(2) Under the Desk

"Hey Toby." Jim smiled as he pulled his bag lunch from the fridge.

"Hi Jim." The door to the women's room opening cut off any further pleasantries. Kelly quietly shuffled out, wearing her sweats, making her way back to the Annex.

"Hey Kel---" Jim began, he didn't finish the greeting though, Kelly just kept walking, letting the door close behind her. "She's doing better."

"Yeah… she finally stopped crying." Toby replied in his usual docile tone, taking his own lunch from the fridge.

"Nice and quiet back there?" Jim just received a smile before the two men went their separate ways. Back in the Annex it was in fact very quiet, it was starting to feel weird. Toby sat down at his desk and pulled out a sandwich. Glancing down at the food he realized something.

"Hey Kelly."

"I don't want to talk about Ryan!" She yelled back, her voice slightly muffled. She had her head under the desk again.

"No, I was just wondering if you wanted something to eat… I haven't seen you eat at all this week."

"I'm not hungry." Was her somewhat quiet reply. With a sigh he stood up, bringing his lunch with him and came around the partition.

"Have you eaten at all this week?" He asked her back, she was turned on her side, facing away from him.

"Not really."

"You need to have something…"

"I need to not have been broken up with."

"I meant something along the lines of a sandwich… maybe some chips…" She listened as he sat down on the floor next to her. The sound provoked her turning over to face him.

Toby was leaning against the drawers of her desk, pulling items from a brown paper bag and setting them down on the floor between them.

"Come on, I'll share my lunch." Kelly gave him a half smile and forced herself to sit up. He handed her half of his sandwich, which she slowly began to eat.

"Thanks."

"Rough couple of weeks?"

"Yeah."

"You'll be all right without him."

"I'm sorry I ignored you…"

The two sat in silence, eating without a word to each other. Toby hadn't said anything but when Ryan was moved into the Annex it was as though he ceased to exist. And while Kelly's talking could be irritating at times, he did miss the conversation. It wasn't often that people came back to chat with him, plus he had no one to play Dunder Ball with. Ryan couldn't take the noise of it.

"This sandwich is awesome." She said, breaking the silence. Toby smiled and picked up a bag of chips, offering her some.

"Thanks."

"I think I'll be better off without him."

"Me too. He didn't appreciate you." She just nodded. They finished eating and Toby returned to his desk.

The next morning he came in and found a new ball sitting on his desk, a green bow on top of it. In permanent marker someone had written on the ball:

Official Dunder Ball for the '07-'08 Season

With a smile he sat down, pulled the bow from the ball and threw it against the wall.

"That's one!" He called over to her after hearing the ball hit the floor.

"It is so on Flenderson!" Kelly yelled back from her side of the partition.

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That's all for now. Reviews please, they are appreciated. I'll try and get the next one up soon.

OverkillKiller7: Thanks for the review =) Do you know of any other Koby fics? I've read a few that I've been able to find, but I wasn't sure if there were more out there.