Next day after breakfast Walter went back to his donor program , trying to improve it to work to search for multi types of donors . He had found a few problems that would need to be overcome , but he had enough belief in his own ability that he would succeed .
Paige had decided to do some house cleaning and was busy polishing the furniture , when her phone rang , checking the caller I.D. it showed private number . she connected the call .
" Hello . "
" Miss Dineen , it is Dr. Morgan , is Walter there please ? "
" Just a moment and i will fetch him . " A few minutes later Walter came with Paige and took the phone .
Walter " Good morning doctor , the phone is on speaker so that Paige can be involved in the conversation . "
Doctor . " That is not a problem Walter . We have received the test results from Bulgaria , initial thoughts on the results seem to be that you were correct when you said 99% match . However until we have carried out our tests we cannot be certain . The donor you have found out is a 22 year old young lady by the name of Ameli Ivanov , she his a student of politics . She is willing to come to the States . Unfortunately at the moment she does not have a passport and in Bulgaria that could mean a wait of up to three months . We have been in touch with the American Embassy in Sofia to see if they can get it provided earlier and also to rush the visa through . "
Walter " Will you require us to pay for the plane tickets and other expenses , like passport and visa . Once you have a better time line ? "
Doctor " We will wait until we know more about the arrangement's . At the moment i have no idea what the cost will be . That is all the information i have at the moment , i wish i had been a little more productive . As soon as i get more information i will call you again . "
Paige who been listening with interest cut in .
Paige " Hello doctor , this is Paige . I have a question for you . How long once the donor is in the States will it take you to carry out the tests you need to make ? "
Doctor " Just for the test it is only about a hour to take the sample , but the actual tests will most likely take up to ten days . If the tests are good it will only take a day or two to give Ada the first part of her treatment . But it could be another twelve months before we could be certain that the body of Ada has accepted the treatment . "
Paige " i did not realize it would take that long . "
Doctor. " Unfortunately it is not an exact science . Every patient is different , but Ada is the first patient who is as ill as she his . I would hope it would be a little quicker , but the human body works at its own pace , that cannot be rushed .
Walter. " Well thank you doctor please contact us as soon as you have more information . "
Doctor " I certainly will, but for now goodbye .
Walter/ Paige " Goodbye . "
" At least we know something is happening , i certainly hope they can get Ameli a passport quickly , so they can begin the tests . " Paige said with her fingers crossed .
Walter nodded in agreement . He then went back to his computer .
Once Paige had finished her cleaning she decided she would make Walter his favorite meal for that evening . Chicken Cacciatore .
The next day , Friday , after breakfast , Walter spent a little more time on his computer .
At 10.30a.m. they left to pick up Happy to take her to the attorney's office .
As they entered the garage , they were greeted at the door by Happy '
" Fungus is here today , if he promises to behave himself , he as asked if he can come with us today . "
Walter looked at Paige who just shrugged her shoulders . " Ok , but one little bit of his sarcasm or any nonsense of any sort , we stop the car and throw him out , anything really bad , we throw him out but do not stop the car . Also he will have to stay in the waiting room with Paige while we make our statements . " Walter told her .
" Oh , he will behave himself or else he will be sleeping in the car or staying at the garage ." Replied a smiling Happy , she retreated to the back of the garage . She returned a couple of minutes later with a very sheepish Toby behind her .
" Hello Paige , Walter . thank you for letting me accompany you you today . " Was all Toby could manage .
" You are welcome . " Said Paige with a smile on her face .
They arrived in the reception of the attorney at 11.55am . The receptionist welcomed them and told them Mr. McDonald would be with them shortly , telling them to take a seat .
Five minutes later Mr McDonald appeared accompanied by a younger man . " Good morning Walter , Paige , i presume this is Mr. and Mrs. Curtis . "
" Good morning Mr. McDonald , yes it is but they prefer Quinn Curtis or Happy and Toby . " Explained Paige .
" Then i apologize for my mistake , do you prefer if i call you Happy and Toby . "
" Happy and Toby would be fine . " Replied Happy
" Good , let me introduce you to Mr. Jones , he will be taking your statement Happy and i will be taking Walter's . I will have to ask Paige and Toby to stay in the reception area as the statements need to be taken on a one to one basis . Explained Mr. McDonald .
