Hey guys! What's up? My life is going fantastic. School starts back up again soon, and I am so excited to get back into it. Is it weird that I miss math? Because I do. I really really do. I also miss computer science. I just miss being out of the house. Send me your ideas and let me know what you think.
-Aislin.
"Toby, are you sure you want to take her out the entire day?" Happy yawned. "She gets fussy when she's out that long."
"Relax, Happy," He chuckled. "I got this. You're tired, so I'll take her out the house. It'll be father-daughter bonding time."
"What makes you think I'll sleep better without you two here?" Happy questioned.
"No noisy baby, no problems sleeping," Toby shrugged.
"But what about you not being here," She sighed.
"If you can't sleep, you call me, and I'll force her on Cabe, and I'll come back here," He promised. "But for now, I'm going to keep her with me. I'm only one call away."
"You need to stop quoting song lyrics when talking to me," Happy rolled her eyes tiredly. "You may think you're getting this stuff past me, but you're not."
"That one wasn't even intentional, Hap," Toby grinned. He moved towards her and planted a kiss in her hair.
"Remind me why I married you?" She laughed a little.
"Because I'm insanely charming, good looking, and I love you unconditionally," He stated very seriously.
"You're such a nerd," Happy smiled. When she yawned again, Toby picked her up and placed her gently into bed.
"I'll see you later, alright?"
"See you."
She called Toby about two hours later to check in. She was feeling a lot more well rested. The night before Nessa had kept her up all night crying and being sick and just generally being unhappy, and by chance it was Happy's turn to look after her. It always seemed like Toby had the good nights, but she still wanted him here.
He picked up on the first ring. "Hey, Honey Bear Kitten Pie," he greeted in a high pitched and nervous voice.
"Doc? Are you ok? You sound nervous?" She could hear him gulp on the other end of the phone.
"Oh, I'm definitely ok," He promised. "100% totally ok. Me? I'm intact."
"What about Nessa?"
"Well, uh... um," He stuttered.
"Doc, what the hell did you do to her?" Happy yelled into the phone.
"First off, ow," Toby commented. In the background, Happy could hear another voice calling out. She focused on what the other voice was saying.
"Toby, did you find her?" It was Paige.
"We still haven't found her," Happy could only assume this was Walter.
"You lost my child?" Happy screamed. She grabbed the keys to the truck, and sprinted into the driveway to drive to them.
"Our child," Toby corrected. "And it wasn't on purpose."
"Where the fuck are you?" She cursed.
"We're at the mall," He answered weakly.
"I'll be there in ten minutes."
"Happy, I'd like to remind you that we live thirty minutes away," Toby said into the phone. "If you get hurt on the way here, you're not helping us."
"I won't get hurt."
"She looks mad," Walter noted to Toby.
"This was expected," Toby replied quickly. "She's going to kill me." Happy stormed up to him and placed her hands on her hips.
"Where did you last have her?" She demanded.
"I...We were at starbucks," Toby stuttered. She started to march off to starbucks. "Happy, we've checked there."
"Well, I'm checking again," She snapped. "Have you told mall security that we can't find her?"
"Actually, we didn't think of that," Walter stated. He seemed confused at the fact that they hadn't thought of everything.
"Two out of the three of you here are geniuses, and you didn't think of alerting mall security?" Happy questioned. "Go!" Walter and Toby sprinted towards customer services as quickly as possible. Happy took Paige in the direction of starbucks. "Idiots," She muttered as they left.
"Hey, Happy," Paige tried to get the angry woman's attention five minutes later.
"Paige, do not distract me," Happy shouted. "I'm going to find her, but I can't have distractions."
"No, Happy, isn't that," Paige pointed to a store across the hall, "baby Nessa over there? You see her?"
"How do you know it's her?" Happy said without looking up.
"Well let's see," Paige sighed angrily. "She's got the right blanket, the right hair, and the right stroller, but I'm sure there are a ton of unattended babies in the mall that look just like that." Happy glared at Paige briefly before running over to her child. She quickly checked the baby was ok, and called Toby.
"Hey," He greeted nervously.
"We found her," Happy smiled into the phone.
"I found her," Paige interjected.
"I'll call off mall security," He told her.
"I'll meet you at customer services."
"Are we really just going to ignore the fact that I found the baby?" Paige demanded to the group after they had reunited. "I mean without me, you two would be completely screwed."
"I would've found her," Happy rolled her eyes.
"Please, you wouldn't even look away from that starbucks," She turned to point at Toby, "And you were completely paralyzed with fear."
"Yeah, yeah, you're our savior," Toby dismissed her. "We're going out for lunch if you guys want to come, and if you don't we're still going."
"Will it be on you?" Walter clarified.
"I mean she did just save our child," Toby shrugged.
"Don't worry about it too much," Paige laughed at how closely they were paying attention to Nessa. It was nearly to the point of obsessive. Happy had their daughter on her lap and leaned up against her chest. Toby had a possessive arm wrapped around Happy, and had his eyes constantly glued to their daughter. "When Ralph was little, I lost him all the time. These things happen."
"It shouldn't happen," Happy snapped and shot a glare at Toby. "She should never be at risk. We aren't going to let this happen again."
"Don't be so hard on him," Walter let his slight emotional side show. "Nothing happened. She's fine."
"This time," Toby's voice was full of regret.
"Seriously, guys," Paige smiled. "Chill out. This is all a normal part of parenting. You can't always be perfect."
"Alright," Walter ended the conversations. "We have to go, but we'll see you tomorrow. Enjoy the end of your meal."
After they had left the table and Toby and Happy had ordered dessert, Toby turned to Happy seriously, "Are you mad at me?"
Happy shook her head quickly. "I mean it's not good that you lost her, but we got her back, and that's all that matters. I know you didn't do anything on purpose."
"When did you become so reasonable?"
