools. He rarely saw her smile and started to tease and mess with Happy to try to get her to smile.
Now as they have started dating, even though they have been through their bumpy times, Toby saw more smiles. When Toby asked her to move in because its 'more efficient than paying for two places when they spent most of their time together anyways' Happy gave a genuine smirk and told him quote "Sure, because all I care about is efficient" her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Today was one of the rare days off where since Ralph has school, Cabe didn't have any cases for us and Walter finally started to try to connect with Paige more and going with his feelings and with the rare LA rain the two of them were enjoying a relaxing day indoors. Well as relaxing as a genius mechanic and behaviorist could be.
"Toby!" Happy called out from the kitchen.
"Coming!" Toby yelled back. He ran down the hall and slid into the kitchen in socks crashing into Happy. Toby mumbled an apology and helped her up. He noticed she still hasn't changed out of pajamas
"Why are you sliding around? What are you, five?" Happy remarked.
"And you're so mature."
"Well I'm more mature than you." Happy exclaimed.
Toby sat at the counter. He put a hand over him heart. "That hurts Happy."
"You can't deny it. Last week I heard you singing Fergalicious."
"So? That doesn't make me immature." Toby defended.
Happy rolled her eyes. "When the part came up for the rap when Will. says 'Hit it Fergie' you yelled across the entire garage 'Hit it Happy!'" Toby gave a little laugh at that.
"You made me look childish when you wouldn't rap it. I know you can."
Happy turned away from him. Toby could tell that he hit a nerve and regretted it. Over the past five years of knowing Happy he has seen first hand how fast she puts her walls back up. Unlike most things it takes him ten times as long to break down her walls as it takes for her to build them up. He found it ironic cause it usually takes him a tenth of the time to accidentally break things in the garage than it takes for Happy to build or fix them.
He watched her grab a bowl and grab some cereal out of the pantry. There have only been a few times that Toby has heard her sing and everytime Happy stopped the second she knew he was listening. She had a great voice, not flawless like professionals but still amazing. She would sing choruses in the shower and to make sure she wouldn't stop he would sit and listen by the door and scram when the pattern of the shower shut off. Toby knew it was a touchy subject for her.
She finished getting her bowl together and walked out of the kitchen to the living room. Happy sat criss cross on the couch and turned the tv on. Toby watched her from the kitchen for a minute. How did he ever get someone as amazing as she was to like him he pondered before getting up and sitting down beside her. Happy started flipping channels looking for something to watch.
"Wait!" Toby belted. "Go back." Happy went back to the last channel. It was Tom and Jerry on Cartoon Network.
Happy looked at him with wide eyes. "Really?"
"Yeah. This show is awesome."
Happy gave a small laugh. "So much for being mature."
"You know what. I dont care if I act like I'm three or thirty. As long as I keep you happy and smiling."
Happy smiled at that and leaned on him eating her cereal and watching cartoons with Toby.