" We understand , but do you have a spare ten minutes , once they have completed their statements , to speak to Walter and myself . " Asked Paige .
" Of course . " He turned to Walter . " You ready ? " he then led Walter to his office , Mr. Jones taking Happy to his office .
Paige and Toby sat in reception , a somewhat unnerving silence between them , Toby was first to speak .
" I need to apologize first for the way i treated you a Centipede Partners , my attitude and behavior was appalling . I took everything out on you , because i was jealous , before it had been at Walter and i transferred that to you , because you were the nearest thing i had got to Walter . I know you leaving was my fault and subsequently the demise of Centipede and i think also the death of Sylvester are all down to me .
Then when you came to the garage with Walter , after two years away , i just could not help myself i had to act like a fool again . I ruined what was such a good thing when my ego got to big at Scorpion and truth be told i wanted to bring down Walter a peg or two . So when i found out about him taking Florence to that lecture , i purposely gave him such conflicting advice , i knew he would be confused but settle for the solution which would cause you the least pain . What i did not take into account was the way Florence would react . The main reason i walked out of Scorpion was because i was ashamed of the damage i had done to your relationship with Walter .
I had only intended for you to have an argument with him , not you walk out on him . I suggested starting Centipede , to let you see you needed Walter , but once we started and we beat him on the Gettleman bid my ego got the better of me and i wanted to be the Walter of Centipede , but i do not have that ability . You became the new Walter in my mind so i began attacking you , in my sly way . So in the end my ego , was responsible for the break up of Scorpion , Centipede and Sylvester death
I have explained to you but i need to explain to Walter , but i find that difficult as i am sure he does not really want anything to do with me . " By now Toby had tears streaming down his cheeks .
Paige sat up straight and turned her head so she could look at Toby . She gave him an icy stare and in a quiet but cold voice began speaking .
"You and your ego cost me two years of extra pleasure with the man of my dreams , the love of my life , all because you were jealous of Walter's abilities . What sort of man are you ? Yes you did act in an appalling manner to me at Centipede , which if you remember you were the one who kept on pressing me to join you in , what i would now call , mad scheme .
Katherine was correct when she said Scorpion had me as the glue , but Walter was the foundations . Centipede still had me as the glue , but it had no foundations .
You are correct , Walter really does not want anything to do with you , not so much about Scorpion , more about the way you treated me at Centipede . So you need to be careful how you approach him , especially now you have told me about the way you treated Walter over the lecture . I have been blaming myself for Sly's death , but you are correct it is your fault. If you had treated me with respect i probably would not have walked out . "
Paige heard the office door opening . " Not a word to Walter about we have been talking about . Let me talk to him at home to see if he can even think about forgiving you . Bearing in mind i do not know if i have forgiven you , if i do decide to forgive you i will never forget what you did to me . "
Toby just nodded his head and wiped the tears from his face .
Happy was the first to appear , she walked over to the two of them and sat down next to Toby .
" You two been getting on alright ? " Asked Happy as she noticed the apparent atmosphere around them both .
" Yes . " Was all she got from Paige .
Before Toby had a chance to speak , Mr McDonald appeared at the office door .
" Paige would you care to join us ? "
Paige got up and walked towards the office door , as soon as Paige disappeared into the office , Happy turned to Toby .
" Ok spill Toby . "
Toby swallowed hard , Happy had used his name in a certain tone that he knew he was in trouble .
" I apologized to Paige over my actions at Scorpion and Centipede . " He replied .
" Oh no you don't , the full story . Paige was unhappy and you just apologizing would not do that to her . "
" I did admit that i had constantly been giving Walter conflicting advice , knowing he would always use the one which he thought would hurt her least , knowing that exactly the opposite would happen . " Replied Toby .
Happy glared at him . " You idiot . " After saying that she got up from her seat and went to sit on the opposite side of the room .
Meanwhile in Mr. McDonald's office , Walter and Paige were discussing the patents .
" I have checked and it would seem by filling in some forms and submitting them to the patent office , the transfer is very simple . " Explained Mr. McDonald
" Good then we can do that ourselves for the hoist and if we can get someone to buy the water filter it will be easy for either us or them to transfer the patent . " Paige said as she smiled at Walter .
