Once again, Amelia ate breakfast in the cafeteria alone. Her breakfast consisted of one orange. Doug had locked himself in his room and wouldn't even answer the door when she knocked. He must have been so embarrassed and it tore Amelia up knowing that she couldn't do anything to help him. While her thoughts were wandering around the previous night's incident, a young man sat down across from her. It took her a moment to recognize it was Toby since she wasn't used to seeing him around.

"Hi, Toby," she said. "How are you this morning?"

"I'm okay," Toby said. He gave her that naturally dazzling smile of his. "You kind of look upset, though. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I guess," she said. "My friend had a bit of a…Well, he has schizophrenia."

"Do you mean Doug?" Toby asked. "He's the guy living with you, right?"

"Um, yeah."

"Was his schizophrenia acting up?"

Amelia was a little ashamed as she giggled. "I guess that's one way to put it," she said. Then she noticed that he hadn't brought any food with him. "Did you come in here just to talk to me?"

"Yeah," he said. "I've taken a liking to you. I don't know if it's just because you're the first female I ever saw, but for whatever reason, I think I like you the most. From now on, consider me your knight in shining armor. If you ever need someone to talk to, come to me."

Amelia smiled. "Thanks, Toby. That's very considerate."

"Oh, it's my pleasure." He took her hand and kissed it like he did when he first met her. "Hey, I happen to be wearing my swimming trunks today. Do you want to go swimming?"

"Right now?"

"Why not? It might make you feel better."

After Amelia finished her orange, she and Toby went to her apartment so that she could grab her swimsuit. She quietly opened her door and walked in. Doug wasn't in the living room. He must've still been in his bedroom. She didn't want to disturb him so she just went straight into her room to grab her swimsuit.

"This is a nice apartment," Toby said. "I especially enjoy the paint job in the living room. Turquoise is one of my favorite colors so far."

"Thanks," Amelia said. "Let's get going."

Amelia stepped out of the changing room feeling awkward. She hadn't shaved her legs for a while so they were covered in tiny dark hairs. She also felt uncomfortable with her belly being exposed. Her swimwear consisted of two pieces—a black bra piece and a black swimming skirt that stopped mid-thigh. Toby came up to her in nothing but his green swimming trunks. He wasn't particularly buff, but his shoulders and upper arms were nicely toned. Amelia usually didn't go for guys that were so fit, but he was kind of dorky so it was well-balanced out.

"Nice swimsuit," he said to her.

"Same to you. Can you even go into water? Won't it break you or something?"

"I don't know," Toby said. "Let's find out." He ran toward the pool and did a cannonball into the 6-feet-deep end. A few seconds later, his head resurfaced and he flailed around in the water.

"Are you okay, Toby?" Amelia asked.

"I can't swim!" Toby cried out.

The lifeguard on duty jumped into the pool and pulled Toby out who had a coughing fit for a good minute. The lifeguard advised him to stay near the 3-feet-deep end. Toby took his advice and crouched down in the water so that it went up to his shoulders. Amelia joined him and tried not to stare at his incredibly pale shoulders.

"I know you're staring," Toby said, grinning and cocking an eyebrow. "It's okay, though. I know you're into someone else."

"H-How would you know if I'm into anyone?" Amelia asked, blushing a little.

"Stevie told me."

"How would he know?"

"Oh, Stevie knows everything about everyone," Toby said. "I don't know how. He just does."

"Amelia!"

She turned around to see Nate entering the pool room in a pair of Felix the Cat swimming trunks. He sat down at the edge of the pool and let his thick legs hang down into the water.

"What a pleasant surprise!" he said. "Hey, didn't you wanna tell me about your talk with Grant?"

"Oh. Right," Amelia said. "Well, he denied my request so I'm just going to organize this myself."

"Organize what?" Toby asked.

"I want to go back into Aperture to retrieve Wheatley's friend."

"Count me in," Toby said. "Sounds like a lot of fun."

"So I went and saw Missy in the early hours," Nate said in a quieter voice. "She's coming along alright but she needs more vitamins. She's been mildly starving. Arin is giving her a nice, healthy diet, though."

"Well, that's good," Amelia said.

"I also asked him if he wanted to make an android body for Nora," Nate continued. "He said his team could get started on it today."

"That's even better," Amelia said, smiling. "You're really on your game today."

Nate shrugged modestly. "I do my best. Anyway, when do we wanna go back into Aperture?"

"As soon as possible," Amelia said. "Tomorrow night, we will have a meeting. The next day we will gather supplies. Then on Friday, we will leave."

"So in three days?" Toby asked. "Sounds good to me."

"Keep it a secret from Wheatley and Doug, though," Amelia warned. "I want to succeed at giving them a surprise that they will enjoy."