Hey! I've been busy with class but I was finally able to write chapter 2! Thank you to all the readers who left me some lovely comments, I truly appreciate it and hope to hear from you again. Enjoy! :)

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Chapter 2: Cause and Effect

Out of habit, when Happy wakes up the next morning she reaches for her phone that she usually leaves on her bedside table. Her head hurts so bad that when she turns on the phone and sees a photo of her and Toby at the Christmas party she thinks she's losing it because it isn't even the way her screen looks.

"Wait this isn't my phone," she sits up and tries to remember what happened last night and why she has Toby's cell phone, normally she'd be able to remember everything but the banging in her head wasn't allowing her to think.

She rubs her eyes in frustration then looks around the room and realizes that this isn't even her apartment. She stands up quickly, trying to ignore her urge to throw up and makes her way out of the room. As she sees Toby completely passed out on the couch she begins to remember parts of last night.

She shakes her head in embarrassment and her hands turn into fists as she recalls Toby taking off her shirt and mumbles under her breath, "What a perv!"

It takes all of her control not to strangle him. The last thing she wants is for him to wake up because that would mean having to deal with the situation and she didn't want to at the moment. She looks around for her clothes but only finds her jacket, inside is her phone but no keys, which is strange because she remembers that she somehow managed to drive herself here last night. Happy wants to look around for her items but when she sees Toby shifting around on the couch she bolts for the door. Before leaving she looks back at Toby and sees that he had kicked off the blanket and was only in his boxers, she feels her cheeks flush for two reasons she wouldn't admit to anyone and could barely admit to herself, the first that he looks so great in those boxers and the second that all she wants is to curl up next to him. She gulps and tenses her jaw as to replace her emotions with a wall then closes the door behind her.

An hour later she is trying to put all her concentration in fixing a motorcycle engine just to forget everything that she was beginning to remember from last night but finds it difficult, since Toby keeps trying to call and text her but she refuses to even look at them.

Thirty minutes later she feels her entire body tense up as she hears Toby's voice, "Good morning everyone," he says but everyone is preoccupied with their projects and Paige is the only one to respond.

Toby makes his way to Happy's work station, "Hey little lady, hope you slept well last night," Toby says as he places a bottle of water and some aspirin on her desk, "I thought you might need these."

"Go away," is all that Happy can manage to say.

He shakes his head and puts a bag next to her, "I washed your shirt. I had to wash it twice in order to get the smell out but it smells great now."

She doesn't say anything and just continues to work on the engine.

He feels himself becoming frustrated with her silence, "Oh thank you Toby for washing my shirt and for taking care of me last night, I really appreciate it," he says, "See it didn't take long to say a simple thank you."

Happy knows she should thank him but she is so embarrassed about last night's events that she doesn't want him to see her embarrassment, so to conceal it she is only willing to let him see the one emotion she is good at showing…anger.

"Ha! You think I should thank you for undressing me while I was unconscious," she spats at him and this gets the attention of everyone in the garage even Ferret Bueller's attention, " You really are crazier than all of us Doc!"

Toby always tries to be calm and patient when Happy puts up her walls or gets angry but he is finding it unusually difficult this time. He can feel his heart aching from her painful words, he had anticipated that she would go off on him but thought it would be more of some witty back and forth banter, never did he expect that she'd get angry like this. He can't handle her reaction and knows that he better go and cool off before he losses it.

"Last night I took care of you Happy, that's all," he walks over and gets real close to her, his eye contact burying deep within her and speaks quietly for only her to hear, "Even when the alcohol had taken over you and you became this feisty drunk Happy, I didn't let you do anything that the sober you wouldn't do. Even when you practically tackled me and were ready to strip all your clothes off, believe me I was very turned on," he chuckles a little then looks back at her, "I didn't let you do it because I love you. Even though you were drunk I know you are starting to remember everything because that's the way your brain works, so you know I'm telling you the truth, Happy."

She is taken aback by his bluntness about last night, her anger has faded and is replaced by shame, not just because of the actions of her drunk self but because she had completely went off on him and he didn't deserve it.

"Shocker, you don't have anything to say," he speaks loudly this time and begins walking away but comes back and gives her, her keys, "I took them away from you only because I didn't want anything bad to happen to you."

He looks over at Walter, "I'm taking the rest of the day off Walt. By the way I think you were right about mixing romance and work, just thought that when love came knocking on my door I should take all the risks necessary to make it right at home. I guess I was wrong."

Paige can see the pain that everyone else fails to see and walks over to Toby, "Let's talk. I can't let you leave like this."

Toby forces a smile, "Thanks Paige but I can't talk about it right now."

The doctor turns to leave but looks once more at Happy in hopes that she will say something to him but she just looks down in silence. He knew her walls very well but her coldness right now was too much for him to deal with. Toby grabs his things and leaves right away without saying anything else.

Walter clears his throat, "Let's get back to work."

Paige smacks his arm, "Did you really just say that?"

"Well this is a place of business, work must continue," Walter states and walks off to work.

Paige watches as Happy stands there in the same position as she runs her thumb over her keys. Happy is unable to move, she is completely paralyzed after hearing Toby say he loves her.

"Happy," she feels Paige rest her hand on her shoulder and Happy snaps out of her state and puts her keys on her desk before she sits down and begins to work again. As Paige looks around the garage she sees that all three geniuses are back to work. It never seizes to surprise Paige as to how quickly geniuses were able to act like nothing had.

She grabs a chair and sits next to the tense mechanic. Happy turns around and gives her a death glare; all she wants is to be left alone.

"Calm down Happy, I know you're just using anger to cover up what you're really feeling."

"Guess the Doc's psychobabble is getting to your head," Happy says as she keeps working on her engine.

"Look, I don't know what happened last night with you and Toby but one thing I know for sure is that the Doc is very much in love with you," Happy sighs loudly and puts her tools down and is ready to go off on her but Paige doesn't let her, "Even with all that anger that you show, I bet you know that he loves you."

Happy's jaw is tense and Paige is afraid that Happy is going to explode but she keeps going, "Toby has been fighting for you. When he missed your date and you refused to give him another chance he just kept waiting patiently and never stopped loving you. He's like a little puppy hoping that you'll pay attention to him if he makes enough fuss. He is so in love with you that he even puts his ego, his very huge ego to the side." Paige laughs and is surprised when a smile appears on Happy's lips and she says, "He's like a virus, I try to get rid of him but he just stays there. He is completely relentless, Paige."

They both laugh but soon Happy becomes serious again, "I have a lot of control," Paige nods at Happy's statement, "But last night I lost it and just drank until my mind was numb."

Paige gives her a caring look, "You don't have to tell me, but what made you lose control Happy?"

There is some silence then Happy speaks, "Yesterday afternoon Toby was in here watching me work, he was getting in my way so I sent him for a coffee run," Happy is looking away as if she was reliving the moment, "When he left his phone buzzed and there was a text message, it was from.." she pauses, takes a sharp breath then looks up at Paige,"his ex-fiancée."

That's chapter two! Let me know what you think of it and if you want to know what exactly that text said that made Happy lose control and turn to alcohol for comfort. Can you guess what the text said? Well hope to hear from you all and a very special thank you to all who left a comment for the last chapter, for those of you that didn't or it's your first time reading this story thanks for reading and hope to hear from you this time :) Loads of thanks! :)