Walter and Mr. McDonald talked over a few other things Walter wanted information on now he was back in the States . They said their goodbyes and left the office and immediately saw Happy and Toby sitting on opposite sides of the reception area .
" It would seem something of a problem . " Said Walter .
" I think you have got that right . Walter please wait here a minute , let me go and see Happy ." Paige walked over to Happy and sat down beside her .
" Ok what as he done ? " Asked Paige .
" He told me everything he told you ,not good . " Replied Happy .
" I told him i wanted to to speak to Walter privately before he told anyone else . Unless i can prepare Walter , for what Toby wants to tell him , i cannot answer to what Walter reaction will be . "
They both looked across at Toby who was nervously playing with is hat .
" I think the best thing to do is go and pick up some takeaway and go back to your garage and try and sort this out . The reception area is certainly not the place ." At that Paige stood up and walked over to Walter .
Walter gave her a confused look .
" While you were making your statement , Toby apologized to me for the way he treated me at Centipede . But he also confessed to a lot of other things , that concern both of us . I asked him not to tell anyone including Happy , what had been said until i had a chance to speak to you privately . However Happy saw i was upset when she came out of the office . She forced the whole conversation out of him . She is just about ready to remove parts of Toby , he his very attached to , using a power saw i think .
This reception area is no place to have this sort of conversation , so i have suggested we pick up some take out food and go back to the garage . " Paige explained to Walter .
" I trust you Paige , but from the way Happy and you looked over at Toby , i have assumed and calculated that 100% i will not be happy with a lot of the conversation . " Walter expressed .
" I think you are correct with your calculations ." As she said that she put her arm through Walter's and walked to were Toby was sitting , by now he had been joined by Happy , although she was two seats away from him .
Once back at the garage , Happy put a pot of coffee on and they all began eating their food . Once they had finished , Walter stared at Toby and in an even but at the same time threating voice .
" Well what has caused , the love of my life and my friend to react in such a manner towards you ? "
Toby looked at Paige , a certain amount of fear in his eyes .
" Don't expect me to help you , i told you not to say anything until i had spoken to Walter . But now you are on your own . " Paige told him with still some anger in her voice .
Toby took his hat off and put it back on his head , six times , before he began telling the others what he had told Paige .
Paige sat next to Walter holding his hand , as she felt his temper rising she squeezed his hand . It calmed him down . It took Toby nearly twenty minutes to finish telling his story , mainly due to him having to stop to get his voice back under control .
Once Toby had finished , Walter got up and walked as far away from him ,in the confines of the garage . He went over all of Toby's words in his head . Paige never took her eyes off Walter, but knew better than to follow him , as she understood the way his mind worked .
Ten minutes later Walter rejoined the other three . He sat down next to Paige , pulled her towards him and gently kissed her on the cheek .
" Toby i have listened to your apology and gone over it in my mind . I will accept your apology for what you did to me . But at the moment i cannot forgive you for what you have done to Paige , or mine and Paige's relationship in the past .
From the day i brought Paige into Scorpion you have always tried to put her down . You never wanted to work with a Normal . But i think i have worked out why , you know Paige is more capable of sorting out problems than you , she looks at things in a simple way , which actually none of us can do , yes we accepted her help . But you are Harvard trained so no one can be better than you .
So once you have been bettered you start your snarky comments . You can be like a little irritating insect who keeps buzzing round your head . But eventually you can always manage to swat them , I think you have been swatted , if you look around , you are washed up capable of doing a few free hours at a clinic . With all your knowledge you should be on top of your game , working out of a large office in some prestige building being able to charge people up to $2000 a hour .
But what are you doing ? Sitting around in a dark greasy garage , watching your wife earn the money so you can keep your apartment and be fed . It is time you dropped all your arrogance and mighty than thou attitude . Then roll up your sleeves and sort your own life out and leave others to sort their own lives out . Show me you are changing and i will reconsider about forgiving you . " Walter turned to Paige and smiled .
Happy had listened intently at what Walter had been saying .
