Hey guys! I wrote this after writing an awful awful awful 1300 word TOK essay. I know that that isn't that long. But the topic was miserable. I mean all of the options were. TOK is very 'how do you know what you know?'. It has actually brought students to tears. Did you know that you really have no real defense for the question does you mother love you. Haha anyway, so let me know what you think. I'm still delirious from sickness. Send me your ideas,
-Aislin
"We did it," He announced to her. She was standing next to him examining the room they had just spent 6 hours redecorating. To be fair, Toby had done most of the work, but then again if you're being fair then it's important to remember that pregnant women needed their rest.
"We completed the nursery," She grinned at him. He took her hand and walked her even further inside the room.
"What do you think?" He asked.
"It's built very well. Very safe," She decided.
"Well, of course it's well built. You supervised the project," He chuckled. "I meant do you like the room?"
"I like to think I did more than just supervise," She informed him.
"Happy," He whined.
"I love it," She admitted.
"You're so difficult, you know," He smiled. She frowned at him. "But I love you," He added trying to make it better.
"No," She shook her head forcefully. "I just realized that both of us are difficult. Our child is going to be so difficult."
"She's definitely gonna kill us," Toby laughed.
"And you're laughing about it?" Happy asked.
"I was just thinking maybe it's karma," He grinned. "You know, for us being so difficult."
"Maybe it is," She agreed. "This makes it seem very real."
"Well, it is very real. In about 3 months, we will be parents," Toby pointed out.
"It's weird," She decided. She pulled Toby out of Nessa's room and into the living room. "We should watch an adult movie because this is the last time we are going to be able to. After Nessa arrives it's going to be all disney all the time."
"That might annoy you, but in truth I love frozen," Toby grinned.
"Do you really like frozen played on repeat though?" She raised an eyebrow. "Over and over again. The same movie every time."
"Elsa could never bore me," He let go of her hand and crossed his arms. She placed her hands on her hips.
"Oh really?" She questioned. "Well, then I dare you to watch frozen on loop for the next forty eight hours."
"What would be my reward?" He smirked.
"Take your pick. You definitely can't watch frozen for 48 hours," She laughed.
"Alright, I accept," He uncrossed his arms to shake her hand. He was definitely going to win. Happy was going to have to take cooking classes. She was going to hate it, and isn't that the best part of marriage? The ability to watch your spouse become continually more annoyed at a situation you've placed them in.
"What do you mean Toby and you can't come into work today? You're not pregnant enough to swing that Happy," Paige exclaimed over the phone.
"I mean that Toby is completing a challenge at the moment, and I need to be here to make sure he doesn't cheat," Happy explained.
"I wouldn't cheat," Toby groaned over the 9th repetition of "Let it go." Though Idina Menzel was always breathtaking, Toby was beginning to wish Elsa would let the frickin song go. Happy might have been right about how truly awful this challenge was.
"What kind of challenge is Toby... um...completing? Paige asked.
"Happy, missing work is not something to be taken lightly," Walter chimed in.
"Well, Paige and Walter, Toby is trying to see if he can watch frozen for 48 hours straight without snapping. We are at the 12 hour mark and he is already getting tired. I'm totally right," Happy informed them.
"You two are children," Walter decided.
"What he means is that, while he isn't ecstatic that you are missing work, he won't count it against you. He understands that everyone needs a little time off," Paige decided on Walter's behalf.
"Tell Walter that he sucks," Happy chuckled.
"Children," Walter managed to call out before Happy hung up the phone.
"Happy, can you get me a glass of water please," Toby called. "I would get it myself, but, you know, I'm not allowed to leave this sofa." He couldn't turn around to look at her, but he had a feeling in this moment she was going to be especially difficult.
"I don't know, Doc," She grinned to herself. "I'm awfully tired with this baby and all. I might go and take a nap. I don't think I can get you that water."
"You don't sleep on your own," Toby argued.
"I did last night, and you're technically in the house. I know you're here. I'll have no trouble sleeping. Besides, I'm tired," She laughed moving out of the kitchen.
"Please, Happy," He begged. "You wouldn't do this to someone you love. You're nicer than this."
"Toby, we both know I have never cared about being nice," She shook her head even though he couldn't see her.
"But you love me," He crowed. "I know you do. You hear it in the silence. You feel it on the way home. You could see it with the lights out. You-"
"Doc, you may believe that this is convincing me, but we both know that's a Taylor Swift song," Happy dismissed.
"Happy, all I ask of you is water," He cried. He raised his hands up in the air. They were pressed together. He wanted to show her he was praying to the God he used to not believe in. Things were pretty different now.
"I'll get you the water." He guessed there really was such a thing as true love.
Toby had made it to the last four hours of the contest. At this point, Happy was kind of rooting for him. He, on the other hand, had seemed to have lost all hope. He was watching the movie for the 24 time in the past two days. He was starting to believe that even after they turned the movie off he wouldn't stop hearing it. It just went on forever and ever and ever.
"I think I've decided what I if I make it through this," Toby murmured to Happy who was sitting next to him. His arm was around her shoulders, and he had rested his head on top of hers.
"If?" She questioned. "But you were so certain a couple hours ago." She attempted to look up and grin at him, but his head was in fact waying her's down.
"Yeah, yeah," He moved his wrists around tiredly. "I was going to have you take cooking classes, but I think what I really really want is for you to let me sleep for next 24 hours. And I want you to stay with me."
"Only if you win," She laughed. He somehow managed to make it through the 26.4220185 watches of frozen required him. He was right about the sounds sticking with him. They don't leave the house for more like 48 hours.
