After turning on the radio to full blast and singing to classic copyrighted songs at the top of his lungs trying to get me to cheer up and sing along, those 2 hours passed by in a blur. As we reached into a normal suburban neighborhood, Toby drove his black car into his driveway carefully, turned off the car, and hopped out of the driver's seat.

After heading over to my side of car and opening my door for me, earning a muttered 'Thank you' from my lips, he walked in front of me to his front door while I fell behind gazing upon the simple, but splendid, quaint house. Reaching the door into his house, Toby reached into his pocket, pulling out his keys and jamming the key into the locked door, slowly unlocking it. Pushing the door open, Toby stepped inside as he pulled the keys out of the lock, me following close behind him.

As soon as I stepped into his household, however, a white ball of fur started clawing up my leg, tail wagging back and forth with delight. I noticed the familiar brown patch of fur on the side of its stomach, and my face glowed with delight as I squealed, "Gryphon!" which earned a laugh from Toby as he watched me scratch Gryphon's back.

After I stood up, Toby decided to kneel on the ground while talking in his Gryphon voice, "Yea, do you like the newcomer in my house. Oh, don't say that about her! She's nicer than you. Oh no I didn't mean that…" and he continued to ramble as he rubbed the dogs stomach. I started to laugh, to which I covered my mouth with my hand as I continued to watch Toby's silly behavior.

After a while, Toby stood up, brushed off his shirt, and looked at me to say, "Sorry, Gryphon's just needy, aren't you, you idiot?" in which Gryphon strutted off into the next room. Toby brushed his hand through his hair, sighing a content sigh, and looked at me again, smiling with his arm wide open gesturing to the house as he chimed, "So, what do you think?"

I crossed my arms over my stomach as slowly looked around the space around me, gazing upon the living room behind Toby, to which I shrugged my shoulders and replied, "Yea, it's pretty cool."

Toby's face light up slightly as he said, "I guess that's as good of an answer as I'm going to get anyway. So do you want some food? Or play video games? A tour of the house maybe?"

"Playing some video games sounds pretty good actually. I know you have some awesome games. And I am kind of hungry, I guess." I answered.

Toby smiled and clapped his hands together and exclaimed, "Alright, you go pick out a game you want to play and ill order some pizza for us. Sound like a plan?"

I smile and exclaim, "Sounds like a plan." as he runs off to the kitchen to grab the phone.

For the rest of the night, we played so many video games from Assassins Creed to L.A Noire to Dead Space and then to Minecraft while we ate pizza and slowly, but surely, I warmed up to him a bit more. I mean sure I'm stoked that I'm playing video games with one of my favorite role models, but I was still nervous to be myself around him. However, he was so calm around me and accepted me so quickly it was kind of shocking. I'm really not the kind of person to warm up to be myself around people so fast, considering the low amount of actual friends I have back home, gaining another so fast is surprising. I kept thinking comforting thoughts in my mind as I kept playing Minecraft with Toby.

After a couple of hours it started to get dark, I looked up from my computer to look at my phone and noticed that it was about 6 o'clock.

"Hey, Toby?" I asked timidly. Toby looked away from his computer and swiveled his chair around to look directly at me.

"Yea, Rachel?"

"Um, it's getting a little late. Maybe I should head home."

"Nonsense, I got a text from… Mom that said she and your dad would unpack your stuff into your new room if you stayed overnight so she could surprise you with the house tomorrow." He exclaimed. "Plus, you have to help me with my Lazyvlog. I haven't done one yet today and I wanted you to be in it. I-If that's ok with you of course."

I grinned and marveled, "Of course, I'd love to."

He smiled and left the room to go get his phone. I spun in my chair as I waited for Toby with his phone. After a while, I hear the trademark, 'Audience?! Wha-…" in another room and smiled, knowing I would finally be in one of my favorite types of videos. I could hear him talking about what had happened in the last couple of days, with our parents, and I could hear him talking about me.

"…and I got a step-sister! Say hi, Rachel!"

I stared into the iPhone camera, grinning, as I waved to the 'audience' from my chair.

"Yea, it's been a rough couple of days hasn't it?"

I shrugged my shoulders and exclaimed, "Yup, but I've got the brother to get me through."

Toby turned and faced me, smiling as his eyes glazed over. He quickly faced the camera again and grinned widely as he walked off into another room yelling, "TWANSITION!" and ramble on about a whole other topic.

I decided to move myself to the living room and laid down on the couch, waiting for him to be done with his lazyvlog.

After a couple of minutes, I felt my eyes getting heavier as I listened to Toby talk to the 'Audience'. I closed my eyes for little bit, relaxing my body until I heard Toby yell, "RACHEL!"

I jolted up, rubbing my hands over my face to try and rub off the sleepiness as I saw Toby walk into the room. Resting my arms over the couch's back, I rested my chin on top of my arms and paused, smirking.

"Yes?" I say playfully.

"Do you wanna watch a movie? I'm tired of playing video games." Toby asked.

"Yea sure." I answer back.

Toby then proceeded to get out a whole bunch of movies, filling up both of his arms, earning a slight giggle from my mouth as I watched him dump the movie cases onto the ground. We both looked through the movies, bickering like siblings over which one to watch. In the end we ended up watching my choice, The Avengers.

The first half hour, I was on the edge of the couch, my fists imbedded in my cheeks as I watched the movie. I will never get tired of that movie no matter how many times I watch it, and I think Toby could tell as he laughed every time I overdramatically gasped or freaked over a certain scene. The next half hour, I was against the back of the couch, still into the movie. The next, I was slumped against the back, watching the movie quietly. And the next, I fell asleep against Toby, which he didn't seem to notice. He was comfy.

I think it was about an hour later which Toby figured out I was asleep. His legs shifted under me, pulling them out from under my head, waking me up, but I kept my eyes closed so he didn't notice. I felt my head being carefully lowered onto the couch cushion then two arms pulling me up from the couch. I slightly jumped at the sudden lift but I kept my eyes shut. I heard his footsteps against the wood floors, then the shuffle of feet against carpet, and then I was slowly lowered onto a mattress. I shifted, balling the lower end of my sleeves into my fists as I brought my arms closer top my body. I felt a slight pause as he pulled the comforter over my body, then a whispered, "Goodnight, little sis." and quieter footsteps leaving the room, turning off the lights.

I cracked open my eyes to see him closing the door. I sat up and looked around the room, then at the bed, which was Toby's bed, then finally the just closed door. I smiled as I lowered myself in to the mass of pillows, slowly shutting my eyes, and whispered, "Goodnight, big brother." As I sent myself into a comforting, finally peaceful, sleep.

Sorry its like super cheesy.

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