A/N Yo. So I'm eating Subway and I'm really happy. Anywhore, I really want a new leotard but I'm poor. I literally have ten dollars and the leo that I want is like 30 or something. That's all for this short and boring headnote. Enjoy!
Tobias walk with our hands intertwined on our way to Evelyns house. She jotted down her address on the back of the page and Tobias eyes it every now and then trying to find the right house. We had driven to the small collection of single story houses and are now looking for her place. Once Tobias find it, he stops right in front of the lawn and grips my hand impossibly tighter.
"Why are you so nervous, Tobias?" I ask "You've talked to her before this." he shakes his head subtly.
"I don't know. Let's go," he pulls me forward onto the porch. After a quick second he knocks a couple of times. A moment later we hear, 'Just a minute!' I feel Tobias's hand begin to shake in mine so I give it a small, reassuring squeeze. The door swings open and Evelyn looks at us with a smile.
"Tobias, it's amazing to see you." she says, then looks to me. "You too, Beatrice." I notice tears prick in her eyes but she's quick to wipe them away.
"It's great to see you too, Evelyn." I respond truthfully.
"Thank you. Now I suppose you would like to see Lillian." after nearly a week of not seeing my daughter I'm nearly jumping out of my skin. Evelyn leads a a stoic Tobias and I throughout her rather large house towards a small room just off the kitchen. She quietly opens the door and I find a rather makeshift bed holding a sleeping Lillian. Behind me I can hear Tobias's breath catch in his throat. "You will not believe the trouble I went through trying to put her to sleep." Evelyn laughs quietly. Not wanting to wake her up, Evelyn closes the door and brings us into the kitchen.
"She's usually a pretty easy baby. I mean she's on a pretty smooth schedule," I question.
"Well since the day they showed up at my house with her she's been crying non stop." she tells us. "She was even crying when the two men dropped her off." Evelyn pulls out three mugs and begins to fill them with coffee.
"Wouldn't surprise me if she misses Tris." Tobias smiles lightly. "I swear Lillian is going to be the most spoiled child ever because Tris does whatever, whenever she wants. One time she even drove to her office at midnight just to get Lillian her stuffed animal." I punch his arm and Evelyn chuckles.
"You two are both amazing parents." Evelyn sits down at the table with us and gives us the cups with the hot liquid. "I couldn't even imagine anything better for Lillian or Grayson." I'm not sure how she know's about him for an odd reason it satisfies me.
"Thank you Evelyn, that really means a lot." even I'm surprised by the sincerity in my voice. Evelyn and I have never had the best relationship but at this moment I'm extremely grateful for her. Tobias nudges my shoulder breaking me from my thoughts. "Sorry what?"
"We didn't say anything." Tobias has a relaxed expression on his face, different from the look I saw a few mere moments ago. "You were just zoning out...again." I'm about to say something back, but a cry comes from the room Lillian is in.
"I'll get her." I say the second it starts.
"Of course, honey." says Evelyn. I stand up from the table and hurry into Lillians room. The instant her eyes land on me her cries cease and she cracks the tinniest of smiles, which if I'm correct is one of her first.
"Hey Lilly," I whisper, lifting her up from the bed. I bounce her up and down softly, really noticing how much I've missed her. "Want to go see Daddy?" even though I know she won't respond I talk to her anyway. I hold her on my hip as I walk out to the kitchen. Tobias's eyes light up when he see's Lillian with me. Lillian's arms reach out towards Tobias so he gingerly takes her from me. Her small smile widens once she's situated in his arms. She babbles happily and grabs at his shirt all while Tobias looks down at her lovingly.
"I bet he's an amazing Father." Evelyn grins, taking a sip from her drink.
"He really is," I take a seat next to her. "Although he thinks he isn't."
"I heard that," Tobias doesn't look up from Lillian.
"You were supposed too," I respond. Evelyn snickers and shakes her head.
"Would you like to go take a quick walk, dear?" Evelyn asks me. "Tobias is obviously preoccupied at the moment. He won't even notice us leave if we go really fast." Tobias rolls his eyes and finally looks up from his daughter.
"You both do know that I'm two feet away, right?" he sneers. "But you two should go. I can watch her."
"We know, you haven't taken your eyes off of her yet." I joke. He sticks his tongue out at me as I pull Evelyn up from the table.
"We will only be a few minutes." I promise. Evelyn leads us outside and out onto the sidewalk. We walk in a comfortable silence around her neighborhood. She points out her friends houses and tells me about how she got here and why, but I can easily tell there is something more she wants to talk about.
"So how are you and Tobias?" Evelyn questions after another period of silence.
"We've been alright," I remark.
"Just 'alright'? Last time I talked with you two, you were engaged and 'amazing' but now you're 'alright'?" Evelyn inquires.
"Well, we got kinda rocky and in some way kind of still are but we're getting better." which is the truth.
"Oh my. If you don't mind my asking, what happened?" I tell her almost everything, leaving out most parts with Kabrina and Josh but putting in just enough so it makes sense. "That doesn't sound very good." Evelyn shakes her head sincerely.
"It's not," I chuckle humorlessly. "But I'm really glad I'm with Tobias again. He's... awesome."
"He really is. After all the shit he's been through I'm so surprised how amazing he turned out to be." Evelyn says. "Marcus wasn't the best influence,"
"No, not really. But I think that's what makes Tobias such a good father. He doesn't want to end up like his so he does everything he can to be as good as he can be," saying it out loud makes me realize how true it really is. Although he never told me, when he found out the children were his, he was terrified. And probably still had fear inside of him until he met Lillian. Plus after losing Grayson, it clicked something inside of his to make sure to protect Lillian -and me for that matter- with his life.
"I believe that's true." Evelyn agrees then glances down at her watch. "We should probably be heading back now." I nod and we turn, heading back to her house. Upon walking in, we find Tobias sitting on the couch with a book in his hands.
"Where's Lillian?" I ask him when I notice she's gone.
"She fell asleep a little bit after you left." Tobias throws the book onto the coffee table and stands.
"Alright, I'm gonna go say goodbye real quick. Be right back," I run back to her room and like Tobias said, she's asleep. Very gently, I run my hand across her rather thick dark brown hair. "I'll see you soon baby girl." I kiss her forehead before shutting off the light in her room and closing the door again. Tobias and Evelyn are conversing lightly when I return.
"Ready?" Tobias asks when he see's me. I nod with a smile.
"Thank you so much Evelyn for letting us come over to see her. It means alot." I truthfully.
"Of course. You can visit whenever you'd like. She is your daughter after all." Evelyn wraps her arms around me in a surprisingly heartfelt hug. "And thank you for talking with me."
"It was my pleasure Evelyn. We'll see you soon." Tobias grabs my hand and we walk out to our car. Tobias releases a sigh once the door's are closed. I hit his arm lightly. "Hey, are you alright?" Tobias shakes his head very subtly.
"I loved getting to see Lillian again, but I'm still having mixed feelings about Evelyn watching her." Tobias starts the car and we begin driving. "I know she's doing just fine but I'm still worried about it." I deiced to not mention the conversation I had with Evelyn, instead opting to shake my head.
"It's just parental instincts. She could be with the safest person ever but we'd still be weary about it." this time, Tobias doesn't say anything, just continues to drive home.
A/N Honestly I hated this chapter. It was just kinda boring and I'm sorry. Anyway I have dance class tomorrow! Yay! And I only got a couple reviews like three or four and that makes me sad. Really sad. I'm not one of those people who beg for reviews but it's nice to get them. And I would like to have a couple ideas suggested because I have roughly 0.
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