" Thank you Walter , you have taken what he as been saying rather calmly . I thought you might try and kill him and to be quite honest after what i have heard i don't know if i would have tried to stop you "
" It is Paige's influence , all the time Toby was talking i held Paige's hand and when she felt me beginning to tense up she squeezed my hand and it calmed me down . "
" That's another good thing Paige was so good at while at Scorpion , stopping you doing to many stupid things . " Said Happy .
Paige looked at Walter and moved her head to one side , as if to tell Walter to follow her . They moved away from the other two .
" Do you want to tell Happy about the hoist today or leave it till later ? "
" It would brighten today up a little , do you want to tell her ? " Walter asked .
" Lets do it together . " Paige suggested , to which Walter readily agreed .
Paige went back to the others . " Happy could we have a word , Toby you can come to . "
Paige walked towards the main area of the garage . Walter was waiting a smile on his face . Paige looked at Happy before she began speaking .
" When you helped Ralph bring that plane down safe , you said you would not accept a cash reward . You knew how much Ralph means to me . On the way back back from Ireland , Walter came up with a suggestion , Walter would you mind continuing ? "
" The hoist you designed and proved very useful on the mountain were the plane crashed . The patent for that is in my name . I want to sign it over to you , then you can sell it . You should be able to get a good price , the potential for it is massive . " Explained Walter .
Happy just stood there , it was if she had lost the power of speech . " Why would you do that ? "
" Because of you , we got Ralph down safe and sound . If you will not accept cash , this is the next best thing . " Paige said as she smiled at Happy .
Walter had that look on his face , the one he gets when he his in deep thought , Paige noticed and went over to him . " Are you alright sweetheart ? "
" Yes i have just had a thought . Happy how difficult was it for you to actually build the prototype , or for the factory that built the ones for the one big order we got for them . "
" Not long to build the prototype . The factory produced the entire order in just over two weeks . Why do you want to know ? "
" It is just a thought , you could keep the patent and set up a company to sell them . The potential is massive . They are suitable for the emergency services ,armed forces , construction companies and just imagine the use they could be in disaster area's , after earthquakes and such . Said Walter .
" But i would not know where to start and neither would fungus . " Replied Happy .
Paige had listened to Walter's explanations . " If you like the idea , you do not need to recruit a sales team . There are thousands of people who act as agents for people they cover a certain area of the country to sell products on a commission basis .
Look think about it ,if you are interested Walter and i will help you check everything out . Now it is time we were on our way . Think it over and ring us on Monday , just to let us know which way you want to go . " Said a very happy Paige .
" On the way back home , Walter was silent most of the way , Paige did not try to engage him in conversation , she knew he would be going over all the information he had been given this afternoon .
They were almost home , when Walter snapped out of his silence . " I cannot believe that Toby could have playing those games with us for the past four years . Why didn't i realize what was going on . I don't think i can ever forgive him for what he has done to both of us , since you joined Scorpion .
I have to be civil to him for Happy's sake , i find it still difficult not to have Happy in my life , she was the the first person i could ever call a friend , after i fell out with Cabe . "
Paige gave a sad smile . " Don't let it get you down , we can talk it over when we get home . I have accepted Toby's apology but i have not yet forgiven him . How about we go vist that Hawaiian fish restaurant . We can have a nice meal while we try and talk the Toby situation through ."
" I like that plan , we can phone for a reservation when we get home . " Replied Walter .
During the meal they discussed the Toby situation . At the end of the meal neither of them really felt they had sorted anything out regarding exactly what to do . Walter still had strong feelings about not wanting to forgive Toby . While Paige was coming round to forgive him . In the end they compromised and decided to shelve the whole conversation and give Toby a month to see how he behaved and if he is trying to improve and change .
After the meal they made their way home . After another cup of coffee they made their way to the bedroom . After an exhalant meal their lovemaking was gentle and slow .
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Pearligirl : Glad you are enjoying the story . Sorry you have to wait for updates , but i have to write all my stories longhand . Then type it up , but i am so slow at Typing
Jerbe23 : Thank you, it is a pity we cannot get more people to read Fanfiction .
Grykon : It is a pity Katherine was not in more episodes . Walter and Paige send their regards and say they will keep doing the sex Olympics until they win gold . LOL
Margret Gautier : Lets just hope everything will still be going well .
