For notes and disclaimers, see Part 1.
Part 5
Toby looked at the time for the fifth time since he had gone back to Miranda's room. CJ still hadn't come back since they argued and he was starting to get worried.
"Toby?"
Toby turned from the window and saw Miranda starring at him. He slowly walked over to the bed.
"Hey, sweetie. You should be sleeping."
"I'm not tired."
Toby sat down on a chair next to the bed.
"Where's aunt CJ?"
Toby sighed. "She went out for a walk. She needed some fresh air."
"Toby, what's going to happen to me now? Who's going to take care of me?"
Toby hadn't the answer to that question. He didn't know what to tell her. She had already lost her family earlier this day and now he was about to tell her that her closest relative didn't want to take care of her.
"You should be sleeping, Miranda," someone said behind them.
Toby turned around and CJ was walking slowly into the room.
"I'm not tired, aunt CJ."
CJ smiled slightly. "Please don't call me aunt CJ. It makes me sound old."
Miranda smiled and giggled. CJ did as well, but suddenly she became serious.
"Sweetie, I heard what you just asked Toby."
Toby stretched and rose. "I'll go and wait outside. Goodnight, pumpkin." He kissed Miranda on the cheek before leaving.
Miranda waved after him and CJ smiled at the scene. "I didn't think you'd remember Toby."
"How could I forget? He's the best of your boyfriends."
CJ smiled and shook her head. "Miranda, how many times do I have to tell you? Toby and I are only friends." She sat down on the chair and took her hand. "Miranda, do you want to move with me to Washington?"
Miranda looked at first a bit terrified but then she smiled. "You mean, live with you?"
"Yeah, if you want to. I have to warn you, though. I have no experience with kids and I can't cock, but I think we would make good roommates."
Miranda smiled and nodded. "I'd like that, aunt CJ."
"Okay, if you're going to move in with me you have to stop doing that."
Miranda giggled mischievous, but then she looked serious. "Won't it be trouble? I mean, you suddenly having a kid. My dad said you have a very important job."
CJ sighed and then she smiled. "Ah, it's not that important."
Miranda looked content with the answer. She yawned and closed her eyes. "I'm going to sleep for a while."
"Okay, sweetie. "I'll be just outside, okay?"
Miranda nodded and it looked as if she was already sleeping.
Toby was leaning against the wall right outside the room. CJ slowly walked over to him with her head down.
"I want to apologize," she said quietly. "I shouldn't have yelled at you before and. I'm really thankful that you're here."
She looked up at him and smiled when he saw him smiling slightly embarrassed.
"So, what are you going to do?"
"I have been thinking. Maybe I'm doing the wrong thing but I'm going to take care of her. She'll move with me to D.C."
"That's great, CJ!" Toby said and hugged her. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
She nodded slowly. "Yeah, you got me thinking. I really want to take care of her. I had given up the thought of having kids by now and I think I got a bit scared before. I'll probably be a lousy mother, but I'll do my best."
"You know, I'll help you, right?"
"Thanks," she whispered.
Toby looked away for a short second and then back at her. He opened his mouth but closed it again. "Toby, what's the matter?"
He looked away again and rubbed his forehead. "Are you sure you can do this? I mean, with the thing that.?"
"Toby!" she said angrily. "That was such a long time ago. This is different. I thought you had gotten over it by now!"
"Have you?" He asked softly?"
She sighed and put up his hand as if to stop him. "Toby, don't go there. Not now. I need to get in touch with Leo somehow. Can you keep an eye on her?" She nodded towards the room Miranda was in, and Toby nodded.
"Why do you need to talk to Leo?"
"Toby, I'm going to have to resign."
TBC.
Part 5
Toby looked at the time for the fifth time since he had gone back to Miranda's room. CJ still hadn't come back since they argued and he was starting to get worried.
"Toby?"
Toby turned from the window and saw Miranda starring at him. He slowly walked over to the bed.
"Hey, sweetie. You should be sleeping."
"I'm not tired."
Toby sat down on a chair next to the bed.
"Where's aunt CJ?"
Toby sighed. "She went out for a walk. She needed some fresh air."
"Toby, what's going to happen to me now? Who's going to take care of me?"
Toby hadn't the answer to that question. He didn't know what to tell her. She had already lost her family earlier this day and now he was about to tell her that her closest relative didn't want to take care of her.
"You should be sleeping, Miranda," someone said behind them.
Toby turned around and CJ was walking slowly into the room.
"I'm not tired, aunt CJ."
CJ smiled slightly. "Please don't call me aunt CJ. It makes me sound old."
Miranda smiled and giggled. CJ did as well, but suddenly she became serious.
"Sweetie, I heard what you just asked Toby."
Toby stretched and rose. "I'll go and wait outside. Goodnight, pumpkin." He kissed Miranda on the cheek before leaving.
Miranda waved after him and CJ smiled at the scene. "I didn't think you'd remember Toby."
"How could I forget? He's the best of your boyfriends."
CJ smiled and shook her head. "Miranda, how many times do I have to tell you? Toby and I are only friends." She sat down on the chair and took her hand. "Miranda, do you want to move with me to Washington?"
Miranda looked at first a bit terrified but then she smiled. "You mean, live with you?"
"Yeah, if you want to. I have to warn you, though. I have no experience with kids and I can't cock, but I think we would make good roommates."
Miranda smiled and nodded. "I'd like that, aunt CJ."
"Okay, if you're going to move in with me you have to stop doing that."
Miranda giggled mischievous, but then she looked serious. "Won't it be trouble? I mean, you suddenly having a kid. My dad said you have a very important job."
CJ sighed and then she smiled. "Ah, it's not that important."
Miranda looked content with the answer. She yawned and closed her eyes. "I'm going to sleep for a while."
"Okay, sweetie. "I'll be just outside, okay?"
Miranda nodded and it looked as if she was already sleeping.
Toby was leaning against the wall right outside the room. CJ slowly walked over to him with her head down.
"I want to apologize," she said quietly. "I shouldn't have yelled at you before and. I'm really thankful that you're here."
She looked up at him and smiled when he saw him smiling slightly embarrassed.
"So, what are you going to do?"
"I have been thinking. Maybe I'm doing the wrong thing but I'm going to take care of her. She'll move with me to D.C."
"That's great, CJ!" Toby said and hugged her. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
She nodded slowly. "Yeah, you got me thinking. I really want to take care of her. I had given up the thought of having kids by now and I think I got a bit scared before. I'll probably be a lousy mother, but I'll do my best."
"You know, I'll help you, right?"
"Thanks," she whispered.
Toby looked away for a short second and then back at her. He opened his mouth but closed it again. "Toby, what's the matter?"
He looked away again and rubbed his forehead. "Are you sure you can do this? I mean, with the thing that.?"
"Toby!" she said angrily. "That was such a long time ago. This is different. I thought you had gotten over it by now!"
"Have you?" He asked softly?"
She sighed and put up his hand as if to stop him. "Toby, don't go there. Not now. I need to get in touch with Leo somehow. Can you keep an eye on her?" She nodded towards the room Miranda was in, and Toby nodded.
"Why do you need to talk to Leo?"
"Toby, I'm going to have to resign."
TBC.